Xen

[Bolteh]

oi dudes, have u noticed that xen is named after a thing called xeno (like xenophobe)??? that word means “stranger”!! i wonder if valve knowed about this lol DD

[eateroftheflame]

@Bolteh

oi dudes, have u noticed that xen is named after a thing called xeno (like xenophobe)??? that word means “stranger”!! i wonder if valve knowed about this lol DD

I think it’s pretty obvious that they did, xenophobia is often extended to include fear of anything unfamiliar including aliens.

[bur]

:facepalm:

[Dillxn]

I lol’d.

[Lord_Grievous]

No it’s the other way round, xenophobia is named after Xen, fear of jumping puzzles.

[Mr_Someguy]

I really hope they did something about the overusage jumping puzzles, even if they had to remodel the whole thing.

[Spycrabz]

@eateroftheflame

xenophobia is often extended to include fear of anything unfamiliar including aliens.

Please explain

[blackout]

@Spycrabz

Please explain

Xenos: ancient greek word refering to any kind of unfamilliar person.

Xenophobia: fear of anyone unfamilliar, has come to mean fear of foreigners.

Xen: an alien world.

[Psion]

@Raminator

The rest of the development cycle has been spent in a haze of cheap cocaine and cheaper hookers.

No, please explain THIS… and spare no details!!! O_o

OT… the original Xen didn’t seem to me to have much flow, in terms of backstory. The standing portals from one area to another would imply that the areas of play were primary environments, frequented by the Xen inhabitants… but it was all pretty segmented. What we know of the rest of the mod shows that the dev team has paid a lot of attention to (at least making it feel like) the areas of play are very much part of a larger world. Has the same been done with Xen? Perhaps with villages or other mundane living or working spaces included, even if they’re just scenery that you can’t actually get to?

[Ballsopt]

They’re obviously not going to tell you any details.

[Scherzo]

@Raminator

We just decompiled the Half-Life: Source maps for Xen, shuffled the textures around and recompiled them. The rest of the development cycle has been spent in a haze of cheap cocaine and cheaper hookers.

That’d make sense if you had funds to misappropriate. Unfortunately, you’re doing this Gratis. How does this work?

[Psion]

@Ballsopt

They’re obviously not going to tell you any details.

Didn’t ask for details… just a generic question about the mindset, not about gameplay or specifics. Devs can answer, or not, however they choose.

I could try harder, though…

Hai devs… will there a xen town nex to teh big nad-spider place? Can Frohmanz get soda there for extra lifes?

:zip:

EDIT: Oh, wait, this is the suggestions area…

Hai devs… there SHOULD a xen town nex to teh big nad-spider place. Frohmanz COULD get soda there for extra lifes… that’d be AWESOME!!!

[Spycrabz]

@blackout

Xenos: ancient greek word refering to any kind of unfamilliar person.

Xenophobia: fear of anyone unfamilliar, has come to mean fear of foreigners.

Xen: an alien world.

lern2paulinehanson

[Ballsopt]

o i get it

[Eric_Fong]

Can someone show me the thread where Dillxn banned?

Sorry, off topic.

[Mr_Someguy]

@Eric Fong

Can someone show me the thread where Dillxn banned?

Sorry, off topic.

https://forums.blackmesasource.com/showthread.php?p=146784#post146784

[Timmeh2k9]

@Eric Fong

Can someone show me the thread where Dillxn banned?

Sorry, off topic.

If you carry on asking completely off topic questions like that, this will be the thread you get banned in.

[Lord_Grievous]

I think it would be a nice touch if you could hear the vortigaunts communicate in the distance, like they do in Ep2.

[Artic_Xiongmao]

@Lord Grievous

I think it would be a nice touch if you could hear the vortigaunts communicate in the distance, like they do in Ep2.

Like, part of the background sounds in Xen, right?

[Lord_Grievous]

Well I don’t think we’d have to hear it forty times over, just the one time. Maybe you see a vortigaunt in the distance and he then calls for reinforcements.