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OPPOSING FORCE CLIFF NOTES
By 2muchvideogames
INCOMING
Adrian crashes the party held in Black Mesa Research Facility. (literally)
WELCOME TO BLACK MESA
Adrian chugged too much beer at the party and woke up dazed, in the infirmary.
"WE ARE PULLING OUT"
Following the emergence of expensive lawsuits targeting Black Mesa for extensive property damage resulting from the party, the HECU decide to pull out and avoid being implicated in the incident.
MISSING IN ACTION
Adrian missed his flight because some prick in a business suit locked the hangar doors on him.
FRIENDLY FIRE
Adrian shoots a fellow soldier so he can get the m249 SAW five chapters earlier.
WE ARE NOT ALONE
Adrian goes to Xen and has a frank exchange of ideas with foreigners.
CRUSH DEPTH
Adrian discovers his inner hatred for aquariums.
VICARIOUS REALITY
And zoos.
PIT WORM'S NEST
Adrian gets into a staring contest with some sort of worm creature.
FOXTROT UNIFORM
Adrian spends an entire chapter in a cargo yard.
"THE PACKAGE"
Adrian defuses a bomb. Counter-Terrorists win.
WORLDS COLLIDE
Adrian witnesses a brutal culture clash between two very prejudiced groups.
CONCLUSION
Adrian gets into a staring contest with another worm, barely winning despite the worm's violent temper, bad breath, and frequent stomach cramps. The G-Man he met earlier appears and tells Adrian that he is impressed by Adrian's interpersonal skills and hires Adrian as an ambassador to Xen. He is granted government-subsidized housing in Xen and a substantial salary. From there, Adrian lived happily ever after. The end.
By 2muchvideogames
INCOMING
Adrian crashes the party held in Black Mesa Research Facility. (literally)
WELCOME TO BLACK MESA
Adrian chugged too much beer at the party and woke up dazed, in the infirmary.
"WE ARE PULLING OUT"
Following the emergence of expensive lawsuits targeting Black Mesa for extensive property damage resulting from the party, the HECU decide to pull out and avoid being implicated in the incident.
MISSING IN ACTION
Adrian missed his flight because some prick in a business suit locked the hangar doors on him.
FRIENDLY FIRE
Adrian shoots a fellow soldier so he can get the m249 SAW five chapters earlier.
WE ARE NOT ALONE
Adrian goes to Xen and has a frank exchange of ideas with foreigners.
CRUSH DEPTH
Adrian discovers his inner hatred for aquariums.
VICARIOUS REALITY
And zoos.
PIT WORM'S NEST
Adrian gets into a staring contest with some sort of worm creature.
FOXTROT UNIFORM
Adrian spends an entire chapter in a cargo yard.
"THE PACKAGE"
Adrian defuses a bomb. Counter-Terrorists win.
WORLDS COLLIDE
Adrian witnesses a brutal culture clash between two very prejudiced groups.
CONCLUSION
Adrian gets into a staring contest with another worm, barely winning despite the worm's violent temper, bad breath, and frequent stomach cramps. The G-Man he met earlier appears and tells Adrian that he is impressed by Adrian's interpersonal skills and hires Adrian as an ambassador to Xen. He is granted government-subsidized housing in Xen and a substantial salary. From there, Adrian lived happily ever after. The end.
I hate revision. I hate exams.
Steelseries is holding a contest on its 10th anniversary.
Wouldn't mind if you registered through my link :).
Wouldn't mind if you registered through my link :).
Alright, so after a ton of testing, file transfer, buying a new hard drive, and setting that hard drive to work with the motherboard, the verdict has come in for the family computer; The capacitors on the motherboard seem to have deteriorated and no longer work.
Hopefully we will be getting either a replacement motherboard or a replacement computer soon.
And then I can come back regularly.
Hopefully we will be getting either a replacement motherboard or a replacement computer soon.
And then I can come back regularly.
I'm inclined to believe they edited out those that answered correctly, but a part of me wants to believe they were a minority anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
Yeah I know it's old, but I'm still amazed at the incredible ignorance of some people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
Yeah I know it's old, but I'm still amazed at the incredible ignorance of some people.
Back to good old man+woman sex.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-24/defense-of-marriage-act-obamas-gay-marriage-backfire/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-24/defense-of-marriage-act-obamas-gay-marriage-backfire/
For anyone that cares, today I celebrate 23 years of celib--existence. Let's make a toast and wish for another 23 
Yeah I'm not ashamed to admit it.
Yeah I'm not ashamed to admit it.
How come no one has posted this yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRtYpNRoN0
Well lets discuss it here then.
Looks awesome, each area looks diverse and the animations look pretty awesome. Oh and the sound effects really hit the nail.
