This is my last Lore video before the blowout of September 5. Back in 2020, my first real Lore video was about Strelok, so we've come full circle. Thank you to all the stalkers who followed me through this journey. I'll see you in the Zone after the release.
You forgot about the famous stalker Laundry Laundryov. He was apart of Strelok’s group from the start and did Strelok’s Laundry while he was storming the CNPP. How people always forget about him really shows how prevalent the Mandela affect is nowadays.
You forgot his middle name. His full name would be Laundry "Laundromat" Laundryov, and hes rumored to say "i dont trust you" if you approach the laundromat under specific conditions
Fang sounds unhinged ngl and i love him for it Like, imagine a crazy guy in exo swearing to himself while roaming the zone, casually raiding some old ass buildings looking for parts
What if Ghost and Fang successfully defeated the ambush at the warehouses, including the third merc? By now they were getting paranoid with other groups following them, including this latest set up, so they decided to send misinformation that the ambush was partially successful and Fang had died. Ghost and Fang buried one of the mercs (perhaps the scarred one) and labelled the grave Fang. Faking Fang's death would be a good way of stopping others from tracking him. Fang and Ghost split up, with Fang going north to Pripyat where he actually dies, while Ghost heads back south to Yantar to keep a low profile. It's odd that Ghost can describe the third merc's eye colour despite seeing him ~100m away, which supports the idea that things didn't happen as written. I think in reality it's just discontinuity in the writing, but it's fun to think of viable scenarios.
The man himself!!! Thank you brother I have officially been through almost every video you have posted. Me and my father played this together and now like you say it's all coming full circle with the trilogy on Xbox and stalker 2 so close.Thank you
@@templarknightac yeah He was chosen for this investigation because of the skills he gathered And in CoP intro the story teller tells us that he was a stalker and after awhile he became a Military Stalker(stalkers that are trusted by the military and carry out task deeper in the zone where military is not exactly welcomed but everybody in the zone affraid of military stalkers)
32:50 Here's my head cannon: Strelok in Clear Sky is clearly more youthful (maybe in his early 30's) as well as experinced so he's not as disfigured or wounded as he is in later games. Which might lead me to why his model is the same in SoC and probably why it isn't the same as in cutscenes either. Strelok in SoC is clearly disfigured/scarred from the battle at the CNPP before the emission, also probably aged heavily from such damage. His face in cutscenes is probably supposed to be his "final" look in game, however his design in the icon and his model in game tell us that he was supposed to be only disfigured but still young looking. This might also be the reason why so many NPC's you meet in SoC don't recognize him as Strelok, since if they truly met him face to face, he would look nothing like the young adventure seeker from before. Also kind of weird that in SoC cutscenes, he has a deeper voice but in Clear Sky he has a high pitched voice when talking. Maybe its from him being tired or talking to friends compared to anyone else? Finally in CoP we have our more aged and experienced Strelok who probably aged faster from combat, drugs (alcohol and cigs), and the stress of everyday living in the zone. Wonder if we see him in STALKER 2, and if he has aged more or has stayed the same.
Development of the Shoc was complicated and the story itself was all over the place. Cutscenes were made way before the actual game. You weren’t Strelok in Oblivion Lost, Strelok was an entirely a different character.
19:38 My theory, or at least my coping mechanism, is that the team knew there was someone, or a party, on their trail, so they said they left the decoders at the brain scorcher while actually putting them in a possibly prediscussed stash. Strelok then also faked saying he was going straight to the CNPP to throw off whoever was on his tail to get butchered by the monolith hordes. Strelok didnt go to the stashes since they were worried about time and also to leave behind distracting info for Scar to find. My big explanation for the conflicting events was the hope that Scar wouldn't get ahold of any of the valuable PDAs. I think they left behind Fang's PDA and the recording in the stash to throw of Scar, since we know the group was very resourceful. Then they left behind notes and potential fake stashes to try and make the merc rush towards the plant to die, allowing Strelok and Ghost to meet up and go to the CNPP without a problem. The comms that discussed the locations I believe weren't meant to be seen, but they were vague just on the off chance. Then someway through they realized they were discovered and had to change plans via more comms. If they were smart, I think they'd have more than one PDA just to serve as a backup incase one or more were compromised. I could be wrong but this helps me sleep easier at night. Have a good one! Thanks for your videos.
Realistically, it's just an overlooked disconnection. But its my personal headcannon that the notes at the groups stashes are diversions to confuse any mercs sent after them, or stalkers who may find them.
