Half-Life 2 On Shelves

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  is CS:S unlocked even though you bought it from a store? : thejm4n
  • I don't know yet. I had assumed it would be. I'll let you all know. : lechuck59
• har har - I work in the Danvers, MA Best Buy computer department... and yes they are all on the shelves.... : Sp4c3m0nk3y
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  Apparently Valve contacted Best Buy Corporate yesterday and said to rush out the copies of Half Life 2 to... : Sp4c3m0nk3y
  • This is interesting news. I'm sure we'll hear about all sorts of dirt in the days to come. : anubiszro

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  We;; if yu buy it through Steam in theory Valve gets all of the money. : ease_one
  • or you could jsut TB it. i am still hesitent : Kn4w
• I don't know, if you ask me, they have us TRUE gamers by the balls. They could put off the game for anot... : anubiszro

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• its a valid reason too. wtf! i bought this and i can't play it until the 16th! doesn't say that anywhere, : AMikaboshi
• Damn, thats a helluva idea for thieves. : yakz
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  Well, it IS an obvious way to get a free copy of the game. It's entirely possible that VU is going to go ... : yoonix
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    i think they will or else the stores will end up re-selling the used copys and screwing over people who b... : stiki figgaz
    • I was at a Best Buy earlier today and thier were opened copies on the shelves. Blatantly opened and left ... : kagath
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  i'm pretty sure they do something about the keys of returned copies anyway : PUPSTAHS
  • Thats what microsoft does with returned windows that have used product keys. Disable! : Iwannaacura
• Yep more reasons to just turn it on. Your screwing your retailers/self with free key giveaways. =) : smacknca
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  Retailers are going to get pissed if that happens en mass. : Dynotaku
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    Then they shouldn't have broken the street date. : WorkParticle
    • Can't argue with that. : SiW73
• I bought the game earlier today at my local BB in Knoxville and they had already sold quite a few copies ... : mmt681
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  The retailers have no one to blame but themselves, they broke the street date. If they hadn't broken the ... : zipperface
  • But the problem is: It's not just the retailers suffering from the returns. Valve and Vivendi are losing ... : mulu

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• IAWTP : rosewood

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• I hate VUG more then M$ right now. : exmx

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  lol who the hell would pay $305 except as a joke. : ferraro
  • Gabe Newell is willing to pay $200... look at the bid history. : Mantle
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  its funny cause he lives about 10 mins from me : Kn4w
  • That is funny (sarcasm) : vandal

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  Heh, I was thinking of stopping by there last night on my way into Seattle but AYB had already won. : dravalen
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    I didn't win, blown65stang won, I just hosted his pics : AllYourBase
    • Ah, I just saw the thread with your name on it. : dravalen
• that's funny : AllYourBase
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  Wow did you get Costanza's autograph? : senior spielbergo
  • rofl, he looks exactly like him from behind : AllYourBase
  • I thought the same : epit
• GOD DAMN IT VALVE LISTEN TO THE MAN. : wunderbred
• holy crap, what more proof do they need? : byorn
• Nice Photoshop job!! NOT!!!!!! GIMMIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Tyvan
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  how far is that store from HQ of valve? Maybe someone should take a bunch of pictures and a recipt and go... : cadbury
  • about a mile? : sparkly
  • I'm pretty sure valve has plenty of copies =D : AllYourBase
  • Probably a 5 minute drive or so assuming they are in downtown Bellevue and traffic isn't like normal. : dravalen
• Hey, that looks just like the Best Buy in Augusta, GA... minus the HL2 thing : horatiosucks
• First pic: HELLOOO FRISCO! not that there's anything wrong with that : tunis5000
• I see Jason! Hi Jason! : Mugsy
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  Hay sparkly! Thanks for showing up for the Team 10 CS:S match today! :| : loafywonk
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    we had a match? crap. I quit. : sparkly
    • Doesn't matter, there were only 2 of us from team 10 and 3 from team 12. We didn't even bother playing. : loafywonk
• Buy now and anticipate its release even more! : xenoeye
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  George Costanza is a gamer? : Fred Garvin
  • hahahaah....that was I was thinking! : pap26
  • heheheh :D : mc-fine
  • Holy shit I was thinking that too : Dr Van Nostrand
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  Is that Phil on the right side of the boxes? : Stage
  • LOL yes : Phil

