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Valve's fake, rigged, waste of time Progress Quest troll Portal 2 ARG
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Hawkian said:
What part are you confused about? Do you have the <TEST> levels? Have you completed the three main Portal levels in order to unlock the "bonus" levels? Do you need the one where you need to change the level file, or the one where you just need to beat the level in a specific way? The latter is pretty self explanatory.
Well, if we are lucky an over drive will kick in in a few minutes. Really, Monday After Noon would be good enough for me.
http://valvearg.com/wiki/GLaDOS@Home#GLaDOS.40Home_Community_Edition
You should use the Application the ARG Wiki made, it will change the game automatically once it is finish:WEGGLES said:
http://valvearg.com/wiki/GLaDOS@Home#GLaDOS.40Home_Community_Edition
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Is there any reason at all to think it will?Drkirby said:
Hawkian said:
You don't need to unlock anything in the main game.
As Exodu5 said, create a profile named "Potato" and when you go to choose your level you'll see <TEST> as one of the available worlds. Go there and beat the three "normal" levels - there's walkthroughs for the third one on the wiki, but the first two should be pretty easy on their own.
Once you've beaten all three normal <TEST> levels, the bonus <TEST> levels will be unlocked. Get to the teleporters in each of them following the instructions in the wiki.
I've never understood the appeal of ARGs.
They're terrible marketing stunts.
Nobody every "solves" these things. It's all scripted to hell, so that each new "clue" (which is usually just pointless flavor text) is released when the organizers want it to be. Certain people are hand picked and fed actual information whenever the "community" gets stuck / starts to lose interest.
I don't get why people are so invested in this, or so mad that they're not getting what they wanted. Valve might release the game on Steam early. Enjoy it. All the "effort" people put in was launching a game and alt tabbing out, and a few people have been fed information from Valve employees on where to look for stuff. Cry me a river.
The fact that you chose to play (or not play) a grab bag of mediocre games this weekend and watch some bars fill up is a testament to how your obsessive lust for hats and other such bullshit is so easily exploited. Gabe's money pit got that much more stuffed from people buying the 13 game bundle, and all they had to do was make a few simple web pages, and tell some "indie" developers "Hey, if you want a sales boost, put some Portal shit in your games. We'll give you some assets.".
The ease with which the "community" is exploited is pathetic. The overlap between those who've been bitching all day and those who are still fervently idling in games and watching bars fill up, posting their entitled rants on various forums, is embarrassing.
They're terrible marketing stunts.
Nobody every "solves" these things. It's all scripted to hell, so that each new "clue" (which is usually just pointless flavor text) is released when the organizers want it to be. Certain people are hand picked and fed actual information whenever the "community" gets stuck / starts to lose interest.
I don't get why people are so invested in this, or so mad that they're not getting what they wanted. Valve might release the game on Steam early. Enjoy it. All the "effort" people put in was launching a game and alt tabbing out, and a few people have been fed information from Valve employees on where to look for stuff. Cry me a river.
The fact that you chose to play (or not play) a grab bag of mediocre games this weekend and watch some bars fill up is a testament to how your obsessive lust for hats and other such bullshit is so easily exploited. Gabe's money pit got that much more stuffed from people buying the 13 game bundle, and all they had to do was make a few simple web pages, and tell some "indie" developers "Hey, if you want a sales boost, put some Portal shit in your games. We'll give you some assets.".
The ease with which the "community" is exploited is pathetic. The overlap between those who've been bitching all day and those who are still fervently idling in games and watching bars fill up, posting their entitled rants on various forums, is embarrassing.
butter_stick
Banned
Hopefully we can trade potatos for hats.
Mudkips said:
Whoa whoa whoa, these are some top shelf indie games. Super Meat Boy, Audiosurf, Amnesia, Killing Floor.... these are super quality games with name recognition well outside of indie circles. And even the lesser known titles aren't too shabby - a bit more niche in their target demographics, perhaps, but I don't think there's a game in the list that's a complete waste of harddrive space.
Also, I think being derisive to indie developers is unnecessary. The ARG was fun, and we're all looking forward to Portal 2. This end-game is really what's got people frustrated and disappointed, and that's understandable.
XeroSauce
Member
Mudkips said:
I don't know if you were following the ARG or not, but for those involved, the video, zip files, and glyphs are part of the fun. I'd love to see some source as to how this ARG was scripted; yes, players were recruited, but as part of the ARG, not as sources themselves.
Then you go on about how people are disappointed, well yea, we're disappointed that the ARG eld to an anti-climax, and that in turn gives you a bad taste for Portal 2's "early release". I don't see why you people are so strungup about what we complain about, if we feel entitled, so what? What is your problem? Are we coming to your door and bothering you about it? No, we're sticking to our thread, so you can shut up about it already.
Thirdly, you mention "money pits" and "hats", clearly a failed jab at TF2 humor and Valve's TF2 store, which this has nothing to do with. Gabe's money pit? Try all those indie developers who are getting the spotlight (and this leads to my previous paragraph, it's a good and bad spotlight) and a pack f games well worth the price of admission? I don't get why you put indie in quotes either, trying to be arrogant about them not really being "indie"?
And mediocre games? You're telling me Killing Floor, SMB, Amnesia are mediocre?
And then you talk about "exploited", and"embarrassment". Right, we're embarrassing, talking about a game ARG on the thread about it and making conversation. Everyone has a valid complaint, and would like to share their opinion, and yet you come into this thread with no prior indication and just start berating everyone in it? You're embarrassing. Get another hobby.
If you people are so upset over us being upset, you're free to leave. No one is keeping you here to answer our cry.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
30 minutes lol
MasterShotgun
brazen editing lynx
Another 30 minutes gone.
Meh.
Meh.
Here's a fun game 
Count how many times people have used the words; entitle, entitled or entitlement in a disparaging way! Half of those posts seem to throw out that word like it were a ctachphrase rather than trying to actually make a statement
Yep, I can generalize and be surly too but, to what end? I wasn't even going to post this but hell, there's still plenty of time before the game comes out
Count how many times people have used the words; entitle, entitled or entitlement in a disparaging way! Half of those posts seem to throw out that word like it were a ctachphrase rather than trying to actually make a statement Yep, I can generalize and be surly too but, to what end? I wasn't even going to post this but hell, there's still plenty of time before the game comes out
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Valve continues to crush our hopes and dreams.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
This is the worst end to an unbelievably well done ARG ever. They need to coin a new term for 'jumping the shark' just for this. 'Idling the computation?'
Lasthope106
Member
TheExodu5 said:
That's it folks, I'm throwing in the towel. It was a good effort on the part of everyone. Now time to prepare for Portal 2 on Tuesday.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
dave is ok said:
Peeling the potato?
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Of course not. The potatoes are completely worthlessBlizzard said:
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