Crap, i thought this was a general vote for the best mod outhere...
(feel free to delete the previous one)
[Seventh: it's okay, I have done]
I though that we should brake away from original hl and the standard disaster at black mesa plot - lets face it - an hl mod will not get as much hype as one created from scratch. But, lets not brake away entirely, rather, offer some kind of prequel or continuation or a parallel, or explanation of the events etc, a bit like op4 - very original and yet ties in with the game perfectly. This I think will appeal to many of the members as they are already mapping Half-Life/BM environments. Here's a rough storyline with random words and some suggestions
- Set somewhere far away from black mesa...
- Still the same black messa-ish-ness; maybe the company who '' went to some lengths to get it'' - the subject of the experiment in original hl
- We can (legally) use everything and or anything from all of the retail hl mods - HL, OP4, Blue Shift, which should be enough leeway for creative storylines
- The mod might follow the life of an average worker from the company and who gets tied up in the secrecy of the matter, some mishaps with the ''sample'' etc.
Now, how does this all tie in with the original concept? And how does this allow for total freedom in mapping?
Well basically - the ''specimen is so unstable, that during transport or drilling, it goes off, destroying most of itself and ripping the fabric of time/dimensions/ whatever you want... so you can see how this can be made into an incoherently coherent mod
At this point though, another possible story can be adopted: The search and recovery party member sent in to salvage what they can from the '' drilling/ transport/etc incident'' and the rest writes itself - big disaster that already ruptured space/time or something of the sort.