Is The Half-Life Countdown Real or Fake?

Is The Half Life Black Mesa Countdown Real or Fake?
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[@iammaine4035]

and to everyones dismay. it wasnt a countdown to half life 3 but rather until the combine invade our world

[@caboose8110]

even more epic!! half life 3 in real life!!

[@souperlueper]

half life fans when a multi dimensional alien race invades earth, destroys society and enslaves mankind (its a half life reference)

[@orgfet]

Nah until they fuck up an create a resonance cascade

[@Questionable10]

Welp, its probably a better chance of a real half life 3 if somebody has the balls to fight the combine

[@caboose8110]

@@souperlueper haf ief tow

[@billy4734]

Oh my god it's Half Life: Source 2

[@SailsPlays]

I'd buy it 😂😂😂

[@Sustention.official]

@@SailsPlayssame

[@scrungus_frodonkle740]

good

[@me67galaxylife]

Half life 2: Source 2

[@PCreeperStudios]

Oh boy can’t wait for source 2: episode 1!

[@BicirikBey]

What if the timer is for a real life resonance cascade that these dudes are trying to do.

[@plonk64]

If we " " we can defeat all the alien invaders

[@chrisivie5743]

@@plonk64 what?

[@cobgod1415]

Valve has decided that VR simply isn't immersive enough. For the most immersive experience, Valve have teamed up with the real life Black Mesa to create a resonance cascade so that Half-Life 3 is played through reality.

[@bl4ckrabb1t]

then we're fucked if it worked

[@porragames8160]

@@cobgod1415 Now THAT would be innovative, imagine, a game where literally everyone will play, and don't have to expend a single dollar

[@kidneystonecollectorr]

if half life 3 happens reality will unravel

[@arcticghost1393]

Not completely, it would just have a few holes poked in it to the border world of xen.

[@houghwhite411]

Then we'll have Half Life 3 before GTA VI 💀💀

[@alexghost7276]

true remilia

[@Twiddle_things]

Who couldve known that remilia scarlet herself is a shart life fan 🔥🔥🔥

[@TabbyEgg312]

@@houghwhite411 HALF LIFE 3 BEFORE GTA 6!! 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@thewoodpeckers655]

Remember everyone, a similar thing happened with Bethesda and a very convincing arg looking website for a fallout game that didn’t exist.

[@pluntchgunster6156]

Somehow they knew 4 would be in Boston. Strange.

[@screm5514]

They also predicted the Institution being a major faction in 4

[@Zaphlyn]

@@screm5514 well the institute was already mentioned in fallout 3, so it would be strange for the next fallout game to be set in an area the previous game talked about there being a major faction--only for that faction to not exist

[@invalid_user_handle]

And the funniest thing is, a legitimate Fallout 4 leak actually happened a few weeks after that ARG got concluded, and nobody cared because it was presumed to be another fake.

[@americaonline3835]

you've got a good point, it was a very convincing arg as well, it was simply a countdown with the vault tec logo and morse code playing in the background

[@TylerMcVicker1]

It has nothing to do with Valve. It's honest to god a company made by a fan of the series.

[@kabeam5643]

Did they just upload the blog post now? Cause that debunks anything we were theorizing.

[@pain.6177]

DANG IT

[@I-See-In-The-Dark]

If Tyler says it’s fake, then it’s fake

[@gloryowner1970]

Oh For Fucks sake, we can never dream of anything can we?

[@TheDragShot]

I'm not even sure of what I'd do in such a company, but I'd definitely would love to spend at least a couple of months in there and then slap that bad bitch of an entry in my resume: "Worked for Black Mesa".

[@1337Ox]

Renaissance Cascades

[@erikpng]

At some point in the early 21st century humanity united in celebration. We marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to AI.

