• The Specialists Half-Life 1 mod -- 2014 revival?
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I think I accidentally pissed someone off by managing to pick them away with akimbo socoms from afar. :v:
I sure was pissed when you shot me through the skylight with akimbo berettas after I had emptied my whole mp5k AND spas 12 at you lmao
People who speed through the map and only use Kung-fu are scary as fuck when they catch you off guard.
Oh fuck i remember this. I still have it installed but i forgot all about it. Anyone playing right now? We should get some servers up. If you buy body armor it makes you slower is one of the main tips I remember. There's probably a tutorial on youtube that explains all the crazy kung fu shit I never could learn. That kung fu system is super in depth.
I prefer to just buy large amounts of SMG's/pistols and just dropping them when I use the magazine if I'm in combat.
Server needs more slots, I can't get in. :(
[QUOTE=Highwind017;44403101]People who speed through the map and only use Kung-fu are scary as fuck when they catch you off guard.[/QUOTE] sometimes kung fu never seems to work and then other times you get guys literally killing everyone in a room with a single/two kicks, it's ridiculous the worst (though most amazing looking) part though is when you activate slo-mo in a vain attempt to kill them while they're running at you, and either run out of ammo or just plain miss, to be greeted with a boot to the face and an instant death
Kung Fu just generally doesn't work for me, yet works for [i]everyone[/i] else. Your in a gunfight and then all the sudden your gun flies off to the other side of the room because agent smith decided to tap you once as he dashes from one side of the map to the other.
There's an annoying habit of weapon-switching giving you a moment's pause before you can attack kung fu-wise, so it's hard to retaliate if someone manages to get close enough to wail on you disarm or no disarm. Not to mention everyone that does manage to nearly insta-kill you with melee typically keep using that spinning back kick attack that takes at least 50 HP in one blow, and their moving around makes it hard to counter in melee without risking getting a boot to the face.
I'm so fucking bad at this. I can't hit shit and everyone else is doing all that acrobatic shit I can't reem to use to my advantage. Fuck.
I think the reason Kung Fu doesn't work so well is because of the ping. Noticed that hits were delayed, people sometimes died with a small delay, sometimes they'd just teleport small distances. Same with gunplay. Would be nice to play on an European server sometime.
[QUOTE=Hattiwatti;44404567]I think the reason Kung Fu doesn't work so well is because of the ping. Noticed that hits were delayed, people sometimes died with a small delay, sometimes they'd just teleport small distances. Same with gunplay. Would be nice to play on an European server sometime.[/QUOTE] I'll put something up tomorrow If I can get AMX Mod rolling (for map voting), shouldn't take too long.
[QUOTE=Ray551;44404409]I'm so fucking bad at this. I can't hit shit and everyone else is doing all that acrobatic shit I can't reem to use to my advantage. Fuck.[/QUOTE] I just hit stunt and aim for the head
I don't understand the RP servers, though. I went in, ran around a bit, punch a few windows and got kicked for beating the shit out of two gordons that were attacking me.
I don't remember the last time i said "rockthevote" until today.
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;44401639]The Specialists, Action Half-Life, and The Opera were amazing HL1 mods. They all went for the action movie thing, but in pretty different ways. Opera mookmatches (players move through a level filled with hundreds of one-shottable guys, but they can die easily as well) and Specialists RP (Mecklenberg lol) were my favourites. Also on my list were Natural Selection, Sven-Coop, Battlegrounds, Day of Defeat... all great mods, but my favourite mod was a unique and little known one called Kanonball. Two teams of genetically enhanced clones play an advanced form of handball basically. Lots of body contact and getting knocked on your ass, lots of team work and cool passes. It was really fun but it never caught on. Apparently it evolved into Steel Halo but I never saw that.[/QUOTE] I would add International Online Soccer to that list. Shit was so cash.
agh fuck no RP removed my hud help me jesus
[QUOTE=ZeroTimesCookie;44409842]agh fuck no RP removed my hud help me jesus[/QUOTE] this annoys me too help me
[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;44409574]I would add International Online Soccer to that list. Shit was so cash.[/QUOTE] Wow I forgot about this one. It was so weird playing a soccer game in first person, but it worked.
