Mr. Janes,

in the year 2008, I created a very well received Hidden Source Machinima which was a loveletter to the mod you and the talented folks of the Hidden Source Team, since it was one of my favorite games.

With the video, I was capturing the excitement and fun I had with the mod. I had limited resources and I was very young back then.

After the release of the video, a user who liked the video posted it on your Forums. You were one of the first to comment on it. It was a negative comment, even saying after another user said that "This should be the trailer for the game" you simply said "on the other hand, it shouldn't"

Even if you do not liked the final outcome, this was not a respectful way to treat a fan and hours of work and sweat that was poured into this project.

Needless to say, I stopped playing the game forever since then.

I randomly stumbled upon your profile, but damn you made some cool ♥♥♥♥ in ur lifetime.
I wish i knew about this stuff when i was a kid lol

howdy you may not know me but i wanted to say thanks for what the team of the hidden did for me, yall made my childhood. i hope life has been kind to all of you

hey mate! glad to see your still online i still luvyew and i forgot to mention it was an immediate inception, a 60+ hours every day week long grind to build the greatest hidden source map ever made as SOON as i could get hammer set up. its a blood sweat and tears pinnacle of what hidden source is capable of in live footages https://www.youtube.com/live/8H01yFzH4aA?si=tEUo8gilVb7Kak6j

can you bring the Hidden back i miss it

Oi, make hidden standalone with some new engine like Unreal Engine 5 mate.

just wanna buy some stuff from ya

i got that hidden source server started the patches really took me for a loop i think i doubled the download for 205 and 215 as well so it was installed twice and reverified before adding the mod starting with 4a 4a update then 4b update. i skipped the full 4b dedi update and it worked the server.cfg codes i add seem to mess it up and claims the servers a different version so i dont know its working but extremely wonky 192.223.31.114:27034 its juggled between CSS right now but tomorrow im buying another VPS so 192.223.31.114:27034 will the hidden source servers home. im gonna try to get the hl2dm sourcemods on there i had issues with on my other hidden source server so idk i might have better luck with full control of my file system now. well cheers mate #SOURCEMODSMATTER #HALFLIFEFORLIFE the hidden source will never die! luvyew

i need help starting a hidden source server on my VPS and i love you guys

It's for the badge, you are not special, you are but a number.

You got my hopes up there with that notification! :( However, glad to be of service I guess!