Fly Gabe Newell Fund Raises $3000

[Keane Ng]

Yeah, Gabe does seem like a very cool guy. Makes me feel bad for all the "LOL GABE IS PHAT" jokes I've made in my more foolish days.

I asked Joe how he even ended up becoming internet-friends with Gabe in the first place. Here's what he said:

Just by bouncing emails off him. Usually, they come back. I think it started with me asking for an autographed X800XT (back when that card was the best you could get), to which he responded by sending me a cardboard one and a Day of Defeat poster. I thought that was awesome. He also let me interview him (by email) for a high school project, which is probably entirely responsible for my getting a good mark.

 

[Dioxide20]

3000$ in 3 days? That's impressive.

Gotta love Valve, now maybe if there was a similar fund for episode 3...

One of the donators suggested locking Gabe Newell in a basement the moment he got there and forcing him to make episode 3.

You never know it might even work.

ROFL! You have just made my day!

 

[Keane Ng]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The sooner you guys give up on Episode 3 the healthier you'll be.

 

[Monshroud]

I sincerely hope that the Mod doesn't suck. I have met way too many folk who have written some mod for a game saying that it is great and really expands the concepts of the game only to see them be pieces of crap.

I do think it is awesome that Gabe and Co will take them up on the offer and fly out to see this guys mod. It is really great to see companies wanting to connect with the community they created.

 

[Swaki]

im so happy that the 1 dollar i donated is going to help a bedroom developer and get Gabe a piece of dry chicken.

 

[Doug]

Wouldn't it make more sense to fly himself to Valve? I mean, in terms of people having to fly and all.

 

[Heathrow]

It's all a tongue in cheek thing, made interesting more because of the way people were willing to chip in real money to make the joke play out.

The only truly worthwhile part of life is the jokes.

 

[GonzoGamer]

So did the airline make him get two seats in the end?

Nice job, taking a joke that is overused and making it more stale. I salute you, GonzoGamer.

Joke?! Who's joking?
Have you seen pictures of this guy? I'm totally serious.

"No you can't take a whole cooked Turkucken as your carryon mr Newell, it doesn't fit in the overhead, Rob Reiner already tried."
That's a joke.

 

[Shycte]

3000 dollars?

The internet is a powerful thing indeed.

 

[GonzoGamer]

NO, it is not funny to make fun of obese people...

Since when?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cscMIkmzMWI

 

[sturryz]

Ha Ha! Take that Gary Coleman!

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

Goooooo Gabe.

I'm just saying he better have one damn impressive mod to grace the hands of Gabe.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

You know...I wanna see this L4D campaign...

 

[GonzoGamer]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Politeness

I'm from NYC: we eat like animals and treat each other like dirt. Polite isn't in our vocabulary.

 

[IntangibleMango]

One word: Awesome.

 

[VincentX3]

Now this.. is really awsome! I cant say anything eles for once!