The Aftermath of the Black Mesa Incident

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • On the morning of Tuesday, December the 5th, 2000, one of the world's most secretive and well-funded research facilities was the scene of the world's first ever catastrophic resonance cascade, a quantum event that, upon its initiation, would unleash a series of unstoppable events that would lead to the inevitable deaths of millions.
    The quantum event that was unleashed at the Black Mesa Research Facility tore through the fabric of a dimensional rift that sent forth an unstoppable force of hostile and invasive creatures that turned one of the most reliable research institutions in the United States to a devastating war zone between the hostile and invasive creatures, the American government, and remaining Black Mesa personnel.
    In the days and weeks after the disaster, the tragic events that unfolded that Tuesday morning devastated not only Black Mesa, but the world, after the resonance cascade expanded in severity and unleashed deadly "portal" storms that would kill millions worldwide.
    The global "portal" storm that erupted as a direct consequence of the resonance cascade, initially declared by climatologists worldwide as a unforeseen catastrophic meteorological event, brought a series of species of hostile creatures from the border world Xen to Earth, forcing the United Nations and the world's governments to provide protection to the surviving global population in the world's major cities.
    This video explores the events from the catastrophe at Black Mesa to the Seven Hour War, and all global developments in between these two events, including a deadly global meteorological phenomenon that would come to be known as the onset of a "portal" storm that devastated nations worldwide in the aftermath of the resonance cascade.
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    What follows is the soundtrack of this video, listed in chronological order:
    01. DEFCON Official Soundtrack - Alistair Lindsey and Michael Maidment (2006)
    02. Half-Life Official Soundtrack - Space Ocean - Kelly Bailey (1998)
    03. Half-Life Official Soundtrack - Vague Voices - Kelly Bailey (1998)
    04. Portal Official Soundtrack - Self Esteem Fund - Kelly Bailey (2007)
    05. Black Mesa Official Soundtrack - Resonance - Joel Nielsen (2020)
    06. Black Mesa Official Soundtrack - Blast Pit 1 - Joel Nielsen (2012)
    07. Portal Official Soundtrack - Party Escort - Kelly Bailey (2007)
    08. Half-Life Official Soundtrack - Electric Guitar Ambience - Kelly Bailey (1998)
    09. Sounds of Saturn - NASA Voyager Recording - NASA (1977-)
    10. Sounds of Mars - NASA Voyager Recording - NASA (1977-)
    11. Sounds of Jupiter - NASA Voyager Recording - NASA (1977-)
    12. Half-Life Official Soundtrack - Cavern Ambience - Kelly Bailey (1998)
    13. Half-Life Official Soundtrack - Hurricane Strings - Kelly Bailey (1998)
    14. Half-Life Official Soundtrack - Sirens in the Distance - Kelly Bailey (1998)
    15. Half-Life Official Soundtrack - Steam in the Pipes - Kelly Bailey (1998)
    16. Sounds of Neptune - NASA Voyager Recording - NASA - (1977-)
    17. Portal Official Soundtrack - Taste of Blood - Kelly Bailey (2007)
    18. Black Mesa Official Soundtrack - Respite - Joel Nielsen (2020)
    19. Half-Life 2: Episode Two Official Soundtrack - Extinction Event Horizon - Kelly Bailey (2007)
    20. Portal Official Soundtrack - Android Hell - Kelly Bailey (2007)
    21. Half-Life 2 Official Soundtrack - Probably Not a Problem - Kelly Bailey (2004)
    22. Portal Official Soundtrack - Procedural Jiggle Bone - Kelly Bailey (2007)
    23. Black Mesa Official Soundtrack - Catalyst - Joel Nielsen (2020)
    24. Half-Life 2 Official Soundtrack - Radio - Kelly Bailey (2004)
    ~
    The map that was used in this video to relay information was developed using the website historicalmapchart.net/.
    ~
    Thanks for watching!

Комментарии • 4,8 тыс.

  • @Neinfeld
    @Neinfeld  3 года назад +755

    An updated version of this video featuring higher resolution and more detailed events can be found here:
    ruclips.net/video/eD2aqWjfOxk/видео.html
    The Aftermath of the Black Mesa Incident: Definitive Edition
    Additionally, if there are any questions about this video, please post them as a reply to this comment, and I will try to provide an answer as detailed as possible. Thanks.

    • @blueknight3261
      @blueknight3261 3 года назад +4

      ok

    • @condescendingonlineman2136
      @condescendingonlineman2136 3 года назад +15

      >As the United Nations reject Iraq’s claims that December oil prices are too low, Iraq, representing 5% of of global oil exports, have halted, causing oil prices to fall below 30$ a barrel, their lowest level since August.
      How do oil prices drop when there is less of a supply due to the halting of exporting oil?

    • @ilovepandas1246
      @ilovepandas1246 3 года назад +1

      Any chance we can get a clearer version of the EAS broadcasts?

    • @Eric-yi1px
      @Eric-yi1px Год назад +1

      Do a Covid one plz

    • @thedreamchasers7252
      @thedreamchasers7252 Год назад +1

      I'd love to see this music selection as a Playlist for haunting atmosphere, it's a good mix

  • @Rocketchu
    @Rocketchu 4 года назад +1195

    2 minutes in and im thinking "Oh god you're gonna wish it was a nuclear accident."

    • @jexom
      @jexom 4 года назад +40

      I think this was referring to nuking the facility

    • @paradox2702
      @paradox2702 4 года назад +63

      We only saw black mesa nuked at OpFor( i think, so it may not happened).
      They probably call it nuclear for the cover up

    • @sheikhspeare6637
      @sheikhspeare6637 4 года назад +17

      @@paradox2702 Yeah Gman reactivated the nuke.

    • @pedronicolas7491
      @pedronicolas7491 4 года назад +62

      @@jexom They covered the Resonance Cascade with a minor nuclear accident

    • @fyreblazters
      @fyreblazters 4 года назад +16

      @@paradox2702 marc laidlaw said that Black Mesa getting nuked it's cannon

  • @adolfovegavaldes4255
    @adolfovegavaldes4255 4 года назад +2681

    -millions dead, humanity faces extinction, begging for mercy
    -Australia: y'know maybe we should stop maritime trade with China

    • @EvilParagon4
      @EvilParagon4 4 года назад +219

      _Specifically_ China.
      Classic Australia.

    • @loomhigh
      @loomhigh 4 года назад +114

      It's pretty accurate. Our Prime Minister at the time was John Howard. His entire prime ministers hip was hell bent on doing as little as possible.

    • @lunardogs2416
      @lunardogs2416 4 года назад +22

      trust me, its accurate.

    • @SpenceCr0codilian
      @SpenceCr0codilian 4 года назад +22

      @@loomhigh sounds like our current round of liberal leaders...scottyfrommarketing/koalakiller

    • @loomhigh
      @loomhigh 4 года назад +19

      Well Scotty is just a knockoff version of howard. All the major problems in this millennium were caused by him. He was the Reagan of Australia. There is a really good comedy show by Jordan Shanks on why he really sucks ass. It costs 10 dollars bymemory but if you got the time and want to laugh it might be up your alley.

  • @shortfuse9443
    @shortfuse9443 4 года назад +11453

    It’s videos like these that help bring out the true horror of the half life universe. Keep it up

    • @OK-zo3cq
      @OK-zo3cq 4 года назад +146

      Apocalyptic scenario

    • @Cscuile
      @Cscuile 4 года назад +216

      It brings to scale the Unforeseen Consequences of Black Mesa

    • @MrCris2021
      @MrCris2021 4 года назад +101

      @A smug little bab You should checo vídeos and lore about half life 2, old sound files, artworks may imply that half life 2 was going to be a lot lot darker, there was even going to be sections about factorys with child labor if I am not wrong. Kinda sad they didnt go with that route but reading a lot of things like the water making people sterile and keeping them from remembering things or re-locating people yo different cities from time to time so they dont create bonds and make plans, things like that really add when you are playing those games again

    • @EagleEye517
      @EagleEye517 4 года назад +35

      @@MrCris2021 Is there any YT channel specialised in such content? Been a fan of the series for 12 years now so I'd love to read nore about the lore.

    • @MrCris2021
      @MrCris2021 4 года назад +35

      @@EagleEye517 Rescoez is a youtube channel that analyzes AI dialogues Like chats between civilians and background things like the communications between civil protection and radio transmitions, things that you dont pay much attention while playing, he also shows some clips that werent included in the game. But for sound files or lore that werent included in the game you are gonna have to look on the internet. You can look on youtube for creepy sounds from the half life 2 beta or in google look for original half life 2 concept or darker original half life 2 or stuff like that and you should find some formus where fans talk about how the game was supposed to be.

  • @weedsmoke8776
    @weedsmoke8776 4 года назад +1785

    "Are you trying to escape? Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out there will make you wish you were back in here. I have an infinite capacity for knowledge, and even I'm not sure what's going on outside. All I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them. Well, I was."-GLaDOS

    • @vic-20personalcomputer80
      @vic-20personalcomputer80 4 года назад +237

      Yeah, Portal and Half-Life are in the same universe, right?

    • @average7557
      @average7557 4 года назад +140

      @@vic-20personalcomputer80 correct

    • @showtheshow3397
      @showtheshow3397 4 года назад +203

      This has terrifying implications that glados was originally built to deal with either XEN or an alien threat.

    • @stuartsemail3625
      @stuartsemail3625 4 года назад +186

      @@showtheshow3397 GLaDOS was built before the combine invasion although portal 1 takes place a few years after it

    • @raulcabezas6244
      @raulcabezas6244 4 года назад +9

      @@vic-20personalcomputer80 i can confirm that

  • @davidlango4745
    @davidlango4745 4 года назад +77

    Alien invasion? Damn bro better close the airports

    • @XG-OFFICIAL-59
      @XG-OFFICIAL-59 3 года назад +7

      I mean, it's not a stupid idea. Wouldn't want planes flying into other dimensions, would we?

  • @Apemon7
    @Apemon7 4 года назад +45

    Combine literally invading earth and causing mass destruction throughout the planet as humanity faces extinction.
    January 2nd, United Arab Emirates: Yeah... I think we should hold off on maritime trading for a little while.

    • @boxtank5288
      @boxtank5288 3 года назад

      Supplies are rapidly going scarce....

  • @San_Jose69
    @San_Jose69 9 месяцев назад +2

    Despite not really fitting, the use of actual audio recordings from different countries responses to 9/11 really helps this feel more real.

  • @NERPolitan
    @NERPolitan 3 года назад +5

    >referring to Hong Kong as a bustling "Chinese" metropolis

    • @1Juanse1
      @1Juanse1 3 года назад

      What is wrong with that?

    • @thetumans1394
      @thetumans1394 3 года назад +5

      Hong Kong is literally Chinese. I actually don't know what you're referring to. The people in Hong Kong are of a Chinese ethnicity and speak a form of Chinese language. They also have overlapping government with mainland China. How are they not Chinese?

    • @yapper6907
      @yapper6907 3 года назад +3

      Stand with hong kong

    • @ogzombieblunt4626
      @ogzombieblunt4626 3 года назад +1

      @@thetumans1394
      Sure but mainlanders have a different culture, and the government is different. But the CCP wants it to be the same.

    • @thetumans1394
      @thetumans1394 3 года назад +1

      @@ogzombieblunt4626 Most Hong Kongers don't support independence.

  • @zed6234
    @zed6234 3 года назад +3109

    If anything, this makes the fact Barney survived Blue Shift and The 7 Hour War without G-Man's assistance even more incredible.

    • @jibronigibironi8959
      @jibronigibironi8959 3 года назад +52

      Not really, you'll survive if the script writers want you to, no matter how "unlikely", just like any movie.

