Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby source-maps on Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:53 am

I'm not even going to bother with the 'special' surprise

all this trouble just to cut off a few hours is just teasing your customers and it won't even be helpful to the most of us because of work during the week and such -__-

I'm starting to get tempted to pirate the game ffs XD
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby ad_hominem on Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:55 am

That's the worst reason to pirate a game ever. 'They're releasing the game early, but not quite early enough. Guess I'll pirate it.'
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby source-maps on Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:09 am

ad_hominem wrote:That's the worst reason to pirate a game ever. 'They're releasing the game early, but not quite early enough. Guess I'll pirate it.'


haha I guess you're right, I'm just so eager to play :P
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby source-maps on Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:20 pm

something is up guys!

http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/

10:50 - Engaging starch-based power cells
11:00 - Reboot safety test protocol initiated...
11:00 - Relaxation chamber locks released...
11:00 - Involuntary hazard mitigation associates have assumed testing positions...
11:00 - Pre-release lethality assessment initiated...

potatoes are going down rapidly.
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby The Giblets of Jesus on Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:29 pm

And active test subjects is now nine...
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby joe_rogers_11155 on Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:05 pm

11:02 - Steam account involuntary volunteering scripts deployed.
11:02 - Steam account billing processes protected. Deploying potato_worm.exe...
11:05 - Potato_worm.exe hacking successful. Steam account billing processes no longer protected.
11:05 - Reboot integration with Steam account financial blocks complete. Draining funds...
11:07 - Steam user bank accounts drained. Finalizing product release...
11:08 - Thank you for participating in this Enrichment Center activity. Have a nice day!!
11:08 - <User "GLaDOS" disconnected (user signed off).>
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby stoopdapoop on Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:39 pm

assuming that the rate at which the axillary power gets used up remains constant, it'll reach zero in 6.5 hours.
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby joe_rogers_11155 on Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:58 am

I've been doing the math too lol...I'm down to an estimated 706 potatoes consumed per minute (average of 5 measurements taken at different times of the afternoon).

IMO, this whole ARG thing really needed more math, physics, and actual code-writing to make it more fun and challenging. I would have liked to feel like a real scientist doing actual research work to stop/help Glados.

sigh, I suppose I will just wait for Portal 3.

Or...Portal 2: Aftermath.

Or...Portal 2: Episode 1.
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby Dr. KillPatient on Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:20 am

Hold on, isn't that about the time remaining? Is GLaDOS consuming the potato power now?

4.5 hours to go, sounds about right...
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby joe_rogers_11155 on Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:55 am

Apparently, Dr Delta is currently playing Portal 2. Congrats to him for playing before the rest of us. Anybody else playing early??? Tell us!!!
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby Corigami on Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:23 am

Everyone who got all the potatoes were given the valve complete pack and had their copy unlocked first, 45 minutes or so before everyone else who preordered.
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby Gary on Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:41 am

Neat.

I'll get my Portal 2 about 15 or so hours from now.
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby darkpivot on Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:43 am

Mine's decrypting right now! :D
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby Hollow on Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:48 am

Spencer and Vic were amongst the first 97 people in the world to get the game as they got all 36 potatoes
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Re: Aperture Science's Mysterious Countdown

Postby stoopdapoop on Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:06 am

servers too busy...
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