A Love Letter to The Source Engine

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The Source Engine has led me to so many fantastic experiences, memories, and times, that I just had to make a video about it!
The music in this video is from the Mother 2 OST, and the Half-Life 1 OST

[@Leadhead]

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[@rettwat]

Tfw

[@lillywho]

I support you having sponsors per se, but... KZbin has got way too many VPN ads and none of them really keep what they promise, the companies behind them... Let's hope you get better sponsors soon! I do mean that, positively!

[@hzgl]

Internet works perfectly fine, there is no need to use VPN.

[@dava8058]

I use avast VPN

[@user-lq3tv4nd8w]

Should play spore its great

[@sheperinogaming1986]

Gmod is a kindergarten that doubles as a mental asylum for when the kindergarteners grow up

[@-elliott-averagedragonenjo1812]

^

[@Nic-og2qq]

Yeah sounds about right

[@Yaya-dk7ov]

I can confirm

[@PrecisaS]

lmfao

[@navb0tactual]

Yup

[@Xycron]

Ahhhh Gmod. What a game

[@barbarosbozkurt758]

When are we going to have a Gmod or L4D stream? ROBIN

[@mil260zs]

yep, wasted almost 7k hours on it

[@TheOtherBeuh]

HEYYY

[@hd40kdx82]

ah yes gmod the game that bought with my first steam cash

[@bellabeeuwu]

I was there

[@Goose_BooseYT]

Dude this is beautiful. I was immediately brought back to my childhood of noclipping through the entirety of Half Life 2, learning all these input commands, playing Portal, being part of clans back when people cared about that stuff in CS: Source and DoD. I also remember playing a LOT of Sven Co Op. When Gmod came out, bro that was literally the first game I've recorded having over 1000 hours in - I loved it! You mentioning the RP stuff was also bitter sweet, especially knowing that 10 years from now we'll be seeing videos just like yours, but about GTA 5 RPing. Good times.

[@yeflynne]

if u like sven co op try zombie panic source it's like co op survival horror

[@aslanaskar4575]

Wow this aged like fine wine there are whole servers dedicated to roleplaying on gta 5 honestly I wish I was born earlier to be a part of the source engine craze. At least I got left 4 dead

[@jchtroe]

@@aslanaskar4575 "I wish I was born earlier to be a part of the source engine craze." omg I feel so old, the only time I felt this old is when I found a physical copy of TF2 when looking through my childhood stuff

[@aslanaskar4575]

@@jchtroe NO UR NOT OLD UR JUST COOL

[@boopert3589]

Goose is a sven co op fan? And I though u couldn't get more based

[@valourcium]

source never gets enough recognition for what it did for gaming, nice to see someone actually appreciates it edit: i made this at 3 am high as shit btw, i have no idea what im talking about

[@mineturte]

exactly man, such a beautiful tale of what happens to gaming communities when they're creativity is set free

[@SuperWiiBros08]

I think it has always gotten way more than enough recognition

[@007megaoof]

@@SuperWiiBros08 yeah

[@notsans7998]

Fun Fact: Titanfall 2 is made on a heavily modified version of the source engine

[@evagineer9165]

@@notsans7998 no wonder those fucking MGS4 looking mecha-frogs a-pose when they are in a corner

[@Helgrind44]

Before watching the video, my first thought was "without Source, I wouldn't be a gamedev right now". And that's what you talk about. Spot on !

[@spiceforspice3461]

You're a game dev? I thought you were busy trying to figure out who you are.

[@OsnoloVrach]

@@spiceforspice3461 yeah i thought he was too busy with fighting some old man stand

[@CalavErik]

I remember as a kid firing up my pirated copy of GMod and just going solo into Construct to spawn a lot of enemies and see how they fight. How many headcrabs do you need to kill an Antlion Guard? The only answer I ever got was "more than my computer can handle".

[@dangerousdoggo5465]

I can remember something very similar. Good old days

[@regera6019]

The amount of times I crashed my game by spawning in too many zombies 💀

[@youtubehandle-u2l]

dude I just load in sometimes in city with a ton of rebels and striders, combine soldiers in the steeets and I have them battle and I’ll join in with a lightsaber and just use npc cameras to get different angles

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

did you ever get the unable to shade polygon normals error?

[@junktin1750]

"It's the cheeses!!" Omg that was hilarious hahah i wish i had played gmod back then! I only watched it when i was younger

[@jonesjones6279]

I haven’t launched Gmod in 4 years. It is still my most played game on Steam, gapping my 2nd most played game by atleast 200 hours. Nothing can ever recreate the lightning in a bottle that was Gmod in its prime and it makes me sad.

