Monkeying around in Half-Life 2 takes place approximately twenty years after the incident at the Black Mesa Research Facility from the first game, in which scientists accidentally opened a portal to the hostile dimension Xen. The game begins with Gordon Freeman being awoken from stasis and discovering the Black Mesa incident attracted the attention of a multidimensional empire called the Combine, which conquered Earth in seven hours and who have implemented a brutal police state. Gordon arrives at City 17, the site of the Combine Citadel, where Dr. Wallace Breen, the former Black Mesa administrator who negotiated Earth's surrender governs as the Combine's puppet ruler. After arriving at the train station Gordon is attacked by a monkey and awakes in an interrogation room. There he speaks to the boss monkey through a video system where he is recruited to hijack a plane and use it to attack the Citadel. After arriving at the airport Gordon discovers he's unable to enter without wearing a facemask due to Covid-19 restrictions. Clarence the monkey then instructs Gordon to drive to the citadel in a loaned Hatchback Jeep. Gordon then commits a DUI and is nearly arrested before his attorney Saul Goodman happens upon the scene and successfully is able to talk him out of having to perform a field sobriety test. It's then revealed that the attorney was actually Clarence the monkey in disguise. As he's leaving the city, Gordon witnesses a pregnant skeleton assaulting Dr. Judith Mossman and films the skeleton being beaten to death by the police. After traveling outside the city Gordon attempts to dine at Denny's but is unable to enter the building due to a mask mandate. He instead dines at a Cracker Barrel only to be kicked out of the restaurant and then suffers heart failure from his consumption of fried gravy. He awakes after being revived by the boss monkey in a secret rebel science compound which is under siege by Combine police and in order to make an escape is teleported to the Dennys HQ. The CEO of Denny's informs Gordon Freedman that the mask mandate was due to the Combines totalitarian laws and that the only way to rescind it is to crash a Denny's into the Citadel. After completing his mission Gordon Freeman awakes in a void only to be greeted by the boss monkey and Clarence. Clarence is then revealed to have masterminded the Covid-19 restrictions himself as Gordon Freeman pulls a gun on his former comrade and demands answers. Clarence refuses to admit what he had done and Gordon Freeman escapes from the white void only to discover himself to be suffering from auditory hallucinations and causing him to blow himself up with a rocket launcher in desperation. Dacoobers then awakes in his bed where his mother tries to comfort him after a nightmare only for the boss monkey to appear and kill her with a shovel while revealing that the events had all in fact actually happened and urging him to continue the story in Half-Life 2: Episode 1.
I love how it goes from some random guy who just wanted to play half life 2 episode 1 to witnessing his mother get murder by a freaking monkey with a shovel, awesome story telling.
My dear friend Dacoobers, It has been a year since the fantastic release of "Monkeying Around in Half-Life 2" on your TH-cam channel. I couldn't help but wonder if there are any plans for a sequel. Your creative vision and humor truly shined in the first part, leaving me longing for more shenanigans with those beloved monkeys. Please consider blessing us once again with the release of Part 2. Its also been a fucking year. Habibski
I'm convinced that Richter wasn't drunk nor high when he got this idea. He's just descended into complete madness. Definitely a video of all time. And I love how Dacoobers hits an invisible wall and discovers that he's in a machinima. He lives in a simulation.
Only 5 minutes in, already one of my favorite dacoobers videos Edit: My dad walked into my room in the middle of it and yelled at me so now I’m going to take my anger out on this video. Absolutely fucking ass, I can’t believe y’all really thought it was going to get a million views. Shit like this is why Garry quit liking the game, which means you are the reason that no one can get the “Yes, I am the real Garry!” achievement without hacks, and I find that evil af. I’d rather run under coconut trees in an earthquake than ever make myself watch another one of these shitty videos (you should do more gmod machinimas fr tho this was funny)
It seems the day has finally come... when I first joined this channel it was because of the quality of your content, the effort you put in to turn a concept into reality, but this has gone too far. I simply cannot take it anymore. Monkeys!? Out of everything... monkeys!!?!? You have lost a loyal follower today, and perhaps... a friend too.
