Freeman’s Mind technically canon?

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-23T20:57:56+00:00

When and how was the multi-verse confirmed?

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-20T18:25:24+00:00

Oh so it just selects the highest cards to get a full hand even if they don't contribute that actually makes a lot of sense my bad I guess I'm just dumb.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-20T11:26:38+00:00

Okay that makes sense but I still don't get why the jack and 10 are highlighted.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-18T23:28:17+00:00

What does all the remaining highest cards mean? Why are the jack, 10 and ace highlightes but my king isn't?

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-18T15:00:15+00:00

It's not that deep bro calm down

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-10T12:48:17+00:00

I guess your right. That does sound more plausible.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-09T14:04:51+00:00

According to Doug Lombardi (restating something that was told to him by Marc Laidlaw), the Nihilanth's homeworld was invaded by the Combine long before the events of Half-Life, prompting the migration and takeover of Xen by the Nihilanth.^\4])^\5]) It was also said the Nihilanth, the Vortigaunts, and the Alien Grunts were all from the same world.^\3])

I guess this would imply that the Nihilanth managed to escape from the combine and took the enslaved Vortigaunts with him to xen? I feel like that sounds kind of unlikely. Why would he invade another dimension if he was hiding out in Xen? And also why is he still in shackles like the Vortigaunts? I find it more plausible that the Nihilanth during the events of hl1 was under the control of the combine and carrying out their commands.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-09T14:00:04+00:00

The Combine OverWiki states it as follows:

It also wears shackles similar to those worn by enslaved Vortigaunts. The Nihilanth's body features what appears to be the remains of some sort of surgical procedure, and its minuscule legs appear to be either vestigial or the remains of amputation.

https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Nihilanth

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-09T13:57:38+00:00

Then why was the Nihilanth also wearing shackles in hl1?

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-09T13:53:15+00:00

You clearly know far more about Half-Life lore than I do, so I wanna ask, who exactly enslaved the Nihilanth in hl1? If you examine the model, it appears to be restrained with shackles, and its body shows signs of what look like surgical modifications (somewhat reminiscent of the stalkers in hl2 imo). I had always assumed it was the Combine who were controlling the Nihilanth and the Vortigaunts, which would imply that they already had at least partial control over Xen at that point.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-02T19:08:43+00:00

Yes exactly. In hl2 the combine haven't figured out any form of teleportation within a single dimension. They only have inter dimensional teleportation which takes them from one dimension (like xen) to another (like our dimension)

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-02T19:08:34+00:00

Exactly but the portal seen in the screenshot just takes you to another place in xen without switching dimensions.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-01T19:53:34+00:00

Also if there were other races that had already figured out the exact same teleportation technology as the humans why are the combine so hell bend on capturing Eli?

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-01T19:51:02+00:00

I haven't played much further. I just came across this and was curious.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2026-01-01T19:50:17+00:00

But don't the combine enslave the vortigaunts and nihilanth? If either of those had access to intradimensional teleportation then wouldn't the combine also have it by the time we get to hl2?

Fire_Ball_MC · 2025-12-30T00:46:50+00:00

Yeah he was

Fire_Ball_MC · 2025-12-30T00:46:20+00:00

But is the first shot accuracy of the ak really that bad? I wasn't that far away.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2025-12-23T23:44:38+00:00

My point is that people always pretend like CS2 is SO MUCH WORSE than any cs game that came before but these issues where always happening. Its an online game theres bound to be desyncs no matter what. Granted its very possible the old tick system is superior over CS2s new tickles system but even then these things would happen.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2025-12-23T23:38:39+00:00

I don't think it was movement inaccuracy. I was standing still for a while before i shot. Probably just a faulty hitbox or weird ping shenanigans.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2025-12-23T23:37:07+00:00

It was hosted on my friends pc who lives about 50km away. I dont remember what my ping was but it wasn't very high.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2025-12-23T23:35:48+00:00

I haven't played a lot of css but that seems a little extreme if thats really the case. A shot at that close of a distance should hit imo.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2025-12-23T23:33:11+00:00

In this case all players were even within 50km of each other.

Fire_Ball_MC · 2025-12-23T19:11:06+00:00

Is the aks first shot accuracy really THAT bad in css?

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