[@SaladeDeFruitt]

Wait for s&box bro

[@jonesjones6279]

@@SaladeDeFruitt it’s never gonna release lol

[@hanseldsilva2393]

And why not?

[@jonesjones6279]

@@hanseldsilva2393 Even if they release Gmod 2, what could it possibly offer that the original couldn’t?

[@SaladeDeFruitt]

@@jonesjones6279 New players

[@urine_gaming]

Top 10 anime betrayals: "Say Hello to the Cheese"

[@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842]

Cheesus!

[@johnmarston3264]

Honestly it sounds like the most badass scene breaking into the enemy gang and assassinating the leader to have them say “It’s the Cheeses!!! Get em!!!”

[@numnaut1314]

I'm surprised he didn't say RDM.

[@sotb367]

papa cheese sends his regards

[@JNun-pr8rh]

Say Cheese

[@tbk34ch]

I swear the next merch drop better have a shirt with "say hello to the cheese" written on it

[@catrielmarignaclionti4518]

and it has a shotgun and a smg pointing at you with 2 pair of eyes looking at you with the anime shades

[@chumbucket3475]

I T 'S T H E C H E E S E S !

[@herredward9277]

"Mr. Cheese sends his regards."

[@C.A._Old]

Best Game All Times ! ^^ Source Engines 1 ^^ +1

[@therealwetwizard]

Hearing about the man say "It's the cheeses" is one of the funniest things I have heard.

[@mothsareprettycool]

Fun fact: Titanfall 2 runs on the Source engine.

[@subpar5360]

I didn't believe you. But I googled it and now I know why we'll never play Titanfall 3.

[@mothsareprettycool]

@@subpar5360 I wouldn't say that, anything can can happen.

[@kabardino1337]

@@subpar5360 Huh. I give this joke a 5/10. it is funny and well executed, but Titanfall is not made by Valve, therefore the joke lacks polished sense. A SUBPAR joke, get it!? 🥁🤣

[@GamerOrmer]

@@subpar5360 Well, source 2 is out

[@Channel9iNE]

tbh its basically its own engine internally, its like saying the cod engine is still based on quake 3

[@thefunbuns1]

GMod was so important to me when I was in middle school. We moved around a lot so the main way I kept in touch with my friends was playing games like Gmod for hours and hours on end. My brother and I moderated TTT and Deathrun servers too. So much nostalgia there, and so many nights packed with fun :) I hope this generation has an equivalent

[@IAm-zo1bo]

S&box maybe. Check it out its gmod but source 2 engine

[@lance3129]

I like how in the VPN ad, Leadhead is condoning tax evasion

[@ardea1021]

Based

[@niggacockball7995]

Good.

[@smithwillnot]

I am worried it could get the channel in trouble and that part might need to be cut out. I am pretty sure youtube allows cutting out bits of video even after they are uploaded...

[@cathacker13]

@@smithwillnot I am probably just dumb, but why would it get the channel in trouble?

[@Konxovar0]

@@cathacker13 tax evasion is illegal

[@MrBump2]

That Cheese story brought me back to so many Garry's Mod, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead multiplayer moments that I'll never be able to capture again. Thanks for the memories, Source.

[@charlotteathena]

Garry's Mod in particular, as a programmer, is so nice. You have a good, thin Lua API over a lot of Source SDK functionality For all games, though, Source's console and config system, while imperfect, is powerful enough to make client configuration interesting even for Source multiplayer titles.

[@tacticaltoaster5777]

Can definitely agree with this. Gmod's allowed to me make so much cool stuff that would've taken ages if I had to start from the ground up. For example, I do development on that Clockwork roleplay framework he talks about, and it alone gives me the ability to build some really cool stuff off of it and make a wider spread of features than if I had to start fresh. I've made a full on botany sytem, energy management, specialized crafting devices and crafting research, sample analysis, ore surveying, collecting, and refining, and a ton more stuff in less than a month's time because of the tools available, all of which is being employed on a sci-fi exploration roleplay server. Great stuff Gmod is!

[@-elliott-averagedragonenjo1812]

I like your pfp!

