Summer Wars

BlubberyOyster4 (left) and an unknown player (right) during the Third Summer War.

Summer Wars were the names of the conflicts that broke out during the summer seasons between 2013 and 2017 coinciding with the majority of school systems holding breaks and the Steam Summer Sales. The early 2010s era of source content across the internet also spurred the popularity of Garry's Mod during those years. Coined in 2015 by Strayed, it was a means of explaining the increase of minges and players during summer break. Now having modern sales and player data for the early 2010s it is now documented that 2014 held the highest number of players in Garry's Mod of all time. Which coincided with the massive server populations during this era.

Creationary War

The Creationary War is considered the original summer war. Having seen the foundation of early factions

First Summer War

The First Summer War officially spanned from May 2014 to August 2014, encompassing mass campaigns from RFAI, ABMC, CSUNC, RoM, and others across the Sandbox theater at the time. This included servers like Snyde, Ghostly Gaming, and others lost to time. However some inter-faction conflicts did exist.

COVID Wars

Though not officially a Summer War, the 2020 Pandemic led to a large spike in Garry's Mod's player count seeing that many students were out of classes and were spending time in the game. This era culminated in World War III.

Gallery

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  A steam charts screenshot showing the record player peak of all time.
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  A steam charts screenshot showing the uptick in players during the summer of 2014
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  A steam charts screenshot showing the uptick in players during the summer of 2015
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  A steam charts screenshot showing the uptick in players as a result of the 2020 lockdowns.