I played Half-Life 2 without a mouse and it got strange (no other control method allowed)

may 8 2022: parts of this video have been muted because of a (legit) content ID claim
The famous 100 sub special.
00:00 Intro
00:56 Point Insertion and Red Letter Day
03:00 Route Kanal
06:15 Water Hazard
08:44 Ravenholm
10:53 Highway 17 and Sandtraps
16:24 Nova Prospekt
24:08 Anticitizen One
29:02 Follow Freeman
35:24 Our Benefactors
42:32 Dark Energy
Soundtrack edits: • Half-Life song edits
That one song: • E- sassin - Interface
That other one song: • cren
Original NMM streams: • Half-Life 2 with a blob
Portal NMM by Imanex: • Portal Done Without Mo...
The command that shows my angle and stuff is cl_showpos 1, and before you say it's cheating, they use it in speedruns too, SO THERE. :)
Yes, in this video I said I have 61 subs. This video was delayed 30 days because of a bullshit copyright claim.

[@starrymic6588]

Gordon Freeman has awaken in City 17 with paralysis from the neck up. His goal: to look around and to shoot.

[@schriefabraham165]

20 years stuck into nothing has probably harden his neck eh

[@XenonPhysics]

He can't move his pelvis

[@ieatgarbage8771]

The paraplegic you have consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that - an ordinary paraplegic.

[@CD-BVL]

@@ieatgarbage8771 how did he climb the stairs he encountered.

[@grande1900]

beat me to it.

[@Addsomehappy]

Ok I am now officially addicted to watching people describe ridiculous stuff in the source engine with an unenthusiatic voice

[@void67214]

DeSinc is the king of that type of content, but I feel like any HL fan knows about him by now.

[@TepidBlack]

He sounds a lot like pannenkeok which is actually quite funny when you consider this is basically the HL2 version of the A Button Challenge

[@timisontube]

Ideal gaming voice

[@wiselychosenname2867]

Shounic is another one?

[@Addsomehappy]

@@wiselychosenname2867 yes ;)

[@weftin5721]

When you said without a mouse i was thinking you'd use the arrows keys to look around, but this is much more interesting

[@slojcabronas858]

_Resident Evil 4 flashbacks_

[@BungieStudios]

I wish he did.

[@Jack_Slate]

@@slojcabronas858 I passed it with just my left hand at the time. I dunno why I though that was a good idea.

[@notnot9476]

@@Jack_Slate what were you doing with your right hand 😳

[@Jack_Slate]

@@notnot9476 Waiting for the QTE's I guess. Also, get your head out of the gutter, you!

[@Shnarps7670]

proof that Gordon is a highly trained professional and he dosent need to hear all this!

[@koizkoiz]

You need to carry a trash bin and a cash register into the citadel *refuses to elaborate*

[@gordon_freeman2542]

Don't ask questions, I had to carry a free TV through the entire game.

[@SurmenianSoldier]

@@gordon_freeman2542 GET YOUR FREE TVS!

[@omniscientbarebones]

@@SurmenianSoldier get ya free TVs here!

[@willguggn2]

But he does ... ?

[@Sam-hy2rc]

I have good reason to believe that in the intervening years, he was in a state that precluded further development of mouse movement. The man you have consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that--an ordinary man. How can you have failed to apprehend him?

[@Khyron56]

Now is the moment to redeem yourselves. If the trans-Razer forces are to prove themselves an indispensable augmentation to the gaming arsenal - they will have to earn the privilege. I'm sure I don't need to remind you that the alternative - if you can call it that, is total obsolescence. In union with all the other unworthy branches of hardware. Let's not allow it to come to that. I have done my best to convince our gamers that you are the finest the product line has to offer. So far, they have accepted my argument. But without concrete control methods to back it up, my words sound increasingly hollow, even to me. The burden of mouse movement is on you. As is the consequence of failure. I'll just leave it at that.

[@LukeAps]

"...this is not some agent provocateur, or highly trained assassin. The man you have failed to slow let alone capture, is by all accounts a paralyzed man..." - Breen talking to the Combine Overwatch, against no-mouse Freeman.

[@MrElpizo]

Sorry, but frustrated sounds at 400% speed are hillarious.

