Half-Life 2: Rebellion

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Rebellion Half-Life 2 Modification

Modification Future

I normally would not do this, but alas, it must be said.

The "Rebellion" Project is dead. Well, at least at the moment it is. Sometime in the future, I would like to redo the entire concept and finally release a product under the modification name "Rebellion"; in fact, I would have liked to complete this project in its current form and have it come to fruition for everyone to enjoy.

However, the above begs the question: why decide to retool the entire game paradigm at this point and drop what has been done so far?

I do not like pointing fingers at anyone, so I won't name anyone specifically. One of my team members has told me that they already were working on a separate bastardized version of "Rebellion" without my knowledge, with various maps and code already implemented. Perhaps it was my horrible leadership that lead this to happen, or some other factor. However, this move has caused me to reevaluate the damage caused to this mod's integrity as well as everything else that has happened up to this point. For one, "Rebellion" was still in the late design stages, while the other modification already has basic functionality implemented. Second, there is no way that "Rebellion" will be able to get a version out without it being accused of it being a rehash of the other modification. Third, it completely destroyed any sort of trust that I had placed in that team member, and thus, has brought several months of lost time of trying to compromise between the two different gameplay paradigms that were envisioned between me and the other party, with the end result being a complete backstab to the team and to myself.

Again, I will not name this team member. I wish them luck in their future endeavors.

As for "Rebellion," it has been completely destroyed by passive aggressive competition and black mail. There will be no "Rebellion" as an assault/defense adversarial/cooperative modification. There may never be a "Rebellion" in the future.

I intended "Rebellion" to be a learning experience for everyone. Certainly, ambition has clouded people's judgments in this scenario and have shrugged aside any sort of team cohesiveness and friendly cooperation.

Admittedly, college got in the way of effectively leading this modification, and for that I'm sorry. I shouldn't lead a modification without having hours of free time each night.

I might be starting a new project with a brand new gameplay paradigm sometime in the future; something that is a bit less ambitious than the last project. It might still be called "Rebellion," but nothing is set in stone yet. If you are interested, contact me at merc248 AT gmail DOT com. Be aware that you will be signing an NDA if you are accepted to the team. I will be posting more information on the decided gameplay modification soon.

- Christian "Merc248" Paredes

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