Amateur Labs

[@JollyWangcore]

I apologize for the popping at points during this. Something was a little off with this recording. 6:30 also genuinely didn't know the answer to this. I now know it's the sphinx's riddle.

[@phelim301]

Bro never been that early

[@aspookyspookcrab6253]

the answer is man. the "day evening and night" thing are all based on life. in the start (day) you crawl like a baby. in the middle (evening) you walk around on 2 legs. when you're old (night) you need a cane to walk so 3 legs

[@mrmora1673]

The answer is man, the morning is being a baby thus four legs=crawling Noon is adolescence-adulthood, so 2 legs = walking And evening is being old, so 3 legs = walking with a cane.

[@cameron6538]

@@aspookyspookcrab6253 but that's applicable to woman too

[@CDBURN]

@@aspookyspookcrab6253 Damn I feel so uncultured now, always had it told to me as: Waking up in bed means lying down, therefore four legs (arms counted here), then during the day you walk on two legs, and the reason it ain't women come nighttime is because this riddle is always told by sleazy 40-somethings at family gatherings.

[@somethingenthusiast]

I like how the announcer survived the 7 hour war and the combine occupation of earth but he’s still angry about his job

[@souvikrc4499]

The anger is what kept him alive.

[@abneto2707]

and he also survived one trillion years

[@Rainyjax]

Spite is a powerful medicine against death.

[@reneebear3641]

@@abneto2707 That’s one interpretation, mine is that he died & his anger proceeded to form some kind of entity composed of pure rage for the test subject

[@someone1560]

Nah He transfered his mind to an AI

[@TheEngieTF2]

I like how when Jolly sees the "I don't know" option, he immediately goes for it without having a second thought or even finish reading the question

[@chronicdisease1722]

I had to read the top comment before watching 1 minute it

[@Brittank88]

Yeah but that just makes that answer correct

[@lustsoul69]

Happy new YEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@cheeseboy4673]

Any man who does that is clearly a man who doesn't know, it checks out.

[@scoutboy25]

Mary's Mother has four children- _Immediately gives up_

[@Tyrian3k]

1:05 It just shows how confident Jolly is in his ability to not know things.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

his ability is lack of ability

[@Zack_Zander]

That “I don’t know” button has the same energy as a big red button that says “Do Not Press”

[@TheBcoolGuy]

"Ooo ooo!! I don't know!!! 😊"

[@DunestrikeMorgan]

"Marys mother has- Idk!" *boom* Thats the comedy im here for

[@j.t.1280]

"Enjoy the year 1 trillion, bitch ass!" Is now my favorite twist villain one liner

[@ArgonFilms18]

Thank you everyone for the very kind words on this map! This map was made after a year or so hiatus from HL2 and was a blast to create! The textures at the end were made by my girlfriend and all the voices were done by me on my awful turtle beach headset. The answer to the riddle at 6:30 is 'man' but I think the riddle is kind of stupid. There IS an alternate ending if you go through the exit when it opens, Jornad will calmly and politely thank you for your participation and not get his pay cut in half for the next 1,000,000,000,000 years. Seriously though, it felt great reading all these comments, glad everyone enjoyed!

[@trpstrincllc4866]

Love it.

[@SockyNoob]

This was fun to watch. And I'm glad we know what happens if you go through the exit at the beginning.

[@bup6340]

Your voice is very likeable. I just felt bad for Jornad all the time. Also that was the most sincere BITCH ASS I've ever heard.

[@shikoome]

Probably one of my favorite HL maps . The concept was great

[@munastronaut8147]

what did "jornad" say at the end when you go to the power room

[@damianrodriguez7165]

Love how the dude did a full one SIKE at the end. Funny part is that when Jolly stated the obvious I agreed with him and was thinking what type of traps he will use next, but then that happened.

