"It's strange to me that HL2DM was overlooked by the wider community considering the elite level of the top pros is so impressive to watch. "Division one had some of the most skilled teams and players ever seen in the game," says Quaz. After players failed to shift Serino-no longer active but widely considered one of the best HL2DM players of all time-from the top spot after several months, though, the latter was eventually dissolved and absorbed by Clans United. The community always had some drama or scandal going on, whether it be cheating accusations, admin abuse or mismanagement.Īt the same time, less significant forums such as HL2DM University were chartered, and a US ESL community ran a semi-successful 1v1 ladder. A hefty waiting list was perpetually on standby, whereby new teams would only replace outfits relegated from the lowest leagues.
For competitive players, Clans United was established as the game's central European community website and over a six year period hosted 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 leagues which, at its peak, spanned five divisions with eight teams in each field. In 2006, two years after the multiplayer's inception, HL2DM was a regular in Steam's top ten most played games, pulling in upwards of 20,000 players per day. Of the remaining 150 or so folk who tend towards the game's default modes, the chances of finding players fit to challenge the likes of Maxtasy and TheRealQuaz are few and far between. That's why these servers are usually at the top of the server browser and new players to the game usually join the most populated servers and get a weird first impression of the game, sadly." "A lot of people just stay idle on the server to farm cash. "You have a bank account and earn money just for being on the server, and you can buy items with that money," explains Maxtasy.
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