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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Wed Feb 4th at 2:20am 2004

? posted by Jinx
? posted by Yak_Fighter

what a surprise.

that's what I'm saying, daddy-o!

Damn you for twisting my words!





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Posted by Cassius on Wed Feb 4th at 3:45am 2004

Yes. God damn Valve for trying to release their own product when they actually finish it - in the meantime, we can endlessly nitpick at the unfinished one, and when they finally do release it, we'll have a Bitch And Moan Fest (c) until HL3 comes out.





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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Wed Feb 4th at 3:52am 2004

Honestly, I'm pleased that it has been delayed. I can't afford to buy it, much less afford the time to play it or map for it! After I graduate, get a job, move, save some money.... then I will be ready for it. sounds like 2005 to me



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Posted by Jinx on Wed Feb 4th at 5:24am 2004

? posted by Cassius

Yes. God damn Valve for trying to release their own product when they actually finish it - in the meantime, we can endlessly nitpick at the unfinished one, and when they finally do release it, we'll have a Bitch And Moan Fest (c) until HL3 comes out.

I'm up for it!





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Posted by Cassius on Wed Feb 4th at 5:29am 2004

Why thank you, King Jinx - I always look forward to the wanton and sarcastic 'retorts' you deal out every time I make a valid point against your nonsensical, bitchy opinions about HL2. Seeing such staggering ignorance wrapped with love in every single post truly brings a smile to my face.

- XOXOXO,

The LC





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Posted by Edge Damodred on Wed Feb 4th at 6:10am 2004

Well I gave up caring about HL2 a long time ago, so if 2005 is when it comes out, then that's when it comes out. As I progress more with my studies in graphics programming I'm caring less and less about when other games come out, and more and more about what and how to implement in my own games. [addsig]



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Posted by Jinx on Wed Feb 4th at 6:34am 2004

I can't help but make fun when people are so fanboy for a game and it gets delayed again and again, it's funny dammit!!!

Valve got everyone in this huge HL2 foreplay frenzy and then they didn't deliver! It's like a huge media sexual dysfunction! They promised to f**k us good and hard, got us all horny & lubed with massive media coverage for some HL2 lovin', and what did we get? Nothing!!! And if you keep faking it, your man will never learn to truly please you Cassius!!!

(worst. metaphor. ever.)





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Posted by Cassius on Wed Feb 4th at 6:49am 2004

First of all, you are a stupid c**t.

That being said, it's Valve's game. They make it on their time, they decide when to release it, it's their work and their time. They do not owe you s**t, and I would not have them take into account meaningless impatience on the part of someone who will automatically despise whatever product they release. I want them to release it whenever they damn well please, preferably when it is finished. The fact that their game was hacked also contributed to their not finishing it; big f**king deal. I don't honestly care; I can actually use the time between the announcement and release of a game without whining, and not just while I still have a readily availible supply of Vaseline. Bitching about how you have to sit on your ass for five months waiting for a videogame to come out will only piss me off in the end.

If they had released in September, I can garuntee you would be crying just as hard as you have been ever since. Assuming that you have never been on a project of such caliber as being the followup to what is considered one of the greatest games of all time, I'd say you don't honestly know jack s**t about the process of its creation or release, nor do I see you making any attempt to understand what you're going on about. Fine. That's beautiful. I don't ask you to. Just close your mouth.

And by the way, Gabe Newell is one sexy bastard.





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Posted by Forceflow on Wed Feb 4th at 7:04am 2004

? posted by Cassius

And by the way, Gabe Newell is one sexy bastard.

True, ehm ... well there's a handsome deval !





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Posted by GreenDragon on Wed Feb 4th at 7:24am 2004

hey hey hey now, jinxy isnt a stupid cunt, i think hes just teasing you cassius...take a chil pill

Va;ve keeping on changing their release date doesnt bother me too much, i do have a site and im all ready to start and jump it on the HL2 bandwagon, but i also have more important things to do...such as school, work (2 jobs), and a gf to top it all off. I can wait til 2005 and maybe a little later as they will deliver a kick ass game that i think will be worth squeezing a few bucks from my car money.

[addsig]



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Posted by Jinx on Wed Feb 4th at 7:25am 2004

? posted by Cassius
And by the way, Gabe Newell is one sexy bastard.


