Gabe Newell Chats About Source 2 With 4chan

[Helmholtz Watson]

If you must create a new Source engine then please work on one veeeery important aspect of it, its only three words long; but its very vital to a gaming experience:- Proper Hit Detection.

Been plaguing the source games for years now.

hey what is your avatar from?

OP:So....no news on HL3?

 

[cieply]

Props to Gaben for not calling security when he heard 4chan was at the door. Bigger props for having what looks to be a long conversation with them. Hell, I'm not a tenth as important and I can't afford to drop everything for an hour and talk to someone who walks in off the street.

But this is exactly the kind of PR that's most important for a company that makes games. While other companies pander to the likes of Pachter and journalists, Gabe is convinced that his fans sell his products by word of mouth better than any indusry "guru". 4chan has one of the most vibrant and active userbases, and apart from spewing shit on a daily basis, these guys produce or popularize enormous amounts of content that circulates on the net. If 4chan likes your game, you'll see it in memes, yt comments, yt vids, raids and trolling (or lack of threreof). This means more than any Metacritic score or IGN/Gametrailers review.

What surprised me was how well he actually knew 4chan's animosities. His jab at reddit was masterful and immediately won him over the crowd.

 

[EHKOS]

It will have the most amazing physics ever seen and be made of hats

It will be able to effortlessly process THREE hats on one head at once.

Your head did not know warmth before Team Fortress 4.

The original can already do that, which means SIX HATS AT A TIME!
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Towering_Pillar_of_Hats

 

[wooty]

If you must create a new Source engine then please work on one veeeery important aspect of it, its only three words long; but its very vital to a gaming experience:- Proper Hit Detection.

Been plaguing the source games for years now.

hey what is your avatar from?

OP:So....no news on HL3?

Its from Haruhi Suzumiya. Weird yet addictive series really.

 

[chuckey]

soo guys, this news article reminded me of this video i saw on youtube which predicted the making of ricochet 2