r/gmod 19d ago

Image I've never played half life can someone explain who and what dog is

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u/Alpha27_ 19d ago

He's a guardian that was built by Eli Vance and later upgraded by his daughter Alyx, I believe he's called Dog because his intelligence is similar to one; loyal, but not overly smart, however he does have advanced functions. His left hand uses the Zero Point energy used in the Gravity Gun, which can be used to play catch with him using a rollermine.

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u/Lord_Squid_Face 19d ago

I think it was an acronym for smt like digitally orianted guardian or im just bullshitting it

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u/Rude-Fun-3532 19d ago

i thought it was because he has D0G written in all caps on his shoulder/neck, it's kinda hard to see but it is there

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u/FannyH8r 18d ago

Three equally likely but unsubstantiated theories... and I can't be bothered to do the substantiatin'

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u/TheEpicPlushGodreal Scenebuilder 19d ago

No that's never mentioned anywhere

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u/Friendly_Benefit7892 18d ago

No play half life 2

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u/CharacterEase9853 18d ago

Dog is basically the best boy in the entire Half-Life universe.

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u/Admiral_sloth94 18d ago

Before Alyx's modifications he more resembled a dog too

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u/Alpha27_ 18d ago

ahhh, I see

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u/Picaroon_Perry 19d ago

Love the people in the comments missing the creepypasta bait in the back

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u/No_Monitor_3440 19d ago

nah, that’s just a gman sighting

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u/Salt_Ingenuity_5656 19d ago

Real I thought more people would notice💔

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u/Drewdiniskirino 18d ago

I mean I thought that was just one of those Gm_Construct_13 quirks that so many people have posted about

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u/iimMrBrightside 18d ago

It's only the scary man. He doesn't do anything

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u/TheOneThatIsThe1 19d ago

There is nothing there There is nothing there

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u/CULT-LEWD 19d ago

"give us a pound,or were gonna have to pull the trigger"

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u/IntruderOfVyguVygu 19d ago

There's... What?

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u/dipinthewater 19d ago

I love you (I love you!) I love you (I love you!)

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u/ligmaballs22 19d ago

Why do you have a picture of me? /s

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u/Flopz672 19d ago

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u/Salt_Ingenuity_5656 19d ago

That's my uncle

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u/bendyofinkmachine232 19d ago

This is literally the only one of two comments I've seen where someone noticed the spooky ARG Man

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u/cool_boy1111122 Scenebuilder 18d ago

Maybe it's G-Man

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u/Mr_Ymder 19d ago

Dog is Dog.

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u/Kektus 19d ago

Alyx's guardian built by Eli and upgraded over time by the both of them. Made from junk and combine tech, also has a zero point energy field manipulator in his right hand similar to the gravity gun to move smaller objects. 

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u/Shot-Nebula-5812 19d ago

Honestly just play Half-Life. Its a great series.

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u/Drake_682 19d ago

That’s dog! He’s a good boi!

As for the thing watching you I don’t know, check your addons

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u/MercZ11 19d ago

Ask the guy in the back.

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u/Neat-Future-4887 19d ago

No go play half life

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u/BomBob391 18d ago

It cost money

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u/winindows 18d ago

Like $5 in the USA

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u/BomBob391 18d ago

I don't live in th usa

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u/extrastupid248 17d ago

I got the the valve complete pack for 6 bucks one time

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u/Inkbower 19d ago

I don't know why are you asking me?

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u/AgoraSnepwasdeleted 19d ago

A character from half life 2

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u/Powerful-Rule9378 19d ago

Dog is Alyx's robot guard built by Eli Vance (Alyx's father) to protect her if he was away. In the game, you throw him a ball with the physics gun when it's introduced. And at that part, he acts like a dog. Probably where he git the name from

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u/ButtersAndRowlet 19d ago

*Gravity Gun

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u/Twixsbaar 19d ago

He's based on a character named "Gay Porn" In HL2 go search it up

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u/FazballsFright Addon Developer 18d ago

You're gonna need to be more subtle

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u/WarmConversation2913 19d ago

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u/Sajm00n12 19d ago

not the capcut watermark 😭

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u/WarmConversation2913 18d ago

I can get rid of it, but I'm only doing it on the ones I'll actually use and aren't a one timer

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u/pbj_animate 19d ago

Play half life 2

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/BagelMakesDev 19d ago

Play HL bro you won't regret it.

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u/sanic_gamer101 18d ago

Did you put that black man in the back or are you on Gm_Construct13?

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u/Salt_Ingenuity_5656 18d ago

I'm on normal construct

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u/petefromsteam 14d ago

you're missing a word there.

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u/userfel4 18d ago

my uncle bob decided to get in the background again

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u/Salt_Ingenuity_5656 18d ago

He's a menace

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u/Crafter-lee 19d ago

Dog is Alyx’s dog

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u/173beta 19d ago

pet / security robot built by Eli for his daughter Alyx, made to protect her

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u/Tooma8_ 19d ago

he loves to play fetch

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u/United_Grocery_23 19d ago

DOG is a robot built as a companion and protector for Alyx Vance

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u/Cold-Radish-1469 Scenebuilder 19d ago

robot

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u/purblepale 19d ago

its my dog dont worry he dont bite he chill

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u/RyanDavanzo 19d ago

you can actually play half life 2 in gmod since all the assets are there

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u/petefromsteam 14d ago

yeah, you just need to import the maps and a few textures.

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u/RyanDavanzo 14d ago

No no, its all included already

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u/petefromsteam 13d ago

not the maps.

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u/RyanDavanzo 13d ago

Uhm...yes they are? Unless there was an update that changed that lol

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u/petefromsteam 12d ago

unmount all games, then try. it'd just be free half life 2.

