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    #1  Edited By Tasus

    A few moments ago a new update was released to Team Fortress 2 which seems to be the beginning of another Valve viral marketing campaign.

    After the update, a morse code is now played in the main menu (I don't know what it says) and several rockets have appeared in random places around random maps. (Here's some images: 1, 2, 3, 4) The rocket's model name is apparently "grocket" which can be seen in the model viewer (image 1, image 2.)

    Seems like Valve is gearing up for something new? With the news Patrick posted earlier today and now this, it definitely seems like that. I guess I'm kinda hoping for something more/other than Dota 2, but until someone decipher the code and more "clues" show up I guess we can only wait and see.

    (images is taken from this thread)

    EDIT: The morse code thingy might be wrong? The first time a friend of mine started the game up after the update it played the morse code, next time it didn't. Might have been something else.

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    #2  Edited By Oscar__Explosion

    BUT WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

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    #3  Edited By JJOR64

    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.

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    #4  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    I'm still having viral marketing fatigue from all the Portal 2 mindfucking 
     
    please no more

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    #5  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    More Valve viral marketing? Hot damn! I'm on board.

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    #6  Edited By MikeGosot
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    What!? That's ridiculous. It will be a Wii U exclusive.
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    #7  Edited By scarace360
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    can i pre order 600 copies?
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    #8  Edited By JJOR64
    @MikeGosot said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    What!? That's ridiculous. It will be a Wii U exclusive.
    Nope.  Regular ass Wii.
     
    @scarace360 said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    can i pre order 600 copies?

    Sure can.
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    #9  Edited By scarace360
    @JJOR64 said:
    @MikeGosot said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    What!? That's ridiculous. It will be a Wii U exclusive.
    Nope.  Regular ass Wii.
     
    @scarace360 said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    can i pre order 600 copies?
    Sure can.
    can i download it off steam on my wii?
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    #10  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @scarace360 said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    @scarace360 said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    can i pre order 600 copies?
    Sure can.
    can i download it off steam on my wii?
    You can download it off Steam on your Wii U through Origin
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    #11  Edited By BabyChooChoo

    Valve's first fighting game DotA X Counter Strike. Suck it Capcom.

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    #12  Edited By Seedofpower

    I love it when they do this but after a few days I just want them to spill the beans.

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    #13  Edited By chainreaction01
    @PrimeSynergy said:
    Valve's first fighting game DotA X Counter Strike. Suck it Capcom.
    Source or 1.6?
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    #14  Edited By TheMustacheHero
     Original TF2
     Original TF2 "Invasion" Alien model.
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    #15  Edited By redzavod
    @JJOR64 said:
    @MikeGosot said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    What!? That's ridiculous. It will be a Wii U exclusive.
    Nope.  Regular ass Wii.
       
    Russian Martian Wii? Any support for that?
     
    But in all seriousness, any viral marketing campaign by Valve I will probably. They always come up with witty and humorous things to market with in their games.
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    #16  Edited By TheMustacheHero

    Take Careful not of the face on that alien.....Looks like the pyro's gas mask eh? PYRO IS ALIEN! 

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    #17  Edited By mikemcn

    @JJOR64 said:

    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii. You heard it here first.

    The wii couldn't even run Half Life 2, i'd still play 3 if it were on the wii though.

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    #18  Edited By Deusx

    GROCKET = GOVERMENT ROCKET = GMEN = GMAN = HALF-LIFE 2 EPISODE 3... or a capture points map in space...

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    #19  Edited By RTSlord

    WE HAVE TO GO BACK!!!!

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    #20  Edited By I_smell

    Clearly the work of the despicable RED team. THEY MUST BE STOPPED.

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    #21  Edited By Nocall

    Looks like a rocket that a Warhammer 40K Grot would build.
     
    And it's called a grocket. 
     
    Valve Warhammer 40k game confirmed! (/sarcasm)

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    #22  Edited By time allen

    valve will you stop blueballing me and tell me what i want to hear already ;_;

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    #23  Edited By iDarktread

    Meh, I don't really care, honestly. I lost a lot of interest in Valve after they made TF2 F2P. 
     
    Please don't bother replying to my comment if you're just going to flame me.

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    #24  Edited By skyline7284

    Half Life 3: Exclusive to Origin.  BOOM!

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    @PrimeSynergy said:
    Valve's first fighting game DotA X Counter Strike. Suck it Capcom.
    I CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY AS COUNTER-TERRORIST!!!
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    #26  Edited By scarace360
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    @scarace360 said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    @scarace360 said:
    @JJOR64 said:
    Half Life 3 exclusive to Wii.  You heard it here first.
    can i pre order 600 copies?
    Sure can.
    can i download it off steam on my wii?
    You can download it off Steam on your Wii U through Origin  
    man fuck origin. Im not getting it then.
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    #27  Edited By iam3green

    that sounds cool. i kind of hate it when they do this but o well.

