How I beat Half-Life with no mouse movement

[@Pinsplash]

HEY stop looking at spoilers

[@Rain0T]

no

[@boneboi]

I was there nobody can spoil me, checkmate athiests

[@UserX-02]

Bro that laugh at the ending was great

[@Pensi0nar]

@@UserX-02 I was about to say that 🤣

[@virtueisdead]

sex

[@meikapellepelle]

Gordon doesn't need to turn his head, he's a highly trained professional!

[@GeZz.]

lol

[@jonathanbetenbender307]

Gordon is a paranoid schizophrenic with massive OCD and a penchant for hallucinogens. He is experiencing this three dimensional plane as a 1 dimensional being. He's pushing the boundaries of scientific understanding... or he's brain dead either way 🤣

[@hunivox]

this joke never turn old

[@sirajalmashaikhy913]

Lol

[@Htroxdogface]

Imagine spending 2-10 years of your life, through blood, sweat, and tears to work up the military ranks, just to lose to a guy with no neck in an orange suit...

[@Htroxdogface]

@@sedme0 TRUUUUUUUE LMAO

[@pipebombmailer]

@@sedme0 yeah that’s how a wheel works

[@slyseal2091]

@@pipebombmailer he means the articulable arm the wheel is attached to. Without it, the entire body would move along with the direction of the wheel, thus no longer facing in the initial direction.

[@Blucario90]

the suit is really powerful though, gordon can take many more bullets than the grunts can

[@romanm.3529]

NPC lives matter...

[@supersp9450]

I give the ending a 10/10.

[@ArnieMcStranglehold]

30 minutes for that setup. I cried laughing.

[@AstorEzequiel]

Gordon broke his neck during the Training session, but he didn't want to say No to the experiment

[@AstorEzequiel]

@@JorgetePanete Oh shoot, didn't notice that. Thank you xD

[@the_epic_memer553]

now im thinking of gordon casually rolling past a grunt in a wheelchair.

[@smigbobvonsmelborp10]

the blunt, dry, straightforward explanations sold me. "a speed running strat called 'not caring'" had me in stitches, great vid.

[@fotmarut4578]

Cool video. FYI there was a simpler way to deal with the trash compactor grate. After picking up the crowbar you can jump off a crusher, crouch while in mid-air, and land on the grate; it will break under your weight. Fat Gordon strats. Obviously it's not intended, it's a NASTY softlock if you don't pick up the crowbar.

[@dylanzlol7293]

Well, Gordon has a suit made out of metal, theres a reason why he can just go mario on the grate

[@edward9487]

"Hmm... you've been wounded. Let's try this." *turns into giblets*

[@audiovisualcringe]

well don’t be shy, explode with him

[@backerson5576]

he absorbed the pain

[@UnknownCleric2420]

The cinematic parallel of the final boss of Half-Life dying to friendly fire, and the tendency of the Spider Mastermind to accidentally shoot its allies, causing it to start an infight. Beautiful.

[@scaryshit24]

all roads lead to doom

[@richardchicken923]

@@scaryshit24 This sentence can be interpreted in a number of ways.

[@maginekris]

"so we're going to ride onto this tank's shaft" - pinsplash, 2022

[@richardchicken923]

Mad respect for editing the flashing colours out of the video. You didn't have to, but I thank you for that.

[@bostonian4650]

Hello Richard :)

[@epicredhot5675]

because that's what heroes do o7

[@half_real]

you don't want pinsplash to flash you? kinda gay ngl

[@siyacer]

for cowards

[@Blank137]

As soon as i saw that you planned those monorail jumps just to push a button, i realised you were very dedicated to the video, and deserve more likes and subs. I am proud to join the ranks!

[@superjoeybro]

In all of my time playing half life... I didn't know there was a path over the electrified water in blast pit, i just tanked it every time

[@BoldTint]

I used boxes to try and jump over it, but yeah, same

[@hansonkerman7286]

- Where are we taking this Freeman guy? - Topside for questionin'. - You take his stuff? - Yeah I did. - You sure? - Yeah, I got that goddamn crowbar right here. - You double checked his stuff? - What would be the point? What, you think he manipulated reality to smuggle some grenades AFTER we knocked him out? - Alright... fair enough.

[@stardust-reverie]

10:24 that elevator actually is bugged REALLY bad and can sometimes kill you as if you got crushed by it if you stand in it the wrong way, which can be INCREDIBLY annoying since you can get killed unpredictably for seemingly no reason good thing it can also happen to enemies lmao

[@megakarlachofficial]

this can also happens if you are standing on the dead npc bodies that was on the same elevator.

