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Portal updated mysteriously, internet detectives assemble-read OP 1st if you have ?'s
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EatChildren
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Leonsito said:Well, I don't mean Dog is made from Aperture robots, just that he is dragging the body, maybe the voice is a voice synth, or the robot of Cave Johnson with Dog, Gordon and company
Or its a totally different robot dragging Chell and not DOG at all.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Leonsito said:Well, I don't mean Dog is made from Aperture robots, just that he is dragging the body, maybe the voice is a voice synth, or the robot of Cave Johnson with Dog, Gordon and company
I know you're probably not being entirely serious, but at least get the continuity right with your joke predictions! Portal takes place before Half-Life 1; For fuck's sake, Dog doesn't even exist yet!
Sorry, I went off the handle there a little. I think I'm just upset my Cave Johnson = CAVEMAN joke theory didn't get more play in this thread.
zombieshavebrains
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So they're obviously leaving a testing room and going to the outside of the building which has high vegetation...
Co-op not really confirmed. The images decoded by the QBasic program state that the "cooperative" trial has completed. You're digging (granted, not a far flung idea) if you think it's talking about co-op play. Many people think it's related to the cooperative effort that we've all put forward to decypher everything.
My theory is:Fireye said:
"Cooperative trial completed." means Internet Detective Force assembled.
"Because of the success, we're moving forward with the project" means they're getting coop in the game.
"You'll be contacted when cooperative initiative is ready to take applicants" means they'll have a beta version.
Gamestop posted a pretty detailed blurb in their product description:
Co-op mode, no word on further multiplayer.
http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=77276
Co-op mode, no word on further multiplayer.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Seperate co-op mode is fine. Forced would fill me with rage (Hello, Resi 5)
Valve are too smart to do that.
Valve are too smart to do that.
BuddhaRockstar
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Co-op Portal is the new co-op Splinter Cell.
Zapperkhan
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They could do one portal from each gun for each player. But what if there where two more. (Green and Red) Then buttons on the level swap which colors are connected. zomg.
I <3 Memes
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Sounds good. There is one plot element that should apply to the next game we never addressed in this thread. What about the other daughters that Glados had in stasis. Surely Chell wasn't the very last one. I had assumed that any sequel would have Chell trying to rescue the rest of the test subjects.
I <3 Memes said:
Could be. But who's to say there ever were any other test subjects? I don't see any concrete proof that there were any previous tests. There are "hidden" areas which have crazy scribbles on them, but it's generally written in the same ink that's used to mark your way forward. Why couldn't GLaDOS set the entire up, including those odd hidden areas, since it's obvious (to me) her purpose is to train someone capable of using the portal gun.
... it's a lot of work, but there's no firm proof of other test subjects, IMO. Just conjecture.
I <3 Memes
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Fireye said:
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You're joking right? And I'm just not getting the joke right?
EmCeeGramr
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Posted this in the other thread, but in case anyone here would like to think about it:
And I'm not sure if it's going to be "one guy gets blue portal, other guy gets orange." Only one robot looked like it had a portal gun. Maybe one person shoots portals, but the other guy can use devices or carry certain things (like maybe even the other player)?
I'm thinking of something like in Zelda: Spirit Tracks, where the one with the portal gun needs to shoot an exit onto a wall, but to get the gun aimed up they have to cross a pool of acid with no safe scaffold or platform. Player two picks them up and carries them across the acid, Player one shoots the portals, they get carried back.
Maybe Player Two could also have some kind of weapon or melee attack that allows them to bash turrets or possibly enemy robots to protect the portal carrier, or (like the Phantom Zelda in Spirit Tracks), won't be attacked by enemies and so can go into dangerous enemy-filled areas to turn on switches or collect cubes and other items.
And I'm not sure if it's going to be "one guy gets blue portal, other guy gets orange." Only one robot looked like it had a portal gun. Maybe one person shoots portals, but the other guy can use devices or carry certain things (like maybe even the other player)?
I'm thinking of something like in Zelda: Spirit Tracks, where the one with the portal gun needs to shoot an exit onto a wall, but to get the gun aimed up they have to cross a pool of acid with no safe scaffold or platform. Player two picks them up and carries them across the acid, Player one shoots the portals, they get carried back.
Maybe Player Two could also have some kind of weapon or melee attack that allows them to bash turrets or possibly enemy robots to protect the portal carrier, or (like the Phantom Zelda in Spirit Tracks), won't be attacked by enemies and so can go into dangerous enemy-filled areas to turn on switches or collect cubes and other items.
I <3 Memes
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Fireye said:
If you are waiting for dialog and cutscenes to tell you the story in a Valve game then you are going to be waiting until never because that's not how Valve does it. Writing on walls, used food and water canisters (and a bucket for ummm other uses), and visual evidence of attempts to get out of the test chamber rooms is how Valve tells their stories.
sonikokaruto
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does anyone know the user password on the http://www.aperturelabratories.com/ site?
Red Scarlet
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Ok so Portal 2 is coming out, was this game updated again today? Or are the people mentioning 2 player Portal just talking about P2?
Red Scarlet
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Ok thanks.
Red Scarlet
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Hooray, Synergy is working pretty good now with me as the server host! At least I can't FF you Botolf.
Did anyone see the underlined letters in the official announcement from valve?
Those are what are underlined.
One thing is it has been used for the BBS. But there is a site www.drattmannh0nee.com which just has the same image on two pages. Reference more info here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1177298
I can't post there, but it seems no one has noticed that on that website (which some people believe is fanmade but seems too well thought out) is the source code. There are divs organized in an interesting fashion. Also the titles.
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d r a t t m a n n h 0 n e eThose are what are underlined.
One thing is it has been used for the BBS. But there is a site www.drattmannh0nee.com which just has the same image on two pages. Reference more info here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1177298
I can't post there, but it seems no one has noticed that on that website (which some people believe is fanmade but seems too well thought out) is the source code. There are divs organized in an interesting fashion. Also the titles.
EatChildren
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chapel said:
I'm going to go with fake. It was only registered yesterday and I cant see Valve leaving something like this late, and its tied to nicholaschan.net, which appears to be some random guys blog.
I'd say this little game is over.
mightynine
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Fireye said:
How long before that shows up on a red t-shirt somewhere?
Can't wait to play this.
A Link to the Past
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Disregard, old and non-ness. :<
ok, i'm having some issues with this achievement. i followed what they did in this video precisely and the radio didn't tune at the first spot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvQvw4vSfKE
i've moved the radio everywhere in that room and still nothing. it seems the achievement just isn't working at all for me.
i lost my original save game, so as far as it's aware i never finished the game... maybe i need to finish it first to unlock achievements? (all the achievements are locked for me when i look at them through the pause menu)
help?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvQvw4vSfKE
i've moved the radio everywhere in that room and still nothing. it seems the achievement just isn't working at all for me.
i lost my original save game, so as far as it's aware i never finished the game... maybe i need to finish it first to unlock achievements? (all the achievements are locked for me when i look at them through the pause menu)
help?