On: Gordon Freeman at the Olympic Games

[stevehawk]

The article keeps saying "backhopping" but are they really talking about "bunnyhopping"?

[throwanem → stevehawk]

No. https://wiki.sourceruns.org/wiki/Accelerated_Back_Hopping

[jihadjihad → throwanem]

Honestly this is a much easier read than TFA.

[Rebelgecko → stevehawk]

The video makes it clear, but it looks like it's literally just jumping backwards

[cratermoon → Rebelgecko]

The first jump is in the forward (+x) direction, then turning 180 degrees mid-jump, after which the game engine math tries to do +x and -x without accounting for the sign, resulting in a backwards (-x) jump in the +x direction.