Author Topic: Real life version of a Half Life 2 map (Read 15847 times)

nudone · « **on:** October 11, 2011, 06:05 AM »

This is probably old news, not found it on DC anywhere, though, so here goes...

Ever wanted to walk around a real life version of Half Life 2, complete with ledges that will easily send you to your grave? Well, now you can. Simply visit the Caminito del Rey http://en.wikipedia....iki/Caminito_del_Rey and start having instant Half Life flashbacks.

Here's a youtube clip (one of many) which resembles the best complete "walkthrough" of the level.

For added authenticity, take your own headless, plucked, chickens and pretend they are Half Life Headcrabs.

(Looks like it's going to be a tourist destination eventually as there are plans to reopen the path - at the moment you have to abseil to it.)

mouser · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2011, 06:21 AM »

I had to turn this off half way through because I started to feel nervous and queasy.

tomos · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2011, 06:25 AM »

I had to turn this off half way through because I started to feel nervous and queasy.
-mouser (October 11, 2011, 06:21 AM)

lol
I wasnt quite so bad, but it did get the adrenalin going...
If I was doing that I sure would be hooked on to that safety wire - no, being realistic, I dont think I could manage it IRL

f0dder · « **Reply #3 on:** October 11, 2011, 01:46 PM »

I had to turn this off half way through because I started to feel nervous and queasy.
-mouser (October 11, 2011, 06:21 AM)

I forced myself to sit through it. Ugh. I would die of terror if I attempted anything like that :-O

4wd · « **Reply #4 on:** October 11, 2011, 05:11 PM »

That'd be great if they could put a bungee jump spanning it!

jgpaiva · « **Reply #5 on:** October 11, 2011, 05:21 PM »

The best part is that the guy who is filming doesn't appear to have a safety rope or anything like that

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 11, 2011, 05:23 PM »

Did anybody else find themselves leaning when he was walking across those thin poles? :s

The best part is that the guy who is filming doesn't appear to have a safety rope or anything like that
-jgpaiva (October 11, 2011, 05:21 PM)

He did seem to clip himself on once or twice, but for about 95% of it, he seems to be "Free Walking" the entire thing :O

Lashiec · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2011, 05:24 PM »

And you call THAT a speedrun?

Edvard · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2011, 04:34 AM »

The Wikipedia entry says that video is a test for acrophobia^w, and the original Youtube description says:

The original version. Filmed with a Sony handycam. No clipping.

Insane

Myself I'm not particularly afraid of heights, but I do have a healthy respect for them.

(says the guy who, when a teenager, worked two summers at the carnival tightening Ferris Wheel turnbuckles from a few stories up; no safety line.

)

If by some perverse turn of fate you liked this video, look up Mount Huashan.

capitalH · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2011, 04:41 AM »

The Wikipedia entry says that video is a test for agoraphobia, and the original Youtube description says:
-Edvard (October 12, 2011, 04:34 AM)

The Acrophobia entry says "Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights." Fearing this is not irrational. More likely this is a test for insanity.

tomos · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2011, 08:39 AM »

the extended version

(same music, filmed in 2010, other one was 2008. I saw it on their site www.youclimb.de)

top comments :-)

But is it wheelchair accessible?
evinism 2 days ago 88

the same builders did my patio!!!
ufewl 2 days ago 53

nosh · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2011, 10:55 AM »

I could count atleast 20 spots where I would be guaranteed to fcuk up and die. And I'm talking about HL, forget reality!

f0dder · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2011, 02:44 PM »

The Acrophobia entry says "Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights." Fearing this is not irrational. More likely this is a test for insanity.
-capitalH (October 12, 2011, 04:41 AM)

Spot on the sugar!

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2011, 03:20 PM »

The Acrophobia entry says "Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights." Fearing this is not irrational. More likely this is a test for insanity.
-capitalH (October 12, 2011, 04:41 AM)
Spot on the sugar!
-f0dder (October 12, 2011, 02:44 PM)

Theres no such thing as a "Fear of Heights" - Its actually falling to your doom that people are scared of!

Edvard · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2011, 05:38 PM »

Falling doesn't bother me; it's the sudden stop at the end that I'm not fond of!

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2011, 07:08 PM »

Falling doesn't bother me; it's the sudden stop at the end that I'm not fond of!
-Edvard (October 12, 2011, 05:38 PM)

JavaJones · « **Reply #16 on:** October 13, 2011, 01:32 AM »

I started feeling hungry half-way through. What's wrong with me?

Seriously though, crazy stuff. I don't get why he's stepping next to the holes in the concrete, I would be stepping on the metal sides at those parts. Oh well, he survived...

- Oshyan

nudone · « **Reply #17 on:** October 13, 2011, 03:36 AM »

I'm a bit disappointed no one has done a sprint run around the path. That's what you'd be expected to do in Half-Life; leaping over the collapsed sections rather than tip-toeing over the steel rods - how hard can it be, I've done it loads of times in the game - and only fell to my death occasionally.

capitalH · « **Reply #18 on:** October 13, 2011, 03:47 AM »

I'm a bit disappointed no one has done a sprint run around the path. That's what you'd be expected to do in Half-Life; leaping over the collapsed sections while something is chasing/shooting you rather than tip-toeing over the steel rods - how hard can it be, I've done it loads of times in the game - and only fell to my death occasionally.
-nudone (October 13, 2011, 03:36 AM)

IFYP.

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 13, 2011, 05:29 AM »

[offtopic]

IFYP.
-capitalH (October 13, 2011, 03:47 AM)

Your name puts a Lady Gaga Song in my head...now I feel sad

It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M

[/offtopic]

IFYP = I feel your pain <--- I hope google is correct...I shouldn't have to google for strange, barely used acronyms

tomos · « **Reply #20 on:** October 13, 2011, 05:55 AM »

IFYP = I fix your post ~~I feel your pain~~ ...
-Stephen66515 (October 13, 2011, 05:29 AM)

I fix ur post :-)
(I had to google for it too, in spite of having seen it before)

capitalH · « **Reply #21 on:** October 13, 2011, 06:32 AM »

IFYP = I fix your post ~~I feel your pain~~ ...
-Stephen66515 (October 13, 2011, 05:29 AM)

I fix ur post :-)
(I had to google for it too, in spite of having seen it before)
-tomos (October 13, 2011, 05:55 AM)

This is what I meant (well, "I fixed your post" to be precise) - I see this used quite often in another forum that I frequent - did not think it is a strange, barely used acronym (though it is a fairly niche forum).

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 13, 2011, 06:39 AM »

IFYP = I fix your post ~~I feel your pain~~ ...
-Stephen66515 (October 13, 2011, 05:29 AM)

I fix ur post :-)
(I had to google for it too, in spite of having seen it before)
-tomos (October 13, 2011, 05:55 AM)

This is what I meant (well, "I fixed your post" to be precise) - I see this used quite often in another forum that I frequent - did not think it is a strange, barely used acronym (though it is a fairly niche forum).
-capitalH (October 13, 2011, 06:32 AM)

Not one i've ever fallen accross tbh

JavaJones · « **Reply #23 on:** October 13, 2011, 03:13 PM »

FTFY (Fixed That For You) is quite common on Slashdot and I'm familiar with it as a result. Same use as IFYP.

- Oshyan

rxantos · « **Reply #24 on:** October 14, 2011, 12:09 AM »

This chat reminded me of something I hear on a "MacGyver" episode, a long time ago:
"Is not the fall that scares me, is the sudden stop that follows it"