[@pipebombmailer]

PSYCHO commenter LOVES hearing CRIES OF ANGER at HIGH SPEEDS

[@tam-tam7098]

@@pipebombmailer jerma pog???

[@cathacker13]

@@pipebombmailer cedori sanders is secretly jerma?

[@pipebombmailer]

@@cathacker13 ayayaya

[@pipebombmailer]

@@cathacker13 dafuks on ya mind my man

[@branchy2000inc]

Stuff like leaving the buggy at the right angle during Highway 17, keeping that angle for all of Sandtraps, and using it to your advantage in Nova Prospekt is insane

[@void67214]

“We get out of the boat and shoot this wood structure.” *unleashes god onto a wooden plank*

[@Capiosus]

It's the only time anyone will shoot the wooden plank, because it's faster to shoot the explosive barrel.

[@Scruffulufugus]

if its any consolation, I played through most of the first fps I ever owned, Jedi Outcast, using only the keyboard. I read the manual and assumed it was just the way to do it because pgup was look up. that first level was a hell of a filter.

[@ieuanhunt552]

Ah jedi outcast. What a classic

[@cosmiceyness]

maniac

[@spongerobert]

When I was a kid this is how I played Duke Nukem 3D and then my 2nd ever fps after that was quake 2 so that's how we played that. It took me a very long time and a "big kid" to show me that it's possible to play with a mouse and keyboard. My mind was blown that day

[@KevinYEAAA]

I love seeing challenge runs like these. It forces the player to think in ways that weren't even intended for normal play. It's really cool to see people's thought process during these! Anyway, this reminded me that I need to finish a challenge run that I'm doing, so thanks for that, I guess.

[@NoVIcE_Source]

Run Think Shoot Live

[@vlad2569]

@@NoVIcE_Source I see what you did there)

[@ivan5604]

Oh u like challange runs? Name every challenge run for every game

[@trulyinfamous]

You would love mitten squad then.

[@stholtzinwinter1155]

ymfah: No walking run Pinsplash: No neck run SmallAnt: No eyes run We need a no hands run and we'll finally be able to get a Legendary Ultimate Handicap Team

[@d3vs3b96]

put a stalker do a Half Life 2 run LMFAO

[@itwontcomeout5678]

What about No Brain run, where you do all of these things but also you shoot yoursef in the head before playing

[@Full_Throttle_Axolotl]

Pretty sure there's a weapon-less run out there, that kinda counts

[@grande1900]

​@@Full_Throttle_Axolotl WolfCl0ck did one, but you can't get past Nova Prospekt due to that goddamn gunship.

[@SonicBoone56]

I'm sure all the weebs out there can play with their feet, negating the need for hands

[@LtSprinkulz]

Aka the "how my dad plays shooters" run.

[@JayMaverick]

Logitech: Please recharge your mouse before continuing. This dude: no.

[@DeaDaR03]

The subscription fake-out was amazing, caught me completely off guard.

[@burnt_fuze2281]

Half life 2 but Gordon's morphine addiction has made his spine untwistable

[@CursedRainstorm]

Alternative title: Gordon's body got a gyroscope that bans mouse turning

[@Nakilon]

13:28 -- somehow I've played HL2 for years but only now realised that those airships are a metal container that is being carried by an animal, rather than being a single thing.

[@CreeperSkullDZ]

wth i never noticed that

[@Rokaize]

Right. The aircraft is carrying the metal container. But it confuses me that you didn’t realize this. 1. There are numerous metal containers all by themselves at multiple points on the game. I think an aircraft even leaves one on the ground at one point. 2. You see the aircraft carry striders multiple times in the game. They don’t carry a container when they carry the strider as it it would interfere with their cargo.

[@Nakilon]

@Ole-Martin Thorsen do you mean striders aren't alive? I thought those are animals from other planets used in the same way how we use dogs and horses.

[@imthebause]

@@Nakilon yeah they literally have brains

[@lilsos6892]

@Ole-Martin Thorsen They are. Literally synths. Living being but made into war machine. Just like combine soldiers, they ain't really human anymore. Airships/Striders/Hunters/Landmine Drones are also synths.

[@P4GrAnGeR]

The most fever dream video I've watched in a while. Gave me hints of anxiety midway but it was worth the watch.