[@aaaaaahhh9537]

Lifts in HL1 love getting you stuck in their floor or instagibbing you for no reason

[@BalthorYT]

Imagine being in the shoes of one of the soldiers Gordon kills by the dozen: it's already crazy enough in normal gameplay where a single scientist running around with a crowbar decimates your entire squad, but if he does that while completely locked in a single direction from the waist up, ducking and weaving like Neo just to position people in front of him and blasting them in an instant... It's even more imposing than if he was T-posing the entire time, which is also a pretty hilarious mental picture.

[@ethon3733]

30:47 The cackle of someone whose lost all their sanity after a Half-Life run such as this. Love it.

[@Raxiel497]

@28:57 Lol at the Vortigaunt flexing on you by spinning freely.

[@alfasefmi]

I really enjoyed this run

[@MiketheBassMan]

That lift in "power up" that gibbed the soldiers just kills whatever's on it sometimes, including Gordon. Always save before using it. lol

[@mr1spamification]

boy you get some interesting people in your chat, Red was terrified about how often you saved and Marryl just had to sing his heart out on the spot or he'd explode

[@San_Jose19]

Chat was best at the end

[@iceprince4197]

"But... we will be doing the speedrunning strat called: Not Caring" Love that

[@CAPTAIN_CLOCK]

I'm pleasantly surprised at the fact that you captioned a 30 minute long video. King behavior.

[@oamost]

I love the "thats lame, thats lame, that's lame... to not be lame, the game, no." statements at the beginning xD

[@Yora21]

In the world of strange challenge runs, this one clearly is the weirdest I've seen yet.

[@Sasha-nl8ry]

I know you may not see this but I really really appreciate you editing out the crazy flashing colors and stuff.

[@bigrodent469]

I have genuinely never seen that path around the electrified water in blast pit in my life holy shit

[@explodingbearz]

I got to say your channel is underground and pretty small but I sincerely enjoy every video you put out and look forward to when you put out more. You also have a very easy to listen to voice. Thank you for making good videos

[@mythikbeast6404]

Ah yes, The Black Mesa Incident, The day Dr. Freeman fought his way through a resonance cascade while in a neck immobiliser.

[@GeZz.]

what a mad lad you are man, i played HL like 30 times i never did this. will i try it? heck no. But glad that someone did it.

[@quiltmin]

I was like damn this is impressive but after that killing joke at the end and that laughter i might dislike LMAO

[@yesseru]

This is so fucking painful to watch. I feel like just hopping on hl and franticly spinning around to relieve some of the frustration.

[@_ketich]

OH GOSH That's so much effort it's crazy I hope you really enjoyed it :3

[@soulsand4287]

Nice pfp...

[@goobydoo9278]

Prepare to add "why did you use HD models" to the start of the video

[@rompevuevitos222]

I really do not understand the hate they get, they are a direct upgrade

[@mildly_miffed_man1414]

@@rompevuevitos222 : |

[@arkaua]

@@rompevuevitos222 Dude...

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@arkaua If you disagree, i invite you to provide arguments as to why Unless you just like typing "dude..." in random comments, no hate

[@arkaua]

@@rompevuevitos222 It doesn't abide to the same artistic styling of the original models and as such they detract from the original mood and intention of the game. That's all there is to say about it. Every HD model option/mod that isn't strictly the same but with more polygons has that same problem, case in point, the HDTP mod for Deus Ex, completely changes how weapons and their animation look like, some for much worse, and is a requirement for pretty much every mod out of there for the game. It detracts from the original experience.

[@Hima_refaee]

rare footage of pinsplash playing hl1

[@pichuyang3865]

There are many hilarious clips and demonstrate the bugs, including soldier with arrow on knee, friendly fire, "video game" joke, and speedrun tricks. Nice edit!

[@AbsoluteLambda]

POV: You're eating food while trying to play a FPS and trying to get creative playing the game

[@thinkpadnubert]

Half Life but Gordon broke his neck.

[@jecksfoxofficial]

MY HONEST ALTERNATE VIEW ANGLE

[@420Messiah-MusiKit]

Wonderful video pinplash! I wish I would've seen it all live but KZbin never notified me, I only saw one or two streams 😭

[@alex15095]

Now beat Half-Life without a monitor (playing blind, sound only)

[@ThatNormalBunny]

Playing without a monitor, sound only, no moving the mouse

[@RJ-wx3fh]

Why do I feel like there'll be speedrunners able to do that off sheer muscle memory

[@bluewuppo]

@@RJ-wx3fh there is a blind% category for super mario 64. really entertaining how creative the runners had to get for strategies

[@doitallYT]

Absolute madlad, awesome idea for a run! 😁👍

[@casperjones8476]

Every time I watch one of these videos, I forget that I'm allowed to use my mouse in real life.

