As some of you will surely know, Valve's alternate-reality game for Portal 2 ended with the game unlocking on Steam last night. Without getting into too much detail, there were a lot of people who felt entitled and ended up getting their feelings hurt.
I personally found it to be a compelling way to spend the weekend playing new ARG-centric downloadable content and games I hadn't gotten into before, so it's hard to complain too much. Then again, I wasn't necessarily counting the seconds to Portal 2's release, either.
The final phase of the ARG had players logging in game time for the 13 Potato Sack titles, and this process was eventually expedited thanks to all of the in-game potatoes users had collected. Some of these potatoes were incredibly difficult to obtain, but those who got all 36 were given a special prize by Valve.
In addition to getting slightly earlier access to Portal 2, these guys and gals were awarded the Valve Complete Pack. Jonathan Ross and I were both mad enough to accomplish this feat. And, for those wondering, the unused games are all giftable to friends. Glory lasts forever!
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6:30 PM on 04.19.2011 | 
Of course, Portal 2 was the only game in the Complete pack that I didn't own, so it wouldn't really have mattered much had I won, anyway!
Yes, even Portal 2.
There's even one dude who wants to SUE VALVe. VALVe OF ALL PEOPLE!
Anyways, so far loving the game :D
I got my golden potato on friday, the day i preordered p2.
Well, my extra copy goes to my brother, so no loss there.
I honestly couldnt believe the whining threads in the forums, those were just too much to take.
Very very very fun arg, with a killing ending, complete with full weekend trolling.
Thanks a lot valve!
What the fuck internet, really, WTF?
But wait, I have all of the Valve games.....
CONTEST TIEMZ!
I only have a few Potato Sack games, and due to sales/gifts/orange box, everything in the VCP but the games in the Counter Strike Anthology.
Awesome for those who didn't have it, though. Which was probably none of them, people crazy enough to do all 36 potatoes probably own all Valve games anyway.
> /hint
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> /go eff yourself
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@Jordan
I did think about going for all the potatoes, but wasn't planning on buying another game since I got halo reach, sanctum, clash of heroes, magicka vietnam and preordered portal 2 last week. So not having all the games is what stopped me from going OCD on them.
Well, actually, just HL2.
Maurese_jx4
http://steamcommunity.com/id/primesynergy
Anyone want to gift me the Penumbra games?
... yeah, I'm shameless > <
I did buy the Valve Complete Pack a while ago (Before l4d1 came out) for $100.
Since that time, l4d1/2 and portal 2 were added to it, yet the pack is still $100.
You don't see me crying about it, do you?
Never will you find such a wretched hive of whining and entitlement.
Epic-KxDtoid
You wouldn't happen to be giving out a copy of Half Life Source to anyone would you?
Perhaps a specific someone named:
VideoGamesAreEpic (Stupid name I know, hey, I was twelve)
:D
Epic-KxDtoid
You wouldn't happen to be giving out a copy of Half Life Source to anyone would you?
Perhaps a specific someone named:
VideoGamesAreEpic (Stupid name I know, hey, I was twelve)
:D
I did try a few demos and ended up buying Cogs and getting one of those potatoes plus the join-this-group one, so I CONTRIBUTE!
Cogs is fun. :)