Serious unofficial HL2RP² launch feedback thread

[Andrew]

seems complex but only a handful of people have to know it so that's good

 

[contained postal dude]

why are there no good rebel bio's like there was in helix or clockwork

I want to make a character bio but I'm shit at coming up with an idea, hell, even a layout. Been brainstorming for a bit to try and think of what I want to do.

 

[MaXenzie]

RP docs as a whole is less popular now, the server's ironically got too much uptime for people to spend their time reading documents

even the most popular docs don't get that much traction

 

[constantdisplay]

RP docs as a whole is less popular now, the server's ironically got too much uptime for people to spend their time reading documents

even the most popular docs don't get that much traction

also less need for

*stock picture of spas*
*stock picture of gas mask*
*stock picture of stunstick*

 

[STUCK IN A CAKE]

RP docs as a whole is less popular now, the server's ironically got too much uptime for people to spend their time reading documents

even the most popular docs don't get that much traction

I just do fun picture posts with flavor text and music, because I know people won't read my bio lol

 

[MaXenzie]

I just do fun picture posts with flavor text and music, because I know people won't read my bio lol

haha ive written a full storyline in RP docs and its been read by a grand total of like 6 people

i am in agony

 

[Dallas]

RP docs as a whole is less popular now, the server's ironically got too much uptime for people to spend their time reading documents

even the most popular docs don't get that much traction

the dip started somewhere in 2021/22

transhuman society was the last big one with thousands of views and hundred or so replies, intro to extinctionism gets a mere fraction of the same buzz, it's very sad to see but also totally expected - my writing changed in 2019 with that doc and people got into it and it inspired a lot of other folks to do similar stories and now there is a saturation

we have ironically reached a point where the quality of the written work has improved and competition has never been tougher for people writing stuff on the forums, it's not easy-mode like it was in 2016, i think the real reason is oversaturation and overexposure

something to consider is that the average age of an hl2rpr is now likely to be around 21 or something, as opposed to several years ago when the median age was more like 16 lol, it's not a surprise that the content has gotten more mature, yet as we write things we also dispel mystery and that can have a numbing effect on the reader, i know personally that ive felt a general disassociation towards hl2 as a concept and setting for several years now, im only truly excited when the concepts at work are almost entirely divorced from the source (alplands) and have since 2021 stopped engaging with most hl2 based content in favour of original projects which can exist for as long or as little as i like and always have a preserved sense of soul

 

[deathwolf]

the dip started somewhere in 2021/22

transhuman society was the last big one with thousands of views of hundred or so replies, intro to extinctionism gets a mere fraction of the same buzz, it's very sad to see but also totally expected - my writing changed in 2019 with that doc and people got into it and it inspired a lot of other folks to do similar stories and now there is a saturation

we have ironically reached a point where the quality of the written work has improved and competition has never been tougher for people writing stuff on the forums, it's not easy-mode like it was in 2016, i think the real reason is oversaturation and overexposure

something to consider is that the average age of an hl2rpr is now likely to be around 21 or something, as opposed to several years ago when the median age was more like 16 lol, it's not a surprise that the content has gotten more mature, yet as we write things we also dispel mystery and that can have a numbing effect on the reader, i know personally that ive felt a general disassociation towards hl2 as a concept and setting for several years now, im only truly excited when the concepts at work are almost entirely divorced from the source (alplands) and have since 2021 stopped engaging with most hl2 based content in favour of original projects which can exist for as long or as little as i like and always have a preserved sense of soul

i literally don’t have the confidence to post any rp doc i’ve ever written because even know i know it’s not true i feel like everyone would make fun of how shit they’d be in comparison to others

 

[Dallas]

i literally don’t have the confidence to post any rp doc i’ve ever written because even know i know it’s not true i feel like everyone would make fun of how shit they’d be in comparison to others

we are often the biggest obstacle to our own creativity, but to never try is to never fail and never learn

also - as we have just discussed - there are maybe only a dozen people who read these things reliably now, so it's like shouting in an empty waiting room

 