[@anon-hl2]

got this in my recommended, actually really cool, didn't know you could beat half-life like this

[@BLADESLADE357]

As someone who suffers from epilepsy, thank you so much for editing out the flashing lights.

[@ecoman_prime]

20:25 You're a genius.

[@nekobitard9052]

the way you talk become so much better over the time, something really changed and I can't quite put my finger on it, but it does sound way more professional now

[@quartzionic]

As someone who just beat Half-Life in VR a couple days ago with a good bit of difficulty, this is insane to me.

[@winni2701]

*WHY NOT USE A STEERING WHEEL TO BEAT HALF LIFE?*

[@Sir_Ninonino]

THAT'S LAME

[@soulsand4287]

Your pfp fits this comment perfectly.

[@MacGTheFrog]

5:31 "Let's try this" 💥💥

[@LtSprinkulz]

I knew 2000 hp wasn't quite enough.

[@danpaz9485]

This reminds me when I beat Half life 2 and episode 1 with a mac trackpad. Legitimately I only did it because I didn't have a mouse. Edit: To clarrify, this was years ago before I got a mouse to play games on my Macbook, I didn't intentionally play half life 2 with it, it was rather something I had to do.

[@thuslyandfurthermore]

yeah i 100% beat hl2 for the first time on a thinkpad that got me like 12fps max

[@danpaz9485]

@@thuslyandfurthermore Thats impressive, I had decent fps when I played it. I think. The game ran well for me, if the game lagged constantly I would of gave up.

[@FailedNorSeling]

Pinsplash sounding alot more robotic as the days go by!

[@abnormal2270]

so immersed in this essay that i had to use the door of my room to find the right angle to push that like button

[@idontknowshark]

Your videos are so relaxing, I fall asleep every time I watch one

[@iamjjanimates]

Imagine you are one of the heavily trained soldiers, spending about a quarter of your life training. Only to be pointlessly killed by someone who is playing the game without a mouse

[@shapedokkan]

5:30 excellent first-aid service

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

Nice to know that there was literally no point to me going into that elevator at the end of Unforseen Consequences to do the *Funny Glitch™*

[@sirpotato7411]

Whenever I see similar titles to this one, the ones like, “Can I blah blah blah?” I just think, “No. No you can't.”

[@legitimo1788]

A day in the life of a scientist with torticollis

[@MisuAlexandru1]

what a video... when i went on to like it i was affraid to touch my mouse :)) amazing job, man

[@Roach1]

>Yes I just used tripmines on snarks you mean to tell me you don't do that on the snark nests in that one map? That's probably the best way to deal with them since you can trip the laser from far enough away that the snarks don't bother you, and conserve your satchel charges in the process.

[@the_kovic]

If you were playing on latest Steam version, why didn't you set your max FPS to 1000 to get 10 times as much HP from the infinite health door in the same amount of time?

[@leo_the_v.3847]

Lol hi kovic

[@kickerguy]

I only caught the Power Up and On a Rail stream, but this is my favorite playthrough of HL just because of the dedication of playing the whole game with such a restriction. It's like an extra annoying puzzle game

[@goon-705]

In order to do the We've Got Hostiles skip you need to save in the elevator before the map change in order to preform what's called an AI abuse. An AI abuse is essentially an abuse of a glitched mechanic where all NPCs can open any door. However, if the map is reloaded the glitch resolves itself and the skip is no longer possible, which is why you need to save in the elevator before the map change. Beyond that it's just a matter of shooting the scientist and blocking him from going into the trip mine, which is as simple as either closing the blast doors or just standing by them.

[@goon-705]

Also the Dam skip you were trying to do is only possible if you tau jump or damage boost across the canyon, after that you need to break the fall damage somehow which I believe is easier done via a ladder located around there. I would not say that skip is particularly practical given the circumstances.

[@Infinity-ye9my]

all that set up... for a PUN!?

[@kanan348]

The ending made me cry

[@RelKier_is_jdude]

People who knows about doom moving "look how much they need to mimic a fraction of our powers"

[@Vexcenot]

Gordon after getting paralysed from the neck up. Unforseen consequences of not having a helmet

[@Awesomeness-iz3dh]

Gordon, the theoretical physicist smarty pants science man, throwing a grenade in a vent he is also in, because he really doesn't want to turn his head a little bit.

