Some people =/ If you read up about Vampire Bloodlines you would know HL2 would go gold straight away, because Vampire Bloodlines is not being developed by Valve but will be on the Source engine. I read this months ago.
<!--QuoteBegin-Maveric+Aug 28 2004, 12:56 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maveric @ Aug 28 2004, 12:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well, that's a bullet to the head...
<b><span style='font-size:15pt;line-height:100%'>ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I JUST REGESTERED MY HL2 ACTIVATION KEY FROM MY ATI-RADEON 9800'S COUPON!!!</span></b>
<b>O</b>wnage.
[made the text five sizes bigger <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ] <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> What the-? Why didn't you do it earlier so you could play CS:S like the rest of us?
<span style='color:red'>Update: </span>At present, the announcement is not confirmed as being posted by Gabe Newell as his account may have been<span style='font-size:30pt;line-height:100%'><b> compromised</b>.</span>
Security compromised at Vavlve HQ? IMPOSSIBLE!!!
Yeah, I've learnt to stop getting excited and wait for it to hit shelves before I start going into a zomghl2weeee frenzy again.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Update:</b> After going over the facts with HL2 Fallout's Mr Bond, we have come to the conclusion that this is most likely a hoax. We are still waiting for final direct confirmation from Valve. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <i>www.csnation.net</i>
Some people on the Hl2.net forums claim they have emails from gabe that gabe confirmed that this post was fake(which is btw very unrealistic cause its like 3 am there). There are also rumours that the ip-adress seems to be different...
I almost got my hopes up once again...
*update*
HL2 Fallout: <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->After a close scrutiny of Gabe Newell’s account history on the forums, we've come to the conclusion that the gold post is a fake. While we can't be 100% certain at this stage, all indicators point towards someone hacking the forum account. That said, all Gabe's previous posts on these forums are quite legitimate.
We apologize for the confusion and will be investigating further. Theoretically, an IPB forum account should be very difficult to hack. Well, that was the theory at least. We'll keep you updated.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Aug 28 2004, 11:05 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Aug 28 2004, 11:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Whats to say other than "About freaking time" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> The words "Lies, all lies" come to mind. Shame that it wasn't real...
/me goes off playing some NS <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-BizZy | 9mm Messiah+Aug 28 2004, 06:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BizZy | 9mm Messiah @ Aug 28 2004, 06:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Good thing my pops will be in the states when HL2 is released. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats anywhere between now and the apocolypse
Pre-loading is one thing, Gold is another <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
HL2Fallout is down, probably because they A. got hammered or B. decided it was fake and didn't want to deal with it for a while. I'm going with the "fake" idea, because the timing of his post is sort of weird for someone in Seattle, where Valve is.
<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Aug 28 2004, 11:57 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Aug 28 2004, 11:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-BizZy | 9mm Messiah+Aug 28 2004, 06:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BizZy | 9mm Messiah @ Aug 28 2004, 06:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Good thing my pops will be in the states when HL2 is released. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats anywhere between now and the apocolypse <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> OMG! NO! Wait... hold on, Buffy & Angel will save us! Go them!
<!--QuoteBegin-Mendasp+Aug 28 2004, 11:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mendasp @ Aug 28 2004, 11:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So we have to wait for confirmation... D: <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Who from? If Gabe Newells forum account was hacked so easily, can we trust anything thats posted from any forum or website by a member of Valve? or do we sit, read every anoouncement by valve and think "Probably a hacker wrote this. This isnt true".
<!--QuoteBegin-Cartman2b^+Aug 28 2004, 03:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cartman2b^ @ Aug 28 2004, 03:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mendasp+Aug 28 2004, 11:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mendasp @ Aug 28 2004, 11:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So we have to wait for confirmation... D: <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Who from? If Gabe Newells forum account was hacked so easily, can we trust anything thats posted from any forum or website by a member of Valve? or do we sit, read every anoouncement by valve and think "Probably a hacker wrote this. This isnt true". <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I said that when the first speculations about a hoax were thrown around >_>
By your logic, I can go to the first page and call everyone an idiot because it's fake, right?
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They've also changed the picture of the box...
<b>ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I JUST REGESTERED MY HL2 ACTIVATION KEY FROM MY ATI-RADEON 9800'S COUPON!!!</b>
<b>O</b>wnage.
[Infi deflated my text.]
<b><span style='font-size:15pt;line-height:100%'>ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I JUST REGESTERED MY HL2 ACTIVATION KEY FROM MY ATI-RADEON 9800'S COUPON!!!</span></b>
<b>O</b>wnage.
[made the text five sizes bigger <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ] <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
What the-? Why didn't you do it earlier so you could play CS:S like the rest of us?
Oh, crap, that's a good question...
Oh, wait...
<b>It's a BETA</b>.
<span style='color:red'>Update: </span>At present, the announcement is not confirmed as being posted by Gabe Newell as his account may have been<span style='font-size:30pt;line-height:100%'><b> compromised</b>.</span>
Security compromised at Vavlve HQ?
IMPOSSIBLE!!!
Yeah, I've learnt to stop getting excited and wait for it to hit shelves before I start going into a zomghl2weeee frenzy again.
Oh, crap, that's a good question...
Oh, wait...
<b>It's a BETA</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, but its <b>Source</b>.
Thx for deflating my... Hopes. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<i>www.csnation.net</i>
Some people on the Hl2.net forums claim they have emails from gabe that gabe confirmed that this post was fake(which is btw very unrealistic cause its like 3 am there). There are also rumours that the ip-adress seems to be different...
I almost got my hopes up once again...
*update*
HL2 Fallout:
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->After a close scrutiny of Gabe Newell’s account history on the forums, we've come to the conclusion that the gold post is a fake. While we can't be 100% certain at this stage, all indicators point towards someone hacking the forum account. That said, all Gabe's previous posts on these forums are quite legitimate.
We apologize for the confusion and will be investigating further. Theoretically, an IPB forum account should be very difficult to hack. Well, that was the theory at least. We'll keep you updated.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The words "Lies, all lies" come to mind.
Shame that it wasn't real...
If Valve don't release the Linux HL2DS before they release the game... I will kill them. All of them. I want my server up for release day damnit.
- Shockwave
/me goes off playing some NS <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
IMPOSSIBLE!!! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh god the comedy.
Thats anywhere between now and the apocolypse
Thats anywhere between now and the apocolypse <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
OMG! NO! Wait... hold on, Buffy & Angel will save us! Go them!
Who from? If Gabe Newells forum account was hacked so easily, can we trust anything thats posted from any forum or website by a member of Valve? or do we sit, read every anoouncement by valve and think "Probably a hacker wrote this. This isnt true".
Who from? If Gabe Newells forum account was hacked so easily, can we trust anything thats posted from any forum or website by a member of Valve? or do we sit, read every anoouncement by valve and think "Probably a hacker wrote this. This isnt true". <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I said that when the first speculations about a hoax were thrown around >_>
By your logic, I can go to the first page and call everyone an idiot because it's fake, right?