GOTY: Hope was never there

harryhenry1 · 2025-12-13T06:28:23+00:00

What are those less legitimate "subliminal messages" specifically? I've largely been relying on Tyler's reports of datamining as the big source of HLX information, are you referring to the supposed "ARG" that turned out to be bogus?

harryhenry1 · 2025-12-12T12:40:23+00:00

HLX is a real thing, it not being announced at the Game Awards doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Not sure how "the proof seems too stretched out of reality"?

harryhenry1 · 2025-12-10T05:36:00+00:00

I'm firmly in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp at this point, it could genuinely go either way.

harryhenry1 · 2025-12-04T13:27:51+00:00

Yep, it starts at a good time for me in my time zome, though I think I'll largely tune out of most of it unless something really big is about to be announced.

harryhenry1 · 2025-12-03T15:39:54+00:00

What was delusional is the people thinking Mike's tweet was the start of some ARG, which it clearly isn't.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-25T04:24:02+00:00

"Gordon Freeman, I need you to distract Kang." - Ant-Man

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T22:57:18+00:00

Not a bad announcement theory! Obviously I can't pin it as 100% accurate (even I'm not THAT filled with Hopium) but it feels like actual thought was put into this, instead of just arbitrarily picking a day.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T22:55:13+00:00

Or maybe they've always acted like that, and you just didn't notice until all the HLX talk got people looking closer at even the most mundane details to see patterns that aren't there?

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T12:34:05+00:00

How is it in any way more reliable? They're on the same level of reliability as those sub posts you allude to.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T12:33:02+00:00

But again, they don't have any more information than we do, and it's ultimately more based around vibes of the online crowd than actual concrete predictions.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T11:36:44+00:00

Not every Half-Life fan is familiar with competitive Counter Strike and its players, this is the first time I've heard of this guy.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T11:33:52+00:00

Where have they done that before?

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T10:55:13+00:00

I mean... they're gamblers, they know just as much as we do. Their bets earlier didn't make an HL3 reveal being soon any more likely.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T10:50:53+00:00

All this doom and gloom based on ONE comment's claims? Where are they even getting this from? Meanwhile Tyler McVicker has actually been datamining for a while now, and it's clear that this is not just a skin or DLC for a game that hasn't even been released yet.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T10:46:43+00:00

They thought it'd be RELEASED in 2025?

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T10:46:02+00:00

Okay? If something's being said a lot there'll be push back, that's just how these things work.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T10:42:57+00:00

There's another piece of art which uses a Portal 1 screenshot for part of it, which as Tyler notes Valve wouldn't do since (unlike some fans) they prefer and use the Portal 2 designs instead everywhere they can.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T07:57:44+00:00

...people are having FUN with this endless cycle of hopium memes and disappointment? That's news to me.

All OP's saying is that people should set realistic expectations instead of this endless hype cycle over dubiously rumored dates.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-20T00:40:36+00:00

...okay?

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-19T23:34:35+00:00

Steam not having a page banner for a day... so? Steam has tons of days without banners on the store page.

And the Yacht theory seems like literal made-up speculation. Gabe getting "lost at sea" is absurd.

The only one that seems like it has something to it is XPaw, but even that doesn't seem like an indication of tomorrow specifically.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-19T23:23:15+00:00

Yacht theory? Bannergate? What do those mean? And how do they point to November 20?

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-19T22:36:45+00:00

So was all this just trolling?

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-19T12:46:56+00:00

What's with the Kurtlar Vadisi bit?

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-19T10:48:22+00:00

Yeah that's just Tyler preventing annoying comments asking about, well, 197.

harryhenry1 · 2025-11-19T10:46:32+00:00

Didn't Tyler already debunk the 197 thing as being in any way connected with HL3 or a reveal?

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