Comments on: Valve Compo Winners

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:45:45 +0000

Wow, I’m floored! The picture was taken in an old village in Portugal full of similar abandoned buildings. I actually remarked that the whole place seemed very Half-Life 2′ish while I was there.

By: Willem

Willem — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:24:56 +0000

Ben, you’ll need this:

An old gramophone with some old waltzes and such
Some old clothing
A partner that can dance

Next time you see some twats breaking up the building, sneak inside and go to the big hall. Put on the gramophone and start dancing.
When the hoodlums approach you, just stop dancing and reach out your hand towards them, while staring right through them.

Disclaimer: It’s not my fault if they kick your arse.

By: Ben Hazell

Ben Hazell — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:20:57 +0000

My pic was taken at an abandoned Waterworks in the Peak District just outside Sheffield; in the village of Low Bradfield. It’s an awesome place, but starting to get over-wrecked now as people come in and trash the pumping equipment and tear down the blueprint posters. Those valves and dials in the picture have now been ripped out.
I was there recently at night, and I think I was more worried about Bloodsuckers than the police/hoodies.
There’s a great big hall off to the left which is perfect for a little ballroom dancing…

By: Kast

Kast — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:16:26 +0000

Hehehe. That is in fact, not unbelievable. :P Considering the contrast between H-L and H-L2 level of graphics.

By: Monkfish

Monkfish — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:10:53 +0000

Congrats to the winners – excellent pics.

In fact, I couldn’t resist doing a quick mock-up of the HL2 HUD and crowbar on Ben’s pic:

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5962/apoc1hl2lv1.jpg

There you go, Valve. That’s what to aim for in Half-Life 3.

By: Kast

Kast — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:55:22 +0000

“Oh my god” was my first reaction to those pics.

I can just imagine them at night, light starkly by a few flickering construction lamps. The staggering shadow of a poison zombie shambles past the far end and you reconsider whether you really want to carry on or not.

It’s perfect Half-Life/STALKER territory.

By: parm

parm — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:25:30 +0000

CargoCult: You just want it for its textures, you do.

By: Ryan Williams

Ryan Williams — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:02:06 +0000

There’s an abandoned, derelict hospital here that was closed down about a decade ago and has essentially remained untouched since. I bet it’d be excellent to get some snaps of, although it’s guarded as presumably various potentially dangerous apparatus (made even more so by 10 years of neglect) lies inside.

It’s kind of weird because it was a pretty well kitted out place, and I went there a few times as a child. Imagining that having just been left to the mercy of nature for 10 years is pretty interesting and I wish I had the balls to break in.

I like buildings that’ve just been frozen in time. I’d love to go to Chernobyl. ;D

By: Cargo Cult

Cargo Cult — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:30:41 +0000

Where on earth was the first picture taken, and were you supposed to be there?

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:22:31 +0000

Wow, nice photos guys! Well deserved.

By: Thiefsie

Thiefsie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:14:09 +0000

congrats from a jealous bugger!

By: Jonathan Burroughs

Jonathan Burroughs — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:13:05 +0000

Free desktop wallpapers!