Current Events

These events provide motivation and focus to update the content and allow new content to be created based on the events. For example, podcasts and articles are often written as a consequence of the events.
Each event has some sort of theme or overriding commonality and has its own page, which provides the viewer with all the details.
Maps and mods are updated and have screenshots and a working download included.
Below are the details of the events running at the moment.

The Ville Retrospective

This event started in March 2015 and aims to analyse all the mods created from Mapping Competitions/Challenges.
On the first weekend of every month, a mod is livestreamed on the RTSL Twitch channel by Darren Weekes AKa CustomGamer and then uploaded to the TVR Playlist on RTSL YouTube channel.

Classic of the Month

This event started in February 2015 and aims to update all the mods in the Hall of Fame but also include lesser known but still classic mods to the list.
On the third weekend of every month, a mod is updated and livestreamed on the RTSL Twitch channel by Don AKA Unq and then uploaded to the CotM Playlist on RTSL YouTube channel.

Past Events

These events provide motivation and focus to update the content and allow new content to be created based on the events. For example, podcasts and articles are often written as a consequence of the events.
Each event has some sort of theme or overriding commonality and has its own page, which provides the viewer with all the details.
Maps and mods are updated and have screenshots and a working download included.
2015 will see at least 2 events run.
Below are the details of the events run so far.

100 Summer Days of Nostalgia

This event updated one map or mod for Half-Life every day for 100 days during the Summer of 2011.
The maps and mods were downloaded over 15,000 times and nearly 1000 Recommendation Images were used.

Opposing Force NovemberFest

Hazardous Half-Quake Quatridual

This event updated the three Half-Quake mods over two weekends in December 2011.
Half-Quake is made by Muddasheep and he has a special way of looking at things - a sadistic way!
He enjoys torturing players via various techniques. His mods have a visual style that has been copied but never equalled.
The page has custom artwork by Muddasheep

The Replay Experience Experiment aka TREE

This long-running event allowed readers to replay and re-experience all the core Half-Life games.
Plenty of new information was presented and everybody learnt something new - even people who had played the games many, many times.
Each chapter in each game has its own post on the site.
This event generated quite a lot of new content, including a story competition and podcasts.

Mapping Competitions started in January 2010.
Approximately 2 or 3 are run every year.
They vary in length from 10 days to, in some cases, 90 days.
The current average length is 17 days - that's 3 complete weekends.
Some competitions have prize money, others some games and sometimes no prizes at all.
In 2014 the name was changed from "Competition" to "Challenge". This was done to encourage more mappers to enter.
8 Days before a challenge starts an announcement is made on the site and Twitter.
Each challenge has a very specific theme.
There is no single page for Mapping Challenges/Competitions, but all the releases can be found by using the link below.

Live Streams started in 2014.
Phillip plays through various maps and mods, either simply because he is adding them to the site or because it is part of a larger event.
Once the Live Stream is over, the video is uploaded to the site's YouTube Channel.
All initial playthroughs of Mapping Challenges are live streamed and advertised in advance, as is other exclusive or First Seen on RTSL content.
No account or registration is required for viewers to watch the live streams and they can join in the chat on the Twitch page during the stream.