what ever happened to the original beta hl2

clayton0127 · on17 Oct 2019, 00:15:25

i remember reading on the wiki that there was 2 versions, one of them was the anon, and the other was the original firsthand version. what happened to it, or is it the same thing?

Dredilefan4489 · **Reply #1:** on17 Oct 2019, 04:08:43

Quote from: clayton0127 on 17 Oct 2019, 00:15:25

i remember reading on the wiki that there was 2 versions, one of them was the anon, and the other was the original firsthand version. what happened to it, or is it the same thing?

i thought anon was the original. but theres anon and the russian leak, which is broken or something

Avro_ · **Reply #2:** on17 Oct 2019, 05:08:07

no,there is just one beta (gembe's leak) there was no other leak, or release from valve prior to 2004,just fake leaks (like the russian leak which it's just a bootleg of the anon leak it had nothing more than some fake maps like e3_gurluas and some fixes to the maps).

The Renegadist · **Reply #3:** on19 Oct 2019, 09:28:33

I'm pretty sure the original copy became a Jeff Dunham puppet.

rottenalp · **Reply #4:** on19 Oct 2019, 09:42:13

Quote from: AvroGamer on 17 Oct 2019, 05:08:07

no,there is just one beta (gembe's leak) there was no other leak, or release from valve prior to 2004,just fake leaks (like the russian leak which it's just a bootleg of the anon leak it had nothing more than some fake maps like e3_gurluas and some fixes to the maps).

Oh so THAT'S where e3_gurluas comes from... I've always heard it was a fake beta map, but I never knew where it was originally from. Thanks for that!

Frying1Pans · **Reply #5:** on18 Nov 2020, 18:35:26

Quote from: rottenalp on 19 Oct 2019, 09:42:13

Quote from: AvroGamer on 17 Oct 2019, 05:08:07
no,there is just one beta (gembe's leak) there was no other leak, or release from valve prior to 2004,just fake leaks (like the russian leak which it's just a bootleg of the anon leak it had nothing more than some fake maps like e3_gurluas and some fixes to the maps).
Oh so THAT'S where e3_gurluas comes from... I've always heard it was a fake beta map, but I never knew where it was originally from. Thanks for that!

e3_gurluas was made for part of a beta mapping competition from July 2004 where a prefab of a street was given out. The map was originally named CMP_Gurluas_2000_Road before some Russian renamed it to "e3_gurluas"