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"At this point in space and time, if anyone from Valve uttered the phrase “Half-Life 3″ the entire internet as we know it would implode upon itself and break the space time continuum, truly allowing 2012 to live up to the Mayan’s expectations.
Valve are known for trolling their fans on a consistent basis, but only because they love us so dearly.
They could be up to it yet again, or this could be concrete evidence that Half-Life 3 does in fact exist."
Update A website other than the original link of the article now adds to the whole HL3 mystery, and the article reflects this new site.
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.