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[ampere]

Sorry but anyone who believes Half Life 3 exists without having it installed on their PC and having it boot up and play is a bit gullible.

 

[Robot Pants]

Nah.
The game is around the corner. Mark my words.

 

[SeventhSon]

The right trademark in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

 

[exmachina64]

The knife in my stomach.

 

[EatChildren]

In the unfathomable expanse of a quantum multiverse, one of infinite possibilities encompassing all potential realities, perhaps it is us, on this particular plane of existence, wrought with its own curious idiosyncrasies, who will be forever denied Half-Life 3. Multiversal laws and quantum constants allowing such a game to exist in countless shapes and forms, across equally immeasurable realities. Except one.

 

[Flarin]

 

[Squire]

In the unfathomable expanse of a quantum multiverse, one of infinite possibilities encompassing all potential realities, perhaps it is us, on this particular plane of existence, wrought with its own curious idiosyncrasies, who will be forever denied Half-Life 3. Multiversal laws and quantum constants allowing such a game to exist in countless shapes and forms, across equally immeasurable realities. Except one.

I think you just explained the plot of BioShock: Infinite.

Spoiler

Elizabeth is Half-Life 3.

 

[AkuMifune]

In the unfathomable expanse of a quantum multiverse, one of infinite possibilities encompassing all potential realities, perhaps it is us, on this particular plane of existence, wrought with its own curious idiosyncrasies, who will be forever denied Half-Life 3. Multiversal laws and quantum constants allowing such a game to exist in countless shapes and forms, across equally immeasurable realities. Except one.

Out there in one of the multiverses, a different but similar EatChildren is playing HL3 right now.

And his existence is much richer than our own.

 

[Muzy72]

So GAF went down for nothing?

 

[Mondy]

Valve must have some dusty carpets and some well used brooms in their offices.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Wow, I thought we were so close.......

 

[Canis lupus]

Hahahaha I knew it. Corgis Unleashed trademark was also fake

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3342-Blizzard-Trademarks-Corgis-Unleashed-(Okay-not-really

 

[Mondy]

If anything, this could be a good sign. Obviously a mistake was made and the game was trademarked too early. This is Valve covering their tracks.

*reaching*

 

[Leezard]

So GAF went down for nothing?

 

[Soulflarz]

Reddit better not find this thread

 

[angular graphics]

Who cares about the trademark, it's all bout dat JIRA. Though uuuhh, did anyone reliable actually look at the JIRA site and see the HL3 stuff while it was up??

Yes, me. As I said over there I am one the sources behind the OP: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=689145

So don't worry. It's legit.

 

[co1onel]

Cover up, but still makes me mad that gaf was down for that.

 

[Dex815]

 

[Cameron122]

The only way I'll believe Half Life 3 is in development is if Newell drives the HL2 buggy into my house and screams surprise muddafuhka as he shoves the collectors edition into my mouth.

 

[wizzbang]

Many lols were shared all round, that's hilarious. As for HL3, just let it go, 40 people on the dev team? Cmon, nope.

 

[JesseZao]

So after Blizzard "leaks" and Valve "leaks" have been faked via this method, will people stop getting hyped over it?

Y

Spoiler

No

.

 

[epmode]

Yes, me. As I said over there I am one the sources behind the OP: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=689145

So don't worry. It's legit.

I love you, angular graphics.

 

[Syf]

Not worried about it; as long as that list of developers working on HL3/L4D3 is real then it's still in development regardless of whether or not the trade mark was real.

 

[McLovin]

I'm not hyping myself up again until I see a freaking trailer.

 

[angular graphics]

I love you, angular graphics.

<3

 

[HariKari]

Valve saw the hype train around the trademark, realized people would be crushed when it was eventually exposed as a fake, so they made their Jira public (knowing people would attempt this again) so as to unofficially confirm HL3 is indeed in the oven.

I want to believe.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I want to say "I want to say I told you so", but the last time I said that, I got banned for a week.

So... Yay?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Yes, me. As I said over there I am one the sources behind the OP: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=689145

So don't worry. It's legit.

EC/Dax/Bo pls, just hold out a little longer

 

[G-Fex]

I'm sorry but....

this this this. I'm laughing so hard right now.

 

[Nzyme32]

Yes, me. As I said over there I am one the sources behind the OP: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=689145

So don't worry. It's legit.

You are the saint we deserve. Thank you

 

[Marjar]

But what about that dev team stuff on Valve's website?

 

[Horse Detective]

I'd like to say I don't care anymore, but I do.

 

[brickarts295]

I was starting to believe

 

[Sibylus]

It wasn't fake in the sense that it wasn't real, it was just wasn't Valve that applied the trademark but another party of sneak fucks.

This has to take the cake for the ultimate HL3 troll, who goes this far?

In any case, it's interesting Valve didn't dismiss this at all...

This is what I'm wondering, why spend money on something so... dumb.

 

[Sibylus]

You sure? The JIRA listing always seemed like better source but I didn't see the site personally.

Saw it with my own eyes, it was there and in two groups (Half-Life 3 and Half-Life 3 Core). Counted how many devs were in the larger HL3 group and the larger L4D3 group, but didn't think to screencap all the pages before access went down.

 

[Perkel]

But what about that dev team stuff on Valve's website?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


it is a secret !

 

[jsnepo]

We still have that bug tracker right guys or is it confirmed fake as well?

 

[John_RiticelloEA]

HAHAHAHA, that'll show the GabeN's drones on the internet

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Hey, guys, don't get down. Look at that website: at the top, we have the tabs "Home", "Forums", "Community", and "News". Let's look closer:

>>> HomeForumsCommunityNews
>>> HomeoumsCoNFirmemuntyws
>>> Homeoums***CoNFirme***muntyws

HALF LIFE 3 CoNFirme[d]!!!

 

[$200]

 

[munchie64]

I can't tell whether to laugh or cry...

 

[DTSAirmaN]

Priceisrightlosinghorn.mp3

 

[funkystudent]

More interested in the Making of.. then I am for the finished game at this point.

I hope its honest and tells us how many times the game has been restarted and the fun of 6+ years of development hell.