The Combinized Canada

[fishdbaz]

Let's just get straight to business..

I do believe that Canada would mostly be safe from the antlion menace; to the North, there's the tundra, which has permafrost soil, so that means that the antlions could not dig through.

In addition, most of Canada is part of the Canadian Shield; for those who don't know, that's a landform region with hard igneous rock underneath, (back during the Cambrian era, the Canadian Shield was a gigantic mountain range) so the antlions couldn't go there, either.

And finaly, the West coast is mostly a huge mountain range.

So really, the only places in Canada that the antlions could terrorize, would be the prairies, the east coast, and of course, The Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Lowlands (Toronto). Those three places are very small in comparison to the rest of Canada.

Toronto is the city with the highest population in all of Canada, and its residents would be at risk of an antlion incursion, but I think that the Combine would probably preserve the city, therefore, protecting it.

And, while a lot of Canadians live in cities, thousands of them live way out in the North, possibly away from Combine contact, so they may or may no be "free".

Here's a question; what do YOU think about the Combinized Canada?

 

[Saruke]

ughhh... You do know that Half Life takes place in eastern Europe right? So north would be NORTHERN Europe not Canada.

Lurk before you post man.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Cool, no antlions. Too bad there's still headcrabs, houndeyes, bullsquids, gargs, and a shitload of Ichtysaurs for all those bigass lakes you guys got. But yeah, cool, no Antlions. And also, there's no reason to think that the combine would save Toronto. In all likelyhood all capitals were destroyed and only a handful major population centres remains, most of them probably in europe.

Saruke, what does that have to do with anything? He's plainly not talking about europe but canada, canada still exists even if its cities have been destroyed.

 

[Emporius]

But of course, the combine thought that TO was the capital, so I'm safe :thumbs:

 

[fishdbaz]

Actualy, the portal storms happened all over the world, not just in Eastern Europe.
The Combine conquered the world, not just Eastern Europe.
The events of the original Half-Life took place in North America, not Eastern Europe.

 

[Saruke]

I apologize I thought, he thought Half life 2 and the episodes took place in the U. S so he was speculating on what the setting would be for ep 3, my bad.

 

[Moonraker]

there is no reason to think the antlions cannot tunnel in rock. the acid secretions of the white ones seems to be able to. just takes them longer id imagine.

 

[Iron_cube]

They may invade Canada, but the bastards certainly won't steal mah poutine :hmph:

My preciousssss....

 

[Headcrab Pie]

Please tell me whats on that and how to make it...

 

[Iron_cube]

Please tell me whats on that and how to make it...

Amen.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Actualy, the portal storms happened all over the world, not just in Eastern Europe.
The Combine conquered the world, not just Eastern Europe.
The events of the original Half-Life took place in North America, not Eastern Europe.

That is most certainly true, but it would seem that for whatever reason, the combine choose Europe as a good site for focusing the world's remaining population. City 17 is in europe and most of the other cities are accessible via train from there.

 

[Narvi]

Combine Mounties, eh?

 

[Stene]

I am more like thinking of some smaller countrys. What about something like Norway? I don't think Combine would be there. So how about all people in those countrys? I know many can hide to forests for long times, so there could be some little rebel villages around.

 

[nurizeko]

Ey Gordon, 'ow aboot gooin' down into that there scuttler hoole 'un clearin' out all those there bugs, ey?.


Canada would get eaten.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Ey Gordon, 'ow aboot gooin' down into that there scuttler hoole 'un clearin' out all those there bugs, ey?.

Oh my god... poor Wales.

 

[Cheomesh]

I am more like thinking of some smaller countrys. What about something like Norway? I don't think Combine would be there. So how about all people in those countrys? I know many can hide to forests for long times, so there could be some little rebel villages around.

Would be awesome if Ep3 or a sidelong mod/game reveals stuff about resistance communities.

 

[Druckles]

Actualy, the portal storms happened all over the world, not just in Eastern Europe.

By your own reasoning, the citadels would land in Canada. And there's no reason why Antlions can't live in Canada. They seem to be able to irritate me anywhere.

 

[Emporius]

They're just after our free healthcare

 

[Moonraker]

oh yea thats working well isnt it

 

[Rapstah]

People moved to population centers before the combine invasion because of the portal storms.

EDIT: And there are at least 22 Cities, some of those could/should be in Northern America.

 

[Rixil]

Russia would be fine, it's very cold and most likely unhabitable to creatures like antlions.

 

[Hydra]

Grah, for Estonia, the RUSSIA TAKES OVER AGAIN! TO THE FOREST! Oh right, THE COMBINE TAKES OVER! TO THE FOREST!

No Baltic chain this time.

 

[z0mbin3]

I've just read in the cheats section in my latest Gameinformer that there is a HL2 mod coming up called Half-Life 2: Toronto. And it tells the story of a dude trying to coup in City 7 Witch was once Toronto. So there you go fishdbaz your dreams furfilled. It's wierd don't you think? Theres a thread made about the Combine in Canada and then it's announced and HL mod game that takes place in a city mentioned in the thread.

 

[Emporius]

What! No Half-Life 2: Ottawa? No climbing to the top of the Peace Tower to crossbow the combine? No throwing zombies into the Centennial Flame?

 

[fishdbaz]

Half-Life 2: Ottawa would be awesome! You could toss combine soldiers into the parliment hill cat sactuary so that they can be viciously mauled. Or you could force them on a boring tour of the parliment buildings and have their heads explode while they wait for the next tour group to move on. And at the end you could battle Stephen Harper while he levitates in the air and shoots portals at you from his terrifing conical cranium.

 

[z0mbin3]

You wanted a HL game set in canada your getting one be happy with that and don't wine about what city it's not in.

 

[fishdbaz]

I never said I wanted a Half-Life game set in Canada; I simply said that in the fictional future, Canada might be better off than Eastern Europe. Plus, Stephen Harper is hilarious!

 

[Cheomesh]

Damn I was calling my city in Washington State city 7.

Hm.

 

[Emporius]

You wanted a HL game set in canada your getting one be happy with that and don't wine about what city it's not in.

It's a little thing I like to call humour

 

[delusional]

EDIT: And there are at least 22 Cities, some of those could/should be in Northern America.

You know this how?

 

[z0mbin3]

You know this how?

Odd's thats how he knows. There has to be at least two citys in north america. And he did say could not there are. So you attacking him is really a dink move.

*update* City 7: Toronto Conflict, is an action packed Half-Life 2 mod with a variety of unique levels and game play. Explore what has become of City 7 in areas like Dundas square, Eaton Center , Mel Lastman square, St. Michael's Hospital and TTC system under the Combine rule. This version features Gordon Freeman as the main character, stuck in Toronto due to a teleporting accident in Kleiner's lab. Try to escape this war torn city by finding any type of teleporting technology and send him back to City 17.

http://www.torontoconflict.com/home.htm