# 📰 News

**URL:** https://forums.sourceruns.org/c/news/7.md

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## [About the 📰 News category](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/about-the-news-category/1180)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/about-the-news-category/1180 "2018-03-08T10:00:22Z")

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## [SourceRuns Jump Map Cup #4](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-jump-map-cup-4/3634)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-jump-map-cup-4/3634 "2020-04-11T13:03:46Z")

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Originally published at: SourceRuns Half-Life Jump Map Cup #4 - SourceRuns Hello! We are excited to present SourceRuns Jump Map Cup #4, with over 600€ in the prize pool already. It will take place on May 22nd throu…

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## [SourceRuns Marathon 2018](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-marathon-2018/3164)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-marathon-2018/3164 "2018-07-05T15:20:22Z")

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Originally published at: https://sourceruns.org/sourceruns-marathon-2018/ Hello! Summer of SourceRuns is currently underway, and before we go into the big news, I would like to announce that Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun …

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## [2018 Summer of SourceRuns](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/2018-summer-of-sourceruns/3135)

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**Author:** [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/2018-summer-of-sourceruns/3135 "2018-06-15T11:34:55Z")

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Hello everyone! We here at SourceRuns are excited to announce the 2018 Summer of SourceRuns! We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on these past couple of years, and will be doing so starting this Sunday, Ju…

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## [A few progress updates](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/a-few-progress-updates/3093)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/a-few-progress-updates/3093 "2018-05-13T09:54:52Z")

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Originally published at: https://sourceruns.org/a-few-progress-updates/ Hey! We’ve got some updates to share with you from the speedrun forgery! Looks like 2018 will be a grand year for speedruns, here’s what we hav…

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## [Significant ruleset changes in GoldSrc leaderboards](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/significant-ruleset-changes-in-goldsrc-leaderboards/3028)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/significant-ruleset-changes-in-goldsrc-leaderboards/3028 "2018-04-02T11:34:41Z")

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Originally published at: https://sourceruns.org/ruleset-changes-in-goldsrc-leaderboards/ Hello everyone, After some thorough discussions with the moderators of GoldSrc games’ speedrun leaderboards over at speedrun.c…

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## [Rule changes regarding HL2 and the episodes](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/rule-changes-regarding-hl2-and-the-episodes/2702)

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**Author:** [@Jukspa](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Jukspa)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/rule-changes-regarding-hl2-and-the-episodes/2702 "2015-09-15T15:57:07Z")

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Hello everyone! As you might have heard there has been quite a bit of discussion about the rules for speedrunning Half-Life 2 and the episodes. This led to numerous arguments which didn’t end up in any sort of consensus…

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## [New forums!](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/new-forums/2996)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/new-forums/2996 "2018-03-09T11:42:07Z")

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Originally published at: https://sourceruns.org/new-forums/ Hey everyone, As you might’ve noticed, we’ve migrated our forums software to the new and shiny Discourse! This mainly allows us to integrate the forums be…

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## [SourceRuns Half-Life Jump Map Cup #2](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-half-life-jump-map-cup-2/2989)

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**Author:** [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-half-life-jump-map-cup-2/2989 "2018-03-08T12:54:12Z")

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Hey everyone! Happy new year! After a pretty successful first edition of SourceRuns Half-Life Jump map cup™ we’ve been trying to organize a second one this past year, however due to lack of good organization it never re…

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## [Cheater ‘newifyy’ banned + the future of anticheat in GoldSrc speedrunning](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/cheater-newifyy-banned-the-future-of-anticheat-in-goldsrc-speedrunning/2904)

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**Author:** [@PJC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/PJC)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2016, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/cheater-newifyy-banned-the-future-of-anticheat-in-goldsrc-speedrunning/2904 "2016-11-06T09:59:09Z")

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It has come to our attention that runner ‘newifyy‘ has intentionally submitted cheated runs to the ‘Scriptless’ category on the Half-Life leaderboards. Rule broken (quoted from Half-Life - Speedrun.com): Runs done in t…

