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BELIEVE?

  • Makes sense

    Votes: 15 20.3%
  • Yes

    Votes: 13 17.6%
  • Absolutely - HL3 2025

    Votes: 36 48.6%
  • 3 is the trifecta knot - Triquetra - Infinity!

    Votes: 10 13.5%

  • Total voters
    74

Buggy Loop

Gold Member
Mainly the community of Half-Life went totally insane with the Mike Shapiro tweet, the voice actor of G-man.

This tweet



#Valve #Halflife #GMan #2025

The image he's showing is an album cover for his music. WTF? Ok dead end. Done and gone.

Now, before we continue, put on your tinfoil hat
Tinfoil Hat GIF by The Tick



The album cover is this



See something in the window?

197

• The song is 3:17 minutes, which is 197 seconds :pie_thinking:

• The previous release window between the previous Mike Shapiro song was... 197 days

uAI2ImJ.jpeg


• 197 on the periodic table is ... Gold 197 is the ONLY in the list of 41 isotopes of gold that has no Half-Life (stable)


• Mercury -197 has an HALF-LIFE OF 3 DAYS

vG4SGp3.jpeg



• The lyrics of his 3:27 song, Best long dog

Code:
Among the best long dogs known to man
Among the best long dogs ever known
When your nose is wet you can paw the world
When your back gets busy there's no end to you
When your eyes get shiny and your coat is black,
You're the best dog known to man
The best dog in the world
There's a siren song from the cabin
When it's locked tight, long dogs will flop
Have chugged remains and a nod on ball,
That's the work of the best bad dog of all
Sure the best dog, dog known to man,
Can't tell a dog paw from a man hand
Foot starts stomping and the roots don't grow,
Cause the best dog known knows a do-si-do
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
Best not to be a squirrely red hand
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
Every dog around getting with the same plan
Your eyes get shiny and your coat is black
You're the best dog known man
The best dog, dog in the world
There's a siren song from the cabinet
When it's locked up tight, long dogs will fret
Half chewed remains and a knot on ball
That's the work of the best bad dog in all
But you're the best dog, dog known to man
Can't tell a dog paw from a man hand
But it starts stomping and the roots don't grow
Cause the best dog now knows it does, you know
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
I listen up to these squirrels here and here
The best known, best known, I'll go to me
Every dog around, I'll get you in the state of mind
The best dog, I would say to me
The very best known to man, dog
Yeah, talking about the best dog

What is the word at the 197th word?

Code:
Among the best long dogs known to man
Among the best long dogs ever known
When your nose is wet you can paw the world
When your back gets busy there's no end to you
When your eyes get shiny and your coat is black,
You're the best dog known to man
The best dog in the world
There's a siren song from the cabin
When it's locked tight, long dogs will flop
Have chugged remains and a nod on ball,
That's the work of the best bad dog of all
Sure the best dog, dog known to man,
Can't tell a dog paw from a man hand
Foot starts stomping and the roots don't grow,
Cause the best dog known knows a do-si-do
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
Best not to be a squirrely red hand
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
Every dog around getting with the same plan
Your eyes get shiny and your coat is black
You're the best dog known man
The best dog, dog in the world
There's a siren song from the cabinet
When it's locked up tight, long dogs will fret
Half

• Last but not least, what happens if you put 1 9 7 on a clock ?

34k2vfj.jpeg

42FF44441D8A95DF12BD879AB3939CE8EFF943F5


Now why would Mike Shapiro do this?

He did hint in the past he would announce a game he's been working on via twitter (during Alyx promotion, so another game)

His 2020 USGamer interview

[There's] a different project that I worked on last summer and fall, which involved a considerable amount of motion capture. What's interesting to me in that is you won't see my face, but you'll see every gesture and emotional inflection, physical inflections, and then they'll map it, obviously. I mean, they put a million dots on my face. The knowledge that you've got that much nuance to work with, to say nothing of the fact that you have the actual physicality, is really neat.

I was working on that game for quite a while before I knew [what it was]. There was a rehearsal and some recordings, and after one of the recording sessions I was having a drink with the director. He told me what the game was, and nobody knows that this is coming.

I'll announce it on my Twitter feed when I'm allowed to—I'm trying to be circumspect even as I speak with you about it—but this is going to be such a mindblowing re-up from what people have come to know. It's going to really... it's going to make people have a complete re-understanding of what they thought they knew about the story in the game prior to it, and I don't even know if people are expecting it. It's going to be kind of a blast from the past.

And his 20th anniversary speech ".... waiting for the moment to speak"



And Valve has done ARG marketing campaigns in the past, "Alternative reality game" promotion. They did it for Portal 2


Always Sunny Fx GIF


What do you think? Join me in full copium mode?
 