@@anomalousdugout9557 seriously, thank you so much for your wonderful content throughout the years. Personally, I've never felt closer to the community. Been watching for a long time and peep a video at least once a day. Thanks again, Anomalous ✌️
This was a great one. To get all the info in one place like this was really helpful to get a better understanding. I also loved Strelok's voice in SoC. He just never sounded right in CS or CoP. Strelok also has the most manly hairline of a true man. I should know, I'm rocking that hairline myself.
Great analysis as always. The chronology of the group's activities and events related to it is one of the less precise elements of the lore, which is most likely the result of the fact that different developers worked on each part of the series, and they probably didn't know what it all was supposed to look like themselves. As for Guide, it's never really stated that he was a member of the group in any way. From what we know, he was only an acquaintance of Ghost, so it's quite possible that he never met Strelok before the events of SoC. In the original concept of the dialogue between Strelok and Degtyarev, which is included in one of the design documents of CoP, it's mentioned that Strelok was supposed to say that Guide was only a friend of Ghost, without implying that he himself is associated with him. One possible explanation for why Fang has a grave in Pripyat is that it was simply some other Fang who was buried there. Not all stalkers have unique nicknames, in the trilogy there are characters who share the same name but are different people, so it is possible that there was another Fang in the Zone. As for Fang's killer - it's worth noting that the idea of copies of stalkers created by the noosphere was a concept that was abandoned early in development, and even when it existed, it was not considered that Scar would be Fang's killer. The devs established that Scar wouldn't be the one to kill Fang long before the game's release, so the theories that it was a copy of Scar, or that there is even some cut content related to Fang's killing, don't make much sense if we follow the history of the prequel's development. Anyway, good video, we'll see if the new developers try to clarify some of these inconsistencies in Stalker 2.
Why did I only see this video now when I was looking for your content? 42 minutes of STALKER lore, one of the best things when I create textures. Thanks!
playing through the trilogy right now and am glad to find this channel :) insta-subbed! I love the setting and want to discover all the little lore bits. I'm halfway through Clear Sky right now and it's pretty cool seeing Strelok's group from the outside. Thanks for this man
I can't believe I only found out about these games 3 years ago... and only started playing them when the Legends of the Zone pack released on Xbox... Good shit I have a nice PC, I'mma play STALKER 2 on that lil’ beast :) Thank you bro for the nice videos :)
Its just crazy how the army in Call of Prypiat just forget the crimes the Strelok did in Shadow of Chernobyl, the main thing killing the army forces in agroprom.
@@Brandelwyn And no documentation. The military running the raid on the Loner camp weren't recording anything, and for all we know there is no electronic surveillance in the base with the documents. Plus, it's entirely possible in-game to sneak in and out with the documents without killing anyone, or even being noticed at all.
If Strelok is truly gonna be in STALKER 2 (and we didn't end up with a look-alike), I wanna see if Strelok made a new group or if he would tell us more details about his former group mates. They definitely had a great friendship, like brothers. Maybe we will see Strelok paying his respects to the graves of both Fang and Ghost, or see the graves sometimes with items left by Strelok. (When we start modding STALKER 2 tho, someone gotta get that "press F to pay respects" animation for Ghost and Fangs graves)
Wonder if there are going to be Monolith stashes around with the X symbol around the Zone. And how of the stashes are going to be similar places, some graves count as stashes after all.
27:33 The body stayed, buried, and his gear went on with his fellow men, like once said, "Take care of Shooter and Shooter takes care of you", his upgraded Deagle and VSS lending saving graces to comrades, as him in spirit, to then be stashed later on a homage tomb, with a pharaonic's load of meds, artifacts and etc.
Fang's death is really difficult... I'd like to believe hes buried in Pripiat tho, hauling an exoskeleton all the way there seems difficult, and it makes him kind of more of a chad locational wise to have you grave.
32:45 also I wonder what the guide means with "If you say who you are.. .you'll probably know" I feel like strelok didnt even tell him who he was but Guide knew and wanted to subtly jog his memory?
@@lennic It's possible Guide knew something was wrong with Strelok but it was dangerous to address it. You don't live long enough to be as experienced in the messed up universe of the Zone as Guide, and good at navigation in hostile territory as him, without a strong sense of intuition.
Strelok's group contains three person group featured in roadside picknick and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R movie from the 70's. If you watch it (its free here on UA-cam) you can see the doctor and the writer are our doctor and strelock. Its pretty clear that the guide is either porcupine or the stalker himself, but is probably a mix of both.
