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Half-Life 2 DM Released

by Steve Gibson, Dec 01, 2004 5:28am PST

Related Topics – Half-Life 2, Steam, Valve

Valve's 'surprise' scheduled for this week is now listed as soon on the Steam news page. Before you know it you could be playing with toilets with way less mess! UPDATE: Half-Life 2 Deathmatch has been released! Go grab it and try it out. Tell us if it's hot or not!

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#139

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Soon everyone will go down the same way Elvis did

Nov 30, 2004 6:13pm PST

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  Fool! Didn't you see Bubba Ho-Tep? : Popedispencer
  - TCB baby, TCB! : pheral

#134

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BADASS! I Can't wait for team fortress 2... oh wait, that's right, those jerks canned that a long time ago :(

Nov 30, 2004 6:09pm PST

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  - Think it was Doug Lombardi who said they we're still working on it, recently : jaffacake
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  It's not canned. They said they'd release info in January of 2005. : mystifier
  - Oh right, I'll just pick up DNF when I am out at the store getting it too. :) : pheral
- your mom : broly1718

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Hah... the URL to the image:
http://steampowered.com/img/HL2DM.jpg

Nov 30, 2004 8:05pm PST

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Hah... the URL to the image: http://steampowered.com/img/HL2DM.jpg : su007
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- Can someone help me crack the code? : su007
- TOILET DM! : jrock
- Oh shi - I didn't see the filename. This is great!! I hope theres a capture the flag - Team Fortress ... : rotten element

#206

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Does this mean TF2 will have a plummer class?

Nov 30, 2004 8:20pm PST

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Does this mean TF2 will have a plummer class? : Topaz
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- Yes, but he'll take four times as long as he should to do anything, and everyone will lose mega HP everyt... : jesusX

#157

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ok, you can't pick up toilets in the single player.... and the image is concept art. If this is something that is coming this week why wouldn't they just load it up and take a pic, they've got a LAN at the office and loads of people, it would take what - 2 mins to get a real screenshot with people placed where you want them.

strange

Nov 30, 2004 6:35pm PST

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ok, you can't pick up toilets in the single player.... and the image is concept art. If this is somethi... : cawcaw
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- umm no you can't : cawcaw
- um YES YOU CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : scottk52

#197

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Capture the Toilet
there are 5 toilets in the center of the map you have to take them with the grav up back your your base, the team that has them all wins as the other guys can have a shit..and well you would die if you cant shit.

you know im right

Nov 30, 2004 7:53pm PST

Capture the Toilet there are 5 toilets in the center of the map you have to take them with the grav up b... : okellyc

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Im just wondering: Does anybody know if we have to pay for it or not?

Nov 30, 2004 7:33pm PST

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Im just wondering: Does anybody know if we have to pay for it or not? : Popedispencer
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  - the cheapass in me is relieved : Popedispencer

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Probably a mod to let you take the grav gun through the whole game without weird things happening....or whatever..

I hope for the best though :(

Nov 30, 2004 5:28pm PST

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- rightclick on file, saveas OOOOH HL2DM.jpg >:| : rand04
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  But the image is named HL2DM.jpg ..... : ResidualEffect
  - SHHHHHHH!!!!! : yAak

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That is their big surprise? Getting to throw toilets around?Lamest... surprise... Ever...

Nov 30, 2004 4:36pm PST

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  How many other games allow you to through toilets? huh?! huh!?! yeah, that's what I thought! : ResidualEffect
  - errr, through = throw :( : ResidualEffect
  - lots of games *CAN* do it. It is just that it's too stupid an idea to actually follow through with. :P : Senor PoopyPants
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    *Ducks* I say we go TP valves offices : jonin
    - Why TP? Toilets get the point across faster. : Judicus
- Just think about the shit physics. : rorshack
- Mainly because CS was the only "offcial" dm. I think a lot of people want normal HL2 dm, no mod. The th... : jhof
- umm i think we're missing the point - its alyx throwing a toilet.... meaning - people playing as other mo... : re-verse

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I want to play as the G-man

Nov 30, 2004 7:41pm PST

I want to play as the G-man : fluke

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HL1DM was the cheeziest, lamest, most retarded DM EVER... it was just that AMZNG