[@-elliott-averagedragonenjo1812]

@smelly paws rude, well I hate enbyphobes

[@charlotteathena]

​@smelly paws actually i much prefer to work with source code than a compiled binary :)

[@charlotteathena]

@@-elliott-averagedragonenjo1812 i think it's a well-intentioned but poorly-phrased binary-means-base-2 joke edit: lol nvm

[@AnonGZ]

It's so sad thinking about all of the great moments from every community that will just be forgotten, the internet is way too chaotic to be documented, in the future we will probably remember it as a separate timeline that just lives in our head, and everything that happens outside will be remembered as real history

[@comicsamsthegreat]

I love the foggy “liminal” look of the source games it feels like a place I could walk around in a dream, I’d love to see a game replicate it. EDIT: I get a similar feeling from Neobabel in Dusk

[@terabyte8229]

I thought I was the only one who felt that. I don't know how to explain the feeling

[@dirtmaster2290]

@@terabyte8229 the reason its like that is because of how linear, blocky, and fade everything looks. You can blame those first two reasons on the hammer editor.

[@dirtmaster2290]

@Sapling Station heard of it, seen gameplay, never played it, it looks cool though

[@laserbeastyay7922]

It’s like a horror game in a non horror game!

[@emmettbrown3463]

gm_trippin is a neat map, not adventure or anythin. jus yea

[@channingcheese2]

I remember the first time I played multiplayer in GMod, I went on a sandbox server with the only other player being named "MrTickleDicks". I was like 11. After a short session, I promptly, innocuously told my mom about the fun time I had with MrTickleDicks. I was banned from ever playing multiplayer after that.

[@n0vag4ming]

#FindMrTickleDicks WE MUST FIND HIM!

[@fafanir82]

Oof

[@conner9842]

Who hasn't dreamed about gm_construct honestly

[@despacitodaniel801]

Me. I always dream about flatgrass idk why

[@gero3015]

I once dreamed about having a conversation with kanye west in the tunnel of flat grass

[@YeetZmeN]

I haven’t played gmod but when I do I’m pretty sure it’ll only be a matter of time

[@SimonPegasus]

@@YeetZmeN you better get on it, it's probably on its last few years of life before S&Box releases, pretty much gmod for source 2

[@devyn.]

i once had a dream taking place in gm_construct where i followed a pitch-black figure into the dark room only for lights to appear, where i proceeded to have an almost philosophical conversation with a stock heavy about soda over a cup of tea. im still not sure what exactly led that dream to occur.

[@CptMarkka]

I'm glad you brought up Garry's Mod roleplay. It's near and dear to my heart and was an absolutely massive part of my life for the longest part. Sadly, as you said, the community is nearly gone nowadays. But back in its heyday it was a goldmine of experiences. And I do not mean the lite side of RP, or DarkRP which is so in name only. I mean the serious roleplay. I've wandered the irradiated wastes of Fallout. I have been the subject of an FEV test. I have been crippled by super mutants and had robotic limbs grafted on, betrayed by a boyfriend gone insane from radiation and mutations, had my bar mortared by raiders, been forcibly recruited into the Brotherhood. I've run away as a prospective rebel in Half-Life, only to be spared and then recruited into the Civil Protection and then ascend through the ranks to become a squad leader and then an assassin. I've been forced to chance down friends and execute them for being anti-citizens. I have been a lost, lonely girl with a cursed past, taught and neglected by a benevolent necromancer and then taken in by a far more malicious witch. I've been inculcated into the dark arts and later became a lich. I have been a kindly gnoll shaman confronted by an overzealous hunter but rescued by friends, and later saved those friends with a well-placed lightning strike that brought down a cave's ceiling on top of a skeletal giant. I have been a spare pirate, a Brotherhood Paladin, a lone ranger trying to safeguard a small town. I've been a food vendor in neon-soaked streets of a cyberpunk future and been a confused cyborg in a space western. I've been a quarian on colonies and a ship, as well as a turian C-Sec agent on the Citadel. I've crawled through maintenance shafts in the underground tunnels of Metro and fought against the Red Line, helped in infirmaries and served warm, freshly made soup to the hungry. I've wandered through anomalies and lethal gunfights in the Zone as a stalker, made friendships with and offered solace to people. So many memories I've made over the years. I hope that one day there'll be a game and a community as rich as Garry's Mod roleplay scene once was.

[@murmurghle]

2:25 and here is your friendly reminder that buying games from a different region with vpn is aganist steam's AULA. since the prices are region dependent

[@Geeler]

Don't care

[@murmurghle]

@@Geeler be my guest than :) That was just a heads up.

