Portal 2 to release early, with ARG's help

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• Summary: Valve is letting users earn early access to Portal 2, but nothing in life comes free. First, the... : SporkyReeve
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  Even if I don't buy the potato sack, and it does end up unlocking early, I can still play it early right? : Haxim
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    yes 10char : jssap
    • thx : Haxim
  • I believe that's true, I don't understand why it wouldn't be. : one random winner
• Seems I actually have a game on the list. Time to do my part! : herradura99
• Clever girl... : runinal
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  Makes me a little sad about going the PS3 route, but I'll survive. I do already own several of the pot... : Johnny Law
  • You can probably find an independent retailer to break street date earlier than it'll unlock on steam. : Haxim
• I'll give them credit. That's pretty damn clever. : Sideways Bob
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  i will be SHOCKED if it actually releases more than 12 hours early : retarded talking dinosaur
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    So far it's gone down by about 10 minutes. : LoioshDwaggie
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      The countdown isn't changing, the game will be released when the bar above it reaches full. : Zek
      • Damn it. It's like watching paint dry. : jrbstereo
    • No it hasn't; the countdown is still exactly on track for 10am EDT Tuesday : OverloadUT
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  That's sad for PS and 360 players, but they should realize that a FPS should be played on a fucking PC in... : pillzer
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    Should they? : Haxim
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      Yes. It's for their own good. : pillzer
      • herp derp : RikiTiki2
      • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : LoioshDwaggie
      • i believe you : technotica
    • yes they should >_ : ClawHammR
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    People have PS3 and 360 copies already. I'm gonna try to have a PS3 copy this afternoon. I'm not so sure ... : Serpico74
    • but what if you dont know a sneaky place to get games early =O : extrahappyturtle
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      Controllers dude.. controllers.. :( : pillzer
      • Very small price to pay for getting to play it early. I'll play it again on PC soon enough. Lord knows I'... : Serpico74
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        I haven't played it in a while but my recollection of portal was that there were quite a few areas where ... : Arsenal
        • Yea no one on consoles ever beat it : VivaMachete
  • I played through all the games in Orange Box on 360 and had a great time. : Dave-A
  • Couldn't be further from the truth. : jingletard
  • MFW he thinks Portal is an FPS. That's just adorable. : GigiLeCheshire
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  You guys should probably mention getting potatoes is also extremely helpful. Quoted from a source communi... : MrTwoVideoCards
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    Looks like the link was cut off for the potato guide, here it is again: https://docs.google.com/document... : MrTwoVideoCards
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      Is there a spot in your Steam profile or somewhere that you can actually see how many taters you have? : snot3353
      • Yeah, your profile should have some taters right under your name in the page. : MrTwoVideoCards
    • I wonder what the reward for all these will be : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • I haven't seen a single reliable source claim the potatoes acts as a multiplier. : Teleporting Muffins
• repost : disembodied potato
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  Defence Grid's additional levels are hilarious. Kudos to Valve for coming up with this stuff, - love it. : Broken Canoe
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    I played the tutorial for like a minute before i had to leave but could not see the difference between th... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • Two additional levels added, both Portal related. Yes they can be challenging, but in line with the rest ... : Broken Canoe
• http://boilemmashmem.ytmnd.com/ : Crimsonbeak
• If people actually buy the sack just hoping Portal 2 will release earlier I would laugh. : leuthil
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  I'm confused -- so far the countdown doesn't reflect the pace of the bar. I'm going to rerun some numbers... : Yanks
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    We are about 7.1% full in 5.5 hours. At this rate it should unlock in 77.5 hours, which translates to Mon... : Yanks
    • doooo it : cptincognito
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      I could be right, for once? http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=25702955 : RikiTiki2
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        Unless we get more participation! I just got home from work and grabbed a potato in Amnesia and then fire... : systatic
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          How do ya grab a potato in Amnesia? : coyoterys
          • He forgot. : RomSteady
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      http://www.gamingmasters.co.uk/portal/ : systatic
      • Ooh, I like this one. : dodob
    • There already are a couple : OverloadUT
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      You mean something like this? http://hasportal2launchedyet.com/ (Via dahanese her twitter feed) : ysbreker
      • That disagrees with http://www.gamingmasters.co.uk/portal/ ! Which is right? : systatic
    • do it in pure css! : aurealis
    • The rate will probably increase throughout the weekend. When people see the bar at least half full there ... : The Grolar Bear
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      Valve time can not be accurately calculated with modern computers.