A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CASSIUS
(orange is the color of HL and reminds him of Gabe)

(has a lollipop. reminds him of Gabe.)

(thinks more about Gabe.)

(thinks... a lot... about Gabe.)

(thought too much about Gabe.)

(finally meets Gabe.)

(gives Gabe the 'secret handshake'.)

(becomes Gabe's pleasure muffin.)

(OH YEAH!)




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Posted by Gollum on Wed Feb 4th at 7:34am 2004

? posted by Gollum
No, I don't think I can wait either. I'll probably just keel over and die.

*sigh* I had so much to look forward to in life until this happened.

? posted by omegaslayer4777

well once again gollum it will be better because they are working on it more, I was looking foward to the game before summer, but Halo 2 will have to do for now.

I think perhaps you missed the tone of my post





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Posted by Jinx on Wed Feb 4th at 8:03am 2004

I think I'm, umm.... 'off' tonight or something. or too 'on' perhaps. apologies for the excessive silliness.



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Posted by Loco on Wed Feb 4th at 8:04am 2004

Heres some insane and unwarranted optimism for you. I read somewhere that in an interview Gabe Newell said "...with the release of Half-Life 2 soon..."

Sure, in Valve's terms this probably means 2007, but maybe... just maybe, its worth noting

[addsig]



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Posted by matt on Wed Feb 4th at 9:51am 2004

Doom 3 is coming out this December. It'll be top of my christmas list!!!

[addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Wed Feb 4th at 10:50am 2004

? quote:
Valve keeping on changing their release date doesnt bother me too much


Valve have only ever given one proper release date, and now a vague 'summer'. It's the media making guesses that has made it seem like the release date keeps changing.



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Posted by KoRnFlakes on Wed Feb 4th at 10:56am 2004

? posted by scary_jeff
? quote:
Valve keeping on changing their release date doesnt bother me too much


Valve have only ever given one proper release date, and now a vague 'summer'. It's the media making guesses that has made it seem like the release date keeps changing.

They did keep telling various stores odd dates m8, When I pre-ordered hl2 game were given various dates until I gave up & bought CoD (which came out a day early I may add)

[addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Wed Feb 4th at 11:22am 2004

? posted by Cassius

That being said, it's Valve's game. They make it on their time, they decide when to release it, it's their work and their time. They do not owe you s**t, and I would not have them take into account meaningless impatience on the part of someone who will automatically despise whatever product they release. I want them to release it whenever they damn well please, preferably when it is finished. The fact that their game was hacked also contributed to their not finishing it; big f**king deal. I don't honestly care; I can actually use the time between the announcement and release of a game without whining, and not just while I still have a readily availible supply of Vaseline. Bitching about how you have to sit on your ass for five months waiting for a videogame to come out will only piss me off in the end.

If they haven't finished it, yes that's fine, if they need more time to do all those... things... that they need to do after the game source was stolen. However, people are pissed off with them because of the release dates they keep giving us which *seem* to be blatant lies- for marketing/share, or completeness, or whatever reasons. If Valve last year had said 'another year' instead of telling us September 30th- up to the day before this in fact!- people wouldn't be as annoyed. They should just slap a "it'll be done when it's done" sticker on it if they don't know, like other, 'more experienced' companies do.

To be honest I have my University finals exams coming up and the game being delayed can only be a Good Thing, but they're toying with us, I tells ya.





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Posted by wil5on on Wed Feb 4th at 11:32am 2004

I actually wouldnt mind HL2 being delayed until "summer"... I spent all my money on a radeon 9600pro and now i have to save it up again [addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Wed Feb 4th at 12:47pm 2004

Exactly Wilson. That is the annoying part. Especially for the people who bought the Radeon with HL2 thing, thinking they could play HL2 on their new card - how much will a 9600 cost in the summer? Half as much I bet. A lot of people would have saved their money until the summer if they had know this would be the release date. They could then have got either the same hardware for cheaper or better hardware for their money.

And it was not valve that gave various release dates! Vivendi made a guess at an April release just as something to tell vendors - this date was not given by valve. The only date information given by valve has been 'september 30th' and 'summer', so stop having a go at them for constantly changing the date when they haven't!




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