[h1][url=https://rust.facepunch.com/news/community-update-255#TWITCHDROPS]TWITCH DROPS[/url][/h1] [h2]Save The date![/h2] [b]September 7th-14th[/b] we will be having a Twitch Drops event featuring some of your favorite creators. [url=https://twitch.facepunch.com/][img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1711b1/drops.png[/img][/url] More details on this coming soon, watch our socials in the upcoming weeks! Be sure to get synced at [url=https://twitch.facepunch.com/connect]twitch.facepunch.com[/url] so you can successfully claim your drops. [h1][url=https://rust.facepunch.com/news/community-update-255#CHARITABLERUSTSKINCONTEST]CHARITABLE RUST SKIN CONTEST[/url][/h1] [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1711b1/charitable.jpg[/img] [url=https://www.charitablerust.com/]Charitable Rust[/url] is right around the corner (October 14th) and with that comes another set of Twitch drops and store items all going towards charity! [url=https://www.rustafied.com/]Rustafied[/url] is hosting a [url=https://www.charitablerust.com/skins]community skin contest[/url] for this event. There are rules and parameters in there, please read them! :) [h3]Contest Rules[/h3] [list] [*] Use [b]#CR2023[/b] as official contest tag in Steam workshop. [*] No re-uploading old or previously submitted skins. [*] Do not steal or use any copyrighted or otherwise trademarked content. [*] Must be 100% original work (can work with others if all are listed on workshop page). [*] Must follow all basic workshop submission rules and standards. [*] If using the charity’s logo, it cannot be used on any weapon skins. Only Charitable Rust logo may be used on weapon skins. [*] Submissions must be high quality and Hi-Res, normals properly done/baked. [*] Cannot contain offensive or sexual content. [*] Don’t forget upload limit for the amount of skins you may submit. [/list] Entry deadline is August 29th! [h1][url=https://rust.facepunch.com/news/community-update-255#REDDITINSIGHTS]REDDIT INSIGHTS[/url][/h1] [url=https://www.reddit.com/user/renan0803/]u/renan0803[/url] has had a [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/playrust/comments/14ttsv8/rust_insights_2023_results/]Rust Insights[/url] project going on for a while. They collected player insight data from a slew of [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/playrust/]r/playrust[/url] Reddit users and compiled it into a bunch of readable statistics! We did tweak the original a bit to make it more blog-friendly but you can still see it [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/playrust/comments/14ttsv8/rust_insights_2023_results/]here[/url]. [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1711b1/RI_HowDoYouPlay.png[/img] [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1711b1/RI_GroupSize.png[/img] [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1711b1/RI_Technology.png[/img] [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1711b1/RI_MonumentsScrap.png[/img] [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1711b1/RI_FutureWants.png[/img] Very cool to see in this format. Keep an eye out for the next rendition if you'd like to partake in future surveys! [h1][url=https://rust.facepunch.com/news/community-update-255#IRLWEAPONRACKS]IRL WEAPON RACKS[/url][/h1] No sooner did this hit the staging (beta) announcements and our friend over at [url=https://www.youtube.com/@Real-Game]Real & Game[/url] made some IRL weapon racks in what felt like a few days. [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b2111b1/IMG_20230730_231157.jpg[/img] [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b2111b1/IMG_20230730_231103.jpg[/img] [url=]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b2111b1/IMG_20230730_231100.jpg[/url] [img]https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b2111b1/IMG_20230730_231054.jpg[/img] He also recorded his whole process. This is pretty impressive! [previewyoutube=LvA4WBlS2QA;full][/previewyoutube] Drilled all 600 holes by hand. [h1][url=https://rust.facepunch.com/news/community-update-255#WEEDFARMERS]WEED FARMERS[/url][/h1] We have another banger from the [url=https://www.youtube.com/@WeedFarmers]Weed Farmers[/url]! Bandit Camp is the promiseland. [previewyoutube=xa9W1ssD4t8;full][/previewyoutube] SHOW ME THE STUFF! If you made something cool or saw something cool, reach out! Tag me on the [url=https://twitter.com/ErrnieGerrn]Twitterverse[/url] or u/ErrnieGerrn [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/playrust/]Reddit[/url].