Lethal8472
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It is old. This was discussed long ago in a VERY long thread. Some said it was an Icthyosaur, but nothing was ever confirmed.
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Well, after looking at the leak model (sue me 
) I can assure you that it IS the hoverboat. (maybe hoverboat is the wrong word though.. it's a swampglider or something.. well you all seen it in the new vids)
) I can assure you that it IS the hoverboat. (maybe hoverboat is the wrong word though.. it's a swampglider or something.. well you all seen it in the new vids)
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Its not freeman!
jeez, its like a game for these people, take a look.
jeez, its like a game for these people, take a look.
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The Combine soldier is shooting at a bullsquid.400TH POST! TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF AND CELEBRATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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*strips n parties*
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its called an airboat, a hovercraft is very large about 40 ft. wide and 75 ft. long.
also how can u guys see more than an airboat? your imagining gordon.
also how can u guys see more than an airboat? your imagining gordon.
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petey
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Regarding the Gordon Theory: That's what I thought at first too. However, the size is way off. As stated, his head would be as big as an oil drum. The "face" is, in my opinion, an artifact of the JPEG compression.
Regarding the Hovercraft Theory: If it is a hovercraft then I judge it to be seconds away from crashing to that cement wall (it’s difficult to tell what is wall and what is reflection, especially due to the block compression, but if you zoom in close enough it does look like the boat is more or less touching the wall).
Regarding the Splash Theory: Until I came upon this thread I had always assumed it was nothing more than a splash. While I can sympathize with those who are not convinced that those two blobs are parallel pontoons, if you find the seam where the “splash sprite” jets up from the surface of the water and then look further down you will see a path of white water along the surface of the lake with follows the projected path of a boat. Either this white water is the residual disturbance from previous shots (unlikely since the other splash sprites would likely not have vanished that quickly), or it is the wake of the hovercraft.
My opinion: It’s the hovercraft. Why would Valve release a picture of a combine solder shooting at nothing?
Regarding the Hovercraft Theory: If it is a hovercraft then I judge it to be seconds away from crashing to that cement wall (it’s difficult to tell what is wall and what is reflection, especially due to the block compression, but if you zoom in close enough it does look like the boat is more or less touching the wall).
Regarding the Splash Theory: Until I came upon this thread I had always assumed it was nothing more than a splash. While I can sympathize with those who are not convinced that those two blobs are parallel pontoons, if you find the seam where the “splash sprite” jets up from the surface of the water and then look further down you will see a path of white water along the surface of the lake with follows the projected path of a boat. Either this white water is the residual disturbance from previous shots (unlikely since the other splash sprites would likely not have vanished that quickly), or it is the wake of the hovercraft.
My opinion: It’s the hovercraft. Why would Valve release a picture of a combine solder shooting at nothing?
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the object behind the splash is............ your life... if you can claim it then you can go out and have fun.
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Verbal_Kint
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Hahaha, some very spirited responses I see. It may be true that I'm seeing things, but believe me, when you have insomnia and an extremely slow internet connection you start trying to find anything to do to waste time until you fall asleep. So I either have no life, or was just bored as hell and noticed something, you pick.
Anyway, back on topic, from looking at the pic again, it probably is the hoverboat, even though I can't make myself see the rollcage thingy. It's just an oddly misproportioned pic I guess.
Anyway, back on topic, from looking at the pic again, it probably is the hoverboat, even though I can't make myself see the rollcage thingy. It's just an oddly misproportioned pic I guess.
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Subatomic said:
Its not much larger from Gordon. Have a look at these 2 pics.
The first one is a shot from e3 2k4 vid. Note the size of the craft and also the distance from the top of the bridge: First picture
Now look again at this enhanced version of the original image from the thread starter. Note the blatent lack of Gordon Freeman:Second picture
Again, I wouldn't mind someone taking the time to outline Gordon because I still can't see him.
