Yet another Valve ARG

gamemaster1996

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Sorry if a threads already been posted here, but I couldn't see one.

It seems Valve has started yet another ARG, revolving around the number three.

It started by a Valve employee wearing a HL3 Shirt. Then at the VGA Awards where Valve put up a video of Wheatley talking about the Awards and asking for a rescue. However during this there were some numbers (believed to be coordinates) down the side. Then on Ratmanns twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/Doug_Rattmann) Ratmann after lying Dormant for months posted a lot of Numbers which correspond with the ones down the side of the screen during the video.

He also said one, one, one. This has been read into as adding up to three.
There's also text at the top of the video which says:
СПУТНИК НАБЛЮДЕНИЯ "ЛАНТАНУМ"
This translates to: OBSERVATION SATELLITE "LANTHANUM"
The work for Lanthanum comes from the Greek word: λανθανω which means to lie hidden. Interestingly enough it starts with the Lambda as well, the symbol for Half life.
Also Lanthanum has an Atomic Number of 57,which is in group three of the Periodic table.
There's also a link to Team fortress. I've been informed those Grockets have three ladders. Another Three.

Thoughts guys? Do you think it's anything to do with episode three? have you discovered anything else?
 

nik

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I'm telling you. It's fucking episode 3/hl3.

Like seriously guys, I'm calling it. Bookmark my post so I can laugh when it's true.
 

Ida

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It's way too early to say whether this is an ARG. If it turns out to be, I'll be very excited (the Portal 2 one was fun to watch!), but people shouldn't be getting their hopes up just yet...
 

Kiddnils

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Maybe it's just random? Also a Valve Voice Actor said that he spoke text for Half Life 2 Episode 3
 
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Ravidge

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At this moment, I think people are only seeing/hearing what they want to hear, and make strange connections based on hope.
I'm telling myself there isn't an ARG, because it so much more fun to read the speculation with that mindset.

"I saw the number 3 on [thing], maybe its relevant!!!"
 

Fruity Snacks

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The "we're annoucing something with a three in it!" email was faked... And I'll have to agree with Ravidge/Muffin. I hope that its something interesting, but a LOT of this is speculation.


... Since the start of the 'arg'-ish thing deals with space, i've been asked a lot of questions.
 

grazr

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I like what an ARG can do for indie games/mods. It was really nice to have additional players for games like Killing Floor. But Valve have openly said an ARG is a LOT of effort and the pro's for third party games are questionable as it's a gamble for them in some ways.

They didn't say they wouldn't do one again but they said it was very unlikely.

For those reasons i think it's unlikely. Isn't this just an over reaction to the VGA?
 

Harribo

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Wasn't it found that @Doug_Rattmann was just a fan twitter account that was throwing people off the real ARG scent last april? I don't think he is legit and all this was is just a nice hint to an announcement that's going to be made by Valve soon
 

Numerous

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It could be L4D3, or Portal 3 (doubt an official TF3 though).

Although, given the significance of the 3 to half life (and avoiding it through episodes), I think that this will almost definitely be HL2:ep3, if anything.
 

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Wasn't it found that @Doug_Rattmann was just a fan twitter account that was throwing people off the real ARG scent last april? I don't think he is legit and all this was is just a nice hint to an announcement that's going to be made by Valve soon
Yes it's been a known fake since the last chunk of portal 2 arg.

I'm pretty certain this isn't how valve would announce episode 3. It just reeks of lame.
 

What Is Schwa

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THERE ARE THREE E's IN GABE NEWELL!

E + 3 = e3 = EPISODE THREE!

GABE'S MOM = ULTIMATE ARG MASTERMIND.
 
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wheatly's space corrdinates: 1,1,1