Found this hidden inside Portal 2 media.

[Jackv152]

Found this 1 second video of the following image.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=516654096

It seems to be some sort of code. It is located at Portal2/portal2/media/ folder. The file name is valve_portal2_fp.

Does anyone know what this is? Was it part of the old ARG or is this new? The last update was on June 26, so someone must have noticed this alredy. Any ideas?

From the wiki:
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/List_of_Portal_2_Movies
"Broken video. Similar to coop_black_screen.bik, but contains a 256 bytes long hexadecimal string."

EDIT: Updated image link. Thanks to user The GLaDOS Gamer - Alien Hunter.

[ctrlj]

Originally posted by GiantPlaidSquirrel:

I also found this spooky string in my hex editor

xa37dd45ffe100bfffcc9753aabac325f07cb3fa231144fe2e33ae4783feead2b8a73ff021fac326df0ef9753ab9cdf6573ddff0312fab0b0ff39779eaff312a4f5de65892ffee33a44569bebf21f66d22e54a22347efd375981188743afd99baacc342d88a99321235798725fedcbf43252669dade32415fee89da543bf23d4ex

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2spooky4me

[Kokoapadoa II]

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Originally posted by GiantPlaidSquirrel:

I also found this spooky string in my hex editor

xa37dd45ffe100bfffcc9753aabac325f07cb3fa231144fe2e33ae4783feead2b8a73ff021fac326df0ef9753ab9cdf6573ddff0312fab0b0ff39779eaff312a4f5de65892ffee33a44569bebf21f66d22e54a22347efd375981188743afd99baacc342d88a99321235798725fedcbf43252669dade32415fee89da543bf23d4ex

I find that hex string
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2spooky4me

shoo

[ctrlj]

Originally posted by WoodCoal:

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

I find that hex string
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2spooky4me

shoo

Seriously, it is spooky, because this is what it decodes to:
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[ctrlj]

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Originally posted by WoodCoal:

shoo

Seriously, it is spooky, because this is what it decodes to:
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Or, if you want to actually read it, it says this: £}Ô_þÿüÉu:«¬2_Ë?¢1Oâã:äx?î­+Šsÿ¬2mðï—S«œßesÝÿú°°ÿ9wž¯ó¤õÞe‰/þã:DV›ëòfÒ.T¢#GïÓu˜ˆt:ý™º¬ÃB؊™25y‡%þÜ¿C%&iÚÞ2A_î‰ÚT;ò=N


Now I'm no coding expert, but that sure seems like a lot of gibberish.

[Kokoapadoa II]

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Originally posted by WoodCoal:

shoo

Seriously, it is spooky, because this is what it decodes to:
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I'll let someone else to decide this if this is real or not, I'm mainly here to shoo away the trolls.

[ctrlj]

Originally posted by WoodCoal:

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Seriously, it is spooky, because this is what it decodes to:
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I'll let someone else to decide this if this is real or not, I'm mainly here to shoo away the trolls.

I'm not a troll, I was actually the one who started this up again after it died out for about 6 months. I've been with it since when this discussion started, and I've been very optimistic this whole time.

[Kokoapadoa II]

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Originally posted by WoodCoal:

I'll let someone else to decide this if this is real or not, I'm mainly here to shoo away the trolls.

I'm not a troll, I was actually the one who started this up again after it died out for about 6 months. I've been with it since when this discussion started, and I've been very optimistic this whole time.

I later realised that, and stay. I was a bit hasty.

Now I got to do homework before I get caught dooting on steam.

[ctrlj]

Originally posted by WoodCoal:

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

I'm not a troll, I was actually the one who started this up again after it died out for about 6 months. I've been with it since when this discussion started, and I've been very optimistic this whole time.

I later realised that, and stay. I was a bit hasty.

Now I got to do homework before I get caught dooting on steam.

Haha. I've done that one too many times myself.

[Ossy Flawol]

This thread has been alive for a while.

[Driconian]

Originally posted by ZombOS Gaming:

This thread has been alive for a while.

Still Alive Still Alive

[Box Spy UwU]

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Seriously, it is spooky, because this is what it decodes to:
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Or, if you want to actually read it, it says this: £}Ô_þÿüÉu:«¬2_Ë?¢1Oâã:äx?î­+Šsÿ¬2mðï—S«œßesÝÿú°°ÿ9wž¯ó¤õÞe‰/þã:DV›ëòfÒ.T¢#GïÓu˜ˆt:ý™º¬ÃB؊™25y‡%þÜ¿C%&iÚÞ2A_î‰ÚT;ò=N


Now I'm no coding expert, but that sure seems like a lot of gibberish.

has anyone tried puting that in the console?

[Mikemk]

Originally posted by rwilts98:

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Or, if you want to actually read it, it says this: £}Ô_þÿüÉu:«¬2_Ë?¢1Oâã:äx?î­+Šsÿ¬2mðï—S«œßesÝÿú°°ÿ9wž¯ó¤õÞe‰/þã:DV›ëòfÒ.T¢#GïÓu˜ˆt:ý™º¬ÃB؊™25y‡%þÜ¿C%&iÚÞ2A_î‰ÚT;ò=N


Now I'm no coding expert, but that sure seems like a lot of gibberish.

has anyone tried puting that in the console?

What console and doing what with it? It's a ton of gibberish

[Jinkata]

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It's actually too long to enter into the console. The console cuts it off 1 character from the end.

[ᅚ]

Originally posted by Driconian:

Originally posted by ZombOS Gaming:

This thread has been alive for a while.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

Originally posted by Supercyberkid:

Originally posted by Politically Correct Master Race:

this thread just won't die, huh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14

this discussion may never die.

[Jinkata]

I think even if Valve themselves posted on here that there is nothing to this file and that it should be ignored, we (myself included) would continue to look into it. We just love a good conspiracy/mystery.