I think all four of Streloks photos shown actually still look like him, but it almost appears as if he is aging rapidly compared to the short time spanned between the photos. This itself could open a can of theories, from the artefacts changing him, to simply the wear and tear The Zone will do to a person over years worth of time inside, so on. In the SoC photo, you can see Strelok looks almost young and innocent-ish, like a proper rookie I guess. In the following photos there is of course some artistic discrepency and design alterations but the face still resembles the same person. In the fourth photo, it looks as if Strelok aged 10-20 years and is weathered, scarred, old and wise. The timelapse of the photos could be seen as simply the man being changed over time. From The Zone and anomalies and artefacts, to aging itself, injuries sustained over time. The journey itself. All in all I dont find the photo differences very suspicious of speculation in a deeper way, simply some minor artistic changes over time but still resembling Strelok perfectly fine. Thats just how I see it anyway, just wanted to share and see what anyone else thinks.
A long, absorbing and interesting film, the best I've ever seen in your work, I didn't think the creators messed up this part of the plot so much, it's hard to put it together. I learned some new things and thank you very much for this video... Good job and keep it up, best regards
@@anomalousdugout9557 As of writing we are 45 days untill stalker 2. Meaining you can watch this video 1542.85714286 times untill stalker 2 comes out. Meaining you could have watched this video 35 times.
Well, Marked One's task on PDA can only be explained that Marked One is indeed a copy and the real Strelok is out there and maybe still holds the secrets about the Zone but has to stay low because he might have discovered the fake double and it could be not wise to show up...
my theory was that he was mistakenly sent to kill Strelok and it should have been Ghost as he was just as dangerous and still alive. Also explains why its Ghosts picture in the task description.
I have a theory as to why the notes left in the stashes might seem contradictory. If Strelock, Ghost, and Fang actually met up, or at least got close enough for radio contact, they might have made plans that rendered the notes obsolete. That might be why they don't seem to make any sense, based on the behavior and actions we know they took. Just a thought.
Clear sky was in the emission during all that. And most likely, all of them became monolith. Their whole faction or most of them just straight up went missing after that. So the likelihood of them being monolith is high. I haven't beaten stalker 2, but *spoilers* I think scar hears or heard the voice and is now an ex monolith soldier.
Perhaps the decode confusion thing is just the result of bad wording? Perhaps Strelok is saying to Ghost that Fang put together one decode and Ghost is saying that Fang put together 2 other decoders? That would explain the third decoder in Prypiat.
I wonder about those Clear Sky predictions about another great emission. They said that if Strelok would reach the Sarcophagus, another such emission would eradicate all life in the Zone, but during events of the game, it happened even after Scar fried his psy helmet. So were CS predictions wrong, or did their involvement actually saved people in the Zone?
I still think that bes was one of the first or someone important in relation to this group but for some reason he was cut or had a conflict of interest with ghost fang and strelok, my theory is that strelok is a freeloader and bes didn't want to be a doormat from strelok, that's why I think bes is the coolest stalker the area has ever seen, and the real group is ghost fang and bes, strelok was just an infiltrator faker, an agent of consciousness that didn't work, I've been thinking about this for many years, maybe not even the devs are aware of this, but what's the point of the baby being so similar to the ghost's face? There are many things that contribute to me thinking like this, but they are just things in my mind
This video helped me a lot making the story video about ghost and vasilievs final mission I tagged you in it i hope you get the chance to check it out someday!
@anomalousdugout9557 Hope you notice that comment. Already posted that 2 times, but i'll repost as an individual comment. I found an interesting detail. Fang from Streloks group is known to burr a lot in his speech. If you listen closely to a dialogue of unknown man in black and Skif in the "Official Gameplay Trailer" you can CLEARLY hear, that he burrs in his speech, also he said that Zone give him a new life. Probably, just a theory, it's resurrected Fang. In English version of the game Barkeep says that Fang spoke with a lisp, but in the Russian version Barkeep says that Fang burrs, what means pronouncing "r" softly with the back of the tongue. I am native russian speaker, so it was quite unexpected to hear.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Sorry for spamming, it was 4 in the morning, lol, for some reason i thought it would be missed in the barrage of all of other comment. My apologiez.
Maybe the guy on the photo in “kill strelok” part is not strelok but actually fang? How this photo appeared on marked one’s pda? Somebody put it there? Maybe it is the same photo killers of fang used to identify the target?
