Valve Song: COUNT TO THREE ■ feat. Ellen McLain (official GLaDOS), The Stupendium & Gabe Newell

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This is a song about a game studio that brought us a variety of classics, but never released any game with number 3 in its name - VALVE. The company behind Half-Life, Portal, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, DOTA 2 and much more.
Featuring: ELLEN MCLAIN, the official GLaDOS from “Portal” and "Portal 2" as GLaDOS!
THE STUPENDIUM, the amazing nerdcore artist, as Gabe Newell!
And finally, Valve’s CEO, GABE NEWELL himself, who sang a couple of lines for the beginning and the end of the song!
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“Count to Three” by @TheChalkeaters:
Executive producer / songwriter: Alios / aliospony
Music producer / engineer: Tim Maslov [ soundbetter.com/profiles/2693... ]
Arranger / guitars / choir: @ErgyErgy
Lead artist / art director: Pondis [ linktr.ee/pondis ]
Lead animator / video composer: Lenich @LenichKirya
Character animator: @Kiryumia
Gabe Newell vocals: @TheStupendium
GLaDOS vocals: Ellen McLain (original voice of GLaDOS)
Alyx vocals: Holly Turton
Supporting arranger / piano: Dmitry Kovzel
Drums: Matias Menarguez
Trumpet: Bruno Brito
Saxophones: Weber Marely
Trombone: Felipe Coelho
Choir: Hineko, Vasya, Martie, Chaos Angel, tooi_cat, Venix, Walter, Dmitry Litvinov, Tsumikashi, Lenich, Ergy, Dmitry Kovzel, Nikdoge, Felya, Jerico, Choki, Finch under cover, BertyDahlia, Victor Bird
Supporting artists: Hunternif, Koldan Grey, Freskovich, QuietVictories
Mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis Studios
Special thanks to:
Gabe Newell and Michael ‘Lewi’ Lewington for recording Gabe’s awesome cameo!
Erik Wolpaw for allowing us to use Valve’s characters for the video!
Jamie Lopez, Wendi Wills, Tom McGurk for helping us to get Ellen on board
Bill Van Buren for helping us with the GLaDOS voice
zhenya_hacker, Kizuru and Martie for being our favourite test subjects
Vasya, Nikita Dobrinskiy, Chaos Angel for great ideas and overall support
And thanks to J. Antonio and Genoves Micheli for Spanish subs, Ivo Pavlov for Bulgarian, Martie for Polish, colon_d for German, ジンsay for Japanese, Tangerine for Korean, Bacon jack for Chineese, Igor Lucas for brazillian portuguese subs
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[@Tell.me_Why]

First

[@texasred6814]

When’d GLADOS become your guys friend?

[@chaysonator0783]

DEFINITELY PORTAL 3 PORTAL IS THE BEST GAME EVER!!!

[@NoctisAeterna]

You're merely hallucinating as there's no third reply, it does not exist

[@texasred6814]

@@NoctisAeterna What if I delete my comment.. I have power for you to not exist.

[@utes5532]

>makes fun of his company >makes fun of him personally >Gabe still features in the video personally what an absolute lad

[@SandyStella]

Well, that's pretty mild

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

Dude even helped them get Ellen to come back as Glados and made sure that it was all fine legally.

[@nacl4988]

I mean, It was making fun of their practices, But it was a hopeful positive song, Celebrating that they did good and people want more.

[@iq-ksa5725]

glory to arstotzka!

[@theharvinator7935]

Gabe Newell does not take himself too seriously which, from a CEO, is such a breath of fresh air

[@prysmane3053]

The song length doesn't reach three minutes, only being a second behind. Holy shit that's such a nice touch

[@prysmane3053]

ah, I see. Still though, having it be three seconds is a dope detail!

[@froggyfez]

@@deathpallie I'm pretty sure you're thinking about it in reverse

[@GuyWhoWatchesStuff]

He trolled us AND gave us what we wanted at the same time, madman.... madman

[@milkcreamcheesecheese3671]

Waht

[@Shikaschima]

Not only that, the chorus is used twice if I am not mistaken. The word three is also only said as a full "three" two times as well.

[@natax1737]

3 years ago now, 3 minutes, 3 mentions of three, 3 invited voice actors, beautiful.

[@crown_boy]

2:59 ಠ⁠_⁠ʖ⁠ಠ

[@Legoshideking2.0]

​@@crown_boyand if you round this number, you get 3:00 (Sorry for my bad English, I'm just Russian.)

[@choco699]

@@crown_boy yeah, because they can't count to 3

[@imakepeopleuncomfortable64]

Three weeks since this comment was posted…

[@aldjeiwkdhwiwjd]

​@@imakepeopleuncomfortable64EVERYONE WE ARE GETTING NEARER TO TF3, PORTAL 3 AND HLF3

[@afunnyrandomguy]

Fun fact: Pyro never appears in this video because they're literally the 3rd class you can select in the character selection screen of TF2.

[@murilosindeaux8675]

holy shit that's genius

[@Mick_Facherito]

What about 0:49?

