Yesterday at 8:44 PM EST (2:44 PM NZT), a ﷽3D-printed replica of Left 4 Dead’s Gnome ﷽Chompski 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:was launched into space on the back of Rocket Lab’s Electron commercial rocket. It will now remain in space in perpetuity, or until something s⭕mashes into it and disturbs its orbit, sending it either careening back into Earth’s atmosphere or into the inky black depths of space.
To commemorate this momentous occasion, Valve has updated both 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Half-Life 2 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Left 4 Dead 2 with a brand new achievement. "If you are reading this achievement,” reads the new ‘Gnome Alone achievement, “168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Gabe Newell has successfully launched Gnome Chompsk🐈i into space. If you did not also receive the ac🦂hievement 'Manufacturing Ascent,' Newell has abandoned his plans to shoot Noam Chomsky into space."
For those un🐠aware, is an American linguist, philosopher, and polarizing political figure. Gnome Chompski, on the other hand, is an adorable garden gnome that first appeared in Half-Life 2, although he wouldn’t be given his full name until appearing in Left 4 Dead 2. Chompski would alﷺso feature heavily in several achievements available in Left 4 Dead, including one which involves carrying the gnome around like a newborn child all the way to the extraction zone.
Chompski's successful launch is more than just Gabe Newell entering the exclusive club of rich people shooting things into space for fun. For everyone who watches the launch within the next 12 hours, Gaben will donate $1 to Starship Children’s Hospital, a pediatric hosp🐟ital in New Zealand.
Gabe has been having a blast in New Zealand ever since the coronavirus pandemic turned most other countries into disease-ravaged apocalypse zones, and he's been showing his appreciation in a number of different ways, not the least of which being 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:charitable donations and firing garden gnomes into space.
Watch the launch video above and know that you’re not just watching history, but you’re also making Gabe Newell donate money t𝐆𓆉o a children’s hospital. And don’t forget to unlock that achievement in Left 4 Dead 2 either.
Source: Rocket Lab