Do you think (obviously not now or even soon) that someone could start with the source engine and just build a dedicated Half-Life Roleplay game?
I suppose it would be part "MMO", but I don't think a subscription fee would be a good thing.
It would cost a couple of dollars and therefore deflect atleast some of the minges.
There could be a few dedicated servers that all contain different maps and cities.
Applications for CCA, CWU, and other organizations could be handled in their own section of the game. On top of that, there could be a system of asking and paying for transfer to and from cities.
Each city could have an NPC shop-owner so that there is always atleast one shop open, but citizens could still open businesses.
Each city could possibly have a small opening sequence with NPCs when you arrive at a city.

This is just a discussion, not a suggestion (which is why I didn't put it there).
So what do y'all think? What would you add, and what could go wrong?

Hey everybody, I was thinking about the Half-life series and I wanted to get everyone's opinions on some things:

Since the Combine were aware of Xen and Nihilanth, and that the Combine would likely have invaded (atleast to the Xen to get rid of Nihilanth) regardless of what Gordon did. Than do you think that had Gordon not killed countless special ops forces, and alien forces that the Combine could've been repelled?
The Combine would presumably have to defeat the inhabitants of Xen first and then, later, travel to Earth. If this was the case, I am sure that the hundreds of Spec-ops, assassins, helicopters, and tanks would've been put to good use defending earth. Also, the hundreds (thousands?) of Xen forces on earth and Xen would probably fight back against the Combine. So isn't it really all Gordon's fault?

Also, isn't it possible that the Combine would have defeated the inhabitants of Xen, and therefore closed the rift themselves? This would effectively remove humans from the story.

Anyway, short version is, is Freeman hadn't killed a ton of both alien and human soldiers would the Combine (assuming they would've invaded anyway) have been repelled or slowed?

Also, in the end of Half-Life, Nihilanth talks to Freeman. Couldn't they have reached an agreement in order to he fight the Combine, who were already and enemy of the inhabitants of Xen?

I feel like everything is Gordon's fault now....

What do you think?

Hey Everybody,
I was thinking it would be amazing to have an event where the CCA has to herd and force all citizens into the sewers. This could occur due to some sort of natural, rebel, or other event happening above ground. The point is that it would be incredibly dark and tense with the citizens all sitting in the black and dim red waters while the CCA stand by holding the peace. This event could last just a few hours, but it would certainly be interesting. Any non CCA on the surface would be killed.

Just an off-beat idea I had, don't know how/if it would work.