You are already in, you just don't want to admit it XD
The hype train won't stop
Kek
Steam Winter Sale ARG?
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Kek
It's almost certainly nothing. Valve teases hl3 every few months it feels like.
8-Bit Sunset
Banned
We'll get the announcement the 6th instead of the 4th
The big breakthrough for VR was that Valve found out someone finished hl3 without telling anyone.
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
I'm so glad I don't care about the Half Life franchise whatsoever, except for Portal 
This will be amazing to watch when everything falls apart.
This will be amazing to watch when everything falls apart.
Zomba13
Member
I don't get it.
MutonCommander
Banned
Left is the lambda symbol, right is a crowbar.
Polishin8r
Member
I can't....
Right I'm going to bed now, as this is getting too much!
Oh my
time to buy that steam vr
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
You guys need to hop off this hype train before it crashes.
Valve, I see you trollin'.
Valve, I see you trollin'.
Tizoc
Member
Ah OK thanks.
The only tease they did was the leaked stuff in the Dota files on the eve of the 8th anniversary of hl2ep2, which was the first bit of info on what the game was. That (at least in my opinion) was more of a head nod to the HL die hard fans that got sucked into the "the know" rumour mongering. Apart from that there has been nothing about the actual game.
Yeah I meant small stuff like the hl3.txt and random lambdas at places.
Not like anything major like a screenshot and if anything I do not believe HL3 is the game that looks to be the next Valve game (L4D3 is pretty much a really badly kept secret)
Is it known where exactly that is on the image?
NVM, I just found it. It's above the elf.
Too late, the train left the station and we are all on it!
im with you hype train!!! here we go!!
and if this is not hl3, then some other announce.
maniac-kun
Member
Are we still stuck at undertale?
Nyteshade517
Member
dave is ok
aztek is ok
No. Undertale goes to Ikaruga with 'bullet hell' and Ikaruga gives a badge with 1v7531
That trail is a red herring/dead end though.
YianGaruga
Banned
The profile pages that have the Red Herring badge display some number, that's where we're at afaik.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Awesome. Will wait for part 3.
Dr. Buni
Member
Me too. I love the Portal series. To be fair though, I don't think we need a Portal 3, but I would buy and love it anyways.
TheAssist
Member
I found the step from undertale to ikaruga to be a bit strange (ok, ARG's are always strange), but the argument was that it isnt a bullet hell. Though if people try to explain the combat system, the first thing they say is "well, its kinda like a bullet hell shooter". So naturally, bullet hell would be among the tags. Do we know if there are several path that would lead to ikaruga maybe?.
I always wonder how people find these solutions, it seems so arbitrary.
Also, its probably not half life
I always wonder how people find these solutions, it seems so arbitrary.
Also, its probably not half life
Red Herring set for Tidehunter
I don't think the hl3.txt thing was small since it had the first info of what hl3 may contain. There haven't been lambda logos anywhere I don't think.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Well this is very interesting
I need to check my profile page
I need to check my profile page
Nah man, it's just the release date, March 11th. Or December 4th. Maybe Half Life 3 is already released and we don't even know it.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
I want to believe but you people are insane
Seriously these are all just specs zoomed in and numbers being counted without any proof of anything only that you want it to be something.
Seriously these are all just specs zoomed in and numbers being counted without any proof of anything only that you want it to be something.
CryptiK
Member
Except the ARG has lead to each thing.I want to believe but you people are insane
Seriously these are all just specs zoomed in and numbers being counted without any proof of anything only that you want it to be something.
I want to believe but you people are insane
Seriously these are all just specs zoomed in and numbers being counted without any proof of anything only that you want it to be something.
I want to believe
(I missed out on the gold potato thing, fucking lucky bastards got a shitload of games from going through with that)
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I found the step from undertale to ikaruga to be a bit strange (ok, ARG's are always strange), but the argument was that it isnt a bullet hell. Though if people try to explain the combat system, the first thing they say is "well, its kinda like a bullet hell shooter". So naturally, bullet hell would be among the tags. Do we know if there are several path that would lead to ikaruga maybe?.
I always wonder how people find these solutions, it seems so arbitrary.
Also, its probably not half life
I think the Undertale to Ikaruga thing is more like a "connect the dots" kind of thing.
The bullet hell like combat system of Undertale is definitely the strangest aspect of it, considering it's actually an RPG. Those are two kinds of genres that normally have nothing at all to do with each other.
From all the shmups available on Steam, Ikaruga surely is the most famous bullet hell shooter of them. Another one could have been Jamestown, but that game's relatively old by now and JT+ is still a few months away from being released.
Now I know that Hitman Codename 47 is also quite the old stinker by now, but that one probably filled more of a role like "here's a barcode with the number 47 in it, connect the dots". I don't know if anyone tried the password on any of the other Hitman games' storepages, but my guess is that it would've worked on those as well.
So yeah, that's how I would explain it.
Who knows, maybe this ARG leads to a Gordon Freeman announcer option in DOTA 2 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Bullet Hell tag on Borealis page tying this into these other games........... Mygawd
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
I want to believe but you people are insane
Seriously these are all just specs zoomed in and numbers being counted without any proof of anything only that you want it to be something.
It is without doubt something prepared and not crazies looking at things that aren't there since the numbers do produce results such as sound files that people download and a steam badge, whether or not it has anything to do with HL3 is something else entirely.
7DollarHagane
Banned
When this turns out to be revealing a secret extra comic book page this image should be used anytime anyone thinks half life 3 is being teased.
VALVE IS NEVER GOING TO MAKE THIS GAME. Accept it.
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
I seriously wonder if people at Valve saw this pic and ask themselves how people still managed to project something HL3 related onto absolute randomness.
Dr. Buni
Member
We have a time traveler here, folks.