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Announcing the Black Mesa Valentine's Day Baking Contest Winner!

Greetings Scientists!

We are excited to announce the winners of the Black Mesa Valentine's Day Baking Contest! We received numerous entries showcasing your creativity and baking skills, and we were thrilled by the response. After a week-long period of community votes, we are now ready to announce the winners!

Without further ado, the winners of the Black Mesa Valentine's Day Baking Contest are:


1st place: ╲⎝⧹Astraea⧸⎠╱#7019, with their incredibly baked Headcrab Cranberry Cloud Bread. Congratulations on winning the grand prize of It Takes Two!



2nd place: republica#4037, with their delicious White Chocolate Hearts & Heart Crowbar, they have won the second prize of Cuphead!



3rd place: John the Panda#0574, with their adorable set of Stained Glass Cookies. Congratulations on winning the third prize of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime!



We would like to thank all participants for their hard work and dedication to baking. We were amazed by the variety and creativity of the entries, and we are grateful to our community for voting to determine the winners.

Join us on the Crowbar Collective Discord for future contests and more!

Once again, thank you all for taking part in this contest, we are looking forward to more events in the future! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest developer updates, and news.

- The Crowbar Collective Team

Black Mesa Valentine's Day Baking Contest!



Greetings Scientists!

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and we are excited to share that we are now accepting entries for our Valentine’s Day Baking Contest! If you’d like to take part, all you have to do is take a picture of your home-made baked good or dessert, that includes a piece of paper with your discord tag written on it, and submit your image in the #baking-contest channel on the Crowbar Collective Discord!

The winners will be selected by way of community vote. The top 3 pictures that receive the most reactions will be the winners, and the community members who submitted them will receive the following rewards:

1st place - It Takes Two
2nd place - Cuphead
3rd place - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

[h3]How to Join[/h3]

You may submit your entries until the 17th of February, after which submissions will close and the week-long voting period will start. The winners will be announced on February 24th.

[h3]Rules:[/h3]
  1. Only 1 entry per contestant.
  2. The dessert or baked goods must be homemade, pre-made ingredients, such as boxed mixes, can be used.
  3. The dessert or baked goods must be in theme with Valentine’s Day. (Bonus points for coupling it with Black Mesa themes!)
  4. The image must contain your discord user tag on a piece of paper in order to prove you have made this dessert.(It can be placed next to the dessert, does not have to be on it.)
  5. NO text or symbols allowed that can be construed as pornographic, NSFW, religious, or political.
  6. After the entry period is complete, we will lock the channel and allow all members to react to the entries to place your vote.


We are looking forward to seeing all our community members’ dessert making skills!

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Announcing the Community Hat Contest Winner!



Greetings Scientists!

The Community Hat Contest has come to an end! Thank you all for taking part in this event, it was a genuine delight to see all the cool hats!

While we enjoyed all the entries in this contest, we can only have 1 winner! Hats off to @Shinotama#7918 for their excellent piece of headwear! Congratulations on the new Crowbar Collective Snapback Hat!



If you would like to get one for yourself, you are welcome to do so here!

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Happy Chinese New Year Scientists!



Greetings scientists,

We would like to wish you all a happy Chinese New Year and good luck with the year of the Water Rabbit! Don’t forget to check for snarks in bunny suits before you put on your suits, scientists.

We would also like to remind that the Community Hat Competition is still ongoing in the Crowbar Collective Discord. Don’t forget to submit your entries before January 27th!

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Enter The Crowbar Collective Hat Contest!



Greetings Scientists!

We are excited to share that we are now accepting entries for our community Hat Contest! If you’d like to take part, all you have to do is take a picture of your hat, helmet, or other headwear, and submit your image in the #hat-contest channel on the Crowbar Collective Discord.

The winners will be selected by way of community vote. The hat picture that receives the most reactions will be the winner, and the community member who submitted it will receive a Crowbar Collective Snapback Hat!

[h2]How to Join[/h2]

You may submit your hat entries in the Crowbar Collective Discord until the 27th of January, after which submissions will close and the week-long voting period will start. The winners will be announced on February 3rd.

[h3]Rules:[/h3]
  • Only 1 entry per contestant
  • The hat can be bought, crafted, or otherwise acquired.
  • The image must contain your discord user tag on a piece of paper in order to prove you have this hat.
  • NO text or symbols allowed that can be construed as pornographic, NSFW, religious, or political.
  • After the entry period is complete, we will lock the channel and allow all members to react to the entries to place your vote.

We can’t wait to see all the different kinds of hats that you’ll come up with!

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