It's happening you guys. It's fuckin happening.
Apparently searching "blitzen" in the Steam store redirects to the Grim Fandango Remastered store page
>>322068643
What is happening?
>>322069186
An ongoing ARG that people are trying to figure out
Entering "hot toddies and maseratis" (the password to Tinker's, the club from page 6 in the hidden prompt from (1) redirects to Undertale
People actually care about this shit?
>>322069619
If it means HL3 might be revealed, yes, the entire internet will care
>1fce82a72c633.wav
oh shit what is this
>>322069915
Listen to it dawg it's a CLUE
>>322069776
That's not what it means at all m8
>>322069776
uh huh... ok pal
>>322069998
a CLUE?
any word about when I'm getting something for the steam fuck up last week?
>>322069174
>>322069553
These games will go on sale. That's what it means.
remember that one time a valve arg was actually something that wasn't shit?
>>322070207
Yeah they gave everyone an apology earlier today
>>322070735
an apology won't do
>ARG being discovered
>sale ends in a few days anyway
What's the point? If there's any stupid game to play it's too late for it.
>>322071114
Nah, the last clue will most likely happen on the last day, especially seeing as how the last day will be the only time when the sale badge will be craftable
>>322070858
>an apology won't do for an hour or two of downtime with no real ill-effects
>people think it's going to be anything of worth, let alone Never Ever 3
NEVER
EVER
EVER
>>322069776
half life 3 is a meme
>You're on the right track
>track
holy shit
go to the store page for train simulator
type the word search and hit enter
in the pop up box type "train simulator bitch mother fucker what you know train simulator bitch watch dat train go"
shit bricks
>>322070858
lol
sauce?
>>322071851
I was literally virtually raped you fucking valvist apologist
>people still hype about half life 3
>when valve released trash like portal 2 and dota 2
![526x297-U1P[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4nedNso.jpg "526x297-U1P[1].jpg")
>>322070161
yeah
>>322072312
Hey now, Dota 2 is good. Portal 2 had a nice co-op mode.
>>322072312
>portal 2
>bad
>>322069776
literally 5 people care about that shitty overrated series. let it die. put this meme to rest.
>>322072209
Holy shit I just did this and it worked you guys it sends you a .wav file of gay porn and at the end a guy moans "oh yeah cum on me, all three of you"
>>322072481
>Dota 2 is good
>>322072209
>Reindeer
>search Donner
store.steampowered.com/app/65239/
WE DID IT /V/
Half-Life 3 will, I repeat, WILL be a CoD clone because that's the only thing kids will buy, just like FO4 had to be a CoD clone to get the casuals.
FPS is a dead genre, creatively.
Also it will be F2P and have microtransactions, possibly pay-to-win campaign.
>>322068643
DONT DO THIS, IT INSTALLS A SCREAMER
>>322070234
they're already on sale you stupid fuck. the daily front page deals are all the same price as day 1
>>322072775
It is if you're not a memester with narrow taste
>>322073003
dota 2 is objectively shit. The only people who like it are chinks and fat weeaboos. I've tried to play it and like it, I really have. It's garbage.
>>322073182
>objectively shit
>because I didn't like it
welp, feminist logic
>>322072851
>implying
It's going to be a highly moddable, co-op focused FPS with RPG elements heavily influenced by dark souls and destiny
>>322071851
>full names, emails, credit cards and phone numbers openly leaked to anyone
>nothing
>>322073535
>>full names, emails, credit cards and phone numbers openly leaked to anyone
>>nothing
but none of that happened with steam. maybe you're talking about ps3?
>>322072312
Portal 2 was short I will give you that but it was great. Fuck you fäm
>>322072000
>The half life emblem is literally Chells leg from portal
HOW DEEP DOES IT GO?
>>322073330
thats not what objectively means. It means that the average person is going to sit down to play it and think its shit. And they do, because it is.
>>322071114
There is no point. Steam sales used to be an event now it's just some mechanical shit. If this was a few years ago shit like this would've been cracked day 1
>>322072312
Uh oh, looks like you've wandered into the BAD OPINION zone.
