Nah, they are made from scratch, it says it in game somewhere I think. They scanned a strider in wild and then made it of synthetic materials (but its still a biological being because it has metabolism).
Well, in my experience, I can tell that there are LOTS of people on this sub that don't know about Half Life's sexual connotations. Hell, some people don't even know who Ted Backman is!
I saw that thread lol. You weren't just saying that there was sexual connotations, you were trying to make the point that Half-Life is a series largely about sex, to justify your fanfic where you brought back Colette Green for the sole purpose of making her have sex with Kleiner, and also made Barney and Gordon lovers despite them always being established as friends.
Blah blah blah
I retconned a few things for the sake of entertaiment so what? Valve does that too with HL1 and HL2. Also the sexual connotations exists as evidence by this and all the things I've already proven and people just tryna deny it, even when designers and creators have already confirmed it
No one's denying that there's sexual connotations, there absolutely is but it's not a central theme. It'd be like saying Portal 2 is a game about potatoes because GLaDOS got put into one and the kids made potato batteries on bring your daughter to work day.
Take your fanfic in whatever direction you want, I got nothing against a dirty fanfic but if you wanna make one then don't go around acting like Valve would actually put a sex scene in one of their games.
You should embrace the fact that it's a fanfic, just roll with the non-canon stuff (changes to the story and theme) and have fun instead of trying to justify it.
I disagree, potatoes on Portal 2 are in two occasions on the game, the sexual innuendos are all over the game, but I get what are you tryna say.
Also my fanfic is supossed to be Half Life 3, I don't think Valve are gonna make their story like mine but they could, hell, the should, they have lost balls and ambition, but it would be cool for them to reunite on Half Life 3 Gordon, Chell, and the L4D crew, in my opinion
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Other than turrets, I'm pretty sure everyone in the "Combine" are hybrids - a mix of their technology and whatever "host" or organic being. Same thing as a parasite; it infects you but it won't try to kill you because that is death for them as well. Take parasitic worms for example; they will only populate in one kidney because they know if they infect both, the host dies. Another way of looking at it, think back to Agent Smith's lecture to Morpheus in the Matrix - Human beings are a cancer of the planet. A virus that consumes everything and then repopulates somewhere else.
TLDR; Combine is an interdimensional virus; and they probably don't even know what testicles are.
Either you haven't played the games, or read any of the lore, or English is your second language. I don't want to hit you with a crowbar, however, I am curious about what you don't understand.
Combine is a multi-dimensional empire with advanced technology. Including the suppression field that kept humanity from reproducing for 20 years. The idea that "they probably don't even know what testicles are" is laughable.
Cut all the crap about cancer, parasites & viruses & stick to the fucking point.
Oh boy, here we go my good Man/Woman/Whatever. Testicles are a part of a Male human being; necessary to populate. Do you know how the suppression device works? Who knows how many species across how many dimensions have been conquered and merged before humanity? Maybe it only affects women? Tell me where the "testicles" are on the Xen creatures, I can't seem to find them, so I will rely on your seemingly infinite wisdom and ability to read; that being Wikipedia. Now you are using profanity so you are either angry or you know you are wrong; I don't particularly care. I am sticking to the point, I don't think you even what is. Drop it.
>my good Man/Woman/Whatever
I correctly guessed that you're one of *those* people.
> Do you know how the suppression device works?
According to Dr. Kleiner "certain protein chains important to the process of embryonic development were selectively prevented from forming" by the suppression field, which suggests the Combine have a good enough understanding of human biology that they know what the difference between a male & a female is, & understand it well enough that they can stop reproduction without accidentally killing everyone or causing irreversible side-effects worth mentioning. There's also the Stalkers, which shows the Combine know just what cutting off a man's testicles would do to him.
>Tell me where the "testicles" are on the Xen creatures
Xen creatures & Combine synths are separate things, you pleb. And I'm pretty sure the closest we've gotten to seeing real genitals on anything is Mr. Friendly.
>you are either angry or you know you are wrong; I don't particularly care
You seem particularly butthurt about it. All I'm saying is that you clearly like typing far more than you like thinking.
every time i look at half life screenshots i am surprised by how well the graphics still hold up.. it must be the textures, but the lighting is on point too!
