Either way, fake or not, I need a new pair of pants now. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
ouch and if this email over on the steampowered forums is real then its fake <!--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-->
"quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From : Gabe Newell <gaben@valvesoftware.com> Sent : Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:22 AM To : "ctarkin" <ctarkin@digiverse.net> Subject : GOLD?
No, it's 100% fake.
-----Original Message----- Hello Gabe, I've just read the thread in hl2fallout about HL2 going gold on monday. As a hardcore fan I must ask: IS THIS REAL?
HL2 fallout reported it fake. The post of theirs was mirrored at <a href='http://www.csnation.net/' target='_blank'>http://www.csnation.net/</a> since HL2fallout is down due to the entire internet trying to veiw the page...
<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Aug 28 2004, 09:28 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Aug 28 2004, 09:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Of course its fake. CSS isn't close to finished
How can HL2 go gold when CSS isnt even completed. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Exactly! They must complete CS:S to use it to dominate the minds of all children and turn them into unwilling zombie soldeirs of the Valve empire! HAIL!
Seriously though, people suck for doing crap like this.
Well now we have the 100% confirmation that it's fake. <a href='http://www.hl2fallout.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4221&st=360' target='_blank'>http://www.hl2fallout.com/forums/index.php...pic=4221&st=360</a>
BizZy_9mm_MessiahOld School MemberJoin Date: 2003-07-25Member: 18411Members, Constellation
<!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Aug 28 2004, 11:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Aug 28 2004, 11:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Holy crap. He used gaben for his password?
No freakin wonder the source code was stolen. And here we thought the hackers had talent... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Lol, a-freaking-gain.
KungFuSquirrelBasher of MuttonsJoin Date: 2002-01-26Member: 103Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Most people/companies don't announce gold status on public forums and let the publisher or an official statement handle it instead. The exception I can think of off-hand is one of the id guys posting Doom3 gold status to the Shack, but Activision had the news out shortly after that, and I consider the Shack a much more serious site than a forum community that dissects every syllable and pixel coming from Valve into some grand design from God himself. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Also, you don't say "will go gold in 2 days." That just doesn't happen. If you get publisher approval, that's it. Things start in motion from the copy you already sent.
And I will say 99% odds that 'gaben' was <i>not</i> his password, and just some lame cookie-cutter attempt to make him look like a moron, just like everyone else is so dead-set on doing. Calm down and wait for your game already.
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They think it's fake too
"quote:
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From : Gabe Newell <gaben@valvesoftware.com>
Sent : Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:22 AM
To : "ctarkin" <ctarkin@digiverse.net>
Subject : GOLD?
No, it's 100% fake.
-----Original Message-----
Hello Gabe, I've just read the thread in hl2fallout about HL2 going gold on monday.
As a hardcore fan I must ask: IS THIS REAL?
Thanks for the kickass game
Chris 'tarkin'
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How can HL2 go gold when CSS isnt even completed.
How can HL2 go gold when CSS isnt even completed. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Exactly! They must complete CS:S to use it to dominate the minds of all children and turn them into unwilling zombie soldeirs of the Valve empire! HAIL!
Seriously though, people suck for doing crap like this.
<a href='http://www.hl2fallout.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4221&st=360' target='_blank'>http://www.hl2fallout.com/forums/index.php...pic=4221&st=360</a>
fear the irony.
EDIT: that image is 1280x960 pixels...
No freakin wonder the source code was stolen. And here we thought the hackers had talent...
No freakin wonder the source code was stolen. And here we thought the hackers had talent... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lol, a-freaking-gain.
Also, you don't say "will go gold in 2 days." That just doesn't happen. If you get publisher approval, that's it. Things start in motion from the copy you already sent.
And I will say 99% odds that 'gaben' was <i>not</i> his password, and just some lame cookie-cutter attempt to make him look like a moron, just like everyone else is so dead-set on doing. Calm down and wait for your game already.