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Please dont post questions in this thread.
Nothing but intelligent, informed posts people
Sorry to post yet another thread, but I do believe its warrented. I'm going to condense everything I know about hl2.php into this post.
For those of you who want to catch up, heres a
Brief summary of the facts:
Manook posted this thread >hl2.php<, bringing >this game< to our attention.
People started entering in ?moves manually, including the most obvious ?move=s.
It did not work at first, but then, all of the sudden ?move=s had an answer.
People try new things, they dont work. They suggest them in the thread, and suddenly, they do. Not all suggestions started working, but quite a few did.
Here is a list of the ?moves
?move=s * "This is not a test"
?move=gman * Not the first time I've seen this comparison.
?move=alyx * What a hottie.
?move=gordon * So true
?move=joshua * A reference to the movie War Games
?move=cow
?move=ninja
?move=kill * Another discouraging one, like =s. I guess this is before VALVe got more playful
?move=impulse101
?move=fish * Irc humor
?move=chris_d
?move=rc * Its out there,. somewhere..
?move=pirate
?move=chicken
?move=truth * We love you too!
There was also a ?move=gold, but it was removed.
It said: "You wish? *I* wish!"
So what was that all about?
Heres my take
(moderate speculation)
Somebody at Valve was killing time making hl2.php to entertain half-life2.com visitors. Manook discovered it purely by chance, posted here, and someone at Valve saw the thread on it. It was, however, not ready. And so as it was discussed, and as people tried different things, the guy(s) at Valve let us know that it was not (as some assumed) a test. But as people kept riffing on it, Valve added some more things,. and the more we found/got excited about, the more playful our friend(s) got.
The whole thing was, dare I say, a total fluke.
And a curious and entertaining encounter (aparently) for both sides.
But where do we go from here?
What Sashswash said makes perfect sense. At some point, hl2.php will have an option that does not result in death (I'm assuming one that is linked, not one entered in manually).
However, it seems to me that the way out will actually be a fourth option.
So ?move=s should change. Where it will go from there, we dont know.
I'm also betting the php game goes live to celebrate the upcoming gold announcement. But thats just a hunch.
Headcrabs, VALVe. Plush Headcrabs. And I reaaaaally want a tshirt, size medium (but xl would do). I have money!
(But most of all, I want a happy ending for Gordon in HL3)
Nothing but intelligent, informed posts people
Sorry to post yet another thread, but I do believe its warrented. I'm going to condense everything I know about hl2.php into this post.
For those of you who want to catch up, heres a
Brief summary of the facts:
Manook posted this thread >hl2.php<, bringing >this game< to our attention.
People started entering in ?moves manually, including the most obvious ?move=s.
It did not work at first, but then, all of the sudden ?move=s had an answer.
People try new things, they dont work. They suggest them in the thread, and suddenly, they do. Not all suggestions started working, but quite a few did.
Here is a list of the ?moves
?move=s * "This is not a test"
?move=gman * Not the first time I've seen this comparison.
?move=alyx * What a hottie.
?move=gordon * So true
?move=joshua * A reference to the movie War Games
?move=cow
?move=ninja
?move=kill * Another discouraging one, like =s. I guess this is before VALVe got more playful
?move=impulse101
?move=fish * Irc humor
?move=chris_d
?move=rc * Its out there,. somewhere..
?move=pirate
?move=chicken
?move=truth * We love you too!
There was also a ?move=gold, but it was removed.
It said: "You wish? *I* wish!"
So what was that all about?
Heres my take
(moderate speculation)
Somebody at Valve was killing time making hl2.php to entertain half-life2.com visitors. Manook discovered it purely by chance, posted here, and someone at Valve saw the thread on it. It was, however, not ready. And so as it was discussed, and as people tried different things, the guy(s) at Valve let us know that it was not (as some assumed) a test. But as people kept riffing on it, Valve added some more things,. and the more we found/got excited about, the more playful our friend(s) got.
The whole thing was, dare I say, a total fluke.
And a curious and entertaining encounter (aparently) for both sides.
But where do we go from here?
Sashswash said:
What Sashswash said makes perfect sense. At some point, hl2.php will have an option that does not result in death (I'm assuming one that is linked, not one entered in manually).
However, it seems to me that the way out will actually be a fourth option.
hl2.php?move=truth said:
The blocked path is backwards.hl2.php said:
So ?move=s should change. Where it will go from there, we dont know.
I'm also betting the php game goes live to celebrate the upcoming gold announcement. But thats just a hunch.
Headcrabs, VALVe. Plush Headcrabs. And I reaaaaally want a tshirt, size medium (but xl would do). I have money!
(But most of all, I want a happy ending for Gordon in HL3)