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    #28  Edited By TheMustacheHero

    This should be on the TF2 forums btw.

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    #29  Edited By BeachThunder
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    I'm still having viral marketing fatigue from all the Portal 2 mindfucking  please no more
    Ugh, this =(
     
    I wish Valve would stop with the mind games already. It's fun every now and then, but if this is true, then they're just going overboard.
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    #30  Edited By Portis

    It has something to do with DOTA 2. Come on people.

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    #31  Edited By I_smell

    Is it anything to do with the Kerbal Space Program game that just came out on Steam?

    The game where you have to successfully launch a rocket into space, but usually it crashes to the ground?

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    #32  Edited By ajamafalous

    @Portis said:

    It has something to do with DOTA 2. Come on people.

    All of the DotA 2 maps are set on the moon.

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    #33  Edited By Nurve

    I love this kind of shit

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    I like this stuff, make that marketing department work for it's money

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    #35  Edited By eroticfishcake
    @I_smell said:

    Is it anything to do with the Kerbal Space Program game that just came out on Steam?

    The game where you have to successfully launch a rocket into space, but usually it crashes to the ground?

    That did cross my mind but that game's still in Alpha stage plus it doesn't seem very significant to them. It does have good potential though. Now that I think about it, I never got to space...
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    #36  Edited By ervonymous

    I wonder how big of a performance hit those are.

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    #37  Edited By Kyreo

    God, I love Valve.

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    #38  Edited By Pibo47
    @chainreaction01 said:
    @PrimeSynergy said:
    Valve's first fighting game DotA X Counter Strike. Suck it Capcom.
    Source or 1.6?
    I just lol'd hardcore. Grats lol. 
    Seriously now. I would LOOOOVVVEEEEE HL2 ep3...or HL3...or whatever. Just give me some god damn half life!
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    #39  Edited By onarum

    I think I may be the only person that hates this kind of stuff, just effin say what you wanna say already valve ffs....
     
    @I_smell said:

    Is it anything to do with the Kerbal Space Program game that just came out on Steam?

    The game where you have to successfully launch a rocket into space, but usually it crashes to the ground?

    Did it? I can't find it.
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    #40  Edited By scarace360

    been almost 3 hours and no body knows what it is yet shit. The internet must be slow today.

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    #41  Edited By endless_void

    Not very exciting of a tease...a rocket tells us nothing xD

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    #42  Edited By crusader8463

    Valve has had enough of EA's bullshit, and they have decided to just buy them out and make every EA branded game from now on PC only.

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    #43  Edited By crusader8463
    @endless_void said:
    Not very exciting of a tease...a rocket tells us nothing xD
    That's the beauty of Valve teasers though. It tells us everything, but we just won't know that does until we figure out why it means something!
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    #44  Edited By xpgamer7

    @crusader8463 said:

    @endless_void said:
    Not very exciting of a tease...a rocket tells us nothing xD
    That's the beauty of Valve teasers though. It tells us everything, but we just won't know that does until we figure out why it means something!

    Valve is making a new action adventure game...in space!

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    #45  Edited By AndrewB

    New Valve IP would be more welcome than some tie-in with dota or a simple promotion for an upcoming TF2 event. Every time I see something like this, I want to believe it's tied with Half-Life somehow, but it never is and this doesn't look anything like something from the Half-Life universe.

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    #46  Edited By Deusoma
    @AndrewB said:
    New Valve IP would be more welcome than some tie-in with dota or a simple promotion for an upcoming TF2 event. Every time I see something like this, I want to believe it's tied with Half-Life somehow, but it never is and this doesn't look anything like something from the Half-Life universe.
    Maybe it's a headcrab shell scaled back to fit the 50's artstyle. Just saying if you fudge things enough, anything can fit anywhere.
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    #47  Edited By AndrewB
    @Deusoma said:
    @AndrewB said:
    New Valve IP would be more welcome than some tie-in with dota or a simple promotion for an upcoming TF2 event. Every time I see something like this, I want to believe it's tied with Half-Life somehow, but it never is and this doesn't look anything like something from the Half-Life universe.
    Maybe it's a headcrab shell scaled back to fit the 50's artstyle. Just saying if you fudge things enough, anything can fit anywhere.
    First thing my Half-Life starved brain was thinking of was the rocket they sent up at the end of Episode 2. 
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    #48  Edited By tebbit

    Episode 3 Episode 3Episode 3Episode 3Episode 3Episode 3Episode 3Episode 3Episode 3Episode 3Episode 3

    If I say it enough, it'll become reality. Kinda like Beetlejui-

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    #49  Edited By tim_the_corsair

    It's probably teasing the raid gamemode for TF2 I think, that was apparent cut from the Uber update at the last second.

    Would be thrilled if it was something else though (not TF2 or Dota related I mean).

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    #50  Edited By Jackel2072

    at this point i say episode 3 will be on the next Source Engine and HL3 will follow on the heels of that games release.

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