official Portal 2

[Knightwolf20024]

You're acting as if they're holding the game hostage from you. They're just giving you a chance to play the game earlier than the release date. It's not like you're not going to get the game you've paid for. It's not meant to be funny in any way, it's meant to promote Portal 2's release while simultaneously helping some independent developers in the gaming community -- I see nothing wrong with that.

have to agree they arent holding it from you they are just saying if the community can earn enough potatoes before the release date they will unlock it for all steam users at that point , they arent saying you need to buy the pack to unlock it, its that the more people who are working on getting them the faster it gets done.

[Athernar]

I have to say this is isnt really funny anymore, Valve are just taking the ****.

Refund.

I believe this is called "Cutting your nose off to spite your face".

+1 I'm doing the samething. Valve becoming like EA

That doesn't even make any sense, Valve are adding the (community driven) opportunity to unlock the game early; and that makes them like a company that make bad games regularly for a high price with little post-release support?

That makes about as much sense as saying "Well this coffee is hot, so it must be pink".

[DigitalE]

:)

[Piers]

You're acting as if they're holding the game hostage from you. They're just giving you a chance to play the game earlier than the release date. It's not like you're not going to get the game you've paid for. It's not meant to be funny in any way, it's meant to promote Portal 2's release while simultaneously helping some independent developers in the gaming community -- I see nothing wrong with that.

I was talking about the constant change of release dates, I know the game is finished - reviewers have had their copies for a while.

[Calculator]

:)

So you pirated the leaked XBox 360 version while the game has yet to be officially released. I'm relieved you decided to only show the main menu though and I hope you won't spoil anything else...

[shakey]

:)

I'd remove that before getting a warning count.... If I was given a warning count for just mentioning that I had pirated something once, this will surely get you one. Can not post about pirated content in any way I believe.

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

Most likely they did not post it as it is on SEVERAL news sites

[Ayepecks]

I was talking about the constant change of release dates, I know the game is finished - reviewers have had their copies for a while.

So every game that's finished should be immediately given to gamers -- shipments be damned, servers be damned, the laws of supply and demand be damned -- just because they're done? I don't even remotely agree. Reviewers have had copies for less than a week, I believe. This isn't a constant changing of release dates -- this is giving people on Steam the opportunity to play the game early by helping independent developers. The PS3 and 360 copies will still launch when they do, and the retail outlets of the PC version will as well. It's just a fun promotion for those who buy the game on Steam.

[Corris Veteran]

I'd remove that before getting a warning count.... If I was given a warning count for just mentioning that I had pirated something once, this will surely get you one. Can not post about pirated content in any way I believe.

No, you can talk about them, just not any of the process involved in getting them.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/879762-discussion-of-leaked-games/

[shakey]

No, you can talk about them, just not any of the process involved in getting them.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/879762-discussion-of-leaked-games/

I was given a warning once for just saying I had watched a movie that was pirated. It was in the forum about the movie, it had not come out yet, and for me just saying I had it and watched it was enough apparently for it... so just making sure no one else has it happen to them. Didn't say how I had it, just that I did have it. So I could see the same thing happening for someone doing basically the same thing lol.

[nabz0r Veteran]

I was given a warning once for just saying I had watched a movie that was pirated. It was in the forum about the movie, it had not come out yet, and for me just saying I had it and watched it was enough apparently for it... so just making sure no one else has it happen to them. Didn't say how I had it, just that I did have it. So I could see the same thing happening for someone doing basically the same thing lol.

The link which Corris posted is for gaming forum. ;)

[b0nker]

Wanted to play it over the weekend too, shame they caused people caused so much hype about it being released early :o? But the new website there still might be a chance.

[shakey]

The link which Corris posted is for gaming forum. ;)

Lol ya, damn all the different rules for each sub forum. Hard to remember what each one allows sometimes. :p

[nabz0r Veteran]

Lol ya, damn all the different rules for each sub forum. Hard to remember what each one allows sometimes. :p

Hehe, yeah I know. ;)

[Pajter]

It's going faster than I thought. Already on 5% now. I wonder how far it is when I wake up tomorrow. :)

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

It's going faster than I thought. Already on 5% now. I wonder how far it is when I wake up tomorrow. :)

are we assuming each bar is a percentage marker. I have seen in a lot of places people using percentages yet i could not find any percentage number listed anywhere lol :p

[Athernar]

I think he's referring to this site:

http://geiti.co.uk/sandbox/portal.php

[Pajter]

are we assuming each bar is a percentage marker. I have seen in a lot of places people using percentages yet i could not find any percentage number listed anywhere lol :p

99 bars fit in the whole bar. So it's about a percent per bar. But of course it's all assumptions. Valve can still modify a lot of stuff if they feel it's going to fast or slow. In the end I believe they'll still have total control of when they want to unlock it. :)

[+SOOPRcow MVC]

You can extrapolate the percentage complete by looking at the html code of the page.

image width: 494px

<div id="overall_progress_bar" style="width: 30px;">

(30px / 494px) * 100 = ~6%

:)

[Lunfai]

99 bars fit in the whole bar. So it's about a percent per bar. But of course it's all assumptions. Valve can still modify a lot of stuff if they feel it's going to fast or slow. In the end I believe they'll still have total control of when they want to unlock it. :)

I don't know how the progress meter is metered, I think if we get 1% per hour (which is basically the rate we are going at, it'll take 99 hours, we'll not unlock it at this rate).

[Pajter]

I suspect this is as fast as we're gonna get. Well played by Valve. They endorse their Indie developers, and the unlock date will still be about the same as they planned. I think they've done their calculations well. :)

[+SOOPRcow MVC]

Its friday afternoon, people are still at work. I have a feeling it will pick up quite a bit tonight and into tomorrow.

[Nagisan]

Its friday afternoon, people are still at work. I have a feeling it will pick up quite a bit tonight and into tomorrow.

Yeah, it's already picking up some (look at the link 6 posts above mine, the average time reduced and average % per hour and what not are constantly rising so far), but only the east coast of the US is starting to get off work, we still have tons of people at work just in the US alone. Once they get off and have the weekend off it will pick up.

Either way, we are set up right now for a very light Monday release.

And before anyone says they won't release on the weekend. You never know, they obviously thought this system out well....no reason they couldn't tie it in so when it reaches 100% the decryption files are automatically pushed through Steam.

[Pajter]

Good points. :) I'm in the Netherlands and hadn't figured that the Americans still have a lot of time left in the day. I hope the weekend will speed things up then. :)

[DesGaiZu]

Potato's make it go faster.