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Remember when Gordon is on the train there are two men that are saying that they were "put/reasighned" to the city 17. And other people also mention that they moved to city 17. Most likely that people were "reasighn" to Europe, when actually people of Europe(not all ofcourse) are moved to other locations. Another thought you have to add is that the settings are in the future, near, but future. Even now, in the present we know that English is worl-wide spoken languge because it is uncomplicated, unlike most, is it not possible that English became a major (or common)languge spoken almost(or complitly)perfectly by people of the Earth. Kniaz Saturday 15, 16:09 pm
- I'll argue with the "English is uncomplicated" thing- I have an ESL friend and he thinks it's a pain. And, Chinese is more widely spoken than English, so it might make more sense to use. But, there IS an Eastern European accent in the game- Father Grigori. And maybe that was the English sector of City 17, or maybe City 17 is where they took the survivors from the U.S.? We could speculate forever on this.
And this should have been tacked to the second one above. AK-17 19:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
"Cuts from the game" section - contradiction
"The player meeting Samuel, a character of Asian descent, on the Wasteland Train. Samuel's character model would eventually be used for a nameless train passenger at the start of the storyline of the final version. Samuel's model was later re-used for hostage in Counter-Strike: Source. In addition, the train ride was originally planned to be much longer, and allowed players to view the wastelands outside the New City (the original name for City 17)."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I recalled seeing only two passengers in the train: One of Caucasian descent seated at the front end of the car, and another passenger, who is apparently of African descent, standing near the door (and mentioning he "didn't see you get on" the train). There are neither present passengers with any noticeable Asian facial features, nor any who resembles the sole Asian hostage in CS:S.
Can someone clarify this? ╫ ２５ 19:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC) ╫
- Not that I play CS, but I just updated myself with Concerned : the half-life and death of Gordon Frohman , and that mentions (at some length) an Asian hostage in CS. Hardly a primary source however! --Plumbago 19:20, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
- The four hostage models are made up of three Caucasians and one Asian; the passengers in Half-Life 2's train are only made out of one Caucasian and one African. Anyone who has played both games should notice that. Hence, the paragraph is creating some confusion, unless Samuel is neither Asian nor African, but is actually Caucasian. A look in HL:RTB should help clear things up. ╫ ２５ 11:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC) ╫
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I updated this image. The "new" one is of the same area, but has a better background (the other one was mostly drab sky). The old one has been bothering me for some time. Thunderbrand 03:32, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- I also uploaded a new image for the infobox. I scanned my copy. At least the "RP" is gone. Does it look better? Thunderbrand 16:11, 30 April 2006 (UTC)