[@afunnyrandomguy]

​@@Mick_Facheritothat's just their mask n' stuff, never truly saw them moving around

[@OCJDaze]

@@afunnyrandomguy also, when their mask is thrown the number 3 shows up

[@pyroonbusinesschannel118]

lmfao now i feel bad abt pyro

[@gianpeterborejon379]

"when everyone's anticipating another masterpiece of art" That's...actually a lot of pressure

[@oliverfougere6296]

Ye

[@Delta-es1lg]

Why do you think we haven't had Half Life 3 yet? With all the suspense and hype that'd surround it, it's basically guaranteed to fall short of expectations.

[@oliverfougere6296]

@@Delta-es1lg Yup, it's a CyberPunk situation

[@Certifiable]

@@oliverfougere6296 Worse. Half-Life has been a massive hit for 24 years! As have the sequels and spin off related games like Portal!

[@schpungus]

I mean at this point i feel like they should say "calm your crowbars" and say shut the fuck up for once.

[@johnallen6254]

I love how Gabe is so in on the joke he literally makes an appearance just to prove to us all that he indeed cannot count

[@mehcro3622]

his dota announcer pack

[@MineJulRBX]

They probably told him to count to 3 & they got this instead XD

[@TheMiraOfAll]

@@MineJulRBX or they ask him to say one two three and four but be just skipped over three

[@Random_Channel_RB]

@@TheMiraOfAll I’m pretty sure that’s just a face tracker thing where you can put other peoples faces on other people

[@ka_galaxy]

I love the joke about "VALVe is corrupted by money" and "spin the VALVe" it's reference to VALVe logo

[@vickyebborn8682]

"Life gave you lemons" They literally made masterpeices that made millions, they have eveything they need, they just need to make the lemonade

[@almessasorrow4950]

(The Lemon Line was a reference to Cave Johnson's Rant about Lemons in Portal)

[@Napstablook_ghost589]

@@almessasorrow4950 When life gives you lemons don’t make lemonade! Make life take them back!

[@SoulRainYT]

@@Napstablook_ghost589 you sound like your about to invent combustable lemons to burn my house down

[@almessasorrow4950]

@@SoulRainYT burning people, he says what we're all thinking!

[@kruteliktm1249]

"So I just found out that apparently...a lemon isn't naturally occurring and is a hybrid by crossbreading A BITTER ORANGE AND A CITRON which means life NEVER gave us lemons...WE INVENTED THEM ALL BY OURSELVES!"

[@Swagman2023]

1:38 I believe when GlaDOS says "The light's been turning green", is a reference to the Steam Greenlight program, that allowed people to vote onto games that looked great, onto getting on steam, and so... it was discontinued.

[@jaden2210]

They say "the lights been turning green", the video has captions

[@Swagman2023]

@@jaden2210 Yikes, well i'm not actually editing that.

[@muffer62816]

@@Swagman2023you did

[@oill889]

I hope the get a big update on TF2 so many people have been playing for years without big updates

[@nodisapointmentvideos3164]

We now have the Disney Hero song to counter Todd Howard’s villain song. I fucking love this.

[@firenzarfrenzy4985]

@Jacob Smith veteran getting back innit

[@authorhazel1554]

the anti hero

[@firenzarfrenzy4985]

@@authorhazel1554 That's what I was looking for!

[@HisKaisernessTheRat]

I guess it just works

[@kaiji4419]

@Jacob Smith Nah, is just the second half of hero's journey

[@phroggu]

Just imagine gabe appearing on stage one day with a crowbar

[@arthurmello7907]

And he announces the remake of half life 1

[@ghost2130Main]

@@arthurmello7907 black mesa:am i joke to you

[@d4rkpr1nc39]

@@ghost2130Main Apparently yes. XD

[@Zinc_Nitrogen]

@@ghost2130Main portal 1 doesn't use character models (except for yourself with portal glitch) and besides half life 1 was older

[@hellothere694]

What would be If would say "Do you know I'm a BONK"

[@mrshoebill7859]

the beggining in which the iconic valve guitar riff plays and molds into the song is so incredibly satiisfying

[@jalapenojaco3849]

I didn't even notice that until now!

[@WilliamAftonOfficial_]

the fact that they actually got a real GLaDos, and Gabe Newell as well is just amazing- Edit: Yay! arguments in the replies! :D

[@volga472]

it's the real glados but it's not the real gaben

[@ana_s]

@@volga472it’s actually gaben at the start

[@volga472]

@@ana_s yes but gaben didn't record this for the chalkeaters, i think it's part of an interview

[@egwuregwu]

​​@@volga472he actually did! chalkeaters tell about the song in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3WlkICOopiWe6M

[@Arkede]

​​​@@volga472this is simply false. Check the description. One look proved you wrong. Why else would gabe sing the lines he did?

[@amfool]

Valve isn't a triple A company, they are a double A episode 1 company.

[@timetraveler7]

Underrated comment

[@TheDragonfriday]

Valve is SSS gaming company that actually cares about gaming while taking it's sweet time making games.

[@AnimationJ]

Wonder if they can count to 4

[@alexhong1117]

@@AnimationJ 1, 2, and 4

[@wta1518]

A episode 2.

