Half-Life 2 Gold Soon

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  What about now? : BrodieMan
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    Okay, now it is. : BrodieMan
    • Now you can buy it, but you can't play it! : Daggoth

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• you're up next, right? : sixfoot6
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  please go hire ken silverman! : dextius
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    Our engine tech is fine. Besides Ken doesn't want to do games anymore. He pretty much got out of it aft... : GeorgeB3DR
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      We need more information. Anything at all. Anything about DNF we don't know and would want to know. : dltrem
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        He's sitting in a dark room, his face illuminated by the soft glow of the monitor, laughing maniacally. : Wyvern
        • It is dark. You are likely to never play DNF be eaten by a grue. : inkninja
      • Every time I see "DNF" next to the name of an Olympian, I shed a tear. This has got to be, without a d... : anonimo
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      From what I hear that's partially 3dr's fault. Anyone that can do engine work AND their own tools is a... : dextius
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        But Daikatana sucked :/ : khaosman
        • I think that was my point. (ie: it sucked, but eventually you gotta ship, and hey, multiplayer Daikatana... : dextius
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        Ken went back to Brown University, after Duke 3D, for his degree. He has no interest in games or doing m... : GeorgeB3DR
        • For what it's worth, I hope DNF is still coming along well after the bumps it's had along the way. Not t... : Sapiens
• 78.4 !!! almost there!! : dextius
• hell yeah! : tommysgun
• So, like, back to work, gold monkey! : inkninja
• So, will DNF definitely be released before F.E.A.R.? The next Doom expansion? Quake 4? Unreal 3? Take ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Excited about Steam? Wouldn't it be cool if the games industri agreed on some kind of Network like Ste... : -TKF-
  • i hate electronic only content. : ibrokn
• So, like, can we expect to hear something similar from you? : oneandone11
• hey George, what ever came of that leaked DNF screen you were investigating. : voique

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  There will be multiplayer, it's just Counter-Strike with nice graphics. I don't think there's any solid ... : finger
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    Counter-strike is a pretty vapid multiplayer offering; it's not worth mentioning. I wouldn't hold my brea... : MeenMunky
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      i was under the impression dod etc were being redone like cs : lodit
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        Day of Defeat Source, Half-Life Source, TFC Source, etc. are all announced as "in the works," but only Co... : Sapiens
        • Half- Life : Source was done a year ago to proof of concept HL---> HL2 mod porting. : rasputinreborn
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      Changing almost anything gameplay related for CS source is the worst thing valve could do, period. CS ... : scatti
      • edit: migrate the userbase to "source" not "steam". : scatti
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  No Linux version means I won't buy it. : protozone
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    o.O You must've bought about 5 games in the last 10 years. : nudel
    • http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php Heh, some of those games aren't that great, but Unreal Tourn... : MeenMunky
• linux is not a gaming platform, don't expect it to be, get OVER IT. JESUS. It doesnt make sense to hav... : ease_one
• Patience grasshopper. We already have a superior operating system, we can only ask for so much each day. ... : flasher 907

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• Hmm this isn't latestchatty.x : Slowtreme

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  Why does it always end up with someone else (i.e. us in the case of torrents) providing Valve with the ba... : nudel
  • And they cut thier available bandwith by half : Slowtreme

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  Doom 3 is dead if HL2 is any good... Remember when Duke3D came out then Quake came out? Remember wh... : SlimJim
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    More like Remember when Doom came out then Duke3D came out? Yeah, nothing died, two great games : railchu
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      Ken Silverman ( the guy who wrote the Build Engine ) is such a badass.. He has a nice new voxel engine on... : dextius
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        Link to this bad ass engine? : baron calamity
        • http://advsys.net/ken/voxlap.htm just know that there is no consumer hardware voxel accelration availa... : verbatim
    • Hmm that comparison wasnt as close as I thought it was, sorry :P Either way we'll have 2 great games v... : railchu
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    Umm.. Good points.. but I don't think the level of disparity is that severe in this comparison. I feel t... : dextius
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      Doom3 feels to me that over the years, id played some Half-Life and some Halo and sometimes the game feel... : SlimJim
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        Umm.. you are forgetting about the greatest game of all time.. SYSTEM SHOCK 2.. Doom 3 is mere shadow com... : dextius
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          I never played System Shock 1 or 2! Or Deus Ex! : SlimJim
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            I weep for you. Seriously. It is the best game I have ever played for any system, it brings a tear to m... : dextius
            • shock2 was irrational. and thief was based on Irrational founder Ken Levine's original concept. bo... : jet-poop
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        No, it took them most of that time to make the engine Which is more than what Valve can say, seeing as... : railchu
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          John built that engine in 30 days. : SlimJim
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            Oh ok, you still havent answered my question though :P : railchu
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              "Whats Valves excuse for their 6 years?" Slackers just like me! : SlimJim
              • s/L/H/; :-) : dextius
          • Carmack built the engine in 6 days and on the 7th he rested. : Yabrodan
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    That's pretty short-sighted considering people still play DooM and DooM2 online, a lot. All games lose t... : flashmasta
    • yes. HL1 multiplayer was little more than a dying fad when it came out. it was barely played at all compa... : jet-poop
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  now if only they would announce DNF going gold next month. : Old_Fart
  • dognose would go into cardiac arrest : beyazkeyat
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    S I G N O F A P O C A L Y P S E' D man I am excited about this game coming out : dextius
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      hey it would be a fun end of days at least. Id buy a generator to play while fire rains from the heavens : pigvomit
      • Heh, that's a cool image. :D *inserts lone gamer sitting in Hellboy-ish end of the world environment* : inkninja
  • 3-4 more years at least : cap n KRUNCH