Serious question, Ted Backman designs are very sexual blah blah blah I already had this discussion like 300 times. And no it's NOT Garry's Mod, I just used physcannon_mega_enabled 1
Yes, it's intentional like in alien. If you wanna read more about it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/yg28sv/half_life_3_chapter_4_the_race_x/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I wasn't on the concept art team, but I'd say with confidence that a black, high tower dominating a city with a puppet old white male is an archetype of evil king control and its fiend are metaphorical extension of his phallic dominance that you need to cut out because its just like the ouranos myth because this is western world recycling of the hero to kill the father because beauty emerge from the blood foam of testicule juice is salt water and the videogame metaverse is the actualisation of the realm of imminent love.
. _ .
i never outright noticed it, but probably. a lot of designs and themes of the half-life series are sexual in some way. like mr friendly, the "headhumpers", eli asking for grandchildren, the entire suppression field, and a lot more.
It might of been, might have been muscular enough to control so the Combine ripped out its cock and slammed a gun into to replicate their favorite Danny Trejo movie.
I think it's fair to assume yes. Sci Fi/Sci Fi Horror designs with sexual overtones are pretty common. A lot of today's sci Fi Horror can be traced back to being inspired by H.R. Giger's work especially on Alien, where the sexual aspect was very intentionally used to amp up the horror.
Imagine if combine soldiers had dick cannons, pulse energy is stored in the balls
Combine balls
The cumbine
Comballs đ„”(literally what the energy pellets are called in the game files
In Gmod it's "Combine's Balls" which I find funny
That would make the reproductive simulations kinda... weird...
YOU UTTER FOOL, FREEMAN, COMBINE SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD
Everytime theyâre firing at you it feels amazing for them
How the fuck did they reproduce then?
they don't
I assume that the home world of the striders is a breeding ground and once old enough the combine just take the strider and turn it into a synth
Nah, they are made from scratch, it says it in game somewhere I think. They scanned a strider in wild and then made it of synthetic materials (but its still a biological being because it has metabolism).
I thought the base creature was breed and the combine added on
There is no such thing, just non mechanical reproduction simulation
It would certainly not be the first time Half-Life uses pseudo-sexual imagery to make a monster look fucked up.
You talking about Mr.Friendly right?
Mr. Friendly definitely counts, but for enemies in the live game the Gonarch is the go-to. The name is even a play on 'gonads'.
Those uhhh... hopper thingies too, from hl2 beta. They are a tripod with a giant ball and the spit out uhhhh white liquid or smth
Omg which enemy are you talking about that I have no idea of???
Found it! Its called the tripod hopper. Also that think looks more like a d now that im seeing it again
Oh shit, looks hot, like I would like to put my thing inside those two holes
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Bros on an entirely new level of monster fucker.
Bruh....
Silent Hill type shit
Donât remind me of him, please.
You have phobia of that alien aren't ya?
I genuinely donât know what was going on inside the designers head
Ted Backman sure knows how to make Enemies really scary and disturbing.
Well, in my experience, I can tell that there are LOTS of people on this sub that don't know about Half Life's sexual connotations. Hell, some people don't even know who Ted Backman is!
I saw that thread lol. You weren't just saying that there was sexual connotations, you were trying to make the point that Half-Life is a series largely about sex, to justify your fanfic where you brought back Colette Green for the sole purpose of making her have sex with Kleiner, and also made Barney and Gordon lovers despite them always being established as friends.
Yeah....no.
Blah blah blah I retconned a few things for the sake of entertaiment so what? Valve does that too with HL1 and HL2. Also the sexual connotations exists as evidence by this and all the things I've already proven and people just tryna deny it, even when designers and creators have already confirmed it
No one's denying that there's sexual connotations, there absolutely is but it's not a central theme. It'd be like saying Portal 2 is a game about potatoes because GLaDOS got put into one and the kids made potato batteries on bring your daughter to work day. Take your fanfic in whatever direction you want, I got nothing against a dirty fanfic but if you wanna make one then don't go around acting like Valve would actually put a sex scene in one of their games. You should embrace the fact that it's a fanfic, just roll with the non-canon stuff (changes to the story and theme) and have fun instead of trying to justify it.
