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[RF]

So, there was a post on Reddit earlier today about a video channel with random weird arse videos that you can convert into hl2 maps and shit.

The Valve ARG channels have started heating up again, too, so that lends credence to the theory.

I was talking with the person in the video who then directed me to someone else:

Spoiler: Dougley (click to show/hide)

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25 July 2011
16:39 - [DFC] RF: Well, shit.
16:39 - [DFC] RF: What's going down, now?
16:40 - Dougley: well
16:40 - Dougley: the reddit post pretty much tells you everything so far :v
16:40 - [DFC] RF: Definitely Valve, though>
16:40 - Dougley: yeah
16:40 - [DFC] RF: though?*
16:40 - [DFC] RF: Fuck yes.
16:40 - Dougley: we think
16:40 - Dougley: so far
16:40 - [DFC] RF: You're on the damn Valve ARG channel.
16:40 - Dougley: valve hasn't denied it yet
16:40 - Dougley: yeah
16:41 - [DFC] RF: So surely you know? :p
16:41 - Dougley: well
16:41 - Dougley: it's sort of up in the air right now
16:42 - [DFC] RF: I'm suuure it is.
16:42 - Dougley: ask http://steamcommunity.com/id/yatterman/ to fill you in so far
16:43 - [DFC] RF: Will do, thanks.
16:44 - [DFC] RF: If it's NOT a Valve ARG.
16:44 - [DFC] RF: Will Valve come out and say it? :|
16:44 - [DFC] RF: Therein lies the rub.
16:47 - [DFC] RF: Well, he's got tighter lips than a Catholic schoolgirl.
16:47 - [DFC] RF: You could help out here. ;D
16:48 - Dougley: how so
16:48 - [DFC] RF: 16:44 - [DFC] RF: So, what's going on here, then?
16:45 - Yatterman: Nothing at all.
16:45 - [DFC] RF: 16:43 - [DFC] RF: Will do, thanks.
16:44 - [DFC] RF: If it's NOT a Valve ARG.
16:44 - [DFC] RF: Will Valve come out and say it? :|
16:44 - [DFC] RF: Therein lies the rub.
16:45 - [DFC] RF: Any comments? :D
16:45 - Yatterman: No comment.
16:46 - [DFC] RF: I bet this is a terrible trollfest and people will weep rivers of blood.
16:46 - [DFC] RF: But if it's not.
16:46 - [DFC] RF: God damn it.
16:47 - Yatterman: It is not.
16:47 - [DFC] RF: So you're saying it's definitely a Valve ARG?
16:48 - Yatterman: No comment as to that.
16:48 - Dougley: well
16:49 - Dougley: p. much
16:49 - Dougley: we can't say either way so far

The person he directed me to was called Yatterman, who gave little information but let a few things slip:

Spoiler: Yatterman (click to show/hide)

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25 July 2011
16:44 - [DFC] RF: So, what's going on here, then?
16:45 - Yatterman: Nothing at all.
16:45 - [DFC] RF: 16:43 - [DFC] RF: Will do, thanks.
16:44 - [DFC] RF: If it's NOT a Valve ARG.
16:44 - [DFC] RF: Will Valve come out and say it? :|
16:44 - [DFC] RF: Therein lies the rub.
16:45 - [DFC] RF: Any comments? :D
16:45 - Yatterman: No comment.
16:46 - [DFC] RF: I bet this is a terrible trollfest and people will weep rivers of blood.
16:46 - [DFC] RF: But if it's not.
16:46 - [DFC] RF: God damn it.
16:47 - Yatterman: It is not.
16:47 - [DFC] RF: So you're saying it's definitely a Valve ARG?
16:48 - Yatterman: No comment as to that.
16:48 - Yatterman: But i'm saying people won't be dissappointed
16:48 - [DFC] RF: Ah.
16:51 - [DFC] RF: So it's a game announcement, then.
16:51 - Yatterman: No comment on that either.
16:54 - [DFC] RF: You're just going to say no comment to everything, aren't you?
16:54 - Yatterman: No, you are asking to personal of questions.
16:57 - [DFC] RF: Does this involve zombies?
16:57 - [DFC] RF: Or the undead?
16:57 - [DFC] RF: Or mutations?
16:57 - [DFC] RF: What were those things in the videos?
16:57 - Yatterman: People. Life.
16:58 - [DFC] RF: They certainly were not people.
16:58 - Yatterman: I would have to ask the person who left the tape.
16:58 - [DFC] RF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUlxU2qXDk&feature=channel_video_title&t=13s
16:58 - [DFC] RF: Is that a person to you?
17:00 - Yatterman: No, that is a series of numbers.
17:00 - [DFC] RF: Err...
17:00 - [DFC] RF: Closer to the 14 second mark.
17:00 - [DFC] RF: The thing.
17:00 - [DFC] RF: With legs.
17:00 - [DFC] RF: And little else.
17:01 - Yatterman: Yes, she has a human body, although she is missing her eyes.
17:01 - [DFC] RF: Are you a normal person?
17:01 - [DFC] RF: Doing normal person things?
17:02 - Yatterman: I'm working a job, i'm normal.
17:02 - [DFC] RF: How is she missing her eyes?
17:02 - [DFC] RF: Is that a she?
17:03 - Yatterman: No idea, I just work at a video store, I don't alterthe photos or video we receive.
17:03 - [DFC] RF: Who gave this to you?
17:03 - Yatterman: A teenage girl. I recieved 3 tapes.
17:03 - [DFC] RF: Where's the third?
17:04 - Yatterman: It broke my BVU-800, it will be uploaded later.
17:05 - [DFC] RF: What did this teenage girl look like?
17:08 - [DFC] RF: You would tell e abro if this was trollin', right?
17:09 - Yatterman: This isn't a troll, and sorry, I have multiple conversations going.
17:09 - [DFC] RF: I can imagine. :p
17:09 - Yatterman: She had pale skin and was wear jeans and a hoodie, that's all I can remember off hand, I just took a quick look at her.
17:09 - [DFC] RF: Has anything odd been happening near you?
17:11 - Yatterman: My BHV keeps breaking when trying to change these tapes.
17:11 - [DFC] RF: Other than that.
17:11 - Yatterman: That's all really.
17:11 - [DFC] RF: What do you look like, my good Yatterman?
17:12 - [DFC] RF: And what is that picture you have as your display?
17:14 - Yatterman: I look nothing like my picture.
17:14 - Yatterman: The picture on my display is a closeup, of something i'm unfamiliar with.
17:15 - Yatterman: But it keeps me intrigued.
17:15 - [DFC] RF: Did it look at all like the girl?
17:16 - Yatterman: No.
17:16 - [DFC] RF: Where do you live?
17:17 - Yatterman: In the US.
17:17 - [DFC] RF: What part?
17:17 - Yatterman: Can't say.
17:17 - [DFC] RF: Damn, man.
17:17 - [DFC] RF: I don't know what sort of questions I should be asking here.
17:17 - [DFC] RF: We've already established that I have to roleplay.
17:17 - Yatterman: You could just stop, before you find something you don't want to.
17:18 - [DFC] RF: What is it that I don't want to find?
17:18 - Yatterman: The recording. Ask no more.
17:18 - [DFC] RF: What recording?
17:18 - [DFC] RF: The full recording?
Yatterman is now Away.
17:19 - [DFC] RF: Fuck.
17:19 - [DFC] RF: Damn it.
17:20 - [DFC] RF: What is The Spine Network?

