Seemed to have some big potential to me Surf. Lots of bonkers visuals with some wild timey wimey teleporting stuff. Crazy spectacle. I dunno. Fires up my imagination.

I would imagine if it were a fake, we'd know by now.

But it's so weird. If you've got such a vague, inconsistent, and pretty run of the mill outline of what might happen in EP3, why even release it?

Bizarre

Reading through it a 2nd time I am noticing inconsistacies. The type of vessel changes (sub, ocean liner). That does not seem like something Mr Laidlaw would do.

A copy of it the original and a "fixed" version can be found here https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3/ (Link from VALVe News Network). If this is a fake we should find out quickly. sm

I read the first couple of paragraphs, where the author makes a synopsis of the events leading up to Episode 3, and a short prologue. It's hard to tell if it's Marc's doing, since as I understood from the OP, the english version is not the original one.

Can somebody who already read it, tell, without any spoilers, is that read is something that Marc would write? Or let alone, someone who is a writer? I'm just curious about legitemacy of it.

It would seem that Marc's site is down at the moment. Something doesn't seem right to me here. The author of that article might not be Marc.

Either way, I don't know what to think of it. If it's indeed the original plot of Episode 3, I'm not really sure I want to read it, since I could potentially be spoiling a future Half-Life 3 for me (as slim as those chances might be).

Wow, this is.. unexpected. But cool to see a pretty vague outline of what may have come of EP3.

I do have a weird feeling of bittersweet closure, but more bitter than sweet. Not sure what to make of this honestly.

Thank you, Marc.