u/Necessary-Scale-414

They’re such a great duo. Their work is more on the ethereal side but they always know how to dial it up a few notches. Honestly haven’t heard something from their catalog that wasn’t great.

Hi, im trying to get into some good fights with the combine but ive noticed they kinda just idle where they spawn until you run into their field of view. And if they do see you, they rarely attempt to close in on you or follow if you retreat. They still shoot and whatnot but they kinda just act like stationary turrets if that makes sense?

I make sure to play on maps that are fully noded as well.

Are there any good mods that make the combine soldiers more mobile?

So I had a pretty long and vivid dream where I actually fell in love with someone, which is… a rare one for me. Definitely one of the strongest feelings I’ve ever had in a dream. So I’m gonna document it here before I forget. Sorry in advance if my writing is choppy, I just need to get this down quick.

I was in China, for some reason. Staying with my mom in a hotel. It was a desert setting outside with a lot of building and infrastructure. It looked more like something out of the Middle East but my dream insisted I was in China.
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At some point I went out and let my mom know I was gonna go out and explore. She didn’t seem to mind. I wander around this city for a bit. Eventually I find a skinny building, dark synthwave is playing (A genre I definitely love) with its doors open….Intrigued, I walk in…
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I find myself in this rave-like party, except, it’s also a fashion pop up store, with racks of cool clothes everywhere. It’s somewhat crowded, people are dancing, checking out clothes, chilling. I was really vibing for a while. I eventually go deeper into the complex checking out other rooms, but the shop seemed to have ended once I went downstairs, so I went back up.
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Eventually I meet this girl at the scene. (I never got her name but for the sake of this I’ll call her Claire).
She has an alt look to her. She’s chill, very mellow, and vibing like everyone else. I’m not sure exactly what I said to her, but I was talking to her about how cool the pop up shop event was, and that it was interesting they kind of also made it into a party.
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Claire eventually reveals that she is one of the people who set the whole thing up.
I remember asking her “Wow you own this whole building??” And she was like “Yeah” with a smirk. We talked a bit more, not sure what about. I remember being kinda awkward and nervous, but she didn’t seem to mind too much, I think she might have found me amusing since she laughed with me at one point.
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Eventually I walk away after our convo, checking out the crowd and the clothes, and the lights. Just taking in the scene again. After this, I try to find Claire again, at this point I was kind of enamored with her. And when I found her again, this time she was with another girl. I made conversation with the Claire again before introducing myself to the other girl. The other girl actually revealed herself to be Claire’s partner, and that she was the designer behind the clothes while Claire was the one who coordinated the whole event.
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I thought it was super cool that they worked together to make something so awesome for the community, while also getting their bag doing it. I talked and chilled with them both for a while longer. But I started to sense that the party was dying down and that my mom was outside.
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After a while I went to check outside, mostly to get fresh air, and I find my mom walking around. I hurry to her and tell her she needs to check this fashion pop up shop out and she comes with. We enter, the party has almost completely died down in the few minutes I left. I went to look for Claire and her friend again but they are each already in a separate shower In adjacent doors near the entrance. I figured they should be out soon, so I continue showing my mom around the scene.
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By now the place was pretty much empty and the party is kind of over. It was at this point where I partly started to realize I was a dream and that things were starting to come to a close. I don’t think I wasn’t really lucid yet, but I had that familiar feeling that things were coming to a close soon. Claire and the other girl were still in the shower, and I wasn’t going to stand there like a creep with my mom just waiting for them, so we made our way outside….it was in these last moments where Claire sent me some type of text, and we were texting back and forth for a bit. I don’t even remember getting her number in the dream but that was the least of my questions lol….And it pretty much ends there
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I woke up still reeling from the experience, I had these VERY strong feelings towards Claire, the mystery girl. She was just so cool. Until I realized that it was all just a dream. I felt pretty disappointed, for about 20 seconds, until I realized that I should really document this one somewhere before I forget. Anyway, that’s it, definitely one of my most vivid and longer dreams. Could be party because I haven’t smoked weed in about 3 days, I also seem to have vivid dreams at the start of a T-break. Anyway that’s all I have for now.