Ok dacoobers im not gonna say why i know this but i know BBQ or pyro or whatever his name is im his im not gonna say it but heres somthing I righted. Dear dacoobers I hope this message finds you well. I understand that you are planning to make a part 2 of your monkey in Half-Life video, and I wanted to offer some suggestions to make it even better. Firstly, I think it would be great to showcase more of the monkey's abilities and interactions with the environment. Perhaps you could include some puzzles or obstacles that require the monkey's assistance to solve, or show how the monkey can distract enemies or retrieve items for the player. Additionally, it would be interesting to see the monkey's personality and emotions come through in the video. You could achieve this by giving the monkey unique animations and sounds, or by showing how it reacts to different situations in the game. Finally, I think it would be helpful to provide some context or backstory for the monkey, so that viewers can understand its role in the game world. This could be done through in-game dialogue or cutscenes, or through narration in the video itself. Overall, I think a part 2 of your monkey in Half-Life video has a lot of potential, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with. If you need any further assistance or ideas, please don't hesitate to reach out. Best regards, Mojo. Also this was me not a ai me trust me😊
this is the worst video ever
agreed
faxxxxxxxx bro dacoobers more like dapoopers
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yea it is
no its really funny
i like how the only reason the plot became extremely dramatic was because richter wanted another take
i feel so bad for richter
people are calling it the best video ever made
BRO NOBODY IS SAYING THAT
Accurate description
@@cpi3267 L opinion
Agreed best vid ever
holy shit its' is lartobr real!!!!!!!!!
Monkeying around in Half-Life 2 takes place approximately twenty years after the incident at the Black Mesa Research Facility from the first game, in which scientists accidentally opened a portal to the hostile dimension Xen. The game begins with Gordon Freeman being awoken from stasis and discovering the Black Mesa incident attracted the attention of a multidimensional empire called the Combine, which conquered Earth in seven hours and who have implemented a brutal police state. Gordon arrives at City 17, the site of the Combine Citadel, where Dr. Wallace Breen, the former Black Mesa administrator who negotiated Earth's surrender governs as the Combine's puppet ruler. After arriving at the train station Gordon is attacked by a monkey and awakes in an interrogation room. There he speaks to the boss monkey through a video system where he is recruited to hijack a plane and use it to attack the Citadel. After arriving at the airport Gordon discovers he's unable to enter without wearing a facemask due to Covid-19 restrictions. Clarence the monkey then instructs Gordon to drive to the citadel in a loaned Hatchback Jeep. Gordon then commits a DUI and is nearly arrested before his attorney Saul Goodman happens upon the scene and successfully is able to talk him out of having to perform a field sobriety test. It's then revealed that the attorney was actually Clarence the monkey in disguise. As he's leaving the city, Gordon witnesses a pregnant skeleton assaulting Dr. Judith Mossman and films the skeleton being beaten to death by the police. After traveling outside the city Gordon attempts to dine at Denny's but is unable to enter the building due to a mask mandate. He instead dines at a Cracker Barrel only to be kicked out of the restaurant and then suffers heart failure from his consumption of fried gravy. He awakes after being revived by the boss monkey in a secret rebel science compound which is under siege by Combine police and in order to make an escape is teleported to the Dennys HQ. The CEO of Denny's informs Gordon Freedman that the mask mandate was due to the Combines totalitarian laws and that the only way to rescind it is to crash a Denny's into the Citadel. After completing his mission Gordon Freeman awakes in a void only to be greeted by the boss monkey and Clarence. Clarence is then revealed to have masterminded the Covid-19 restrictions himself as Gordon Freeman pulls a gun on his former comrade and demands answers. Clarence refuses to admit what he had done and Gordon Freeman escapes from the white void only to discover himself to be suffering from auditory hallucinations and causing him to blow himself up with a rocket launcher in desperation. Dacoobers then awakes in his bed where his mother tries to comfort him after a nightmare only for the boss monkey to appear and kill her with a shovel while revealing that the events had all in fact actually happened and urging him to continue the story in Half-Life 2: Episode 1.