    • @Vomer0
      @Vomer0 3 года назад +656

      @@jibronigibironi8959 how do you enjoy anything with that mindset? Suspension of disbelief is a big part of enjoying a lot of art. Obviously it's all made up but that shouldn't detract from thinking about in-universe explanations for things.

    • @jibronigibironi8959
      @jibronigibironi8959 3 года назад +18

      @@Vomer0 Well, I did in fact immerse myself in the universe. These types of videos help bring the horrific nature of the lore to life, with nothing but a highlighted map and text. It leaves much of it up to your imagination to produce the imagery for it, making it even more horrific. LOL

    • @rabbitinc.5601
      @rabbitinc.5601 3 года назад +254

      @@jibronigibironi8959 but you did the exact opposite of what you said you were doing.

    • @jibronigibironi8959
      @jibronigibironi8959 3 года назад

      @@rabbitinc.5601 Huh???

  • @Panzerfaust26
    @Panzerfaust26 4 года назад +3496

    “A disaster of unknown type”. God help you if you actually hear your state government using that terminology.

    • @Sasasala386
      @Sasasala386 4 года назад +493

      The only thing worst is the "unknown hostile force"...shits scary, could be a dragon with lasers or x ray vision zombie jesus

    • @Schultz3
      @Schultz3 4 года назад +134

      That would be some spooky shit. Even spookier to know we could hear this one day.

    • @AtemiRaven
      @AtemiRaven 4 года назад +103

      If I ever hear that, I am just taking off to Greenland.

    • @Dorraj
      @Dorraj 4 года назад +93

      Something about "meteoroligal disasters" sounds creepy as hell to me too

    • @Nyx9
      @Nyx9 4 года назад +46

      @@Dorraj especially given that we heard Dr. Breen use the term "vast meteorological intelligences" in HL2.

  • @freemanwithoutthephd639
    @freemanwithoutthephd639 4 года назад +2644

    and I'm still wondering why the scientists had to wear those ridiculous ties.

    • @itzagame6424
      @itzagame6424 4 года назад +67

      I can hear this comment

    • @wadzie2750
      @wadzie2750 4 года назад +15

      itzagame64 single greatest thing ive ever heard

    • @Leg8
      @Leg8 4 года назад +57

      aren't you supposed to be in the test chamber half an hour ago?

    • @YouuuuuuTosserrrr
      @YouuuuuuTosserrrr 4 года назад +27

      Yeah, they're waiting for you, Gordon.

    • @YouuuuuuTosserrrr
      @YouuuuuuTosserrrr 4 года назад +34

      In the test chamberr.

  • @BlAcKSaDooo
    @BlAcKSaDooo 4 года назад +3636

    "Earth is literally getting destroyed by aliens"
    Boss: Your still coming to work though, right????

    • @naglismalisauskas1779
      @naglismalisauskas1779 4 года назад +44

      So true

    • @seatoad951
      @seatoad951 4 года назад +109

      Get back in cagie, wagie.

    • @Jack_Donovan
      @Jack_Donovan 4 года назад +70

      Time is money Mr Squidward, Time is money

    • @kovacsnovak6745
      @kovacsnovak6745 4 года назад +72

      'Earth is then further subjugated by an alien force known as the combine'
      Boss, now a CP: Pickup that can and you're still coming to work, right??????

    • @plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009
      @plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 4 года назад +37

      I'm glad that this only happens in fiction, right ?
      *RIGHT ?*

  • @treman722
    @treman722 3 года назад +3125

    "I have an infinite capacity for knowledge, and even I'm not sure what's going on outside."
    - GLaDOS

    • @missswan6622
      @missswan6622 3 года назад +67

      And even I‘m not sure what’s going on outside*

    • @bigblue9996
      @bigblue9996 3 года назад +152

      "Take me with you, I'm the one man who knows everything!"

    • @Sebtuseb_el_zorro_con_traje
      @Sebtuseb_el_zorro_con_traje 3 года назад +29

      The valveverse?

    • @Actinide5013
      @Actinide5013 3 года назад +24

      @@Sebtuseb_el_zorro_con_traje Valverse

    • @xylonus
      @xylonus 3 года назад +31

      @@Sebtuseb_el_zorro_con_traje Valve Expanded Universe, VEU

  • @michaelbatashov2468
    @michaelbatashov2468 4 года назад +636

    Alternate name: mankind has a really crappy christmas, and an unhappy new year.
    Followed by invasion and subjugation of earth by some completely different aliens

    • @Dare88
      @Dare88 4 года назад +16

      December is gonna be fun!

    • @sagnost
      @sagnost 4 года назад +20

      @NotDrCoomer please, please don't

    • @JiordanoAsya
      @JiordanoAsya 4 года назад +8

      @NotDrCoomer well... shit.... I don't want this kind of future...

    • @elvladiskov6174
      @elvladiskov6174 4 года назад +6

      @NotDrCoomer nah, dicember will be of the zombie invation.

    • @ghuttsmckenzie4269
      @ghuttsmckenzie4269 4 года назад +1

      "Looks like my Birthday cake is just gonna be a rat I find on the floor."
      My birthday is Dec. 26

  • @claysanford915
    @claysanford915 4 года назад +5367

    You know it’s bad when the radio station says “if you know how to shoot a gun please contact the local military”

    • @matiasfpm
      @matiasfpm 4 года назад +169

      Yup. And USA lives 4th of july erry day, heh

    • @mizzar4929
      @mizzar4929 4 года назад +8

      Yes...

    • @yoshkotoshko4773
      @yoshkotoshko4773 4 года назад +23

      Woow i must first it started with the black mesa map, now the fricking earth. Yes this is what gman has in his briefcase too with other stuff

    • @Ycekhold
      @Ycekhold 4 года назад +330

      @@charlie4christ536 Kindly take your preaching back to your local place of worship, where it belongs.

    • @jesseallen3109
      @jesseallen3109 4 года назад +168

      @@charlie4christ536 b.. bruh... you do realize this is a fictional time line of the horro of the half-life VIDEO GAME's universe where a resonance cascade had unleashed hell on earth via many interdimensional beings that were extremely deadly to humanity?
      edit: forgot to add
      It's for that reason along.. F*CK OFF with that religious preaching sheet.

  • @HalTheBot
    @HalTheBot 4 года назад +765

    It went from a ‘minor accident’ to alien takeover.

    • @mocruz1200
      @mocruz1200 4 года назад +65

      It should have just ended with the death of the nilaranth, but the combine detected the portal and kept it open

    • @Repulse96
      @Repulse96 4 года назад +15

      @@mocruz1200 Nihilanth

    • @Armin2012
      @Armin2012 4 года назад +55

      The combine didnt really detect it until it had gotten worldwide. With the Nihilanth having died and black mesa destroyed by a nuke, it meant you had a destabilized rift that no one could control until the combine showed up

    • @royliber3824
      @royliber3824 4 года назад +27

      I wonder if Ardian killing the X Race worm had any effect on this plot... Gordon beating the Nihilanth most likely gave the Combines the motivation and the knowledge they needed to advance on earth and Adrian killing the worm probably made Xen creatures even more weak and destroying completely X race creatures.

    • @mocruz1200
      @mocruz1200 4 года назад +33

      @@royliber3824 the nihilanth kept the rift open during hl1. The x-race is a grey area in the Canon, since they're never mentioned again. Once the nuke went off, the combine detected the giant unstable rift in space time and took advantage of it

  • @denverbeek
    @denverbeek 3 года назад +3302

    All because one guy put a crystal into a spinny laser.

    • @XeonGame
      @XeonGame 3 года назад +296

      Let’s say Gordon accidentally slipped and hurt his ankle, he wouldn’t have been able to arrive. The scientists would have ultimately cancelled the test due to all their equipment malfunctioning, and Breen would have rejected anymore tests regarding Xen. Or, let’s say the containment system worked, and the scientists had a developed backup plan. Maybe the HECU worked with the scientists to close the portals as they did in Episode 2, except at a faster rate with all the great minds available in Black Mesa. Had the scientists not died, they possibly could’ve figured out a solution.

    • @ClassifiedGamez
      @ClassifiedGamez 3 года назад +174

      @@XeonGame also one way to prevent the resonance cascade was to NOT put the anti-mass spectrometer at 105% and fix all the server problems

    • @Kelpflakes
      @Kelpflakes 3 года назад +91

      @@ClassifiedGamez if gordon just had a working watch and arrived on time the power would not have gone up dangerously

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 3 года назад +58

      @@ClassifiedGamez I always thought the server issues was the G-mans doing, seeing as he is the guy that gave everyone everything needed for the tests.
      plus, Gordon and G-Man look very similar, are we sure that G-Man didnt get some woman pregnant so that he would have the perfect pawn to play in all his universal games?

    • @pietervanderzwaan4295
      @pietervanderzwaan4295 3 года назад +77

      @@unfortunately_fortunate2000 gman gave the crystal to the scientists in his plan to destroy the combine but sacrifice humanity

  • @Aw-ev1mv
    @Aw-ev1mv 4 года назад +2815

    Dec. 5th, 2000.
    British person: ah yes, the stock exchange has decided to drop Sema Group as the Anglo-French Technology consultant for bla bla bla bla bla newcastle bla bla bla bla pastry bla bla bla bla london bla bla I say who is that fellow with that one big red eye and the tiny little mouth
    New Mexico scientist: FREEMAN YOU FOOL! AGH! NO! DARGH! STAHP! AGH! DARGH! Greetings. AGH

    • @antalgergo2699
      @antalgergo2699 4 года назад +56

      This made my day lmao

    • @denji437
      @denji437 4 года назад +17

      LMAO

    • @laatma985
      @laatma985 4 года назад +40

      Freeman: ...

    • @Enderguy059
      @Enderguy059 4 года назад +15

      Brit met a Panthereye, I gather?

    • @kritische3959
      @kritische3959 4 года назад +4

      One big red eye and a tiny little mouth, combine elites?

  • @ianbradley1772
    @ianbradley1772 4 года назад +4706

    "Big day today Freeman"

    • @venomasmark154
      @venomasmark154 4 года назад +150

      MY GOD MAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

    • @Ribbons0121R121
      @Ribbons0121R121 4 года назад +51

      "we need to end the world today freeman or the administrator will be very unhappy"

    • @argentin2306
      @argentin2306 4 года назад +16

      The Combine: Indeed

    • @Ianbrad65
      @Ianbrad65 4 года назад +55

      Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a highly trained professional! We've assured the Administrator that nothing will go WRONG.

    • @bredrick.
      @bredrick. 4 года назад +15

      Looks like you're in the barrel today.

  • @heatonashworth5105
    @heatonashworth5105 4 года назад +1589

    I'm glad someone is looking at what the Governments were doing during Black Mesa, because the HECU didn't send themselves and America was just a portion of the aftermath at Black Mesa.

    • @christianemmanjacaba9510
      @christianemmanjacaba9510 4 года назад +17

      @Ellis stories even the alien don't care about you 🤣

    • @heatonashworth5105
      @heatonashworth5105 4 года назад +44

      @Ellis stories Well if you ever feel useless just so you know Mongolia (south of Russia and north of China) has a navy

    • @MxArgent
      @MxArgent 4 года назад +10

      @Ellis stories To be fair, the coffee's top notch.

    • @elvladiskov6174
      @elvladiskov6174 4 года назад +4

      @@heatonashworth5105 we have a similar joke about bolivia.

    • @elvladiskov6174
      @elvladiskov6174 4 года назад +3

      @Ellis stories like in almost dissaster and alien invasion movie where all the shit storm only happens in the usa...