[@noclick]

thank you for doing the no clicking challenge :D

[@ngcroude]

Laptop users with awful touchpads playthrough be like...😂👍🏻 This is a great run, dude!

[@Pinsplash]

Edit: HUH HUH WHY DON'T YOU JUST USE +LEFT AND +RIGHT? I'M SMARTER THAN YOU, KZbinR!!!!!!1!!!11!!!!!!!! THANK YOU YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO TELL ME. I've now learned there was someone else who apparently did a full run with no mouse movement before me and with a much better citadel strategy kzbin.info/aero/PL3VOvhaRTDJMAqMJv_WqdudGi8WH0IPNw I do look up my video ideas before doing them and may decide against doing a video if I think someone else's version of it wasn't great. In this case I didn't know about the series because the title was pretty unsearchable. Congratulations to Red Mser for being the actual first person to accomplish this.

[@tamarinds]

11 years ago my gf at the time beat Half-Life 2 with the touchpad and laptop keyboard.

[@per_petual1453]

@@tamarinds ok

[@garagegaming625]

Watching this video maded me forget How to move my Head for a while

[@user-vr1nd3ep3s]

@@tamarinds patient girl

[@tamarinds]

@@per_petual1453 sneed

[@DonkeyDongs9000]

Half-Life 2: Neckbrace edition

[@gordon_freeman2542]

Half-Life 2: Gordon f*cking dies.

[@GoldfisH_]

Yeah that's cool and all but you should beat hl2 with only a mouse and +strafe

[@zizthefirst]

This is possible

[@Jp-bg3fc]

Yes.

[@DeathBringer769]

Back in the Wolf3D and Doom days this was the normal way the mouse worked, lol.

[@Semyazi]

Yeah, and you could bind +use to right click for opening doors

[@DiggerDeeper01]

When I first read the title I thought that's what he did.

[@zenthonix]

33:57 love how the strider just fucking gives up

[@GoldenSyrup42]

Are you aware of Red Mser's mouseless run of hl2? If not it might interest you. Interesting to see where the solutions differ kzbin.info/aero/PL3VOvhaRTDJMAqMJv_WqdudGi8WH0IPNw

[@not.spir0s]

this is fucking incredible, really showing your scary level of talent at this game here. keep up the good work pin boy. or else.

[@LtSprinkulz]

I wouldn't call it talent. More like...determina- Masochism...I'd call it masochism.

[@not.spir0s]

@@LtSprinkulz masochism is a talent.

[@LtSprinkulz]

@@not.spir0s no but taking a joke is in this day and age

[@not.spir0s]

@@LtSprinkulz 3 months late but ur insane. i got your joke it just wasnt funny.

[@snipperbesfelixje]

@@LtSprinkulz I'd call it performance art

[@ZarHakkar]

This makes playing HL2 with a Guitar Hero controller look easy.

[@SurmenianSoldier]

HELLO I'M HERE TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO ROCK & ROLL

[@explodingbearz]

LMFAO your videos are actually hilarious, especially that "unsubscribe bit" at the beginning. Keep it up

[@agentcoxack7368]

I would’ve called the Doorbug “Turnstyle” - like those things you pass through at fancy train stations.

[@sviatoslavlutsyk377]

Desinc has a competition now I guess...

[@tyjytjafdf689]

Use the D Ö Ö R B U G, brother!

[@gordon_freeman2542]

Yes.

[@AverageMichaelJordans]

Great content with unobtrusive editing as always, love it.

[@Bex64_]

gordon freeman: > enters city 17 > never turns > kills wallace breen > refuses to elaborate > leaves

[@sygos]

this is a very high quality video. i'm not even that interested in limited control speedruns but you really made it fascinating without boring walking down a corridor for 30 second clips.

[@spartv1537]

2:16 game things a rotating door is a platform player are standing on so player copies rotation from it

[@MuffinTastic]

Is "doorbug" not the same as your view being shifted by standing on a moving platform? Or to rephrase, being in contact with a rotating object?

[@Helperbot-2000]

I thought so too, after all you are moved by the door

[@tofecaduc6660]

doesn't make any technical sense

[@Fer-5059]

All My first playthroghts of BioShock saga, dead space 1 and 2 and half life, where without a mouse. I couldn't afford one. The one i have now came as an extra for security camera.

