ahl_5am

[monokr0me]

Action: Half life is an old goldsource mod where players played as movie characters in a deathmatch situation. Apparently the mapping scene became obsessed with intricate Easter eggs, until one deranged man known as Hondo created ahl_5am. ahl_5am is a simple, well-made deathmatch map, with a campaign of an easter egg that, for years, has gone unsolved. I propose that we all try a playthrough of it (one hint is that it requires multiple people to finish) to see where we can get. You can download action: half life here and the map here (along with some more info on the map). I plan to host an A:HL server for anyone willing to participate this Saturday, whenever the most people are online.

EDIT: just a note, there are some puzzles that will seriously hurt your head, so we will likely end up taking some breaks.

[Zrined]

So this is not regular HL1?

[monokr0me]

No, it is a hl1 mod

[Qwerty]

Okay, and how do we start? Is it just an obvious thing on the map, or..?

[monokr0me]

Sept 6, 2012 15:49:56 GMT Qwerty said:

Okay, and how do we start? Is it just an obvious thing on the map, or..?

Every part of it is pretty obscure. I think the start involves shooting out a window from a specific angle and then jumping through a wall backwards.

[Qwerty]

So shoot out all the windows? Surely there's some log of what is so far done.

[monokr0me]

Sept 6, 2012 22:33:20 GMT Qwerty said:

So shoot out all the windows? Surely there's some log of what is so far done.

There is, and I've looked at some of it, so I know how to get us started. There's some videos of youtube as well. I thought it might be fun to try going in blind first, though.