[@germantarnoski7130]

Yes. And it's pretty selfish. Some distributors stopped adapting prices to regions because so many people where taking advantage of that through vpn. If that happens here in Argentina I won't be able to afford games anymore.

[@dava8058]

Thank you for this information, now im gonna try it ;)

[@MrStronglime]

@@germantarnoski7130 Well, I have got bad news for you. This articles is of about two days ago. www.gamasutra.com/blogs/SimonCarless/20210616/383624/Dont_buy_Steam_games_for_me_Argentina.php

[@dangerouscommentator]

Man, GMod and the whole Orange Box era back then was so awesome. I think I'd say it was the peak of gaming culture. I remember having a rough year followed by a shitty Christmas time but then I found that sledding server on Gmod. People would use different props to glue together a sled and zoom down an icy track trying to get a good lap time. Was super wholesome, people would just goof around with their silly bathtub/traffic sign sleds and have a fun time

[@geekedup12]

The source engine is pure nostalgia

[@elitely6748]

I love the fun and chaos source-engine can do, especially with friends. It's just good memories

[@Crueltycretin]

Leadhead: "TTT is Among Us with guns" Correction: "Among Us is TTT without gameplay"

[@phoenixsmokes]

my nigga

[@frenchynoob]

He was obviously talking to people uncultured abiut TTT, cant fault him for it. And If we re playing it like that, TTT is just Werewolves w/out wolves.

[@FantasmaNaranja]

everything is some variation of throw rock with grug from the neolithic era anyways

[@Crueltycretin]

@@FantasmaNaranja Yeah, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't criticize things that suck and don't have any replay value at all.

[@FantasmaNaranja]

@@Crueltycretin i mean if you play with a group of friends among us has plenty of replay value, especially since you can just get it for free on an app store, and if you're tricky you can use one of those phone emulators to play it on your pc anyways

[@rocket3821]

Roleplay sadly has died in gmod, as a 7 year role-playing veteran it kills me to watch

[@Xenomorthian]

I prefer space station 13 over gmod rp servers in gmod you kill a guy and god comes down plucks you and then removes you from the realm in ss13 I can create a pipe bomb after hacking into the science bay as a clown kill 7 people and the in game police send me to the gulag because this is also a hidden traitor game and even though rounds can last for a long time do have an end goal

[@rocket3821]

@@Xenomorthian you are thinking of darkrp. Serious rp is much different

[@scarf4140]

This hurts to see as someone who's been playing garry's mod since 2012 days. yt really killed so many original gamemodes on Garry's Mod. I'm relieved to see S&box devs and contributors making new gamemodes and ideas.

[@rocket3821]

@@scarf4140 alot of roleplayers are praying for a revival on S&Box. Comm85 plans to fun a Helix/nutscript conversion once it comes out

[@PurlaneMauve]

Nice!! I really appreciate you making this video, the Source engine doesn't get nearly the cultural recognition it deserves imo

[@WilliumBobCole]

If I had a dollar for every time someone said "asynchronous multiplayer" when they meant "asymmetrical multiplayer"...

[@Thederpman4]

got me thinking "fucking desync can't shoot this guy..."

[@f00ky3w2oob]

Source engine is what I hoped the future would be. Open and exciting and random and unexpected, but always a good time. Garry's mod as an example (hah I just got to your mention of it) was a random joy I would never have expected

[@Robster881]

I can't think of an engine since source that's made PC gaming so exciting and dynamic. I was able to base my entire gamining world around source back in the day, can't think of any engine I could do that with.

[@TheBloopers30]

@@Robster881 Agree, can not really think of an engine that comes close. Even when it comes to games I can't really think of one that offers the amount of freedom games made in source comes with, except maybe Minecraft? People do some crazy stuff with that game.

[@vaporwavevocap]

One of my earliest PC gaming memories is sitting down and writing down all the console commands for L4D2 in a notepad with a pencil with the copy of the game my Grandma got me from Blockbuster, watching all the commands be used by some dude who used Windows Movie Maker to put it together. Damn I feel old now.

[@Silver-Arrow]

my first sandbox was the portal because i found out that it was on the same engine as hl2 so i looked up how to spawn weapons, and the rest was history

[@greenfawkes]

It's leadhead. You know we are in for a treat

[@HDMineFace]

Hey quick note about 2:07 in the video, the source code leak had no affect on the bot problem currently plaguing tf2, the bots cannot do anything harmful other then spinbot and be annoying and saying otherwise is a little misleading. The bot problem existed way before the code leak, it's just picked up a lot since then.