Was the last steam ARG the potato thing for Portal 2?
That shit got me the complete valve collection you niggas might wanna get in on this.
>>322073781
Weird, kinda makes you wonder how it's the most-played game on Steam if the average person doesn't like it
>>322073781
>thats not what objectively means
Stop embarrassing yourself, anon.
>>322073937
>not already owning most of valve's games
>>322073617
Billing information was leaked, you little valve cocksucker
>>322073993
Probably because china is the most populous country :^)
>>322073781
>objectively means
>think its shit
OPEN A DICTIONARY
>>322074369
I do stand corrected, sonygger, but your stupidity shines forth because the only info leaked was:
>last 2 digits of CC
>last 4 of phone
>email address for steam
>Steam profile name
>purchase/gift history
Not enough info to do anything to anyone.
>>322074446
>china
>not USA
There's a reason why everyone is looking at the USA for what to do next
>>322072851
It will also be HTC Vive exclusive. Gotta sell those goggles, amirite?
What was the last ARG Valve did?
The Potato one right?
Was Portal 2 announced because of that or that came after the announcement?
>>322075042
IIRC that ARG led to Valve recruiting some people who did it to be the first to play Portal 2 on its debut event. Might be saying a lot of shit though.
>>322075042
Uhh they released it like a couple days earlier as a 'result of the communities performance' getting potatoers. Console version broke street date first and spoiled it anyway lmao
>>322072312
>people still hype about half life 3
>when valve released trash like portal 2 dota 2 and half life 2
>>322072775
Its the King of the Shithill, the game is rotten at its core but they have enough joke characters like techies that you can at least have fun if at other peoples expense
>>322070563
Yeah, I remember Portal 2
>i was on the right track
>i could feel it
>tomorrow
>i was going to search again
what did he mean by this?
The cool thing about this ARG is that I have absolutely no idea what it's leading into.
The BAD thing about this ARG is that there's a high chance it'll lead to something incredibly shitty/insignificant.
Like some new shitty community feature.
IF it's for something like announcing L4D3 then it's cool.
>>322075708
i bet its how you get this year's holiday badge. lmao
>christmas comic
>Borealis is stranged in the arctic
>near the north pol
get ready
>>322069553
This does nothing for me?
>>322075925
wut the fuck spelling
Borealis is stranded in the arctic near the north pole.
basically hl3 is confirmed
>>322075897
But... you just need to get the cards to get the badge.
>>322072948
Ubisoft had a 48h sale on steam
so /v/
what do we know so far? all i have is the audio clip to go on so it's obviously something to do with searching.
but what do we need to search?
>>322075696
Valve is basically making fun of Half-Life avid fans by summarizing their HL3 confirmed meme seeking routine.
>>322069553
Undertale themed hats and accessories coming to TF2.
>>322069776
It will never mean that. They can have ARG's til the end of time, none of them will involve HL3 beyond teasing the poor fools who still believe it exists.
What's with the penguins?
And the south pole?
>>322076549
yes pls
desu
>>322072000
so its half life 3 then?
>>322077223
no its my ass
It's about the movie with JJ Abram that was announced ages ago.
>You'll never feel Gingerbread Jake's frosting deep inside you.
>>322077916
put me down for a few preorders
>>322072000
>HL3
>3 recurring digits
>>322072297
>literally virtually
Kek
>>322078715
>the digits are zeros
>never ever
Hey guys, I finished the ARG. Won't give details since they made it to recruit beta testers, but HL3 is basically confirmed.
>>322078397
Buy me one?
there is something about this game that valve wants us to find
>http://store.steampowered.com/app/307090/
>>322080471
>http://store.steampowered.com/app/307090/
why
>>322070858
Good, because you are not even getting that, go back to your animu weeb.
>>322072312
>portal 2
>trash
No, anon you are the trash, keep your opinions to yourself.
>>322080471
One of my buyer's remorses. Just plain horrible
>>322080471
This piece of shit wastes my time when I search for skulls on the steam market.
>>322078081
Super 8?
>>322068643
Does this even mean anything? How the fuck did people get the code in the first place?