[@gordon_freeman2542]

That sounds rough, I hope the mouse is good.

[@Providence..]

@@gordon_freeman2542 Well, Gordon Freeman. And about time too!

[@theenexuses]

Doorbug works because your hotbox isn't a smooth surface. It's a box, by approaching the door at an angle you can catch the corner of your hit box with the door, causing you to rotate

[@theenexuses]

Also, petition to call this "crick neck%"

[@Zirtip]

I have an idea for a challenge. You should try completing the game from d2_coast_08 (that map where you if you load directly into it, you spawn in the wrong place with nothing). I think that will mean that you have to go all the way through Ravenholm backwards to get the gravity gun because you have to have it in the citadel. That will be interesting to see

[@cemozdemir227]

the game doesnt let you backtrack that much. for example at the end of ravenholm you jump on a deep pit that you cant climb back without glitches. even if you make it to black mesa east, the npcs wont spawn/ wont play the scripted sequences that is neccessary to get the gravity gun. even the door to ravenholm could be locked because the script that unlocks it is never executed

[@Zirtip]

@@cemozdemir227 I actually tried to see if it's possible and for some reason you cannot go backwards from highway 17 to ravenholm and can't go backwards from the graveyard ravenholm level so it's not possible but I think if you would change the map and place those level load triggers then it might be possible with like advanced glitches. Or, another idea, what if you go to d2_coast_08, go backwards from that to d2_coast_04 where you get an rpg, then go forward to beat the game until the point where you will need the gravity gun (probably in the citadel chapters) and just give it to yourself with commands. It might be possible, might not be possible. I think it might be impossible because when you get the rpg or and all of the ammo runs out, or if you just get the bugballs, the weapon doesn't automatically switch like with the other weapons, and because you don't have the hev suit, you cannot switch weapons so you will have an rpg/bugballs in your hands until you pickup a new weapon which im not sure you will be able to because at that point you will already have a few from the dead combine soldiers. All I know is that it's possible to do this until the gunship right before nova prospekt

[@chungusamongus3141]

@@Zirtip those load triggers only come into existence if you load the level rather than if you move into it via natural progression.

[@Zirtip]

@@chungusamongus3141 alright, but I still think my other idea is a good idea

[@wachimol]

the sped up sounds of frustration from 42:00 onward were gold

[@CargoCommando]

this really puts an end to the _Which hand to eat your doritos with while playing FPS_ since clearly it's the Right

[@Nuculer9001]

I love all of your work and have watched all of your videos, but this one is stressing me out lol. Still love it though. Awesome job!

[@Lincoln_Bio]

The hilariously excruciating cash register transport makes me feel a lot better about lugging Wilson around in Entropy: Zero 2

[@Maawaa]

26:27 "But we want to avoid taking damage because the next area is very difficult". >Looks at Suit. Suuuuuuuuuuuure.

[@gordon_freeman2542]

He said "very hard" not "very difficult"

[@wuspoppin6564]

Imagine an alien government being defeated by a crippled guy who cant even turn his ass around

[@ieatgarbage8771]

I appreciate the fact that you only include the winning takes. It adds consistency

[@blak3b34n3]

11:40 C O M B I N E F L I P

[@tombrady1434]

Be careful, Gordon, I m' picking a lot of confine sensors in the area Gordon: #CLUNK# #CLUNK# #CLUNK# #CLUNK# #CLUNK# #CLUNK#

[@zidanidane]

these videos are so mesmerizing. for some reason, i just can't bring myself to look away

[@originalpsevdonim]

When you randomly set mouse sensivity at 0:

[@eljestLiv]

I did a jumpless challenge run a while back, while I later developed into a proper run, and I was really excited to try to speedrun this until you came to Citadel haha

[@Atyir0Chaoschant]

im imagining the terror in the cps face when Gordon Freeman anticitizen one cames backwards to him holding a grenade in front of him

[@classicaudioadventures]

This is nuts. subscribed.

[@tonnentonie2767]

Bro that DnB is ultra lit! Gives me some serious Ed rush and Optical Vibes!

