• Portal Update - Hidden achievement & Viral Riddles [Updated]

    Discussion in 'News' started by Evo, Mar 1, 2010.

    Portal has received an update, one line, check it out:
    Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations. - Steam News
    Timeline of events:







    Updates:
    - All ASCII artwork filtered further and coloured - click here for image (By Auricom)
    - New ASCII art showing female holding Portal gun (ASHPD) - blurred version
    - New Portal update tonight - <a href="http://www.halflife2.net/2010/03/03/another-portal-update-new-hidden-sounds/]see more here[/url] (new ending for portal)
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Discussion in 'News' started by Evo, Mar 1, 2010.

  1. <RJMC>
    who is cjohnson?
  2. Barnz
    Cave Johnson, founder of Aperture Science.
  3. <RJMC>
    how you know that?
  4. ríomhaire
  5. blackout
    it's a well known fact of half-life:D
  6. The Monkey
    There has got to be something big in those pictures. They did not lead us all the way here, just to imply a further date with more information.
  7. XenOrBust
    Good eye. I'm not sure that those are Vorts though. I think that's Dog on the left, and yes I think that's a Portal gun.

    This is all going to end back in Xen, right? I think that's the logical conclusion, unless it all ends back in Black Mesa a second before everything went to Hell.
  8. Hectic Glenn
    From ZT's post #80
    Anyone worked on this or able to decipher what kind of code this is?
  9. Dekstar
    Btw for those not following the stuff, one of the pieces of information alludes to a date: March 11th - when Valve will be at a gaming thingy.
  10. Pi Mu Rho
    the 3.11 thing? It's quite a tenuous conclusion.
  11. Hectic Glenn
    I'm not sure on the significance of the 3.11. What is interesting is that the Glados version on the aperturescience.com website is v1.09 or something. This version through the BBS connection is v3.11 - a newer version of Glados. Not sure how she's managed to upgrade herself, unless someone is working on her?

    Oh and I've updated the 1st post with all the major details to far - so read it to catch up.
  12. blackout
  13. StarBob
    You know what struck me just now, and would be awesome? Episode 2 released with Portal and all, maybe Episode 3 will release with Portal 2... and since the stories are already tied together, maybe it will play out somehow in the game(s). That could be the reason behind all the secrecy surrounding both and the sudden emergence of all of this hullabaloo. I mean Left 4 Dead 2's announcement was about as exciting as a peanut butter sandwich. All of this buildup could mean something big.
  14. ríomhaire
    People on Steampowered are claiming Portal just updated again with no announcement. Could be BS.
  15. Eejit
    Something big like the massive piece of information hidden in the pre-HL2 puzzle for the forum?
  16. chimpmunk
    Could you refresh my memory, please?
  17. Barnz
    There was a puzzle to view secret media on half-life2.com.
  18. Tollbooth Willie
    WOW WAY TO RESTATE WHAT I SAID LIKE 2 PAGES BACK >: ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((



    I want to believe he'll say something about Episode 3 then, but not holding my breath.
  19. blackout
    link?
  20. Dekstar
    I totally have you on ignore, hence me not seeing it.
  21. Barnz
    Steam thread is now out of control. I'll post this here - don't know if I'm late, or not.

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  22. pilot7893
    And I'm suddenly more interested in the first Valve game I ever bought.
    Time to try and get this achievment.
  23. ríomhaire
    That seems plausible.
  24. Shamrock
    Oh god. This is becoming more amazing as time goes on!
  25. henno13
    Wow, I only found this campaign an hour ago, I'm suffering from an infomation overload. I really can't stop shaking due the awesomeness.
  26. scotland1
    That sound file with kleiner in it it very strange indeed.
  27. henno13
  28. The Monkey
  29. huntingbear
    i wonder if the black sentry guns can transport themselves or be transported to different areas via the bubble we see it in?

    maybe there'll be no sentires in a room then suddenly two bubble roll in and drop black sentries? what you think the difference will be between white and black sentries?
  30. Sloth
    Mine just updated and I'd been on Steam till like 11pm last night. (its about 10:50am now)

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  31. Paulaner
    Portal and Half-Life are surely overlapping. I smell another Orange Box coming.
  32. Shakermaker
    Yeah, a combination of multiple games would definitely be logical. I wonder if there will be a third game. CS3?
  33. sixteenth
    Return of the "Black Box" for a Episode 3 and Portal 2 release would be pretty awesome.

    One of the most interesting theories I have heard is that these BBS transmissions are part of the original transmission Mossman was trying to send to the resistance.
  34. Avoidist
    That fits my own theory rather well, and would put an interesting fix on the timeline of portal. The main problem with it being the meta-game stuff that's happening now probably wouldn't fit with the in-game technology they are using, but that's just nitpicking. Of course, if my theory is right it amounts to GLaDOS sending data to herself, but that's not too farfetched given she would essentially be two independent computers, one in the AS labs and one onboard Borealis otherwise incapable of communicating between themselves.

    Edit: fits the skull image too, it's the skull of one of the crew of the borealis. There haven't been any skeletons or human remains seen within the AS labs (though that doesn't necessarily mean there aren't or weren't any).
  35. Shamrock
    Holy HELL.

    Show Spoiler
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  36. Sloth
    And we kept on being annoyed at Valve cause they didn't tell us how EP3 was going along - shame on us when they come out with this beauty!
  37. the cow says moo
    Wut the?o_O
  38. David.Seth2
    a new picture was found. Got it from another forum

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