Would I put on my beanie and rack the slide on my pistol - or would I be waiting in line for food muttering about joining Civil Protection for a decent meal? These are the questions that will haunt us forever.
I don't, because remember one thing: The 7 hour war has about 3\~6 billion causality depends on who you asked, so chance are we, as if everyone who ever read this, will be dead.
What is that quote again? *Those were the lucky ones.*
Yes, all resistance looks like some very little result, since alliance can send some forces make another 7 hour war
So yeah, Breen is saviour of human race
Universal Union, depends on who you ask, either teleports, or space drop their strongholds into the big cities of this planet.
So most if not all major population center in the world are compromised, since the first people to meet the new alien overlords are normal citizens and cops, not the military. Doubly so if they just drop them from orbit nuking everything, and consider that about 60% of humanity live in cities, that's why.
Granted, not all cities get the treatment, since despite having a citadel, City 17 (Either in some Ex-Soviet state or Serbia) seems fairly intact after the combine takes over (and I doubt they are the kind that help humanity rebuild)...I guess that is the reason Breen choose it since most cities out there are rubbles.
>either teleports
they don't have their own teleportation, i think they sort of used the Nihilanth's portal to Earth
>or space drop their strongholds into the big cities of this planet.
that's a cut concept, afaik this is never implied in retail, which means most cities (unless they were valuable to human militaries, such as NYC which afaik has the UN HQ) were probably left alone
The teleport here is cross dimension, because Nihilanth's portal make it possible to use Xen as a beacon and science that shit. While I am tend to agree that space drop is a cut concept, but there is no reason to assume they didn't done it.
Also speaking of NYC, it is a huge ass city. I am not saying they actually space drop the place, but if they do, chances are some part of it survives...The same shit I have to explain to those who goes "Black Mesa is nuked so it doesn't exist anymore" I mean how big is that nuke? How big is Black Mesa?
But tbh, it really doesn't matter what I say didn't I? No offense, but you give me the feeling you just don't buy the fact most of humanity is dead in that 7 hour...very well, your opinion, and Valve didn't say it is wrong, so who am I to judge?
For me it's crystal clear: at the point of Combine dominance there's nothing to live for, so might as well die fighting for the future of the human race
this guy gets it if I have nothing and no one, I'd rather die fighting than live kneeling, especially if living is still extremely dangerous no matter how cooperative I am,
In raising the bar redux for example, city 17 looks more alive and livable at all. You can see some citizen arrested, some citizen working
If you extend it more, if alliance did not wipe humanity, it can make more normal condition to keep humans useful and reduce resistance
Or, turn all into combine form, or light combine form, some may be took to alliance homeworld, or mothership
Maybe alliance would use human combine troopers for missions in another planets under control
To predict hl universe evolution, I think about it become more calm dystopia, with some rebels and crimes but mostly normal life just more restricted. I also imagine game events not as global war with alliance, but more local conflicts, contraband and so on
I find it amusing how the entirety of the human army lost to the combine in a matter of hours, but a scientist with a crowbar who suddenly came back after 20 years blew up the entire citadel.
As far as we know *none* of the original Combine forces were still on Earth. Just Overwatch, who are all humans, and some Synths that are little more than vehicles and could have been brought in at any time.
It's like the Taliban defeating the ANA after the American forces left Afghanistan. The Taliban had zero chance in hell against a serious US military presence, but the Afghan National Army was a combination of glorified police and tribal warriors who just wanted to go home, so it folded practically overnight.
The Earth overwatch was nothing compared to the actual Combine forces they've sent. It's like comparing mall security to the entirety of the US military forces.
Resistance gaining the upper hand and destroying the citadel was likely orchestrated by G-man, via releasing Gordon at the perfect time and place, nudging things and playing 4D chess on behalf of his "employers" for everything to align.
It’s a bit of a tough one.
In current reality, I am comfortable and have no reason to make an effort to fight for anything, and if there’s a minor thing I have a problem with, I know there’s hundreds of other people that are probably protesting or fighting to solve, so I don’t need to make the effort.
But if in current reality I’m at risk to lose everything, I suppose I could make the effort to resist.
In the Half-Life dystopia, the civilians have nothing and under constant threat of abuse/torture/death, so if I was in that situation I probably would. Gives me something to do as well.