  • @kodexeighteighteight
    @kodexeighteighteight 4 года назад +848

    Half-life is like a horror game that doesn't even feel like a horror game because of my epic jumping speed powers.

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 3 года назад +34

      _Crowbar proficiency_

    • @kooshikomeiji4989
      @kooshikomeiji4989 3 года назад +12

      Speed run be like

    • @shonthacreator6146
      @shonthacreator6146 2 года назад +16

      Also quake looking graphics and guns

    • @Vaprous
      @Vaprous Год назад +9

      But then has levels like Ravenholm that remind you that it is in fact, a horror game.

    • @whitygoose
      @whitygoose Год назад +2

      after HL : alyx, i convinced the other way.

  • @SheathEntertainment
    @SheathEntertainment 4 года назад +873

    I like it! There’s a lot of material that is not source material accurate, namely a big one with dates and the time before the Seven Hour War. But I love the intricate attention to detail about how world governments and the economy reacted to an alien apocalypse.

    • @Descending.
      @Descending. 4 года назад +17

      What dates are not accurate? Genuinely curious about what the actual dates are compared to the ones here

    • @SheathEntertainment
      @SheathEntertainment 4 года назад +102

      Descending well namely the December date is not accurate, it’s been commonly accepted as May 16th from multiple sources. The only reason why it was chosen for this video, is because a few calendars found in Half Life say December on them which is probably where the creator took their inspiration from. 2000 is okay for right now, since 200x is all we were given and everything was still leftover from the 90’s in that year.
      The other problem is that this entire timeline happens in about a month when the Xen infestation spreads before the Combine came along...which is incorrect. I personally emailed Marc Laidlaw about the time frame of when the Seven Hour War began after Black Mesa was destroyed, and he said within days. So technically, things accelerated a whole lot faster than what we saw here in I want to say, a week at best. If anything, I’m thinking Independence Day length when the world was destroyed and taken over in around 48-72 hours.

    • @Descending.
      @Descending. 4 года назад +16

      @@SheathEntertainment That was really informative, thank you

    • @sypeiterra7613
      @sypeiterra7613 4 года назад +8

      @@SheathEntertainment thank you. That was actually pretty helpful explaining some things

    • @priz2495
      @priz2495 4 года назад +5

      @@SheathEntertainment Thanks for the information, just realised you made, reinstated, pretty cool, stay cool, :)

  • @devledogg6159
    @devledogg6159 4 года назад +2621

    And just like plague Inc, it's Greenland that fell the last.

    • @Profile_Snail
      @Profile_Snail 4 года назад +98

      I'm honestly surprised at how long the British Isles went by unscathed, though.

    • @memelord97-99
      @memelord97-99 4 года назад +300

      Probably the Combine were arrested for not having a fishing licence and not drinking tea properly.

    • @Graymenn
      @Graymenn 4 года назад +112

      @@memelord97-99 fishing loicence

    • @sci_pain3409
      @sci_pain3409 4 года назад +67

      Memelord97 - the combine needed to get a colonisation license from britain

    • @Enderguy059
      @Enderguy059 4 года назад +24

      I just think it's because bugger-all people actually live there

  • @brandocks3763
    @brandocks3763 4 года назад +5519

    Reminder: Aperture Science is buried miles below the earth somewhere during all of this.

    • @CaribouGutSludge
      @CaribouGutSludge 4 года назад +1457

      "Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out there is going to make you wish you were back in here"

    • @circleinforthecube5170
      @circleinforthecube5170 4 года назад +360

      its somewhere near Marquette, Michigan

    • @average7557
      @average7557 4 года назад +423

      "hey can you guys up here turn it down a bit im testing"

    • @chroma_ky
      @chroma_ky 4 года назад +290

      rattman was _relatively_ safe there after he used chell to defeat glados. too bad he got shot by a turret and possibly died from that wound

    • @rocket-rakun8133
      @rocket-rakun8133 4 года назад +183

      Im pretty sure Chell woke up in the first portal during the seven hour war

  • @TheMugHoarder
    @TheMugHoarder 3 года назад +1920

    I would honestly love to see a Chernobyl style series where the survivors of Black Mesa testify before Congress and explain what happened from their view.

    • @OsnoloVrach
      @OsnoloVrach 3 года назад +44

      only if they were alive

    • @bryngg
      @bryngg 3 года назад +88

      @@OsnoloVrach Kleiner is alive, Eli is alive Barney is alive and a couple of scientists too (probably)

    • @OsnoloVrach
      @OsnoloVrach 3 года назад +39

      @@bryngg wait, doesnt the government want them dead?
      they will ask the questions, then they will kill em after they answer?

    • @bryngg
      @bryngg 3 года назад +35

      @@OsnoloVrach Yes that's why they're hiding.

    • @abysswalker2594
      @abysswalker2594 3 года назад +8

      Maybe so military personnel that survived Gordon vans the aliens

  • @whitewolf8878
    @whitewolf8878 4 года назад +619

    The Black Mesa Incident videos were scary, but as for seeing the world get torn apart in a matter of a few weeks by the Portal Storms, Xen aliens, and the Combine; it's absolutely terrifying on a whole new level entirely, because no one wants to see our world, safety, and everything we stand for collapse so suddenly.

    • @rawk2058
      @rawk2058 4 года назад +20

      Im actually seeing that what's happening in 2020 but without the gman controlling all and without aliens and species

    • @SPYDER04162
      @SPYDER04162 4 года назад +51

      Not to mention that even if they could get the combine off, the world is irrevocably fucked. Tons of resources have been stripped away, including ocean water and what seems like most livestock, and new wildlife from Xen is now roaming the world with some creatures (like the headcrabs) that would make you wish you got eaten by a grizzly bear when you got lost in the woods instead like back in the old days.

    • @whitewolf8878
      @whitewolf8878 4 года назад +32

      @@rawk2058 The Pandemic and the Black Mesa Incident Aftermath are similar, but I feel as though if people are actually doing something to try putting an end to it; the people in the Half-Life couldn't do anything ,but helplessly watch the chaos unfold around them and soon have their freedom wrenched away from them. The world had lost hope of escaping the strict and unfair control of the Combine...
      and then Freeman came back.

    • @himedo1512
      @himedo1512 4 года назад +5

      @@SPYDER04162 the combine took the water. That wasn't the portal storms

    • @SPYDER04162
      @SPYDER04162 4 года назад +10

      @@himedo1512 I never said the portal storms did it, just adding to how much the world changed after the resonance cascade.

  • @dimcord
    @dimcord 4 года назад +371

    meanwhile
    Gordon Freeman : "Saving the world from devastation Speedrun (WR 69:69:000)"

    • @ynog0978
      @ynog0978 4 года назад +45

      Mute man in special suit saves the entire continent in the world with a crowbar

    • @Ribbons0121R121
      @Ribbons0121R121 4 года назад +25

      more like
      freeman:"oohhh yeah this morphine is greeaaat"

    • @CaptainResident
      @CaptainResident 4 года назад +9

      @@Ribbons0121R121 more like...
      Freeman:

    • @rhipeinik9375
      @rhipeinik9375 4 года назад

      World record

    • @sirdorkster
      @sirdorkster 4 года назад

      @@CaptainResident Another Zoomer who is not familiar with the Freeman's Mind series. Look it up.

  • @vitalixy3578
    @vitalixy3578 4 года назад +3059

    This is genuinely terrifying because of how realistic it looks. Just simply imagine the chaos and confusion all over the world while all of this happened.

    • @Janfon1
      @Janfon1 4 года назад +249

      And leaders of the world trying to sweep it all under the rug to avoid mass panic, just causing everyone to be equally as unprepared as Black Mesa

    • @kononichan7039
      @kononichan7039 4 года назад +6

      @@Janfon1 What? How?

    • @vrabo3026
      @vrabo3026 4 года назад +223

      @@Janfon1 I love how they keep referring to the attacks as just "meteorological events". I'd Imagine social media would quickly expose what was going on if it was as developed like today back in 2001.
      It's not until the Combine show up and start slaughtering a billion people by the hour that the government is ready to say "okay yeah they're alien."

    • @kristianstrm2375
      @kristianstrm2375 4 года назад +76

      @@vrabo3026 It would be pretty correct for them to call it that, though... I don't see why not?
      Combine only showed up at the very end. Until then earth 'just' dealt with the xhilanth forces and race x early on, and then just xen fauna leaking through.
      The combine just swooped in at the end and destroyed any chance at fighting back effectively.

    • @nagasus5773
      @nagasus5773 4 года назад +9

      Where's mY HEV

  • @alexlean5762
    @alexlean5762 3 года назад +426

    The number of deaths is close to a billion
    Earth enslaved
    Meanwhile, an ordinary security guard who miraculously escaped from the Mesa
    "This is all happening because of you scientists!"

    • @MK-rw1on
      @MK-rw1on 3 года назад +30

      if you played half life you would know that the death rate is even higher.
      the entire human civilsation collapsed, which means that atleast another 5 billion died in the next months.

    • @TheSkypetube
      @TheSkypetube 3 года назад +25

      In Half Life 2, humanity is nearly extinct. No children were born while combine were in control and most remaining humans either turn to combine or starve

    • @aperturelaboratoriesmybeloved
      @aperturelaboratoriesmybeloved 3 года назад +3

      @@MK-rw1on Are they wrong tho? it did happen because of Breen. Who I'm pretty damn sure is a scientist.

    • @MK-rw1on
      @MK-rw1on 3 года назад

      @@aperturelaboratoriesmybeloved it happend bc earth life didnt stood a chance against xen life

    • @Lawnmower737
      @Lawnmower737 3 года назад +20

      @@MK-rw1on In Earth’s militaries defense, the global militaries we’re not made aware of this coordinated invasion from an intelligent species until after widespread devastation and by that point there was too much chaos. If the US in this timeline had jumped to it immediately and called the nations of the world to come together to stop the invasion before it got any worse then I believe they would’ve faired a bit better.

  • @protix9880
    @protix9880 4 года назад +464

    i never thought a video showcasing the world map with texts added to it including music in the background would be so terrifying

    • @falcongamer58
      @falcongamer58 4 года назад +31

      Because it makes you imagine, it's immersive

    • @sovietunion7643
      @sovietunion7643 4 года назад +25

      ​@@falcongamer58 just like defcon (btw they used some of the defcon game soundtrack in this)
      they only give you the number of dead in a city on a black and orange outline of the world, but let you imagine the destruction and death caused by the nuclear war. defcon is a game that is scary simply because it gives a terrifying scenario with no detail or emotion, basically "here is a nuclear war scenario, play it"

    • @falcongamer58
      @falcongamer58 4 года назад +6

      @@sovietunion7643 that's what I wanted to say, thank you!

    • @t65bx25
      @t65bx25 4 года назад

      soviet union Plague Inc. has a similar effect, although unlike DEFCON you are just causing mayhem because you can, not trying to defend your homeland.

    • @ChellyBean
      @ChellyBean 4 года назад

      There was a video showing all the nuclear tests carried out in the 50s in a very similar fashion. It's equally haunting, even moreso since its real

  • @jockeyfield1954
    @jockeyfield1954 4 года назад +315

    you never even really get to see this in game
    the entire US is panicked over an unknown disaster meanwhile, you're trying to fight your way out of ground zero

    • @xdman347
      @xdman347 4 года назад +26

      In Adrian Shepard’s journal from half life opposing force, there is a line where it mentions that the military was prepared for “it” to happen. So technically the US government would have known, but there would still be questions that would be unsolved. Now that the combine invaded Earth, I guess they won’t be able to solve the unsolved questions!!

