Half-Life 2 = Real Life in Latvia

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#21

Too much color in here, we need more black n’ white.

About the picture : I would have a strange feeling if I would have been in this staircase. Like, I dunno, watching my back to see if there’s no metropolice running after my ass to beat the shit out of me.

#22

#23

Here’s the part where it’s A-OK to hate something if it’s popular.

#24

So Gordon can walk from Latvia to Ser bia in an hour. Talk about rushing.

I’m still waiting for some Marvel idjit coming in here and going all like “WHAT ABOUT DC. DOOM”? People always seem to mess this up on forums.

OT: Interesting read for serious people: https://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1313671

#25

Nice :slight_smile:

#26

First the Germans, then the Russians, then the aliens, Eastern Europe isn’t lucky is it :smiley:

#27

^Tell me about it.

Also, the IRL staircase in OP is circular, the HL2 one is angular.

#28

:stuck_out_tongue:

#29

I was born in Crimea and have been at the black sea shore >9000 times, now that I think about it, the dune buggy and sand traps chapters in HL2 remind me of that area.

#30

I’m from Hungary, which technically isn’t Eastern but Central Europe, but the architecture is still almost the same as what you see in the more eastern parts of Europe. Playing Half-Life 2 always makes me feel at home :smiley:

#31

Which part? I have family in Pecel, which is fairly close to Budapest. My dad and uncle came to the US in 1956 as political dissidents (they fought against the Soviet invasion, and ended up sneaking out through Austria, thanks to an Austrian border guard who warned them of Soviet patrols). I visited a few times, when I was a kid. My dad was picked up by the police there once, after he noticed he and my mom were being followed. They went into a bar, and he loudly stated in hungarian that “The guy following me isn’t doing a very good job of staying hidden.” Most of the patrons laughed, and the guy following him was so embarrassed that he got up and left. A couple hours later, he was picked up and questioned, and after a few more hours they let him go. They kept “asking” (more like stating that he was, and he kept denying it) if he was a spy, or in the US military (he wasn’t).

#32

I hate ponies

#33

csá (:

#34

:rage:

Anyway, wasn’t that building where that gun was bombing Gordon based off some building in Europe?

#35

Hey man, I heard they were having this pony thing in that other thread, you should totally go check it out.

#36

lol k bye :retard:

#37

this pony faggotry is getting out of hand

#38

WHERE?!?!

#39

I live in Latvia too :smiley:
The thread would be perfect if you found citadel,gordon,alyx and dr.breen :smiley:

#40

This has been said a million times by now. Its mainly Sofia, Bulgaria its the birthplace of art director Victor Antonov, but there are copies of buildings form Serbia and Romania too.

Hi by the way … its my first post :slight_smile:

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