[@Tracenji]

i just realized something gabe newell could probably generate so much excitement by just going on a stage at some game convention and say "3" and just walk off stage

[@divio784]

well that could mean tf3 half life 3 or portal 3 so that wouldn't be a good idea

[@davidamiago]

@@divio784 All of those are still highly requested games so that's a win in every case

[@divio784]

@@davidamiago yeah but if he just walked out and said 3 no one would know which 3 they meant it could even mean dota 3 which would be hilarious

[@davidamiago]

@@divio784 That's a good point lol

[@se.224]

@@divio784 it could also mean all 3 of them

[@SomethingTeamFortress2]

I love how the song is exactly 3 minutes long, contains the word "three" three times, is sung by 3 different voices and was uploaded on March.

[@Cuharik-exe]

Generally 2:59 minutes

[@Kajemorphic.]

don't forget that it was on the day 29, literally a day before the 30

[@MatheoZ14]

Stupendium, Alyx's voice, Gabe Newell, Ellen Mclain and the 20 voices in the public beg to differ on that last statement.

[@SomethingTeamFortress2]

@@MatheoZ14 I wouldn't really count the 20 different voices.

[@MatheoZ14]

@@SomethingTeamFortress2 Then count gabe, stupendium, alyx, ellen and the public. that's still not three

[@ODEF.]

I love how the elevators floors go 1, 2, 2.1, 2.2, then 3

[@cameronfarley5910]

“-one, two, ... and four!-“ “-wizard of computers,-“ Oh! No wonder he can’t count to three: Binary

[@regularname1825]

11

[@daythenite5683]

001

[@martinp1054]

@@regularname1825 my god, if the next halflife is called halflife 11...... i will eat my hat

[@regularname1825]

@@daythenite5683 bruh

[@RaffikTheOnly]

0000 0 0001 1 0010 2 0011 3 0100 4

[@oliveboy9766]

I like how they actually got Chell and Gordon's VAs for this

[@coldbob2]

listen carefully and you can hear claude from gta 3

[@ghastryder3945]

Wait, when?

[@notaguy0599]

@@ghastryder3945 just like in his game, he's on 3:00

[@ghastryder3945]

@@notaguy0599 wait, what do you mean?

[@Nl-pb9bk]

@@ghastryder3945 *sighs* who's gonna tell 'em?

[@StarFroggo]

3 is sung 3 times, is just short of 3 minutes, and there was 3 people they got to collaborate with. Beautiful.

[@user-td5km4kt5v]

2:59 no 3 minutes.

[@Pjjacks]

I love the touch on how when the elevator is going down, it goes from 1-2.2 as in Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episode 1, and Half-Life Episode 2.

[@GMMReviews]

Imagine if Valve finally release a new Half-Life game, and just call it *"Half-Life 4"* just to fuck with us?

[@DropkickedBarracuda]

i hope they do, it can be a proper continuation and everything, they just never put three into the titles of their games

[@zenogias01]

. . .and then they relief Half Life: Freeman, the prequel to Half Life 4.

[@timetraveler7]

Half life 2.9

[@chloerogers8841]

Half life 2 1/2

[@eddualmeida5790]

Half Life 2.0!!!

[@andrewkalten9796]

I just noticed; the song is only 2 minutes and 59 seconds long. It never reaches 3 minutes.

[@TheNosePicker99]

In my screen it's 3:00

[@syndere6755]

@@TheNosePicker99 I believe it's frames under three minutes, so it'd round

[@insertnamehere1398]

PFFFFFT

[@Aimobilko]

lol

[@aidencarte6178]

YOU MAD MAN

[@trevrdrudd5638]

I just wanna remind everyone this song was released between 2 and 4 years ago.

[@the_skit_gamer9233]

At the start if you pay attention until the first beat drop the original Vavle game intro can be heard very slightly! Didn’t notice that did you?

[@TheChalkeaters]

We didn’t use it though, we re-recorded it from scratch for this bit :D

[@the_skit_gamer9233]

@@TheChalkeaterswell, it made that cut even though you didn’t add the real sound and did it from scratch, pretty cool you used your version of the intro in the song also the beats amazing! You guys did amazing!

[@sheersternfeld1914]

I still can't hear it

[@muffer62816]

so visible for me

[@HalfDeadPrincess-uh5hu]

When I heard it I got shivers. That was genius 0:02

[@marcellofilms0]

Half Life: S U F F E R Portal: S U F F E R Tf2: hahaha want some hats?

[@francescodegregorio2824]

TF2: S U F F E R but in a stylish fashion

[@themodestai9603]

screaming eagles!!!!!!

[@Swissy87]

The half life three disappeared when he took of pyro vision

[@ExploderIlu]

ha bots go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@Freelancer837]

Left 4 Dead: S U F F E R

[@playeronyoutube]

*Gabe just casually whistling this song on his way to his office*

[@killa8092]

Hi again. I'm Gabe N.

[@vreikezen8268]

A fan of shooters, wizard of computers and a handsome man.

[@notkimz]

Your grandfather used to blather, 'bout him a thousand years ago

[@jonnymcguire4123]

wasn't easy keeping busy, every season brings another reason not to make a game

[@ai_hi5115]

I had it all but tried new things, true. It didn’t get us very far..