Monke
Can't wait for Richter to explain how this fits in the Half-Life universe.
I love how it goes from some random guy who just wanted to play half life 2 episode 1 to witnessing his mother get murder by a freaking monkey with a shovel, awesome story telling.
Actual cinematic masterpiece. This and its sequels will without a doubt go down in cinema history.
My dear friend Dacoobers,
It has been a year since the fantastic release of "Monkeying Around in Half-Life 2" on your TH-cam channel. I couldn't help but wonder if there are any plans for a sequel. Your creative vision and humor truly shined in the first part, leaving me longing for more shenanigans with those beloved monkeys.
Please consider blessing us once again with the release of Part 2. Its also been a fucking year.
Habibski
I'm convinced that Richter wasn't drunk nor high when he got this idea.
He's just descended into complete madness. Definitely a video of all time.
And I love how Dacoobers hits an invisible wall and discovers that he's in a machinima. He lives in a simulation.
You guys are such good RPers it almost seemed like you had no plan at all and just started talking
cannot wait for the sequel to come out
Can't wait for Half-Life 3
@@Kalmaro4152 half life 3̶
we're still waiting
Half life banana 2 jungle part 1
holy shit the boss monkey is actually fucking hilarious.
so true
@@ratlobber wow the REAL boss monkey replied to my comment. what an honor.
@@ratlobber hello famous youtuber ratlobber, can you please make a video about the mystery of the heroic boss monkey of unknown origin
i got a cracker barrel ad when the cracker barrel bit came on
mom can we have HL2 the AI is self aware ?
HL2 the AI is self aware at home :
Everday gets darker
Cinematic masterpiece, bravo Vince
"Pick up that banana"
This was truly one of the machinimas of all time
Literally machinima, that doesnt have anything that we can call this machinima. Brilliant!
Richter nailed the angry polish man mannerisms
This is the new canonical half life story
Honestly one of my favorite videos I've seen from you, keep up the great work Dacoobers :)
The monkey council has decided: thy coobers shalt continue and greet us with Half-Life: Episode 1, but mon-
this video was incredibly immersive, absolute masterpiece
9:12 What is the name of the addon?
I love the subplot of the absolute absurd mindsets behind not masking up
People say it's terrible, other say it's great.
In reality it's a Dacoobers video, so it's both.
the favroite part of a day is when dacoobers uploads
This is the best video in the entirety of human history.
For a cracker barrel there really isn't much random crap hanging from the ceiling
This is the best dapoopers video ever
0:55 that ain't so bad
Only 5 minutes in, already one of my favorite dacoobers videos
Edit: My dad walked into my room in the middle of it and yelled at me so now I’m going to take my anger out on this video. Absolutely fucking ass, I can’t believe y’all really thought it was going to get a million views. Shit like this is why Garry quit liking the game, which means you are the reason that no one can get the “Yes, I am the real Garry!” achievement without hacks, and I find that evil af. I’d rather run under coconut trees in an earthquake than ever make myself watch another one of these shitty videos (you should do more gmod machinimas fr tho this was funny)
bipolar disorder
finally the graphical gameplay enhancement update released for half life 2
this felt like a fever dream
i wonder what the plot was originally intended to be like?
This needs another million views
reminds me of Vargskelethor Joel’s Monkey Mondays Half-Life stream
I would rather be pepper sprayed than watch this video again
this reminds me of Hlvrai except it's set in half life 2 and its way crazier
Yeah awesome vid man, love your content
You should of called it playing monkey life 2
8:02 he frogret his lass sintennce sow sahd 😂😭😭😭😭😭😭
Let’s gooooooo!!! Dacoobers referenced Denny’s! I work there omg. This is so amazing!
