It's official. You are an egocentric idiot. Corporations do not take unprofitable actions simply to spite their customer base. The argument that Valve ever delayed the game on purpose is as nonsensical as any I've ever heard.
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It's official. You are an egocentric idiot. Corporations do not take unprofitable actions simply to spite their customer base. The argument that Valve ever delayed the game on purpose is as nonsensical as any I've ever heard.
And *you* are being a mean-spirited f**ktard. It doesn't hurt VALVe's profits one little bit to cut half fo the content out of such an anticipated game!! Seriously, think about how many people were looking forward to this. Millions would have bought it even if CNN reported that there was a VIRUS on each copy.
And i am not saying that they did it to spite thier customers, They did it to make all the christmas cash. They missed last year's because of the hacking.
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You're not Barney in Blue-Shift.
It's
pretty stupid actually. It would have been better if there was more
content, but there isn't. The most difficult opposition you meet are
marines. Not to mention there is no end boss like the HL or Opposing
Force.
All that happens in Blue-Shift is you escape Black Mesa
get into a truck and drive off with some scientists before some
marines come in to ruin your s**t (which wouldn't happen because
playing it you're most likely a veteran in OP4 which has monsters ten
times as difficult to kill)
Nickelplate, I would have boughten it anyway if CNN said that, just because CNN lies a lot.
What I was saying is you aren't the same person in HL2 which is 'Barney'. In hl1 it was just a generic security guard name. But with Blue-Shift, obviously, you have a different name. Thus you aren't the same 'barney' that's in HL2 ...
You are missing the point of my comment. Note that I didn't include the bit about leaving out content in my quote. I took issue with the first part of your statement because I am damn tired of that particular attitude.
The picture painted by the "drag ass" theory is of the big bad corporation victimizing you, the poor helpless gamer. Please. What did they do, fail to release their product based on your ignorant timetable? It presupposes that your individual wishes and petty desires are of personal importance to a corporate entity. Furthermore, it attributes malice to said entity, which is patently ridicules.
As for me being a f**ktard... if that was a word, I might be hurt by your insult. However, I do understand the spirit of the comment, so I will offer a meager explanation. I think I'm something like Dr. Jackal and Mr. Jackass. Sometimes I'm nice to a fault, but at others I'll rip your heart out... you just never know. 
The picture painted by the "drag ass" theory is of the big bad corporation victimizing you, the poor helpless gamer. Please. What did they do, fail to release their product based on your ignorant timetable? It presupposes that your individual wishes and petty desires are of personal importance to a corporate entity. Furthermore, it attributes malice to said entity, which is patently ridicules.
As for me being a f**ktard... if that was a word, I might be hurt by your insult. However, I do understand the spirit of the comment, so I will offer a meager explanation. I think I'm something like Dr. Jackal and Mr. Jackass. Sometimes I'm nice to a fault, but at others I'll rip your heart out... you just never know.
Well, all i'm saying with drag-ass is they took thier sweet time.
AND said corporate entity heretofore having claims of developing products FOR "the poor, helpless gamer", would most likely find it a lucrative option to not anger aforementioned "gamers." I don't know of ONE single HL fan (though i'm sure there was a few) that said "Hey, that's GREAT!" when SEPT, 30 rolled around and there was no HL2. This having been said, one could surmise that game companies would try to please gamers as much as possible because once someone gets miffed at a company they tend to hold a grudge and NOT buy thier products with the same fervor as those who would have bought ti after the "virus announcement"
As for "f**ktard" being a word, It's a contraction of f**king, and Retard (see "f**ktard") and you don't need to take offense to that, I was just reciprocating your derrogatory choice of verbage.
Anyway, If you saw the leaked version or some of the E3 stuff, you would know why I am disappointed in the final product and it's lack of content.
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Well, all i'm saying with drag-ass is they took thier sweet time.