This is my last Lore video before the blowout of September 5. Back in 2020, my first real Lore video was about Strelok, so we've come full circle.
Thank you to all the stalkers who followed me through this journey. I'll see you in the Zone after the release.
Bruh nah I love your videos bro atleast upload something else like stalker but same hidden thing facts etc
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You deserve the break! Because it would be extra awesome playing the game and then watching your lore stuff after release!
@@Rongaming3065he's a STALKER channel - nothing more, nothing less.
man it will be sad to not hear that voice and that classic intro 'welcome stalker to the anomalous dugout
To explain Sakharov not remembering Strelok, you can hear a wavering certainty in the way he addresses the player in SoC with "Hello?... Hello."
Interesting.
Strelok also looks kinda different after his second expedition, being all f up and all that
The easiest explanation is that Strelok was simply wearing a mask or hood for every encounter he had with Sakharov, making him difficult to recognize.
@@guidelamp4025 do you think he talked telepathically?
@@mrzirak792 I don't see why he would have to. Every gas mask out there allows the wearer to speak.
What a way to end off the OG lore series before the next big thing comes. Always watched and appreciated your videos. They're truly unique. Thank you.
Thank you my friend.
This video is something everyone secretly needed and a great one as we get closer to the launch of STALKER 2
I hope it helps.
Exactly what I searched for
You forgot about the famous stalker Laundry Laundryov. He was apart of Strelok’s group from the start and did Strelok’s Laundry while he was storming the CNPP.
How people always forget about him really shows how prevalent the Mandela affect is nowadays.
lmao
How could I forget?
You forgot his middle name. His full name would be Laundry "Laundromat" Laundryov, and hes rumored to say "i dont trust you" if you approach the laundromat under specific conditions
Theres also Streloks dish washer, "Dishevko Dishes". Prior to the first trip he would travel with the group and do their dishes.
Infact,he's why strelok went to the laundromat in call of pripyat; to pick up soap and other goodies for him to be able to wash his clothes.
Fang sounds unhinged ngl and i love him for it
Like, imagine a crazy guy in exo swearing to himself while roaming the zone, casually raiding some old ass buildings looking for parts
Sounds like the average stalker to me, NGL.
What if Ghost and Fang successfully defeated the ambush at the warehouses, including the third merc? By now they were getting paranoid with other groups following them, including this latest set up, so they decided to send misinformation that the ambush was partially successful and Fang had died. Ghost and Fang buried one of the mercs (perhaps the scarred one) and labelled the grave Fang. Faking Fang's death would be a good way of stopping others from tracking him. Fang and Ghost split up, with Fang going north to Pripyat where he actually dies, while Ghost heads back south to Yantar to keep a low profile.
It's odd that Ghost can describe the third merc's eye colour despite seeing him ~100m away, which supports the idea that things didn't happen as written.
I think in reality it's just discontinuity in the writing, but it's fun to think of viable scenarios.
That's actually a good one and it would make sense of this mess. Thanks for sharing the idea.
Press F for Ghost, Ghost was a true friend.
F
Wish there was some kind of prequel or a book explaining more about Ghost's past and why Fang was such a doo doo head.
Skif: "There's no friendship in the zone"
Ghost: "Hold my bottle of vodka." " Fang, we can not leave him here" "No, Fang i'm not leaving him!"
If I had a coin for every character named Ghost that dies in an fps, I would have two coins which isn't much but it's funny that it happened twice
The man himself!!!
Thank you brother I have officially been through almost every video you have posted.
Me and my father played this together and now like you say it's all coming full circle with the trilogy on Xbox and stalker 2 so close.Thank you
Very nice :)
Degtyarev was a former stalker before joining the rank of military stalkers so maybe that time he knew or heard something about Strelok
Let's be honest everyone I'm and his mama in the zone know about strelok especially after clear sky events
@@khaledomar6019 agree everyone knows about him cause he is a legend in the zone
Yeah maybe.
he was?
@@templarknightac yeah
He was chosen for this investigation because of the skills he gathered
And in CoP intro the story teller tells us that he was a stalker and after awhile he became a Military Stalker(stalkers that are trusted by the military and carry out task deeper in the zone where military is not exactly welcomed but everybody in the zone affraid of military stalkers)
32:50 Here's my head cannon: Strelok in Clear Sky is clearly more youthful (maybe in his early 30's) as well as experinced so he's not as disfigured or wounded as he is in later games. Which might lead me to why his model is the same in SoC and probably why it isn't the same as in cutscenes either.