What’s the addon with the TV in the beginning 2:28
When monkeys in half life 2 Episode 1 ????
Now that’s what I call monkey business!
Babe wake up coobs dropped a new video
It seems the day has finally come... when I first joined this channel it was because of the quality of your content, the effort you put in to turn a concept into reality, but this has gone too far. I simply cannot take it anymore. Monkeys!? Out of everything... monkeys!!?!?
You have lost a loyal follower today, and perhaps... a friend too.
Critics are saying “The best video from Dacoobers in a while” and “Video of the year”
Wild plot to do 11 days after a certian national tradgety
Wait this isn't Monkey Mondays! I want my banana back
I sure do want to see monkeys in half life 2: episode 1 (i am not being held hostage)
I see a dacoobers upload and I click.
We all need list of the addons that have been used in this video
My theory is everyone got drunk on Airboat(or no sorry)muDsKIpPeR motor oil and came up with this!
okay ive heard it before but i cant remember but does anyone know the song from 6:30 ?
Can’t believe richter got dementia 😮 7:59
This has some good plot, but I love how the guy just picked him up and took him to the other plot xD
Monkeying around is an underappreciated gem
i love that shit like this is still being made lmao
I remember watching the trilogy of monkeys in half life 2 very fondly thank you dacoobers
Small Goodman?!!?!
And that is why Denny's is essential to the Half Life lore kiddos!
still THE best half life 2 video ever made.
I NEED PART 2
There were so many references it made my head hurt 😢
This is the greatest video I have ever seen in my life
What mods do you have?
this was very sad and dramatic a true dacoobers masterpiece
That how 17/11 started and then ended
Goddamn this is so stupid but funny
good work =]
I want more of polish Richter overtime
This video feels like having a stroke while taking lsd.
Half Life epistle 3 looking kinda sick
i think i need to see episode 2
This is one of the videos ever made
Ok dacoobers im not gonna say why i know this but i know BBQ or pyro or whatever his name is im his im not gonna say it but heres somthing I righted. Dear dacoobers
I hope this message finds you well. I understand that you are planning to make a part 2 of your monkey in Half-Life video, and I wanted to offer some suggestions to make it even better.
Firstly, I think it would be great to showcase more of the monkey's abilities and interactions with the environment. Perhaps you could include some puzzles or obstacles that require the monkey's assistance to solve, or show how the monkey can distract enemies or retrieve items for the player.
Additionally, it would be interesting to see the monkey's personality and emotions come through in the video. You could achieve this by giving the monkey unique animations and sounds, or by showing how it reacts to different situations in the game.
Finally, I think it would be helpful to provide some context or backstory for the monkey, so that viewers can understand its role in the game world. This could be done through in-game dialogue or cutscenes, or through narration in the video itself.
Overall, I think a part 2 of your monkey in Half-Life video has a lot of potential, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with. If you need any further assistance or ideas, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Best regards,
Mojo. Also this was me not a ai me trust me😊
did you reach the part wherre you drive the mudskipper
I sure do love monkeying around
Why do I have the strange feeling of deja vu...
just as i remember it from launch
9:21 what is that song?
"No! I must kill the monkeys!" he shouted
"No Dacoobers, you are the monkeys!" the radio said
and then, Dacoobers was a chimp
did richard sleepytime forget to wake up in time again?
Hands down the best Rise of the Planet of the Apes sequel.
Banana Banana Jungle Vine
this shit is just like my dreams
the ending was freaking gold
can't believe richter would do this
Monkey life 1?
Yall should do more stuff like this
air
boat?
Air boat.
9:12 Whats this mod called (for a Friend)
this video is caramel
they should make the dennys spaceship a dupe
also what map did they use in the end?
It's one of thoose space build maps
This was the video ever made.
Dennys now where is my meal
I'm scared of monkeys now.
10:25
air boat