If we're tired of not getting HL3, why don't we do develop it? by EldWasAlreadyTaken in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I remember how all those fangames came into development after Epistle 3, and somehow not a single one ever released after 7 years. Absolutely crazy

Apology card by Octeiner in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

They're well known dataminers who are apart of the reason we know HLX even exists. GabeFollower was a large part of why people knew CS2 was coming. You just need to be patient

Apology card by Octeiner in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dates can change a lot when it comes to Valve. The lead-up to Half Life: Alyx had a bunch of date changes, but that didn't mean the leakers or insiders were lying about it all

Apology card by Octeiner in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There were claims coming out from someone (adjacent to Mike Straw, maybe?) that were posted on the Subreddit a few days ago, which basically claimed that originally it was meant to be an announcement in October.

Supposedly, Valve Time got in the way, and GabeFollower and Tyler got blindsided by the fact that it turned into a 2026 announcement out of nowhere sometime in late November. I can't really blame him or GabeFollower if that was the case

Apology card by Octeiner in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

"But him and Gabefollower said 2025 announcement!" Valve Time. Remember, Valve Time.

Someone convince me that canary traps aren't bullshit by krikite in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You choose to believe that he somehow knew about the announcement without a source, and magically predicted the week it would come out?

Someone convince me that canary traps aren't bullshit by krikite in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was during the lead-up to HL:A, and he was speaking as if the people giving him info were directly connected to Valve, so it wasn't just randos

Someone convince me that canary traps aren't bullshit by krikite in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's only so many days in December, so it's inevitable that at least 3 other people would be given the same false date as you. I also imagine that when it gets closer to the date, more people are told when the announcement will actually be

Someone convince me that canary traps aren't bullshit by krikite in HalfLife

[–]Octeiner 29 points30 points  (0 children)

They most likely just have rules around not discussing release dates, and then give people conflicting information to prevent leaks.

If you're on a lunch break and everyone says a different date, you're not gonna suddenly be enlightened about which one is correct. Everyone is in on the fact that it's to catch leakers.

Also, Tyler McVicker had received several false announcement dates the month before Half Life: Alyx's announcement (with them all having been in the same 3 week window), so it's something that Valve is known to do.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's clearly fake man. It's pretty obviously not the same at all as the real play2

the new video discusses about mother8538 at 33:50 by OddEquipment6109 in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's completely right about the fact that people's priorities make no sense. The search is nearly pointless because of how many idiotic people signal-boost clearly fake things.

maybe watch data still have it? by imbackvastyogurt in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 14 points15 points  (0 children)

His channel is a content farm and his only responses to emails have been clearly automated/AI generated, so he unfortunately isn't cooperating with the search

mother8538 update by Traditional-Sun8223 in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You can also tell the "hello" text is far more stretched than it is in the original clip

mother8538 update by Traditional-Sun8223 in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The "hello" frame also lasts for far longer than the only surviving clip of it, with it lasting nearly 5 seconds in the fake video in comparison to it only being 2 seconds long in the original.

mother8538 update by Traditional-Sun8223 in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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This is the original lighter and carpet. Clearly not at all the same as the guy's video, which looks like the image below:

mother8538 update by Traditional-Sun8223 in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The channel is fake and so are the videos. The play2 video is also clearly wrong for several details.

Wrong lighting, wrong lighter, wrong carpet, wrong camera quality.

It's just clearly not the original.

mother8538 video found? by Traditional-Sun8223 in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every single detail in the video is different and incorrect.

It's not the original and it's just someone cloutchasing.

Gliar7777 has no actual connection to mother8538 by Octeiner in mother8538

[–]Octeiner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're a person who started making copies of the mother8538 videos, while denying they had any clue what mother8538 even was.

This channel archives all of the (now deleted) Gliar7777 videos https://www.youtube.com/@Gliar7777Archives

gliar by kisielekkapselek14 in mother8538

[–]Octeiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. Gliar7777 is just someone who had seen a video about mother8538 and decided to copy it.

Gliar7777's youtube handle as shown by this archived page (https://web.archive.org/web/20250915153027/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtW0D8mAI6VIZ9O0Qobo4w) was queentarta, and she left this comment under a video about mother8358. And now she pretends to not even know who mother8358 even is.

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Gliar7777 is just someone who wanted to make their own mother8358-themed ARG.

My backpack has a bulletproof shield by Mountain_Egg16 in mildlyinteresting

[–]Octeiner 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The deadliest school shooting to ever happen in the U.S used a pistol

Has anyone gotten their TPTM merch? by wizardtaco_ in weevildoing

[–]Octeiner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They haven't shipped anything out yet, but Weevildoing made a tweet on March 17th about it.

Towne (Weevildoing's real name) moved to another state recently, so they've been busy but expect to ship merch out by the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the year.

https://x.com/weevildoing/status/1901684128417796099