[@FishReallySucks]

Thank you for wording this in a way that doesn't include any explicit spoilers :D

[@D-365]

I think that person at the end was him

[@frndrmn]

@@FishReallySucks Agree

[@klaimx]

Gainax ending

[@madmohawk6560]

Wait he could've saved his job by sending the test subject back in time.... he'll he could've saved the resistance in the base... but no he had to have his revenge...

[@Glasyara]

gotta have some respect for the guy doe, dude really sat there for a trillion years waiting for the test subject

[@ThatOneAnnoyingPubPlayer]

He could have walked into the time machine and arrived right before the test subject

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@ThatOneAnnoyingPubPlayer Yeah.

[@AbsoluteHuman]

Or he just lied about the exact number. Why tho?

[@Glasyara]

@@AbsoluteHuman destination does say 999999999999 though

[@AbsoluteHuman]

@@Glasyara and?.. Either way everything there looks like a mockup. No room can be intact after that many years (or even tiny fraction like a few thousand)

[@junkolover9518]

Easily better story AND voice acting than Hunt Down The Freeman. What a masterpiece of a mod.

[@EnforcerX71]

The shit I took about 10 minutes ago has better story and acting than Hunt Down The Freeman.

[@daedalus6433]

Not hard to do that, to be fair.

[@slorchman672]

Not a hard bar to clear but the fact the bar is that low is saying something.

[@kevinm5940]

Well, voice actors are expensive. Amateur voice actors would've still been better than just using random people though.

[@JackPorter]

@@kevinm5940 are you calling Keemstar unprofessional? How dare you besmirche his honour, good sir! How DARE you!

[@giraton1]

The game design in this is kinda amazing. Using the same map and path multiple times over while increasing difficulty, creating new surprises and telling a story with the enviroment.

[@GGorsty]

Hey, doing the best with some limited ressources - craftyness!

[@supertoasting1011]

I wonder if it was inspired by The Stanley Parable?

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

@@supertoasting1011 maybe

[@rybread9574]

well, it’s part of maplab’s back on track, where the entire point is to backtrack through a path you’ve already been on. this one was one of the better executed ones

[@GGorsty]

@@rybread9574 huh, kind of awesome thing!

[@gremlinman9724]

every time jolly goes through the time machine, jornad gets his pay halved, then over the next 5 years he slowly gets respect back and gets full pay. then jolly comes back, goes back through the time machine, and halves his pay again.

[@remigiuszbisha9658]

I mean after the third time his boss should notice that it's not his wrong doing in particular

[@kodicraft]

@@remigiuszbisha9658 After the third time the company went under

[@zyriantel9601]

Moral of the story: If you ruin a man's job and halve his paycheck, he'll become a chaos god in a trillion years (plus twenty, oops) hell-bent on making you suffer. Very on-the-nose life lesson, but hey, it gets the point across.

[@deloptin545]

a trillion and 20* years

[@zyriantel9601]

@@deloptin545 Ah, my apologies. You sorta lose count after the first trillion, you know?

[@sneed2600]

@@zyriantel9601 can relate. I am over a million years old not sure how many

[@zyriantel9601]

@@sneed2600 Getting hit with an "okay boomer" sucks even worse when you have six or more figures in your age

[@Redcom-vn9bh]

you forgot the british bit

[@fudgegorilla]

So...by the year 1 Trillion, he's ascended to some kind of baneful GOD, all for the purpose of maintaining a space nigh identical (as far as his decayed mind can construct) to lure you in so he can enact his revenge for the rest of conceivable reality. You really, REALLY shouldn't have gotten him that pay cut, Jolly.

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

I wonder what would have happened if Jolly merely went through the Exit at the start...

[@Uncle.Grapes]

@@Jamal_Tyrone he just thanks you for your participation and says that he may call you later for more tests sometimes

[@elzabethtatcher9570]

British men are scary

[@LordTyph]

Jolly probably just slapped him out of god mode because... well, someone has to.