    • @okarowarrior
      @okarowarrior 4 года назад +1

      @@xdman347 APASSING FARCE'S NAT CANAN, BRAH. NAT CANAN

    • @haou8436
      @haou8436 4 года назад +2

      @@okarowarrior i like how you are copying fans who keep debating on the canons

    • @jockeyfield1954
      @jockeyfield1954 3 года назад +2

      @@xdman347 judging by the fact that you can see G-Man talk to one of the higher ups in opposing force, G-Man probably warned them just like they warned Eli, and even then, they probably didn't know how bad it would get as there's some dialogue spoken about the disaster of the situation (idk if it was in the original or just exclusive to Black Mesa, but i do recall hearing a soldier speak this in Black Mesa)
      "There's no front lines with these things!"
      and right off the bat, Adrian's chopper, and many more are shot down almost immediately, they expected to roll in, shoot up some monsters and scientists, before leaving, but instead, they had to pull out and abandon all soldiers that hadn't made it to evac
      if they were indeed properly prepared for the situation, they'd proceed with extreme caution, but they were most likely only given a small warning before everything went to shit

  • @gooby8953
    @gooby8953 3 года назад +470

    THIS WILL EFFECT THE ECONOMY SEVERELY!

    • @victuz
      @victuz 3 года назад +22

      No need to worry about the economy when it basically becomes a global war effort.

    • @frankiesflower2638
      @frankiesflower2638 3 года назад +19

      mf the worlds in shambles with millions upon millions dead, and you're worried about the fucking economy. absolute chad

    • @jockeyfield1954
      @jockeyfield1954 3 года назад +15

      @@frankiesflower2638 "oh no, the combine are invading. how will this affect my paycheck?"

    • @lobaandrade7172
      @lobaandrade7172 3 года назад +6

      I’m disappointed that I’m the only one who got the joke

    • @trekot7791
      @trekot7791 3 года назад

      oh no this is gonna be bad for the bitcoin

  • @bigmeme8464
    @bigmeme8464 4 года назад +396

    So the 7 hour war? this is hell, it's so horrorific.

    • @mocruz1200
      @mocruz1200 4 года назад +101

      The time line here is much longer than 7 hours, but yes, this is what would have immediately happened after the nilaranth was defeated

    • @rawk2058
      @rawk2058 4 года назад +12

      When i listen to the radio (in the video) I feel like i want to cover my head so no headcrab can get my head lol I know this is strange

    • @ryska2830
      @ryska2830 4 года назад +81

      @@mocruz1200 the 7 hours war start at 59:00

    • @DylanDrinksWater
      @DylanDrinksWater 4 года назад +52

      If the world was prepared it could have been the 10 hour war

    • @Gogglesofkrome
      @Gogglesofkrome 4 года назад +29

      there are some details regarding the situation in Valve's book 'half life - raising the bar.' Basically there was at least some time between the end of the first half life and the 7 hour war, but it mostly consisted of people fleeing into cities, everyone starving to death and militaries being deployed everywhere.

  • @6thsavage
    @6thsavage 4 года назад +1376

    Government: “...minor nuclear accident...”
    Me: “I for one welcome our insect overlords!...”

    • @AdvanceAU
      @AdvanceAU 4 года назад +44

      "People of Earth, we come to you in the spirit of hostility and menace!"

    • @ghuttsmckenzie4269
      @ghuttsmckenzie4269 4 года назад +9

      @@AdvanceAU "Looks like 2020 is starting to look a little more hopeful!"

    • @douglasaranda2010
      @douglasaranda2010 4 года назад +7

      Time to grab my crowbar then...

    • @YitocukKilic
      @YitocukKilic 4 года назад +7

      Aperture Science Mantis Men.

    • @sirdorkster
      @sirdorkster 4 года назад +1

      @@ghuttsmckenzie4269 You are 20 years too late, my friend.

  • @Kobaford
    @Kobaford 4 года назад +701

    Imagine if someone made a HBO Chernobyl style miniseries about the aftermath of the resonance cascade. I would definitely pay for that

    • @unnoticed4571
      @unnoticed4571 4 года назад +6

      I'd certainly be interesting, to say the least.

    • @limsagen
      @limsagen 4 года назад +86

      if it was done well and had no gordon freeman fanservice shit and assumed viewers knew nothing about half life it could be insane

    • @unknown_karma12334
      @unknown_karma12334 4 года назад

      Do you know that an HBO Chernobyl series was done, right?

    • @Koykoykoy
      @Koykoykoy 4 года назад +6

      i like to watch this, but for those who dont know halflife, tell them its like avengers but theres only one hero and the whole series is endgame.

    • @limsagen
      @limsagen 4 года назад +9

      @@Koykoykoy ...seriously? avengers fans are on par with harry potter fans at this point - not everything is as cringey and hollywood as avengers & half life is nothing like it.

  • @imapseudonym6198
    @imapseudonym6198 4 года назад +1097

    I get the feeling that if portal storms started dropping headcrabs, houndeyes, and tentacles all over Australia, the local ecosystem would just send a polite thank-you letter to Xen for the free meal.

    • @generalgrievous2202
      @generalgrievous2202 3 года назад +104

      Yeah, dingos eating headcrabs, parenties killing houndeyes, snakes biting vortigaunts.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 3 года назад +84

      Lmao nothing has shit on Australian wildlife

    • @theaccountofalltime1
      @theaccountofalltime1 3 года назад +93

      They’d just think its just something that was already there before the Black Mesa Incident

    • @TheSkypetube
      @TheSkypetube 3 года назад +23

      You forgot about Antlions, Australian's wildlife ain't got nothing on territorial expanding, pack hunting, sand burrowing giant spiders

    • @moistjohn
      @moistjohn 3 года назад +54

      @@TheSkypetube Australia might already have those, not sure

  • @bullcheese2236
    @bullcheese2236 4 года назад +4234

    Wait, if the Resonance Cascade happens in the year 2000 and Gordon wakes up 20 years later then...
    *oh no*

  • @Tmccreight25Gaming
    @Tmccreight25Gaming 4 года назад +926

    Cave Johnson is laughing his ass off from beyond the grave right now

    • @Crystal-dl9ks
      @Crystal-dl9ks 3 года назад +135

      "Cave Johnson, new owner and CEO of Black Mesa. That's right, you've been bought. First order of business, we're renaming you under the Aperture brand. I'm leaning towards Blappeture Mesa. Marketing boys think something else. So: Blappeture it is. Next, they tell me you people are conducting some anomalous materials research that could result in a resonance cascade. So I'm shutting that down before you idiots end the world. A resonance cascade! You're supposed to be scientists. Use some common sense."

    • @Jaann1919
      @Jaann1919 3 года назад +4

      @@Crystal-dl9ks jolly?

    • @tuff_lover
      @tuff_lover 3 года назад +2

      @@Jaann1919 he aint jolly no more you know this

    • @bullhuss
      @bullhuss 3 года назад +9

      @@Crystal-dl9ks the good ending

    • @juango500
      @juango500 3 года назад +25

      @@bullhuss Aperture wins and Cave Johnson commercializes portal guns and sells them

  • @NoahK71
    @NoahK71 4 года назад +2141

    This was probably the most perfect thing ive seen about the Black Mesa incident. Your work is brilliant my guy

    • @riseabovehate9476
      @riseabovehate9476 4 года назад +24

      @@Neinfeld seriously man, this felt like some novel shit, I was imagining everything in ma head

    • @riseabovehate9476
      @riseabovehate9476 4 года назад +8

      A series of games should be made on the aftermath

    • @2n974
      @2n974 4 года назад +1

      Another good video is the Black mesa disaster in one map
      ruclips.net/video/6Iu4GXUHfU0/видео.html

    • @CFox_
      @CFox_ 4 года назад +5

      It was fun to watch the world get invaded by Xen aliens over a period of a month, and then seeing the death toll increase to the hundreds of millions when the Combine appear in the last hours.

    • @daltonroller2998
      @daltonroller2998 4 года назад +2

      Other than the dates being egregiously wrong. It happened in May, not December. Other than that, good video

  • @gasmaskguy244
    @gasmaskguy244 3 года назад +974

    Combine: "Earth is ours!"
    Some dude with a crowbar: *"DON'T FUCK WITH THE SCIENCE TEAM!"*

    • @CertifiedGoonerMan
      @CertifiedGoonerMan 3 года назад +24

      Some old dude with a floppy disk: Don't mind me, just watching some por- I mean information on the filthy combine

    • @haseenabadshah5381
      @haseenabadshah5381 3 года назад +1

      "Don't*

    • @TheMemester1
      @TheMemester1 3 года назад +18

      Dr C O O M E R P O W E R S A C T I V A T E

    • @jockeyfield1954
      @jockeyfield1954 3 года назад +13

      the world was theirs for 20 years
      and when freeman attacked, it was on the best day possible to attack

    • @ЯрославКрусь
      @ЯрославКрусь 3 года назад +14

      M o r p h i n e A d m i n i s t r e d

  • @EatitHarvey
    @EatitHarvey 4 года назад +2047

    Reminder: Gordon Freeman has to live with the fact that he's responsible for all those casualties. Though unintentional and sure, they could have hired any other lab rat to push that cart, yet he was the one who pushed it.
    Unforeseen consequences indeed.

    • @AmplifiedGamerEXTRA
      @AmplifiedGamerEXTRA 4 года назад +138

      but it was the other peoples falt for bringing the crystal

    • @BoaDaSnakeMan
      @BoaDaSnakeMan 4 года назад +241

      @@AmplifiedGamerEXTRA The G-Man, I'm pretty sure gave Eli Vance the crystal and it was then transferred to Gordon.

    • @lurgee1706
      @lurgee1706 4 года назад +300

      @@BoaDaSnakeMan Yep, he mentions it himself in his final speech in the ending of Half-Life 2. Tbh I think it's those people who authorized the experiment and were responsible for all the arrangements who would feel the guilt. Gordon, on the other hand, just popped in and pushed the cart a couple of meters. He's as much to blame as the taxi driver who drove him to the airport or anyone else indirectly involved into the events that led to the experiment.
      Edit: typo

    • @MMMMMMMMM2
      @MMMMMMMMM2 4 года назад +248

      it was still Gordon's fault for not bringing his passport.

    • @nader50752
      @nader50752 4 года назад +56

      @@MMMMMMMMM2I know right? If only he had some sort of ID

  • @Mel-0n
    @Mel-0n 4 года назад +1813

    what if you
    wanted to go to heaven
    but god said
    "A series of catastrophic meteorological conditions has been reported in New Mexico"

    • @hemprope4326
      @hemprope4326 4 года назад +58

      So basically he's letting you go to heaven

    • @TeslasTacos
      @TeslasTacos 4 года назад +8

      Hemp Rope LMAO

    • @khanaratsadon
      @khanaratsadon 4 года назад +9

      Phew! I made it in time.

    • @gero3015
      @gero3015 3 года назад +6

      @@hemprope4326 200 IQ play

    • @akunlama89
      @akunlama89 3 года назад

      Meteorological Events is a the portal right?

  • @MrKilledRanger
    @MrKilledRanger 4 года назад +153

    The human population of earth in 2000 was 6,143,493,823
    Global casualties to the point of the earth's surrender was 735,864,368
    In the span of four weeks, 8% of the human population was wiped off the map

    • @MrKilledRanger
      @MrKilledRanger 4 года назад +18

      Mike-613 it would be safe to bet at least 40% of the human population pre black Mesa incident would be killed
      But that is a vastly conservative estimate I imagine

    • @hazzmati
      @hazzmati 4 года назад +24

      Food production would have been affected as well. Seeing how most of the countryside would have been uninhabitable because of the Xen creatures and most of the livestock dying off. There would have been less food to go around meaning even more people died.

