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    Portal 2 has been released!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Phistachio, Apr 15, 2011.

  1. laptopfan88

    laptopfan88 Notebook Consultant

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    Haha, I bet a HL2 Episode 3 would have had enough people playing to open early release within just a few hours of the announcement.
     
    laptopfan88, Apr 18, 2011
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  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah early release? 13 hours max for all this work and effort? Totally pointless.

    However I just got the last of my potato's I can finally rest now...

    [​IMG]
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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  3. HTWingNut

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    Yeah, that I probably would have dedicated the time to do! As long as it was guaranteed to make a difference. In this case, it's clearly just a scam that won't let it release earlier than midnight tonight anyhow.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  4. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    Valve is not THAT mean, HT, they are certainly going to reward those people that invested time into those potatoes...
     
    Phistachio, Apr 18, 2011
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  5. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Im in the same situation as davepermen. If they keep cutting hours off it is only going to make the game come out as I go to work rather than when I get home :/

    My mic is not even in process yet for RMA so I hope that goes over well I need it for the Portal 2 Co-op recordings :/
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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  6. HTWingNut

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    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  7. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    Phistachio, Apr 18, 2011
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  8. Star Forge

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    They are recouping the losses that were made from the leaked console versions. Duh! Winning! ;)
     
    Star Forge, Apr 18, 2011
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  9. Baka

    Baka (・ω・)

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    My attention span can never last to get those potatoes
     
    Baka, Apr 18, 2011
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    Ok Charlie Sheen! :D

    [​IMG]
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  11. HTWingNut

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    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  12. Baka

    Baka (・ω・)

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    ...

    Weighted Companion Cube? ._.
     
    Baka, Apr 18, 2011
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  13. Tree_Burner

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    same here.. haha
     
    Tree_Burner, Apr 18, 2011
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  14. Star Forge

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    Same... o_O
     
    Star Forge, Apr 18, 2011
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  15. Tree_Burner

    Tree_Burner Notebook Deity

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    I've also succeeded in getting turret and GLaDOS.
     
    Tree_Burner, Apr 18, 2011
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  16. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    I don't get it, who is this Charlie Sheen guy?


    Anyways, I'm also a Weighted Companion cube <3
     
    Phistachio, Apr 18, 2011
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  17. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    Your Aperture Science Cooperative Testing Type is:
    P-Body

    (it's the tall robot)
     
    hakira, Apr 18, 2011
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    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  19. ViciousXUSMC

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    hmm interesting. so it may very well come out just as I got to work lol.

    I wonder if Glados knows how to divide by zero :p
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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  20. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    Haha, Amnesia is the least complete... HAHA!!!

    Geez, it's not even THAT scary...
     
    Phistachio, Apr 18, 2011
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  21. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    Nine of the Eleven infected steam users are performing pre-release lethality testing (getting to play it early).

    so yeah.
     
    MagusDraco, Apr 18, 2011
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  22. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Lucky guys, wonder how you get picked or know your picked.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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  23. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    I think the infected people are the ones who did a lot of the arg work and well, they got infected (picked) and flown out to valve or something to play portal 2.
     
    MagusDraco, Apr 18, 2011
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  24. bks1987

    bks1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well the abducted ones did a lot of work for the ARG. So I guess they deserved to play the game earlier.
     
    bks1987, Apr 18, 2011
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  25. ViciousXUSMC

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    Cant argue that point, I spent more than enough time just doing the challenges, let alone trying to figure them out.

    They probably get incinerated after the testing anyways, as anybody that did too good in this was probably a hacker and a security threat to Glados.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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  26. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    of course.
     
    MagusDraco, Apr 18, 2011
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  27. bks1987

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    So if we find 9 bodies in game, we know who they are :p
     
    bks1987, Apr 18, 2011
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    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  29. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    check is simple: did the person with the fitting landline ever connect to (425) 822-5251 after march 1st, 2010 (and not long afterwards)?.
     
    davepermen, Apr 18, 2011
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  30. Przn4lif3

    Przn4lif3 Notebook Consultant

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    That article means absolutely nothing. Valve tossed tf2 players a bone and the fanatic portion (which is pretty small) of the tf2 players crafted all of their weapons in hopes of acquiring the bone. The concept of minorities going great lengths for something doesn't only apply to this instance.
     