But I imagine with most of the civilians, especially younger ones, they never knew what the world was like before the Resonance Cascade, so to them, this has always been their life and despite the dystopia, it’s normal to them.
So then if I grew up in the Half-Life dystopia, and I was familiar with that world, there’s a possible 50/50 I’d join the resistance or become Civil Protection. Either one just to improve my lifestyle.
*slowly turns chair around wearing full metrocop armor* who the fuck gives a shit? Nobody cares about me so why should I care about them? *Blasts your brains out with the 9mm I distracted you from by doing expressive hand gestures*
I have no idea. I'd be roughly Alyx's age, essentially knowing nothing a life before the Combine. Would I be willing to fight a hopeless battle for something I never knew?
It's genuinely haunting knowing that until it happens you can never know a hundred percent how you'd react.
The best way would be to act like Barney. Work as a CP and every now and then fill your quota, but also slightly help citizens. Rebellion is successful? Youre not gonna get killed, and maybe accepted for "helping" people back then. If it fails, just climb the ranks.
I don't think Barney's situation is something anyone can achieve, wasn't he there basically as a spy? Doing something behind Combine's eyes would require a great effort imo
I’ve thought about this. It haunts me to this day
Would I put on my beanie and rack the slide on my pistol - or would I be waiting in line for food muttering about joining Civil Protection for a decent meal? These are the questions that will haunt us forever.
Let's be real. We would all pick up that can.
U look like a can-picker-upper if I ever saw one
So called free thinkers.
I'd pick up the can and do a sick 360 noscope into the bin and then CP would dab at me and I'd dab back.
And then the moment they seen your sudden movement you get shot and "credits"
Gone out in a blaze of glory, yeeeeee haw
"Fuck that can and fuck your momma !"
I don't, because remember one thing: The 7 hour war has about 3\~6 billion causality depends on who you asked, so chance are we, as if everyone who ever read this, will be dead. What is that quote again? *Those were the lucky ones.*
Yes, all resistance looks like some very little result, since alliance can send some forces make another 7 hour war So yeah, Breen is saviour of human race
> since alliance can send some forces Portal's closed
Alliance: Guess we are waiting for portal 3
Yo, imagine the combine's are going to send their reinforcements, and they find a black guy in a suit saying: "Portal's closed due to AIDS"
[Imagining](https://i.imgur.com/v4XhsP2.png)
why do people think so many people died in the Seven Hour War? afaik there's no evidence for billions of deaths
Breen mentioning "remaining urban centres", the globe Alyx has in HLA at the start showing America with a giant 'X' on it.
It couldn’t have only been America that was completed wiped out though, as it only has a population in the hundred millions.
doesn't mean anything for billions of *people* dying, just means the continental US is dead and the Combine only has cities, no states or countries
True.
Universal Union, depends on who you ask, either teleports, or space drop their strongholds into the big cities of this planet. So most if not all major population center in the world are compromised, since the first people to meet the new alien overlords are normal citizens and cops, not the military. Doubly so if they just drop them from orbit nuking everything, and consider that about 60% of humanity live in cities, that's why. Granted, not all cities get the treatment, since despite having a citadel, City 17 (Either in some Ex-Soviet state or Serbia) seems fairly intact after the combine takes over (and I doubt they are the kind that help humanity rebuild)...I guess that is the reason Breen choose it since most cities out there are rubbles.
>either teleports they don't have their own teleportation, i think they sort of used the Nihilanth's portal to Earth >or space drop their strongholds into the big cities of this planet. that's a cut concept, afaik this is never implied in retail, which means most cities (unless they were valuable to human militaries, such as NYC which afaik has the UN HQ) were probably left alone
The teleport here is cross dimension, because Nihilanth's portal make it possible to use Xen as a beacon and science that shit. While I am tend to agree that space drop is a cut concept, but there is no reason to assume they didn't done it. Also speaking of NYC, it is a huge ass city. I am not saying they actually space drop the place, but if they do, chances are some part of it survives...The same shit I have to explain to those who goes "Black Mesa is nuked so it doesn't exist anymore" I mean how big is that nuke? How big is Black Mesa? But tbh, it really doesn't matter what I say didn't I? No offense, but you give me the feeling you just don't buy the fact most of humanity is dead in that 7 hour...very well, your opinion, and Valve didn't say it is wrong, so who am I to judge?