AND said corporate entity heretofore having claims of developing products FOR "the poor, helpless gamer", would most likely find it a lucrative option to not anger aforementioned "gamers." I don't know of ONE single HL fan (though i'm sure there was a few) that said "Hey, that's GREAT!" when SEPT, 30 rolled around and there was no HL2. This having been said, one could surmise that game companies would try to please gamers as much as possible because once someone gets miffed at a company they tend to hold a grudge and NOT buy thier products with the same fervor as those who would have bought ti after the "virus announcement"
Ergo... Valve didn't "take it's sweet time" They took the amount of time that was necessary for development. You make a statement and then proceed to contradict yourself with the argument.
Fact: It is in the best interest of the developers to please gamers.
Fact: HL2 took a very long time to develop, which pissed off gamers.
Your conclusion: Valve delayed the game on purpose. 
My conclusion: Valve brought HL2 to market as fast as possible while still delivering a quality product.
The only way you can possibly support your conclusion of intentional delay, is to attribute a malicious motive to Valve. Do I need to go any further to explain how stupid that sounds?
On the subject of insults:
I called you an "egocentric idiot". You called me a "mean-spirited f**ktard". Using "words" like that just make you sound dumb. Mean-spirited is good, and in this case accurate, but f**ktard is just childish, which spoiled the whole impact of the comment. You could have called me a "mean-spirited arrogant pedant", been much closer to the mark, and still stayed within the bounds of the officially accepted lexicon.
[addsig]Well, all i'm saying with drag-ass is they took thier sweet time.
AND said corporate entity heretofore having claims of developing products FOR "the poor, helpless gamer", would most likely find it a lucrative option to not anger aforementioned "gamers." I don't know of ONE single HL fan (though i'm sure there was a few) that said "Hey, that's GREAT!" when SEPT, 30 rolled around and there was no HL2. This having been said, one could surmise that game companies would try to please gamers as much as possible because once someone gets miffed at a company they tend to hold a grudge and NOT buy thier products with the same fervor as those who would have bought ti after the "virus announcement"
Ergo... Valve didn't "take it's sweet time" They took the amount of time that was necessary for development. You make a statement and then proceed to contradict yourself with the argument.
Fact: It is in the best interest of the developers to please gamers.
Fact: HL2 took a very long time to develop, which pissed off gamers.
Your conclusion: Valve delayed the game on purpose.
My conclusion: Valve brought HL2 to market as fast as possible while still delivering a quality product.
The only way you can possibly support your conclusion of intentional delay, is to attribute a malicious motive to Valve. Do I need to go any further to explain how stupid that sounds?
On the subject of insults:
I called you an "egocentric idiot". You called me a "mean-spirited f**ktard". Using "words" like that just make you sound dumb. Mean-spirited is good, and in this case accurate, but f**ktard is just childish, which spoiled the whole impact of the comment. You could have called me a "mean-spirited arrogant pedant", been much closer to the mark, and still stayed within the bounds of the officially accepted lexicon.
Oy Veh! I never said that valve delayed release on purpose. I actually said the opposite: that valve released too soon thereby having to exclude segments that could have been paramount to further success. They wanted to make the christmas deadline, so they released too early. I mean, come on! MULTIPLAYER wasn't even included in the initial release!
I have since realized that "f**ktard" sounds rather like what is called "fanboy speech" therefore i will cease all usage of said name.
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Anyway, I don't actually deny that they MIGHT not have. I think it's probably unlikely, but it could have happened. Just like VALVe getting hacked was unlikely and un-thought-of, It happened and no one suspected for a time. Only VALVe knows what the real deal is. Anyway, what i meant is that they went too slow with too much confidence in the fact that EVERYONE WILL buy thier game NO MATTER WHAT. I think they abused thier position as the maker of my favorite game, and they made me mad personally with all this delay nonsense.
[addsig]Bantam, you raise a good point. If in fact Valve stood to gain financially from delaying development, then I'd be prepared to believe it. I'd even be surprised if they didn't.
The point of my argument was that most people have claimed that Valve delayed release intentionally without providing any farther motive than some ambiguous malicious intent. Anything that can be legally done to increase profits and the health of the organization, a corporation will, and indeed should, do. You have provided a potentially sound motive, and if it bears out, rendered my argument impotent.
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