    • @MrKilledRanger
      @MrKilledRanger 4 года назад +4

      (in my opinion) factoring in the lack of food and combine interference, it would be closer to 70-95% of the human population pre-Black Mesa Incident that were killed
      leaving about 1,843,048,147 to only 307,174,692 people left by the time of the events of Half-Life 2
      (math might be rough but I tried)

    • @Ribbons0121R121
      @Ribbons0121R121 4 года назад +1

      litteraly wiped off with the portal storms, like a giant wave went w i p e and they were gone with everything else

    • @Gordon_Freeman_PhD
      @Gordon_Freeman_PhD 4 года назад +1

      That's 12%... not 8.

  • @itsclemtime2357
    @itsclemtime2357 3 года назад +639

    Imagine hearing an immortal A.I say that she doesn’t know what’s going on outside, now that. That is pure horror, imagine if Chell wasn’t dragged back into Aperture to sleep through the Combine’s rise and inevitable collapse.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 3 года назад +20

      Wait so portal and half life are the same universe?

    • @shadowxxe
      @shadowxxe 3 года назад +70

      @@Chuked Yes! thats why in the portal song still alive mentions black mesa. Cave Johnson also mentions them in one of his speeches.

    • @samsonguy10k
      @samsonguy10k 3 года назад +37

      @@Chuked Half Life 2 Episode 2 ended with Alyx and Gordon prepping to go to the Borealis, a ship owned by Aperture that was found on some cliffside. In Portal 2, and I ain't going to say where, you can actually see in person where the Borealis was originally before it appeared elsewhere.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 3 года назад

      @@samsonguy10k bro shut up I haven’t finished it

    • @samsonguy10k
      @samsonguy10k 3 года назад +12

      @@Chuked Hey, the statute of limitations for spoilers is long since expired. I am still being considerate, though.

  • @theguyforbrawlz1961
    @theguyforbrawlz1961 4 года назад +1292

    The Nihilanth: Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.
    The Combine: And a happy New Year.

    • @TheJoazzz
      @TheJoazzz 4 года назад +41

      @@MysticRuined I didn't know people still said this. Takes me back.

    • @Masonicon
      @Masonicon 4 года назад +34

      Nihilanth are actually hunted to extinction by the Combine

    • @RSK412
      @RSK412 4 года назад +25

      G Man: and keep the change ya filthy animals.

    • @dominic0900
      @dominic0900 4 года назад +2

      yo this just made my day

    • @yaz2928
      @yaz2928 4 года назад +1

      @@Masonicon Anyone who played Half Life knows that...

  • @TheCornDog.
    @TheCornDog. 4 года назад +2849

    Everyone: *Literally Dying*
    Aperture Science: *Eating popcorn*

    • @mu556
      @mu556 4 года назад +171

      Also Aperture Science: [Gets horribly murdered and tested on by an AI in the future]

    • @jacobrogers9623
      @jacobrogers9623 4 года назад +111

      *munches deadly Neurotoxins*

    • @CWINDOWSsystem32
      @CWINDOWSsystem32 4 года назад +32

      @@mu556 Don't the events of Portal 1 predate the Seven Hour War?

    • @raulcabezas6244
      @raulcabezas6244 4 года назад +7

      @@LokekoL well that means no half life x portal colaboration

    • @kylefinn5301
      @kylefinn5301 4 года назад +28

      LokekoL no, at max P2 will have to Occur 20 years after P1. If you look at the other Relaxation vaults in the courtesy call, it says the max amount of years it can keep someone alive is 20. Plus if you look at Chernobyl it practically is overgrown as Aperture in P2

  • @dunc_n_fr
    @dunc_n_fr 4 года назад +2636

    Combine: * Literally enslave humanity *
    Some scientist with a crowbar: "Allow me to introduce myself."

    • @fartpluswetone8077
      @fartpluswetone8077 4 года назад +31

      Thankfully Valve doesn't know how to count to 3, except Project Borealis exists.

    • @powerpulser5701
      @powerpulser5701 4 года назад +8

      Bad meme

    • @raulcabezas6244
      @raulcabezas6244 4 года назад +6

      @@powerpulser5701 you too buddy

    • @shorg984
      @shorg984 3 года назад +3

      @@fartpluswetone8077 when the hl3 release date is yes

    • @raulcabezas6244
      @raulcabezas6244 3 года назад

      @@labadaba5088 Indeed

  • @coconutcarl28
    @coconutcarl28 3 года назад +346

    when you think about it, the half life universe is despressing as hell. when you first play the games you just think, Oh thats alot of aliens, Oh thats alot of combine time to kill
    but if you really think about what humanity went through during the seven hour war or the portal storms. its really sad

    • @oliverb.8995
      @oliverb.8995 3 года назад +7

      This video has sound which makes it more realistic and scarier.

    • @whsprLenYT
      @whsprLenYT 3 года назад +24

      bro in hl2 when i saw the rebels getting headcrab drops and getting zombified it hit hard, not gonna talk about the corpses inside the city 17 sewer. When i played HalfLife it felt like an fps, when i played Half Life 2 it felt like a huge ass psychological sci fi horror

    • @samsonguy10k
      @samsonguy10k 3 года назад +5

      @@whsprLenYT Seeing the new headcrab zombies really hit it home, when it really made it clear there was a person under there. And especially frustrating when you take down the zombie but failed to kill the headcrab itself.

    • @krel3358
      @krel3358 3 года назад +8

      I think its nuts in the sense in Half life 2 you dont see much of the combines power because humanity already lost and what you are seeing is an occupying/security force. I mean I was wondering what the fuck the combine had to just completely beat the worlds militaries in 7 hours, then i played Black Mesa and finally beat Nihilanth today. I would imagine fighting the Combine in an invasion would be like dealing with the Borg+the Zerg/Tyranids while some of them have jedi powers. Im like yeah that would beat our militaries in 7 hours. I mean I could not even imagine the logistics of trying to plan a military defense around an enemy that might be superior in all ways plus constantly using teleporters. I mean If I was an officer dealing with that I would tell my men to flee to the fucking hills and hide.

    • @samsonguy10k
      @samsonguy10k 3 года назад +4

      @@krel3358 One way to look at it is this. You don't need as many troops for an occupation as you do an invasion. Imagine the assault of the courtyard of the suppressor with Striders and what it took to get through that.
      Now imagine going through that with a thousandfold Striders, Combine Gunships, and a million headcrabs falling out of the sky to turn anybody they can get their beaks onto into your enemy. And that's just the forces we know of that was kept around after the surrender. All of that around the United Nations building.
      I think the only reason it took seven hours was because they were holding off attacking the building itself because of their inside man working his magic bullshit on the national leaders and representatives. The battle was already won for the Combine. It took that long to iron out the surrender.

  • @Armin2012
    @Armin2012 4 года назад +309

    Sincerely hope some one, or perhaps even a group of people in the half life community, could make a movie/documentary type disaster film following the black mesa incident. Perhaps a good title would be “the unforeseen consequences “

    • @laatma985
      @laatma985 4 года назад +12

      Then i already know it is gonna be a hunt down the freeman

    • @somebodystolemytoast5885
      @somebodystolemytoast5885 4 года назад +1

      I absolutely agree

    • @SuperBoo
      @SuperBoo 4 года назад +8

      If someone spent the time I bet it could be a little better than hunt down the freeman

    • @Armin2012
      @Armin2012 4 года назад +3

      Indeed, it is certainly there. And it’s pretty great too. Something like that, but with more portal storm anomalies and perhaps xen infestation like in HL:A would be phenomenal

    • @FloatingQuaker
      @FloatingQuaker 4 года назад +1

      I'd be down for that idea. Though since we're lockdown, maybe the project becomes an audio-only found footage thing. It would be like someone deciding to look into the Black Mesa incident, and investigating tapes to hear how the world was reacting at the time.

  • @-Reliaks-
    @-Reliaks- 4 года назад +913

    Us in November: God at least 2020 is almost over, right? What's the worst it could throw at us?
    December 2020:

    • @_Devil
      @_Devil 4 года назад +38

      At least let me have a seizure and die in my sleep so i dont have to live through the downfall of everything i know

    • @sirdorkster
      @sirdorkster 4 года назад +19

      That's a dumb zoomer meme.

    • @loomhigh
      @loomhigh 4 года назад +33

      You got the dates wrong. Half life 1 happened in 2000.
      Half life 2 happened 20 years after that...

    • @KaiserMattTygore927
      @KaiserMattTygore927 4 года назад +23

      @@loomhigh I think we all know, the joke is that 2020 is so shit, a similiar incident happens 20 years to the day of the fictional black mesa incident.
      and honestly? I wouldn't be surprised.

    • @neonturtle9626
      @neonturtle9626 4 года назад +1

      loomhigh super sketchy lol

  • @terrypennington2519
    @terrypennington2519 4 года назад +1160

    USA: *Currently fighting aliens*
    Norway: _Hey so about those workers_

    • @loomhigh
      @loomhigh 4 года назад +52

      Norway has strong unions I guess...

    • @SmokeyEdits
      @SmokeyEdits 4 года назад +79

      Considering the USA was already airstriking Black Mesa, I'd wager they're a little less than ok.

    • @really-shouldnt-be-here
      @really-shouldnt-be-here 4 года назад +39

      It wasn't officially confirmed they were aliens, and any naton's top priority should be the safety of its citizens. Disclosure of additional info about the incident was also requested. I think Norway's action was approriate and adequate.

    • @NecroMancer88
      @NecroMancer88 4 года назад +28

      @@really-shouldnt-be-here Oh shit we got an ambassador

    • @MrPoporucha
      @MrPoporucha 4 года назад +5

      @@NecroMancer88 And HE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE HERE...for some reason...

  • @AlecMader
    @AlecMader 3 года назад +176

    Greenland: "Can't suffer millions of casualties if you only have thousands of people!"

    • @WonkyTonkBotty
      @WonkyTonkBotty 3 года назад +7

      *Laughs in Plague Inc*

    • @arkle519
      @arkle519 3 года назад +3

      they learnt from plague inc

    • @sirbirbton
      @sirbirbton 3 года назад +2

      Yeah I wish they color coded it based on percentage of the population killed.

    • @Darkspace.
      @Darkspace. 3 года назад +2

      Greenland would be one of the safest places honestly

    • @Man_Aslume
      @Man_Aslume Год назад +1

      Combine: invades earth
      Me and the plague Inc players: *We go to greenland*

  • @Profile_Snail
    @Profile_Snail 4 года назад +1532

    This pandemic doesn't seem so bad anymore.

    • @amine.aityounes
      @amine.aityounes 4 года назад +18

      Yup

    • @btfo420
      @btfo420 4 года назад +51

      Remember, it could have been worst.

    • @WarJackalGaming
      @WarJackalGaming 4 года назад +23

      @Jamjar Mail I would have welcomed our new alien overlords.

    • @WarJackalGaming
      @WarJackalGaming 4 года назад +3

      @Jamjar Mail 😯

    • @Blackbird357
      @Blackbird357 4 года назад +11

      @@WarJackalGaming All hail the benefactors.

  • @Happy_Fun_Ball
    @Happy_Fun_Ball 4 года назад +162

    Could you imagine if freeman was so late that the science team just canceled the experiment?

    • @anth0nybalb0a
      @anth0nybalb0a 4 года назад +10

      Nah cause I'm sure they'll pick a last minute replacement

    • @anth0nybalb0a
      @anth0nybalb0a 4 года назад +3

      hola i guess so huh?