[@Chrono-bo4zc]

Yeah that kinda feels like trying to scam People to buy the vpn

[@toastdtech3597]

@@Chrono-bo4zc That and using a vpn to buy games without tax is legit tax evasion

[@Chrono-bo4zc]

@@toastdtech3597 and will also get you banned from steam

[@thebrand647]

the code leak was just basic code knowledge of the games CSGO and TF2, it did not affect these games.

[@HDMineFace]

@teebles Tyler was apart of the team who were using the code for a project, someone on that team then leaked it because they were angry and had some mental problems. It wasn't entirely tyler's fault but it was kinda tyler's fault.

[@captaineardrum6208]

So many great memories. I still sometimes think about Kitty0706's (rip) videos and the like

[@noaha6185]

Your RP charecter was a girl named Penelope... foreshadowing 🥺❤

[@ClareHehe]

hehe i know right

[@suchsneak3545]

Thankyou for making this. I was 13-14 when I got a pc to run css. Source engine has given me tones of fond memories playing some of the most creative game modes I've ever played to date.

[@apple-1461]

I hate this word but, this is very "relatable".

[@TrailerTrollers]

Why

[@c0smo709]

@@TrailerTrollers many idiotic """memes""" on tiktok / instagram / what the fuck ever use it. It's called relatable humor or something, it's like "that face when you [x] 😂😂😂 [insert reaction image here]"

[@xonxt7479]

Mutahar video featured in leadhead video? I think I just regained one of the many parts of my soul that has left my body over the years

[@NomadicDmitry]

Back when I saw Half-Life 2 in 2004 I knew it was the future of gaming. The way that objects worked and how everything was wired up - it felt great. Yes, indeed it was the beginning of a new era. And the Portal, L4D, CS... It's an amazing ride.

[@SapphicJadestone]

I'm still close friends with a group of people I met on a Gmod RP server 4 or so years ago and while that server died 2/3 years ago, we still play games weekly even to this day. Always gonna have memories of the Sourse engine thanks to that

[@breakdancegoose1005]

It makes me sad to know that I missed out on the golden days of the Source Engine, at least I have Half-Life :D

[@mcsmartass8306]

tbh there's been a massive resurgence in the source fandom recently, including me. I only just got into gmod recently and i've still had one of the best gaming experiences with it ever, despite the tiny playerbase in my country and the massive mod dumping on servers making multiplayer virtually unusable. You can still have fun with old games whether their time is 'up' or not

[@drifter402]

It's still there lol you can do it now

[@LouiesLog]

You'll experience a golden age of something don't worry

[@dinred_]

this is genuinely amazing

[@Cless_Aurion]

It's a nice tower of ductape afterall.

[@TCBStudios]

Hearing you talk about having dreams that take place in Source, I used to have dreams of all the problems I encountered in SFM

[@SubBot-xm3oh]

Happy pride!

[@crazychicken767]

So cool to see my map featured in the video! Thanks!

[@mysterpapo]

A year back, I used to be active in a TF2 jailbreak server. I tell ya, it's fun going into a server and recognizing other regulars and have them recognize you.

[@SuperNoobz22]

Back between 2015-2017 I put in like 300 hours into Gmod playing nothing but Star Wars RP. Some of my favorite memories I’ve ever had. The source engine really is something special.

[@gort2279]

Leadhead officially endorses tax evasion

[@LR-bv1ur]

"sure it could have happened in any old engine" not a chance my dude every single line in source was written for the fans

[@windy6587]

Source Engine, A.K.A. Childhood Engine

[@pareto9798]

I'll never forget how I used to play on public flatgrass servers so many years ago as a 13 year old, and I had a design for a plane that I used to fly using nothing but flat metal props and thrusters, and I'd operate it with the numberpad on the keyboard. It flew a lot like a fixed wing aircraft, I could do loops and barrel rolls and everything, and I'd weld the airboat seat to to it, as a well as a camera to the back so I could fly it in third-person. I would go on flatgrass servers and build it and fly it around, and if anyone ever wanted to ride on it I'd let them get in the seat and I'd turn on the camera and just fly around the map so they could look around and see the map from the air. I remember this kid asking for a ride one time and I did all these tricks and rolls, and when I landed and he got off he just said through the mic "that was SO AWESOME" and I was so happy that my creation got that reaction out of someone. Truly happy memories.

