How did Eli escape Black Mesa?

[DSDchemE]

Maybe I'm just missing something, but wasn't Eli the injured scientist you saw right outside the test chamber leaning against the wall?

I'm sure this has been asked before (sorry for bringing it up again), but how did he make it all they way out of Black Mesa, especially being injured? He didn't follow you, because several times the path was blocked behind you. He also must have gone an easier way, cause he didn't have the HEV suit to help him. Why didn't you just stay and go with him?

Also, do you think Valve knew the story to Half-Life 2 while they were making Half-Life? If I'm right about which scientist Eli is, he's the only scientist in the entire game that cannot be killed. Was that a glitch they decided to use later while planning Half-Life 2, or did they intentionally leave him alive?

 

[Feath]

Eli isn't the one sitting down injured, he's the one standing up that tells you to get to the surface.

There's a simple test to check if you know which scientist is meant to be Eli. Look at the skin colour of the scientist. If the scientist is white, you have the wrong guy, if the scientist is black than that's Eli.

I don't think you have weapons when you to that point, so you can't kill him.

 

[jimmyjam]

He also must have gone an easier way, cause he didn't have the HEV suit to help him.

yea geez he only lost his leg and his wife. easy as pie.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

He wasn't injured by the resonance cascade itself, but he did eventually get his leg bitten off by a bullsquid on the way out.

All we know about his escape is that he to rescue Alyx and the photo on the way out.

 

[DSDchemE]

Oh...ok...I haven't played Half-Life 1 recently, so I wasn't sure which one was which (or remember the skin color). I guess the other guy died in the nuke blast (since you can't kill him with a crowbar or any other non-explosive weapon). Thanks.

 

[Kangy]

Actually, the walkthrough says that Eli lost his leg helping Kliener get over a barrier into one of the Combine cities.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Actually, the walkthrough says that Eli lost his leg helping Kliener get over a barrier into one of the Combine cities.

Well, then whoever told me it was a bullsquid is a horrible liar.

Maybe it was bitten off by a bullsquid while he was helping Kliener get over the thingy?

 

[Feath]

Well, then whoever told me it was a bullsquid is a horrible liar.

Maybe it was bitten off by a bullsquid while he was helping Kliener get over the thingy?

It was.

 

[Tyguy]

There's a simple test to check if you know which scientist is meant to be Eli. Look at the skin colour of the scientist. If the scientist is white, you have the wrong guy, if the scientist is black than that's Eli.

hahahah, awesome...

 

[Jangle]

im sure it said in raising the bar tht it was a bullsquid..

 

[Flib>Noone]

There aren't any bullsquids in HL2
But the Mortar thing looks kinda like one

 

[The Dark Elf]

There aren't any bullsquids in HL2

Maybe Eli bit it back.