    Przn4lif3, Apr 18, 2011
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  31. Tree_Burner

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    looks like I'll be able to play portal 2 tonight. hmmm.
     
    Tree_Burner, Apr 18, 2011
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  32. Star Forge

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    Assuming that Killing Floor and/or Super Meat Boy fails to be completed by the end of the Potato OC, the game should be out on Steam at around 11:10 PM PST. That means people on Steam Pre-Loaded will get the game running even before GameStop Midnight Release to people in the West Coast!
     
    Star Forge, Apr 18, 2011
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  33. HTWingNut

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    So much for us on the East Coast! :mad:

    There's a little hope. I was trying to get my kids to bed early so I could go to bed too and then get up at 3am or something to play for a few hours.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  34. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I'm at work =((
    But that wont stop me from playing :))
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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  35. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    ...man. if only they would finish super meat boy and killing floor.

    it'd come out at midnight most likely
     
    MagusDraco, Apr 18, 2011
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  36. HTWingNut

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    Based on everything so far, SMB and KF together should knock off about 3 hours, so at current rate, we're looking at approx midnight release.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  37. Amnesiac

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    Looks like it will be 4PM here when it's released...

    ...and I have an a doctor appointment at 4PM. :mad: :mad: :mad:
     
    Amnesiac, Apr 18, 2011
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  38. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    I wasn't originally planning on spending the money for Portal 2, but a very generous friend of mine was kind enough to gift it to me :)

    So, what's with the potatoes? I have one.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 18, 2011
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  39. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Quick! You only have like 3 hours to get the other 35 :D

    google: ARG Wiki

    You will find out what you need to know about the potato
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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  40. Star Forge

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    If the rate currently going is still going at full swing...

    They are being used to "overclock" the CPU efficient rate for the games still trying to fill their bars. They are being drained as we speak. Your potato contribution helps to add how much of an "overclock" we are getting. If SMB and KF gets completed before the potatoes get drained, then we are for sure getting a PST release before midnight.
     
    Star Forge, Apr 18, 2011
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  41. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    At this point, potatoes don't mean much. The were used to overclock GLaDOS to help release the game earlier. Plus if you got all 36 (basically specific objetives in each of the Potato Sack games) you get some special prize. Vicious got all 36. So we'll have to see what it ends up being.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  42. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    game's gonna launch very soon (probably half an hour at the most)

    edit: *watches killing floor knock off 5 minutes*

    Vaaaaallllvvveeeee!!!!!


    (so yeah, 12:40 am EST)
     
    MagusDraco, Apr 18, 2011
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  43. HTWingNut

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    LLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL

    Killing Floor only took off TWO MINUTES!!!

    This thing is RIGGED!
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  44. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    61 active test subjects according to the website now...instead of 9.
     
    redrazor11, Apr 18, 2011
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  45. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    Friends of the ARG people are getting in.


    also Valve is trolling everyone now. It really is rigged.
     
    MagusDraco, Apr 18, 2011
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  46. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    That's been changing a lot. It's up to 82 now.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 18, 2011
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  47. Star Forge

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    Less than one hour. Potato power or Newell intervention?
     
    Star Forge, Apr 18, 2011
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  48. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    at valves current tactics, I'm sure it won't be cut and dry at the timer. I bet we'll see some kind of "blue screen" or "freeze at 6 seconds" or "hour long login-sequence"
     
    redrazor11, Apr 18, 2011
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  49. ViciousXUSMC

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    I can see defense grid finishing like 5 minutes before the hour left and it adds like 5 minutes to the timer :D

    The rage that would be the steam forums would be amazing.

    Lets just hope that the server handles the load to let everybody play, even though there is only one small download needed to unlock the game since its pre-loaded, if everybody tries to get it at once it could be a problem.

    Luckily other than that, its not server dependent so it should play just fine and not be effected by user load.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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  50. ViciousXUSMC

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    Hmm "friends of dinosaur" are getting to unlock now.

    I wonder who that is, and why he is not my friend :D

    Seems to be people with all 36 potatos
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 18, 2011
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