Half-Life 2 Demo Released

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• lol yeah steve got $30 and a back massage : sixfoot6
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  hmmm. what is the majority of users on the shack that are obsessed about HL2. Maybe they are trying to p... : vado
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    Sure, but you'd still think they would give other games as much notice when they came out and they were p... : railchu
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      Dumb comparison. How many widely used mods for id based games are there? Compared to widely used mods for... : mallrice
      • Yeah, I mean I modded for Quake3 and I love a lot of Q3 mods...but I'll tell you right now that Valve has... : Vorlonesque
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        Well, considering HL was just a quake mod... : malevolence
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          No, it was a commercially licensed product. HUGE difference. : mallrice
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            Semantics... : malevolence
            • That's like saying that Deus Ex was an Unreal Tournament mod when that's an oversimplification. Now Doom ... : Sarcastro
        • No it wasn't, as it would NOT be possible to replicate HL with JUST the mod sdk to quake1. If you say ... : batkiwi
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      Part of that may have to do with the fact that id waited a good long while to release that SDK...so long ... : Vorlonesque
      • well i like hl2 allot more than doom 3, i find it more entertaining. : nandu666
  • No, that would be to obvious. There definitely has to be some sort of conspiracy here! : oneandone11
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  hmm... gamesite talking about the greatest game... SELLOUTS! : deviantpaul
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    So it was the "greatest game" before it even came out? : railchu
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      yes. : deviantpaul
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        Loading reply............... : ashke
        • That one was funny the first time I saw you say it :( : NastyJack
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        Sorry, Return to Castle Wolfenstein 2 is now the greatest game : railchu
        • I don't think Shack would agree. : deviantpaul
        • Oh, you're trolling : mallrice
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          Incorrect. : mystifier
          • Read again his message. Carefully. Also, turn on your sarcasm detectores before you do that. : rorshack
          • mystifier is right, it is DNF : moonbreaker
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      yes those in game videos were so fucking awesome : personaljesus
      • Too bad half of them weren't in the game. : Sludgehead
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        oddly most of it didnt even make it into the game. : ashke
        • That often happens, you know, especially with games with long and difficult development periods. : SpaecKow
    • No, it was the most anticipated game before it came out. Trivial issues don't deserve so much emotional ... : yourGarbageMan
• I think you're overreacting. : {Venger}
• Man, the Shack has a short-term memory. When Doom3 was released, there were news stories every day for... : SpiderMonkey
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  Yeah this site is so obviously has biased favoritism towards HL2. You are totally right. I am surprised n... : ovrlrd
  • the shack was the reason I bought Doom3. i was gonna let it go, but my god the hype. i couldn't resist. ... : vado
• The shack has done this towards any big game release. wtf? : dilutedq
• WHEN TROLLS GO WRONG! : ashke
• HEY! Uninteresting this, you are bringing more attention to this news article! BACKFIRE'D : railchu
• The Shack has been and (hopefully) always will be primarily a hardcore shooter fan site. Thats not to say : humpx
• I think they're just reflecting what their audience wants... I mean jesus, I can't whip out my dick witho... : BaBOon
• Gabe and Alec are actually lovers. : Crimsonbeak
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  what do you mean head start in the polls??? : phobium
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    Doom 3 and Rome: Total War were added to the Game of the Year polls after "several thousand votes" had be... : railchu
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      It was an oversight, I will agree...but I don't think there's any sort of conspiracy. In all honesty I t... : Vorlonesque
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        Also, couldn't you argue that its helping Halo2 as much as HL2? : Vorlonesque
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          I surely could have and I still could, I am an equal opportunity hater Plus theres not as much Halo 2 ... : railchu
          • they added doom3 and rome after people said they wanted to vote for them. what other game sites would ac... : AllYourBase
• Hah, Shackmods own. : freshview
• "No no I'm sorry... the answer is who gives a crap" - Triumph : mystifier
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  Remember all the Doom 3 threads in July and August? : MrLonghair
  • Obviously, the troll doesnt remember. : MrLonghair
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  ohh, I see! You want steve and co to limit the ammount of threads for a game based on how much you liked ... : SpaecKow
  • positive = opposite, I sort of speed posted this :p : SpaecKow
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  This would be like me arguing that, because Pacific Fighters going gold didn't even get a news story, the... : Vorlonesque
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    And you dont feel a little bit nicked that a game going gold didnt get a news article and a rumor of a ra... : railchu
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      Holy hell... Shackers are predominantly FPS players - the flight sim community is tight knit and stro... : SpaecKow
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        How is it a competition to announce the same news, about a game going gold, as another website : railchu
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          Because the people who want news on certain games don't go to the Shack, they go to other places that rep... : SpaecKow
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            Is that really the case? The shack only reports news for certain games? I would have figured that they... : railchu
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              Yes that really is the case. No need to be a smartass, you post here you see what kind of demographic the... : SpaecKow
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                I didnt mean that to be read as a snide comment if you did read it that way I really do find it intere... : railchu
                • Shack isn't that sort of news site. That's Gamespy or Gamespot. The tradeoff to that is that the reportag... : SpaecKow
    • Obviously the anticipation for the game was HUGE, but still did they need an entirely new news article on... : railchu
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  ....who cares? : crypt420
  • ^ I second this : glio1337
• GoTY : johnny rotten
• Valve's like John Matrix, they eat green berets for breakfast...Steve's scared and I don't blame him... : ErneX
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  reading this thread was like rubbing a cheese grater across my lips. : PUPSTAHS
  • more like across your brain, amirite? : -Panther-
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    why'd ya bother? why's this troll informative? why are we here? who's your daddy? what does he do? where ... : eskimo spy
    • wtf looooooooool : phobium
• This does not meet the standards of the classic thread that had the dude that said people shouldn't post ... : deadbydawn
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  Why the hell is this post marked as Interesting? : abubu
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    because the "stupid but kinda funny so take a look" tag was too big :< : xenoeye
    • Indeed. I likely would have missed it otherwise but got a chuckle because of it. : Sarcastro
  • please return my 15 seconds. : malloc
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    To promote HL2 : esky
    • Heh.. that's what I was going to say. \=) : Pneum0
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    There is a fine line between interesting and retarded. : maru mari
    • so you are agreeing with me then? :S : abubu
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  Gamespy doesn't get paid to promote games I'm sure. : Arjun Thakur
  • Wonder if Spike gets paid to promote the GTO? : ) : devi| dog
• Shacknews BESTEST GAME EVAR: Half-Life 2 : fsck
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  Maybe it's a bit overhyped. Personally I'm waiting for some more S.T.A.L.K.E.R news. : Pettytheft
  • of course. i mean, c'mon, people NEED stalker Q&A's, they really should release more of them...... : lonestar3
• well duh, checkout whois the site is registered to Valve! :P : Senor PoopyPants
• Of course, they are. That's why you got to wait someone like me to review a game... but you will have to ... : yes4me
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  But... wait.. isn't.. ... : MrMethane
  • And why is this marked "interesting"? Too many questions *goes back to sleep* : MrMethane
• Um, the Shack is a gaming site. And Half-Life 2 is one of the best games of the year. So can you really : Ride-My-Rocket
• hahahahahahahahhaahahhahaha : filtersweep
• that shit is classic 10/10 : gegtik
• HAY IM GAY. : rotten element