[@Sanquinity]

Voice: "A test of logic and problem solving" Jolly: "Uh-oh..." He knows himself well. xD

[@cheesewizard3965]

27:47 this is the best line I’ve ever heard in a half-life mod

[@junkolover9518]

Replayed it again and again too, can relate.

[@Anonymousrando-uz9sn]

Can we just admire Jornads loyalty to the facility?

[@aguywhodoesntexist]

The fact he’s named Jornad and the other guy Aslapper

[@gkdunch]

i kind of feel bad for that guy, he just fucked up one time, had his career ruined, and developed something wrong in the brain cavity, all after he was genuinely positive and nice, i feel bad for him.

[@mohamednail1707]

The poor dude fucked up one time, his life went down hell and after billion years he turned into an Eldritch abomination

[@TheDrLeviathan]

What's weird is that he is *scolded* for being nice. That means his supervisor was actually *right* in saying that Jonrad should yell at the test subject. It would have worked out better for everyone. What a mind fuck

[@shiny4984]

"He should havr sabotaged the time machine" *_proceeds to sabotage time machine_* "Well...."

[@EGRJ]

*"Step 5: booby-trap the Stalemate Resolution button!"*

[@ashleycat4]

@@EGRJ I enjoy this reference.

[@chaoticpemmins748]

Imagine being a Combine guard 2 weeks from retirement, you go to some old ass facility nobody’s been in for years, then some idiot with a gravity gun runs in and sends a cinderblock through your cranium.

[@doginthedark]

I would hate that

[@a.k8185]

@@doginthedark No shit

[@firstnamelastname7244]

As if the Combine would let their soldiers retire lol

[@zenphir9051]

Bold of you to assume the combine would let them retire.

[@aribantala]

Jolly: Being a productive member of society *One a half minute passes* Jolly: immediately answers a question with I don't know without even laying an eye to the question

[@aribantala]

@@CARILYNF that he do

[@TheTolkeinFreak]

17:35 Jolly becomes Dr. Kleiner. That's how much Half Life he's played, he's actually becoming an in-game asset.

[@maxifernandez1760]

Pissing off the british has never had a good result. Usually someone gets stabbed, but this map shows the results could be far worse

[@toveychurchill6468]

Something like getting your country colonised or your body mangled in a pub fight?

[@alabaster_rox]

@@toveychurchill6468 looks like the lab got colonized by a new god

[@zyriantel9601]

If they're going to stab anybody, they'd better have their stabbin loicense on hand

[@jokerguycz]

@@toveychurchill6468 getting colonised is not the result of british people being angry with you, getting colonised is the result of british people thinking they are better than everyone and can do whatever they want and then making everything a lot lot worse.

[@LordTyph]

America got away with it.

[@Enoonb]

That was a good fucking mod. Despite it being a backwards-ass solution 17:45 is unironically a 900 IQ move. I can confidently say that I'm proud of you.

[@Hollowperson]

“The hunters meet the hunted man thats going to kill you” best line ever

[@ramleydude456]

I absolutely *LOVE* how jolly gasps after seeing a spoopy scare (29:37) without screaming or anything - it’s just so innocent and quiet :D

[@mrspiffy8587]

Can we please take a moment to appreciate Jolly's editing? It's great that he always adds subtitles, and goes the extra mile to move them with the camera when a specific character is speaking. Thank you, Jolly for making our lives more entertaining

[@channelname10yearsago68]

This is very mature content Jolly. I'm proud of you

[@jamesabestos2800]

You trickster of 10 years

[@nexerkarigum4031]

U live in the better times

[@natalie6811]

I know it’s probably something simple like you dying or just getting a white text screen, but I must wonder what happens if you walk through the exit at the beginning.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Good question.

[@WyattWeir65]

I wanna know too. I was hoping Jolly would try that at the end just to see what happens. Then again, it does encourage people to try it out to see for themselves despite seeing a video on it.