Strelok in SoC is clearly disfigured/scarred from the battle at the CNPP before the emission, also probably aged heavily from such damage. His face in cutscenes is probably supposed to be his "final" look in game, however his design in the icon and his model in game tell us that he was supposed to be only disfigured but still young looking. This might also be the reason why so many NPC's you meet in SoC don't recognize him as Strelok, since if they truly met him face to face, he would look nothing like the young adventure seeker from before.
Also kind of weird that in SoC cutscenes, he has a deeper voice but in Clear Sky he has a high pitched voice when talking. Maybe its from him being tired or talking to friends compared to anyone else?
Finally in CoP we have our more aged and experienced Strelok who probably aged faster from combat, drugs (alcohol and cigs), and the stress of everyday living in the zone. Wonder if we see him in STALKER 2, and if he has aged more or has stayed the same.
I mean stalker 2 story will happen after ten years so he will age for sure
Yes, could be the case.
Development of the Shoc was complicated and the story itself was all over the place. Cutscenes were made way before the actual game. You weren’t Strelok in Oblivion Lost, Strelok was an entirely a different character.
Also, Strelok in Clear sky uses a regular Loner NPC model. He maybe never took off his gas mask when around Sakharov
@@OXY187 no it was still you, except you werent called the marked one, but messer ("knife" in german)
After just playing the trilogy I wanted to know more about Strelok and his group, and you just delivered!
Nice.
19:38 My theory, or at least my coping mechanism, is that the team knew there was someone, or a party, on their trail, so they said they left the decoders at the brain scorcher while actually putting them in a possibly prediscussed stash. Strelok then also faked saying he was going straight to the CNPP to throw off whoever was on his tail to get butchered by the monolith hordes. Strelok didnt go to the stashes since they were worried about time and also to leave behind distracting info for Scar to find.
My big explanation for the conflicting events was the hope that Scar wouldn't get ahold of any of the valuable PDAs. I think they left behind Fang's PDA and the recording in the stash to throw of Scar, since we know the group was very resourceful. Then they left behind notes and potential fake stashes to try and make the merc rush towards the plant to die, allowing Strelok and Ghost to meet up and go to the CNPP without a problem. The comms that discussed the locations I believe weren't meant to be seen, but they were vague just on the off chance. Then someway through they realized they were discovered and had to change plans via more comms. If they were smart, I think they'd have more than one PDA just to serve as a backup incase one or more were compromised.
I could be wrong but this helps me sleep easier at night. Have a good one! Thanks for your videos.
Dude great video as always, good timing just for my birthday, thank you for the great gift 😎
Happy Birthday Stalker
@@GeoffSayre Thank you brother, have a great day Stalker🤠
@@karelcz9221 happy birthday stalkerrrr hopefully we will see you in the zone
@@Saint20117 i hope i see you too 😎, we shall meet in Rostok Bar brother
happy birthday stalker! here, have a vodka
One of your best videos in my opinion - much more detailed compared to your old videos on Strelok, Ghost, and Fang.
Yes, I've come a long way.
The zone's most infamous group is now debunked.
Realistically, it's just an overlooked disconnection.
But its my personal headcannon that the notes at the groups stashes are diversions to confuse any mercs sent after them, or stalkers who may find them.
Almost did a backflip when I saw this video get uploaded, lets go!
:)
@@anomalousdugout9557 seriously, thank you so much for your wonderful content throughout the years. Personally, I've never felt closer to the community. Been watching for a long time and peep a video at least once a day.
Thanks again, Anomalous ✌️
This was a great one. To get all the info in one place like this was really helpful to get a better understanding.
I also loved Strelok's voice in SoC. He just never sounded right in CS or CoP.
Strelok also has the most manly hairline of a true man. I should know, I'm rocking that hairline myself.
I've been looking forward to this :)
Please enjoy :)
@@anomalousdugout9557 I did!
Great analysis as always. The chronology of the group's activities and events related to it is one of the less precise elements of the lore, which is most likely the result of the fact that different developers worked on each part of the series, and they probably didn't know what it all was supposed to look like themselves.
As for Guide, it's never really stated that he was a member of the group in any way. From what we know, he was only an acquaintance of Ghost, so it's quite possible that he never met Strelok before the events of SoC. In the original concept of the dialogue between Strelok and Degtyarev, which is included in one of the design documents of CoP, it's mentioned that Strelok was supposed to say that Guide was only a friend of Ghost, without implying that he himself is associated with him.
