# Howdy!

**URL:** <https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/howdy/2589>\
**Category:** Introduce Yourself\
**Created:** [April 11, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/howdy/2589 "2015-04-11T15:42:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RootHalo](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/roothalo/32/75_2.png) [@RootHalo](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/RootHalo)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/howdy/2589/1 "2015-04-11T15:42:54Z")

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Hello there!

Thanks for letting me join this awesome community. I am a long time speedrun fan and have only just got into it myself the last year!

Been playin half life since as long as I can remember! Quake and Quake II before that!! I remember watching the first Quake speed run of Quake done quick on my old Compaq, piece of junk home PC! LOL

And now I am here, mainly to get solid info and to show you guys some of my, (sometimes) really clean bhop. I like to float around in IRC so if any of you guys could point me to a channel that would be really cool of you.

Fav runners:  
Coolkid  
Quadrazid  
Rayvex  
Tryedz  
YaLTeR

a few more, but meh. They are the coolest I can think of right now.

Fave runs:  
HL21 (clearly)  
Coolkids SS/No Scripts/Hard (so impressive)  
Rofi’s crowbar only  
Quad & Rayvex Blueshift  
Quad & (small part) CRASHFORT Opposing Force  
loads more but lol wont name them all.

My setup is:  
Debian Wheezy + VMware Workstation 10.1 + Windows XP SP3.  
DualCore  
Nvidia 8600M  
4GB RAM  
standard mouse  
standard keyboard.

Game(s) setup:  
Half life (numerous versions)  
standard movement keys  
mwheeldown & space +bhop  
mwheelup +dr1 or +duck  
E +usespam  
TAB +use  
(non-scripted speedruns I use mwheeldown & space +jump and up for +duck)

1,2,3,4,5 - Crowbar, Glock, Shotgun, Guass, Grenades  
z,x,c,v,b - .45, Crossbow, AR, c4, Tripmines

OpenGL 800x600

various keys for frames and such.

I often use NGHL because it’s easy. Only have the other versions for Blue Shift and Opposing Force. Although I still have a lot of route planning for those maps. I still love v1.0.0.6 and earlier. I play them casually nearly everyday.

Hope you can find my setup useful! It took me a while to tweak the VM and OS to run the games at all versions smoothly. I can handle a computer okayish so if you have any Q’s on installing half life and getting it to work nicely just ask I could be able to help!

Thanks for listening!

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**Author:** ![PJC](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@PJC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/PJC)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/howdy/2589/2 "2015-04-11T16:52:24Z")

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Hi and welcome!

Here are all the SourceRuns-related IRC channels I know of:

Server: [irc.speedrunslive.com](http://irc.speedrunslive.com) (irc2 if you’re from EU)

#sourceruns-wiki  
#sourceruns  
#portal  
#goldsrc

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**Author:** ![TheGodFather2131](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@TheGodFather2131](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TheGodFather2131)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/howdy/2589/3 "2015-04-11T17:06:47Z")

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Welcome man.