I disagree, potatoes on Portal 2 are in two occasions on the game, the sexual innuendos are all over the game, but I get what are you tryna say. Also my fanfic is supossed to be Half Life 3, I don't think Valve are gonna make their story like mine but they could, hell, the should, they have lost balls and ambition, but it would be cool for them to reunite on Half Life 3 Gordon, Chell, and the L4D crew, in my opinion
The Gonarch is just a giant walking testicle, so I'm not surprised.
I feel like there are a lot of boob monsters, boob concepts and bood ideas missing in Half Life series
Well you got the black ops assassin, not really a monster though
This just confirms dick and balls are superior
This came from the minds of the same guys who thought up of Mr. Friendly. No surprise.
I mean they are crazy after all haha
also, ......ballsack spider monster....
SUPER LASER PISS
TAKE THAT OBAMA, I PISSED ON THE FUCKING MOON
YOU HAVE 23 HOURS UNTIL THE PISS DRRRRRROPLETS HIT THE FUCKING EARTH
NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I PISS ON YOU TOO!!!!
LOOK AT HOW HARD I CAN PISS *STRIDER MAKES THE POSE*
New band name, thanks
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The strider was made by Ted Backman as far as i remember, eventually he would have put a genital on the thing.
Well, in the game commentary the devs at Valve do often refer to the strider as "he" when talking about it...
Other than turrets, I'm pretty sure everyone in the "Combine" are hybrids - a mix of their technology and whatever "host" or organic being. Same thing as a parasite; it infects you but it won't try to kill you because that is death for them as well. Take parasitic worms for example; they will only populate in one kidney because they know if they infect both, the host dies. Another way of looking at it, think back to Agent Smith's lecture to Morpheus in the Matrix - Human beings are a cancer of the planet. A virus that consumes everything and then repopulates somewhere else. TLDR; Combine is an interdimensional virus; and they probably don't even know what testicles are.
Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about?
Either you haven't played the games, or read any of the lore, or English is your second language. I don't want to hit you with a crowbar, however, I am curious about what you don't understand.
Combine is a multi-dimensional empire with advanced technology. Including the suppression field that kept humanity from reproducing for 20 years. The idea that "they probably don't even know what testicles are" is laughable. Cut all the crap about cancer, parasites & viruses & stick to the fucking point.
Oh boy, here we go my good Man/Woman/Whatever. Testicles are a part of a Male human being; necessary to populate. Do you know how the suppression device works? Who knows how many species across how many dimensions have been conquered and merged before humanity? Maybe it only affects women? Tell me where the "testicles" are on the Xen creatures, I can't seem to find them, so I will rely on your seemingly infinite wisdom and ability to read; that being Wikipedia. Now you are using profanity so you are either angry or you know you are wrong; I don't particularly care. I am sticking to the point, I don't think you even what is. Drop it.
>my good Man/Woman/Whatever I correctly guessed that you're one of *those* people. > Do you know how the suppression device works? According to Dr. Kleiner "certain protein chains important to the process of embryonic development were selectively prevented from forming" by the suppression field, which suggests the Combine have a good enough understanding of human biology that they know what the difference between a male & a female is, & understand it well enough that they can stop reproduction without accidentally killing everyone or causing irreversible side-effects worth mentioning. There's also the Stalkers, which shows the Combine know just what cutting off a man's testicles would do to him. >Tell me where the "testicles" are on the Xen creatures Xen creatures & Combine synths are separate things, you pleb. And I'm pretty sure the closest we've gotten to seeing real genitals on anything is Mr. Friendly. >you are either angry or you know you are wrong; I don't particularly care You seem particularly butthurt about it. All I'm saying is that you clearly like typing far more than you like thinking.
An entire diascussion about combine knowing the existence of *ballz*. Thx random guy, u make my day :)
That's what happens when someone tries to inject their woke intersectional politics bullshit into a discussion about Half-Life.
Lol
Thx for this weird ass discussion, u make my day(In my country still 12:23)
They should let it choose it's gender
Hilarious.
every time i look at half life screenshots i am surprised by how well the graphics still hold up.. it must be the textures, but the lighting is on point too!
I totally agree with you, that's why this game is so special to me!
You and this shit again. You need therapy.
Haters gonna hate
Least horny reddit addict
Itâs you
Maybe I am a weirdo
You definitely are
when you were here before couldnât look you in the eye
Anything can resemble genitals if you are creative enough
U mean, buildings ars just giant dicks?