I'm going for Ep3 announcement, at this point.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

I think I speak on behalf of all living things in the universe when I state :

FUCK YES!

I really hope that is episode three finally. For too long it has tuanted me, just out of my grasp.
Consdering that there was files found in the Portal 2 SDK refereing Advisor attacks that was patched out it just might be.

That said this could just be an ARG for DOTA 2 which most people thought would be coming out before Ep. 3.
That said the style of the ARG reminds me much of the Portal one which did alluide to Portal 2.

EDIT: Apprently it was these videos they got the source files from:
http://m.youtube.com/#/profile?desktop_uri=%2Fuser%2Ffoundonthetape&sort=p&channel_id=0&livestreaming_tutorial=False&ytsession={}&start=0&user=foundonthetape&autoplay=True&gl=GB&v=7eITN3_28as

Seems a bit odd there. Nothing really Valve related to those videos at all.
Seems like film students got a bit inspired by the ARG thing and decided to pull a fakey.

Second Edit: Aahaha, totally fake. thats a shame.
The map (http://i53.tinypic.com/2eajtyf.jpg) is a screamer.
Trolls gotta troll.

[RF]

Updated with more conversation. It's entirely possible this might not be Valve ARG, but it's still creepy.

EDIT: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27595954/asynchronous/recovered007.png - That just got dropped in The Spine Network's chat.

[Levi]

I'm actually getting kind of sick of these ARGS.     The last one really dragged on and didn't really lead anywhere.  It was more of just a bunch of random puzzles for people to solve before an announcement.

I'll just wait for the final announcement this time instead of watching how things go.

[RF]

17:33 - SpaceGeek: Phase Pulse is having a closed beta. thats what this ARG is about. its trying to ride the coat tails of Potato Sack to get popularity. thats all.

Apparently.

[forsaken1111]

lame

[Darion]

We all got softly trolled

[Rilder]

I don't like the games that Valve puts out so don't really care.

[mr. macduggan]

So valve isn't behind any of this? 

[RF]

So valve isn't behind any of this? 

We don't know, now.

Turns out Spacegeek is a dick. Check the images posted by others. It actually has him saying he's just trolling.

[Fikes]

Man people are easily trolled. Getting so mad at the guy just gives him more power. Trust me, I've been a professional troll before.

"You live for your own pleasure" is the type of stuff I would relay to my other troll buddies that we would get a kick out of.

[DrPoo]

OH MY FUCKING GOD WHAT

[RF]

"SHE IS A NORMAL HUMAN, SHE JUST HAS NO EYES."

GOD DAMN IT YATTERMAN YOU FUCKING LIAR.

[Oscuro1987]

Yeah we keep seeing this eff-face through all the videos.

[buckets]

Man people are easily trolled. Getting so mad at the guy just gives him more power. Trust me, I've been a professional troll before.

"You live for your own pleasure" is the type of stuff I would relay to my other troll buddies that we would get a kick out of.

How do you become a professional troll?