It's that time of the year again - Christmas. Christmas is just around the corner and like in the past (it's been a while however) we are going to be hosting a Secret Santa event.

I will explain what Secret Santa is and how it works for those that don't know. For those that have participated in our past ones or IRL ones you should know.

Secret Santa is a popular Christmas gift-giving tradition. Members of a group, such as friends, family, or coworkers, are randomly assigned to give a gift to another member of the group. The identity of the gift-giver remains a secret until the gifts are exchanged on Christmas day.

Since we're all online it will obviously work a bit different than in-person.

- Every member that wants to participate ABSOLUTELY MUST post on this topic BEFORE December 21st. This is the deadline and anyone who wants to participate after will not be allowed. Upon posting please leave your discord name & steamID. After December 21st you will be messaged by me to tell you who your person is you have to get a gift for.

-All gifts MUST be done through the Steam store by gifting or you can give them a Steam gift card it is your choice. Please note however if you plan on giving someone a gift card you have to be friends with them on Steam for at least (3+) days to do so.

- Gifts must have a value of at least $10.00 USD. If you have a different currency convert it to USD. If you can't afford the extra $10.00 do not enter this event. If you want to give more than $10.00 that is up to you just make sure you can afford it.

- All participants will be chosen at complete random. So if you get someone you don't really like as a person you will still have to get them a gift.

I really want AT LEAST 10+ participants for this so please people participate.

- Reduced recoil and increased clip size on the DSR sniper.
- Fixed issues with Turkey Leg. If you previously purchased the turkey leg you will need it replaced with the new turkey leg. The turkey leg will not be in the shop much longer so better grab it while you can.
- Traitor buddies and Detective buddies will now by default have a glowing borderline. You can modify the colors of these by pressing "F1" and going to the "Role Outlines" tab. Innocents will not be able to see the borderline of detectives due to knowing their location as well as knowing when a detective is dead. You can also disable the role outlines if you want by simply unchecking it in the F1 tab.
- Modified karma settings.
- Re-Added SLAM "Tripmine".
- Beenade has returned re-worked and nerfed.
- Added "Winchester Rifle". This is available for limited time purchase in the pointshop. It is also temporarily dropping in-game rarely. There is a couple known visual bugs with it but if you have any issues to report let us know.
- New "Abyssal" crowbars will be added in the near future. These are also implemented on our Prop Hunt server already so if you've saw them there then you should be aware what they are.

I will be giving away (5000) premium points to 1 random user. All you gotta do is the following.

- Be registered on the forums (duh)
- Comment on this post and leave your steamid and the server you are wanting the premium points on.

Winner will be chosen 1 week from now.

- Added 2 new player models. Halloween Zack & Pumpkin Monster. Zack is available in limited time shop until November 2nd like the rest of the halloween items. Pumpkin Monster model drops at a low rate in-game and will only drop until November 2nd. Let's see who all can get this model it'll be one of the rarest on the server.

- Fixed visual glitch with !unstuck timer.

- Fixed errors of weapons in the elite weapon crate and the knives that are errors.

- The stats system is back. All stats have been freshly wiped. I was originally going to add a new stats system but I haven't had time to work on it much lately. Simply type !stats in-game to access your stats and view the stats of other players. This stats system keeps track of total hunter wins, total hunter kills, total hunter deaths, prop wins, and prop deaths. I do plan on modifying it more in the future to track more things when I get more time to work on it. 
The first person to send me a screenshot on discord of their 150+ prop wins in the stats system will get rewarded 10,000 premium points. 

Also guys GMOD updated today and broke our MOTD as well as caused a small rollback of 2-3 days. Hopefully it didn't affect too many peoples ranks. If you donated and lost your donation rank let us know.

Disclaimer: I did not make this recipe, I do not own it. It is just my husband's favorite bun recipe so I decided to put it here for y'all to enjoy. <3 

• Parchment Paper
  
• 3/4 cup chilled whole milk
  
• 1 tsp active dry yeast
  
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• Steamer basket for pot
  

1. Cut 7 small squares of parchment paper
   
2. Add milk and yeast into a bowl and mix well
   
3. Add flour and mix until clumpy
   
4. Knead with your hands for at least 10 minutes (if using stand mixer with dough hook: 5 minutes)
   
5. Proof (leave standing) for 5 minutes
   
6. Divide dough into 7 pieces
   
7. Roll pieces into an oval and bring top and bottom to center before pinching the edges together to seal
   
8. Place ball on parchment paper and round it out in your hands
   
9. Transfer buns to steamer basket
   
10. Proof for an hour with the lid covered
    
11. Steam buns for 8 minutes
    

VPN's/Proxies will no longer be allowed for usage here at SG. We've had too many people attempting to bypass bans recently. If you somehow do get around our VPN detection system and it's discovered you are using a VPN  you will be disconnected and the IP will be blocked. If you reconnect with the VPN again you will be network banned as it is now a violation of our terms of service.

The only exceptions that I can see as a valid reason for using a VPN/Proxy on our services is :
- You are on a military base.
- Campus/School requires it

You will have to somehow verify that you are actually located at one of those places as well because this is the internet and lots of people lie.

what is everyone's Favorite Gmod Game Mode - Mine is Definitely Prop Hunt!

What are some of your guy's favorite maps, I’ll start off with the Backyard

There's absolutely nothing of importance on this thread. You can go about your day.