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

Relevance Corvette

[@BoeBins]

Remembrance Cavitation

[@Hamburger8079]

Rebellion Costco

[@NotThatUser]

Repentance Cavalcade

[@noxyu2806]

Spoiler alert: It's a real company created by a half life fan

[@Sustention.official]

I would totally buy into that

[@CabbageGod]

@@Sustention.official Nothing to buy into. Its real. Check their website.

[@gamingiguess2027]

@@Sustention.official Its real

[@ChesterManfred]

Can't wait for the USMC to recreate history 🔥🔥🔥

[@sam1_2_1]

It was created by G-Man, now we know his real name.

[@tr_ezbucks]

Everything fun and games until Aperture Science shows up

[@the_osprey314]

Imagine a rival company called Aperture Science actually shows up that is founded by portal fans. Or IRL black mesa has a division called Aperture Science lol.

[@DopamineDreamss]

They gonna re-create the incident

[@quaddamage7765]

Damn i cant wait to turn into brainless zombie. But i dont like Tiktok

[@Hyde-dg7ef]

Problem is, they're a biotech company, not a theoretical physics tech company

[@RandomDude-ed9lb]

@@Hyde-dg7ef theoretically

[@mushi3120]

We getting the Resonance Cascade before GTA 6 y’all 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Gman-g2r]

I cannot confirm. Nor deny, any correlation between me and my, employers. Just be prepared.. for unforseen consiquences

[@Swd_rs]

Has anyone else noticed this guy at all??

[@NeutralCloud]

IVE SEEN YOU COMMENT ON ANOTHER VIDEO!

[@artun42]

@@NeutralCloudhe literally registered this account 3 hours ago

[@gman1857]

my boy g-man coming in clutch

[@SketchG]

Oh my God it's the guy from Portal!

[@mopishlynx2323]

Thats the timer until they get a lawsuit in the mail from Valve for trademark and copyright infringement

[@dulguunjargal1199]

Well I don't think Valve even tried to copyright anything they're using. Imagine a Video Game Company copyrighting something from a fictional World lol

[@PaulGuy]

​@@dulguunjargal1199 It happens all the time.

[@gtaseed]

​@@dulguunjargal1199 tell that to Nintendo 😂

[@gunier.j.kintgenanimations]

Valve doesn't need to fill out a form or anything like that for their works to be protected under copyright; In fact nobody does. From the instant a work is created, it is protected under copyright law automatically. You can register your copyrights, but all that does is give you various legal benefits & makes your copyrights visible under public records. Video games are no exception to this. For example: "TX0006147922" is the US copyright registration number for Half-Life 2.

[@gunier.j.kintgenanimations]

@@dulguunjargal1199 Valve doesn't need to fill out a form or anything like that for their works to be protected under copyright; In fact nobody does. From the instant a work is created, it is protected under copyright law automatically. You can register your copyrights, but all that does is give you various legal benefits & makes your copyrights visible under public records. Video games are no exception to this. For example: "TX0006147922" is the US copyright registration number for Half-Life 2.

[@stiffeyelens]

checked the site out and they just put out an update saying that they are not affiliated w/ valve and are an actual company lmao.

[@Popcorn_Pillow]

Thought so lmao

[@beetheimmortal]

The logo is weirdly reminicent of the HL Black Mesa logo though, so it was a bit confusing for a moment.

[@aq_ua]

@@beetheimmortal it's intentional- it was made by a half-life fan.

[@TheDragShot]

So the company is real? Cool, I wonder if they're hiring by any chance.