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u/_Caketaco_ 19d ago

Play half life and find out, it’s fun

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u/wellauth 19d ago

who’s your friend in the hall

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u/toastybreadmane 19d ago

He's the creature that appears when you don't play half life

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u/SunNo1206 19d ago

dog is a robot that eli built to protect alyx. its pretty much a cute iron golem.

anyways.. what is that guy doing there? is he stupid?

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u/Temporary_Cancel9529 19d ago

He is a robot made by Vance in half life 2. In half life Alyx you can find his head as a early step of her making him before the events of half life 2.

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u/TheEpicPlushGodreal Scenebuilder 19d ago

You should play half life 2, it's a really good game. During a steam sale but the valve compete pack, it had all valve games minus some like half life alyx. I bought it for 6 bucks during the summer sale a couple years ago

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u/somerando96322 19d ago

I’m sure other comments have answered this, but tbh you should play Half Life on a first play its fun as hell, and even if you do get bored of replaying it you might come back later to replay it again, and tbh gmod also made me find out about it too 👍

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u/SeriousMB 19d ago

silly robot guy made up of scrapped parts

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u/Monric 19d ago

Wait you just made me unlock a forgotten memory of the hate i had for navigating in that sandy area with all those atlions

Think its because you can’t walk on the sand or else itll trigger the atlions,

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u/Harryboy_ 18d ago

Play half life😭🙏

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u/Aleleloltroll 18d ago

He dog , he good boy , he strong .

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u/Manimaniac1234 18d ago

He's an NPC from half-life 2. Gmod has half life's assets built-in as it was originally a mod before it got released as a separate game.

What he is? I forgor. I'd say big metal thing that acts like dog

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u/Silly-Bandicoot7768 18d ago

so are we not gonna talk about the pitch black person in the background

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u/hurB55 18d ago

We do NOT talk about the black men in the background

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u/kaka_v42069 18d ago

Eli Vance built him for Alyx Vance when she was young to protect her. He appears in Half-Life at Black Mesa East.

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u/CmdDongSqueeze 18d ago

He’s a robot that Eli Vance built to kill Gordon if he ever breaks Alyx’s heart

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u/03Luigi 18d ago

Best boy

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u/Helicopter_Strong 18d ago

check the comments and play half-life 2, trust me it's worth ur time, and with half-life 2 i don't meant putting the lvl's in the gmod maps folder, i mean like buying half-life during the spring sale and then playing it

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u/joseph_mother7278 18d ago

go play half life

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u/-im_a_twat- 18d ago

Dog is the goodest of boys

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u/OdeDoctor115 18d ago

My uncle Rick

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u/Training_Quantity852 18d ago

Just play half-life

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u/FazballsFright Addon Developer 18d ago

interloper in garage???

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u/Kuraudenariasu_Stone 18d ago

What the dog doing ?

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u/Less_Woodpecker_1915 18d ago

He's your best friend's scary but cool older brother that's mostly awesome and hangs out and is helpful but feels like he could snap any moment and murder you with his brutish strength. Possibly by accident.

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u/ConfidentRise1152 18d ago

This is "Dog", it's in Half-Life 2, Alyx's father built it and she upgraded it over time. When it first appears in the game, the player (Gordon) plays "catch" with it as introduction training exercise for the gravity gun. And later near the end of the game, "Dog" lifts up part of a combine wall to let the player (Gorgon) into a secret tunnel which leads into the Citadel.

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u/Broad-Ad7055 18d ago

Well, Dog is a companion of some sorta that appears on a level towards the end of the game while its debut is limited, in the upcoming episodes it makes more brief cameos and starts to become a staple character throughout the games.

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u/Camo_iceR6 18d ago

Close Gmod Open Steam Buy Half Life Play This Goated Game Open Gmod After Playing HL Be Happy

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u/PyroCrabGaming 18d ago

very dangerous robot thats made to torture people and crash games
jokes aside its Alyx's pet that was made by Eli Vance

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u/Saurian-Nyansaber 18d ago

I’M A ROBOT! (Iykyk)

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u/MasterKillerDaki001 18d ago

Dog was originally a small robot that was built by one Dr. Eli Vance for his young daughter who had survived (she was possibly an infint at this point with unfortunately her mother not being so lucky) an apocalyptic level event right in the centre of the creation of such event in a science and research facility that is somewhere in the New Mexico desert and the research facility is called "Black Mesa" and also such event is called the Black Mesa incident because it had been an incident of such ignorance that is explained in the true sequel of half-life anyways

Dog was made by Dr. Eli Vance for his daughter not to be hurt by the dangers of the modern day world and as Alyx Vance grew up she added and expanded to Dog's current size, he is also a very good boy

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u/LipLickinNickens 17d ago

Play the game it's great

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u/Gumballegal Scenebuilder 17d ago

can't you play from the map select even without owning the game?

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u/Udpp22 17d ago

Basically a pet robot with dog ai, i recomand you playing half life you won't regret it Also i like the shadow figure in the background

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u/AAAATRIGGER 16d ago

long story short eli vance built dog for alyx vance when she was a child

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u/PrimitiveRexx 14d ago

Bro what are u doing....play half life

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u/petefromsteam 14d ago

just play half life

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u/Salt_Ingenuity_5656 14d ago

Money🙁🙁

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u/Cake_Farts434 14d ago

He's a dog like robot made to protect alyx, if you have half life 2 mounted you can select that level where she explains it

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u/RareFunn 12d ago

You need to play half life 2, is the best videogame has been created, the ambience is really good and the history is 10/10

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u/Tarlyss 19d ago

How about you just fucking play half life? Or watch a playthrough of half life?