Hello cigarettes, I figured I'd tell you a little story
>Wake up in the morning, 6am, tired as forget
>Got no sleep, woke up with nightmare
>Freaking out
>Slowly begin crying because I got no sleep and have to leave in ten minutes
>forget it
>Get out of bed anyways
>Skip school
>Get up, turn on computer
>Tired as forget still
>Turn on Steam
>Friend messages me saying TF2 got an update
>Freak out harder
>Open TF2
>See that I have a new notification
>Hat name: "Triple Threat"
>Half Life 3 logo plastered on front
>Almost die from a heart attack it's finally here
>Description: "Hope it was worth the wait"
>Effect: Circling Headcrabs
>OHstuff.JPG
>Another new item
>Headcrab Helmet
>Soldier's default hat, but a headcrab painted onto it.
>Turns everything into HL3 vision
>Literally everything relates to HL3
>Join a 2fort server to see how it looks
>See box underwater, it's glistening so I go after it
>Everyone else is coming too, but I'm the only one not lagging from the apparent server crash
>Ultimate PC master race
>I get to it
>New item in Steam inventory
>Half Life 3
>Have a heart attack
>At the hospital
>They bring my laptop
>Click "Play Game"
>Install time: 3 days
>Hospital time: 1 week
>forget yes
>Start up game
>Valve logo replaced with Gabe
>Sound replaced with 'Gaben'
>Menu is covered in Gabe Newell
>Hover any button, makes 'Gaben' sound
>Click "Start New Game"
>Entire screen is just Gabe Newell
>"I hope it was worth the wait" flashes on screen
>All I hear is someone screaming in the distance
>Computer explodes
>Catches curtains on fire
>Wooden house
>Catches house on fire
>Grab everything I have
>Grab everything I can
>Look at house as firemen arrive
>A flag finally falls over the front of my house
>Gabe Newell "Worth the Wait" image that blew up my computer
>Nuclear bomb explodes where I was standing
>Survive by a natural force
>Wander the earth looking for an actual copy of the game
>Find one in Lincoln, Nebraska GameStop
>Find it, open case
>Steal a nearly broken Xbox 1080
>Boot up the game
>Holy stuff, it actually works
>Beat game
>Massive cliffhanger, wondering if it's resolved in the epilogue
>All I see is Alyx walk up next to Gordon
>"Was it worth the wait?"
>City 17 in ruins
>Was it worth the wait?
>World completely devastated
>Was it worth the wait?
>Apocalypse
>Was it worth the wait?
>Half Life 3
>Was it worth the wait?