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## [GoldSrc Leaderboards Verification Update](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/goldsrc-leaderboards-verification-update/2908)

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**Author:** [@PJC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/PJC)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/goldsrc-leaderboards-verification-update/2908 "2016-09-08T22:07:35Z")

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Following the most recent Bunnymod XT update, rules on our GoldSrc leaderboards regarding verification have been amended. Before this update, demos were barely ever used for “RTA” speedruns (runs that use the loading of…

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## [SourceRuns Marathon](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-marathon/2643)

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**Author:** [@Gocnak](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Gocnak)\
**Replies:** 48\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-marathon/2643 "2016-07-30T23:30:01Z")

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Update: Jul 22, The SourceRuns Marathon is now over! Thanks to all the runners and to everyone who watched the marathon, it was a really great experience! A list with all the speedrun videos done during the marathon can …

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## [Some proposed changes for the Half-Life leaderboards](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/some-proposed-changes-for-the-half-life-leaderboards/2864)

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**Author:** [@PJC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/PJC)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/some-proposed-changes-for-the-half-life-leaderboards/2864 "2016-05-30T23:43:48Z")

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Hi everyone, There’s been alot of discussion in our Discord server recently regarding a number of ideas for the future of Half-Life speedrunning and its leaderboards, so today we’ll be bringing these propositions forwar…

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## [Half-Life 2: Done Quicker Premiere Announcement](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/half-life-2-done-quicker-premiere-announcement/2844)

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**Author:** [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/half-life-2-done-quicker-premiere-announcement/2844 "2016-04-30T18:06:51Z")

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Hello everyone! Today, we announce the release date of Half-Life 2: Done Quicker; our new speedrun of Half-Life 2 in 40 minutes and 49 seconds! Usually, we don’t announce the release dates of our runs, as we just upl…

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## [The SourceRuns Winter Mini-contest has ended!](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/the-sourceruns-winter-mini-contest-has-ended/2797)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/the-sourceruns-winter-mini-contest-has-ended/2797 "2016-01-18T07:10:25Z")

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The SourceRuns mini-contest has ended! Thanks to all the runners who submitted their runs to the contest. We hope you enjoyed it! The winner for the GoldSrc challenge (Surface Run) is Bloodvez, beating the mod in 1 min…

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## [HL2DQ (Verified Cheating)](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2dq-verified-cheating/2526)

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**Author:** [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2dq-verified-cheating/2526 "2016-01-09T15:06:06Z")

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Hello everyone! So, today I wanted to make an important (unrelated to us in anyway due to its age) announcement that we have wanted to talk about for some time, but felt our reputation would be harmed or cause an unnece…

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## [SourceRuns Winter Contest 2015 is now over!](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-winter-contest-2015-is-now-over/2778)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 54\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-winter-contest-2015-is-now-over/2778 "2015-12-28T14:36:47Z")

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The SourceRuns Winter contest 2015 is now over! Bloodvez wins the last GoldSrc round by beating bunnyrace\_beta2 in 20.919s! Muad’Dib wins the last Source round by beating d1\_canals\_07 in 19.155s! Now about the contest…

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## [Half Life 2: Episode Two - Done Quick ](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/half-life-2-episode-two-done-quick/2606)

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**Author:** [@BitRain](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/BitRain)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/half-life-2-episode-two-done-quick/2606 "2015-08-24T18:49:46Z")

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It’s been a long wait, 5 years to be precise, but it’s finally here; Presenting Half Life 2: Episode Two Done Quick in 30:36.705 Development of the run started immediately after SourceRuns released Episode One speedrun…

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## [FORUM RULES](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/forum-rules/2552)

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**Author:** [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/forum-rules/2552 "2015-01-31T13:17:03Z")

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(This has been in the registration agreement, but since that’s indefinitely down, I’m going to post it here.) With the implementation of these rules, we will no longer be warning people unless they’ve done something tha…

