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CERN's Freeman Picks Up Crowbar from Gamers, Begins Saving the World

by Nick Breckon, Nov 22, 2008 2:45am PST

Related Topics – Half-Life, half-life, PC, PlayStation 2

Back in September we reported on the sighting of a rather suspicious-looking scientist at CERN, the site of the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator, which was then in preparation for its historic first test. In the test chamber.

Sensing imminent invasion, alarmed gamers at Reddit took the initiative, mailing CERN a wrecking bar, headcrab hat and Half-Life strategy guide.

Left, the scientist in question. Right, world saving.

The Freeman doppelganger recently found his pickups, and proceeded to defend the facility from alien forces, evidence of which (above, right) was passed along today.

We await the inevitable news that our Freeman has abandoned the world to alien rule after giving up halfway through the Xen level.

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hahah thats fantastic

Nov 21, 2008 7:15pm PST

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- It's just such a funny coincidence. : shurcool
- right; i can't stop laughing my ass off,,,anyway, who the heck is gordan freeman? : apfelstrudel2

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Does the large hadron collider scare the Hell out of anybody else? I just don't want to get sucked up into a black hole...or whatever it is that black holes do.

Nov 21, 2008 9:38pm PST

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Does the large hadron collider scare the Hell out of anybody else? I just don't want to get sucked up in... : PwniusMaxunus60
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And all this time I've been reading it as Large Hardon Collider.

Nov 21, 2008 10:30pm PST

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And all this time I've been reading it as Large Hardon Collider. : Fpsnut
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- Don't worry. So has everyone else. http://www.demotivatorblog.com/2008/09/10/large-hardon-collider-dem... : three-d
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  - Lol. : shurcool
  - i LOLd : Angry Max

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There is a guy who works at Moorfields station in Liverpool who looks exactly like Freeman. The similarity is disturbing.

Ill have to find a way to photograph him one day, he looks far more like him than this bloke.

Nov 22, 2008 3:13am PST

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There is a guy who works at Moorfields station in Liverpool who looks exactly like Freeman. The similarit... : Beady
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- which part of moorfields. I go via the oldhall street enterance and I have never seen him. :( : Kinlan
- The guy who ran the software checkout library at the Apple campus when I worked there ~2000 looked exactl... : jake2000

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Haha. That's great that the guys out at CERN got it and have a good sense of humor.

Nov 21, 2008 7:02pm PST

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Haha. That's great that the guys out at CERN got it and have a good sense of humor. : SolrFlare
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  I'm drunk now, ok? but right now I feel like I whish something BAD happens and gordon would come and say ... : umegastar
  - go to sleep : DewFuel
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    Gordon doesn't speak to you, even when you're drunk. High? Yes. Drunk? No. : AlexW1203
    - And if you go, chasing rabbits.... : Vorlonesque
- Yeah its cool. : bolneze

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Science!

Nov 22, 2008 12:12pm PST

Science! : Freon

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I've always wanted a baby gargantua for a pet...

Maybe I'll get the chance soon.

Nov 21, 2008 6:52pm PST

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I've always wanted a baby gargantua for a pet... Maybe I'll get the chance soon. : Evil Bones
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- On another note, any updates on the guy there that looked like The G Man / The Administrator? : Evil Bones

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I don't think that's the same guy in both pictures.

Look at their noses.

Nov 21, 2008 9:02pm PST

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I don't think that's the same guy in both pictures. Look at their noses. : heartsauce
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  - Or doomed. : warthog
  - COOP mode enabled. : thewindcriesmary

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More pics of the Free Man in action here: http://picasaweb.google.com/reddit/GordonFreemanCERNAndAWreckingBar?authkey=bqut7SFV-Cc#

Nov 22, 2008 6:47am PST

More pics of the Free Man in action here: http://picasaweb.google.com/reddit/GordonFreemanCERNAndAWreckin... : mn3m0n1c

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Huh, what? No! http://steamcommunity.com/groups/cern

Nov 22, 2008 4:00am PST

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Huh, what? No! http://steamcommunity.com/groups/cern : Snuffles-
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- That's remarkable. : A Sponge

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It can't take too long until we get pics of a HEV suit and DOG.

Nov 22, 2008 12:54am PST

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It can't take too long until we get pics of a HEV suit and DOG. : Lukiopimp
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  - Well, apparently Eli made it for Alyx when she was young (I think), but it didn't appear until HL2. : bigexplosions

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Haha this is one of the many reasons I love reddit.

Nov 22, 2008 1:21am PST

Haha this is one of the many reasons I love reddit. : thedude

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lol, good to see the CERN guys have a good sense of humor

Nov 22, 2008 1:19am PST

lol, good to see the CERN guys have a good sense of humor : ColoradoCNC

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I love Valve.

Nov 21, 2008 9:22pm PST

I love Valve. : Link.

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lol thanks CERN!

Nov 21, 2008 8:28pm PST

lol thanks CERN! : ifallible

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Nice to see they have a sense of humor! :D

Nov 21, 2008 7:33pm PST

Nice to see they have a sense of humor! :D : DM7

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Valve should send him a HEV to wear

Nov 21, 2008 7:22pm PST

Valve should send him a HEV to wear : CoRDS

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So awesome.

Nov 21, 2008 7:15pm PST

So awesome. : Priest77

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thats pretty amazing.

Nov 21, 2008 7:12pm PST

thats pretty amazing. : DewFuel

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Hahahah, that's awesome.

Kudos, doppelganger! Now just invent the HEV suit.

Nov 21, 2008 7:02pm PST

Hahahah, that's awesome. Kudos, doppelganger! Now just invent the HEV suit. : ETPC1

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Oh man. That is so awesome. :)

Nov 21, 2008 7:02pm PST

Oh man. That is so awesome. :) : tomservo

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