[@Rubba5]

Just ran the map to find out. The announcer just thanks you for your participation and said they may call you back for more tests in the future.

[@WyattWeir65]

@@Rubba5 thanks! Hopefully more people see your reply

[@Graffels]

@@Rubba5 the wholesome ending

[@FalkyRocket2222]

the guys voice barely changed in these years tho, man mustve aged pretty well

[@-0rbital-]

How does Jolly keep forgetting he has a gravity gun when all he’s being playing for the last 10+ years is HL mods?

[@EGRJ]

As he keeps pointing out, he's not very smart.

[@tathnousoxide9707]

Also he plays a lot of HL1 mods too.

[@TheBreakingBenny]

​@@EGRJThen how does Jolly get out of bed in the morning without breaking his neck, or go to sleep without suffocating?

[@amaruqlonewolf3350]

@@TheBreakingBenny He says he's not smart, not mentally challenged.

[@TheBreakingBenny]

@@amaruqlonewolf3350 That's good.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"Dad'll be proud for once." Don't count on it.

[@itsCh4rl1e]

"Don't fuck with time machines and don't piss off british men" Possibly not the same words, but for sure the same idea that lead to Dr Who

[@wrenbeck3370]

I love this weird, British knockoff-Aperture. Edit: also the Cruelty Squad-esque ending.

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

Cruelty Squad was the first thing I thought of too!

[@Zero_Shift]

7:00 It's so on brand how Jolly doesn't know the world famous "Sphynx puzzle"

[@deusexvesania1702]

Every time Jolly doubts himself with puzzles, I remember the time he solved a puzzle in a way nobody in their right mind would've even considered. But it still worked out perfectly. Which one I'm talking about? I leave that to the audience to discuss.

[@somethingenthusiast]

The fire alarms in superliminal

[@DaVince21]

Really love the concept and execution of this map. Revisiting the same area all across the HL story and way beyond.

[@stholtzinwinter1155]

30 minutes of pure mental art, thank you Jolly!

[@-Raylight]

I just love how Jolly immediately pressed the *"I don't know"* button. Worth lol Finally a puzzle that motivated you to do better xD 4:50 That genuine terror from the test guy lol That went from funny to kinda scary at the end, wow

[@falin9557]

7:00 Morning means being a baby, noon means being an adult and evening means being eldery. When being a baby, you walk in four legs, when being an adult, you walk in two legs and when being eldery, you walk in two legs + a walking stick

[@GnI1991]

Yes, that was, in my opinion, obvious. What made such puzzle as a "headscratcher" - was that both "Man", and "Woman" might be considered correct answers. Hence, I suspect, that the same thing would have happened, regardless of the answer picked.

[@Marcelelias11]

No one liked my joke :(

[@aguywhodoesntexist]

I was expecting a dirtier joke cause “3 legs” at evening

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

That's not the definition of morning, noon or evening.

[@killert41]

This doesn't make any sense to me since I never walked on 4 I straight up went 7 month old yup I'm walking not crawling and was super confused

[@Foede]

Hey Jolly, I know it's some effort for you to put all the subtitles and stuff, but lemme say that I really appreciate you doing that, because when I watched the stream I could barely hear the dude's voice, so I missed on the beautiful story of Gonad and Ass-slapper. Also, I noticed how you left so many platforming failures on the video..... and there were so many more :D PS: lov u jolly

[@SerathDarklands]

5:42 - Everything is a time machine if you wait long enough.

[@Zekrotan]

British man had like a trillion years to prepare for Jolly's return and he chose the eldritch route

[@judahgottlieb4586]

Nothing like a dying Australian man to let me sleep happily

[@redfoxdog1]

Dying? Pssh, he's already met God!

[@AsiimovCS]

@@redfoxdog1 Met God? He is god!

