I'm sure loads of people have had varying flavours of "alternate gravity" ideas, only like Angry Lawyer most of them decided it was too complicated to pull off. :)
I've had it too, only my version had the same gravity for everyone, controlled by switches around the level... you're happily...
I was going to do that, Houndeye, but sadly I am too lazy to edit an image for the sake of a poor joke. :(
Oh, and just so I'm being useful : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_%28fiction%29
You seem to over-estimate the thought processes of a coderless mod team.
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Isn't there some massive "anti-rest-of-the-internet" thing going on in China ?
Not much Valve can do if the Chinese government is blocking it...
I'm not sure the above is fact, but it sounds like something I've heard before...
I believe I read something somewhere saying you could get an intro movie in your mod by changing the Valve video from the guys head to a movie of your intro.
I'm not sure what file format it's in, but if it's .avi you could probably map an area, run about in it / set up NPC actors, cap a video...
You're not likely to get taken to court... you're more likely to just get an email saying "stop what you're doing at once, you cheeky rascals" ala Stargate : Source. If you continue, then maybe court, I don't know... you'd have to ask Angry Lawyer.
It'd be much easier for you in the long run...
OK, seriously now... you can't call your mod "Grand Theft Auto".
I don't care what research you've done, if Rockstar don't want you using the name, you can't use it. "24" is just a number, but that doesn't mean everyone can go around making real-time television dramas under the name.
If...