[@Murkus_xd]

Fun fact : this was “3” years ago and also the vid is “3” minutes and every comment is “3” years ago except the recent ones and everytime someone says “1” “2” do some math and you get “3” and in this clip 1:04 you can see “3” special zombies and count how many numbers are in every word that has “3” letters

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

holy shit.

[@versilver]

I like how in the end GLaDOS counts to "1, 2" before getting interrupted by Gabe saying "thank you and have fun"

[@caecilliusinhorto2773]

I love the fact that this song is exactly 2:59 long instead of being 3 minutes

[@Pagina_en_blanco]

I didn't notice... LoL

[@yasho437]

For me its 2:59 on the video, but on their channel its 3:00 .

[@caecilliusinhorto2773]

@@yasho437 same

[@NoRegs30]

@Kinguim Half-life 2: episode 2.5

[@marcuscampagna1327]

@@yasho437 For some reason youtube always bumps up the runtime by one second in the recommended page

[@confused9413]

The fact that gabe newell actually did some lines is incredible

[@mothermia]

Just to show he's aware.

[@confused9413]

@@mothermia he's aware of the memes we're making or to show how stupid it is that they can't count to 3?

[@faxmachine1162]

@@confused9413 precisely, perhaps they are going to count to 3?

[@BeckyNosferatu]

And he... REALLY hasn't aged well. Poor guy, I suspect he'll have to die before we get _any_ 3rd installments of games.

[@thrashmetalkid6669]

@@BeckyNosferatu Are you kidding? Gabe looks fucking great

[@Amedyii]

It's been 3 years since this song came out and it is 3 mins long which is perfect.

[@echo4428]

it's been 3 years

[@2Meows]

Imagine if Valve just released all of their third sequels one day with no build up, advertising, or teasers.

[@pk-jn2pf]

Like that'll ever happen

[@squarehead6452]

Orange box 2: Half Life 3 Portal 3 Left 4 dead 3 (cause team fortress 2 is already perfect)

[@2Meows]

Yeah they don’t really need a new tf2 cause the art style holds up to this day, but to be fair the engine is still very old

[@thebagelbird4331]

@@Omnipotent8383 tf2 is far from perfect, I love tf2 but there's a limit It's a masterpiece but like any masterpiece it's flawed

[@_underscore_9271]

They would be able to buy all of China with the money from that

[@alexwaddington9808]

This song needs a part 2 with a huge cliffhanger that never gets resolved

[@thekingofcookies4877]

I think that's the joke....

[@serioustable9836]

or he uploads a part 3 but he titles it part 4. :)

[@angelogargamel7067]

You became the very thing you swore to destroy

[@notsocrapmex3286]

Reeee

[@akisa7865]

*Cough cough* Team fortress 2 comics *Cough*

[@PartOfTheGame]

To this day...I hope the sleeping giant awakens and truly does learn to count to 3...Half Life, Team Fortress, and Portal...Could you imagine?

[@AlternateBrian]

It's really cool to see that you actually got some of the people working in valve.

[@tuopi27]

the best part is that the word "three" is said exactly three times

[@ghuttsmckenzie4269]

And this video is 3 minutes!

[@suddddfdf8798]

@@ghuttsmckenzie4269 its actually 2:59 just to be extra cruel haha

[@tuopi27]

@@suddddfdf8798 very fitting

[@tigerfloof]

​@@suddddfdf8798 It's supposed to be 3 minutes on the dot, check the audio release pretty sure it's either youtube or adblocks removing 1 second off of videos

[@thecrab3033]

@@tigerfloof ya like cnn 10 it’s sometimes 9:59

[@_The_Dumbass_]

HEARING GLADOS SAY "well here we are again" SENDS SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE

[@resident7995]

Glad0s' entire part did that

[@Felix-Felix]

Hearing new lines of Glados sent an unique feeling down my spine. I love Ellen voice so damn much

[@UnsightlyThinker]

I’m so happy to hear new lines from THE Ellen McLain. GLaDOS will never get old.

[@Darkline-nh1bq]

"Three" -is all this man needs to say to plunge the world into chaos.

[@JackRace11]

I literally forgot how hard this song smacks, need to come back and listen to it more

[@TheBROTOTYPE]

“Say one, two and four” - Half-Life 4 CONFIRMED

[@omundodevictorcalixtodelim9752]

AaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaA

[@racinracerxp8645]

spy: no

[@casualmma]

Exactly!

[@franciscofernandezmedrano9613]

I kinda think the part of counting to three is the wait for portal 3

[@jarvis6253]

@@racinracerxp8645 *kills everyone producing half life 4*

[@CoreyLaddo]

Okay now valve is just fucking with us

[@Sade4848]

definitely feels like it, lol

[@fatalis7147]

Oh definitely. Valve are showing us that they're VERY self aware.

[@mastercollin22]

Letting the days go by~ Once in a life time~

[@saltycat8306]

Wellll they are self aware but Alyx gave us a reason to look forward into the future. SPOILER FOR HALF LIFE ALYX DO NOT CLICK READ MORE. The end after the credits showed us Gordon grabbing the crowbar.... WE CAN HAVE HOPE!

