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Founded in 2005, BOOM! is a world-wide gaming community based on the west coast of the US. We welcome all friendly gamers who want a place to relax and chat or get help. Trolls are not welcome!

For over 10 years, BOOM! hosted TF2 and CS:S game servers. The TF2 servers we're modded community servers and allow players to have fun and casually trade. They we're not geared toward official competitive play. In late 2017, Lt. Maverick, the owner / founder of BOOM!, shutdown the game servers due to little player support for funding the services and the ever-increasing number of trolls and cheaters that were creating too many problems for the players to enjoy the games.

Joining this group will help you to stay connected to the players who once played on our famous Valve game servers and like to share info and memories of the good times we had.

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Beware of Lt. Maverick Impersonator

August 20 - Lt. Maverick | 0 Comments

Lt. Maverick Impersonators Have Started - August 2026

I've received several reports of someone Impersonating me and requesting to be Steam friends to people I know. If you receive a friend request from someone claiming to be me, it's easy to spot they're a fake, even if part of their profile is a direct copy of mine.

Things to look for:

- My profile is Level 66 (my birth year) and always will be Level 66.
- My Profile picture has an animated picture frame
- My profile displays the, "Years of Service Badge" and says "Member Since November 17, 2004"
- My inventory and messages are, and always will be PUBLIC, never private

If any of these are missing, don't accept the invite from this loser and please report them to Steam using the Fraud option on the report screen.

Take care everyone and thank you to everyone who reported this to me!

Mike Vail (aka: Lt. Maverick)

TF2 Halloween is Coming SOON!

October 2, 2025 - Lt. Maverick | 1 Comments

I know some of you have moved on from TF2, but the game is still rockin' and fun to play. The cheaters have all but disappered thanks to Valve fixing stuff that should have been done years ago.

I'd love to see some of us get together and play during the TF2 Halloween Event, a favorite holiday for many of us TF2 groupies. I'm sure there are people reading this who still haven't gotten all the Halloween items and achievements, so we could get together and help to get those for people interested and want them.

I'll send out another group message once the holiday launches. Hopefully we can see some of you for a good time and revisit some of the many memories and good times of the many BOOM! Halloweens of the past!

Take care and I hope you're all doing well!!!!

Lt. Maverick (Mav),
BOOM! Gaming Community

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Lt. Maverick

Aug 8 @ 12:50pm

Lt. Maverick Impersonators Have Started - August 2026

I've received several reports of someone Impersonating me and requesting to be Steam friends to people I know. If you receive a friend request from someone claiming to be me, it's easy to spot they're a fake, even if part of their profile is a direct copy of mine.

Things to look for:

- My profile is Level 66 (my birth year) and always will be Level 66.
- My Profile picture has an animated picture frame
- My profile displays the, "Years of Service Badge" and says "Member Since November 17, 2004"
- My inventory and messages are, and always will be PUBLIC, never private

If any of these are missing, don't accept the invite from this loser and please report them to Steam using the Fraud option on the report screen.

Take care everyone and thank you to everyone who reported this to me!

Mike Vail (aka: Lt. Maverick)

Lt. Maverick

Aug 8 @ 12:47pm

CHECKING-IN and HAPPY SUMMER 2026!

I hope this finds you all well and you're enjoying summer. I sure miss our days of playing together but considering 1000s of you are still part of this group, I can see I'm not the only one who loved being a BOOM! member. It's so cool to see all of you are still connected to each other 20 years after BOOM! Gaming Community was founded all the way back in 2005! Man we had a lot of fun!

Stay Safe and Take care!
Mav