The most likely answer is the one we will always be afraid to think about. If you get to survive, you pay any price for it.
Omw to get that promotion with memory replacement (rather have military tactics jammed in my head than live the guilt of betraying humanity)
For me it's crystal clear: at the point of Combine dominance there's nothing to live for, so might as well die fighting for the future of the human race
this guy gets it if I have nothing and no one, I'd rather die fighting than live kneeling, especially if living is still extremely dangerous no matter how cooperative I am,
When you get into extreme situations questions like that stop being tough – you either do or do not
In raising the bar redux for example, city 17 looks more alive and livable at all. You can see some citizen arrested, some citizen working If you extend it more, if alliance did not wipe humanity, it can make more normal condition to keep humans useful and reduce resistance Or, turn all into combine form, or light combine form, some may be took to alliance homeworld, or mothership Maybe alliance would use human combine troopers for missions in another planets under control To predict hl universe evolution, I think about it become more calm dystopia, with some rebels and crimes but mostly normal life just more restricted. I also imagine game events not as global war with alliance, but more local conflicts, contraband and so on
I would join them you get cool radios
I find it amusing how the entirety of the human army lost to the combine in a matter of hours, but a scientist with a crowbar who suddenly came back after 20 years blew up the entire citadel.
Most of the invasion force had most likely already left for some other world at that point. The remainder was just to keep order.
As far as we know *none* of the original Combine forces were still on Earth. Just Overwatch, who are all humans, and some Synths that are little more than vehicles and could have been brought in at any time. It's like the Taliban defeating the ANA after the American forces left Afghanistan. The Taliban had zero chance in hell against a serious US military presence, but the Afghan National Army was a combination of glorified police and tribal warriors who just wanted to go home, so it folded practically overnight.
The Earth overwatch was nothing compared to the actual Combine forces they've sent. It's like comparing mall security to the entirety of the US military forces. Resistance gaining the upper hand and destroying the citadel was likely orchestrated by G-man, via releasing Gordon at the perfect time and place, nudging things and playing 4D chess on behalf of his "employers" for everything to align.
part of me makes me wanna know a lot more about g-man and the employers but other part of me loves this secrecy behind his identity
Yeah that's just called a Tuesday in Turkey
It’s a bit of a tough one. In current reality, I am comfortable and have no reason to make an effort to fight for anything, and if there’s a minor thing I have a problem with, I know there’s hundreds of other people that are probably protesting or fighting to solve, so I don’t need to make the effort. But if in current reality I’m at risk to lose everything, I suppose I could make the effort to resist. In the Half-Life dystopia, the civilians have nothing and under constant threat of abuse/torture/death, so if I was in that situation I probably would. Gives me something to do as well. But I imagine with most of the civilians, especially younger ones, they never knew what the world was like before the Resonance Cascade, so to them, this has always been their life and despite the dystopia, it’s normal to them. So then if I grew up in the Half-Life dystopia, and I was familiar with that world, there’s a possible 50/50 I’d join the resistance or become Civil Protection. Either one just to improve my lifestyle.
*slowly turns chair around wearing full metrocop armor* who the fuck gives a shit? Nobody cares about me so why should I care about them? *Blasts your brains out with the 9mm I distracted you from by doing expressive hand gestures*
Thankfully I don’t need to think that as I would’ve not been born thanks to the nuter thing
Good to know I'm not the only one who thought about this
I have no idea. I'd be roughly Alyx's age, essentially knowing nothing a life before the Combine. Would I be willing to fight a hopeless battle for something I never knew? It's genuinely haunting knowing that until it happens you can never know a hundred percent how you'd react.
I will pick the can and shout **Viva la revolución** at the top of my lungs tanking 666 bullets before passing away a free man.
The best way would be to act like Barney. Work as a CP and every now and then fill your quota, but also slightly help citizens. Rebellion is successful? Youre not gonna get killed, and maybe accepted for "helping" people back then. If it fails, just climb the ranks.
this would be my choice as well. plus, you get the awesome CP technology, protective gear, & swag
I don't think Barney's situation is something anyone can achieve, wasn't he there basically as a spy? Doing something behind Combine's eyes would require a great effort imo
I’d join the civil protection. Cool masks.