Nov 30, 2004 4:47pm PST

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HL1DM was the cheeziest, lamest, most retarded DM EVER... it was just that AMZNG : DooBall
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- Im glad im not the only one who thought that OBEY DOOBALL : SnatchBlaster
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  at least some people here aren't fanboys that think it is acceptable for someone to charge 54.99 for a da... : pheral
  - check your games list buddy, hl2 came with multiplayer. : maulla
  - Sams had it for 40 bucks over the weekend here. : broly1718
  - CS:S is multiplayer, no? : Serpico74

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I hope they add Ant Lions to the mix.

that would be so great

Nov 30, 2004 6:54pm PST

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I hope they add Ant Lions to the mix. that would be so great : byorn
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- i agree.. ant lions are basiclly analogous to the snarks in HL2 : ballystix

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Judging from the screenshot.. im going to say that this is going to be some team-based mode.. (please let it be DM instead)

Nov 30, 2004 7:13pm PST

Judging from the screenshot.. im going to say that this is going to be some team-based mode.. (please let... : ballystix

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I am all about toilet fun

Nov 30, 2004 4:28pm PST

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  That one will make the ladies come running, let me tell you. : nurglich
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    "Hey, baby, ever used a zero-point energy manipulator to shoot flying commodes at an alien invasion force... : sgtsanity
    - Oooh yea, talk to me dirty like that. : famine101
    - I've tried that line before, doesn't work. : BrodieMan
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      did you mean "toiletalitarian" ? : Mugsy
      
      OMG HL3 REVEALED!! by a valve employee!!! : sgtsanity
- tubalyx.jpg : SlamDunk
- *pours one out for random comments* : freshview
- If I'm ever in Holland, I'll surprise you with an upper-decker. : filtersweep
- oh goodness, with your toilet humour. : VegasX

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I suppose the only question I have now (which we'll have asnwered soon enough) is if someone with a gravity gun will be able to catch items that are being thrown around. Let's say someone tosses a sawblade/pallet/barrel/radiator/TOILET at me, will I be able to catch it with my own gravity gun?

sure hope so

Nov 30, 2004 6:21pm PST

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  Why wouldn't you? HL2 SP Spoiler: Remember playing catch with dog? : famine101
  - Of course I do. I'm just hoping it works the same way in DM. cause it would be, um, cool... : Serpico74

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Does that look like Alyx in some combat gear?
Could this be about episodic add-ons released via Steam?

Nov 30, 2004 4:42pm PST

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Does that look like Alyx in some combat gear? Could this be about episodic add-ons released via Steam? : AirElijah
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- considering the file name of the image, i'd say no. : emocore
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  - where did you find that? : captain hampton
  - WTF BUMP : get_navi

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So, when did Valve make a skin for the Michelin Man?

Nov 30, 2004 6:44pm PST

So, when did Valve make a skin for the Michelin Man? : ornee

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Why oh why does firing a toilet at another human amuse me? Am I sick? Don't answer that

Nov 30, 2004 6:20pm PST

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Why oh why does firing a toilet at another human amuse me? Am I sick? Don't answer that : stelth
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- if that's sick, well, then i don't want to be well. : captain hampton
- I tried throwing dumpsters at people, but it's just not the same. : Popedispencer

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why did the release a photoshopped picture?

Nov 30, 2004 6:17pm PST

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- http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9105823 : captain hampton
- It is concept art... it's not supposed to be a screenshot. : ResidualEffect

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Actually that kindof looks like alyx..

Nov 30, 2004 6:17pm PST

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- i hope she takes it in the toilet : KinetiK

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the real announcement is for MOTION BLUR!

Nov 30, 2004 5:07pm PST

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      I love his artwork. Always have. : TastyWheat
      
      dhabih is my hero. : rocksockm
- This is "concept art" not a screenshot. : lont

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when i first saw Alyx with the gravity gun fighting combine, my initial hopes were "co-op" but the file name made me cry. Regardless, more good stuff is nothing to complain about. My thoughts are, if they are implementing the physics for a multi hl2dm (which they would have to) maybe they will go to cs source and implement them there too. Even if all they did was make it so players don't bounce off of the objects, and if they could stand on barrels. Don't even need to be able to pick them up to make me happy.

Nov 30, 2004 4:53pm PST

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  - no its not. Its a resistance fighter...looks like teamdm : VegasX

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I remember someone predicting this would happen about a week before HL2 was released. Everybody jumped on him and decried him "an idiot" who was "full of shit".

