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- ChromaVita, on 11/10/2007, -3/+302I personally would have just played through the game normally, and then right before the rocket scene I would have said "I booked a king and they gave me a single."
That gnome would show up real quick... - gumpy5, on 11/10/2007, -0/+214I love how he posed it for the screenshots.
- dayvideg, on 10/31/2007, -14/+164expedia would be proud
- weeman43302, on 10/23/2007, -1/+127That is awesome
- scallon, on 10/23/2007, -1/+119I feel bad for the poor bastard he stole it from, poor guy is never gonna see his gnome again. Someone stole the lawn gnome outside my house a few years back. I still have nightmares about it.
- backfire103, on 10/23/2007, -4/+821. Launch rocket into space.
2. ????????
3. PROFIT! - timlopez, on 10/21/2007, -1/+67Sounds a little like Amelie.
- DLPizzle, on 10/21/2007, -0/+62It was the Gnome Liberation Front... Those bastards
- DLPizzle, on 10/31/2007, -2/+56Travelocity would too
- robszol, on 10/23/2007, -1/+54"its presence starts to get a little creepy during the more personal moments."
oh man that made me laugh so hard - emomakesmecry, on 10/24/2007, -0/+50my new desktop background
http://hlcomic.com/gnome/005.jpg - Shorties, on 10/21/2007, -1/+48Weird? God thats one of my favorite movies ever, anyone who has yet to see Amélie should add it to their netflix lists immediately, its an amazing film.
- Yoshi39, on 10/27/2007, -14/+56Thorn: While this is very amusing, what's hilarious is the fact you completely missed the gnome near the rocket launcher cache... which makes getting this achievement far, far easier than you detail. Good job, though! :D
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -0/+40Oh google helped me remember. The movie was called Amelie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/ - inactive, on 10/21/2007, -1/+41don't ***** with the GLF
- ZenMojo, on 10/23/2007, -1/+36*slow applause*
- kinggimped, on 10/20/2007, -0/+34Great narrative. Loved the bit at the end: "Farewell, brave traveller! May I never, ever set eyes on your stupid ***** face again." :D
- spawnfree, on 10/21/2007, -0/+32i finished doing this myself last night.
i came close to giving up during the train-car alley but i just couldnt leave the little guy.
Valve really should have put in a line of gnome dialogue for alyx, i was expecting some sarcasm. - NikoKun, on 10/21/2007, -2/+34What's more awesome is that Valve actually put an achievement in the game toward this goal... LOL
- Asianwaste, on 10/23/2007, -2/+27The gnome knows no fear.
- Promantarius, on 10/28/2007, -0/+24For the record I believe it unlocks the achievement when you seal the rocket door (because it's not possible to reopen it) but like several of the achievements it does not notify you of this.
On strategy: I read on the Half-Life Fallout forums that you can wedge it in the area just inside the back window of the car, right behind the seats, and he won't go flying out unless you make sharp turns or on steep inclines. That proved to be invaluable information when going through, and the knowledge that you can avoid the first level of helicopter hell by taking Alyx through, go back (on foot) under trains for cover, collect the gnome and take it up to Alyx in the tunnel :) - razrielle, on 10/21/2007, -1/+25"All hail the hypno-toad"
- MackenzieArbour, on 10/23/2007, -0/+24The gnome knows nothing.
- MagicCake, on 10/20/2007, -1/+24Wow, I think that's the first underpants gnome comment I've seen that actually involves a gnome. You've earned a digg.
- Elliuotatar, on 10/19/2007, -2/+24Half Life 2: Episode 2 has these things called achievements, added because Microsoft wants them for XBOX live, but they're in the PC version. Basically if you do some specific action in the game, you get a checkmark next to that achievement. You don't get any prize either if you complete all the achievements, it's just for fun, like getting a high score.
Anyway, one of the achievements is "send the gnome into space". The gnome it refers to is a garden gnome you find in a shed at the start of the game. And to send him into space you have to put him in a rocket. which is near the very end of the game.
