This guy capitalized on the opportunity to exploit the typo. He registered the domain teamf6rtress.com today, and had it redirect to the fake Steam profile page. He says that he's a software developer, so he's trying to spread his name through rumors and trolling.
Guys, whether or not this is real... I think it's safe to assume that Half life 3 is "real"... I mean, Valve would be stupid to not at least be working on it....
"This is a clever disclaimer claiming that this is a parody, and makes no real attempt at spoofing the Steam Community. Spare me, Valve. I am but a humble gamer. I wish not to suffer the horrors of Origin."
Still don't know how he managed to register the domain before the blog post with the typo even went live though. He obviously had time to prepare it. And 6 and O are far enough apart that it's really hard to accidentally cause a typo. Intentional Valve troll?
We've had more HL3 info along with Source 2 info this year then we've had since we started waiting for the next next HL.
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Well I just checked the HL2 Episode 2 forum...apparently it's fake and the Valve employee made a mistake with the link, a typo to be more precise...BUT the domain was registered before the TF2 blog posting was made, how could the guy who made the "fake profile" know what valve was going to link to get a similar domain, how could the Valve employee make a mistake such as linking it to a fake profile AND why havent they fixed it yet.
I think the fact that it was posted on an official blog FOR Valve may point to it being yet another valve troll attempt, but it is on the L4D blog... how many people actually look at it anymore?
Its going to suck. It will be just like Duke Nukem and GT5 all this hype. Just to be let down with countless articles saying "was it worth waiting the 6 odd years"
Both links provided in the article are meant for trolling fans and they were created by gamers, not valve. The steam account belongs to a steam gamer and that black-aperture thing is an old troll site.
I did not ruin any fun, I just saved you from wasting time with trolls. Didn't you see Gabe with the knife already? Any more HL fake news and it will increase the gaben rage. What if he started posting self-nudies. While eating his cake. With three candles on.
I'f you don't have access to a PC, then yes defiantly :D, you get half-life 2 + the 2 episodes aswell , which will take you a good 20 hours + to get through all that awesomeness , dam I want to play it now.
The original half-life should run on anything in the last 10 years I imagine , so there's always that route , was also ported to the PS2 & Dreamcast I believe , not sure if it's on psn or not.
Half Life 2 was AWESOME. I'm not sure how it runs on PS3 because there were some early issues on PS3 with cross platform titles, but it was great on 360.
This whole thing has turned into Star Wars. By the time episode 1 came out I was 29 years old and could've cared less. Did I go see it? Yeah I did, first in line the day tickets went on sale for the minight showing and it was the worst movie I ever saw.
All I'm saying is this game better be worth wait if it's ever released.
Gotta love these "conspiracy theories" of random obsure internet clues leading to HL3. Just wait Valve will announce it when they want too, and it will be blatantly obvious when they do. Stop reading into rumors and whispers on the internet.
You have been trolled by Chase McManning: http://www.facebook.com/mcm...
This guy capitalized on the opportunity to exploit the typo. He registered the domain teamf6rtress.com today, and had it redirect to the fake Steam profile page. He says that he's a software developer, so he's trying to spread his name through rumors and trolling.
This is not connected to Valve whatsoever.
"This is a clever disclaimer claiming that this is a parody, and makes no real attempt at spoofing the Steam Community. Spare me, Valve. I am but a humble gamer. I wish not to suffer the horrors of Origin."
Still don't know how he managed to register the domain before the blog post with the typo even went live though. He obviously had time to prepare it. And 6 and O are far enough apart that it's really hard to accidentally cause a typo. Intentional Valve troll?
This is getting annoying! How many years has it been already? Even the trolling is getting boring
How long until the 'update' in the article where you have to put your tail between your legs and say it was false? lol..
EDIT:
Well I just checked the HL2 Episode 2 forum...apparently it's fake and the Valve employee made a mistake with the link, a typo to be more precise...BUT the domain was registered before the TF2 blog posting was made, how could the guy who made the "fake profile" know what valve was going to link to get a similar domain, how could the Valve employee make a mistake such as linking it to a fake profile AND why havent they fixed it yet.
The plot thickens.
The plot doesn't just thicken, it congeals.
Maybe the L4D guys wanted to hint?
But it could be a few more years...
Funny, trolling or not they sure got us talking about it... very elaborate for the average troll
HL3 is a certainty for next-gen, so I say that everyone simply be patient. It'll be sweeter that way.
This constant gossipy, "Did ya hear?!" nonsense is getting old. Gotta love the August Video Game Drought.
Valve are known for playing silly buggers like this, so it doesn't surprise me if it is them or someone pretending.
I did not ruin any fun, I just saved you from wasting time with trolls. Didn't you see Gabe with the knife already? Any more HL fake news and it will increase the gaben rage. What if he started posting self-nudies. While eating his cake. With three candles on.
The original half-life should run on anything in the last 10 years I imagine , so there's always that route , was also ported to the PS2 & Dreamcast I believe , not sure if it's on psn or not.
Have fun :)
All I'm saying is this game better be worth wait if it's ever released.