The Penguin Infection

[Arne]

This is a true story!

So. I heard that a link has said that can change your current avatar to a avatar resembling a penguin with a plum hat.

*proof*

http://steamcommunity.com/market/li...sessionid='+encodeURIComponent(g_sessionID)"> This link will change your avatar to said avatar above. Use this on your own risk.

This was spread to my friends like a fire or a rabies virus that turns every people it touches to zombies.

When I checked my friendslist, since this post was about 6-7 friends got fooled and became penguins.

...and this man is responible of the 'infection'.

And this is one of the chats I had when I spread the link.

den 14 december 2012
19:50 - Dïcecübe: Click this. I dare you!
19:50 - Dïcecübe: http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/440/%3Cbody%20onload%3D%22window.location.href%3D'%5Cu002Fgames%5Cu002F8970%5Cu002FselectAvatar%5Cu003FselectedAvatar%3D14%26sessionid%3D'%2BencodeURIComponent(g_sessionID)%22%3E
19:50 - Xeramøx: wat
19:50 - Xeramøx: wat
19:50 - Xeramøx: wat
19:51 - Xeramøx: o_o
19:51 - Xeramøx: my avatar
19:51 - Xeramøx: :s
19:51 - Dïcecübe: Hahaha
19:51 - Xeramøx: what the fuck is that
19:51 - Dïcecübe: Fried spy and Steveh + Rawkun got that too.
19:52 - Xeramøx: oh god :/
19:52 - Xeramøx: its a hack?
19:52 - Xeramøx: or a bug?
19:52 - Dïcecübe: No.
19:52 - Dïcecübe: It's a link with a bunch of command lines i guess.
19:53 - Dïcecübe: And shnabub is the source of this
19:53 - Dïcecübe: 19:45 - Shnabub: http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/440/%3Cbody%20onload%3D%22window.location.href%3D'%5Cu002Fgames%5Cu002F8970%5Cu002FselectAvatar%5Cu003FselectedAvatar%3D14%26sessionid%3D'%2BencodeURIComponent(g_sessionID)%22%3E
19:45 - Dïcecübe: Lol.
19:45 - Shnabub: welcome to the pinguin army
19:45 - Dïcecübe: You hackor!
19:46 - Shnabub: welcome to the pinguin army
19:46 - Dïcecübe: You almost scared me!
19:46 - Dïcecübe: I tought my account got hacked!
19:46 - Shnabub: xD
Shnabub has changed their name to Shnabub *Penguin Army Commander*.
19:53 - Xeramøx: derp
19:53 - Xeramøx: link that to gordon
19:55 - Xeramøx: hahahaha
19:55 - Xeramøx: 19:55 - The Gordon Freegineer: WUT
19:55 - The Gordon Freegineer: HELP ME
19:55 - The Gordon Freegineer: AHH
19:56 - Xeramøx: 19:55 - The Gordon Freegineer: AHH
19:56 - The Gordon Freegineer: NO
19:56 - The Gordon Freegineer: YOU BETRAYED ME
19:56 - Dïcecübe: Sent it to gordon
19:56 - Xeramøx: shit
19:56 - Xeramøx: i clecked again
19:56 - Xeramøx: :3

And few minutes after I got a other reaction.

20:06 - The Gordon Freegineer: well
20:06 - The Gordon Freegineer: shit.

Well. If you still don't trust me. I got a link here.
http://i.imgur.com/5AsCk.png (Posted it as a link because it's a 1920x1080 picture.)

Well it was anyways fun.

 

[Burnout6010]

dafuq

 

[GPuzzle]

This title is perfect for a L4D2 map set in Antarctica.
"Penguins were cute... Until now."

 

[Seba]

The link is just the link Steam pages use to change your avatar, like the TF2 or L4D2 ones. It's nothing special.

 

[Arne]

The link is just the link Steam pages use to change your avatar, like the TF2 or L4D2 ones. It's nothing special.

However, it was 'special' for the (almost) all of the steam users, from my point of view, who don't know or haven't encountered yet this 'freature' of using the links.
And... honestly I have few friends who has used steam for almost 6-7 years now. They didn't know of this either.

 

[Yacan1]

And... honestly I have few friends who has used steam for almost 6-7 years now. They didn't know of this either.

The automatic avatar thing is pretty recent actually. I don't think seniority is a part of it.

 

[Pocket]

Clearly this is part of an elaborate ARG Valve has launched to promote Steam for Linux. Quick, everyone download the avatar file and experiment with changing the extension and trying to open it in other programs!

 

[Rone]

Too bad this is fixed...

I would love to change my friend's avatar to this.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/hqthor/Avatar/Preview/8#

 

[HQDefault]

Question... can you change the avatar BACK?

 

[Muddy]

Ah, I remember this. I was one of many victims of that prank.

Also, gg on unnecessarily digging up a two-year-old thread.