[@judahgottlieb4586]

@@AsiimovCS fuck you beat me to this reply

[@redfoxdog1]

@@judahgottlieb4586 oh shit, squirrel stapler was a face reveal?? 😳

[@judahgottlieb4586]

@@redfoxdog1 no. it was a prophecy

[@LucidTyrant]

Glad to see Jolly has met his intellectual equal, everything he suggested was already in play

[@vbevan]

The time machine antics changed Zeno's paradox into Zeno's paycheck for that Test Administrator.

[@Garden0flowr]

Your voice fits so well with the rest of the voice actors in this mod that it sounds canon to the mod

[@geronimo5515]

Hey Jolly, love to see how confident and free you've gotten in your humor and overall tone :D jolly cheerful lad!

[@maazmasood5305]

"Not everything has a meaning" This has to be the most meaningful thing throughout

[@inkyzoroark]

4:47 Jolly weren't you genuinely curious about the exit? You know, extra content and all. Save and reset as it were.

[@ErMatadorMatao]

I had my doubts about Jolly being a psychopath, but now it's confirmed because *he did not ignite a single enemy with the flammable canisters using the gravity gun,* which is something a sane HalfLife player would never do

[@boumex8842]

If you are travelling back in time then it is a time machine. If you are travelling forward in time then it is a wait machine.

[@absolutemattlad2701]

27:55 this line delivery slayed me

[@mr.morning1901]

Really happy to see the text for characters again, the comedic timing on it is so good oml

[@loganchew1616]

The one video where Jolly doesn't do too badly and ALMOST makes him look smart

[@TheDrLeviathan]

That mod honestly deserves a round of applause

[@princesstheadorablecat]

Love your work, Jolly. You're funny and fun to watch. Thank you.

[@alfredlaalpacadeageofempir9215]

That ending was actually scary.

[@tranz2deep]

The music for the hardcore parkour, by the way, is the "Chaos" track from one of the Portal 2 ads.

[@ARipeBanana]

The immediate "I don't know" answer to a simple question indicates that you are indeed watching Jolly

[@floorfungus4209]

this was probaly one of the best jolly video I've seen, largely for the charming mod he played. fantastic.

[@pastel8953]

We are born by the wooden plank Made men by the wooden plank undone by the wooden plank Don't abuse time machines

[@tastychunks]

Fear the halved pay

[@insertoriginalnamehere4173]

jolly i just wanna say thanks for making these videos. they're hilarious and can lift up basically most peoples moods. thank you for being here and creating content for us to enjoy.

[@reso7675]

beginning of video Jolly: I'm gonna be a productive member of society me: *cracks up very loudly, but is also dying on the inside*

[@GabrielScythe]

“Get ready to go the year ONE TRILLION, *BITCH ASS!* ” is the BEST one liner imo

[@Morseful]

He didn't say get ready i'm pretty sure

[@XperimentorEES]

So Jolly is a verbal masochist, wasn't expecting that one lol. The voice actors were pretty enjoyable and puzzles decently tricky.

[@Ouinstonn]

I wonder what jolly felt when editing when he realized he could've just gone out the exit the first time and continue being a upstanding member of society.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

"Putting me down generally fills me with spite and rage, which actually makes me far better at my job" I started an entire successful business in one of the most difficult industries in the world, and I 95% attribute my ability to do so on the fact I was constantly told it was pointless and I'd fail. The spite fueled motivation engine is real.

[@apl6171]

what industry?

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

@@apl6171 I owned a music studio. Mostly did production, but some engineering too. Calling it an oversaturated industry is putting it very, very mildly, so it's incredibly difficult to get on your feet, especially when you have a commercial space to pay for.

[@SquishySenpai]

If he'd sent you to the year One Trillion, you would have appeared in the vacuum of space. _That_ would've been fun...

[@MegaChickenfish]

I was really expecting him to go forward enough in the time machine he finally encountered the dude and it's just a skeleton surrounded by empty bags of doritos.

[@yerk55]

This was a pretty creative and entertaining mod. I salute the creator(s).

