'Easter Eggs' and Cool Stuff

[sec4ndh2ndsm0ke]

Im trying to get some help compiling bm :s gameplay footage to make a how to guide on the harder achievements. the not so obvious ones… any help would be appreciated. Also creditted in video for screen shots of locations or anything helpful. Any actual footage you have. you could message me and we can collab somehow to compile mine with yours would really message me if you want to help thx.

I have footage of:
Dead reckoning
Lambda Coolant

Still need:
officecomplex
Hidden hat
Marine grenade
All of the hardones basically lol

[Gregorovich]

I’m finding Breen’s to-do list absolutely hilarious.

[_amp_amp_RB_amp_amp]

@Stixxy

Some more copyright avoidance - the vending machine ‘Ramblers’ crisps.

You mean Lays potato chips?

[Pyroclase]

Was that a bad sex joke or do you not get how copyright generics work?

[Nelly]

@coggy9

There is also this. from BMS\sound\BMS_scripted\qe\qecode.mp3

Joined solely to point out that you decoded it incorrectly. I don’t know how you screwed it up since most SSTV programs now have automatic detection but whatever. It’s Robot 36 for anyone who’s interested.

I have no idea what it means.

[David_VI]

I’m sure on some the monitors there’s an email about the ’ ridiculous ties ', saw one in Office Complex, anyone got a good image of one?

[Wristwatch4]

@Nelly

Joined solely to point out that you decoded it incorrectly. I don’t know how you screwed it up since most SSTV programs now have automatic detection but whatever. It’s Robot 36 for anyone who’s interested.

I have no idea what it means.

Its part of this:

https://forums.blackmesasource.com/showthread.php?t=13735

[joshka89]

@R-TO-THE-L

Something that me lol

I don’t have screens but there are also WD-41. This leads me to believe there may be a whole series of numbers

[Buddy-Matt]

Without a single shadow of a doubt the chuckle brothers mug is one of the finest eggs in a game ever.

[Sephiroth]

@Buddy-Matt

Without a single shadow of a doubt the chuckle brothers mug is one of the finest eggs in a game ever.

agreed

edit - however i love the copyright dodges on all the names too

[MrPixel]

@Sephiroth

agreed

edit - however i love the copyright dodges on all the names too

Not quite all - I found one packet of chips with this New Zealand brand on it (rightmost on top row):

Here’s the actual website for it:
https://www.cookiebear.co.nz/Eta/products/ProductDetail.aspx?id=60379

They must’ve considered NZ to be obscure enough to not be a problem .

[metalmunki]

@Ed.

Regarding the snack machine, I noticed something else other than Walker’s:

Skittles is Titties LOL

Tittles. Not Titties. Freudian slip there, I think!

[David_VI]

For anyone not from the UK. Ramblers is a play on Walkers, not Lays. Is Lays everywhere but the UK?

[Pyroclase]

@metalmunki

Tittles. Not Titties. Freudian slip there, I think!

Well, it’s not really a slip if they’re both referring the same thing…

[Eion_Kilant_739]

[Executor]

One of the textures for the cardboard boxes:

It’s Mr. Six!

[Executor]

@Harry-UK

It seems the BM microwaves knew about the invasion!

Also, these screens can be seen a lot:

[b]"Investigators examining the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in the East Coast and killed a passenger have found as evidence that the engine failed as they spent several hours Thursday questioning the pilot of the aircraft.

The investigators found no metal particles on a magnetic monitoring device from the London, N.J-based helicopter engine that could have indicated damage, said National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rossman.

That, and the lack of a rupture in the engine case were “a good indication there was no failure at the time of the accident” he said.

Sonya Maria, a 41-year old British woman who lives in Australia and was visiting the city with her family to celebrate her 40th birthday, died in Tuesday’s crash. Her body was pulled from the water by police divers 90 minutes after the Bell 206 helicopter crashed Tuesday afternoon after taking off from a Manhatten riverside heliport near the United Nations headquarters.

Three other passengers were injured, including Heires Tamaica, who was reported to be in critical condition with possible damage to her lungs and brain. All were friends of the pilot, investigators have said.

Thursday’s examination of the wreckage by NTSB investigators focused largely on a mechanical chip detector. Rossman said at a news conference in a riverside parking lot not far from the crash site, “the monitoring device, commonly found in helicopters, plugs into the engine to attract particles of metal that are chipped off and can indicate internal damage.” [/b]

The text from that email is quoted from this HuffPo article. Obviously, it has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of the email (These Ties).

[raiseer]

@David_VI: Lays also exist at least in the Netherlands and Spain, so maybe also in other countries. Though not in Germany as far as I know.

Regarding the Tittles/Titties: I guess it was intentional, that the l/i is eclipsed.

Regarding the “Head Crab” button on the microwave: Could be a nod to “Snakes on a plane”. There’s a “Snake” button on the plane’s microwave, too.

[OnboardError]

@Executor

The text from that email is quoted from this HuffPo article. Obviously, it has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of the email (These Ties).

Imade that one. I literately just took a news article i was reading put it in an email and took a screenshot to make a desktop texture… no relevance or anything…

[raiseer]

Don’t listen to him, he’s just denying. There’s a big conspiracy thing going on in there. Just keep digging! Don’t stop believing, smalltown girls! Take your midnite train and go anywhere.
Man, how good are Journey…