[@TheEmeraldSword04]

I honestly can't imagine life without the Source engine, Garry's Mod, Half-Life 2, and Counter Strike could just be on any other game engine but it just wouldn't be the same. There's nothing like the engines physics simulations, decent lighting, and easy to use command console that just works so well with their games, even the hot new online shooter Apex Legends runs on the old girl. Source just might be the best game engine ever made when it comes to it's fame and giving players several great memories.

[@finngardiner5358]

fwiw, i'm perfectly happy waiting a bit longer for content you feel happy with.

[@TehSnake586]

I used source engine to make weapon models mods for CS:S and Half life. Ended up as lead weapon artist for EFT. Thanks source engine for the opportunity and all the fun !

[@johnmarston3264]

The source engine is by far the one thing i grew through my teen years with and I can promise you i’ll be playing old source games when i’m 30 and when i’m 80 years old. There’s just something so beautiful about it even though it’s not the most good-looking and sometimes it doesn’t run very well even on high-end PC’s. It’s just home to me and my dreams take place in Source engine all the time it’s such a big part of my life. As you can see by my profile picture I love Half-Life 2, I play GMOD and the HL series all the time.

[@FreekyMeeky]

Played over 1.2k hours of gmod back in high school. That shit was my life. I'm glad people think back on it as fondly as I do.

[@joe2501echo]

"It's the cheeses" being spoken by a grown ass man, really encompasses childhood on the internet. where everything is simultaneously moving so fast, yet it all feels like forever. Where no matter who you are or where you were, physically, or in life, you could find a place to have fun.

[@JohnSmith-gd2ws]

0:08 Me: probably 3million times if I just remind myself that I'm working with the source engine that I somehow manage to crash every 5 mins 0:22 *takes a big sip of his german beer then looks at the play time in Gmod that alone displays well over 1 year of playtime* Me: This can't be good for me but I feel great

[@Artersa]

Source is a lovey chapter in my creative life. I still haven’t found anything quite as creatively satisfying as mapping for TF2 and having people play my maps. The cycle of creative imagination, steeled implementation, and community input was addicting. I wish other engines and games were quite as open to mapping as source is.

[@tearex8688]

What maps you made ?

[@Koutchise]

One of the small, sad things I had in my life was not experiencing all of these when I was younger. I was so invested in Gmod culture way back with no means of playing the actual game. This video made me realize that maybe I did not tried enough as a young boy to get what he really wanted. I grew up on those Idiots of Garry's Mods video series and almost all of those pioneers that coexisted on this website. I love that I still had fond memories with key source games especially Left 4 Dead 2 where it was prevalent in LAN cafes in my country, playing with my friends during that time countless hours where our money had enabled us. I would be ecstatic if I had a way to play Gmod back then but it's sad that we are indeed on the tailend of that generation of source games. Technically, Dota 2 is a source game, but it did not had the charm and legacy of say, Team Fortress 2 before it became free-to-play and of course, Garrys Mod. I'd love to go back in time and experience these in its glory, but it is what it is. They'll be relics that will be remembered and you done fulfilled your part in expressing how much these games were loved.

[@golarac6433]

One thing about the licensing of source engine. That license where you get the engine almost for free is relatively recent. Back in its hayday valve was very strict about licensing their engine and unfortunately a lot of ambitious projects that wanted to go commercial didn't success in securing a source license

[@amsie02]

I played gmod for a bit when I was a kid, but usually only by myself since I was always really nervous to join servers. I wish I did though, I feel like I missed out on a lot of fun stuff and could have made some good friends :)

[@usablebear5507]

me and my friends still do Gmod RP's just not on public servers, we do it on on private servers just with us. so many good memories are made every friday night

[@vizekonigtossit3829]

I want to buy the "Say Hello to the CHEESE" sticker. Please put that on your merch shop

[@kiwipete642]

Oh, man! Thanks for the nostalgia trip. I loved GMod and was totally immersed in the Zombie Survival community here in Australia/New Zealand. Over 1500hrs playtime in 18 months in 2013/14, moderating, administration, programming, and having an all round ball. ZS is dead now, and I miss that community so hard! I guess it’s all part of growing up, or is that sideways 🤨 Respect for your vids Leadhead.

[@rattlznake]

I really hope they give Source 2 the same SDK treatment as the original Source, with almost all of their development tools and software being available for anyone, for free. I hope, in however many years from now, someone will make "A Love Letter to the Source 2 Engine"

[@Kigavern]

Source changed how I view games, I study so much about other engines and it's become an addiction. And I couldn't be any happier.