[@puppetmaster1819]

​@TheDragShot yea I think they have a open for Anonymous materials you should sign up I Herd that a big test Is coming up soon

[@infinitefun527]

now knowing Valve, MAYBE hes being payed to lie

[@erixccjc2143]

paid*

[@Lexionoo]

When was that the case

[@infinitefun527]

@@Lexionoo Jotoro, I am grasping at STRAWS ok im just throwing something out there

[@infinitefun527]

@@erixccjc2143 Hohoo boy, you have fallen into my trap. at least I get... *laid

[@cantinadudes]

​@@infinitefun527holy shit that was glorious

[@CLARPUS]

naming your company black mesa, considering what happens in the game, is wild

[@OnurErtas-q1o]

God is doing some Foreshadowng

[@Und3rcov3r]

Aw hell nah we're about to get invaded by the combine 💀

[@alexsworld7970]

Oh no... I am getting ready to rename to Wallace Breen >:)

[@TabbyEgg312]

we aint getting the suppression field! 🗣🗣🔥🔥

[@warth-media]

i hope that you have a crowbar

[@mlody_dziadek4191]

we are getting half life 3 before cs2 operation

[@NarrowBonkers]

The X to doubt

[@diztinger]

before Danger Zone

[@harold8096]

@@diztingerdanger zone confirmed by reliable source not coming back

[@viannizvnv7222]

@@harold8096 sadge

[@castledefense194]

We are getting half life 3 before GTA 6

[@Kirill_Akais]

With all the recent leaks I want to believe it's an ARG. But I doubt it's for hl3 or even an official one. I think the game they work on is rather another prequel. Like Half-Life Xen because of the xen stuff leaked. And a Black Mesa ARG would also make sense

[@hobosnake1]

I think it stands to reason that we could go back to Xen in a prequel or a sequel. I don't think mentions of Xen rule out half life 3.

[@Kirill_Akais]

@@hobosnake1 sure, Borealis travels through time and possibly across dimensions, so we might go back to prevent resonance cascade for example, which would include Black Mesa and Xen. It's just that I still don't believe Valve is gonna learn to count to 3 🥲

[@memeconsumer773]

@@hobosnake1 That would also make the DLC's cannon as it would mean black mesa knew how to go to xen prior to the incident

[@beanburritoman3537]

@@memeconsumer773 you literally find the corpses of scientists in hev suits during the xen chapters of the first game.

[@averageclonetrooper69420]

It's valve known for making ARGs? I can't recall any ARG made by valve before...

[@pingodegonha]

sounds like the titanfall 3 situation all over again

[@axelnz_]

Here we go again 😭

[@OsinakiKun]

Noooo

[@Obs3ver]

Or the fallout 4 incident If you know, you know

[@ORLY911]

half life 3 is taking so long black mesa became a real company in the mean time

[@TheGoreforce]

we are less free than the city under lockdown, we just don't have barriers. We are under ass survailance, and we have mexican government officials, and government officials saying there is aliens. They are also talking about a tunnel discovered in the moon recently, I mean i we aren't living half-life, I don't know what is.

[@MerhabaBenMert]

3:39 for answer you're welcome

[@soop7349]

Man this seems like a pretty good company, maybe I should tell my pal Gordon about this

[@miljanvideo]

well i mean, when you see a logo similar to the original, that means the owner didnt want to be sued by the og company.

[@roninparker]

black mesa from half life isnt a real place, so they couldnt sue them

[@kobold7466]

@@roninparker valve own all logos, art, music, and images used in the game. dont doubt they have "black mesa" trademarked

[@miljanvideo]

@@roninparker bruh

[@dulguunjargal1199]

​@@kobold7466 Well the Courts will likely side with the Real Life Company because they actually provide very useful products in the Biotics industry (from what I heard of it) and even if they are infringing on copyright Valve has no care or reason to even touch them because they're fans of half life and just want to make a company name off of them

[@kobold7466]

@@dulguunjargal1199 why would the courts side with them? how they use it does not matter it matters that they are using it. marvel could sue me if i made a spiderman themed charity for children with cancer and they would win.

[@alteraxeon]

aperture needs to clap back asap

[@iijj22gg]

The countdown actually reaches zero on the last second of September 30 in your local timezone. "That's it."

[@cafeandoorquillas]

I think that maybe itll be something about Operation Black-Mesa

[@TheDragShot]

Oh, that'd be just great 👍 .