    • @TheGoober019
      @TheGoober019 4 года назад +3

      Hola yes no one can stop his plan tho

  • @JamesTrifolium
    @JamesTrifolium 4 года назад +713

    Now I’m sick of the sentence “The Black Mesa Research Facility in southeastern New Mexico”

    • @LordPhobos6502
      @LordPhobos6502 4 года назад +17

      Well, if you nuke it BEFORE the cascade, you will never see that phrase on the news.

    • @nureyevhaas1299
      @nureyevhaas1299 3 года назад +1

      It's slowly killing me

    • @psygnale
      @psygnale 3 года назад +7

      "Now I’m sick of the sentence “The Black Mesa Research Facility in southeastern New Mexico”"
      Agreed, only I'm sick of it because that's NOT where the real Black Mesa actually is.
      It's actually between Taos and SantaFe, the North Central part of the state.
      ...and yes, I actually went out of my way to visit the reservation there on an RV trip.

  • @alexmcgraynor1247
    @alexmcgraynor1247 3 года назад +202

    As a British Citizen I can only imaginewhat it must be like to have a Government that responds rapidly and efficiently to an unexpected crisis. You can tell this is a work of fiction.

    • @officiallefishe
      @officiallefishe 10 месяцев назад +8

      im pretty sure
      i might be wrong on this one
      but im pretty sure thats a recording (or at least a fabrication) of a parliamentary response to 9/11

    • @badlaamaurukehu
      @badlaamaurukehu 5 месяцев назад

      Whatever you do, do not go down the 'smoke alarm' rabbit hole.

  • @doctornsilver3882
    @doctornsilver3882 4 года назад +200

    Meanwhile in aperture science:
    *...I'm doing SCIENCE and im
    STILL ALIVE...*

    • @anth0nybalb0a
      @anth0nybalb0a 4 года назад +3

      Actually I think that Chell could be in perma-cryostasis and Glados is destroyed so I think that Aperture is kind of dormant for the moment.

    • @HueManatee
      @HueManatee 4 года назад +3

      publicc_property was chell not released at the end of portal 2?

    • @anth0nybalb0a
      @anth0nybalb0a 4 года назад

      Hue Manatee dawg that was like 10,000 years after Portal 1

    • @charlie4christ536
      @charlie4christ536 4 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/eatIzqwB2dA/видео.html
      Christ died for your sins and rose on the third day, showing that anyone who trusts in him for salvation, will have everlasting life.
      (John 11:25-26) "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
      (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    • @Mointuspointus
      @Mointuspointus 4 года назад +5

      Charlie4Christ what?

  • @p1tz0n16
    @p1tz0n16 4 года назад +2719

    They might have been able to stop the "portal storms" had they not killed all the scientists who might be smart enough to come up with a solution.

    • @ryderwilson7955
      @ryderwilson7955 4 года назад +348

      true... but governments don't like when their secrets are told to the world so... HUMAN DEAD.

    • @ronaldmcdonaldtrump4446
      @ronaldmcdonaldtrump4446 4 года назад +439

      Humanity shooting themselves in the foot since we invented fire

    • @RsRj-qd2cg
      @RsRj-qd2cg 4 года назад +166

      They could've pulled off the ending to episode 2 before the Seven Hour war could begin.

    • @Sasasala386
      @Sasasala386 4 года назад +84

      It's classic science 101, just send a nuke through the portal! Duhhh

    • @sharpfang
      @sharpfang 4 года назад +55

      No, I'm sure closing borders earlier would suffice. And stopping trade with China.

  • @KowitaG
    @KowitaG 4 года назад +825

    You gotta tag this video as a spoiler, most people don't want to know how December is going to turn out yet!!

    • @sirdorkster
      @sirdorkster 4 года назад +5

      Wat?

    • @sonicfon
      @sonicfon 4 года назад +46

      @@sirdorkster well to explain. Resonance Cascade happend 5 December, 2000, and Gordon slept around 20 years. Sooo: See ya maaan.

    • @V-95K
      @V-95K 4 года назад +1

      SonicFon actually Black Mesa accident happened on Friday 16 may 2003 according to Laidlaw

    • @sirdorkster
      @sirdorkster 4 года назад +1

      @@sonicfon You are telling me common knowledge. What was your point?

    • @FirstnameLastname-bv8ke
      @FirstnameLastname-bv8ke 4 года назад +28

      @@sirdorkster This comment is making a joke about how 2020 has been a terrible year so far and that events similar to the ones in this video may as well take-place the coming December. Because of this, they are asking the creator of the video to mark it as a spoiler for December 2020 in a jovial manner.

  • @churrodead7191
    @churrodead7191 3 года назад +72

    I find it interesting how the government tried to cover up the black mesa incident as a "minor nuclear accident". Its totally how I would imagine an incident like this to be covered up. Also, it's no wonder the 7 hour war lasted only 7 hours, there wasn't much left to take over after the portal storms and the xen wild life teleporting in.

  • @maplebrownsgr
    @maplebrownsgr 4 года назад +357

    you don’t still think this is a drill, do ya?

  • @samhayzen
    @samhayzen 4 года назад +305

    some american facility: explodes
    literally every country: "so uhh, how are my guys 👀"

    • @maxypoopoo
      @maxypoopoo 4 года назад +4

      I know right

    • @Handhandme
      @Handhandme 4 года назад +60

      Boston: Is trying to survive an alien invasion and dealing with a portal storm inflicting massive casualties
      Also Boston: yup Civil War arsenal museum is closed today sorry guys

    • @nightlust
      @nightlust 4 года назад +7

      Norway at the same time: Can you guess who was blown into pieces pls, they're from this country play

    • @daviddifr
      @daviddifr 4 года назад +1

      It was in Mexico

    • @jarnk5181
      @jarnk5181 4 года назад +13

      @@daviddifr New Mexico, United States

  • @Dr_Doctor_Lee
    @Dr_Doctor_Lee 4 года назад +1790

    2020:
    me(softly): dont

    • @danielaguilera9089
      @danielaguilera9089 4 года назад +76

      I just looked up at the calendar in case there’s a Tuesday, 5th December 2020... there’s one in 2023

    • @Dr_Doctor_Lee
      @Dr_Doctor_Lee 4 года назад +50

      @@danielaguilera9089 WELL. we are fuckt

    • @Guplk
      @Guplk 4 года назад +60

      don't need to worry you just need a crowbar

    • @xyz8460
      @xyz8460 4 года назад +56

      @@Guplk and a HEV suit, and don't forget the Ph. D. in Theoretical physics

    • @sci_pain3409
      @sci_pain3409 4 года назад +22

      XYZ and glasses

  • @Spitfire__1944
    @Spitfire__1944 3 года назад +69

    International Space Station: "Yo tf they doin over there?"

  • @soadfan1022
    @soadfan1022 4 года назад +1119

    Bill Clinton wasn't president during the events of Half-Life, Daniel Keem was.

  • @jacobsarmiento3051
    @jacobsarmiento3051 4 года назад +158

    Something I forgot was the fact that Black Mesa employed people from different countries. And then the marines killed them

  • @supernintendozack-snz7493
    @supernintendozack-snz7493 4 года назад +732

    Meanwhile:
    *Russel downloads the entire internet*

    • @yrui6395
      @yrui6395 4 года назад +73

      that's a lot of Porn

    • @Plzbanme
      @Plzbanme 4 года назад +44

      @@yrui6395 This is the year 2000. There is porn but it isn't like today.

    • @yrui6395
      @yrui6395 4 года назад +54

      @@Plzbanme but it's still a lot of porn

    • @piperplimmyplymouth
      @piperplimmyplymouth 4 года назад +20

      @@Plzbanme You underestimate the internet

    • @squidyy2k
      @squidyy2k 4 года назад +24

      90% of 90s internet was porn

  • @Covolsky
    @Covolsky 3 года назад +118

    I have an hour long of evidence of why "prepare for unforseen consiquences" is the most terrifying statement in all of Half-Life

  • @pyroshilov8474
    @pyroshilov8474 4 года назад +168

    "the whole world went to hell that day"
    Underrated and brilliant work. so much detail added in to an overlooked moment in HL lore

  • @TehGlerk
    @TehGlerk 4 года назад +419

    no wonder the combine won within 7 hours, the portal storms did most of the work for them.

    • @chaosmiles07
      @chaosmiles07 4 года назад +9

      Meanwhile, Covid nowadays...

    • @psychedeliccarrie5921
      @psychedeliccarrie5921 4 года назад +109

      I think that's one of the bigger reasons they surrendered, perhaps Breen convinced the human leaders that the Combine could fix the portal storms and destroy the Xenian Fauna, which they did but at the cost of humanity's freedom and humanity in general. Or perhaps the portal storms would've subsided eventually anyways, but the Citadel's destruction restarted the cycle.

    • @knuckle1493
      @knuckle1493 4 года назад +55

      "most of the work"
      bruh, the combine kill a hundred million people an hour when the storms take about 100 million total over a few weeks. Nihilanth was just murder hornets man, the combine are the reptillian overlords causing nuclear death- i mean what?

    • @nobodywins129
      @nobodywins129 4 года назад +34

      considering that all military forces on earth are probably fully mobilized at the time of invasion and yet still faced a bitter defeat, i don't think humans ever had the chance of winning even without portal storms.

    • @TehGlerk
      @TehGlerk 4 года назад +25

      @@knuckle1493 i'm mostly referring to the infrastructural and economic damage from the portal storms more than the human fatalities.

  • @hibiskus828
    @hibiskus828 4 года назад +442

    Britain: *being invaded by innumerable legions of aliens from another dimension*
    "Right then, suppose we should get on with suspending the Antarctic Research Programme"

    • @ChellyBean
      @ChellyBean 4 года назад +55

      "Roight, lets shut it down, lad"

    • @lordrosemount
      @lordrosemount 3 года назад +2

      Ay, a better plan might have been to relocate there.

    • @alexxandros168
      @alexxandros168 3 года назад +2

      Argentina: how it feels boludo!?

    • @addust
      @addust 3 года назад +4

      Oi lad, can't we just use the [DATA EXPUNGED] abilities of the queen?

    • @samsonguy10k
      @samsonguy10k 3 года назад +1

      Makes me think, as it has been a while since I last played HL2E2. Where was the Borealis found? Always got the impression it had the potential to be a super weapon against the Combine. If it was in Antarctica and was missed being found by mere hours....

  • @TheChanga14
    @TheChanga14 4 года назад +624

    Not knowing anything about Half-Life, I honestly thought this was some real event for the first 25 minutes. Goes to show how well made this video is.

    • @DrynSarcastic360
      @DrynSarcastic360 3 года назад +142

      You thought that aliens had invaded New Mexico in 2000?

    • @XeonGame
      @XeonGame 3 года назад +98

      @@DrynSarcastic360 lol it doesn’t mention aliens at all for the first 10-25 minutes

    • @Grey11s
      @Grey11s 3 года назад +61

      You thought that nearly 90,000,000 people died in a 7 hour war in 2001

    • @ianscheurer
      @ianscheurer 3 года назад +7

      Tardo tardo

    • @noahfessenden6478
      @noahfessenden6478 2 года назад +7

      Sooooo...did you play Half Life yet?

  • @pylewastaken
    @pylewastaken 4 года назад +303

    All of that because some overly qualified guy pushed a glowy rock into a glowy beam

    • @henrycgs
      @henrycgs 4 года назад +33

      All of that because some random guy ate a weird bat

    • @yuithekitsune
      @yuithekitsune 4 года назад +17

      All of that because some overly qualified guy forgot his passport

    • @lycanrocvevo147
      @lycanrocvevo147 4 года назад +7

      All of that because some random explosion created everything

    • @halomaster213
      @halomaster213 4 года назад +4

      Mialisus well it’s really because the arch dukes driver made a wrong turn.

