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We have been receiving donations for a while, and we've always wanted to find a way to thank our generous members for their contributions. That is why we came up with the following Donor Program. We hope you'll like it and we're happy to hear your feedback.

So, what are the perks if I become a donor?
In-game:
1). Access to the server reserved slots. You can now skip the line when the servers are full, and join immediately.
2). Immune to the AFK Kicker, Ping Kicker and auto-balance plugin (you can still be auto-scrambled however).
3). Access to a special name tag: green HG in front of your name.
4). And the same benefits as Verified Members (spray access).
On the forums:
5). Access to the Private Staff Lounge forums.
6). An awesome Orange color for your forum name (seriously!)

We're asking for $5 a month to be able to enjoy the above perks.

Follow this link please follow this link for more information! All the details will be explained.

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I will make this short.
It's been a very good year for us at HG.org. For one, "our" year has only been 5 months long  But that's not all! Our community went from Dave and I to an amazing 680 members on Steam and 150 registered members on the forums. A quick look at our TF2 stats page, and you will see 80,000 unique players visited our servers, more than 5 million men died pushing or defending the cart and 400,000 head were pierced by a bullet 

We have also expanded our staff to help us ensure a fun gaming environment. To all of you, thanks again for your help! To all our fans, regulars, and players, we wish you a very happy new year 2012!

Truce is over, go back and push the little cart already!

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We've begun testing the updated MapChooser! On Rotation, you will now be able to vote for the next map before the end of each map. Payload will still use the old MapChooser while we iron out bugs and continue implementing features.

Nearly all of the changes we've made so far should be transparent. The MapChooser should appear and behave exactly the same as before. What we've changed is the way the maps are chosen. The new map selection process gives us a great deal of flexibility and offers solutions to problems such as server-clearing maps and map diversity.

In the spirit of "rotation", we're testing a hybrid map selection process on Rotation. The map vote options will appear as follows:

• <Nextmap>
• <Map after Nextmap>
• <Random non-rotation map>
• Extend

During peak hours, Rotation's MapChooser will traverse a 9-map rotation, while during off-hours it is reduced to 6 maps.

We're looking for feedback. If you have any, please post in MapChooser Advanced Feedback. Thanks.