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[Trailhead] #potatoFoolsDay/Defense Grid C.H.A.S
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Muskie
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 		[Trailhead] #potatoFoolsDay/Defense Grid C.H.A.S
It seems like a big old fashioned April Fools day prank, isn't it? a bunch of Indie titles on Steam got updates, and allthe games seem to now feature potatoes prominently all of a sudden, for example, The Ball turned The Ball into a potato, Bit.Trip.BEAT has potatoes on the title screen, and aAAAaAAaAA!!!: A Reckless Disregard For Gravity has potatoes almost everywhere..

But the real kicker was an addon to Defense Grid: The Awakening, that added a "Console" option to the main menu. This option boots up a faunix CLI, that seems to provide a series of puzzles ranging form simple login prompts to a text adventure form what i've been able to sort out myself.. A lot of people on the steam forums are flummoxed, so I was hoping I could get some of you guys at the unforums to take a look, see what you can come up with?

You'll most likelly need a copy of the game to participate, but it's a nice little $10 indie tower defence title anyway, so a worthy pickup if you're into that.

Anyone care to have a look?

So far, we've been able to login by using guest as a login name, then cd ing up a couple of directories to a text adventure called tonysadventure that involves fighting monsters zork style and keycard locks.

After completing it, we unlock a "Training simulation" in the main game.. An extra level. but it seems like it goes much further than that.

All I got so far, will post if I get updates.
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rhialto
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 		Quickly getting complex : http://valvearg.info/wiki/Valve_ARG_Wiki

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 		It's not just the potatoes . Similar-looking glyphs have been found in the games as well as references to games by Valve:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=264qrh0&s=7
http://dev.moonlight3d.eu/~gmueckl/ARG/rush-potato.png
http://i52.tinypic.com/p6qnm.jpg

People are speculating that it's an ARG for Portal 2 or some other Valve game.

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This is the end product of all these potatoes, its being used to power GLaDOS!

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snorkle256
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Cado wrote:
http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/

This is the end product of all these potatoes, its being used to power GLaDOS!


to RebootGLaDOS

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MetalGearSamus
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Cado wrote:
http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/

This is the end product of all these potatoes, its being used to power GLaDOS!


It's not just potatoes. Potatoes are just multipliers.

What we need to do is play (or at least have them running, idlers still count) any of those games that do not have full bars yet.
The bars increase based on play time, with those that have sold more copies requiring more play time (i.e., Killing Floor and Amnesia). Potatoes multiply player's time, although it's still unclear whether they do so directly or quadratically.

Right now the focus is on Aaaaa!

WE NEED ANYONE WHO CAN PLAY ANY OF THE POTATO GAMES TO DO SO! HELP US RELEASE PORTAL 2 EARLY!

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