[@subterror2274]

I remember first getting Gmod three months before the release of Fallout 4, to waste some time until it launched. Ever since it's become my most played game, with 2369 hours logged in, I'd say only 50 of those hours were spent in servers, as with all servers I joined the playerbase always either seemed incredibly hostile towards me, or the admins were childish. I will never forget a time in a darkrp server, making a 1 man stand against a rival gang repeatedly breaking rdm and nlr rules as they were friends with the owner, and the police players, or in another being in a police chase, sitting on the back of the car and firing at the police before crashing at a mcdonalds and having a shootout there. While I will never once touch Gmod servers again, I will never forget the times I had in them

[@SJJKH-x2p]

I had so many magical moments in left 4 dead 2. I still remember to this day how my first interaction with source games was through some German KZbinrs playing left 4 dead 2 and 8 year old me being totally amazed by how fun a point a to b campaign based game could be (with friends of course)

[@erykzysk3330]

I love me a good Leadhead upload to brighten the mood.

[@alex_c7968]

This video almost made me cry i dont know why

[@firstaid223]

Gmod gave me some amazing highs and lows with the many different friend groups I've made over the years. Went from a Zombie Outbreak server that's still going since 2007 to several different jailbreak servers, a murder community that died out of nowhere then to two of Australia's most popular Prophunt servers with Monumental Gaming and Vulcan Network It's crazy to think of how quickly a Gmod community could just disappear back in the old days, I wouldn't trade any of my current friends in my current Gmod community for anyone else

[@nanoqht285]

14:56 How every KZbinr sounds when listing off their patrons.

[@ALE199-ita]

This makes me cry tears of joy

[@stuck4uk714]

this should be featuring kliksphillip

[@guitear6945]

I play on the impulse hl2 role play server and my favorite thing is to sneak into the citadel and go up to the administrator's office before being killed

[@hyperdash2013]

I used to play on a tf2 surf server that wasnt too popular where i made some good memories and when i get a new computer im hopping on there in a heartbeat

[@coleposton2430]

I didn't have access to a pc until I was about 13 and I remember just messing around in Garry's mod, it still has my most hours played on steam (fnv would have higher but steam doesn't count time played when launched through nvse)

[@coleposton2430]

I also remember having a 360 playing new vegas on that wishing so bad I could play with mods haha, now I play ttw modded to the gills and I've made it stable

[@coleposton2430]

@Spade which mod organizer do you use?

[@coleposton2430]

@Spade maybe it's because I'm trying to launch with vortex, I'll mess around with it a bit

[@azizabdul8914]

Bought GMOD back in 2013 after years of pirating it. Until late 2018, i never get any good device to play it, and i missed the time when having fun with group of friends playing Amogus with guns and Prophunt, and the day when i got invited to a sandbox server and crashes my laptop so hard it can't play Gmod again was so much fun. I got a passable laptop that can play the game consistently, but at that point everyone i used to play with get to move on to other games that this device can't play, or vanished entirely. The GMOD construct is basically a ghost town with only i had the gall to pay a visit now. And let's not forget when the golden era of Garry's Mod ended, the day when we never expected it, the year when we hoped the future of Gmod and Source Engine to thrive and shine bright. January 24, 2015, the day when the legend died, the day when the trailblazer fades away, the day when the fireworks trail's ends, and so does the passion that drives the community onward. What follows was the start of dark age for Source Engine and all of it's related games and their community; stagnant of updates from games with slowly dwindling playerbase, the heavily prioritized DOTA 2 starts taking over other devs from other project to essentially run it (to a lesser extent, CS:GO) leaving other games effectively abandoned with only few devs that can be counted with your fingers remaining, other big creators leaving the scene for good or switch to another subject, and other games and genre providing more than what Source could. I would say that Gmod interest has slowly dwindled after the death of Colin Wyckoff, the guy who managed to run something with it and etched a wonderful memory to millions. He may not be the guy who kickstarted it, but his creations inspired other players to do the same and he's been very supportive to anyone whom he cooperates in their project. It's been a while now since his passing, and the community slowly resurging. The fact that it's more likely that Valve will make another single player game than having a major update for Team Fortress 2 is a mixed feeling for me but it's still something i would like to. Rest in peace, my man. The heavens welcome have opened their arms for you. If you can listen to us from there, would you say something in return?

[@Plazma896]

Thanks for the nostalgia trip for garrys mod, I forgot how much of a fever dream gm_construct could be and laughed myself to tears at your last montage. I miss that game.

