Valve Conspiracies: The Portal Radio Update (Megathread Mark II)

[MaxOfS2D]

[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/zkEWZ.png[/img_thumb]

It looks like Xen for some people (including me). It includes shapes unseen in the otherworld so far, but when you think about it, doesn't Black Mesa's teleport technology use Xen as a dimensional relay to work? Maybe Aperture's does too?

[editline]11:12AM[/editline]

[img]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3294/dino22and23origin.jpg[/img]

For people that haven't seen it

[Roov]

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;20550270][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/zkEWZ.png[/img_thumb]

It looks like Xen for some people (including me). It includes shapes unseen in the otherworld so far, but when you think about it, doesn't Black Mesa's teleport technology use Xen as a dimensional relay to work? Maybe Aperture's does too?

For people that haven't seen it[/QUOTE]

And yet when you turn it around it looks like a whole different thing

[Vegetaman]

Hadn't seen that. Pretty awesome.

[MaxOfS2D]

[highlight]Progress bar is now at 50.[/highlight]

[Dmax3901]

Seems to be going up quicker than before... Or is that just me?

[Oxiv]

one more day and im a goner

[MaxOfS2D]

Here's a better Xen theory image, it's more convincing

[img]http://i.imgur.com/k1GGD.jpg[/img]

[Canned Induvidu]

Max, is there a stream of the BBS?

If not, could you in any way create one?

[MaxOfS2D]

I'm glad I launched the Xen theory on the IRC, cause look at this:

[url=http://i.imgur.com/k1GGD.jpg]A Xen theory is emerging[/url] ; and people found [url=http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h178/kill3rzu3s/xenportal2.png]Xen skyboxes in the Portal GCFs[/url] (unless it's fake).

[editline]11:22AM[/editline]

[url]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=13816870&postcount=7622[/url]

[Oxiv]

aperture, black mesa, xen, dinosaurs, parties, but what does it all mean

[i_speel_good]

Also some people are saying that Xen image is Nihilanth. We'll see.

[MaxOfS2D]

New BBS text dump? [url]http://nago.pastebin.com/hmAzJkpm[/url]

APERTURE LABORATORIES GLaDOS 3.11 ttyS0 2400 2400
 
This computer system is for authorized use only. The use of this facility
may be monitored for computer security purposes. Any unauthorized access to
this system is prohibited and is subject to criminal and civil penalties
under Federal Laws including but not limited to Public Laws 83-703 and
99-474.
 
SYSTEM DUMP DATA BACK-PRESSURE LOW: ALTERNATE RETRIEVAL PENDING
 
GLaDOS login: backup
Password: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr(arg: 1) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt proPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr(arg: 1) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pro(arg: 7) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt proPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt prPassword: :
Password: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt prPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr

[Canned Induvidu]

[QUOTE=RJ102;20550358]aperture, black mesa, xen, dinosaurs, parties, but what does it all mean[/QUOTE]

that the cake is obviously a lie

[Roov]

All will be explained in time

[Kalkka]

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;20550368]New BBS text dump? [url]http://nago.pastebin.com/hmAzJkpm[/url]

APERTURE LABORATORIES GLaDOS 3.11 ttyS0 2400 2400
 
This computer system is for authorized use only. The use of this facility
may be monitored for computer security purposes. Any unauthorized access to
this system is prohibited and is subject to criminal and civil penalties
under Federal Laws including but not limited to Public Laws 83-703 and
99-474.
 
SYSTEM DUMP DATA BACK-PRESSURE LOW: ALTERNATE RETRIEVAL PENDING
 
GLaDOS login: backup
Password: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr(arg: 1) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt proPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr(arg: 1) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pro(arg: 7) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt proPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt prPassword: :
Password: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt prPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr

[/QUOTE]

Quoting this to new page.

[Oxiv]

[QUOTE=Canned Induvidual;20550371]that the cake is obviously a lie[/QUOTE]

i was thinking of time travel but ok

[kostiak]

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;20550270]

[img]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3294/dino22and23origin.jpg[/img]

For people that haven't seen it[/QUOTE]

Cool! so what are these exactly?

