Serious HL2RP∞ Screenshot Thread

There are probably disconnected vorts out there enjoying having a mind to themselves and would go mad if they re-linked to the vortessence now.

Blitz0012 said:

I suppose it's possible to just torture and mentally obliterate a Vortigaunt to the point of delusion.

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i did this before it made for a very fun character. but u have to realize that the only tasteful way to do them is if they are in shackles or cant use their abilities

vorts beaming their human allies is an automatic immersion breaker 90% of the time without a VERY good story excuse & even then only as a very brief gimmick

Sil said:

Thing is, it was a very grey situation. It wasn't an allegiance thing with the Combine, it was a desire to reduce as much innocent death as possible. Rebels were storming the city, and not just your average John Lambda or Bob Good but genuine militaristic insurgents with a penchant for brutality and a just-as authoritatian reign up their sleeves.

A vort may be able to share that telepathic link and see those memories, but why would a creature with such a vast amount of knowledge let themselves become blinded with rage and hate? There was no vortessence harvesting facilities in that little barely-city, and the Civil Protection there absolutely could've just gatted me. But, they didn't, and we even shared some nice conversations and trust.

Its a reminder that Civil Protection are also just humans in a tight spot. It isn't about the Combine, it's about feeling sympathy for people locked in a regime and unable to leave without dire consequences. Some are more brutal, of course, but I'd see vortigaunts as genuinely having some empathy for Civil Protection and other Synths under the Combine's control

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u couldve done anything else to protect those cops tbf. couldve gone and talked to the rebels after the attack to persuade them to stick to the alliance. worst case u couldve fed info to the cops in secret to help them stay ahead of the ceasefire breaking groups. what did u think was going to happen when u started shooting them?

when u play an antagonist like this u have to be perceptive to player reactions. both so u dont get outed and killed day 1 & so u can make sure ur not having fun at their expense. something something collab writ.

Kafe said:

There are probably disconnected vorts out there enjoying having a mind to themselves and would go mad if they re-linked to the vortessence now.

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also, I don't think it's something we would have ever allowed in, really any of the server's
But I would've loved seeing a human connect to the vortessence in one of the timelines.

living Amongst all the vortigaunts, there's just some dude who adjusted his name to Ste'ven or some shit, and when you take the piss out of his dumb name, he just vortbeams you from a kilometer out.

Kafe said:

But I would've loved seeing a human connect to the vortessence in one of the timelines.

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if the theory of the vortessence basically being the weave that ties all life together is true, then humans effectively have vortessence, it's just so latent that they can't access it

i always imagined it's possible for a human to acquire active usage of it, it'd just take many years of spiritual training, and they wouldn't be as proficient with it as a vortigaunt

i think the closest analogy is that in Star Wars, everyone has the force, but it manifests as luck or good fate for most, while only force users like Jedi and Sith can actively call upon it

doing a very public 180 against people with itchy trigger fingers is not a great gambit

Sil said:

it was a desire to reduce as much innocent death as possible.

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Sil said:

started helping shooting back at the attackers alongside some of the CPs.

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I, again, really don't get this.

if you wanted to shepherd random people out of the fighting then more power to you; but deciding to shoot back made you a(n enemy) combatant. we've had a bunch of vorts with pro-violence CMB methods in the past and they usually got curbstomped because obviously the state wouldn't support them & all the insurgency (especially the heavily armed, bored core) would band together to kill them.

Kafe said:

also, I don't think it's something we would have ever allowed in, really any of the server's
But I would've loved seeing a human connect to the vortessence in one of the timelines.

when you take the piss out of his dumb name, he just vortbeams you from a kilometer out.

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@slick messed his body up to the point he could do that; he fried one of the defector RL's on @Numbers iteration with a vortibeam

it was also going to kill him soon-ish but I forgot if the server lasted long enough or if he stopped playing when the CPOG zealotry forced the cultists to retire their characters.

'77 East said:

@slick messed his body up to the point he could do that; he fried one of the defector RL's on @Numbers iteration with a vortibeam

it was also going to kill him soon-ish but I forgot if the server lasted long enough or if he stopped playing when the CPOG zealotry forced the cultists to retire their characters.

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i think @deathwolf 's character created a wrist-mounted thing that could draw in vortessence from the air and shoot it out as well, but that was technological rather than biological

'77 East said:

I, again, really don't get this.

if you wanted to shepherd random people out of the fighting then more power to you; but deciding to shoot back made you a(n enemy) combatant. we've had a bunch of vorts with pro-violence CMB methods in the past and they usually got curbstomped because obviously the state wouldn't support them & all the insurgency (especially the heavily armed, bored core) would band together to kill them.

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Well aware that it made me an enemy, wasn't expecting to be welcomed with hugs and kisses afterwards. Admittedly I wasn't intending to ever return to them, but only did so since the archivist got badly injured, needed help, and it was closer to the rebel spot than it was to the city.

I wasn't expecting to survive the encounter. It was a wholly selfless opportunity to try and save a guy, knowing full well that I'd just shot at them. I was intending to drop him off, and then run for the hills, but I got caught and the execution happened. Ah well

Appetite Ruining Kebab said:

u couldve done anything else to protect those cops tbf. couldve gone and talked to the rebels after the attack to persuade them to stick to the alliance. worst case u couldve fed info to the cops in secret to help them stay ahead of the ceasefire breaking groups. what did u think was going to happen when u started shooting them?

when u play an antagonist like this u have to be perceptive to player reactions. both so u dont get outed and killed day 1 & so u can make sure ur not having fun at their expense. something something collab writ.

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I've always had more fun playing antagonist characters that end up getting gatted in the end. What's the point in creating someone who just 'exists', who isn't tied into the weird social web of OOC chatter that bound a lot of the groups together. It's no secret that actually getting involved in rebel groups, in any significant capacity, wasn't a purely IC deal. And considering I already had a reputation at the time, I cut my losses and decided to have fun.

My vort had little affiliations with any of the rebels. Little that were significant, in any case. And, little weight to throw around. You go back to that time and have a think of the vortigaunts you remember, I can bet you mine wasn't likely to be one of them. So, why not go out in my own blaze of glory?

MaXenzie said:

i think @deathwolf 's character created a wrist-mounted thing that could draw in vortessence from the air and shoot it out as well, but that was technological rather than biological

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nah, a vortigaunt would simply charge up the thing like a battery

Antloin said:

nah, a vortigaunt would simply charge up the thing like a battery

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that's honestly far funnier

leasing vortessence

I need me some of them galungAA batteries

MaXenzie said:

if the theory of the vortessence basically being the weave that ties all life together is true, then humans effectively have vortessence, it's just so latent that they can't access it

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I believe the all knowing Vortigaunt touches upon this. Humans have Vortessence they just lack the third eye to access it.

so theres a not-impossible chance i could make a vortessence using, mr miyagi character, avatar the last airbender type beat

Ricsow said:

I need me some of them galungAA batteries

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this brings me back to the many posters we had in city 8 (postimage, free image hosting, upgrade to embed in emails)

john said:

this brings me back to the many posters we had in city 8 (postimage, free image hosting, upgrade to embed in emails)

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I love it when websites that used to let you embed images for free just randomly change their policy/system because fuck you

This is why you upload everything as fake steam screenshots

Since my time on here crossed seven years at this point, and it's been a while since I've been around, I still have some videos and pictures from the old days, not much though. But I'll share what I can.

Ricsow said:

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Instant flashbacks to a shitpost from like 2 years ago now.
it's still on the hard drive!