[@Fataltyler08]

Reminds me of the countdown we had for Fallout 4 mentioning Boston and stuff, it ended up being a really intricate troll/prank

[@thedanger5444]

I saw that a few months ago, ir was insane how much the guy was accurate

[@kelet-studios]

maybe he is real schientest and hl fan

[@DivusMagus]

I kinda feel bad for Valve there is insane pressure on them not only to make Half-Life 3 but for it to be one of the best games ever made based on the hype for it over the years.

[@jackdaww]

Thats their fault they been edging us for over a decade

[@Mauricio0973]

This will happen to silksong lol

[@spagettzeera8955]

I SAW THIS WEBSITE MONTHS AGO, i showed my friends and no one believed it was related to Half Life

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Well it isnt related to half life, so they were right.

[@spagettzeera8955]

@@ZeallustImmortal It was made by a fan of course, but if you go to the website there are several references to the game.

[@chewy99.]

@@ZeallustImmortalThen why does it have the same logo and “lambda incident” in the source code??

[@Clitoriacetal]

@@chewy99. i do want to believe it is connected, really I do. the countdown ends at start of oktober thats when we will know for sure- I do agree the logo is too similar for it to be coincidence, but calling the code part 'lambda incident' isn't that unusual I'd say. I personally named some of my functions quite weird stuff. one for example is actually headcrab

[@pinkdadino7630]

Damn for I minute I got really hyped 😭

[@intdisaster]

The black Mesa incident happened on May 16, 2003, and black mesa is in new mexico

[@mrswagpunk]

if half life 3 just drops in 52 days, im gonna scrum

[@therealtimmyiy]

half life 3 for sure isnt dropping in 52 days, but who knows what can happen me personally i believe a real life resonance cascade is more likely than half life 3 being announced

[@tomorrowisyesterday3215]

​@@therealtimmyiyvolvo usually drop something without any notice

[@chewy99.]

It definitely won’t, but maybe a teaser or trailer

[@SpectralFox4248]

@@tomorrowisyesterday3215 volvo 💀💀💀

[@Reese2500]

@@therealtimmyiy resonance cascade irl before gta 6 is crazy

[@Bobisus_201]

Imagine it really was. And the timer was the actual resonance cascade.

[@P4INKiller]

According to the code, the countdown is supposed to get replaced with "That's it." when it goes to zero.

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

I don't think Half-Life fans are getting the real significance here. The Black Mesa company isn't a sign that HL3 is coming- that ship has sailed. No, it means that *_Black Mesa is now real._*

[@MrFaserox]

September 30 2003 was the original release date for Half-Life 2. But due to the game being unfinished and unplayable the release was delayed over a year to November 2004.

[@Loch_Ness_Lachster]

Charles doesn’t need to hear all this, he’s a highly trained professional.

[@screwandwrenchrob4778]

harambe: ruins the timeline hl3: rebases the branch

[@lunaparker9489]

if its a crowbar collective website then its for their own arg to reveal their next game thats been going on for a few months

[@ATI_Radeon_HD_4890]

we bouta have the lambda incident irl

[@justdillan23]

Now who's to say that the company wasn't made BY Valve JUST FOR THIS VERY MOMENT and this is all a red herring to let our guard down when the timer hits ZERO and HALF LIFE 3 GETS ITS FIRST TRAILER ON THE WEBSITE. I rest my case.

[@medicgaming5204]

Yeah, it's kinda weird Why a company named black mesa appeared out of nowhere now right after the leaks and why there are so many half life references

[@TheFantasticJ]

@@medicgaming5204 the company has been around for a couple of years, and the website too.

[@AmbivalentMind]

There is no way they can use a logo this close to infringing Valve's IP and them not doing something about it

[@memeconsumer773]

@@medicgaming5204 I think its worth noting that they would get sued for using the name otherwise, yet they havent despite the recent publicity they got

[@apaltado]

​@medicgaming5204 it seems they were founded in 2022

[@FrankDa]

This feels like a coincidence but at the same time it doesn't

[@fxturist8534]

literally all half life fans in 30 years: and that kids, is how the resonance cascade started...

