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After years of being foiled by the same nine mercenaries, the robot army has returned with a slightly different approach. They've exchanged their ruthlessness for an obsession with ridiculous and terrible humor! Potato's Custom MvM returns with a second April Fools event, Operation Mashed Mediocrity!

This 2 week event lets you face absurd robots with baffling weaponry. Seven new missions across six community maps are available to play. You may even find an old potato you can affix to your shirt with pride!

This event runs until April 13th and is open to players of all skill levels. The tour is available to play here. The Madness vs Machines charity is still open and donating $10 will earn you a special heart gem medal!

After April 13th, the servers will return to your regularly scheduled programming, Operation Madness vs. Machines, which will end in a month!

LuckyLukeTF2 is back with the Top 12 special for 2019! Just like previous years, this edition features all of the #1 plays from each monthly episode for the year of 2019! Check out the action above or on LuckyLukeTF2's YouTube channel here!

After a one hundred day event, 142 submissions, and a judging process that took the help of other scientists to keep the particles at bay, the Particle Mayhem group is ready to announce their winners!

The organizers want to thank everyone who created particles and contributed to the event! The event would not have been possible without your creative minds! They also want to thank the entire Team Fortress 2 community for all the support given to the event, the staff, and the content creators who put the time in to submit entries!

Now, without further ado, here are the Particle Mayhem winners!

     1st Place: Necrobombicon (Unusual Effect)
     By Cordial & Saint Lombax!

     2nd Place: Calming Cosmos (Taunt Unusual Effect)
     By Hex:Diarrhea, Galactic Yoshi, and FanCyy!

     3rd Place: Bright Ideas (Unusual Effect)
     By 9joao6, and RedMser!

Congratulations to the winners! May your particles live on forever (and hopefully not consume us all in the process)!

Be sure to check out the winners in the Particle Mayhem Steam Collection and the rest of the submissions in the submissions collection!

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And what exactly is this, we hear you ask? Well check out our fantastic and visually pleasing Highlander Open Website!. It contains all the basics about what exactly the Highlander format is, and essential (light) reading for all who want to get involved.