[i_speel_good]

That linux file listing is said to be a shitup of the BBS software.
Maybe not?

[HiddenMyst]

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;20550333]Here's a better Xen theory image, it's more convincing

[img]http://i.imgur.com/k1GGD.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

If you have that image orientated correctly, then it looks more like the inside of a ship's hull.

[MaxOfS2D]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/2pH6v.png[/img]

[Vegetaman]

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;20550368]New BBS text dump? [url]http://nago.pastebin.com/hmAzJkpm[/url]

APERTURE LABORATORIES GLaDOS 3.11 ttyS0 2400 2400
 
This computer system is for authorized use only. The use of this facility
may be monitored for computer security purposes. Any unauthorized access to
this system is prohibited and is subject to criminal and civil penalties
under Federal Laws including but not limited to Public Laws 83-703 and
99-474.
 
SYSTEM DUMP DATA BACK-PRESSURE LOW: ALTERNATE RETRIEVAL PENDING
 
GLaDOS login: backup
Password: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr(arg: 1) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt proPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr(arg: 1) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pro(arg: 7) bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt proPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt prPassword: :
Password: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt prPassword: bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lost+found media mnt opt pr

[/QUOTE]

Looks like their Unix/Linux box possibly crapped itself on accident?

On the other hand, it's the things that would be relevant to your hardware setup & system software booting...

[Lily]

We found a XEN skybox in the portal folder check this out in the GCF:

materials/skybox/sky_escape_01

[stupid07er]

[QUOTE=kostiak;20550387]Cool! so what are these exactly?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://portalwiki.net/index.php?title=SSTV_Pictures[/url]

"In this case they relate to a flickr account containing pictures labeled "Robots and Retro" The flickr account belongs to Adam Foster, creator of the Minerva mod for HL2 and now a current employee of Valve. The flickr page has a link to his personal website.

Picture 18 is an altered picture of the "Inertial navigation system for Apollo Guidance Computer". Here is a composite image with Picture 18 overlayed over the original picture.

Picture 19 is also from the same flickr feed, but the photo was unlabeled and does not have a definition. "

In other words, they just happen to be parts of pics taken by a Valve guy before.

[DeveloperConsol]

I got the achievement :3!

[Kalkka]

[QUOTE=Tobba;20550415]We found a XEN skybox in the portal folder check this out in the GCF:

materials/skybox/sky_escape_01

[/QUOTE]

Screenshot now, please.

[Shnops]

[QUOTE=Kalkka;20550439]Screenshot now, please.[/QUOTE]

Front page.

[url]http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h178/kill3rzu3s/xenportal2.png[/url]

[dannass]

[QUOTE=Tobba;20550415]We found a XEN skybox in the portal folder check this out in the GCF:

materials/skybox/sky_escape_01

[/QUOTE]

:dance: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs&feature=related[/media]

[MaxOfS2D]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/oAds7.jpg[/img]

[kostiak]

[QUOTE=stupid07er;20550426][url]http://portalwiki.net/index.php?title=SSTV_Pictures[/url]

"In this case they relate to a flickr account containing pictures labeled "Robots and Retro" The flickr account belongs to Adam Foster, creator of the Minerva mod for HL2 and now a current employee of Valve. The flickr page has a link to his personal website.

Picture 18 is an altered picture of the "Inertial navigation system for Apollo Guidance Computer". Here is a composite image with Picture 18 overlayed over the original picture.

Picture 19 is also from the same flickr feed, but the photo was unlabeled and does not have a definition. "

In other words, they just happen to be parts of pics taken by a Valve guy before.[/QUOTE]

so, twosevenoneonenineeightthreesevenatenzerosix (who already posted some clue on the forum or something, and now owns the feed that the image is at) is definatly a valve employee!! did you guys already decipher what that number means?

Oh and someone said that the account is 2 years old? well, maybe they were planing something about it back in the aparturelabs arp and deployed it all now.

What do you think?

[MaxOfS2D]

Another new crazy theory: the Apollo dino files are referring to the Black Mesa satellite (remember the end of Episode Two?)