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Valve's fake, rigged, waste of time Progress Quest troll Portal 2 ARG
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The Omega Man
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how many hours more do we have to collect potatoes I am still missing the second AAAaaaaa one, it's is difficult?
Thing is, every bar we fill takes off some of the time in that clock. And we're filling a lot of bars right now. Some sites predict the launch to happen monday, but since we've been accelerating over the week-end, we might end up having it tonight. But we need all the help we can get. You should really consider launching Cogs is what I'm saying.shuyin_ said:
It's not accelerating at all. The blue line here shows how "Computations Completed for Launch" (the main bar on glados@home) has progressed. The rate it's been filling clearly hasn't increased.ElNarez said:
So thousands of people all over the world are putting tens of hours into the potato sack games to unlock Portal 2... 2 hours earlier? :| :| :|Jintor said:
I'm honestly feeling sorry for the people that didn't actually want to play them (and i suspect there are quite a few), because they spent their weekend like this.
It's really not worth it imo...they should've enjoyed the weekend and wait 2 more hours on Tuesday.
Lostconfused
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Yeah chances are its going to unlock sometime tuesday.hamchan said:
butter_stick
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Enjoying your weekend and spending all weekend playing indie games and watching percentage meters aren't mutually exclusive.shuyin_ said:
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Trickster
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ElNarez said:
I'm gonna go with what steam says over "some sites" sorry. I'd perhaps have considered putting in a bit of effort to get the game out earlier, but considering how much effort has gone into it already, versus how much time has been shaved off. It just doesn't seem worth it, I'll just continue playing games and watching shows that I like instead.
oh and what that penny arcade comics says also.
Jintor said:
Probably enjoying their weekend, not playing indie games.
Honestly though, I doubt there will be any reaction from valve, they know that by the time their next game is about to roll out, people will have largely forgotten about it, and those that haven't will forgive them because they're valve "teh bestest developers evar"
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Killing Floor's bar will be the biggest pain in the ass.
Lostconfused
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Going by the existing trends. Absolutely nothing of any significance will happen. At best Portal 2 will unlock at 5 am on Tuesday instead of 12.Nabs said:
Trickster said:
The clock on Steam changes only when a bar is filled. The sites I'm talking about take into account the progression rate of every bar whether finished or not, and uses that data to deduce the time at which they'll be full. Since the game will be released once every bar is full, they can give a projection of what the release time will end up being. So sure, it looks like we only got three hours, but we're working hard on making this a day. And we need all the help we can get.
I like how no ones playing Aaaaaa, Kick it or TWEOTW anymore.
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
Palette Swap
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I am. It's 5pm here and I'm going off on vacation tomorrow morning so if it doesn't release in the next couple of hours, I'll play it a week from now.hamchan said:
(which is what I expected to do from the beginning)
Trickster said:
Well, they are. In the grand scheme of things this is a pretty minor fuck-up.
Still disappointing though.
/edit every arbitrary imaginary number has disappointed me so far, but since that lead has a bit of evidence... well, I can dream.
Goodnight Portal2Gaf. I hope something awesome happens while I sleep.
I suggest nobody wastes his time playing any of the games in the potato sack unless he really wants to. Playing them just to help Portal 2 get released a fraction of a second earlier is pretty damn stupid and a good way to waste your time, if you ask me.ElNarez said:
I'd rather people stop playing Valve's retarded ARG and rather do something they like and wait 2 or 3 more hours on Tuesday.
The thing is, I don't think it's a fuck up. Not to jump to conclusions or anything, but does any one of you entitled motherfuckers know anything about effort? Valve is promising us a favor, in exchange for a bit of work, if it even counts as actual work. You're making it sound as if they're asking you to work in a cole mine for the rest of your adult lives to get Portal 2 10 minutes before anyone else, when it's absolutely not the case.
Prophet Steve
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However, the favor is to many not worth it after all the loopholes that formed the ARG before this.ElNarez said:
Palette Swap
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Most people aren't complaining about efforts, they're just observing that so far the favor seems drastically underwhelming compared to the awesome buildup.ElNarez said:
It doesn't make Valve bad guys, it's just a bit baffling to lose such momentum.
You're jsut blind, that's allElNarez said:
Valve is simply manipulating you into doing something, with the promise of an early release. If you take a neutral position and think of it in terms of reward: playing some games you don't want to play from friday 'till sunday, continously, just for a 2hour early release you will see it's just not worth it.
Err, who pissed in your cereals? Isn't this a forum where people post opinions? You don't care about my opinion, that's fine. I don't care about yours either. No need to be rudeLM4sure said:
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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ElNarez said:
I'm all in favor for this but you make it sound very obnoxious especially when you insult like that.
Just remember: you have to purchase the games. It's not like they're asking you to "like" them in Facebook or anything. Some rather wait than spending another $40. You also have to collect the potatoes for God knows what reason but we are collecting it, which alone is shit loads of work. You also have to run all these games in background, which is quite a bit annoying and doesn't encourage us to play any of it since we need to clock in hours before Tuesday.
Again, keep the insult to yourself. We know what we're doing and we're happy in this misery of ours.
Jintor said:
That's like your opinion, man.
You've already made your opinion known many times. You don't think it's worth your time. That doesn't mean it's not worth other people's time. You think because you wouldn't enjoy playing these games no one would. So they should do like you and give up. If you don't want to participate, fine. But leave your negativity out of it.
Prophet Steve
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That is how long from now? Don't know which timezone.Baha said:
The Technomancer
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About 45 minutes, I would assume, since its currently 10:05 in my zone.Prophet Steve said:
I think it will be closer to half an hour though.
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