[@smithwillnot]

Ngl I didn't know source community was so huge. Yeah I played basically all of the Valve games based on it and a bit of gmod but because of limited time I had I never really got into it. Although I did make a map for Portal 2 fan organized contest and I kinda regret not continuing to make maps after that.

[@colbyboucher6391]

Important to note that S&Box is poised to bring the Gmod vibes back and then some

[@BubbleDouble]

Just in case anyone was actually paying attention to the ad, using a VPN to change your steam store region to buy cheaper games can get your account banned.

[@Basuko_Smoker]

Legit scam ad, i usually skip every single sponsor ads till they end but i just noticed when several people Talk about It on the comments, smh this content creator is kinda...sus

[@DeezIsSus69]

@@Basuko_Smoker i think the word sus is used wrong in your sentence

[@Basuko_Smoker]

@@DeezIsSus69 as if i give a fuck

[@panskii3632]

I'm glad your really back, like really back this time it feels the old days again.

[@kingofkushgeorgebush5134]

14:31 "That Left 4 Dead gamemode where its a huge team of infected against bot controlled survivors" why didn't you say this one's name? wait...

[@bizz7612]

Thank you for making this. Very nostalgic and honestly inspirational to get back into and finally finish my gmod gamemode. I have over 20'000 hours in gmod from running tons of servers and making hundreds of gameplay systems and I've been working on this last gamemode for what feels like forever. I have some small videos of it on my channel, but I'm honestly really bad at showcasing it. My honest to god hope is that people don't just remember gmod not for the annoying admin situations or the loud squeekers or even the cash cow dime-a-dozen DarkRP servers, but also the place where people could really make their dreams come true in a time where video games were still in their early stages of mass adoption when the creation of sophisticated games was finally being understood by people growing up with them. I appreciate that you want to convey that with this video in your own way so again, Thank you.

[@demogaming8895]

From all of the internet communities I know, the source community might just be the best. Also source engine is the best engine of all time. I don't remember any other games LETTING me create my own maps with a professional tool that the devs also used to make the in game maps, or peek inside map files to see how the devs made stuff happen. Also even the games themselves are so open just letting you open the console and type in powerful cheats. Killing bots in buddha mode in tf2, or killing scientists in hl gave me the biggest feeling of power as a kid

[@drifter402]

I played so many source mods back in the day. Fistful of Frags, Zombie Master, The Hidden, Obsidian Conflict. So many games it was great.

[@wilihey1425]

i met one of my best friend 4-5 years ago in a gmod cinema server, we watched some weird videos and what not and started talking on steam then discord when it became a thing, i met him in the netherlands not too long ago and it was a really nice day, its absolutely crazy how it happened and against all the odds but thanks to gmod i made a good friend, every source game is incredibly important to a bunch of people

[@MrGermandeutsch]

I wish I could have made memories in GMod, but my Computer always be like *_frames per second? I think you mean seconds per frame._*

[@MightyMase04]

Wow, I didn't know you had gotten so into CS

[@Skrenja]

I'll never understand how people can even get out of silver these days. The ranks are so broken. Smurfs and cheaters in almost every match.

[@max4750]

Thank you mentioning Mobius. I fucking loved it and watching it die was so sad. I felt it was such a creative spin that deserved so much more

[@Csp499]

Source was part of what sparked my interest in game design back in the day, in conjunction with the art direction in games like Homeworld and developer behind-the-scenes content from the Halo franchise when I was in high school. Then I got out of high school, went to an art school with a focus on game design, and that, combined with more personal stories from within the industry, made me hate it so much I quit that path and enlisted.

[@DiveTheseClips]

Source engine truly is special for me personally. Many years ago I've spent a lot of time making mods for hl2. Eventually this experience led to me working as a gamedev, essentially helping me to start my career.

[@woohoo2491]

It's a shame that Fortnite doesn't support Source-levels of modding (or hell, even Unreal Tournament levels of modding). As much flak as that game gets, that would've been the closest thing to this new generation's equivalent of GMod.

[@danka1167]

Pretty much is

[@crispybutters3596]

The first time I got into a rp server I was human trafficed by a teleltuby, Locked in his house and killed, used my starting money to buy a shotgun and from then working at a pizza place, making it like a revenge like movie killing him, get captured by a gang of human traffickers, but quickly when getting out and killing everyone in the building hotline Miami style until finally going on a gun rampage since I didn’t know who was who and getting gunned down by a dog. The best gaming moment ever and only in a gam elite gmod.

[@SpaceDave1337]

I'm a simple man, I see someone dreaming about tf2, I click