Portal 2 - Free DLC finally coming! 'This is Aperture' video!

[Purge]

Anyone interested in getting the two pack on Steam?

[Isgrimnur]

Hmm.  Do I want to log into one of these games to help all the primary PC game buyers get their unlock faster or deliberately not play those games so they don't have as much a lead over my Amazon delivery on Tuesday?  Decisions, decisions...

[CeeKay]

it'll be interesting to see how fast things pick up once everyone is into the full weekend mode.

[EngineNo9]

I bet the indie teams involved with this promo are pretty psyched to be getting such a big push and so much exposure alongside Portal 2.

[theohall]

I am perfectly happy doing my part to see a PC launch happen before consoles get them. 

[Turtle]

The number of concurrent users for some of these games is pretty ridiculous.

[Isgrimnur]

Looks like the users hit a breakpoint to trigger a jump:

19:55 - Calculations complete for The Wonderful End of the World. Recalculating a new launch projection...

Timer stands at 81:53 @ 10:16 Central. That slates unlock for 7:09 AM Eastern on 4/19. 

Playing The Wonderful End of the World looks like it won't help push it forward anymore. 

[CeeKay]

Looks like the users hit a breakpoint to trigger a jump:

19:55 - Calculations complete for The Wonderful End of the World. Recalculating a new launch projection...

Timer stands at 81:53 @ 10:16 Central. That slates unlock for 7:09 AM Eastern on 4/19. 

Playing The Wonderful End of the World looks like it won't help push it forward anymore. 

the community needs to get organized and focus on 1 or 2 games at a time.

[EngineNo9]

I don't think it is concurrent users, I think just total over time.

[The Grue]

Can I just launch a game and have it run overnight?

[Thin_J]

At one point it was set for over 29 hours advance release, but since that one game hit 100% completion it's dropped back to just barely over 24 hours.

[Tals]

I actually think its copies purchased ... I could be wrong but I played cogs which was one of the low ones and the cpu value didn't change

[Tals]

Looks like I am wrong

I just thought I'd mention that some of the numbers go DOWN. Just now, Rush was 585 and cogs was 778, then I refreshed the page and RUSH changed to 550 and Cogs to 739.

If its just measureing number of people who own the game, or number of hours the game has been played, it wouldn't go down.

[Tals]

Bearing this in mind i'm just going to leave cogs running in the background. Small app but hopefully adds to the numbers

[EngineNo9]

http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/

Just going to quote this to bring the link back for easy finding.

[CeeKay]

http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/

Just going to quote this to bring the link back for easy finding.

good idea.  I tossed it in the original post too.

[EngineNo9]

ALso, it looks like if you have 1...2...3...Kick It! you might want to fire it up to help that one finish.

[Turtle]

The reddit crew has organized everyone to playing that game, seems a good a place as any.

Sadly, I don't have it.

[theohall]

I have no idea how their bar graph works.  The number of CPUs listed for 1.2.3 Kick It awhile ago was 2800+.  Right now, it's 2638, but the bar graph has since increased.  Really don't get it.

[CeeKay]

I have no idea how their bar graph works.  The number of CPUs listed for 1.2.3 Kick It awhile ago was 2800+.  Right now, it's 2638, but the bar graph has since increased.  Really don't get it.

that's the number of people currently playing the game.

[The Grue]

I have no idea how their bar graph works.  The number of CPUs listed for 1.2.3 Kick It awhile ago was 2800+.  Right now, it's 2638, but the bar graph has since increased.  Really don't get it.

that's the number of people currently playing the game.

So then a certain number of people having to be playing one game together for it to peg the meter and knock off some time from the counter?

[theohall]

Let's rephrase this.

1) The number shown is the number of people actually playing the game.  Got it.
2) Why is the bar graph increasing when the number of people shown playing is decreasing?

As in the number currently playing is 2489.  The number in my prior post was 2638, but the graph has increased again.

[EngineNo9]

I have no idea how their bar graph works.  The number of CPUs listed for 1.2.3 Kick It awhile ago was 2800+.  Right now, it's 2638, but the bar graph has since increased.  Really don't get it.

that's the number of people currently playing the game.

So then a certain number of people having to be playing one game together for it to peg the meter and knock off some time from the counter?

No, look at this wiki site for the details.  The number is just how many people are currently playing.  The bar graph is the total time played in that game.  The number of potatoes collected increases the speed at which the bars fill.  If a bar completely fills it moves the release clock back a bit, whether we get them all or not.

Also, the current target is AaAaAAaa!!!

[theohall]

Thanks, EngineNo9.

[Caine]

now that's one i have.

[theohall]

I left AaAaAAA!! running in the "Relax" window with the sound muted for the duration of the Wings-Yotes game.  It generated an Aperture Science login screen, but the password long fall which works for collecting potatotes in regular levels doesn't work for this one.  Anyone have any idea what the password should be?