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• http://www.hl2fallout.com/ : voique
• damn! how much i hate these hackers only having bad purposes. : lonestar3
• He oughta quit that gabe/gabe username/password thing. : freqq28
• Hacked? Gabe Newell? Impossible I say! : ihya

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  With his hat on sideways =/ : esky
  • it's more comfortable that way : Skateguy
• I say we hunt down the skinny runt and beat his ass : Surfer2374

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  $50 max : [7]kami
  • Video cards are gay. They are expensive and become outdated so quickly >:( : khaosman
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  Go for the 6800GT or 6800! :( Nvidia drivers = teh win =( : Reeves
  • I laugh at you for the ATI driver = Suck remark. Just so you know. : MrLonghair
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    IAWTP. Not to mention the fact that the GT performs on par with or better than the x800Pro, has more feat... : Serpico74
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      Not in Half-Life 2, it don't. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Most reviews I've seen put the x800 a bit ahead in HL2, but the 6800gt comes out ahead in most other thin... : DinK
  • My only complaint about the ATI drivers (until three weeks ago I had a 9800 Pro) is the mess they were at... : Serpico74
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  I'd rather have the 6800. Performance difference in HL2 looks to be negligible, but the big sticking poin... : MeenMunky
  • Yeah, 6800 actually wins on features, plus http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8442910 But really either... : DinK

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• HL2 Blue Balls! : tdunc

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  Or is this just a clever Phish? : oneandone11
  • hmm, was I right... http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8442590 : oneandone11
• dun dun dunnn... : inkninja
• LOLOL too funny! : pyide
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  that would make me laugh really hard : hawkeye
  • I would weep : Serpico74
• I laughed and cried :( : crunkfunk
• haha its so got to be a fake : yAak
• Honestly if it was a fake I wouldn't be disappointed because I'd be deviously laughing so hard at the sit... : wunderbred
• oh snap!! : Dan 101
• I thought fake when I first saw this. I'm right : ergh
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  Why is another site reporting a news story about another sites forum? Why isnt the original site sayin... : railchu
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    fanboy blinders? : pyide
    • or possibly waiting for valve confirmation : pyide
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    http://www.hl2fallout.com/ it's on the front there : AllYourBase
    • I'm talking about the possiblity that it isnt Gabe posting that from what they are saying on news sites : railchu
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  From : Gabe Newell <gaben@valvesoftware.com> Sent : Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:22 AM To : "ctarkin" <c... : voique
  • Wake up Goldstein and update! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    saturday at 9am? THIS EMAIL IS FAKED!! CHECK THE IPS!! : ermac
    • go to the main hlfallout.com site, they've even announced the post was fake, so i doubt the reply from ga... : voique
• CSNation - Update: After going over the facts with HL2 Fallout's Mr Bond, we have come to the conclusion ... : voique
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  so anyway, looks like valve got owned again. : voique
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    and the shack. -1 to credibility =/ : brewsterdog
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      And IGN! : gingerninja
      • except I don't check IGN for news. ever. : brewsterdog
  • this would have been funnier if it was DNF gone gold : google
  • hahah :( : wunderbred
  • valve? more like the forums of that fansite, amirite? : rasputinreborn
• so what? true or not? damn, i hate these things. : lonestar3
• Don't make me Google search ur IP. zomg : jrock

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  Someone tie this guy to a stick and set him on fire. : Sapiens
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    Report to maintenance: your sarcasm detector is malfunctioning. : buroja
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      Take yourself down there. ;) : Sapiens
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        Oops nevermind, my literacy widget was on the fritz. :( : Sapiens
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          You see, I thought he said that you CAN like both games at once. In an attempt to be funny I made a here... : Sapiens
          • GOOD JOB SAYPENIS :D : fortyseven

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  oh no, don't start with the conspiracy theories again. 8-( Valve doesn't need any more fucking publici... : rasputinreborn
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    I ment the forum, not valve itself. : idmud
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      oh, I still think it's unlikely though. Lax security isn't something a site owner would really want to b... : rasputinreborn
      • All publicity is good publicity :) : idmud

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• it's guaranteed to kill performance and bandwidth : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  exit steam, load it back up, you should see it at the top. Double click and click the start preload butto... : verbatim
  • And be told that the servers are still too busy. Sigh. What's the fucking point in Steam again?? : nudel
• 60 % hell yeah : voodooraze