One possible explanation for why Fang has a grave in Pripyat is that it was simply some other Fang who was buried there. Not all stalkers have unique nicknames, in the trilogy there are characters who share the same name but are different people, so it is possible that there was another Fang in the Zone. As for Fang's killer - it's worth noting that the idea of copies of stalkers created by the noosphere was a concept that was abandoned early in development, and even when it existed, it was not considered that Scar would be Fang's killer. The devs established that Scar wouldn't be the one to kill Fang long before the game's release, so the theories that it was a copy of Scar, or that there is even some cut content related to Fang's killing, don't make much sense if we follow the history of the prequel's development.
Anyway, good video, we'll see if the new developers try to clarify some of these inconsistencies in Stalker 2.
Yo Reggash?
Thank you for sharing!
GUYS TODAY IS VERY LEGENDARY I GET TO PLAY S.T.A.L.K.E.R FOR THE FIRST TIME
Pro tip: free merc armor is in one of the roofs of the rookie village
Bruh I know bes i know fox and seryi also i know the fridge joke
Hope the zone is treating you nicely one month ahead, chicken friend.
@@SkyChaser- hope you use lubricant, furry friend
Why did I only see this video now when I was looking for your content? 42 minutes of STALKER lore, one of the best things when I create textures. Thanks!
playing through the trilogy right now and am glad to find this channel :)
insta-subbed!
I love the setting and want to discover all the little lore bits. I'm halfway through Clear Sky right now and it's pretty cool seeing Strelok's group from the outside.
Thanks for this man
Thank you for these videos, you helped me to understand the deep lore of the stalker
Very nice.
I can't believe I only found out about these games 3 years ago... and only started playing them when the Legends of the Zone pack released on Xbox... Good shit I have a nice PC, I'mma play STALKER 2 on that lil’ beast :) Thank you bro for the nice videos :)
Try Stalker gamma
@@michaweremko3507 oh yes it’s already installed on a portable NVME ready to play from anywhere ☺️
Welcome to the Zone.
@@michaweremko3507 Already downloaded and installed on my external SSD, I’ll finish the LOTZ trilogy first then yeah, GAMMA is next on the list :)
@@anomalousdugout9557 Thank you buddy !
I'm part of Strelok's group since 2007 :)
Great!
Thank for the video ❤️
Thank you for watching.
I was looking for this video for so long.
Glad I made it then.
I love that you went so deep into this! Thanks man
My pleasure!
Its just crazy how the army in Call of Prypiat just forget the crimes the Strelok did in Shadow of Chernobyl, the main thing killing the army forces in agroprom.
There were no witnesses
Probably the government didn't knew who strelok was, otherwise not a chance army would spare.
@@Brandelwyn oh I forgot that factor
@@Brandelwyn And no documentation. The military running the raid on the Loner camp weren't recording anything, and for all we know there is no electronic surveillance in the base with the documents. Plus, it's entirely possible in-game to sneak in and out with the documents without killing anyone, or even being noticed at all.
If Strelok is truly gonna be in STALKER 2 (and we didn't end up with a look-alike), I wanna see if Strelok made a new group or if he would tell us more details about his former group mates. They definitely had a great friendship, like brothers. Maybe we will see Strelok paying his respects to the graves of both Fang and Ghost, or see the graves sometimes with items left by Strelok.
(When we start modding STALKER 2 tho, someone gotta get that "press F to pay respects" animation for Ghost and Fangs graves)
Wonder if there are going to be Monolith stashes around with the X symbol around the Zone. And how of the stashes are going to be similar places, some graves count as stashes after all.
Well
Great video man!
Finally, the full story told by Anomalous Dougout!
Of course.
Im pretty sure the new game will fill in your lore videos for years to come ❤
I love this channel Stalker. Even someone experienced can learn a lot
I will be eagerly waiting for you next video ✌
Thanks.
27:33 The body stayed, buried, and his gear went on with his fellow men, like once said, "Take care of Shooter and Shooter takes care of you", his upgraded Deagle and VSS lending saving graces to comrades, as him in spirit, to then be stashed later on a homage tomb, with a pharaonic's load of meds, artifacts and etc.
You are amazing. stunning work love it all.
Awesome video, as always. Thank you!
Fang's death is really difficult... I'd like to believe hes buried in Pripiat tho, hauling an exoskeleton all the way there seems difficult, and it makes him kind of more of a chad locational wise to have you grave.