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• hahah GAME OVER : lingo
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  SHIT! SHITSHITIHSTIHSAIFKJ:asdkflaslkfaskgas f Tuesday... : ferraro
  • I'm generally not anti-french but fuck those fucking frogs. : ferraro
• So uh, Steve was right. : JHelgie
• Alright, time to put pressure on vivendi instead of valve. Start mailing all those store pics to them! : aaarrrgh
• Informative this, please. : MrLonghair
• Wow, VU has everyone over a barrel and doesn't care. Way to build up good will in the community. : Fred Garvin
• Gabe must be breaking shit right now...off to finish Halo 2....sigh : cadbury
• Yet again Vivendi shows itself to be the right hand of the devil.. that company and ea is e-ville! : Hizzow
• wow, thats unreasonable, I know a contract is a contract, but geeze... way to treat your customers Viven... : kemical
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  We need an informative on one of these :( : jhof
  • Steve just put it up on the front page : ResidualEffect
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  I can imagine Officer Barbrady, now working for VU, standing in front of 100 HL2 boxes in a BestBuy store... : nudel
  • http://gonnas.nerdtundra.com/files/notreleased.jpg As requested. : Gonnas

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• I like this part... "we will update you when we have more news to share" : johnny rotten

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  Your fault for going to buy a game with the knowledge it's not supposed to be available. : pudd
  • umm well according to an incompetent employee i WAS informed it was available. i know i wouldnt be a... : fuz1on

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  The log off is normal, but therse another drop in available bandwidth so another push. But the last one ... : smacknca
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    also bandwidth USED is dropping.. it's almost like the content servers are being turned off!! OMG TINFOI... : g0nk
    • I figure that was just people buying, installing and eating up small chunks depending on what they wanted... : smacknca

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  That's really not that far from me. Right by the Fox Hills mall for you LA people. : airrob
  • picket them! call your friends, geeks of the world unite! : AMikaboshi
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  Call this number ( 1 310 431 4000 ) and leave nasty messages. I just did. Your turn. : WaterSign
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    just left a voicemail for Bruce Hack, Chief Executive Officer. : g0nk
    • Comedy gold. Good one. : Freon

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• Thanks for the late breaking news, now weather and sports. : kingdepork

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  It was still stupid of Valve to tell people that they would unlock it if the game was put on the shelves ... : capt tripps
  • Yea, but Valve tell us much that they don't have a clue about... "The game will be released on septembe : eiric

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• I'm stoned, and have the game preloaded on my PC and paid for on Steam. : wunderbred
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  Uhhh... Enigmatic is coming over. If you want us to play Half-Life 2 instead of Halo 2 you're going to... : DKo5
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    as if you guys are gonna do anything other than rub weiners : AllYourBase
    • Shhh Valve doesn't know that. : DKo5
    • SWORDFIGHT!!!!! : rasputinreborn
• George wants to play too? : cadbury
• Some time ago, my great-grandfather travelled through time and met me when I a youngster. Bleeding from ... : Enkidu
• Because poor 'Lil Jimmy is on the Iron Lung and only has a few days of livin left. Make his time happy, ... : Enkidu
• Timmie is stuck in a well with his Alienware laptop, won't someone think of the children!! : Fred Garvin

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• And just to clarify, I meant that VUG would be telling Joe Sixpack this, they already know the hardcore g... : SiW73
• If so, I'd say it's backfiring. : uncle slappy