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• I never understood that mentality, despite what's gone on at Valve over the past year. As a gamer I alwa... : Sapiens

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  CAVE TROLLLL! : sgtsanity
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    Exposed :( It's still the truth though : railchu
    • trolls are a bannable offence, you know : xilulus
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      I'm more impressed by HL2 screens that Doom 3 in motion. HL2 just looks to be the more immersive game. : slax0r
      • I guess we'll see soon, very exciting :) : railchu
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        at least HL2 isn't completely dark the whole time.... DOOM3 amazing graphics that you can't see.... WTF? : voodooraze
        • http://www.halflife2.net/news//1093297530_Two.jpg : railchu
        • Did you just stand in a dark corner and pretend to play the entire game? : gyvoji
        • Someone teach this man about game mechanics, atmosphere, and r_gamma. : Sapiens
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      It is the truth, you'd know it yourself if you had actually read anything when hl2 first surfaced. : beyazkeyat
      • goddamn it, misreplied, but close! : beyazkeyat
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  I love all my children, particularly the special ones and I love you. : ChowYunCat
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    Do I get anything cool with that? : railchu
    • you just got the cool part! >:( : rasputinreborn

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• wait, that says "7" 2004, nevermind : seanisdabomb

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  is that short elfs? : greh kleh
  • Dunno, last time I looked, not too many short elfs running around. But I did see some she lafs... You k... : oneandone11
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  Considering how much VU can produce, I'll say around Sept. 14. Most games nowaday can make it to the she... : silverback1138
  • Yup, thats what I was thinking ... funny thing is, I asked my fiancé when she thought it would be ... : dragocore
  • How long did Doom3 take? Seemed pretty quick if I remember correctly... : khaosman
• didnt valve said they wanna release the steam and the shop version at the same time, so steam users, dont... : mirko1979

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• Besides the fact that there IS a TFC source? no other info : buckshack
• I always thought they were going to make some sort of announcement concerning TF2 on Source. : dltrem
• When I saw the HL2 demonstration at E3 this year, I'm pretty positive they said that all major HL1 conten... : Serpico74
• TFC source would be worth the price of admission : ctlaltl33t

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  To be fair, I think this fall will be the last blast for awhile. Next real will be rather drab. : baron calamity
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    Hard to say. Quake 4, and the littany of Doom 3 based engine games are forthcoming. I'm sure we're goin : dextius
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      Starcraft 2 will be announced next year, I can feel it in my bones. Sure its just an announcement, but th... : lord cecil
      • And UT2005 : Reeves
  • Nah, it won't. There's gonna be at least a year before the next consoles are out, and a few months after... : finger
• They've been saying that for years. These things come in cycles. And, fortunately for us, this is a goo... : oneandone11

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  Tried newegg.com? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-344&depa=1 : baron calamity
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    I mean latest-latest gen. I'm willing to drop up to $400 on a card, but I do want it to be either an x800... : sigma
    • Oh, well, thats very different.... nevermind. :) BTW I have my x800 pro. I bought mine in early july a... : baron calamity
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      Or try your local Compusa to see if they have the right 800pros that are actually pro-vivo's (which can b... : AlvinKlein
      • Signed for later consumption, thanks. : khaosman
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  http://www.gameve.com/gve/store/ProductDetails.aspx?sku=VC-EVGA-046 http://www.gameve.com/gve/store/Pr... : Deviaant
  • *oh snap* 6800 not in stock. 6800GT IN STOCK. my bad. : Deviaant

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  a valid complaint, but in this case the difference is two days, so it doesn't really matter. : slax0r
  • except it will be funny when it's Monday, December 12, 2005. : brewsterdog
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    I'd be much happier with a "Its done" than a "It WILL be done", thats all. Especially given their track ... : omnova
    • 1 Valve week = 52 human weeks. If these two days are in that same ratio, then we can expect the next "... : protozone

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  You do know that there are people still playing Counter-Strike, right? I mean, you can easily find a pic... : flashmasta
  • Yes I know these people... they are really bad people... I was talking about the very good people with go... : Sixcos
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  I'm actually going to try something revolutionary and play...BOTH! : hawkeye
  • Are you MAD!? That cannot be done! It's umpossible! : Wyvern
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  Well, HL2 won't have the same lighting effects as Doom3 but HL2 will run much faster from the benches we ... : Turd Ferguson
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    I thought there were physics and gameplay advantages to Doom3 also... something about pixel hit detection... : Sixcos
    • Depends on how well these things are put to use. Would DOOM 3 have been a truly worse off game without p... : finger

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  someone here said their publishing agreement with VU includes something about holding back the steam rele... : pyide
  • Well doesn't that just suck worse than a headcrab infestation. : Riggen
  • that blows. : smax
• I retain hope that it will be available on Steam the moment they have the final bits of the code ready to... : Syixxs
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  Retailers would fuck Vivendi's shit up big time if HL2 was released online before it got into stores. It... : finger
  • ^^^ Correct! Don't expect an early (or cheaper) Steam release. : inkninja