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[StuBurns]

Glados is peckish I see.

 

[Gandie]

The release of Episode 3 can make all the diff.erence in the world.

 

[Epix]

So we are losing 10 potatoes a second and have 447,000 potatoes left.

SOMEBODY DO MATH.

12 hours

 

[JaseC]

g_bEnded

gabEndead

gaben dead


:O

This is cracking me up right now because it's something the ARG Wiki folks would run with.

 

[CriginsMcJuggs]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27130640&postcount=259

I got it in post 259 of Portal 2 OT. You?

DAAAAAMN YOOOOU

342

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I see G Man in the background and can't unsee it. WTF HAVE U DONE, GAF!?

 

[clav]

So we are losing 10 potatoes a second and have 447,000 potatoes left.

SOMEBODY DO MATH.

Again, the third time I'm posting this.

The potato count is downing about 11.6771584699 potatoes/second.

var g_currentPotatoConsumptionRate = 11.6771584699

 

[Luigison]

Portal2

Pre-loading complete


When the game is officially released, you'll be able to play it immediately.

I only have a few potatoes. Anyone here with all 36 get any different message.

 

[enzo_gt]

Where are my potatoes going?

To science.

:U

 

[GABDEG]

From wiki: gmansetinstone.jpg

Hmmmm?

 

[The Omega Man]

overclock those potatoes GlaDos!!

 

[DaBuddaDa]

So we are losing 10 potatoes a second and have 447,000 potatoes left.

SOMEBODY DO MATH.

447000 potatos / 10 a second / 60 seconds / 60 minutes = 12.42 hours.

 

[drhankmccoyphd]

Anyone have a link to the graphs page? Is there a way to tell if the progress bar is filling up at a faster rate?

 

[Lasthope106]

If those things are overclocking the CPUs, now is the time to have more people playing the games.

Spoiler

Yeah right. Who am I kidding?

 

[heyf00L]

 

[kamspy]

EVERYBODY. JAM A POTATO IN A PCI SLOT ON YOUR PC.

 

[corn_fest]

oh god
oh god
oh god



oh god

 

[The Elite]

So what started the Great Potato Countdown? I just got home from a lunch and missed what happened.

Looks like it's going to take hours to complete anyways... :/

THERE ARE PEOPLE PLAYING THE GAME!?

NINE!?

 

[jayhawker]

Wait, so we have to kill Gabe to unlock Portal 2?


Anybody in Washington?

 

[Salsa]

so the portal 2 companion group just posted this:

It's official. Release seems imminent...
posted by Luke Rage @ 03:09PM on April 18, 2011

Rough guestimates place the release of Portal 2 anywhere from an hour, to 4 hours away. Assuming this countdown stays at a rate equal to or greater than what it is. And it seems to be accellerating exponentially. I think we may see an early release quite soon.

wat

 

[XeroSauce]

It takes about 15 potatoes a second, so about 2k potatoes a minute. 222.5 minutes or 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Mind you, this is for the potatoes only.

 

[TimmiT]

So what started the Great Potato Countdown? I just got home from a lunch and missed what happened.

Looks like it's going to take hours to complete anyways... :/

Seems like it started at 450,000.

 

[Borgnine]

But if the potatoes are overclocking the bars, won't more chunks of time be knocked off once new games are completed?

 

[El Pescado]

Aaaaaahhh!! What is going on!! Aaaaaaaaahhhh!!

 

[Zomba13]

GUYS! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150228527438689&set=a.10150228527433689.346684.93235358688
1 of 9.

 

[Zombie James]

I'm running the background image through Photoshop trying to find G-Man, but i'm not seeing it.

 

[IceMarker]

The GLaDOS infected players are playing Portal 2 as we speak.

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

So how is the potato countdown lining up? Is it set for a 12AM PST or 12AM EST release?

Closer to 12 A.M. EST. I'm in CST and it looks like it'll finish at about 11 or midnight here.

And damn, was that G-Man imprint on the website before? That's freaking me out.

 

[Phantom Limbs]

How many did we have when the Auxiliary power kicked in?
And what if an EP3 trailer proceeded the Portal 2 launch?
I think I'd fucking die of cardiac arrest.

 

[SteveWinwood]

It takes about 15 potatoes a second, so about 2k potatoes a minute. 222.5 minutes or 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Mind you, this is for the potatoes only.

Yeah thats not math.

 

[Nabs]

Audiosurf seems to be moving along faster

 

[The Elite]

Seems like it started at 450,000.

When I checked on my cell earlier I saw the number at 459,239 and counting down so it went above that.

 

[TheExodu5]

Alright, so the math brings it to exactly (and I mean exactly) a 12AM EST release.

You guys still saying this wasn't rigged from the very start?

Still, PORTAL 2 TONIGHT OH MY GOD!

I took the day off work tomorrow.

edit: wait...maybe that's exactly a 1AM EST release...

 

[Zomba13]

EVERYBODY. JAM A POTATO IN A PCI SLOT ON YOUR PC.

Don't do this! Potatoes only support USB.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

GLaDOS is absorbing the potatos ...this will take time and AFTER that, she will overclock the CPU's i believe.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

It takes about 15 potatoes a second, so about 2k potatoes a minute. 222.5 minutes or 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Mind you, this is for the potatoes only.

15 pots a second would be 900 a minute. 15x60.

 

[Gandie]

And what if an EP3 release proceeded the Portal 2 launch?
I think I'd fucking die of cardiac arrest.

FTFY

 

[Sethos]

It takes about 15 potatoes a second, so about 2k potatoes a minute. 222.5 minutes or 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Mind you, this is for the potatoes only.

MATH, IMPOSSIBRU!

 

[Epix]

Yeah thats not math.

Scary.

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

Look like I have to wake up early .

 

[The Elite]

The GLaDOS infected players are playing Portal 2 as we speak.

Why are they infected?

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

Don't do this! Potatoes only support USB.

And here I was using Firewire. Crap.

 

[The Omega Man]

EVERYBODY. JAM A POTATO IN A PCI SLOT ON YOUR PC.

lol the internet is going crazy right now, I am jamming a potato on my USB!!! (after I boil it)

 

[kamspy]

I took the day off work tomorrow.

Nooooooooo. I took today off instead! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Yo. We're going to get the game 12 hours early.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Why are they infected?

They didn't listen in high school sex ed.

 

[The Lamonster]

I haven't been keeping up with things in the last couple days. Are Steam users getting Portal 2 early or what?

 

[The Elite]

Nooooooooo. I took today off instead! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

I'm off for the rest of the week.

 

[Feep]

Okay, so the code shows a potato consumption rate of 11.6771584699 potatoes per second. I did the math: this yields 10.554 hours, or 10 hours and 33.2874 minutes from now.

Approximate countdown completion assuming no potato-based acceleration: 9:54 PST

 

[Backfoggen]

The countdowns close to hitting 100%, everyone's F5'ing like crazy, suddenly the page turns black. "Hello Mr. Freeman"
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