    • @purpleguygaming3412
      @purpleguygaming3412 4 года назад +4

      All of that because a some random company decided to drill on the moon

  • @Calhoun3
    @Calhoun3 4 года назад +425

    THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT ITS THE SCIENCE TEAM

    • @ZackMathissa
      @ZackMathissa 4 года назад +47

      *THIS IS BECAUSE YOU, SCIENTIST*

    • @hazzmati
      @hazzmati 4 года назад +29

      Can't wait to get my hands on the guy responsible for this mess

    • @originalbits1807
      @originalbits1807 4 года назад +20

      Ah,hello gordon

    • @daviddifr
      @daviddifr 4 года назад +10

      Cath you later, i'll buy you a beer

    • @antalgergo2699
      @antalgergo2699 4 года назад +11

      Hey, catch me later, I'll buy you a beer

  • @Lazerblast3
    @Lazerblast3 4 года назад +230

    Amazing content! Really puts into perspective how badly Cave Johnson did not want Black Mesa toying around with anomalous materials and causing a resonance cascade; as said in the Portal Timeline, he knew it would end the world.

    • @DeadNelo
      @DeadNelo 4 года назад +7

      Wait he did?

    • @JFJD
      @JFJD 4 года назад +28

      True, but on the other hand he decided to call the place “Blaperture Mesa”, so it’s six of one, half-dozen of the other, really.

    • @Gordon_Freeman_PhD
      @Gordon_Freeman_PhD 4 года назад +57

      @@JFJD
      That's an alternate universe Cave Johnson from the Portal initiative DLC.
      I don't think he cared. He just wanted to profit from them. He used asbestos in his testing domes ffs.

    • @Armin2012
      @Armin2012 4 года назад +37

      Cave johnson might’ve been a crazy corporate, but he had some good points here and there

    • @yuudii
      @yuudii 4 года назад +18

      @@Gordon_Freeman_PhD The asbestos was needed though, to keep the rats out.

  • @falcon1378
    @falcon1378 4 года назад +103

    Me:”Time to go to bed. That unit test tomorrow looks really intimidating!”
    RUclips:*”You will watch an hour long documentary for a video game.”*
    Me*” I will watch an hour long documentary for a video game.”*

  • @adamsfusion
    @adamsfusion 4 года назад +225

    I really really really liked this. It was creepy in a way that didn't need spooks and jumps to get you going. It's a slow burn into increasing tension. That's perfect.
    I also really loved the attention to detail on nations that had different populations. Like of course China would suffer greatly quicker while Greenland took forever to change color. I also also loved the view that this came from headlines from a news station or paper. It's such a great way to capture the zeitgeist of the event unfolding.
    I have some notes if you ever changed it though as a person who's a big policy buff and really fun at parties because of it (read: not fun at parties because of it):
    - Most governments would have declared a state of emergency soon after the US did. State of emergencies are typically declared not when the danger is in your house, but when it's waiting at your doorstep.
    - Financial collapse of the stock markets would have started potentially the day after the initial event. Stock markets have historically had their fragility tied to big events. The stock market dipped hard after 9/11. It dipped hard very quickly after the initial explosion of cases of COVID. It takes very little to spook the market. Keep it ongoing and you have a recipe for disaster fast. December is usually a hugely strong time for the stock market, play on that. A market that is performing the same in December as it did in October would be seen as a weak December. Anything less is alarming.
    - Whatever happened with all those "entities" that the portal deposited? They're mentioned in articles shown, and I assume they're being fought, but it also sounds like "Bob is going to work tomorrow still" kinda deal. It'd be cool to see some writing on, say, the National Guard is being deployed more as the events are going on and how state/local governments are dealing with the issue. That's touched on at the beginning, but combat ready men aren't infinite in numbers and I'm sure the US wasn't keeping containment very well given the ending. It'd be cool to read about that.
    - Civil unrest. It's touched on once, but supply chains, especially those involving foods, are critical infrastructure that isn't planted into the ground. When bad things happen, resources are diverted. Diversion of resources strains supply chains. What are people doing, and how are the people acting? Tiny shifts in people's lives tend to have big magnifications in civil unrest.
    - The President gives a lot of speeches in the East Room. Maybe he shouldn't. He waits until 7 PM to give a speech, and that's a lot of hours to wait when there's more than a few thousand people affected. There's a protocol given to public news stations to cut to the President if he or she has something to say that's grave to the nation. It's been used before, so it's definitely a realistic thing to expect.
    - What are the people doing? I mentioned civil unrest, but a lot of people will just be trying to make it by. How are governments responding? Are they being herded, relocated, dismissed? Again, this is touched on briefly at one point, but I'm sure this would impact people even early on. The weather alone would be enough to close big industries like tourism, outdoors work, really anything where being outdoors or within the elements is required to do your job. Say you're a farmer, and sure it's winter so stuff isn't growing, but you still have animals. What about radio transmission systems? Magnetic storms do happen in real life in more extreme parts of the world and they wreak all sorts of havoc with telecommunication and radio communication equipment.
    I wouldn't spend half an hour writing that if I didn't love the idea and the execution. I hope some of that at least is thought provoking and something worth building on or at least spurs additional thought, because I love this concept to death. It's all just numbers, text, and a map, and yet it's chilling.

    • @adamsfusion
      @adamsfusion 4 года назад +12

      @@Neinfeld That was a great and pointed response, thank you. Can't wait to see more of your videos.

    • @KaiserMattTygore927
      @KaiserMattTygore927 4 года назад +8

      Yeah these types of slow burn alien invasion scenarios are the creepiest stories of all, honestly.

    • @izzystar5904
      @izzystar5904 4 года назад +2

      @@Neinfeld I also have another thing to add
      Emergency Action Notifications are only intended to be used for nationwide emergencies and the Emergency Alert System transmissions used in the video lack an End of Message burst (EOM)

    • @azurebookllet9216
      @azurebookllet9216 4 года назад +6

      @@Neinfeld I think it's a bit weird that Clinton is the only one featured in all of the news from the US even though he was already a lame duck at the time the incident happened. As President-elect, GWB would have been expected to make public statements on the matter as well, and they would have also been treated as news, right? In fact, he would have likely started to receive briefings as soon as the death toll went above 100k, if not 10k.
      Globally, it's amusing that it feels like every country is just sitting still until their key cities get hit by portal storms one by one. I am sure that after like the 10th, or at most 20th, country, got hit, many others would have had started to go for pre-emptive evacuations, or they would have had started taking other measures based on pure paranoia.

  • @SkulltagLegion
    @SkulltagLegion 4 года назад +417

    30:30 : "leading economists criticized the move to close the panama canal"
    meanwhile 450k dead or injured.
    yeah, sounds consistent with what we've got today.

    • @b-chroniumproductions3177
      @b-chroniumproductions3177 4 года назад +12

      The Panama canal is a pretty important military asset

    • @damastor918
      @damastor918 4 года назад +9

      No, it's not. Please keep these coronapathic comments out of entertainment.

    • @kingalphawerewolf
      @kingalphawerewolf 4 года назад +36

      @@damastor918 Lol. He was referring to the way most current politicians, and more importantly, the general atmosphere of the political climate, is currently. Not any fucking virus panic 😂

    • @amish-ish
      @amish-ish 4 года назад +3

      @It's Nietzsche, Bietzsche! If the countless other comments down here, which either explicitly or implicitly draw parallels from this video to the present pandemic, aren't enough of a proof for you then nothing can be.

    • @rOCKINxsOCKIN
      @rOCKINxsOCKIN 4 года назад

      @It's Nietzsche, Bietzsche! Open your cocking eyes and read, hahah

  • @CyrusEpion
    @CyrusEpion 4 года назад +536

    Good luck out there everyone.

    • @pipborden
      @pipborden 4 года назад +9

      Be prepared too and get some supplies.

    • @Nihilyth
      @Nihilyth 4 года назад +9

      @@pipborden get your HEV and Crowbars ready boys.

    • @pipborden
      @pipborden 4 года назад +1

      Yup

    • @kritische3959
      @kritische3959 4 года назад +2

      Meet your local E-Man and get ready to live a Half Life.

    • @FoxInkling
      @FoxInkling 4 года назад

      What if I said I got gmod

  • @jeremydiaz9642
    @jeremydiaz9642 4 года назад +405

    Imagine being born in the Half-Life universe after the Seven Hour War.

    • @gentianjoca565
      @gentianjoca565 4 года назад +80

      Now that's unlikely

    • @lapapa2019
      @lapapa2019 3 года назад +86

      That is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE because of the camp force that covers most of the planet

    • @TyrannoWright
      @TyrannoWright 3 года назад +42

      Scary to think about it since I would of been about Alyx's age by HL2. That is if the creatures of Xen and the Seven Hour War didn't get to young me first.

    • @markdillon5494
      @markdillon5494 3 года назад +47

      Imagine being born just before it

    • @asteriusblack
      @asteriusblack 3 года назад +27

      @@markdillon5494 alyx

  • @mocruz1200
    @mocruz1200 4 года назад +668

    Aliens: invade earth
    Economists : THINK OF THE ECONOMY

    • @Handhandme
      @Handhandme 4 года назад +41

      @Davi Rossi · 189 years ago It's ok, 90% of ancaps are 15 year olds who regularly post and upvote shit on politicalcompassmemes anyways

    • @laatma985
      @laatma985 4 года назад +3

      Oh no the economy

    • @powerofthec5908
      @powerofthec5908 4 года назад +4

      @Davi Rossi · 189 years ago The recreational nukes are pointed at the Black Mesa research facility.

    • @juanmanuelc6644
      @juanmanuelc6644 4 года назад +24

      I mean, as long as humanity is not utterly destroyed; economy is a pretty important thing.

    • @asscheeks3212
      @asscheeks3212 4 года назад +1

      Rollface that sounds like a very pro boomer thing to say.

  • @dayofthedaleks1524
    @dayofthedaleks1524 4 года назад +494

    The black mesa Incident: Reaches Greenland
    us: did we just lose?

    • @Callidus_Fox
      @Callidus_Fox 4 года назад +51

      If plague inc has taught us anything, It ain't over till Greenland is hit.

    • @ch3rryblu330
      @ch3rryblu330 4 года назад +3

      @Eric Miret NAH MAN. NEW ZEALAND. THOSE BITCHES TAKE YOU OUT IN SECONDS.

    • @dkskcjfjswwwwwws413
      @dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 4 года назад +2

      @@ch3rryblu330 CARRIBEAN

    • @ch3rryblu330
      @ch3rryblu330 4 года назад +2

      @@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 HAHAHAHAHA

    • @Notaname21
      @Notaname21 4 года назад

      No because GORDON FREEMAN is alive

  • @LymanAlpha1
    @LymanAlpha1 4 года назад +202

    I too request information from the United States government about the minor nuclear event at the the Black Mesa research facility in southeastern New Mexico

    • @tall_prince
      @tall_prince 3 года назад +8

      I also request that Information

    • @temrinet5421
      @temrinet5421 3 года назад +5

      @@tall_prince And me aswell.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 3 года назад +1

      I too want to play half life1

  • @dabestgamronyoutube2647
    @dabestgamronyoutube2647 3 года назад +44

    They literally refused to touch Australia until they absolutely had to😂

    • @Vomer0
      @Vomer0 3 года назад +3

      The kangaroos fended them off

    • @vinnyhorapeti2461
      @vinnyhorapeti2461 2 года назад +1

      Because DeSinc .......