>>322074567
Nah, if you saved billing information, they were able to check the automatically filled form. Otherwise only what you listed leaked.
>>322072721
three? OMG HL3 COMFERMEED U GUIZ
>>322069186
Not HL3, i.e. fucking nothing
>>322082572
The first day of the sale, the comic for that day had a bar code. That bar code disappeared from the image a bit later but someone saved it. Anyway, someone somehow got the idea to type "search" into a steam game's store page and then hit enter. Hitman: Agent 47's steam page returns a code when you enter said UPC into it and that code that it returns is the code mentioned in the OP
>>322072721
three big cums...
hl3 is big, it will come...
Holy shit, I figured it out.
Will be back in 5 with proof
>1fce82a72c633.wav
>33.wav
>3
>22:22:22
You better not be fucking with us, Anon.
>>322085237
meant for
>>322084969
what does it all mean?
>>322085825
IAM ROCK
>>322085825
>May everything exceed your expectations
It's a Chinese New Year card. Maybe from a hongbao or something of the kind. Seems pretty unimportant to be honest.
In before you unlock a code for 5% extra discount off Early Access Zombie Survival Game #1239538.
>people actually think hl3 isn't made
yeah, all of valve's 200+ development staff are working on the scant updates for csgo, tf2 and dota 2 that take about 20 people total.
>>322088081
All those staff are just used to make Gabe lunch.
>>322088178
>gaben is fat
man, old joke. gaben is awesome. i would be fat too if i were gaben, he is literally a billionaire.
>>322070858
>An apology won't do for something that affected less than a quarter of the steam userbase and only caused 2 hours of downtime on a free service.
>>322085825
其實只是把中文字隨便放在一起而已
actually, It just put random Chinese word together
>>322088919
>less than a quarter
assuming about 150 million accounts, 0.022% of the steam userbase. two hundreds of a percent.
>>322072481
>>322072589
>>322073634
>>322073834
>>322080808
When did /v/ start liking Portal 2?
>>322089215
It was always Portal 1 but with more shit, just people being contrarian because normies liked it
>>322089489
>It was always Portal 1 but with more shit
it was always portal 1 but with less shit. portal 2 removed mouse-requiring skill moves like making air 180 portals and replaced them with console-friendly gels. it's a far inferior game from a gameplay perspective.
>>322088528
>man, old joke. gaben is awesome.
>picture of gaben saying money steers the community when trying to implement paid mods.png
He's a lazy greedy piece of shit to be honest.
>>322089715
paid mods was always going to happen anon. rather you should be happy that valve knows a bad idea when it sees it and completely killed paid mods for an existing ecosystem immediately when it was obvious it didn't work.
paid mods will improve the quality of mods vastly, and i say this as someone who made mods going back to doom 1.
>>322089489
The humor and listening to the characters say anything were unbearable.
>>322090215
>paid mods was always going to happen anon. rather you should be happy that valve knows a bad idea when it sees it
> valve knows a bad idea when it sees it
They didn't though. They tried hard as fuck to implement it, Gaben himself trying to say money steers the community in a modding community that was done for free for a fucking decade shows he just wanted to cash in. They didn't pull back because they thought it was a bad idea, they just saw the massive backlash they got and wanted to keep good PR
>>322091158
money does steer the community. when the next TES game comes out and it has paid mods, you don't think there will be much greater, higher quality mods because people can get paid? you're insane if you don't think so.
he's just stating reality.
>>322091230
>there will be much greater, higher quality mods because people can get paid
Can you explain the logic behind this please?
>>322076549
how can one game contain that much autism
>>322091334
no, i can't. it's literally self-explanatory. i'm not going to bother arguing with someone who wishes to contradict reality. things are always higher quality when someone can get paid. it's just true fact.
>>322091230
>you don't think there will be much greater, higher quality mods because people can get paid?
it will be early access 2.0. But with valve and Bethesda taking 90% and the modder getting 10% in steambux
>>322091518
the shills are out in full force tonight aren't they
>>322069174
>>322069553
I can't believe there are people autistic enough who actually tried and found it out.