[@Uniformtree000]

You should offer your Gman animation services to them if they need it.

[@ADP23507]

The day Valve creates a game that contains the number three, it may be the first signs of the apocalypse.

[@RedactedYoutubeBrowser]

I can't believe how I only just realised that the video is 2:59 minutes long... ONE SECOND FROM THREE

[@Tarasoul101]

Oh my God you're! I never noticed

[@ianmarvin124]

Imagine if this is the official teaser trailer for HL3.

[@laugh4624]

Imagine it's a song for one of the games

[@AngelWingsYT]

@@laugh4624 or all

[@SamuelRodriguez-dp6uy]

This is a trailer for starting to make a 3rd game of all of the games Beside left4dead they sold that

[@lemo8986]

lowkey i think this is Valve's way of teasing a sequel to a game. Dota 3? Nah, Dota 2 is still making bucks Half-Life? Just got Alyx, nah Team Fortress 3? Maybe, TF2 hasnt had an update for 4 years so they could be working on it Left-4-Dead? Sold and a new franchise in the same universe just came out Counter-Strike: 3? Maybe, but CS:GO is still rolling in cash Portal 3? Probably, Portal hasnt had a game for 7 years and P2 was the most highly rated game in gaming history Or maybe.... Steam 2: This time with more sales

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

honestly after all these years this is pretty much the only way to announce it properly, no normal game trailer can do these games justice at this point.

[@LinniYT]

I love the idea of Gordon and Chell, two completely mute characters, just being best friends and dancing while all the singing is happening.

[@echo-4656]

And the fact that they are main characters of 2 best game series in history makes it even better.

[@tompurcell2513]

i don't know they look like they're dating

[@scylla1772]

Them mimicking the La La Land pose is hilarious. Guess we got a musical nerd in the graphics department around here

[@bedaexe]

Alyx: ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

[@Security-B1]

@@bedaexe Alyx can speak. She’s not invited to the mute friendship club

[@Cj_Plays_Everything]

The amount of references is shocking

[@no.one12325]

This video did such a good job at not including the number 3 but i found one fail and its not even that hidden someone else prob already found it though. at 2:02 you can see THREE buildings branded with the logos of Ubisoft, EA, and Activision obviously meant to mean that they have crossed the "other side" as Gabe puts it. but there is 3 buildings. Still a wonderful video.

[@gaqueglowl]

Valve: What comes after 2? Man: Valve: You are hired.

[@justsomeplantcells-]

It’s 4

[@moriiii4522]

wait i thought it was alyx

[@konstantinkh]

@@moriiii4522 No, no, no. You can't just go directly to Alyx. It's 1, 2, 2.1, 2.2, then Alyx. Learn to count!

[@idioticed4379]

its "and"

[@Michealsoft]

2 episode 1

[@RhiannonSmudge]

Seeing Ellen still taking on the role of GlaDOS puts a big ass smile to my face

[@AnimationJ]

Yes, really nice

[@Martin-vi5so]

I was literally wikipedia surfing earlier and I looked at her page and thought "She still does GLaDOS cameos? Wonder what she'll do next" and little did I know this had just been dropped

[@gladosglados4848]

Love her

[@bluespidergaming7719]

But thiss.....does put a smile on my face

[@testhekid]

she is literally reminding us every day that portal is such a good game

[@alexandreyu6165]

The line "Let's show'em a triple-A done right" is such a powerful message. Valve makes games, and each and every time (Artifact doesn't exist) they revolutionize the industry in some way, where other companies pump out games and milk an already established meta.

[@Hamoody12345]

For some reason this actually gives me hope for any and I mean any valve news

[@keelitgames6074]

I just find it funny that valve could literally just advertise the number 3 and immediately hype the entire game community

[@lucasriddle3431]

And everyone would wonder which games it was. Half-life? (I mean probably that one) Portal? L4D? Team Fortress? Dota? THEY HAVE SO MANY FRANCHISES ON 2

[@igunn8632]

They could just advertise the number 3 and I would buy it before it was even revealed which game

[@Colon-D...]

@@igunn8632 Artifact 3

[@chumbucket3475]

I’m imagining an E3 where Gabe Newell shows up and says “3” or plays a voice clip of GLaDOS counting to 3 and everybody feckin’ EXPLODES

[@reteeed3874]

tf3 xD

[@nothingrhymeswithorange5294]

Hearing GLaDOS say "well here we are again" made me feel good.

[@annoying_HK_guy]

To me it's the Turret choirs and that Sentry,as well the Merc

[@filindoyt6594]

I know, i felt pressured to subto them.

[@wheatleypurse]

It gave me that 🥰 feel

[@suntzu8168]

But it’s always such a pleasure

[@pcman--5326]

+

[@Gatorboy5678]

0:02 He should have said “Is this what you want to see? Say one two… And four!” 😂

[@GameCrashGaming]

you can tell so much effort went into this when you realise they made the video exactly 2:59 minutes long

[@samuelsouzaramos7558]

_"The cake may be a lie, but the nostalgia and happiness for seeing GLaDOS again, bring _*_real_*_ emotions to my heart."_

[@m.r.v.n-mobileroboticversa8354]

who doesnt love a neurotoxin dependant ai

[@thatothertrashcan]

That's just your blood turning into gasoline, its fine Cave has a way to fix it (maybe).

