Irishjohn Posted October 1, 2013 I believe that Valve's policy is now officially the "Fuck You, Internet" Directive. http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/1/4791490/half-life-3-trademark-filed-in-europe I'm sure there are perfectly valid (and boring) legal reasons for this move. There's nothing exciting about it all. And yet... my heart fluttered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted October 1, 2013 Even worse, they're building the actual Borealis in an Amsterdam dry dock, I saw today. Fuckin' ARG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenetic Pony Posted October 2, 2013 So apparently Valve's bug tracker went public last night briefly, showing Half Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3. I'm pretty sure this is Gabe Newell testing out methods of virtual crowd control. He eventually plans to get everyone into a VR world that he will be god-emperor of. Then he can finally say he put one over on Lord British. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 2, 2013 This isn't the first time their tracker has gone public. Though I think before it may have been photographs from people visiting the studio? I dunno, whenever L4D3 and Source 2 were confirmed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted October 2, 2013 It seems very possible that, even if they didn't intend to make it publicly available, they would have a project called Half-Life 3 in there even if just as a joke. If they use it like a lot of people use internal tracking systems, there's bound to be a bunch of joke data in there. Also, I'd like to know more about this; how did people discover it was open, and how much data was visible? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted October 2, 2013 vundabarhttp://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=689145Also it happened on 1 sept? So I don't understand why it's taken a whole month before anyone talked about it. Perhaps someone's just getting their months mixed uphttp://www.valvetime.net/threads/valve-jira-database-accessed-once-more-hl3-l4d3-source-2-groups-expand.243965/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 2, 2013 This is a brand new leak. I think it literally happened last night. I think they've got their months mixed up.. I THINK this is the first I've heard of Doug Church or Clint Hocking being on L4D3, and that makes me inordinately excited for L4D3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenetic Pony Posted October 2, 2013 This is a brand new leak. I think it literally happened last night. I think they've got their months mixed up.. I THINK this is the first I've heard of Doug Church or Clint Hocking being on L4D3, and that makes me inordinately excited for L4D3. L4D3 open world zombie co-op confirmed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted October 2, 2013 zombies rolling down hills, ADORABLE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 3, 2013 Like I'm for real excited about L4D3 now. I was marginally interested before, but this. Dang. More systemic stuff in that series, yes please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted October 3, 2013 I was always more interested in it than hl3 honestly. Not that I dislike HL, I just never got into the series nearly as much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted October 4, 2013 So the CTM trademark for Half-Life 3 turns out to have been a hoax. Not even a little surprised. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 7, 2013 So, for some reason, Steam is currently adding 62 hours of playtime to all games I've played. So, if I've played Toki Tori 2+ for 3 hours - and I have! - it displays as 65 hours. I know it's 62 exactly, because if I start up a game that has been affected by this bug, Steam fixes the number it's displaying. I started up three different games, and all three subtracted 62 hours. What a weird bug, right? So I was thinking about how it could happen, because 62 is a rather specific number, and one my first thoughts was "Valve ARG". Followed up by "62? 6/2=3! THREE!" Then I self-murdered. Good night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted October 7, 2013 Yeah, something's going wrong with the playtime. It erased all my record of it, save for Dark Souls'. I'm a little pissed actually, because I really like to that stat to track how long I've been playing something. I mean, it's a pretty useless and nerdy thing to know, but I can't help but appreciate it. Stupid that it's all borked now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted October 10, 2013 I just had a load of Steam games download 0.5 - 1.5kb updates. Some of them were even 0.0kb in size. Guys, I think this means the Half-Life 3 ARG is starting. It's obvious, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 10, 2013 Haha I had the same thing. I was like "what the fuck is happening." Rodi: I know what you mean. I used to use Xfire for that purpose specifically before Steam finally added that capability. Shame it sometimes gets borked. ): Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 10, 2013 The +62 hours bug is gone. Now it's +13. 1*3 = 3 !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted October 11, 2013 +111110 +1101 1*11 !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted October 12, 2013 toblix = to blix look to blix Hans Blix was the 3rd Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Commission atomic energy = half-life 3rd half-life half-life 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ucantalas Posted October 12, 2013 ...I'm actually very impressed with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 16, 2013 I HAVE A VALVETESTAPP22609 IN MY STEAM LIBRARY THERE IS ONLY ONE THING IT COULD BE, MY FRIENDS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
