If they did they would've...ah forget it, the joke's already stale.DoPo said:It could have started the countdown back in 2004.erttheking said:Somehow I doubt that, it's for three months not three years.DoPo said:Well, they could have set this up as an alarm to remind them to announce it...erttheking said:
Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Countdown Website?
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Where'd you get that info? Just curious.DoPo said:
OT- Half Life 3 will probably come out the day I die. Considering I'm 15 ATM and I plan to live above 100 years, that's going to suck. So, no; not legit at all OP.
Just go to http://www.whois.sc/ and type in the domain name. Alternatively, http://www.domaintools.com/ which is exactly the same - whois just redirects there, but it's shorter to type. Also, if you're lazy (like me), install ShowIP for Firefox - it...shows you the IP of a website in the status bar, and if you click it, you can do several lookups with just a mouse click.thesilentman said:
Escuse me, what did they do to their fans exactly? If you mean the long development tmes, it is Valve. Fans already are aware of the Valve time.tippy2k2 said:
OT: FAAAAAAAAKE. At least i hope it is. This isn't what I expect when it comes to a HL3 annoucement. Just another prankster who is bored of waiting like rest of us and made a small harmless joke, I suppose.
Yeah i dont expect this to be of any significance in the long run.
When Valve is done, theyll let us know. Eventually.
Besides since Valve is known to be working on the Source 2 engine now and with its first game to be Ricochet 2, why would they bother releasing a game for an engine that theyre going to stop supporting?
When Valve is done, theyll let us know. Eventually.
Besides since Valve is known to be working on the Source 2 engine now and with its first game to be Ricochet 2, why would they bother releasing a game for an engine that theyre going to stop supporting?
-Mentioned by Valve? No check.
-Any new assets demonstrated not from previous episodes? No check.
-Internet imploding upon itself in excitement? No check.
-End times approaching and thus things that shouldn't be happening (IE: Valve counting to 3) happening? Very unlikely check.
Doesn't seem legit.
-Any new assets demonstrated not from previous episodes? No check.
-Internet imploding upon itself in excitement? No check.
-End times approaching and thus things that shouldn't be happening (IE: Valve counting to 3) happening? Very unlikely check.
Doesn't seem legit.
Yea it's a fake. Valve doesn't make domains as obvious as this and Half-Life 2 to Ep 2 don't even have their own website anymore, they all redirect to the orange box site. Plus Valve tends to use blog style sites for it's other games so if anything if it were legit it would appear on a site designed to look like the TF2, Portal or Left 4 Dead one with a different domain name.
And maybe that's why I find it so ludicrous while others are perfectly fine with it: I don't really care about Valve.bafrali said:
All I see is a company that switched to an Episodic format to get their stuff out faster and continually teases it's fan base about the game that they're "Totally working on guys!". Duke Nuke'm became a giant punchline due to this mentality.
For fun, here is a timeline of all the Episode 3 stuff (this is from a wiki so I can't validate it's source but I haven't marked my calendar every time Valve gives one of their promises so we're stuck with this). 2010 onward is especially enlightening as we see a lot of interviews with a "Totally working on it guys" attitude:
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Future_of_the_Half-Life_series
I guarantee that if any other game company tried to pull this kind of jerk-off game with their fans, people would be pissed. Frankly, this wait is a big reason why I just don't play Valve games anymore. I'm tired of sitting here wondering if we'll ever get to see the ending to a ball-crushingly painful ending. I'm tired of hearing about Valve tell us how "they're totally working on it so while you wait, why not go buy Left 4 Dead 2?". I'm tired of hearing rumor after rumor after rumor while Valve sits back in silence as everyone wonders what's true and what's not. I loved Half Life but Valve has crushed that love right out of me.
Basically, I'm tired of the bullshit of this entire situation. If you're fine with it, great, more power to you. I'm not going to call the fans names for trying to stay strong in this kind of a shit-storm but me? Nope, I'm out. When Episode 3 comes out, I will purchase it because I really want to know what the hell happened but after that, Game Over.
/rant
this is likely to be a rickroll or something, in other words, don't get your hopes up.
nothing's gonna happen (probably >_>)
nothing's gonna happen (probably >_>)
It's a fake. Valve would do something more spectacular... or more ARG. Also, it's not recording the time as 9999 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds so It's clearly not set to the right time.
Um, what exactly are you talking about? Valve has done nothing that I either haven't loved (in the case of good things) or completely understood their motivations and approved of their handling of the issue (in the case of less good things). What's so horrible about Valve?tippy2k2 said:
Well like I said they were always like that. Half Life was deleayed, Half Life 2 was delayed, TF2 was even deemed as vapor during its 9 year development. They have a tendancy to take their time and perfect their act which is commandable. They have proven themselves o be a competent bunch with their track record.tippy2k2 said:
Believe me, fans all want HL3 but they have accepted their method which seems to work best for the franchise.
Oh and if you give up now, how will you reach the privilage of waiting for HL4 for the next ten years hmm?
for me there are so many games that are pushed out of the door half formed and buggy that im fine waiting. yes it might be taking a wile but at least you know they arent just pasting something together. the way valve works it might not always have loads of people working on it as other things but at least the ones who are working on it still want to be doing it and are not just putting in the hours to get the pay check at the end. that passion is part of what makes valve games, unfortunatly it comes at a cost a cost most are willing to pay to get the end results.tippy2k2 said:
i would say the whole "we are working on it" is mearly to re-assure the fans. what would be better having the occational statment or noting at all, if the news feeds were totally bereft of information then people would become dispondant at the prospect of ever seeing it finished. also if they gave any more details of what whould be in the game and then they were taken out at a later date that would just be a massive cock tease
