Escapecraft

So Portal 2 will be released this evening by the looks of it and I know that myself and several other staff members will be MIA for the next few days.

You guys play nice. I don't want to see anything resembling Children of the Corn when we get back.

Looks like I'll be one of the small minority of Ops left to hold down the fort.

Me and Dupe and the few other mods will keep the peace =D

/me no pants

You mean one of the small group of mods to hold the fort.

So tempted to get Portal 2 right now..... But I'll try my best to help hold down the fort while the rest of you are gone. lol

Hashime wrote:*snip*

No, I meant our hover-fort. It's in a rather obscure part of the map, you probably haven't seen it.

DuplicateValue wrote:

Hashime wrote:*snip*

No, I meant our hover-fort. It's in a rather obscure part of the map, you probably haven't seen it.

Eh, I was just being a dick.

Hashime wrote:You mean one of the small group of mods to hold the fort.

There are literally no words for how much I love you for posting this.

I'll be sticking around aswell. So without the higher up's hanging round I'll be trolling more then usual

Try not to burn down the Vent server while I'm gone, please.

Actually, now that I think of it, I may want to set up some Portal 2 co-op rooms on the vent server.

Now then, it's nearly time to proceed into ANDROID HELL.

Although I am 100% guaranteedly buying Portal 2, I have had to spend my money on family and pet-related things for the past 3 months. This means I won't be able to get Portal 2 (for the 360, not PC) until May. Also means my broken Wii can't be replaced until June! :'(

I'll be there to hold the ford till Thursday, since i go on family-holiday on Friday

im no Mod but as my PS3 is a brick of plastic till i get the Disk Drive repaired you can count on me to be around to help newbies.

VallCo holds no responsibility for newbie deaths due to Lava, Slimes, Creepers, Zombies, Spiders, Skeletons, Spider Jokeys, Cliffs, Fire, TNT, HeroBrine or Acts of God while being introduced by Vallorn.

I wish I could help monitor the server, but lets cross our fingers everyone will keep tight.

Lol wut iz portal 2?
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I shall still be on daily, really not impressed with valve right now and the whoreing out of there rather dedicated fan base. I wont get portal 2 for a while. That said though kudos to the marketing team, you suckered most people.

Blackadder51 wrote:Lol wut iz portal 2?
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I shall still be on daily, really not impressed with valve right now and the whoreing out of there rather dedicated fan base. I wont get portal 2 for a while. That said though kudos to the marketing team, you suckered most people.

Yea I know what you mean. I had already preordered the game on thursday before the countdown. But the whole premise that they set up this huge arg that people spent days upon days figuring out after having to buy the potato sack, with the hope to unlock the game early, only to have valve basically spit in their face and release it (at the earliest) midnight of the tuesday is a bit annoying.

Yea thats probably incoherent, TLDR Valve's arg was a huge money grab that screwed over a huge amount of people.

Well about the whole Potato Sack thing... I already had the games I wanted from it before the thing even came out, and there was very little I wanted left in the Pack anyway so... Valve didn't get me with that, they got me by putting out Portal 2. It didn't really matter when it came out, I was just happy it came out. This coming from someone who hardly even played Portal despite getting Steam for it.

Guys. You can make the game come out faster by PLAYING the games, not by buying them. You're seriously kiddding right? Valve has done a MASSIVELY wonderful thing for indie game developers with this countdown. Let's say you make a game. It's pretty good. You have about 1000-10,000 copies sold. But you're not that big. Valve comes along and says HAY GUYS WANNA TEAM UP!? As well as offering to use one of their most anticipated, and well known game to promote YOURS. Not to mention the amazing advertising they're doing with Portal 2 itself which only helps the indie developers even more. Even for the indie games not involved in the Potato Sack, the amount of people who are playing these games who don't generally buy indie games is rediculous. Lots of these people will say "Hey, I like this indie game... I'm going to buy more!" therefore helping the indie market even more.

All I can say to you people is to remind you that science rhymes with complience. You know what doesn't? Neurotoxin.

SneakyPie wrote:I don't want to see anything resembling Children of the Corn when we get back.

What about "Lord of the Flies?"

MKindy wrote:

SneakyPie wrote:I don't want to see anything resembling Children of the Corn when we get back.

What about "Lord of the Flies?"

I'd say that's a viable option.

Lathania wrote:Guys. You can make the game come out faster by PLAYING the games, not by buying them. You're seriously kiddding right? Valve has done a MASSIVELY wonderful thing for indie game developers with this countdown. Let's say you make a game. It's pretty good. You have about 1000-10,000 copies sold. But you're not that big. Valve comes along and says HAY GUYS WANNA TEAM UP!? As well as offering to use one of their most anticipated, and well known game to promote YOURS. Not to mention the amazing advertising they're doing with Portal 2 itself which only helps the indie developers even more. Even for the indie games not involved in the Potato Sack, the amount of people who are playing these games who don't generally buy indie games is rediculous. Lots of these people will say "Hey, I like this indie game... I'm going to buy more!" therefore helping the indie market even more.

All I can say to you people is to remind you that science rhymes with complience. You know what doesn't? Neurotoxin.

I would never have played a game like "The Ball" or "Defense Grid: Awakening", or even "The Killing Floor" without the pack. Plus there was the excitement of the ARG. Valve hit the nail on the head with this one.

Aaaand I am now finished Portal 2.

Good lord, that's why I'll be waiting for the price drop before buying.

It wasn't a particularly long game, but I was playing it from about 2 AM EDT until noon or so.

DuplicateValue wrote:Looks like I'll be one of the small minority of Ops left to hold down the fort.

*lolsnip*

There is so much win in this post, I want to give you a hug.

Anyway, while Sneaky is trolling GLaDoS, I will WBM the hell out of Escapia if you want.

Lava Vents Ready. Operation F*** the World is a go!
(for those not versed in Dwarf Fortress i am reffering to the Lava based Doomsday Device built in the Boatmurdered Succession Lets Play (ominous name is ominous)
also some art of the machine being fired and the aftermath. just dont give Blackadder an activation key...

EDIT:
found the exact first page FTW is mentioned. (VERY NSFW ITS A NUCLEAR F-BOMB) anyway. here you go.

please note that its a lot funnier if youve read the entire thing. had me on the floor at some points.

Milo_Windby wrote:Me and Dupe and the few other mods will keep the peace =D

/me no pants

Not quite. Due to lack of funds, I will be on minecraft instead
I can't wait