[Isgrimnur]

11:55 - Calculations complete for 1... 2... 3... Kick It!. Recalculating a new launch projection...

Timer stands at 64:00 @ 15:29 Central. That slates unlock for 6:29 AM Eastern on 4/19.  

Completion of the above game meant a 40 minute advance.

[The Grue]

I have no idea how their bar graph works.  The number of CPUs listed for 1.2.3 Kick It awhile ago was 2800+.  Right now, it's 2638, but the bar graph has since increased.  Really don't get it.

that's the number of people currently playing the game.

So then a certain number of people having to be playing one game together for it to peg the meter and knock off some time from the counter?

Thanks for the link.  Has anyone figured out the maximum earliest the release can possibly be?

No, look at this wiki site for the details.  The number is just how many people are currently playing.  The bar graph is the total time played in that game.  The number of potatoes collected increases the speed at which the bars fill.  If a bar completely fills it moves the release clock back a bit, whether we get them all or not.

Also, the current target is AaAaAAaa!!!

[CeeKay]

someone on the Steam forums said 13 hours, but didn't have anything to back it up and quickly got shouted down.  if one game knocks 40 minutes off the clock and that's the same for each game it'd only be about 9 hours early.

[Isgrimnur]

I would figure that the best you're going to get is a midnight release.

[Isgrimnur]

21:00 - Calculations complete for AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity. Recalculating a new launch projection...

Timer stands at 52:09 @ 12:20 Central. That slates unlock for 5:29 AM Eastern on 4/19. 

That's a full hour's jump, meaning that the weight of each one is probably proportional to the popularity of the game.

I stand by my former assessment.  With 10 other games in play, you're looking at, at best, midnight Pacific, but I figure midnight Eastern is more likely. Only three games have been completed.  Monday will have a drop off as people head back to work.  Just plan on it being available on Tuesday morning.  Unless you plan on taking Tuesday off to play it right when it unlocks (and I'm sure someone out there has done so), it'll be waiting for you when you get home, much like my PS3 copy will be.

[EngineNo9]

Rush is also completed now, and Cogs is very close.

[CeeKay]

I'm guessing either The Ball or Amnesia will be the last to be finished.  I'm kinda surprised The Killing Floor isn't higher yet, it seems to always have a ton of current CPU's running it.

[theohall]

Toki Tori is next.

The more owners a game has, the longer it takes to fill up the time played bar.  For this reason, Killling Floor is last (most owners) and Defense Grid is 2nd to last (2nd most owners).

[Chaz]

Last night I moved the PC back into the living room on the 46" screen.  Last night I played through Portal again, and just now finally did the advanced maps.  Man, those were pretty gross, especially the disorientation on the last leg of the chamber 18 level.  I thought it was bad the first time.  I might take a whack at the challenge maps, but I've never been much for speed runs, so maybe not.

My copy of 2 is safely ordered at Best Buy for a net of $15, and should be ready to be gotten on Tuesday morning.  Sometimes being unemployed ain't so bad. 

[Destructor]

Unless you plan on taking Tuesday off to play it right when it unlocks (and I'm sure someone out there has done so), it'll be waiting for you when you get home, much like my PS3 copy will be.

Well, I natively have Tuesday off, so I'll be playing as soon as I get up. No waiting for a store to open or anything thanks to the power of Steam.

[Chaz]

The potato thing has gotten me playing Audiosurf again.  The game's still really good, but man, whatever they did to add in the Portal stuff has introduced a ton on instability.  I've gotten frequent crashes both before and after songs, and I suspect it's related to trying to avoid having to replay the "bonus" song every time I start the game up.  Really frustrating, and I hope they remove that stuff soon.

[CeeKay]

Toki Tori is next.

looks like Bit.Trip.Beat will follow soon after.

[CeeKay]

hmm.. the Steam page says releasing in one day and 17 hours.  current countdown is one day and 12ish hours.  I'm also guessing Gamestop is doing a midnight release because I got a text about SOCOM 4 being available at 12:01 am on Tuesday and I don't think that game is big enough for a midnight release on its own.

so, if they bump it up to a midnight release it's technically not a bonus for PC players if the console version is available at midnight releases.  kinda make it feel like we're jumping through hoops for nothing other than getting it the same time they do.

[Isgrimnur]

04:00 - Calculations complete for RUSH. Recalculating a new launch projection...
10:15 - Calculations complete for Cogs. Recalculating a new launch projection...
15:35 - Calculations complete for Toki Tori. Recalculating a new launch projection...
20:20 - Calculations complete for BIT.TRIP BEAT. Recalculating a new launch projection...

Timer stands at 17:36 @ 09:53 Central. That slates unlock for 2:29 AM Eastern on 4/19.   

Those four games have jumped you three hours. 

Remaining Games in order of highest to lowest percentage complete:

Audiosurf
The Ball
Super Meat Boy
Defense Grid The Awakening
Killing Floor
Amnesia: The Dark Descent