    • @joeg2jerry20
      @joeg2jerry20 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@vinnyhorapeti2461They saw DeSinc bunnyhopping all over the place and decided to put off invading Australia for another day

  • @c0ntriL
    @c0ntriL 4 года назад +342

    I'm a huge Half-Life fan, (i thought this timeline lasted a few days to atmost a week) but the fact this entire thing lasted ALMOST A MONTH scares the hell out of me, even more so, my home city is one of the main cities effected through out the time line..
    2020 for the love of god dont do this.

    • @ChristianBMundy
      @ChristianBMundy 4 года назад +38

      To quote our mutual friend: "Prepare for unforseen consiquences."

    • @Cscuile
      @Cscuile 4 года назад +26

      The actor for G-Man Mike Shapiro said this before 2020 on his twitter:
      "Should old acquaintances be forgot? Well, after so much... time, some things can prove difficult to remember. See you in the new year. And do prepare for... consequences hm?"
      It is like he knew!

    • @Matzu-Music
      @Matzu-Music 4 года назад

      Well do we know wat is in area 9? That's where the tram says Black Mesa is.

    • @SuperNath97
      @SuperNath97 4 года назад

      oh but that was just the start, the combine then took all of earths resources and then tried to assimilate everyone.
      The portal storms kept happening.

    • @GodFatherGB
      @GodFatherGB 4 года назад +4

      Actually the game took place in may and not in December and the events unfolded in a couple of days and not a month, check out the wiki for more info on this
      half-life.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

  • @larryswanson7663
    @larryswanson7663 4 года назад +325

    Earth: half of the populous is dead
    Australia: I think nows a good time to stop trading

  • @claytob
    @claytob 4 года назад +111

    I guess the Combine just really didn't care for Australia until it was the only place left lol

    • @rebel6301
      @rebel6301 4 года назад +17

      australian here
      i would like to express that that makes me feel left out. why must the combine be Like This

    • @Dr_Al_
      @Dr_Al_ 4 года назад +31

      Not wrong... most of Australia is just desert

    • @rebel6301
      @rebel6301 4 года назад +16

      @@Dr_Al_ yeah it sucks down here. too many FUCKING spiders

    • @sci_pain3409
      @sci_pain3409 4 года назад +17

      most of the combine had arachnophobia so they didn’t want to go to australia

    • @rebel6301
      @rebel6301 4 года назад +1

      @@Neinfeld oh SHIT he replied!

  • @fiosimofio
    @fiosimofio 3 года назад +48

    Outside: Massive catastrophic environmental conditions
    Local Gov: yo close the subway

  • @thedemonslayer51
    @thedemonslayer51 4 года назад +144

    I'm just imagining, those places that lost power and utilities in the USA, trying their best to be happy and forget about the crumbling world, in the dark, for just one, christmas day.

    • @ghuttsmckenzie4269
      @ghuttsmckenzie4269 4 года назад +12

      I'd probably get drunk off the whiskey I stole from a convenience store and take a bunch of melatonin and cough syrup.

    • @thedemonslayer51
      @thedemonslayer51 4 года назад +18

      @@ghuttsmckenzie4269 Ah, going with the "We're all gonna die soon, so might as well die in the 5th dimension" mentality. That works too.

    • @ghuttsmckenzie4269
      @ghuttsmckenzie4269 4 года назад +10

      @@thedemonslayer51 if I'm gonna die im gonna live the way I want to before it happens: tired, Drunk, and confused with all the swirly, angry lights.

    • @ghuttsmckenzie4269
      @ghuttsmckenzie4269 4 года назад

      @Top_Hat_Mann sounds like the best way to go!

  • @dinkthegreatest
    @dinkthegreatest 4 года назад +524

    *Gordon wakes up from stasis*
    Gordon: what the fu-

    • @sirdorkster
      @sirdorkster 4 года назад +2

      He didn't wake up from stasis in the year 2000. Silly Zoomer, maybe you should play the game and read the lore.

    • @pedrovinicius9592
      @pedrovinicius9592 4 года назад +69

      @@sirdorkster zoomer boomer haahahah doomer hommer hammer bruh bruh fortnite bad minecraft good burh burh zoomer boomer bruhhhh lololololloo ayo pizza here bonk pfff bruh get wifi anywhere you go hold up bruh bruh hahahahhaaha lololololo

    • @sirdorkster
      @sirdorkster 4 года назад

      @@pedrovinicius9592 Fifty-Twelve!

    • @doomjuan
      @doomjuan 4 года назад +41

      @@sirdorkster Im pretty sure he is talking about when half life 2 started. also cringe of you to use the boomer-zoomer meme in 2020

    • @raulcabezas6244
      @raulcabezas6244 4 года назад

      @@sirdorkster do You know when he waked up after this events right?

  • @vemanjadhav
    @vemanjadhav 4 года назад +292

    The part where many international leaders inquired about their citizens who worked in Black Mesa is scary. The US Govt cannot tell the fact that everyone were assassinated by the HECU and the Black Ops.

    • @Joshulties
      @Joshulties 4 года назад +94

      "Are our citizens alright? Have they escaped the facility before the accident?"
      _"Yes"_
      *sweats profusely*

    • @OniLinkBrazil1993
      @OniLinkBrazil1993 4 года назад +25

      They could blame the Xen Aliens. And that the HECU were trying to protect them, but failed.

    • @Joshulties
      @Joshulties 4 года назад +50

      ​@@OniLinkBrazil1993 Then that would've revealed that they had a secret facility that dealt with inter-dimensional physics that was the sole reason that Earth had almost been decimated.

    • @yapflipthegrunt4687
      @yapflipthegrunt4687 4 года назад +11

      @@OniLinkBrazil1993 HECU were trying to contain the incident *and* hide all evidence of the disaster, which includes killing everyone at black mesa.

    • @vemanjadhav
      @vemanjadhav 4 года назад +14

      @@Joshulties they could. But here's the bad part. Even if they successfully contain the Xen infestation, other countries might also try building a teleport similar to the one used by Freeman. It might end up creating another resonance cascade or military skirmishes.

  • @itsthisguyNeil
    @itsthisguyNeil 3 года назад +50

    29:15 "These events of catastrophic atmospheric significance have sparked debate among the nation's top climatologists, with explanations ranging from the meteorological consequences of climate change..." Yep, totally climate change, not the aliens pouring through the rip in dimensions

    • @theorangeoof926
      @theorangeoof926 3 года назад +3

      They tried to hide it as much as possible, but it was inevitable

  • @ianbradley1772
    @ianbradley1772 4 года назад +277

    Imagine if one of the messages you missed because the system had a crash was "ABORT EXPERIMENT"

    • @dikkejos
      @dikkejos 4 года назад +20

      Cause GMan made the system crash

    • @spongedog0013
      @spongedog0013 4 года назад +63

      on top of that black mesa source had a detail on the ams control board that said "emergency shut down" and below that button written on a paper "needs fixing asap"

    • @Ianbrad65
      @Ianbrad65 4 года назад +13

      @@spongedog0013 I noticed that when I played through Black Mesa again :)

    • @andrewsalyer9658
      @andrewsalyer9658 4 года назад +4

      @@spongedog0013 in most (key word most) institutions that utilise potentially dangerous equipment, they tend to shut down any and all use of said equipment if the safety equipment doesn't work due to OSHA. Though let's assume black mesa is still a massive OSHA violation due to radioactive material

  • @heftymagic4814
    @heftymagic4814 4 года назад +437

    Humanity: struggles with the catastrophic events of an alien invasion
    Other, completely different aliens: allow us to introduce ourselves

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      @happyprotogen8552 4 года назад

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  • @thewhitelynx8492
    @thewhitelynx8492 4 года назад +221

    The sad thing is that, if humans would dip into portal and dimensional science, we either would be the first species that found it, and used it like the combine did, or we would find that a species found it long before us, and could take us out like the combine did.

    • @alibouk227
      @alibouk227 4 года назад +27

      I suppose that's alot like what nature does all the time.

    • @Elfnetdesigns
      @Elfnetdesigns 4 года назад +8

      Multiverse theory is a thing

    • @alibouk227
      @alibouk227 4 года назад +17

      @@Elfnetdesigns ya know it feels a little odd because, if there were infinite universes with aliens that can invade us, wouldn't we have been invaded already, then again, there are infinite universes of our type, and then again we might have it coming. And then again, I'm no expert.

    • @happyguardsman8510
      @happyguardsman8510 4 года назад +34

      @@alibouk227 its a rabbit hole that you honestly are better off not thinking about. Hey if aliens come to rape us, we'll be boned anyway, so why worry about it?

    • @alibouk227
      @alibouk227 4 года назад +4

      @@happyguardsman8510 I hope they atleast take us in as local genetically modified supersoldiers, honestly that'll happen to us whether they or we do it.

  • @ceresalpha
    @ceresalpha 3 года назад +57

    Just know that around the beginning, numerous casualties are probably caused by Gordon Freeman.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 3 года назад +10

      Yeah the soldiers in Black Mesa

    • @L_Lawliet1907
      @L_Lawliet1907 3 года назад +11

      He had to anyway. They were planning to kill everyone inside.

    • @samsonguy10k
      @samsonguy10k 3 года назад +2

      @@Chuked Don't forget Ted. That creep had it coming.

    • @Jtak-qu5hk
      @Jtak-qu5hk 3 года назад

      @@samsonguy10k who's ted?

    • @samsonguy10k
      @samsonguy10k 3 года назад

      @@Jtak-qu5hk You forgot Ted? I am disappoint.

  • @An_Imperial_Guard.
    @An_Imperial_Guard. 4 года назад +186

    An interdimencional heavily advance military force that have conquered god knows how many realities and managed to bring humanity to his knees in less than a year. And still...
    *They get their shit bash in by a nerd with a crowbar.*

    • @noisyash4234
      @noisyash4234 4 года назад +21

      And a super advanced bulletproof suit

    • @hexenh
      @hexenh 4 года назад +60

      Heh yeah
      But also remember that the Combine you bash in Half Life 2 are the "skeleton crew" left by the Combine to supervise Earth, the actual invasion force used in the 7H War is god-knows how many times more deadlier the actual invasion force is compared to the Combine Transhuman soldiers. Its like comparing a US Marine to a mall cop

    • @kingalphawerewolf
      @kingalphawerewolf 4 года назад +34

      @@hexenh not even a marine to a mall cop. It’s like comparing hiring your brother to watch over your kids birthday party, to hiring a fucking navy seal to watch them.

  • @aperturearmyapar810
    @aperturearmyapar810 4 года назад +424

    World: Under complete Combine control
    School: "Psst. Over here!"

  • @catsndogs98
    @catsndogs98 4 года назад +644

    This it what it looks like if the SCP Foundation failed their mandate.

    • @abeenr2
      @abeenr2 4 года назад +71

      it is, read "SCP Foundation: Document Recovered From The Marianas Trench". You will see its kinda the same

    • @recordkeepingandinformatio8206
      @recordkeepingandinformatio8206 4 года назад +7

      I blame Kondraki

    • @hoov100
      @hoov100 4 года назад

      I wish I could love react this post.

    • @Dorraj
      @Dorraj 4 года назад +12

      Aren't all the SCPs from things that have been around on earth for a long time? Pretty sure their containment is just making it even worse, putting all the dangers so close together.

    • @Freakmenn
      @Freakmenn 4 года назад +7

      @Sweetbutter Cupcakes Sorry if I misunderstood, but the SCP site a wiki project, no? Meaning that instead of having one writer on the task, anyone can add their own SCP, so idk how one writer deciding to leave would have any effect on the projects quality. There are still some pretty decent modern-day SCP's imo.