My journey into PC gaming began with Half-Life, one of the defining first-person shooters of its era. I couldn’t get enough of it and spent years playing, learning, and becoming part of the online gaming community.

After about seven years, I moved into hosting custom-map servers for Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and eventually Counter-Strike: Source. It was there that another player introduced me to the basics of level design—and I was hooked.

What followed were countless hours, days, months, and years spent learning Hammer Editor and creating, building, testing, and publishing original custom maps. These were never rushed projects; some took more than a year to complete.

After stepping away for nearly a decade, I returned in May 2026 and launched Silly’s Custom Maps 24/7—a place dedicated to Counter-Strike: Source, original custom maps, and the kind of community-driven gameplay that made me love the game in the first place.