[@metric3098]

Combustible lemon

[@lightmare8591]

@@thatothertrashcan ha. tell that to the man himself. Oh wait. You cant. He killed himself for eating a blended up moon rock gel thinking it was a cure for cancer. I think he couldn't even fix himself XD He did find a way to resurect the dead and fix death though... OwO (caroline)

[@realcopoolman]

Play the lab on vr (if you have it) and theres AWESOME GLaDOS

[@melon5031]

i had only played TF2 and portal 2 before this, after this i played: portal, half-life, half-life 2, half-life 2: episode 1, half-life 2: episode 2, entropy: zero, and entropy: zero 2. very cool

[@moistbmw750]

Now its time for L4D1 and 2, Half Life Blue Shift and Opposing force , and Black Mesa

[@polishedrelish]

Happy 3 years

[@Stormimi]

“One...Two.... Alyx.... Four” “Wait wait what was that one?” “Four?” “No before that” “Two?”

[@AnimationJ]

Wait they can count to 4, never thought they could even make it to 4

[@somerandomgamer8504]

"Alyx?"

[@Literikdoor]

eleven twelve Alyxteen fourteen...

[@bigd8924]

Nononono, after two but before four...

[@Tankirb]

@@bigd8924 2 episode 1?

[@SomeElsenNerd420-J]

"...The Valve's been stuck, corroded by the money,..." *Minor Laceration, Detected.*

[@DinoKelFilms]

Morphine, Administered

[@bea71mc35]

They are struggling A LOT

[@therealevilmudbug]

*heartbeat moniter flatlines*

[@serenityz_pls]

love that this applies to the most popular Steam games, like TF2, Portal, and mainly Half Life

[@astraeus_BACKROOMS]

Seeing all the Portal/Portal 2 references warmed my heart as a *HUGE* Portal fan.

[@twodogsandadingo3331]

"Your grandfather used to blather about him a thousand years ago" This is hauntingly accurate to how talking about Valve feels

[@yazidefirenze]

"Hey, you know Valve made this cool game called Te-" "-eam Fortress 2, I know. "Oh. Well what about Le-" "-ft for Dead, yes, I know both games." "Well what about C-" "-S:GO, yes, I KNOW!" "And Ha-" "-lf Life 1, 2, alyx, 2 episode 1 and 2, and even Portal and Dota."

[@huemanporson9954]

@@yazidefirenze what’s funny is that back 4 blood doesn’t even have three in it

[@yazidefirenze]

@@huemanporson9954 it's also not made by valve.

[@huemanporson9954]

@@yazidefirenze “it's the product of Turtle Rock Studios, which was originally established in 2002 and acquired by Valve in 2008. For a brief period, during which it released the first Left 4 Dead, Turtle Rock was renamed Valve South. However, a rift in coordination led to a split between Valve and the studio, with Valve South separating and renaming itself Turtle Rock as a new independent company in 2010. Even after the split, Turtle Rock still retained many original L4D developers on the staff.” Your right, but this was made by the the people that were owned by valve at first and the fact that it’s still not left for dead three and still clearly left for dead, kind of adds to valve not being able to count to three.

[@twodogsandadingo3331]

@@yazidefirenze I was talking to a family member and told him about a TF2 game and he said "looks old" and was gonna tell him it only came out like 4 or 5 years ago... Pain

[@skippingstep1515]

"Let's show'em Triple-A done right!" Gave me chills. Felt like when the hero gives a badass inspirational speech before a big show to the party.

[@Arvidus89]

Let's not forget the call-back in that scene to Chalkeaters' earlier music video, seeing the whirlpool of pink puppies shining through the window onto Gabe's glasses. There are so many awesome details in this video.

[@KnigtOfSwan]

Oh those sneaky sweet electro things in swing, goosebumps are real.

[@NightshadeUnholyNEXUS]

My favourite part was that Monster that was playing the Guitar and GLaDOS singing, even the ending and also the audience singing. Classic, man.

[@arthurborges6365]

The fact of the vídeo having 2:59 minutes is an incredible detail

[@le_r0se948]

Oh my god you're right

[@galaxygamer7019]

I didn't notice

[@Recruit_Zer0]

I didn't notice, you are a genius

[@pogromcafoliarzy7494]

@Archy_Valt March is third month :///

[@therandomhedgehog6557]

youtube does that, it does something with the last second

[@X-SPONGED]

The fact that you got Gaben, Stupendium, and GlaDOS for this song gives me hope for humanity

[@redaipo]

They didn't actually get gabe, the Stupendium voiced him.

[@Opofake]

@@redaipo They got Gaben for the beginning and ending parts

[@redaipo]

Nevermind, Gabe did record some lines although Stupendium sung for him.

[@Skeke]

Gaben looks so old...

[@misternikolas8611]

For some reason when stupendium plays as a corporate CEO or an authority figure, it always feels done very well

[@solarrecordsroblox]

This song is so catchy, it's been stuck in my head for a while now. Thanks for making this!