[@shadowfyst997]

What happens if you actually go through the exit door the first time around, before ever hopping in the time machine? He DID open the door.

[@Top2BottomGaming]

He thanks you. Its an alternative ending

[@PurpleHoover]

Hearing the "Help me, Jornad!" only gave me one. single. reference Dr. Coomer's "HELP ME, GORDON!"

[@Ambi-582]

Moral of the story: if you mess with a man's salary, chances are he'll become an eternal being of spite persisting for trillions of years dead-set on killing you

[@Kajnake]

Thats an awesome idea with an interesting story and executed flawlessly. Very cool concept

[@lokish]

Вот он настоящий новогодний подарок!

[@infradragon]

I love the little subtitles you put above character's heads.

[@nexerkarigum4031]

The guy was so angry that he lived for 1 trillion years feeding himself with anger amd toxinces from water until water was clear

[@cosmicshraoperd4427]

All this started because Jolly went to a room that the announcer accidentally opened, you never fail to amaze me jolly!

[@operationd--msday]

The fact that he time travels into HL2 is kind of amazing to me

[@Splarkszter]

Just WOW to the person that did this, it 100% keeps the spirit of portal, that's amazing. I don't care about the "ugh the voice sounds like sht" shut up that guy probably did it all by himself with zero budget. That guy deserves all the praise we can give him.

[@NafrytiNosferatu]

lmao, the Sphynx's riddle, god it burns my ears knowing he doesn't know it.

[@jgvfdzugnyvfasnefj]

"get on with your life, not everything has a meaning" will be a quote I'll put on my tombstone

[@justavivi3386]

I can imagine Jolly beign on this job and messing up big time opening WRONG door to test subject :D

[@winndypops]

Some beautiful timing in this one, the Time Machine sabotage and the turret ambush were perfect.

[@voidblitz]

"Mary's mother has 4 children- I don't know..." I mean, can you blame him?

[@NekoNekoPanic]

I think the moral is actually "don't piss off British men who have access to time machines."

[@zu1671]

Yay more jolly. It's always a good day when there's more jolly.

[@cubicinfinity2]

We need to analyze every part of that last stage. Since it's been a trillion or more years of evolution, that final greeting may have been 100% friendly.

[@takikohaku2270]

Judging by the tone, "Help me, Jornad!" at 19:17 is most likely a reference to HLVRAI You're welcome

[@jesusdavidgarciaretana6567]

Finally i was looking for someone that got that reference, thanks!

[@lionocyborg6030]

The gravity gun puzzle reminds me of a magnetic maze puzzle in Future Zone of the Crystal Maze.

[@spooki3382]

I remember the crystal maze

[@faustoamaro1043]

I really like this map, is simple wich 4 rooms but really good.

[@roygribbleston619]

Ohh this was incredible. Both the map and the video. Love it, man. Love it.

[@ilytread]

Jolly close to 1m I can't wait keep going man

[@DTGgamiing]

Pyrocynical did such a good job as the announcement guy

[@Assault_Butter_Knife]

I refuse to believe this guy has never heard of the sphinx's riddle

[@heyyou9472]

it's nice to have an off-screen narrator that is just as, if not, *more* incompetant than our intrepid hero.

[@Amutsuri]

Year 1-trillion looks like something out of Yume Nikki

[@DivergentDroid]

I really enjoy your videos. I think I've seen every one. Sometimes when you have a 20 minute video that is a compilation of a 3 hour session I find myself wishing I could have seen the entire stream. I just found out I can re-watch your live sessions on Twitch and watched one. It was Great. I never looked at Twitch before as I've no interest in streaming. I might sign up to catch you live.

[@hoffyc.h393]

it's mindblowing that Source Engine physics is from 2004 and holds up so good today :O

[@Replica_Films2000]

I know right

[@ieuanhunt552]

As long as you don't try and climb down a ladder

[@blackr3v193]

Ah yes, Red Mesa's rival, Amateur Laboratories.