[TheInnkeeper]

the dip started somewhere in 2021/22

transhuman society was the last big one with thousands of views and hundred or so replies, intro to extinctionism gets a mere fraction of the same buzz, it's very sad to see but also totally expected - my writing changed in 2019 with that doc and people got into it and it inspired a lot of other folks to do similar stories and now there is a saturation

we have ironically reached a point where the quality of the written work has improved and competition has never been tougher for people writing stuff on the forums, it's not easy-mode like it was in 2016, i think the real reason is oversaturation and overexposure

something to consider is that the average age of an hl2rpr is now likely to be around 21 or something, as opposed to several years ago when the median age was more like 16 lol, it's not a surprise that the content has gotten more mature, yet as we write things we also dispel mystery and that can have a numbing effect on the reader, i know personally that ive felt a general disassociation towards hl2 as a concept and setting for several years now, im only truly excited when the concepts at work are almost entirely divorced from the source (alplands) and have since 2021 stopped engaging with most hl2 based content in favour of original projects which can exist for as long or as little as i like and always have a preserved sense of soul

i got back into hl2rp recently [obviously] but i really, REALLY tune and zone out when it stops having that half life feel

i need semi-goofy sci fi shit with the air of 'humans being upbeat during crisis' which is a natural thing we have, rather than dirty depressing dying people complaining all the time and there being no hope whatsovever. its why i like the current iteration being post-freeman, it's exactly what i want in the setting.

if i had it my way i'd get rid of the blacksuit [and thus the shitty gas areas] and have rebels wear individual outfits that look properly slapped together from random shit like they are in the actual games

 

[Dallas]

i really, REALLY tune and zone out when it stops having that half life feel

i need semi-goofy sci fi shit

you do you man

 

[TheInnkeeper]

you do you man

im here for hl2rp not qzrp with facists

 

[Dallas]

im here for hl2rp not qzrp with facists

if it doesnt have peru as a nuclear power, second manifest destiny, and smallpox missiles to paris then im hitting snooze

 

[Andrew]

im just happy we're free to do as we please now and there's so little red-tape

 

[Rabid]

I think having a goofy sci-fi vibe - to a degree - is actually a nice change because Neb (and LP before it) spent far too long divorcing itself from anything remotely related to the Sci-Fi side, with a few exceptions.

 

[TheInnkeeper]

I think having a goofy sci-fi vibe - to a degree - is actually a nice change because Neb (and LP before it) spent far too long divorcing itself from anything remotely related to the Sci-Fi side, with a few exceptions.

i try to have my characters [event or otherwise] talk and act like actual half-life characters - mostly taking inspiration from russell / alyx banter in hl:a but also some of the rebel dialogue in hl2

Kleiner has a pet headcrab ffs and those things killed almost all of his colleagues, everyone's so chummy despite the impending doom, its great

it feels like people only played the first 5 minutes, heard the guy going 'd-dont drink the water.......' and based the ENTIRE setting around that

 

[slick]

if it doesnt have peru as a nuclear power, second manifest destiny, and smallpox missiles to paris then im hitting snooze

DO NOT RESEARCH THE BORDER FRAGGING EVENT
100000 DEAD GEOLOGISTS
GOLD TREASURE LOST TO TIME
A NEW ARGENTINIA

 

[Lewis!]

i try to have my characters [event or otherwise] talk and act like actual half-life characters - mostly taking inspiration from russell / alyx banter in hl:a but also some of the rebel dialogue in hl2

Kleiner has a pet headcrab ffs and those things killed almost all of his colleagues, everyone's so chummy despite the impending doom, its great

it feels like people only played the first 5 minutes, heard the guy going 'd-dont drink the water.......' and based the ENTIRE setting around that

Half-Life always had a weird emotional tone.

I remember Yahtzee Croshaw from Zero Punctuation said it's like if an entire game had aspergers syndrome.

I think it works for it though, everything is so depressing in the setting, what more can the cast do than try to have a positive attitude.

 

[TheInnkeeper]

Half-Life always had a weird emotional tone.

I remember Yahtzee Croshaw from Zero Punctuation said it's like if an entire game had aspergers syndrome.

I think it works for it though, everything is so depressing in the setting, what more can the cast do than try to have a positive attitude.

i dont super agree with the sentiment tbh but i get where he comes from with it. it really works, though

 

[Lewis!]

i dont super agree with the sentiment tbh but i get where he comes from with it. it really works, though

Yeah I wouldn't go down the aspergers analogy personally I think he was being a bit hyperbolic for comedic effect.