P.S. Giant spiders, my arachnophobia is tingling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRtYpNRoN0
Well lets discuss it here then.
Looks awesome, each area looks diverse and the animations look pretty awesome. Oh and the sound effects really hit the nail.
P.S. Giant spiders, my arachnophobia is tingling.
I just played Half-Quake Amen, an Austrian mod featuring unique aspects of puzzle gameplay never before explored by any other modder. For you, the player, this can be both a good and bad thing. Note that this is the second in a trilogy of half-quake mods and has prolly nothing to do with the retail Quake games.
The story is the same in all these titles. You are to be punished for no real reason and you will be killed solely for the entertainment of the modders. Now that sounds just like the premise to some troll mod, but believe it or not the third title in the series (Half-Quake Sunrise) was a candidate in the moddb "mod of the year" awards. This means that the mod is either really good, or that many players enjoy being killed in new and exciting ways.
ANYWAYS lets first get to the texturing. For the majority of the mod, you will be seeing textures that are black, white, and simplistic. Like the ones that Dimbark is practicing to make. So then, the first part of the mod is a big field of English letters with almost no clues about what to do. All the wrong letters are landmines that instantly kill and of course it will take you about 10 minute to figure this out. That's 5 minutes for looking for the modders' website and 5 minutes to find the walkthru for the mod. Pretty fun so far.
Story for this mod is conveyed thru diaries left behind by someone who experienced the same fate as you. It gets really intense as you read his entries because you can see how his mental state goes down and down until [spoiler hidden]. Anyway.
This isn't an action oriented mod at all. In fact, you will never get a HEV suit or any suit for that matter. For the majority of the mod, you will be using a crossbow fighting slaves. No variation. However, you do get a 'better' weapon when you get to "ambience" chapter.
Which brings us to the fun part of the mod. Ambience and Sapience goes 180 in mapping-style and replaces the simplistically-textured world with some rural medieval countryside. This is also where you get your "better" weapon. Sapience also has one of the most unique 'puzzles' I've ever seen in a FPS.
Unfortunately, where the good parts end, the even better parts begin. The next chapter is undoubtedly my favourite and will most definitely be your favourite as well. This chapter is called "Patience". Now, don't you trust the ten four or hangar 16 reviews concerning this particular chapter of the mod. This part is more fun than entire mods that I've played in the past. What better way to play a game than waiting for a train in a grayscale trainstation for what was it, 20 minutes? Yeah, now that is fun, even more so that the 20 minute boat ride in Swiss Cheese Halloween! Because you can just noclip to the end and skip the boat ride. Can't do that here! You will wait there for that train, and if when it comes, you will get on it, and proceed with your trivial endeavors.
Well, after that epic part, you are treated with a small dose of action and finally brought before your giant robot friend, Somos. Somos amigos. All you have to do then is press his buttons and get it on with him. Then you will be given a choice to pick 1 of 20 endings. Yet another mod that you simply cannot miss, and after you play it, simply cannot forget.
Play it. And play it legitimately. No cheating, no godmod, no noclip, and ESPECIALLY NO SKIPPING THE TRAINSTATION.
The story is the same in all these titles. You are to be punished for no real reason and you will be killed solely for the entertainment of the modders. Now that sounds just like the premise to some troll mod, but believe it or not the third title in the series (Half-Quake Sunrise) was a candidate in the moddb "mod of the year" awards. This means that the mod is either really good, or that many players enjoy being killed in new and exciting ways.
ANYWAYS lets first get to the texturing. For the majority of the mod, you will be seeing textures that are black, white, and simplistic. Like the ones that Dimbark is practicing to make. So then, the first part of the mod is a big field of English letters with almost no clues about what to do. All the wrong letters are landmines that instantly kill and of course it will take you about 10 minute to figure this out. That's 5 minutes for looking for the modders' website and 5 minutes to find the walkthru for the mod. Pretty fun so far.
Story for this mod is conveyed thru diaries left behind by someone who experienced the same fate as you. It gets really intense as you read his entries because you can see how his mental state goes down and down until [spoiler hidden]. Anyway.
This isn't an action oriented mod at all. In fact, you will never get a HEV suit or any suit for that matter. For the majority of the mod, you will be using a crossbow fighting slaves. No variation. However, you do get a 'better' weapon when you get to "ambience" chapter.
Which brings us to the fun part of the mod. Ambience and Sapience goes 180 in mapping-style and replaces the simplistically-textured world with some rural medieval countryside. This is also where you get your "better" weapon. Sapience also has one of the most unique 'puzzles' I've ever seen in a FPS.