[@tactical_slime4608]

29:57 I was waiting the entire video for this joke lol

[@MRMOON-jk1cs]

Dude you deserve to many more subs

[@KaNangaTV]

Gread video, really love this challenge and the creativitiy needed to make it work in some places. I recently did the same thing as part of a livestream and I had to cheat in 3 or 4 places, because I didn't find a way to do it(or didn't want to waste too much time hehe) so it was exciting to see how you managed to do it. You can definitely do a lot more speedrun strats as well, for example Powerup skip is big. Or on the IHD map you can use a grenade to get up onto the roof (before the snarks) and skip a big portion of the map. Do you know how long it took you to finish the whole game? Thx for the content

[@Pinsplash]

streams were about 14 hours

[@petyooo19]

Wow the punchline was great. Oh yeah and the challenge was cool too, I guess.

[@StonedSpoon]

You’re under rated keep it up love the videos

[@sparkyphantom92]

hd models in this game is like rainbow vomit in a garbage can

[@FlickyBR]

gordon doesn't need to see all this, he's highly trained professional

[@jfrancor9]

I wounder what he was doing whit his right hand all this time...

[@ceoofonionincorperated418]

am i funny for asking these questions, even though i know the answer?

[@kaitlynkitty1917]

As I remember, you just spam interact on the scientist to break his animation, then nudge him to the door to get the We've Got Hostiles skip

[@aplimsollpunk2738]

"We're going to ride on this tank's shaft"

[@SirYodaJedi]

Easier method: use the left and right arrow keys 😛 JK, I love this types of videos because of the crazy dedication to detail

[@IyuriIGD]

7:15 made me laugh so hard wtf xDD

[@Awesomeness-iz3dh]

The We've Got Hostiles skip is performed by jumping up onto the outside of the chainlink fence before the vent in the room with the first turret and making a Headcrab jump up after you then using the Headcrab as a stepstool to get over the fence and into the vent, allowing you to crawl right to the security room. It's surprisingly easy once you figure it out. I barely remember We've Got Hostiles or Power Up because I usually just skip right past them. Edit: Well, one of them. There's multiple ways to skip the whole chapter.

[@danagoyette7932]

I'm curious if Blue Shift or Opposing Force could be done the same way. Or how about the custom map set, USS Darkstar?

[@MikkiPike]

"Grenades hit everything in an area around them." Fuckin lost it at that sentence. Thanks for the laugh, champ. Good video.

[@little_tornado1804]

This video made me forget how to look at things. I’m serious I had to stop and remember I could move my head.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

Black Mesa would like to warn you that continued use of these ridiculous ties may render your neck inoperable.

[@YouGotTheL]

Me at 8 years old still playing the pc even after throwing the mouse out the window:

[@Vscojen]

💀

[@MaYstruction]

The first sentence in this video... Thank you so much

[@StonyBaboon]

and her I was thinking he was using the arrows to get orientated and the dude just starts the video telling he jumps to stay looking the same deriction when the train makes a curve...

[@takagan85]

Doing this fixed camera thing is actually really fun at home.

[@Geddy135]

do you mean like walking around your house while only keeping your head/body facing a single direction? Do you also press up against doors to change your angle?

[@takagan85]

@@Geddy135 That's right! You might want to face the toilet to poop though, so you don't have to do that door thing to flush it after several attempt.

[@PerfectAttention]

This reminds me of the time when i broke my hand and i still wanted to play on my PS1 and learned to play games like Dune 2000 and Re-volt with just one hand , which i never would have thought possible truly anything is possible if there is a desire to do it :D

[@Saucyshire]

The less funny something is, the funnier it becomes. Watch as I ask the very questions.

[@Shy_Abi]

We need a TAS for this

[@nice3333333333]

I consider this the cannon run of the game

[@HolyFlare484]

we're going back to the old eras of Doom

[@chesement4131]

all you need to do the weve got hostiles skip is to save before actually going into the loading zone in the elevator to start the chapter. as long as youre entering the game from the previous chapter, the scientist should be pushable

[@pinkddpat]

2:47 was so surprising it made me wheeze like im mentally ill

[@bastian_5975]

I'm curious why you didn't get the gun that the alien soldiers use. I don't remember how you get it, so it could just be impossible/highly impractical, but the ability to have a gun that aims itself doesn't seem like it'd be too lame. Maybe lame when combined with the infinite health glitch, but once you actually started getting to normal health again...

[@audiovisualcringe]

if you meant the hivehand, you get it in the middle of surface tension after going down the lift inside the room full of trip mines, if you somehow don’t get it (it’s pretty big and hard to miss) you can find another one in lambda core near the end of the chapter, inside one of the small rooms full of weapons and ammo