[@caml8312]

I love how its only 2:59 seconds long never going over i love it.

[@Mona-by8qq]

Not only did you get Gaben and Ellen, you’ve also managed to get the voice actors for Gordon and Chell.

[@feetMaster69]

You can hear them during the entire song

[@AL-ey9fx]

What do you me- ahhhhhhh, jeje (it’s funny because they never speak). Fun fact: Did you know the voice actors for Chell and Freeman are the most expensive in history?

[@spacebug5686]

my favourite quote by Gordon is " " such an amazing and memorable line

[@cateyedboy4168]

Yeah, it's amazing they were able to do that.

[@hoogis]

@@feetMaster69 yeah they're the backing vocals

[@theredknight3736]

For some reason, looking at Gordon and Chell dancing makes me happy

[@dipstick06]

fr it gives me so much serotonin

[@theredknight3736]

@@dipstick06 Yes

[@AnimationJ]

It gives me hope

[@waffle_bars]

It really is a clever way to include an iconic pair of silent protagonists

[@spamtongspamton3422]

Two of the best franchises together. Hoping to be cared for.

[@JefeCake]

"Life gave you lemons, take them out the freezer" basically encapsulates modern valve entirely

[@DisplacedSquidify]

I didn't know how much I wanted glados in a dapper hat until this

[@MoreImbaThanYou]

I'll never get tired of hearing Ellen McLain as GLaDOS. Never.

[@glendarjj3991]

Though it's weird hearing her normal voice. It's like YOUR VOICE SHOULD ALWAYS SOUND ROBOTIC

[@aids7733]

or even administrator

[@neilthomson459]

that is agreed upon

[@cayo990tm8]

I go nuts when i hear her voice... WAIT A MINUTE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT I MEANT

[@uglies7056]

@@aids7733 no but overwatch

[@binge_]

"Life gave you lemons, take them out the freezer" is such a great line

[@andreychik32]

I can't understand meaning of this line :(

[@constrictedconstitution6451]

@@mugrides6177 We know, LP was referring to the freezer portion.

[@Kicksticks]

@@constrictedconstitution6451 lmao how tf do you know what they were thinking

[@SilentlyPrickable]

@@Kicksticks Well, i'm Portal fan and don't understand the freezer part either xD

[@baileywithaw]

bruh the whole song is a great line

[@Funlife411]

Is nobody gonna talk about how this video is exactly 2 minutes and 59 seconds

[@Sofatiner]

Спустя 2 года, мне снова попался этот шедевр! Спасибо вам Chalkeaters! ❤❤❤

[@theninjascientist689]

"Life have you lemons, take them out the freezer" Lyrical genius.

[@bluespidergaming7719]

No You make life TAKE THISE LEMONS BACK I DONT WANT YOUR DAMN LEMONS IM GONNA BURN LIFES HOUSE DOWN.....WITH THE LEMONS YEAH IM GONNA HAVE MY SCIENTISTS CREATE A COMBUSTABLE LEMON

[@porterhaldiman1719]

Getting the actual gaben himself to be in this is just like the cherry on top of this beautiful 3 scoop sundae of a song, 3 out of 2

[@oplik0]

@UCLz_4CmW1uex9GCZeYoGV6w The Stupendium did the singing parts as Gabe, but the lines at the start and end of the song are actually recorded by Gaben.

[@GoodChimkin]

@@oplik0 yeah, i think he knows dude

[@matthewlaxon828]

@@oplik0 were they just clips or original recordings

[@JameyMcQueen]

@@oplik0 When did they say he sang? All they said was he was in it.

[@TheStupendium]

@@matthewlaxon828 They were recorded specifically for this. :)

[@bentibbly437]

It's crazy to even hear Ellen's voice in over about a decade. And i love how down to earth both gabe and Ellen are during the recording of the song. It just makes them even more lovable.

[@hudecslo3098]

its been two years yet stil we wait

[@if-i-was-rude-i-am-sorry]

“This time you’re bound to count to three!” Everyone: Portal 3? Half-Life 3? Team Fortress 3? Left4Dead 3? Valve: Steam OS 3.

[@onion2787]

OH MY GOD I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS WAS LIKE.....thank you....

[@martinfyhn1976]

Left4Dead3 = Back4Blood

[@kirbyisnotapokemon4750]

back 4 blood doesn't look very good

[@mkatrfamily4404]

"there evolving, just backwards"

[@reddragontr4542]

@@kirbyisnotapokemon4750 ikr

[@casperwashere]

Valve could release a teaser image of just the number 3 and the entire internet would lose its mind

[@daianaspereyra5874]

Valve: Note that out, note that out!

[@Xalphoria]

id really love for Gabe to walk onto stage at e3 with out anyone knowing and just say 3 then walk off stage

[@Someoneyeeted]

@@Xalphoria lmao that would br perfect

[@Thedude3rd]

"But which one? We'll never know..."

[@cooldemon5545]

@@Xalphoria Portal 3, Left 4 Dead 3, and Half Life 3.

[@AssailentDEV]

2:59 hahahaha perfect detail of the song never making it till 3 minutes.