You guys dumb. It's gonna be Half-Life: G-Spot... kind of a Blue Shift side story except you just play the G-Man hanging out behind a crummy desk in an austere office building watching Gordon on a monitor
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Occasionally you get to stretch your walking sim gameplay chops by... visiting Gordon through the 4th dimension and telling him cryptic bullshit, or whatever. Okay it's been a hot minute since I played any Half-Life but that's the game!
 
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DonkeyPunchJr

World’s Biggest Weeb
What is Section 197 of the California Code of Civil Procedure?


(a) All persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random, from a source or sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the population of the area served by the court. Sources may include, in addition to other lists, customer mailing lists, telephone directories, or utility company lists.
 

Shaki12345

Member
Even if HL3 comes out, it will probably disappoint because of people expecting the impossible. HL2 came out at a time where technology made a difference.

This is a sequel to a game that's 20 years old. Most gamers moved on, except forum people.
 

Buggy Loop

Gold Member
Even if HL3 comes out, it will probably disappoint because of people expecting the impossible. HL2 came out at a time where technology made a difference.

This is a sequel to a game that's 20 years old. Most gamers moved on, except forum people.

Tsk tsk

You mean all publishers/devs are stuck in PS3 era game philosophies and don't risk anything, they put new coat of paints on. Valve ain't like that and they know it, especially Half-Life.

When they made Alyx they defined what a VR game should be and still to this day, is #1 most regarded VR game out there and was one of my best gaming experience in the last 2 decades.

Listen to Gabe's closing words on Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary.



"I think that Half-Life represents a tool we have and promises made to customers to capitalize on innovation and opportunities to build game experiences that haven't been involved previously, and I think that there are no shortage of those opportunities facing us as an industry right now."

I See You Nod GIF by Yellowstone
 

Shaki12345

Member
Tsk tsk

You mean all publishers/devs are stuck in PS3 era game philosophies and don't risk anything, they put new coat of paints on. Valve ain't like that and they know it, especially Half-Life.

When they made Alyx they defined what a VR game should be and still to this day, is #1 most regarded VR game out there and was one of my best gaming experience in the last 2 decades.

Listen to Gabe's closing words on Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary.



"I think that Half-Life represents a tool we have and promises made to customers to capitalize on innovation and opportunities to build game experiences that haven't been involved previously, and I think that there are no shortage of those opportunities facing us as an industry right now."

I See You Nod GIF by Yellowstone

I hope you're right, but I'm sure it will disappoint because of unrealistic expectations. No reason to get hyped.

Half Life 2 was very important back in the day but so were many other games. Half Life is still being remembered but most of it is because of nostalgia reasons. The game doesn't hold up in a lot of ways. Unlike other games of that era like Metroid Prime for example. The VR game is nice and all, but it's extremely niche. Most people didn't experience that because almost nobody uses VR.
 
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DonkeyPunchJr

World’s Biggest Weeb
Remember that time when Squaresoft announced Final Fantasy IX, X, and XI all at the same conference?

Imagine if Valve announces Half Life 3, 4, and 5! It could happen!
 

Wildebeest

Member
I hope you're right, but I'm sure it will disappoint because of unrealistic expectations. No reason to get hyped.

Half Life 2 was very important back in the day but so were many other games. Half Life is still being remembered but most of it is because of nostalgia reasons. The game doesn't hold up in a lot of ways. Unlike other games of that era like Metroid Prime for example. The VR game is nice and all, but it's extremely niche. Most people didn't experience that because almost nobody uses VR.
Metroid Prime wasn't even that good when it released. Over-hyped to hell and back.
 

Buggy Loop

Gold Member
Didn't learn your lesson from no HL3 announcement at TGA, huh?

How many times do we need to teach you this lesson, old man?!

It was probably bad timing or too much excitement by a few based on a legit rumour going around the industry... such as Jason Schreier's prediction for 2025, mentioning there's rumbling rumours about it.

jason-schreier-today-v0-it299722ntae1.jpeg
 

Buggy Loop

Gold Member
Half Life is still being remembered but most of it is because of nostalgia reasons. The game doesn't hold up in a lot of ways. Unlike other games of that era like Metroid Prime for example. The VR game is nice and all, but it's extremely niche. Most people didn't experience that because almost nobody uses VR.

Metroid Prime was 4 years later than Half-Life 1, that's HUGE for that period of time where tech was changing so much.

Half Life 1 with script events, stitched together levels to have one journey from beginning to end and to end the map/mission based systems of all the shooters previously, is more influential 100%. Half Life 1 spawned Counter-Strike mod for multiplayer. Still ~1M concurrent players in 2024.
 
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Shaki12345

Member
Metroid Prime was 4 years later than Half-Life 1, that's HUGE for that period of time where tech was changing so much.