[QUOTE=LittleBabyman;44409859]this annoys me too help me[/QUOTE] Try cl_realhud 0
accidentally did too well with the m4 and topped scoreboard two maps in a row :x
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;44401639]The Specialists, Action Half-Life, and The Opera were amazing HL1 mods. They all went for the action movie thing, but in pretty different ways. Opera mookmatches (players move through a level filled with hundreds of one-shottable guys, but they can die easily as well) and Specialists RP (Mecklenberg lol) were my favourites. Also on my list were Natural Selection, Sven-Coop, Battlegrounds, Day of Defeat... all great mods, but my favourite mod was a unique and little known one called Kanonball. Two teams of genetically enhanced clones play an advanced form of handball basically. Lots of body contact and getting knocked on your ass, lots of team work and cool passes. It was really fun but it never caught on. Apparently it evolved into Steel Halo but I never saw that.[/QUOTE] Battlegrounds! I even played Battlegrounds source until even that withered away. Day of Defeat and Battlegrounds were what I called a good Friday night. I loved the Surftown 24/7 Avalanche community for DoD, and now it's all gone. I've been thinking about buying that Mount and Blade napoleonic wars game to try and capture the Battlegrounds feeling again. Firing a musket and then charging with sword, pistol or bayonet is such a nice break from corner camping.
goddamnit these fucking people arguing over voice chat make me lag so much
[QUOTE=LittleBabyman;44411293]goddamnit these fucking people arguing over voice chat make me lag so much[/QUOTE] Yeah, causes mad stutter and an increase to a 500+ ping for me.
how about we get an EU FP server or something
[QUOTE=Fuxed;44411450]Yeah, causes mad stutter and an increase to a 500+ ping for me.[/QUOTE] It does the same for me, so I just shut voice chat off. Also christ, now i'm remember exactly what people mean by those who've played the game too long. Melee really does utterly decimate you if the bullet spread on a gun isn't in your favor. And apparently it's 'bad manners' to block kung-fu because the regulars don't do it, but they bunnyhop and boost around to be nigh unhittable by bullets before beating your face in with the same repeated attacks that potentially insta-kill you. At that point, it just becomes them swirling around themselves trying to backkick eachother to death; that's not fun, that's restrictive.
[QUOTE=RikohZX;44412022] Also christ, now i'm remember exactly what people mean by those who've played the game too long. Melee really does utterly decimate you if the bullet spread on a gun isn't in your favor. And apparently it's 'bad manners' to block kung-fu because the regulars don't do it, but they bunnyhop and boost around to be nigh unhittable by bullets before beating your face in with the same repeated attacks that potentially insta-kill you. At that point, it just becomes them swirling around themselves trying to backkick eachother to death; that's not fun, that's restrictive.[/QUOTE] That guy in Nukesilo, Angel's Share. Is fucking scary for this exact reason, as well as some others. But Angel's Share is the guy i can remember the most because he is an absolute cunt to everyone. And when you do manage to kill him, you walk a few steps forward, go around the corner and then suddenly, Angel's Share blazes right past you ([i]again[/i])and kicks you in the back of the head or sprays you down with his pistol like it's nothing.
Heres some tips to sanic fast w/ the best of them. Step 1 - remove Kevlar from your load out, you will go faster and jump higher Step 2 - Just before you hit the ground do a simple air punch (just click your mouse with fu), and then sort of curve into another jump, this is boost jumping, just rinse and repeat. Step 3 - The above step can be preformed with dragon kicks, so you can do one, make a quick circle or curve and launch forwards in a sort of enhanced boost jump to do a second dragon kick or even a back kick if you're not casul. Step 4 - You can dive off of walls, and if you already have momentum built up it can send you flying very quickly. Other helpful tip - Back-kick is the highest damage kung-fu move in the game. [QUOTE=LittleBabyman;44412381]and the only way to beat him is in 1v1 kung fu[/QUOTE] The easiest way to deal with kung-fu masters (aka shitlords) is to run with the double-barrel shotgun and fill em w/ buckshot the second they get close. Don't be afraid to use it at moderate range, that gun is akin to the shotgun in titanfall, albeit with a smaller mag size (it can reload hella quick though)
[QUOTE=Highwind017;44412332]That guy in Nukesilo, Angel's Share. Is fucking scary for this exact reason, as well as some others. But Angel's Share is the guy i can remember the most because he is an absolute cunt to everyone. And when you do manage to kill him, you walk a few steps forward, go around the corner and then suddenly, Angel's Share blazes right past you ([i]again[/i])and kicks you in the back of the head or sprays you down with his pistol like it's nothing.[/QUOTE] and the only way to beat him is in 1v1 kung fu
One of the funniest HL mod out there. Glad you guys are trying to revive it. DLing now.
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