This time its real....real time

[CombineHarvester]

Aplologies if this has been posted before.....

Anyone notice the poster in the E3 videos when Gordon is about to tackle the Striders? To me it looks like a spoof HL2 poster. It features a guy with glasses very much like Gordon, a woman similar to Alyx, and scenes of fighting like the combine.

I wonder if this is the much mooted Easter egg?

 

[lans]

E3 2003 or E3 2004?

The E3 2004 poster is not of alyx, it's of ruby the mascot of ATI's X800 series...and it doesn't include Gordon on it.

 

[Tarkus]

screenie...

 

[SnowBall]

Picture would help.

 

[CombineHarvester]

Unfortunately I have nothing graphic wise on my machine other than Paint. How can I take a bmp and upload it onto here? (sorry to ask such a newbie question!)

PS. I appreciate it isn't Alyx, but the hL2 similarity can surely be no coincidence

 

[sk1llfatal]

press print and paste it into paint

 

[lePobz]

well, is it ruby?

http://www.ati.com/ruby/index.html

 

[dura]

Just print screen with graphic acceleration disabled, paste it in paint, and save it as a jpeg.

 

[Foxtrot]

It is at the very beggining of the strider scene, right before he goes around the wall there is a poster...

 

[Cybernoid]

Seems to be Ruby.

 

[dæmon]

If I remember correctly, Gordon is at the top of the poster; although his face is faint you can clearly see his glasses.

 

[lans]

Hello? E3 2003 or 2004?!!! because as I have already said the 2004 one is ruby. I don't think there was a poster in 2003 - and the easter egg is in the E3 2003 vids NOT E3 2004.

 

[Foxtrot]

It is hard to make out, but that is Ruby. The text at the top of the poster says "This time its real". It almost looks like gordons face is in the background(takes up the whole upper half of the poster) and in the lower right corner there seems to be a fight going on.

 

[Cybernoid]

Hello? E3 2003 or 2004?!!! because as I have already said the 2004 one is ruby. I don't think there was a poster in 2003 - and the easter egg is in the E3 2003 vids NOT E3 2004.

2004 has Ruby (or someone) in it.

 

[CombineHarvester]

It is Ruby

But the point is it looks for all the world like a HL2 poster, no? A large Gordon like man in the background with a young woman in the foreground with fighting to the side.

Not athe easter egg then, but a nice piece of self-reference.

 

[lans]

2004 has Ruby (or someone) in it.

Did you even read my post? I know that IS RUBY. I'm saying which videos are you guys talking about? E3 2003 or the E32004 videos? in which you see Gordon

Hello? E3 2003 or 2004?!!! because as I have already said the 2004 one is ruby. I don't think there was a poster in 2003 - and the easter egg is in the E3 2003 vids NOT E3 2004.

 

[Cybernoid]

But the point is it looks for all the world like a HL2 poster, no? A large Gordon like man in the background with a young woman in the foreground with fighting to the side.

Not athe easter egg then, but a nice piece of self-reference.

It resembles Gordon, but only remotely. It has nothing to do with HL2 as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Cybernoid]

Did you even read my post? I know that IS RUBY. I'm saying which videos are you guys talking about? E3 2003 or the E32004 videos? in which you see Gordon

I told you: 2004.

 

[lans]

I told you: 2004.

picture evidence, if you please.

 

[Cybernoid]

The video is the same for everyone, why bother with screenshots.

 

[Foxtrot]

Not everyone has the video.

 

[Varsity]

That's not Gordon, it's the diamond-dealer guy from the ATI's Ruby demo.

 

[CombineHarvester]

Ah! The diamond dealer guy. Apologies then, I hadn't seen the ATI thing.

Ians: It is the 2004 video. To me it looked like Gordon, but not actually Gordon, so I thought Valve were playing about, but as has been posted it is an ATI reference. Boy, do I feel foolish now!

 

[jameth]

gordon like man in the background = guy with the diamond

 

[FISKER_Q]

Yeah you can see the lens thingy on his left eye.

 

[Z|insane]

gordon like man in the background = guy with the diamond

Optico!... I think..

 

[ferd]

doesn't really matter now does it

 

[Z|insane]

doesn't really matter now does it

It does... to me.... *Runs of crying and saying ferd is meanie*

 

[SMT]

It's Ruby and Optico. Jesus Christ.

 

[Rupertvdb]

move along people there's nothing to see here.

P.S. What is Ruby supposed to promote? Just ATI in general?

 

[Delgarto]

She's there to promote ATI's new line of Cards, in which you can run the Ruby demo real time on it. Watch the video, or if you have the card, the demo and be amazed.

 

[Ch1cKeN]

Its ruby, yes it is an easter egg.
Ruby is the newest mascot/spokesperson for ATI technologies.