      Apr 15, 2011 4:36pm PDT
      Valve time can not be accurately calculated with modern computers. : harvord
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  UNLOCK FASTER WITH THIS PRO TIP! buy me the potato sack : watcherxp
  • What a stupid idea. buy me the potato sack, I'm cooler : ColoradoCNC
  • Sm me your address and I'll send you this 5 lbs of potatoes I just bought. : jonin
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  So does it just need to record people having played the game or is it counting concurrent players or what... : SpaecKow
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    it's concurrent players. The red bars indicate what percentage of the total number of users that OWN t... : dedgecko
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      no way the bars are ever increasing they are running toward a completion, I just know it. : cornchak
      • the irc chan for the arg says it's time played total by however many players suckier games are weighte... : anhero
    • theres no way, none of the bars have gotten gotten smaller, they are constantly getting larger : maulla
• At the rate it's going, it'll unlock on Tuesday. ;) : DM7
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  http://www.thinkwithportals.com/coop_survey.php : pancake humper
  • I am Atlas. : The Grolar Bear
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    Cave Johnson! : Durajim
    • Same here! Well, okay, I cheated by pressing back on the last question to see all the answers and pick... : DeBurgo
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    Chell !! : shirif
    • Chell for me. : LoioshDwaggie
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    Your Aperture Science Cooperative Testing Type is: Weighted Companion Cube Stalwart and dependable, y... : RomSteady
    • I got this as well. : giant boy detective
  • Lol. Love it. The first time I did it, I was GlaDOS. Second time with the exact same options to post... : jrbstereo
  • "Keep an eye out for cooperative test partners with low self esteem and body image issues." : massdev
  • I'll apparently be good to play co-op with any shacker, provided they shut up and listen! : locater16
  • Your Aperture Science Cooperative Testing Type is: Turret No nonsense and all business, you don't hav... : sigpro
  • Weighted Companion Cube. Describes me perfectly, for better or worse. : omnova
  • I got Glados :( : The Wilhelm Scream
  • P-Body :( : dodob
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    companion cube :( : spaceless
    • Haha me too bead. I'm a shirtless step for people. : Malku
  • Turret : Crabs Jarrard
  • this is random as fuck : smax
  • Glados. Hmmmmm. : thetangent
  • ratman. I guess I'll be playing alone. : ArB
  • Wheatley : Frush81
  • companion cube. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Anyone have an extra copy of Amnesia or Aaaaaah? http://steamcommunity.com/id/TheWilhelmScream/ : The Wilhelm Scream
• well those potatoes games are all really fun glad i got them, : Frush81
• So it's done and they're not releasing it early to promote an indie game? I don't mind unless games begin... : InfernoAblaze
• EVERYONE join this group to get a free potato: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/nelipot : crunkfunk
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  Nice marketing by Steam. No way it's going to unlock any significant time before Tues. Maybe 5 minutes ... : Inarion
  • Sucker? It's at least 30 hours of good to great, varied gameplay for $30. : bigimp
  • Sucker born every minute? A ton of the Sack games are really quite fun. Damn it I hate deals on great gam... : TwitchCannon
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  Have you noticed that the potatoes are beeing eating fast in the glados@home page? : Longgshot
  • And the background of that page says "Active test subjects: NINE" now, didn't it say none before? : howettl
  • "11:00 - Pre-release lethality assessment initiated..." : headbone