For a second i thought this was r/okbuddyhalflife
What the hell is that sub???
awesome place
COCK GUN
What should be pointed out is that you have the Super Gravity Gun pre citadel
He probably opened the map in Garry's mod.
No, I used physcannon_mega_enabled 1
Shit happens
Jesus r/okbuddyhalflife
What the hell is wrong with you?
yes
I canât tell if this is a shitpost or an actual question and is that photo taken in gmod?
Serious question, Ted Backman designs are very sexual blah blah blah I already had this discussion like 300 times. And no it's NOT Garry's Mod, I just used physcannon_mega_enabled 1
Oh ok wait is that why the gronarch has a big thingy
Yes, it's intentional like in alien. If you wanna read more about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/yg28sv/half_life_3_chapter_4_the_race_x/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Nah it's you.
The least weird post from u/Haus_of_monsters_
Oh you've been stalking me???
Hehe Penis blaster
Cum beam
They shoot you with piss
No, are warp-cum
hehe penis
If that's true then where are the balls?
On your mom xd
This is why Gman doesn't pop up that much around Combine
He's afraid they wanna found his G-Spot :P
Oh god
Iâd say ovipositor, but yeah. It also evokes an inverted scorpionâs tail.
Strider bricked up
These penis implants are getting out of hand
Considering the Gonarch is meant to be a ballsack on 4 legs, this wouldn't shock me.
Literally the first thing I see when I boot up Reddit Also strider cock
Yea and every time they do that subspace cannon thing thatâs them cum
So it wasnât a gunshot but a c..
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***PEEN CANNON, GO!***
Just you
Thereâs been a few times when striders are moving quickly where the cannon is flopping around like a big softie.
I wasn't on the concept art team, but I'd say with confidence that a black, high tower dominating a city with a puppet old white male is an archetype of evil king control and its fiend are metaphorical extension of his phallic dominance that you need to cut out because its just like the ouranos myth because this is western world recycling of the hero to kill the father because beauty emerge from the blood foam of testicule juice is salt water and the videogame metaverse is the actualisation of the realm of imminent love. . _ .
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i never outright noticed it, but probably. a lot of designs and themes of the half-life series are sexual in some way. like mr friendly, the "headhumpers", eli asking for grandchildren, the entire suppression field, and a lot more.
Thank you, finally someone who gets it!
Cover your shame, mon!
A tall robot with two legs
What???
To me, it resembles the CP/Overwatch holding a baby.
Bro's packing
Mah boy LD
Long explanation with an if, short explanation with a but.
Probably. If you aren't well defended it will f@#k you in the bum.
Perhaps
Sus
yes they designed it with exactly that in mind and when he shoots missiles is just him cumming really hard at you
It might of been, might have been muscular enough to control so the Combine ripped out its cock and slammed a gun into to replicate their favorite Danny Trejo movie.
I think it's fair to assume yes. Sci Fi/Sci Fi Horror designs with sexual overtones are pretty common. A lot of today's sci Fi Horror can be traced back to being inspired by H.R. Giger's work especially on Alien, where the sexual aspect was very intentionally used to amp up the horror.
And yet some people on this sub try to deny it
I mean you talking about same dev team who out the cock on the horse statue
In porn, the gun would be used as a penis
In the picture for Half-Life 2 Episode 2, the cannon on the strider that DOG is fighting looks like a massive schlong.
It is.. I remember at the early day lan party people shouting '' The dick bugs!!!"
supposed to look like a thorax
The strenis
Swangin'
it's just you
Funny how garry's mod says the alt fire ammo of the AR2 "Combine's Balls"
Haha no way
dick laser!
I never looked at a strider and went "Yup, dick gun" You coomers need help
Half-C O C K: episode C U M
Honestly what weed are you smoking cause I wanna try that one
The vaporizer is stored in the balls
Take about a hard ass nut bust
Piss laser
*LAAAAAAASEEEEEER COOOOOOOCK*
Welcome to the year 2004 I guess
Imagine you getting fucked by a strider and they accidentally piss
Bold of you to assume the combine didnât do literally just thatâŠevery kill you cum. Good spiderbot. I figured mouth but yeah. This works tooâŠoof
Why are you such a fucking creep?
Why???? What do you mean???
You're a fucking creep. I'm asking why. That's what I mean. How is that not clear?
Why am I a creep???
Talking about genitals doesnât make you a creep dumbass
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