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Valve's fake, rigged, waste of time Progress Quest troll Portal 2 ARG
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TheBez said:
No. Somebody cracked the algorithm used the generate the random k= key that generates the ApSci log-in screens at the ApSci website, so they set up a website allowing people to get 15 potatoes with a click of a button.
Because users had to log-in to the website using the Steam Web API (allows secure log-ins at third-party websites), Valve caught on and will be removing the potatoes from these accounts.
As I've said before, I don't believe Valve will go after anybody who obtained their potatoes in-game, as even those who opted to use the Cogs save still had to jump a few hurdles for their potatoes. Even with the achievements unlocking at the same time it would be obvious to Valve if these saves were used for the potatoes or achievement whoring.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
Nothing happened, as expected. We probably had to stop at the EXACT number, we just missed our chance.
Affeinvasion
Member
Archie said:
Pretty much.
Lasthope106
Member
Let's say that the stores in town hold midnight launches for Portal 2. At CST timezone that means people could be playing this game a full 6 hours before the projected time in the website without doing any work at all. Compare that to thousands of people who have dedicated this weekend to make the game release early.
Where is the reward in that? The only solution to the problem is that the game will release when the bar hits 100%. Or this part of the ARG is to reveal something else entirely.
Where is the reward in that? The only solution to the problem is that the game will release when the bar hits 100%. Or this part of the ARG is to reveal something else entirely.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
We won't know nothing happened until an hour or so from now, when we can see if it had any effect on the bars.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
The_Technomancer said:
If it was moving at 300,000 times the normal rate, I'm pretty sure the ARG would be over in 5 minutes.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
It just updated, and nothing.Baha said:
MrMister said:
The theory was based on next to nothing. Nobody should be surprised.
Edit: FWIW, Barnett has confirmed that the CPUs will overclock once a certain amount of potatoes is reached.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
I've been on the road for the past couple of days and I'm so bummed that I'm missing this. Sounds like you guys are having a blast.
Lostconfused
Member
Well you can find some snails and then set an arbitrary goal for them to reach and then sit down and look at em for a couple of hours. Should be fun.Jive Turkey said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW0Vuh3PKUUJive Turkey said:
maniac-kun
Member
actually it pisses me off.Jive Turkey said:
Lasthope106
Member
Doopliss said:
Ep3 will be released!
darkpaladinmfc
Member
It was actually based on something:hamchan said:
- Early release practically confirmed by Gaijin Games (and it's true to an extent...)
- 'Portal2ReleaseDate' = Friday 5pm GMT
- Countdown to the time mentioned in previous statement.
- Two hours before the countdown ends we get the message: TWO HOURS UNTIL THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE", "TWO HOURS UNTIL SINGULARITY (UNLESS OTHERWISE REDETERMINED)", "TWO HOURS TO NEXT TUESDAY (UNLESS OTHERWISE REDETERMINED)
hamchan said:
No, that was an understandable assumption given the dates. The 375k potato theory, however, was borne from the groups of numbers in this image.
"Liek omg a totally random group of numbers! They must relate to the potato counter!"
There was no logic to it whatsoever.
Banjo Tango
Member
Is there a good post / faq on the best way to contribute to this event?
It seems like some games' meters go up faster than others at times, even if they don't have more people playing them... is that what's happening, or am I just imaging it? Is it better to focus your game-playing on "that" game?
And Potatoes are acting as multipliers? Is there a list of potatoes that are the easiest to get?
Finally, is just playing the game enough? Should you be playing it a special way? Does "idling" the game matter?
I'm sure these questions have been answered dozens of times in these threads, but if we had an OP that laid out how to best contribute, it might help.
And apologies if someone has already done this!
It seems like some games' meters go up faster than others at times, even if they don't have more people playing them... is that what's happening, or am I just imaging it? Is it better to focus your game-playing on "that" game?
And Potatoes are acting as multipliers? Is there a list of potatoes that are the easiest to get?
Finally, is just playing the game enough? Should you be playing it a special way? Does "idling" the game matter?
I'm sure these questions have been answered dozens of times in these threads, but if we had an OP that laid out how to best contribute, it might help.
And apologies if someone has already done this!
Zomba13
Member
http://pastebin.com/uvnXh8Xi
For anyone interested. Dr Dougley's last (so far) words. Seems like we're not doing any better or worse than we have been =/
For anyone interested. Dr Dougley's last (so far) words. Seems like we're not doing any better or worse than we have been =/
The wiki entry for it is great.
"375,466 Potatoes
Current speculation is that once the counter reaches 375,466 Potatoes, GLaDOS will start overclocking the CPUs. If you look at bostonindie's blog post(UPDATE 2011.04.14 2:28AM (EST)), it mentions the unknown relevance of Steve's sequences of numbers in his video and in a picture with internet explorer's browser searching for "88 37 54 66" . An IRC user noticed that "88" is ASCII for "X".
And nothing happened."
"375,466 Potatoes
Current speculation is that once the counter reaches 375,466 Potatoes, GLaDOS will start overclocking the CPUs. If you look at bostonindie's blog post(UPDATE 2011.04.14 2:28AM (EST)), it mentions the unknown relevance of Steve's sequences of numbers in his video and in a picture with internet explorer's browser searching for "88 37 54 66" . An IRC user noticed that "88" is ASCII for "X".
And nothing happened."
Superimposer
This is getting weirder all the time
I personally noticed the COGS bar move more than expected when I just refreshed... not 3.75x much, but still a bit
Banjo Tango said:
http://valvearg.com/wiki/Valve_ARG_Wiki has most of it covered, but the gist of it is get potatoes, run the games that we're focusing on -For now it's Cogs, but in a short while we'll be moving on to Toki Tori-, and that's pretty much it.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Zerokku said:
No, the placebo effect kicked in.
Just play one of the games that hasn't been completed. You can try to collect some potatoes but there is currently no evidence that they're doing anything (except granting a reward to those who collect every single one).
If you haven't refreshed the page in a while it sometimes jumps.Superimposer said:
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