[@happymark1668]

We gonna get Half life 2 on Gold Source 😭😭😭

[@Meta0Riot]

Black Mesa Technologies was registered in Massachusetts in 2022. Why did they wait so long to put up a website? Anywho. Weird stuff.

[@zionchar11]

Its all fun and games when suddenly a cascade event happens and dozens of alien just pour through the wormhole and kill us all.

[@LeXx_LeCryce]

Maybe they'll try to teach Mr. Newell to count to three. If this works, it will be a “resonance cascade” of its own.

[@NoodlesXD]

Don't trust them! That's what they want you to believe. Jokes aside its crazy that a science firm had to come out and say they aren't working on Half Life 3 lol

[@xlerb2286]

Even if it were owned by Valve and said "this is a countdown to the launch of Halflife 3 and had a video from Gabe confirming it, I wouldn't believe it until I'm playing the game ;) But best wishes to this Black Mesa.

[@sirpugstudios]

what if Valve hired him

[@DrWaSaBe]

We got a real life Black Mesa company before Half Life 3

[@cousindaniel]

i hope this wont end like the fallout 4 countdown incident

[@generimposter]

4:05 they just made this post to make us believe its not half life 3

[@Combinemetrocop]

prob

[@Nathan-mp7pq]

we're gonna have a real life resonance cascade 😱

[@Lumbercap]

“The logo they are using on the website likes a lot like the ones on the games.” NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK

[@NiharsHyper]

did you watch the video :(

[@ImmMoth]

I was so excited that I ran out of room and started running around my house screaming... but then I finished the video

[@BoeBins]

I was so excited that I PISSED ON THE FLOOR

[@DesolateLavender]

"Let this be lesson for you!" - Heavy TF2 Seriously though, you kinda learn not to react so prematurely after a certain point, and after so many disappointments.

[@breadtan9629]

guys, clearly the timer is for whenever the lamda incident irl

[@NorthEevee]

Ok alright listen up. Valve has money. What if they actually set up a biomanufacturing company(without producing stuff) as a way to mislead us? Fuck it, I want to believe Half Life 3 is real...

[@Blighty-Creator-of-the-realms.]

My man, it is. It's been leaked and essentially at this point confirmed.

[@macke2879]

I'm glad that they are Half-Life fans and all, but they must be skirting on the edge of copyright infringement.

[@Zherosh]

I mean... I don't think it was ever registered before. And the fact that just the domain is in their hands... I don't think they'd get in too much trouble.

[@macke2879]

@@Zherosh I guess they don't have the copyrights to the name "Black Mesa" But there's gotta be some kind of violation with how much they're basically lifting from the games?

[@Aqua_Official69]

the site owns by Crowbar Collective that one who made black mesa

[@dev4159]

Valve wanted Half Life 3 to be so revolutionary they went so far as making it happen irl

[@crazybird199]

It would be exactly like Valve to make a brand new company and pretend like it’s not half-life 3 related. Highly unlikely, but something to consider

[@alecs69420]

half life 3 could save the humanity from the harambe incident. Crazy

[@inqizzo]

It looks like a countdown to a renosance cascade and not hl3.

[@Wall_Liver]

Guys I got a job at Black Mesa! My first day at work will be September 30th. Hope nothing bad happens!

[@diamondsimon020]

Ngl irl resonance cascade would be sick, alien invasion would make life 10x less boring

[@cupcake8915]

Can't wait for our very own scaled down version of Black Mesa Incident

[@PolterDev]

I feel like this is gonna be like a fallout 4 situation all over again

[@captheobbyist6434]

prepare for unforeseen consequences

[@aq_ua]

bro it's just some random half-life fan's biotech company. the response to finding this website has been so terminally online it's sad

[@synkree]

genuinely, people need to get a grip on reality and realise we will never get a hl3 lol

[@QuartQ3]

@@synkree this will age like milk

[@synkree]

@@QuartQ3 "this will age like milk" when was the last time we had an ACTUAL half life entry that wasnt an overglorified tech demo for valve's hardware?