Half Life 1 with script events, stitched together levels to have one journey from beginning to end and to end the map/mission based systems of all the shooters previously, is more influential 100%. Half Life 1 spawned Counter-Strike mod for multiplayer. Still ~1M concurrent players in 2024.
It's more influential but MP holds up in every regard while HL2 doesn't. And that's because MP is a better game.
 
Mainly the community of Half-Life went totally insane with the Mike Shapiro tweet, the voice actor of G-man.

This tweet



#Valve #Halflife #GMan #2025

The image he's showing is an album cover for his music. WTF? Ok dead end. Done and gone.

Now, before we continue, put on your tinfoil hat
Tinfoil Hat GIF by The Tick



The album cover is this



See something in the window?

197

• The song is 3:17 minutes, which is 197 seconds :pie_thinking:

• The previous release window between the previous Mike Shapiro song was... 197 days

uAI2ImJ.jpeg


• 197 on the periodic table is ... Gold 197 is the ONLY in the list of 41 isotopes of gold that has no Half-Life (stable)


• Mercury -197 has an HALF-LIFE OF 3 DAYS

vG4SGp3.jpeg



• The lyrics of his 3:27 song, Best long dog

Code:
Among the best long dogs known to man
Among the best long dogs ever known
When your nose is wet you can paw the world
When your back gets busy there's no end to you
When your eyes get shiny and your coat is black,
You're the best dog known to man
The best dog in the world
There's a siren song from the cabin
When it's locked tight, long dogs will flop
Have chugged remains and a nod on ball,
That's the work of the best bad dog of all
Sure the best dog, dog known to man,
Can't tell a dog paw from a man hand
Foot starts stomping and the roots don't grow,
Cause the best dog known knows a do-si-do
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
Best not to be a squirrely red hand
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
Every dog around getting with the same plan
Your eyes get shiny and your coat is black
You're the best dog known man
The best dog, dog in the world
There's a siren song from the cabinet
When it's locked up tight, long dogs will fret
Half chewed remains and a knot on ball
That's the work of the best bad dog in all
But you're the best dog, dog known to man
Can't tell a dog paw from a man hand
But it starts stomping and the roots don't grow
Cause the best dog now knows it does, you know
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
I listen up to these squirrels here and here
The best known, best known, I'll go to me
Every dog around, I'll get you in the state of mind
The best dog, I would say to me
The very best known to man, dog
Yeah, talking about the best dog

What is the word at the 197th word?

Code:
Among the best long dogs known to man
Among the best long dogs ever known
When your nose is wet you can paw the world
When your back gets busy there's no end to you
When your eyes get shiny and your coat is black,
You're the best dog known to man
The best dog in the world
There's a siren song from the cabin
When it's locked tight, long dogs will flop
Have chugged remains and a nod on ball,
That's the work of the best bad dog of all
Sure the best dog, dog known to man,
Can't tell a dog paw from a man hand
Foot starts stomping and the roots don't grow,
Cause the best dog known knows a do-si-do
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
Best not to be a squirrely red hand
You're the best dog, best dog known to man
Every dog around getting with the same plan
Your eyes get shiny and your coat is black
You're the best dog known man
The best dog, dog in the world
There's a siren song from the cabinet
When it's locked up tight, long dogs will fret
Half

• Last but not least, what happens if you put 1 9 7 on a clock ?

34k2vfj.jpeg

42FF44441D8A95DF12BD879AB3939CE8EFF943F5


Now why would Mike Shapiro do this?

He did hint in the past he would announce a game he's been working on via twitter (during Alyx promotion, so another game)

His 2020 USGamer interview



And his 20th anniversary speech ".... waiting for the moment to speak"



And Valve has done ARG marketing campaigns in the past, "Alternative reality game" promotion. They did it for Portal 2


Always Sunny Fx GIF


What do you think? Join me in full copium mode?

ARG or not, this is amazing.
 

Buggy Loop

Gold Member
ARG or not, this is amazing.

Thanks to the Half-Life community, they're legit insane, but I wanted to hop on the hype train :messenger_tears_of_joy:

Fuck it, full HOPIUM or COPIUM

Life would be more grey without Half-Life 3 looming over our heads. I've been 20 years on this forum, I hope 20 years from now someone opens this thread and gets a laugh, we were either super right or laughing stock.
 
Thanks to the Half-Life community, they're legit insane, but I wanted to hop on the hype train :messenger_tears_of_joy:

Fuck it, full HOPIUM or COPIUM

Life would be more grey without Half-Life 3 looming over our heads. I've been 20 years on this forum, I hope 20 years from now someone opens this thread and gets a laugh, we were either super right or laughing stock.
A sequel is actually coming and these crazy people figured it out OR we got to see collective human brainpower summoning synchronicities out of nothingness.

I Find It Fascinating The Bachelor GIF
 
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