Unfortunately, where the good parts end, the even better parts begin. The next chapter is undoubtedly my favourite and will most definitely be your favourite as well. This chapter is called "Patience". Now, don't you trust the ten four or hangar 16 reviews concerning this particular chapter of the mod. This part is more fun than entire mods that I've played in the past. What better way to play a game than waiting for a train in a grayscale trainstation for what was it, 20 minutes? Yeah, now that is fun, even more so that the 20 minute boat ride in Swiss Cheese Halloween! Because you can just noclip to the end and skip the boat ride. Can't do that here! You will wait there for that train, and if when it comes, you will get on it, and proceed with your trivial endeavors.
Well, after that epic part, you are treated with a small dose of action and finally brought before your giant robot friend, Somos. Somos amigos. All you have to do then is press his buttons and get it on with him. Then you will be given a choice to pick 1 of 20 endings. Yet another mod that you simply cannot miss, and after you play it, simply cannot forget.
Play it. And play it legitimately. No cheating, no godmod, no noclip, and ESPECIALLY NO SKIPPING THE TRAINSTATION.
The 5th mod that people nee... SHUT THE HELL UP AND DO SOMETHING BETTER WITH YOUR TIME. Thnx. This journal will probably be removed, but I made my point.
5 mods that people need to start making
in response to a previous journal by Urby
Different Genre Mod
A great majority of Half-Life mods are FPSs. There are a few exceptions like HL Rally, Bumpercars, Flat-Life and International Online Soccer. Those were all great. I'd like to see a Half-Life rail shooter or flight simulator (with the Apache and the Osprey). Maybe a role-playing mod in the same style as Deus Ex and KotOR, but that'd require good voice acting.
The Oddworld cross over mod
With Gordon as Abe, scientists as Mudokon workers and G-Man as Glukkons.
The Deathmatch Mod
Mindless killing FTW. Regular HLDM doesn't do it since you have to reload your weapons, the maps are too large and the crossbow is too effective.
The Social Networking Mod
So you can add people you find in games to your Facebook friends list and Twitter about how much fun you're having. Don't worry, I am only joking.
Did I say 5 mods? I lied.
in response to a previous journal by Urby
Different Genre Mod
A great majority of Half-Life mods are FPSs. There are a few exceptions like HL Rally, Bumpercars, Flat-Life and International Online Soccer. Those were all great. I'd like to see a Half-Life rail shooter or flight simulator (with the Apache and the Osprey). Maybe a role-playing mod in the same style as Deus Ex and KotOR, but that'd require good voice acting.
The Oddworld cross over mod
With Gordon as Abe, scientists as Mudokon workers and G-Man as Glukkons.
The Deathmatch Mod
Mindless killing FTW. Regular HLDM doesn't do it since you have to reload your weapons, the maps are too large and the crossbow is too effective.
The Social Networking Mod
So you can add people you find in games to your Facebook friends list and Twitter about how much fun you're having. Don't worry, I am only joking.
Did I say 5 mods? I lied.
I'm a computer geek. As such, it turns out I suck at socialising. Lately, the hermit in me has been growing and I've been losing my will to actually get together with anyone. I wonder (and I'd like to be correct) if this is just "the holidays effect", and it'll go away within a few weeks of class?
My birthday is next Friday (Feb. 25, I dare anyone here to remember about it that day :P). I only invited two friends over for dinner, I really didn't want more than 4 people around. I still have no idea why. I just don't feel like it.
I'm afraid that, as I grow a recluse, I will eventually lose my grasp on reality and become a hostile NPC-- I mean, er, become completely antisocial. I'm not sure I can do much about it, I suck at all but the most essential social activities. What can I do, it's the essence of the geek.
My birthday is next Friday (Feb. 25, I dare anyone here to remember about it that day :P). I only invited two friends over for dinner, I really didn't want more than 4 people around. I still have no idea why. I just don't feel like it.
I'm afraid that, as I grow a recluse, I will eventually lose my grasp on reality and become a hostile NPC-- I mean, er, become completely antisocial. I'm not sure I can do much about it, I suck at all but the most essential social activities. What can I do, it's the essence of the geek.
So I have a few things in regards to my mapping.
#1 I have left the HL 1997 and Half-Life e3 98/97 Dev teams, mainly because I don't have time to put out content for a mod right now.
#2 Although I don't have time to put out sufficient content for a mod I am working on two maps right now, the first is another Metroid Prime Hunters remake, this one is bigger and more complex than Combat Hall. The other map is going to be a small Singleplayer adventure for Opposing Force that I started awhile ago but never completed much past the first area.
#1 I have left the HL 1997 and Half-Life e3 98/97 Dev teams, mainly because I don't have time to put out content for a mod right now.
#2 Although I don't have time to put out sufficient content for a mod I am working on two maps right now, the first is another Metroid Prime Hunters remake, this one is bigger and more complex than Combat Hall. The other map is going to be a small Singleplayer adventure for Opposing Force that I started awhile ago but never completed much past the first area.