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Hey sorry for my late reply. Since this recording there have been several updates and some changed how these black holes look. I think you can change it in the settings but I'm not sure.

If what I've read from every reply section ever is correct, these striders specifically are used for building matinence and construction or something. Which is why they have those weird leg attachments, so they can climb buildings n shit

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Exactly how I felt, it was amazing... HL:A is one of the greatest gaming experiences I've ever had, it's kind of sad that I've forgotten most of it since it felt like some sort of weird dream, but I suppose that only means I get to re-experience it someday!

Agree with the weird dream thing

"WITCH!!!"

1) it’s not very tiny 2) there are many explanations for the galaxy’s orbits but this one black hole being what everything orbits around is not one of them Might be wrong, correct me as needed

@@haydenlee4804 1) it's incredibly tiny compared to the whole galaxy 2) that sentence makes no sence

@@bhw6231 well of course; it's tiny compared to the whole galaxy what I'm saying is that our perception of it is flawed; since sagitarrius a* (the black hole at the center) is around 30x the size of our sun, which is humongous. Of course, compared to the size of an entire galaxy it isn't quite nearly as large, but I was saying that it isn't quite so much "tiny" on its own, just in relevance with the rest of the galaxy. Regarding the second point, sorry for any confusion. What I meant to say was that while there are tons of credible and backed-up explanations as to why the Milky Way "orbits" around Sagittarius A*, the idea that everything around the galaxy orbits it is false, as the mass of Sagittarius A* would most certainly be nothing compared to everything that orbits it In other words, Sagittarius A* does not have enough mass to serve as the object where all other celestial bodies in the Milky Way orbit.

​@@haydenlee4804youre taking things literally

@@mrseal1610 wdym

These are construction striders and they sound way more robotic than the one near the end of the game

Look for Space Engine on Steam

how much is it

@@cepseize5240 I think it’s like $25

⁠@@cepseize5240also u need a gaming pc or a very good laptop to get in space engine or it will kick you out

​@@sergeplays7322you don't need a good laptop or a good gaming pc mine not that good but fine mine Acer Aspire 5 Laptop can run it well

Can you please explain what you mean?

​@@NaKh96he means nothing, he just wanted to spit out some amateurish philosophical bs

Ted Backman said the Combine scans them in their natural environment and they use the data to build a synthetic version of them. So the original animals are still out there.

@@SirKolass most of them are transcreatures meaning they are half synths half living biengs like hunters for exemple and thats why they express pain and give death sounds and even some go full haywire like episode 1 strider and alyx strider boss they express intelligence and idiocy at the same time

​​​​@@SirKolass but the original creatures might have possibly been converted into the Combine army, before the Combine started replicating the creatures themselves to be Synths due to the original species being endangered and are near to extinction.

@@6l1t3h_Official No really, those are wild animals, the Combine is after civilizations such as humans and vortigaunts. The original species are probably fine.

@@SirKolassthe original species themselves could have once been cyborgs before being replaced by their Synths counterparts by again many being converted and augmentated and the original are about to go extinct before they went after civilizations like the Nihilanth and the Vortigaunts then later humans.

I don't think the striders are being controlled itself, I think they still have movement and such but are told on where to go and follow orders. Since they can be seen impaling victimes. both are simply a carrier in my opinion with some free movement. The person on top on the construction strider is probably controlling the tools equipped on the strider. For the attack one, it's simply carrying the gun and the gun itself shoots at things. I'm probably wrong but I think striders are simply creatures to hold things. So, they are walking turrets or whatever. They're likely brainwashed and such and is likely told on where to go. Though i think the impaling is done by the strider's own movement and is it loyal to the empire so I'm pretty sure it will use what is has to attack as well. That or they're simply being controlled for every movement, and they were just used as a body, or it can be different for both striders, this one is controlled and the other one is this, etc.

@@matthewmaceiko6871 it sounds like the person on top is some how interfaced into the strider issuing commands to it through speech

These striders are not meant to attack LMAO, they are designed differently for a reason. The combine worker controls the machine that's on top of the strider, you can see it from the balcony at the very begging of the game.

@@squingussquingle no it doesn't, the person on top of the Strider isn't making any sound at all.

One strider is used for heavy assault, the other one is a strider used for construction of the citadel, and the worker on top uses the machinery most likely. The strider itself probably isn't using the tools itself.

I didn't think there would be such a specific fear of black holes :o. Well good thing is... don't have to worry about it ;)

I like black holes with huge jets