#PotatoFoolsDay ARG

[Boss Llama]

The potato countdown is homing in almost precisely on 1 AM Eastern / 10 PM Pacific. At a rate of 11.8 per second (the number I was told it's been calculated at), the math at 7:01pm eastern yield 5.99 hours remaining.

[TheCarpe]

My Portal 2 just quietly downloaded some 102.7 MB update...

[Will T.]

My Portal 2 just quietly downloaded some 102.7 MB update...

Mine downloaded one, which totaled exactly 0 bytes according to Steam. Not sure what that was about.

I'm glad the release is before midnight tonight. If Meat Boy or Killing Floor finishes, we should be seeing some huge boosts. 9 PM maybe...?

[Pine]

Strange message?
20:00 - Preliminary lethality assessment complete
20:00 - Results inconclusive
20:00 - Expanding candidate pool

[Guardian]

KF and Super meat boy are done now.

http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/

Portal 2 will release in an hour now, less if people can finish up Amnesia and/or Defense Grid

[BigBiker05]

The whole thing is a lie, we got like 40 minutes from some games but killing floor only gave 4 minutes or something.

[Guardian]

The whole thing is a lie, we got like 40 minutes from some games but killing floor only gave 4 minutes or something.

Steam forums were pretty upset about the whole thing

[Plinko]

I'd say the community got rickrolled here.

[TheCarpe]

People who got all 36 potatoes get the Valve Complete Pack as a prize.

It's cool and all, but I already own 95% of the pack

[MrBlah]

I'd say the community got rickrolled here.

Nope, the time removed from the countdown is just a percentage to an extent I imagine.

[Ixtab]

People who got all 36 potatoes get the Valve Complete Pack as a prize.

It's cool and all, but I already own 95% of the pack

Wow... That is kinda cool, but also kinda harsh. I know some people on the steam forums were upset about the TF2 pin and stuff, and something small like that I think is kind of a nice little thing for people buying the pack, and not a huge deal to miss out on for those who didnt want to buy the pack. This is a completely different story though. Not only is that a lot of games, but some people (myself included) actually worked hard to get a bunch of potatoes (27 for me).... But we get nothing because we didnt get them all. I think that a lot of people will be upset about this one. I wouldn't say that I am really mad or anything, but I have to say that I feel that anyone who got any potatoes should get something if they are going to do that. Maybe have varying prizes for having 36, 27, 18, 9, 5 potatoes.

Anyway, it is kind of nifty, but also kind of a letdown too... I do have about halfish, maybe more of those games, but I kind of wish now that I had been able to get all the potatoes.

[Flash]

People who got all 36 potatoes get the Valve Complete Pack as a prize.

It's cool and all, but I already own 95% of the pack

Wow, that ain't too shabby. I take it you can't gift away the duplicate games though can you?




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[Araris]

People who got all 36 potatoes get the Valve Complete Pack as a prize.

It's cool and all, but I already own 95% of the pack

Wow, that ain't too shabby. I take it you can't gift away the duplicate games though can you?


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We CAN! Us Golden Potato Villuns (I know of Carpe, Buzzy, and I so far) all received an extra giftable copy of Portal 2 as well. If we didn't own the game it went into our library, otherwise the rest went into our gift copies.

[Flash]

Wow, that is a pretty sweet move by Valve.




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[bz]

Agreed, well worth the effort (for some). I'm sure there are several who are still disappointed over the lack of real HL3/HL2:EP3 news... myself included (It would have been a neat tie-in, though we'll see what the next couple weeks bring).