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• uh.. VUGame's Corporate headquaters are in L.A. : g0nk
• actually i was thinking this as well... :( : johnny rotten
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  Look, I am as anxious as the next guy to play this game and I give my fair share of hate to publishers in... : rosewood
  • you need a hug, dont you? : g0nk
• You see, this is why the world needs the Star Wars missile system. From space anyone can get authorizatio... : Fred Garvin
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  All depends how their relationship really is at the moment. VUG has no reason to allow an unlock early (... : GeorgeB3DR
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    they have a very good reason to not unlock it. the retailers that dont yet have physical copies to sell ... : jerenity
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      It's a little late for that. : Hizzow
      • Exactly. It's not like keeping it locked is going to magically make copies appear in other stores. : Fred Garvin
  • its probably a communication thing at this moment. Trying to get a hold of suits who dont rally understa : johnny rotten
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    Pressure from retailers that didn't realize that people buying this game can't actually play it for anoth... : Fred Garvin
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      I really think it will be a few isolated incidents though. VUG can look at it one of two ways 1)don... : stgdz
      • For sure, not a simple problem. In the end though, I think customers are more important than retailers co... : Fred Garvin
      • I don't think any retailer has a right to be pissed at VU or Valve, given that they're the ones who have ... : nudel
  • They'd gain some extra uncancelled sales if people are buying the game, finding it doesn't work, and taki... : nudel

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• Or what? You'll throw your doggie bag? : wunderbred
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  i live in the boonies and i've only seen two or three in my life while on vacations, but isn't that place... : buzzbat
  • yes. it does. but it's free. lol : voique

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• yeah they are french :D : scud
• lol : johnny rotten
• lol! : AllYourBase
• Heil Vivendi! : voique
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  If they're French, shouldn't their backs be facing us? You know... because they're running away... surren : stelth
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    Must have converted or something 0_o : jhof
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      I didn't know "Greedy Bastard" was a religion. :\ : stelth
      • I didn't know being French was :/ : BaBOon
  • Joan will smite you with her mighty blade of Jesus fury! : floated
• HAHAHAOLOLO : annih1late
• hahahahahaha : khaosman
• ahahahahahahah! : Stage
• i love how the chick has a stash too : annih1late
• bwaaahahahahahahahaha : burningtrees
• Whats best is that the CEO last name, when traduced litterally French->English means "Fuckall". Explains ... : FiReaNG3L
• haha that was funny : Patch-e
• haha that was funny : Patch-e

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• http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news Oh my god... : jhof
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  fucking VU....damn french...heh : cadbury
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    Like them being French has something to do with it.. : MrLonghair
    • yep it does. They're hiding under the anonymity of the internets. If we were in teh same room with the... : kingdepork
    • I would expect them to just give up. : flashmasta
    • Like the gaming division of Vivendi is even in France... : nudel
• Half-Life 2 For Sale? November 13, 2004, 4:57 pm · valve If you have purchased a copy of Half-L... : stelth

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• ^^ seconded : [fry]

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  This is true. People need to start hitting Vivendi with evidence of purchase. : stelth
  • I say we go straight to the class action law suit! : DoPEaMiNE
• The next time you see a VUG rep at a trade show, please for the love of god walk up to them, stand right ... : aramaic
• We also need to tag all new games coming from Vivendi so those of us who feel like boycotting don't get t... : WaterSign

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• SHIT. This was my guess. :( : Magus

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• Gah... *Stabbed in the back* : jhof
• WTF! >:( : AMikaboshi
• wow, good thing they put an apology up. It's a shame so many people got kicked in the dick. : kingdepork
• OMG FUCKERS! : johnny rotten
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  F Vivendi : nofxsux
  • where it gets reallllly pathetic is you can be 99% sure that hl3 or whatever valve puts out next (teamfor... : re-verse
• Info this mofo STAT! : jhof
• god damnit vivendi : snowwolf
• WHAT THE FUCK. Is vivendi new to this industry or something? : xilulus

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• its funny because VU has to be losing more money this way as people bring the game back because it does n... : ease_one

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  Gabe didn't consider it, one of the worker drone bees did. : mittense
  • well he should have been fired : scrub6969
• ... and its not them putting the consumer through anything, its VU : reflex33
• What is with all you cry-babies? First of all Gabe never considered cutting half the content - learn to r... : downrightevil

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• Except for the fact that there isn't a manual. : ferraro
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  does it even come with one? : scud
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    nope. : Modulus
    • Ok so it won't then! : mactu
• No. There's this sweet 3x5 card that tells you to use WASD though... : Malum
• lol, true.... : simon_tack
• is there some pdf of it on the cd? : stiki figgaz