[@dulguunjargal1199]

​@@synkree We we're told that we will never get GTA6 Yet its coming

[@QuartQ3]

@@synkree I'm just hoping

[@rambobambibambobingobongob7908]

The shield logo is making me think we are finally going to be getting the cut Half-Life 1 expansion where we go to Allied Processing.

[@koyashorrween2380]

Shield has three sides.

[@Walter_Hartwell_White_Sr]

!?!?!??!?!?!

[@astronautical1060]

CONFIRMED

[@KDRAH]

I just want that guy who's been doing those daily Half life 3 updates to finally be free

[@EVIL9000]

Its just some nerds that setup a real medical company and putting in a ton of hl references

[@suppliedsquid5570]

It’s a countdown for my birthday. Sorry to disappoint.

[@M084MM3D]

we got blackmesa irl before gta6

[@sargeantBones]

This smells like the fake fallout4 countdown timer.

[@lavaguanix6804]

We all know it’s gonna be a shooter somewhere along the lines of SCP: Secret Laboratory set in the Half Life 1 resonance cascade disaster. Play as alien monsters, scientists, marines, and site sercurity while unlocking crates for skins that require each a $5 key.

[@Darkxwolf08j]

That would be awesome

[@axis1677]

actually, that would be pretty fun, except the lootboxes stuff

[@adamkiss2544]

I'm better get an HEV suit and my crowbar prepared. 😆

[@M2rsh]

Btw when that timer runs out it just says "That's it." there's also a paragraph with display:none under the script that says "Thanks Nothing Master ;)"

[@Arkobone]

Imagine Half life 3 actually released that day

[@caesar_cider2777]

the countdown right now is at 45 days, so september 29th/30th. if hl3 drops next month i will eat my graphics card

[@metrohunter-qy4fz]

Spoiler alert: it’s a teaser for a half life 2 card game

[@stivcdl]

The day Half-Life 3 is announced I will legit cry. I'm a grown ass man and I'll fucking cry like a baby.

[@finnsisk1666]

This was made by the people who made the remake of half life,called Black Mesa

[@ileryon4019]

HL1 game HL2 massive improvements HLA VR HL3 ARG HL4 real world explodes

[@nicosaurus1616]

cant believe we live in the timeline where nerds can name real life companies after their favourite games.

[@Averagebloxy]

Alr guys if the combine takes over get your crowbars ready

[@stonyjupiter1481]

I hope they hire a guy named Gordon Freeman, since he is highly trained professional.

[@the_osprey314]

Even though this isn't have anything to do with actual half-life, I really enjoy the fact that a group of engineers who loved half-life a lot decided to make an actual black mesa with a similar field of engineering. I personally think this "countdown" is to a large announcement for the company that is lovingly codenamed "lambda incident"

[@DavitTheCore]

I just imagine someone decided to make a company named Black Mesa for fun, and then Valve decided to ask them to make a countdown lmao.

[@bontebitter3715]

So they are working on Half - Life 3 : Real Life version

[@chickenman404]

Fallout 4 fans have a certain warning to tell us...

[@sachatoto]

I never tough that one day, Black Mesa would become an actual company. WOW!

[@perfectpiano1871]

I'm getting PTSD for the lone wanderer website (fallout 4)

[@demon_xd_]

Get the Ouija board, and get MatPat working on this

[@kvdrr]

valve hired borealis team

[@yyzttr6306]

POV: Its just a Valve Index successor situation again.

[@kenji5055]

Black mesa logo on z shape with 3 angles ? Yep Half life 3 confirmed