>>322091230
>money does steer the community
You're not explaining how money steers the community. For a decade people were making great mods for absolutely free.
Adding money to the situation brings in early access fags trying to cash in. You can't deny that, when paid mods were first introduced the market was flooded with over priced pieces of shit that barely functioned. Not to mention mods were being stolen from other sites and uploaded on steam for profit.
>This way modders get paid properly for their work
>Game maker takes 70%
>valve takes 20%
>modder gets 10 cents on the dollar for their mods
>>322091518
Thanks
>>322086259
THERE AINT NO BREAKING ME
>>322092054
>>modder gets 10 cents on the dollar for their mods
which is enough for people to get rich off of and do as a career. margins won't be nearly that bad though, and trying to force that over and over shows you're just obsessed with the negative side of the issue instead of being reasonable. currently workshop makers get about 25% i believe.
>For a decade people were making great mods for absolutely free.
and people will continue to make great mods absolutely free. it's neither here nor there. look at stuff like the new hot air balloon mod for skyrim and realize that there will be 10 times more mods like that when people can get paid for making them.
>>322074446
steam doesnt count players from china
>>322092353
I AM ROCK
I want to fuck Holly
>>322089215
Seriously, it was so fucking disappointing. Find the one white square in a room full of black, congratulations you've solved the puzzle, repeat a few dozen times. How fucking fun.
>>322092481
>which is enough for people to get rich off of and do as a career
>10 cents per dollar sold is enough to get rich
Even 25% is ridiculous, because no one is going to buy mods that are more than a dollar. The only one benefiting from this is valve and the game dev getting literal free money for people making mods
>people will continue to make great mods for free
No they won't. Because if they upload their mod for free, then someone will just take it, and reupload it for money, and claim they made it first.
Give me one good reason why money needs to be introduced to a system that was working perfectly for over a decade for free. None of that "B-better mods will come". Because great mods are already here for free.
>>322092481
>realize that there will be 10 times more mods like that when people can get paid for making them
Why?
>>322092692
holly is cute, CUTE!
>>322093149
>for over a decade
More like 2 or 3 decades.
>>322089215
Since it came out, you fucking faggot.
>>322093149
>Even 25% is ridiculous, because no one is going to buy mods that are more than a dollar.
and that is where you are wrong.
>>322073751
The "half life emblem" is a lowercase lambda, a Greek letter.
Which among other things, is used to represent the exponential decay constant in the formula to describe half-life.
>>322093995
3/3=1
One day left before they announce HL3
>>322071281
>especially seeing as how the last day will be the only time when the sale badge will be craftable
wuh
Is that yuri lowenthal in the .WAV
video for reference
https://youtu.be/QrP2BbUwraE?t=3m34s
>>322071281
I already have the sale badge.
>>322095371
skip to 3:37
>>322075042
>>322075224
Nah. Potato ARG was just a free copy every Valve game, including the then-unreleased $50 Portal 2.I've got a golden potato.
What the fuck is going on here?
And how can an uninformed anon get involved in the fun?
I've read the thread, but it confuses me
>>322095371
Shit, maybe? Yuri Lowenthal confirmed for voicing every character in Half Life 3.
>>322089715
A picture from.......................... Reddit. Yeah, good job "anon". Gaben "Is" "A" "Piece" "Of" "Shit".
if this post ends in 8 HL3 will never ever happen
>>322096673
if this post ends in 3 half life 3 will happen soon
>>322096673
>No 8 anywhere to be seen
IT'S HAPPENING
>>322096673
If post ends in 6 Half life 3 is happeningas a fangame
If dubs get this ARG is about HL3. If trips, release date is 01/01/16
>>322094007
How am I wrong? Literally no one is going to pay over a dollar for what is mostly going to be cosmetic mods. And no one is going to be selling cheap mods, because to make any kind of profit you need to sell high, since you get such a small cut
>>322095812
>it happened on reddit so it should never be acknowledged
I don't even use that shit site, I just saw the screencap posted here. Where it was said doesn't change the fact that he clearly is just a greedy jew trying to capitalize on a market that works for free
>>322071281
You could've crafted the sale badge on day 1, you fucking retard.