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## [The SourceRuns Winter contest is now over!](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/the-sourceruns-winter-contest-is-now-over/2529)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 61\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/the-sourceruns-winter-contest-is-now-over/2529 "2015-01-03T16:43:57Z")

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The SourceRuns Winter contest has now ended! The fastest time of the last map, surf\_river\_of\_flame, has been achieved by sadf - 34 seconds! It’s been really great seeing the community submit so many demos for our event…

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## [SourceRuns starts taking submissions!](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-starts-taking-submissions/2464)

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**Author:** [@D4rw1N](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/D4rw1N)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-starts-taking-submissions/2464 "2014-12-08T05:52:32Z")

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First of all, let me just happily announce that Jared “Centaur1um” is back in business! After dealing with stuff in his private life, he’s back in the administration of SourceRuns! Welcome back, brother. :slight\_smile: S…

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## [Person of Interest - EP2 Mod speedrun](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/person-of-interest-ep2-mod-speedrun/2499)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/person-of-interest-ep2-mod-speedrun/2499 "2014-10-17T20:33:34Z")

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Here at SourceRuns, as you might already know, we’ve started taking speedrun submissions. Almost three weeks later, we’ve finally got our first submission - a segmented speedrun of a Half-Life 2: Episode Two mod “Person …

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## [European Speedster Assembly 2014](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/european-speedster-assembly-2014/2399)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/european-speedster-assembly-2014/2399 "2014-08-03T12:36:18Z")

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Are you ready for another marathon? Team Ludendi is back, this time with an even bigger, better, faster show - European Speedster Assembly! It starts tomorrow, July 27th 13:15 CEST and lasts till August 3rd. And of cou…

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## [SourceRuns at SGDQ 2014](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-at-sgdq-2014/2361)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-at-sgdq-2014/2361 "2014-07-02T00:27:07Z")

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\[image\] http://www.twitch.tv/speeddemosarchivesda Looks like we’re having a speedy summer this year! Team Ludendi have just finished their mini-marathon at DreamHack, and now, just a week later, Speed Demos Archive is…

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## [SourceRuns Wiki](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-wiki/2106)

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**Author:** [@execut4ble](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/execut4ble)\
**Replies:** 48\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-wiki/2106 "2013-11-10T03:06:42Z")

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We’ve figured a Wiki about speedrunning Valve’s games would be a pretty nice project. After some hard work on it, we’ve decided to finally post about it on the forums. I’m glad to present it you - THE SOURCERUNS WIKI. …

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## [We have our own podcast!](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/we-have-our-own-podcast/2261)

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**Author:** [@D4rw1N](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/D4rw1N)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/we-have-our-own-podcast/2261 "2013-10-25T06:12:34Z")

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A bit late to break the “news” but I figured it should be official on the forums as well. Our very own podcast, the “SourceCast” has now started and episodes will be released every other week! http://www.youtube.com/wa…

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## [Have](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/have/2229)

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**Author:** [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/have/2229 "2013-08-28T23:36:44Z")

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If you don’t want a carrot now, put it in a ziplock bag and bury it then you have a treat in 3 years I live alone.

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## [SourceRuns YT Partnership](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-yt-partnership/2156)

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**Author:** [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/sourceruns-yt-partnership/2156 "2013-02-27T04:05:11Z")

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Hey guys, the SourceRuns Youtube channel was just partnerized this afternoon. I was thinking now that we can make money from this, that this should go into the betterment of this site, and should go back to the people w…

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## [HOLY FUCK, CAMERON!](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/holy-fuck-cameron/1968)

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**Author:** [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/holy-fuck-cameron/1968 "2012-04-17T16:05:32Z")

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https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/151603944802623490 YOU’RE FAMOUS. Cameron, if you turn out to be the reason why Notch becomes a brony, I will love you forever.

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## [Check out the newborn Twitter!](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/check-out-the-newborn-twitter/2016)

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**Author:** [@S11](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/S11)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/check-out-the-newborn-twitter/2016 "2012-01-23T15:32:37Z")

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https://twitter.com/#!/SourceRuns Anyone think he can put some good use to it?

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