[@szoopzoop]

44:09 that ucking spedup scream

[@GramLeen]

Here's a thumbs up for that reverse psychology with subscription. :D

[@memesandgasoline]

Really interesting that you can play this without a mouse! Honestly, i would have never tried this, lol

[@micheal8672]

Phenomenal as always Pinspash. I await your next video with bated breath.

[@valmet905man9]

"Oh no my mouse broke!" *beats half life 2*

[@slowpreme]

This is mad impressive. Congrats on this amazing achievement

[@RedGrimm4]

Really interesting I will give you a like you earned it

[@HideorEscape]

The ending at the top of the citadel was hilarious 😂😂 You keep falling off or dying over and over.

[@Trakkis]

damn that subscribe intro really took me off guard didn't expect that really got a laugh from me haha

[@user-zq2wd6mi5z]

Dude i swear. You deserve much more atention. Your videos are something different

[@fernweh8709]

Cool run! Wish I could've heard of it earlier, I believe lower fps may allow you to move your camera even more with doorbug, or at least that's what I remember happening when playing on my old crappy PC.

[@StonedSpoon]

I’m so glad I found your channel

[@MartinDerTolle]

Thx for linking the music

[@lilsos6892]

this shit is some gold content, keep up recording man. HL series is my favourite

[@Erikatharsis]

Quite a nasty piece of work you managed over there. I am impressssed.

[@freatythedreary5491]

I never get tired of watching people find new ways to beat this game

[@TheBloopers30]

Love this channel!

[@enex3333]

0:01 when I heard this song I immediately though moving shadow

[@HenryAnim69]

I really enjoy this kind of half life 2 videos. i hope more videos like this will be in the future >)

[@sneakymcgee]

this is sick bro, good job

[@Dort_Dort]

You make good content, thank you.

[@CreeperEncounter]

Epic video man very to the point and legitz also your voice is cute

[@taylorgwynn]

The sheer dedication of this person, bravo.

[@howtoguidesandgameplay7435]

This just makes Gordon seem like more of a psychopath

[@bappojujubes981]

Gordon saves the Earth with a stiff neck

[@mcsonicsimpson]

I got up after watching most of this and I swear to God I forgot I could turn my head

[@face4457]

You still somehow probably managed to shoot down the two Nova Prospekt gunships faster than I can even with a mouse. I’ve played HL2 over and over for almost a decade now, and I still dread that fight every time.

[@AmBush2048]

Looks like things panned out well for you in the end

[@IllyasArt]

I don't like being told what to do so I subscribed.

[@abrahamx321]

congrats! i really love these kind of videos and would like to see more. it's unfathomable how you have managed to crank up so many hours in HL2 and i really salute to your dedication for the game

[@bobjames994]

I assume this video is gonna blow up, but anyway, congrats on your accomplishment and I admire your dedication.

[@nathanfish1998]

Imagine walking through town, and you watch some weirdo walking by through town without ever looking in a different direction unless he is on a moving platform and begins jumping to modify rotation.. Or if he gets hit in the face with an opening door (when in a very specific position)

[@oil_moon]

Not related to the video but may I just comment on your impeccable choice of intro music! Recognised that immediately from Moving Shadow 04.1... amazing album.

[@BudgiePanic]

I was Skeptical of this video after reading the title. But 3 minutes in and I can tell this is gonna be a banger.

[@M1X41I]

Half-Life 2 but couple of years in stasis didn't go unnoticed

[@pinkertonbyweezer]

Congrats on 61 subs :)

[@Coffee-hh6we]

absolute madman

[@ltfence]

I'm so happy that valve made it neck-broken accessible. Half-Life 2 is really the Greatest.

[@YakiAttaki]

Okay honestly the part about too many people being subscribed made me want to subscribe

[@ausskigaming920]

Dude the fucken "so unsubscribe, it really hurts my channel" lmao, what a good hook, in subscribing rn sike

[@nahCmeR]

In the beginning I wasn't subscribed. This is the first video I've seen from you. Telling me to unscribe has made me subscribe after finishing the video. I actually got upset when I tried to change from portrait to landscape though. Yeyeee

[@vincent78433]

this run is so cursed after watching this i felt like i couldn't move my neck

[@delphicdescant]

The grenade section in Nova Prospekt reminds me of how Civvie plays Blood.

[@ominousvirus5278]

Despite this not being the first record, this video deserves to be more views