32:45 also I wonder what the guide means with "If you say who you are.. .you'll probably know" I feel like strelok didnt even tell him who he was but Guide knew and wanted to subtly jog his memory?
@@lennic It's possible Guide knew something was wrong with Strelok but it was dangerous to address it. You don't live long enough to be as experienced in the messed up universe of the Zone as Guide, and good at navigation in hostile territory as him, without a strong sense of intuition.
Nice video. I'm watching some of your old videos because I start a month ago the Stalker saga and I loss the lore sometimes.
glad you did a video on the Group that Strelok Runs.
Yes.
Nice video bruh🔥
Thank you.
Awesome video, keep up the good work!
Strelok's group contains three person group featured in roadside picknick and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R movie from the 70's. If you watch it (its free here on UA-cam) you can see the doctor and the writer are our doctor and strelock. Its pretty clear that the guide is either porcupine or the stalker himself, but is probably a mix of both.
Thank you so much for your hard work. See you after September 5, and as always, good hunting Stalker
See you soon.
Great video as always
Thank you for your efforts ❤
I think all four of Streloks photos shown actually still look like him, but it almost appears as if he is aging rapidly compared to the short time spanned between the photos. This itself could open a can of theories, from the artefacts changing him, to simply the wear and tear The Zone will do to a person over years worth of time inside, so on.
In the SoC photo, you can see Strelok looks almost young and innocent-ish, like a proper rookie I guess. In the following photos there is of course some artistic discrepency and design alterations but the face still resembles the same person. In the fourth photo, it looks as if Strelok aged 10-20 years and is weathered, scarred, old and wise. The timelapse of the photos could be seen as simply the man being changed over time. From The Zone and anomalies and artefacts, to aging itself, injuries sustained over time. The journey itself.
All in all I dont find the photo differences very suspicious of speculation in a deeper way, simply some minor artistic changes over time but still resembling Strelok perfectly fine. Thats just how I see it anyway, just wanted to share and see what anyone else thinks.
Read somewhere that Stalker Mobile, told Strelok entered the zone after defecting from USS, and showed how he met Ghost and Fang.
I freaking love this game series, the lore is just so fascinating and man I'm hooked!
It's great!
A long, absorbing and interesting film, the best I've ever seen in your work, I didn't think the creators messed up this part of the plot so much, it's hard to put it together. I learned some new things and thank you very much for this video... Good job and keep it up, best regards
Finally a new video.
BTW, when you get a new PC, pls do more STALKER 1 series videos. On Ultra settings if possible :P !
I'll do my best, the PC is coming.
you are marvelous, greetings from a hardened stalker fan
Thanks!
Strelok had his memory wiped because he figured out what's in a can of tourist delight.
As of writing this:
We are 66,240 minutes away from stalker 2.
Meaining you can watch this video 1577.14285714 times untill stalker 2 is released.
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Ah yes,very useful information
Nice!
@@anomalousdugout9557 As of writing we are 45 days untill stalker 2.
Meaining you can watch this video 1542.85714286 times untill stalker 2 comes out.
Meaining you could have watched this video 35 times.
@@lboyadgiev8820 Very useful... Anyway when will the next emission come?
Return of the king
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Anomalous Dugout - Still alive? Thats great!
great video 🔥🔥🔥
Amazing video!
I love your videos. Thank you for that.
Well, Marked One's task on PDA can only be explained that Marked One is indeed a copy and the real Strelok is out there and maybe still holds the secrets about the Zone but has to stay low because he might have discovered the fake double and it could be not wise to show up...
That's also a theory!
my theory was that he was mistakenly sent to kill Strelok and it should have been Ghost as he was just as dangerous and still alive. Also explains why its Ghosts picture in the task description.
So you're telling me he was Reborn? As a Doppelganger?
i've been having an awesome day but this just made it better
Glad to read.
My favorite youtuber
:)
Dude this guy got me turned me into a diehard stalker fan
I have a theory as to why the notes left in the stashes might seem contradictory. If Strelock, Ghost, and Fang actually met up, or at least got close enough for radio contact, they might have made plans that rendered the notes obsolete. That might be why they don't seem to make any sense, based on the behavior and actions we know they took. Just a thought.
Hello, i think you should show us all the armors in Stalker like you did with guns, that would be pretty fun
Since Strider is rumored to be in STALKER 2, I bet Streylok will make an appearance albeit maybe a role similar to Doctor this time.
i identify myself as Strelok.
