Not only is he really going, but giving the cash to charity as well? Kudos to the guy, to the whole company really. I wish more developers, heck, businesses in general, would realise that goodwill and quality go much further towards gaining and keeping fans and customers than gimmicks, rushjobs and cold corporate mannerisms. Valve has so many fans not because of its good game (though they certainly help) but more because of how involved they are in the community, and the impression they give to it in general.
Gabe Newell Goes Down Under Thanks to Internet
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Wow lets hope he puts that crowbar to good use and puts them in there place go convince 'em valve!
Awesome hopefully Gabe will see the Mod then stop boycotting it.
Call the graphics engine lame, the gameplay shit and go back inside to drink atleast 500 gallons of cola, most probably...Croaker42 said:
Yeah but it's kind of...apt, much in the way that the picture of Hideo Kojima riding a duck is apt. And I like Gabe and all but hey, the man is huge.Amnestic said:And so the fat jokes begin.SomeBritishDude said:
Cue the OBJECTION!ers in 3...2...
It's cool that he actually went. There really needs to be a new picture of the guy though
Also it's really classy of them to donate the money to charity, and there's the added bonus of the fact that he might be able to convince Australia's heads of state to stop being so tight-assed with the video game ratings system. Also there's a chance I will win one million dollars right...now.
...ok now.
...it might take a while...
I said this before but I'll say it again, I really hope this guy's mod is really, really good.
I don't want to imagine Gabe trying it out and saying "ummmm....well....you want to play L4D2 now?"
This story must end happily!
I don't want to imagine Gabe trying it out and saying "ummmm....well....you want to play L4D2 now?"
This story must end happily!
Yet another great show of the dedication Valve has to it's fans. It's this very dedication that makes them one of the greatest developers out there. Also...
Yes it does. I also ride a crocodile to school and have a pet kookabura. I also have a wardrobe full of leather outfits and always have a kukri by my side.CantFaketheFunk said:
No we have Dropbears an animal closely related to the koala only not a lazy shite that sleeps all day. They wait in trees for small mammels such as wallabies and Tasmanian devils to walk underneath the tree, then they drop out of the tree fall on their prey and devour them. They have been known to attack small children and on a few occasions bodies of adult males have been found bearing their distinctive attack marks. Luckily since white settlers first arrived in the 1700's the numbers of Dropbears have declined greatly due to hunting and they can be found only in isolated pockets infrequented by humans. Several research groups like the CSIRO are currently conducting studies on the remaining population.CantFaketheFunk said:
Kangaroos will probably only just punch your face in. It's the dropbears you have to be worried about.