[@m1stq933]

Hearing GLaDOS's Voice after years... is relaxing and heart warming

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Jokes on us Valve announces Half-Life: Alyx 2 baybeeeeee

[@pumpkinspicecat650]

Alyx: Episode 1

[@corentinp8115]

I'll just call that CBT at this point

[@KRUSH-R]

Half Life: Alyx: Deathmatch

[@ghost2130Main]

Wait what. I was expecting for 3 cause im poor for vr glasses

[@iwiffitthitotonacc4673]

@@KRUSH-R as if valve would use their energy on an arena shooter lol

[@goldenweed1993]

2:06 Gabe said "triple" We're finally moving somewhere

[@sachiconza9406]

Getting there...

[@Tacopaper]

sucks that that was stupedium not actually gabe

[@ceu160193]

@@Tacopaper Damn it, Gabe! When will you learn to count to 3?

[@overfailed3639]

Small steps. Slow and steady wins the game.

[@bramgroot2419]

i mean . .. . .. I GUESS

[@Dewooooo]

bro even "still alive" from portal 1 is longer than 3 minutes.

[@alu2901]

Did you get the joke? Did you understand the funny?

[@Dewooooo]

@@alu2901 bruh

[@Ast0sH]

Teacher : "Alright everyone, today we will continue how to count. Gabe, what comes after 2?" Kid Gabe at school : "2.1?" *Entire class laughing* Teacher : "No Gabe. Stop playing with janitor's Crowbar and learn how to count if you don't want to be poor and homeless after. F" Billion dollars Gabe which still didn't solve the riddle "what comes after 2" : "Who's laughing now?"

[@ntf-airsoft1173]

Got to love how good of a sport Gabe is about the jokes, even taking part in a video that pokes fun at him

[@electrobuzzgamer2087]

no it wasn't Gabe that voices Gabe, The Stupendium did.

[@ntf-airsoft1173]

@@electrobuzzgamer2087 I know, he just lended his voice for the start and end of the video

[@mjsugod1385]

@@electrobuzzgamer2087 he meant the beginning of the song

[@typowynieogar]

@@mjsugod1385 and that's when you can See that the owner of company has humor

[@mjsugod1385]

@@typowynieogar You probably already know this but the Gaben Announcer Pack from Dota 2 is hilarious

[@smilemore7431]

This one is a lot friendlier then “It Just Works” you can tell they actually like Valve’s games despite poking fun at the lack of a certain number.

[@yazidefirenze]

Say one, two... and four!

[@nurakermmeho7908]

To be fair, Valve isn't selling HL on all of the goddamn platforms without a hope of a sequel. We just have no hope for a sequel(not really, Alyx gave us hope now). Gaben may be bathing in money, but he hasn't been uploading bugged as hell games constantly and asking for more money in a paid game(artifact isn't a game anymore, so yeah)

[@ErwanFrosterFox]

@@nurakermmeho7908 Technically Artifact is now a sort of abandonware ? It's free at least. And pretty fun ! But I'd never have payed money for it. But it's a fun concept and game ! Just monetized horribly.

[@MarmoMossBoll]

tf2

[@TheDJBrojo]

The jazz is real here

[@Hydrant749]

i love how people are saying that three has been said a total of three times on the course of the video, but ignore the part where all of the crowd say it at the same time

[@themanwhospeaksinhands3724]

The saxophone really pulls the song together and the crowbar

[@generalbeo6836]

I can’t believe they got the actual voice of GLADOS FOR THIS!

[@bleares]

not to mention clips from Gabe Newell himself

[@herioper3497]

@@bleares y e s

[@DisgruntledDoomer]

Gaben is the actual surprise here. Voiceactors will do stuff for money, but Gabe...? Who knows what motivates him!

[@VvvvvaVvvvvvr]

@@bleares You do realize Gaben is a gamer too? Ellis is very involved in the community ad well. Not that hard to believe.

[@bleares]

@@VvvvvaVvvvvvr dude i know all of that I just said something i thought was cool. stop trying to talk down to ppl on the internet

[@JeyM1]

Video is 2:59 in length GLADOS is performed by a real GLADOS They even got GOD-GABEN to read a couple of lines of the song.. "Three" is actually sung three times This is just incredible.

[@MouseGoat]

yeah, this is the ultimate shitpost, we reaching level 6 level of shitpots :O

[@SanityHarvey]

@@skipmanghondarg They got the actual Ellen to voice the Glados part

[@skipmanghondarg]

@@SanityHarvey Yeah-yeah, description whooshed right behind me, im sorry

[@Smartoom]

I am waiting for Half-Life ̶3̶ next game

[@LSFRNG6266]

what i think makes it even better is the fact that except for the choir everyone else is hesitant to say three

[@linkibear8644]

The funny thing is a lot of people who are like me would just play half-life 3, love it, and then be at PEACE with the gaming industry, I feel like I wouldn't even need to play another game ever again xD

[@thesoultree2193]

I dont trust the modern game industry I love the games but I dont want the final game in the series to negative

[@xmplayYT]

All right, I've been thinking, when life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade! Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man whose gonna burn your house down - with the lemons!🎉🎉🎉🍋🍋🍋