ABOUT The Alium

We have been playing gamemodes without roleplay since 2018

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«HOW TO PLAY WITH YOU?»

To play with us, you can join our events simply through the server browser. To receive notifications about when the game starts, just go to the community’s Discord server[discord.com] and pay attention to the notifications in the #events channel.

«HOW DO I JOIN YOU?»

Official membership in the group begins after your application to the Steam group has been approved. To join the group, you need 100 hours in Garry’s Mod, an open and presentable profile, no connections to persona non grata, and no blocks on the general ban list. Once accepted, you will be able to attend meetings, participate in tournaments, comment on posts, vote on community sanctions, etc. For more information, please contact the technical account.

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«No, I am not the real garry!»

August 2 - Erick_Maksimets | 0 Comments

Originally posted on 2 August, 2026[alium.p1ka.eu] По-русски[alium.p1ka.eu] | Українською[alium.p1ka.eu]

The creator of Garry’s Mod, Garry Newman, has not logged into his own game for several years. As a result, the legendary «Yes, I am the real garry!» achievement, originally awarded for playing on the same server as Garry, could only be obtained through Steam Achievement Manager or other illegitimate methods. However, in July 2026, the community encountered something completely unexpected: Garry had seemingly returned—but not in the way anyone had hoped.

Recently, the Garry’s Mod community was stirred by reports that Garry had been constantly playing on a particular server. Numerous screenshots surfaced showing Garry on the server and players unlocking the famous achievement simply by joining it. After investigating the situation, the community discovered that it was neither the real Garry nor a compromised account. Instead, it was a bot that had been assigned Garry’s SteamID.

Whenever someone joined the server, the game checked whether Garry’s SteamID was present. Since the bot used Garry’s identifier, every player on the server automatically received the achievement. On this server, players could even temporarily become «Garry» themselves.

The technique of spoofing SteamIDs is not new. Garry’s Mod developers have used similar methods internally for years to grant themselves the achievement. However, the wider community only became aware of the trick after the controversy surrounding the server hosting the fake «Garry».

The server hosting the fake Garry has since been added to Facepunch’s blacklist, meaning it no longer appears in the in-game server browser. Players can only connect directly via its IP address. Garry himself has not commented on the incident, remaining just as indifferent as before.

It is important to note that Valve prohibits impersonating another user’s SteamID, whether for a player or a bot. Such actions violate Valve’s policies and may result in a VAC ban, permanent account restrictions, or similar sanctions against a Workshop addon or community server.

FosFor retains authorship of the article.

April 29 - Erick_Maksimets | 0 Comments

Originally posted on 29 April, 2026[alium.p1ka.eu] По-русски[alium.p1ka.eu] | Українською[alium.p1ka.eu]

The game developed by Facepunch, positioned as the spiritual successor to Garry’s Mod under the name s&box, officially released on April 28 in accordance with its development timeline. Before the official release, many players who had access to early builds lost the ability to play and were required to purchase the game at full price.

The game went through a long nine-year development cycle, during which it switched its engine from Unreal Engine 4 to Source 2 and repeatedly emphasized raising the quality standards of development. The creator of Garry’s Mod, Garry Newman, believed that s&box would become the same Garry’s Mod but with past mistakes addressed, new technologies, and closer cooperation with Valve.

Despite broad marketing efforts and calls from the developers to support s&box, the game was heavily criticized by the global community after release. It reached a modest peak of around six thousand concurrent players and roughly half of its reviews on Steam were negative. The game is mainly criticized for its raw state, art style, microtransactions, and a large amount of community content generated with artificial intelligence.

It is worth noting that The Alium Community predicted the unsuccessful launch of s&box in its forecast published on April 25.

On April 29, a planned Garry’s Mod update was released, intended to signal to the community that the development of Garry’s Mod will continue despite the release of s&box.

The update expanded support for ultra-high monitor resolutions for HUD elements. HUD elements were also adjusted for better player comfort, fixing issues that were not present in the original Half-Life 2.

Model color settings for Alyx were updated, the ability to recolor the Arctic Avenger model was added, and eye color customization was introduced for Nova Prospekt guards and shotgun soldiers. Render limits were added to prevent color-based exploits.

Support for installed content from Black Mesa and Military Conflict: Vietnam was added. There had been ongoing speculation around Black Mesa content for several years, but it is now official. Content from Half-Life 2 episodes and Counter-Strike: Source was likely added to the spawnlists of the base game for improved navigation.

The update also adapts many in-game systems to a more modern networking system, which should help servers avoid restarts and improve the overall gameplay experience over extended sessions on the same map.

The Combine APC has been added as a separate vehicle that players can use.

The game s&box on Steam store; The Alium Community prediction regarding s&box; Official post in the Community Hub; Full changelog in the official developer devblog;[gmod.facepunch.com] Erick_Maksimets retains authorship of the article.