[Goodthief]

I hope it's that

[H4wkeye]

He responded to my what's your favorite Pokemon e-mail within like an hour.

[TopHatLayton]

H4wkeye posted:

He responded to my what's your favorite Pokemon e-mail within like an hour.

He posted on my Pokemon forum saying what his favorite Pokemon was within 15 minutes.

After making sure it was legitimate I made a Gabe Newell subforum and started banning anyone who spoke ill of it.

Everyone either thinks its fake or doesn't understand the significance of it. ;_;

[choie]

He never did respond to my video email, though I know through my site stats that he (or someone else at Valve) watched it, checked out my portfolio, and forwarded the video link to a few other Valve folks. My hope was that the reason he'd forwarded it was because he got a kick out of it... but now I suspect it was for mockery purposes. Which, hey, that's fair enough -- it was pretty mock-worthy.

Still, would've loved a reply even if it was "um, don't quit your day job, lady." :)

[razorbeamz]

TopHatLayton posted:

He posted on my Pokemon forum saying what his favorite Pokemon was within 15 minutes.

After making sure it was legitimate I made a Gabe Newell subforum and started banning anyone who spoke ill of it.

Everyone either thinks its fake or doesn't understand the significance of it. ;_;

What IS his favorite Pokémon anyways?

[TopHatLayton]

razorbeamz posted:

What IS his favorite Pokémon anyways?

http://pldh.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5056

[Jericho_Rus]

razorbeamz posted:

What IS his favorite Pokémon anyways?

slowpoke

[peaceful guy]

Jericho_Rus posted:

slowpoke

Snorlax

[H4wkeye]

Yeah, it's Snorlax.

[Raijin]

Slowlax

[usaokay]

Munchlax

[Chaotic Lord]

Mailed back the letter they sent me to be signed by "The Other Half of Valve"

[Abbers100]

I had a very long email conversation with Chet regarding work experience. Please excuse some of my fanboy remarks. Start from the bottom and work your way up.

Chet:

We have no minimums but people need to show they can create things of quality and ship them, doing it as a team is even better.

*
Me:

There may be plenty, but none top Valve (fanboy moment, I know), in both quality of the end result (so far, every game you've released has been brilliant) and support to the community. Plus, from what I've heard, Valve is like college: lot's of fun, but also, working hard at the same time.
*
Also, when you say that it has to excite you, in what way? Does it have to be something entirely new, something different, something that uses a technique which is easier than a previous technique used...? And what is the minimum age required for a job? As I'm currently a student.
*

Chet:

For us it means you have to have created something that excites us.* What about splashdamage or other smaller developers?* There are plenty in the UK.
*

*
Me:

Not that many in England I'm afraid. Rockstar North and Codemasters are the only good ones that I can think of, but both of them I don't want to work for in the future, mainly as I don't see any team spirit and no sense of a community in the office, unlike you guys. Not only that, but it would require learning much more complex tools which would still produce the same, if not worse, result than the tools you use.
*
Also, where it says in the "Level Designer" job application on your website, it says you need "industry experience". What exactly does that mean? Does that mean you have to have worked at another company or be knowledgeable with Hammer/Faceposer/XSI/etc via being in the modding community for several years?

*
Chet:

Sorry no we don’t.* We don’t have managers so everyone has to be a self-starter/senior.* Have you looked around at any local companies?
*

*
Me:

Hi Chet,
*
Do you guys at Valve do work experience for students? As I'm hoping to work there at some point in the future, and it would be nice if you do.
*

Well at least I learned something.

[Sottalytober]

emailed valve about a model i submitted and the similarity to the monoculus and got this back

[Pilk]

Hnnnggg that's awesome.

[Khaos-23]

I sent Gabe my portal 2 painting. But I feel guilty asking for stuff. I was like "I'll send you my orange box if you want" but I dunno, they must be sick of all these emails. But I want something signed so bad.

[Raijin]

Khaos-23 posted:

they must be sick of all these emails

Ehhh... I wouldn't agree on that. In fact I think they'd be worried if they didn't get all the emails they do.

[Stoffy]

Valve is amazing. I have never met any game developer that cares so much about their community. Sure they take quite a long time releasing new games, but when they do it's always a classic. I can still sit down and play through Half-Life and get the same rush as I did when I first played it, not many games do that, and the ones that do are mostly indie games. (My personal opinion of course.)

Valve is, and will always be my favorite game developer.

[_Axel]

Asked some questions about the TF2 decals, just got answered :

[FlamingSpaz]

Anyone else sent Gabe a happy birthday email?

[Painseeker]

FlamingSpaz posted:

Anyone else sent Gabe a happy birthday email?

Heck yes, how could I not? The guy is a legend.

[MaxOfS2D]

[vladnag]

i emailed the Gaben email adress from my hotmail email, is that ok, will he reply?
sorry, first time i've attempted to email someone at valve

[FlamingSpaz]

vladnag posted:

i emailed the Gaben email adress from my hotmail email, is that ok, will he reply?
sorry, first time i've attempted to email someone at valve

No, he only replies to Gmail.

[TCB]

Welp.

[Marlamin]

TCB posted:

Welp.

Have fun.

[TCB]

Marlamin posted:

Have fun.

I started replaying it a couple of weeks ago on a Hard mode, crowbar-only run. Stopped playing and now it's time to continue that nightmare.

[Sentryturret]

You need a excuse to replay HL 2?

[Chaotic Lord]

For "Front Desk"

Joel Hatfield > Christina Engel.

Hands down.

[Raijin]

FlamingSpaz posted:

No, he only replies to Gmail.

I use hotmail and he replied to me.

[Arandomu]

Arandomu posted:

Sorry if I missed something, but who do I email for birthday stuff or gifts? My birthday is coming up and I wish to get a poster or something from them.
I'm thinking of emailing
GabeN@valvesoftware.com

Asked this 2 weeks ago. Today, after my b'day, I got a notice for some package that arrived at the local post office.
Might be Valve, I haven't ordered anything online. I didn't get anything about this in my Email too.
Does Gabe give away b'day presents as a surprise, or am I going to be utterly dissapointed?

[Raijin]

Arandomu posted:

Asked this 2 weeks ago. Today, after my b'day, I got a notice for some package that arrived at the local post office.
Might be Valve, I haven't ordered anything online. I didn't get anything about this in my Email too.
Does Gabe give away b'day presents as a surprise, or am I going to be utterly dissapointed?

Unless you emailed them telling them that you love them in every possible way, and that your birthday is coming up, you won't get diddly squat.

[Jonii]

I emailed Valve for the first time a week ago. I sent a Portal 2 inspired poster to Gabe and mentioned that I've grown up with the games. But I guess he probably has too many "dota2 gib keypls" emails.

[Chaotic Lord]

Emailed Gabe asking for a signed Snack Bar item (such as a coca Cola, or a Big Pink Cookie)

[TCB]

Sentryturret posted:

You need a excuse to replay HL 2?

Hard mode, crowbar-only run

I had just gotten to the coast.

So, yes.

[ned_ballad]

HOLY CRAP

Gabe Newell is sending my little brother a christmas present :O

[Clarke]

ned_ballad posted:

HOLY CRAP

Gabe Newell is sending my little brother a christmas present :O

Saxton Hale postcard Christmas present.

[AceOfDivine]

Who am I going to get a reply from most likely?

[ossumsauce]

I showed him my 3D model i did of Chell.

[TCB]

ossumsauce posted:

I showed him my 3D model i did of Chell.

He doesn't seem to care