Hell yeah this is a good topic, underrated and not talked about as much
Thanks!
If I had a coin for every character named Ghost that dies in an fps, I would have two coins which isn't much but it's funny that it happened twice
Great work
Clear sky was in the emission during all that. And most likely, all of them became monolith. Their whole faction or most of them just straight up went missing after that. So the likelihood of them being monolith is high. I haven't beaten stalker 2, but *spoilers*
I think scar hears or heard the voice and is now an ex monolith soldier.
I am looking forward to the new game, love this game series, and still has some of the best ambient background music in any game.
Yes, I bet it will be great!
Perhaps the decode confusion thing is just the result of bad wording? Perhaps Strelok is saying to Ghost that Fang put together one decode and Ghost is saying that Fang put together 2 other decoders? That would explain the third decoder in Prypiat.
I like to think Strelok is actually Red from Roadside Picnic.
Red is the Vintar wielding stalker that saves Strelok in the SoC beginning cutscene.
I wonder about those Clear Sky predictions about another great emission. They said that if Strelok would reach the Sarcophagus, another such emission would eradicate all life in the Zone, but during events of the game, it happened even after Scar fried his psy helmet. So were CS predictions wrong, or did their involvement actually saved people in the Zone?
Yes, it seems to me they over exaggerated.
10/10 stalker 🔥
Thanks!
I still think that bes was one of the first or someone important in relation to this group but for some reason he was cut or had a conflict of interest with ghost fang and strelok, my theory is that strelok is a freeloader and bes didn't want to be a doormat from strelok, that's why I think bes is the coolest stalker the area has ever seen, and the real group is ghost fang and bes, strelok was just an infiltrator faker, an agent of consciousness that didn't work, I've been thinking about this for many years, maybe not even the devs are aware of this, but what's the point of the baby being so similar to the ghost's face? There are many things that contribute to me thinking like this, but they are just things in my mind
This video helped me a lot making the story video about ghost and vasilievs final mission I tagged you in it i hope you get the chance to check it out someday!
It'd be cool if HBO or BBC made a Stalker show. I see Mark Strong cast as Strelok 😃
Always sad he wasn't named Strelak, being it would be an Anagram of Stalker.
How u gonna drop a gem at 3am❤❤❤
I do what I can :)
Ohhh brother just heard the news and this one stings but what can one do.
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Good video bro
Thanks.
Man, Thong is a real meanie
Soon as I seen the video I clicked.
Thank you.
So am I wrong in saying that monolith has some of the best equipment in the zone?
Wake up babe! New Anomalous Dugout vid just dropped! ❤️
Yes.
Another banger
Thanks.
@anomalousdugout9557
Hope you notice that comment. Already posted that 2 times, but i'll repost as an individual comment.
I found an interesting detail. Fang from Streloks group is known to burr a lot in his speech. If you listen closely to a dialogue of unknown man in black and Skif in the "Official Gameplay Trailer" you can CLEARLY hear, that he burrs in his speech, also he said that Zone give him a new life. Probably, just a theory, it's resurrected Fang.
In English version of the game Barkeep says that Fang spoke with a lisp, but in the Russian version Barkeep says that Fang burrs, what means pronouncing "r" softly with the back of the tongue.
I am native russian speaker, so it was quite unexpected to hear.
Yes I saw your comment, sorry if I did not respond yet. It's a very interesting detail you noticed, thank you for sharing!
@@anomalousdugout9557 Sorry for spamming, it was 4 in the morning, lol, for some reason i thought it would be missed in the barrage of all of other comment. My apologiez.
Strelok will picklock the Stalker 2 lock to... [SPOILER SEGMENT]...
😎
Ghost was a legend
Rip ghost 😔
Let's drink to him once more, he was a good stalker.
Any newbie Xbox homies looking into to the lore after finally getting to play this game?
The Representative's voice actor is the same Lebedev's voice actor xD
In the English version yeah.
T.H.E.G.O.A.T
:)
Maybe the guy on the photo in “kill strelok” part is not strelok but actually fang? How this photo appeared on marked one’s pda? Somebody put it there? Maybe it is the same photo killers of fang used to identify the target?
Its Ghost, actually
Arrow is strela (стрела), though, strelok is more of a shooter\sharpshooter kinda name
strelok has a ton of luck that monolith's programming was so weak otherwise he would shoot himself the second he learned that HE was his target