Here are the results of the HL CD Contest. We got some really good submissions. darksky sent in a great wallpaper, it is currently chilling on my desktop, check it out. We received a few stories and some really creative pics. I wish I could share them all with you, but today I'm here to announce the winners. I would like to thank All Seeing Eye, GameSpy, and Valve. With out them, this contest would not be here. All entries open up a new window.

Third Prize Winners:
Each third place winner receives a registration to GameSpy Arcade. TF Deciple takes one with his awesome plea for the cd. I feel like I'm doing the world some great injustice not having him as a first place winner. Please read his entry. Also pUrPLe jArGOn sent in a set of pics of him dressed up as a medic and demoman.

Second Prize Winner:
[P]Jaygr The Monkey snagged a registered copy of ASE and the Half-Life T-shirt, with him telling us why TFC is so great. Here's a clip:

I had a bunch of ideas and things I had made previously that I wanted to submit for this contest. But nothing I wanted to use fit the size requirements. So I figured that the best I could do is just write out an explanation and tell it like it is.

Grand Prize Winner:
Congratulations are in order for Studfire for his kick ass flier and text submission!

I love Team Fortress because it is original and fun. Teamwork and the wide variety of maps, classes, weapons, and strategies keep this game so much fun. I was introduced to TFC back in Setember of 2000 by one of my friends. I'm glad of it. I was not good at it, but I had fun. I made several friends through the game and we hung out alot on AIM/MSN/ICQ and we played as good buddies. Then me and my friend(who introduced me to TFC) decided to start our own clan. It was small(only 4 peeps) before it died. Since then I've been through 4 clans until I landed in a secure, rooted Last Line of Defense clan. Since I started playing I have been different type of player. I have been involved in the clan scene, the only-pub scene, and the cheater scene. Yup, cheating. I regret it so much now. I was cheating until I found the PlanetFortress community. I arrived on the old forums as a only-reading board guest. Reading the type of stuff on the forums ranging from anti-cheating, llamas and lamers was teaching me valuable stuff. I got rid of the cheats, wanting to be involved in a great community of TFC'ers who are willing to help, make you laugh, have a gg with ya and all else. I am glad that PlanetFortress changed me and TFC is still fun, although now I really only play with my clan since I'm busy being in a clan.

I decided to enter this contest and show my love for TFC/PlanetFortress by making an introductory flyer of TFC and hanging it at my school. Now I just had a high feeling the principal wouldn't allow this kind of flyer to be hung in the school halls(have to get permission from principal, yeah) so I hung it early before school, took some pics with my digital camera(cameras not allowed, either :0

Maybe some peeps will see it before it gets ripped down and decide to check it out? Who knows.

Stud takes home the signed cd for posting up a TFC/PF flier at his school. As you can see he posted the flyer (click to view.) near the lockers as proof. Turns out the flyer lasted a few days before some bastard (probably a CS player) ripped it down. What can I say, it was a great idea. Congrats man!

Thank you to all who submitted entries. You all made it really hard for judges to pick winners. Hopefully in the future we can run some more contests.Questions and comments can be sent to feedback@planetfortress.com