POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Character that dies

[scotland1]

Watch this.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVz4lJDtFXQ[/YOUTUBE]

Could this be the death scene for eli in episode 2?

Discuss.

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Yea, change the title.

EDIT: And LOL.

That looks like a conspiracy video, like those stupid 9/11 conspiracy ones.

 

[Tagaziel]

Good find. Any directions to replicate this effect?

 

[leib10]

Interesting.

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Good find. Any directions to replicate this effect?

Yea, are there? It doesn't really tell where he got the information in the first place, does it?

 

[Asknoone]

Use that thing that exists between your skull. It might be right, it might be wrong (probably wrong, from what I've heard), but there's no need to go posting it in the thread title just in case.

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Thanks, salmon.

 

[Planetary]

That's exactly what convinced me that he's doomed in Episode Two. Thanks for refinding the link!

 

[scotland1]

Sorry about the title I was in a hurry.

I found this on some website so I don't know where to find it, I'll try.

Right got it. Go into Source SDK, choose eli model, then click the animations tab at the bottom, search sniper, drag it into the timeline and hit play.

 

[Asknoone]

Kids this doesn't mean Eli gets hit by a sniper.

 

[nutcrackr]

eli dies of congested heart failure

 

[morgs]

It dosen't look like there's an animation, one frame he's standing the next he's dead?

 

[scotland1]

Thats because it's not a video. He's taken screeshots. I've done it myself, he squirms around then dies.

 

[bigexplosions]

Thats because it's not a video. He's taken screeshots. I've done it myself, he squirms around then dies.

Specifically, here are what the three animations are:

1. Eli is breathing heavily and holding his chest
2. Eli sort of tries to get up a very small amount, but then just falls back down
3. Post-death

 

[Darkside55]

Kids this doesn't mean Eli gets hit by a sniper.

Indeed.

But if it is a sniper, let me just say, "called it." Or, well, I kinda called it. When talking about the EpTwo character who dies, I've said to Samon, "could be shot by a sniper." But I was always referring to Barney, not Eli.

 

[Shift]

Im totally convinced...

/sarcasm

 

[Rossell]

Eli was always supposed to commit suicide.

 

[Asknoone]

No he wasn't. That was people not understanding what they had read and jumping to conclusions.

 

[Que-Ever]

I thought Eli was supposed to have his testicles bit off by a bullsquid, ala modern comedy movie.

 

[Iron_cube]

These threads aren't fun anymore.

Let's just wait for the game to come out, shall we?

 

[UseAbuse]

wow at the video!!!!1 I remember seeing this in the steam forums way back.

...all the citizens have this animation. check your model viewer folks.

 

[Iron_cube]

...all the citizens have this animation. check your model viewer folks.

Yep, and you can see that eli's hands are totally clipping in his shirt, meaning that these animations were not made for him.

All these are used by the dying guy in the dm_overwatch part of HL2.

 

[Stene]

On the Particle Benchmark thingy, there are SOME references that Eli would be the dead guy. But they are only as text files. In some thingys it looks like sniper would kill Eli and in some that GMan would kill him :S

It is the testing thing Valve gave so people can see the new shadows and effects, and it has multicore support. It has only one testmap but some stuff like the vehicle script for the new car. I don't want to spoil the name though.

But I believe Eli would die, Alyx crying her ass off and Valve could show some cool new stuff with faceposer. And you have knewn Eli for long. Though his only appearance in HL1 is that he tells you to get to the surface as soon as you can.

 

[Narvi]

Somebody put the particle benchmark up for download already.

 

[Stene]

Somebody put the particle benchmark up for download already.

I don't understand why this forum has no pinned topic with links to it. Many people could see the new effects and stuff.

 

[Asknoone]

I'm not 100% sure we can. It's not illegal, but I'm not going to allow links to sprout up until I get the yes you can from Valve.

 

[Tagaziel]

wow at the video!!!!1 I remember seeing this in the steam forums way back.

...all the citizens have this animation. check your model viewer folks.

BS. Checked.

 

[el Chi]

It might be right, it might be wrong (probably wrong, from what I've heard

Interesting, interesting...

I have been thinking that Eli's death is almost too obvious.
As far as we can tell so far, his death would potentially be the most dramatic as it would have drastic effects on so many of the characters and their relationships with one another.
However, we've been told that there will be a main character death in this game and most people have come to the conclusion it'll be Eli. For the death to have an even greater impact (on the player) it ought to be unexpected, so why make the victim such an obvious choice?
Besides the obvious, of course.

Naturally, if they'd wanted to make it an actual shock to have some real impact they would've kept shtum in the first bloody place rather than whoring it from the rooftops.
Naturally, if I'd wanted to be more impressed by Ep2 when I finally played it I could've steered clear of all the previews in the first place.

 

[morgs]

Being shot by a sniper and dying instantly just dosen't seem right...

 

[Asknoone]

Naturally, if they'd wanted to make it an actual shock to have some real impact they would've kept shtum in the first bloody place rather than whoring it from the rooftops.

I agree. I don't see how screaming about it all the time is important.

 

[el Chi]

Yeah I find it somewhat disappointing, because it'll be totally expected. If you haven't heard/worked out who the victim will be until they actually pop their virtual clogs, you won't be shocked, you'll just say: "Oh that's who dies. Bummer."

 

[kingkuttar]

I suppose that we could sit here all day and discuss some very good reasons why one of the main characters might or might not die. I personally believe it will be Eli or Alyx. Valve could use Eli's death for some gripping interactions with an emotional Alyx but then again Episode 1 was all about developing her so i think that she will be the one to die somewhere near the end of the game so that her death affects the players that like her.

Be a bit of an anticlimax if Valve decided to kill off Cubbage.

 

[Rossell]

Erm, whats the command for spoiler tags?

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

I doubt it will be Eli.
Also [/SPOILER] isn't it?

 

[Rossell]

Spoiler

Alyx returns for the third Episode.

That is one amazingly BIG spoiler in there. Don't say I didn't warn you. K?

 

[leib10]

Source?

10 chars

 

[scotland1]

Wow this is old. And the source is youtube

 

[Asknoone]

I'm pretty sure we knew this anyway. Alyx was never going to cop it in 2. That'd be so dumb.

 

[Rossell]

Still got to honor the spoiler

 

[leib10]

I'm pretty sure we knew this anyway. Alyx was never going to cop it in 2. That'd be so dumb.

Nope, if she's going to die it'd be in Episode 3. Probably in some self-sacrificial or otherwise memorable way.