To that unknown soul, you, sir, were right. You can now take your place alongside the man who stepped in front of the tank parade at Tianemen Square.

Nov 30, 2004 4:55pm PST

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      well.. this thread is done... : dextius
      
      His friends pulled him away, but the tanks had already stopped. : Barbarian

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having not played hl2 (and not likley to)
can anyone explain how the gravity gun works? Is there a delays or a form of resistance in the controls?or is it just like pointing clicking and dragging things around on screen without much force behind it?

Also who will get hl2dm? only gold purchases or what?

Nov 30, 2004 5:19pm PST

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  - and where you are in the game. give me more of that end game grav gun goodness alliteration +4 : KinetiK
- Its perfect. Couldn't be better imo : bozer

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Seriously.. Im so fucking excited its not even funny. I have been dieing for a good FPS on my PC for eternity now, and have tried everything.. but nothing clicked. Been playing CS religiously for like 3-4 years now, but since dropping out of the clan scene, its just not the same. Now, if HL2DM could give me the non-team based fury that my heart desires, ommgg.. sploooge

I can't see how a game with those weapons couldn't turn out good. Fuck, I'm so happy. XoXoOxoXOOx Valve <3

Nov 30, 2004 5:53pm PST

Seriously.. Im so fucking excited its not even funny. I have been dieing for a good FPS on my PC for eter... : bozer

#124

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That steam page is down, here's the image:
http://steampowered.com/img/HL2DM.jpg

Nov 30, 2004 5:49pm PST

That steam page is down, here's the image: http://steampowered.com/img/HL2DM.jpg : Barbarian

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Seeing as how the picture name is HL2DM I must now let loose my dreams of Toilet CTF.

Damn you valve, oh well DM isnt bad either.

Nov 30, 2004 4:43pm PST

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Looks like co-op Half Life 2

Nov 30, 2004 4:55pm PST

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I just feel at place with this thread...

Nov 30, 2004 4:44pm PST

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- what : wtf242
- Shhhhhhhh..... You can't even play the damned game. : deadbydawn

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HL2DM

Sounds amazing, count me as another of Valve's fans but ... how in the hell will the physics work? Isn't it all client side? Won't this cripple net code? (I'm not terribly knowledgable about this, but I thought this would be hella lot of work)

Either way... YAY. \o/

Nov 30, 2004 5:20pm PST

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  - ah thanks for the explanation. sounds rockin'!! : rand04

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capture the toilet!"!"!"!%$%Ã‚Â£$% cant wait

Nov 30, 2004 5:18pm PST

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capture the toilet!"!"!"!%$%Ã‚Â£$% cant wait : pieman
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    - Santa? : g0nk

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i prayed and prayed, thank you!

Nov 30, 2004 5:23pm PST

i prayed and prayed, thank you! : cawcaw

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it better include the blue stuff

Nov 30, 2004 5:05pm PST

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- i get it! har!! :) : g0nk

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How about some CS bots?

Nov 30, 2004 5:18pm PST

How about some CS bots? : dltrem

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MP!??! MP?!?!

We can only hope...

Nov 30, 2004 4:46pm PST

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      look at the filename? http://steampowered.com/img/HL2DM.jpg : pyide
      
      Uhh... Right. Thanks for clarifying. : dltrem

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OMFG!!!111
'nilla HL2DM!

Nov 30, 2004 5:12pm PST

OMFG!!!111 'nilla HL2DM! : warcrow

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ohh mighty Valve, might a minion ask : "how soon?"

Nov 30, 2004 5:11pm PST

ohh mighty Valve, might a minion ask : "how soon?" : damndirtyape

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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! HLDM!

Nov 30, 2004 5:10pm PST

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! HLDM! : askedrelic

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is it really?!?!.. noooooo... never... or.. wait.. it is the hotness!!

whoa! valve rocks!

Nov 30, 2004 5:06pm PST

is it really?!?!.. noooooo... never... or.. wait.. it is the hotness!! whoa! valve rocks! : lonestar3

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It looks like fun to me.

Quit yer bitchin'.

Nov 30, 2004 5:04pm PST

It looks like fun to me. Quit yer bitchin'. : Kayn

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