Man proposes to girlfriend using custom-made Portal 2 maps.

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Jimmy T. Malice

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Over the moon? I see what you did there.

OT: Good for them. There's certainly a lot more effort involved than some marriage proposals...
 

Robert Ewing

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Best wishes :) And a very, very neat way of proposing. Yet it only saddens me that I won't be as creative as this when my time comes.
 

HazelrahFiver

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You know what sucks about this vid though? My girl showed me this, which means the pressure is now on. Not only is marriage probably on her fucking mind, but I have to think of something at least this clever or it will seem like a disappointment! Dudes, stop posting your emotional BS on the internet, ruining the rest of our relationships! WTF am I going to do now, make a real portal gun and propose with it? Because that's about my only option now!
 

Archemetis

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Jimmy T. Malice said:
Over the moon? I see what you did there.

OT: Good for them. There's certainly a lot more effort involved than some marriage proposals...
Holy shit I didn't even notice I did that!

God, I'm wittier than I knew!
 

Lionsfan

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It's really awesome and Congrats! Definitely a neat way to do it.


Also you're now a Yahoo Celebrity. You got featured on their front page, and a Yahoo Gaming Story [http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/romance-still-alive-portal-2-proposal-wows-001416958.html]


A video game isn't usually considered a particularly romantic form of expression.

But when Gary Hudston's girlfriend Stephy celebrated her 21st birthday this week, he relied on a game to help express his feelings -- and what resulted is one of the best video game marriage proposals of all time.

A little backstory: The couple had been dating for five years, and Hudston had always promised that his proposal would be both geeky and unique. Having made up his mind to take the plunge, he reached out to the modding community for critical darling Portal 2. The result was a fantastic trio of levels for Portal 2 that eventually led to a proposal voiced by none other than the game's lovable villain, GLaDOS.

"I surprised her with the mod after she was done opening her presents," Hudston told Yahoo! Games. "She was confused at first, but played along as she knew I was clearly up to something. She tells me that it crossed her mind that it might be a proposal but she decided that she was getting ahead of herself and that it was probably just an elaborate birthday gift. That was until she realized that GLaDOS was talking directly to her."

"From that point on she was quiet, save for some muttered disbelief and, by the time GLaDOS was asking her the question, she was in tears. When she looked over to me I was already on one knee with the ring. Also in tears."

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In-game proposals have happened before, but part of what makes this one so engaging is that Hudston had managed to enlist the help of Portal 2 creators, Valve Software.

He didn't have a lot of luck at first, but then reached out directly to Ellen McLain, the voice of GLaDOS.

"She was just lovely, and with her help we were able to contact [Portal 2 writer] Erik Wolpaw who promised to try and fit in some time to record some dialogue for me," says Hudston.

A month later, Wolpaw told him of an opening in a recording session. Hudston stayed up until 4:00 am putting together words that rang true with GLaDOS, but still made it quite clear that he was proposing.

That took care of the audio, but he had no game to go with it.

Hopping onto the forums of ThinkingWithPortals.com, he put out a call for help ? one that was answered by talented modders Douglas "TopHATTwaffle" Hoogland and Rachel "Miss Stabby" van der Meer. Over the next six weeks, the team worked furiously to brainstorm and complete the mod. (Want to live the romance? Hoogland has graciously made the proposal mod downloadable.)

It takes a special kind of gamer -- and future spouse -- to pull off a cool video game proposal, but when they're done right, they're pretty spectacular. One gamer named Phil asked his now-wife to marry him by hacking her copy of Chrono Trigger, while a developer from Bioware proposed to his girlfriend (who also happened to work at the studio) by building a custom level in Minecraft.

Hudston's proposal was certainly more high-profile. And one thing's for certain: When the couple finally does get married -- currently scheduled for February 2012 -- there's bound to be no end to the "The cake is a lie" jokes at their reception.


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This is by far the best proposal I've seen. I've seen some of the nerdy proposals, from the Pokemon one to the other one I've forgotten, but this one stands tall above them all.

Congrats to the happy couple too, best wishes.
 

Radelaide

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RAKtheUndead said:
Is this supposed to be heartwarming? It's not. All that effort for a pointless, extortionately expensive ceremony and a few tax breaks. What a waste of time.
RAK, why come into threads like this if you're not into the whole "relationship and marriage" thing? You're such a downer when it comes to stuff like this.

OT: I feel quite the opposite to grumpy pants ^ there. I'm very happy for you both and that was very clever. Perhaps I should drop some hints soon.
 

Radelaide

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RAKtheUndead said:
Radelaide said:
RAKtheUndead said:
Is this supposed to be heartwarming? It's not. All that effort for a pointless, extortionately expensive ceremony and a few tax breaks. What a waste of time.
RAK, why come into threads like this if you're not into the whole "relationship and marriage" thing? You're such a downer when it comes to stuff like this.
Because there are some people who everything seems to be all sunshine and rainbows for, and it makes me bitter and resentful about my own life. It's a form of gloating.

Then pick another form of gloating, it makes you look pathetic. Sometimes there are rainbows and sunshine.