So this guy carried the gnome all the way through the game to get this pointless achievement, and documented his travels! - Battlecry, on 10/28/2007, -0/+22I'd just like to point out that people have been stealing garden gnomes and taking them on wild adventures since at least the 50's. While Amelie may have been an inspiration, the idea definitely wasn't stolen from the movie.
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -0/+21It would have been neat if the npcs of the game would make comments about you carrying the gnome around.
- MaXsteri, on 10/27/2007, -0/+20Update from your link
BY THORN AT 05:50 AM
@Roadkill: Ugh. Complete false alarm and total idiocy on my part. I went to the cache and checked, couldn't find anything. I had a clear memory of finding it underneath something. I went back to the start to find the one under the bed, and horribly enough, it 'matched' my memory. So, yeah. I'm a total moron. Sorry about that! >_ - robszol, on 10/24/2007, -0/+20I agree. It was so good that I actually purchased it...and I rarely even purchase clothing!
- PhireN, on 10/21/2007, -0/+20I have no idea why I haven't played any of these games yet. Only one thing to do, I've installed steam and bought orange box.
- mymidgetfriend, on 10/20/2007, -0/+19huge success
- huskydork, on 10/24/2007, -3/+21Episode 2: Sponsored by Travelocity. Sellouts.
- directedition, on 10/21/2007, -1/+18Yeah, what with the headcrabs, space rockets, and all.
- emomakesmecry, on 10/19/2007, -1/+18Underpants gnomes FTW!
- merdiesel, on 10/23/2007, -0/+16"Farewell, brave traveller! May I never, ever set eyes on your stupid ***** face again."
I'm definitely saying that to someone today. - Kratisto, on 10/20/2007, -0/+15About cheap airfare and hotel tickets.
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -5/+19Expedia stole it from this weird ass French movie (or was it italian) where this girl stole her dads garden Gnome and had her friend, a flight attendant, take it around the world and send send post cards back to her dad of what the Gnome was doing. She was trying to encourage her dad to get out more. I wish I could remember the name of the movie...
- championchap, on 10/19/2007, -0/+14Gnome Liberation Front?!!
We're the Front of Gnome Liberation!! - _skin_, on 10/21/2007, -0/+13The craziest part...
I could, however, pull the switch, spin one-eighty, leap off the ledge, dash up the stairs, barge past the NPCs and suck him to me with the Gravity Gun just microseconds before the door slammed back shut. If I’d left him a few feet further from the exit, I would have had to repeat the whole section. Holding a ***** gnome. - AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -1/+12Pictures of where to find that gnome please?
- octophobic, on 10/21/2007, -1/+12Nightmares that your gnome will come back to you in the night, ask to be let in the house, and then drink your blood? Me too.
- Eshestun, on 10/18/2007, -0/+11I gave up at the first car areas
Congrats on finishing it though, quite an accomplishment. - babybirdhome, on 10/19/2007, -0/+9I've come close to being able to grab a second companion cube out of the dispenser by shooting portals at every camera in the level and piling them up in the corner, climbing up on top, jumping and trying to grab it. But I got tired of trying and gave up after a while. I'm not entirely sure if it can be grabbed before it's released but I think it's the only way to do it. Maybe if you also add any bean cans etc. from the hidden room you can get up higher.
- 1337Einstein, on 10/21/2007, -0/+9Either that or William Shatner would have dropped in on you.
- reapergun9, on 10/21/2007, -0/+8Holy *****. This is a fantastic achievement.
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -0/+8I meant the one Yoshi's talking about, but thanks for letting me know where the one the guy in this original post found his Gnome. :]
- kilikogo, on 10/18/2007, -2/+9Crazy
- zachshmack, on 10/19/2007, -0/+7This is awesome. I know what I'm doing next time I play through. (Although I really want to figure out a way to save the companion cube)
- doshindude, on 10/19/2007, -1/+8"I'm here to enforce the guarantee!"
- ch4os1337, on 10/19/2007, -0/+7I swear the gnome asked me when I got to the rocket "am I going to die?' like in the Travelocity commercial.
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