[Teh_Cheese]

KrAzY_nikomo posted:

This thread has delayed L4D more than 2 months.

Awww shit.

[venn177]

Most of the L4D delay would be because of me.

Well, actually it's because Gabe won't go on a fucking diet.

[cornndog]

or because you r a fag

[venn177]

Yeah, there's a good chance of that.

Gabe still needs to lose some fucking weight.

[cornndog]

no he doesnt now shut up its not like he is complaining about fat jokes or bitching to fast food restaurants.

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[Wulfin]

If Gabe gets Diabetes, there is most definitely no God.

[Teh_Cheese]

mmmm should i get this thread closed?

[Technicha]

Remember this one?

[Snake31]

I remember that one ^

[Arvuti]

The secret is буженина or buzheneena, tasty cold boiled pork. It travels well and has medicinal qualities. Try it the next time you are in Russia.

Thanks

Chet

From: Robin Walker
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:03 AM
To: Chet Faliszek
Subject: FW: Heavys sandvich





From: Gabe Newell
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 8:59 AM
To: Robin Walker
Subject: Fwd: Heavys sandvich








Begin forwarded message:

From: "martin ." <viilakhiir@hotmail.com>
Date: October 9, 2008 8:05:09 AM PDT
To: Gabe Newell <gaben@valvesoftware.com>
Subject: Heavys sandvich

While heavy is killing little babies with sasha, he often enjoys his tasty sandvich. Question is, how did he make bunch of sandviches what can cure burn,gun, knife etc wounds ? And how did he manage to make so much so he can eat them at spawn while his team is losing heavily to enemy team.

[CommanderPT]

Oh god, I'm laughing so hard right now! And I'm only on page 4 when it comes to reading replies!

This my friends, is the reason I hang around facepunch! The humor and awesomeness of certain threads makes it worth your while to dig trough all the shit posts! I thank you for this thread (Talking to the OP) and every contributor so far and any contributor that's about to come! This thread is epic!

[DogGunn]

Ooo, I have some буженина in my pantry - I will have to shoot myself first to see if it really does have those awesome qualities though.

[maniac]

I sent him an email about the half-life story line.

[Teh_Cheese]

CommanderPT posted:

Oh god, I'm laughing so hard right now! And I'm only on page 4 when it comes to reading replies!

This my friends, is the reason I hang around facepunch! The humor and awesomeness of certain threads makes it worth your while to dig trough all the shit posts! I thank you for this thread (Talking to the OP) and every contributor so far and any contributor that's about to come! This thread is epic!

Awww
Thank you :keke:

[Dantai 2]

Someone use a Hello Kitty Online email and ask a question.

[Binladen34]

Dantai 2 posted:

Someone use a Hello Kitty Online email and ask a question.

YES PLEASE DO THIS NOW SOMEONE!

[Combin0wnage]

Binladen34 posted:

YES PLEASE DO THIS NOW SOMEONE!

Done, will post screenshot in a bit.

Edit:

[Paco-Taco2]

Combin0wnage posted:

Done, will post screenshot in a bit.

Edit:

You are very smart and mature.

[Snake31]

I believe that email alone will delay L4D another week! GRAB HIM!

[Hybrid 4F]

Poor Gabe.

[blafnigem]

venn177 posted:

"Headquarters Bellevue, Washington, USA"

From wikipedia.

Holy fuck I live like three cities away! I totally heave a better chance of meeting meeting him than most guys here

[El Ruffianos]

One of my friends met a Valve employee in a game store in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was awesome.

[Sumguy21!]

Here are some of the emails I got replies to. I also had another about alt-tabbing in fullscreened games, but it was boring and long and you're probably not interested.

Sent:
Got any tips on curing insomnia?
I have had it for the past few weeks, quite annoying...

Replied:
Don't drink any caffeine at all.

Swim.

Don't play games or browse the web after 8:00 pm.

Sent:
Adrian.


Adrian.


Poor Adrian

Forgotten by your mother
Forgotten by your friends back home
Forgotten by your peers
Forgotten by all

We wait to hear your story
Forgotten in the vaults of some person's mind


We miss you, Mr. Shephard.
Come back to us.
End your story so we can get on with this miserable day.


Replied (from Mark Laidlaw):
Noted.

Sent:
What did you think of E3 this year? Did you feel as though it was set up better than previous years? Did you like the changes? Did you feel questions were more relevant? What was the stupidest question you got this year/previous years?

Replied:
I like the old crazy E3.

Sent:
My friend Rylan (you might know him) he told me he delivered food to
your office complex everyday. He says that you're a vegetarian and you
like your sandwiches with lettuice, tomatoes, red onions, mustard and
cranberry sauce on rye. He delivered from Hillside Quickie Vegan
Sandwich Shop. Is
he a liar and should I discontinue my friendship or can we continue being pals?

Replied:
I am not a vegetarian.

Sent:
Oh, but do you recognize the sandwich shop?

Replied:
Nope.

Sent:
When you release maps in the packs that you release and the maps
happen to be made by community members. Does Valve or you modify the
maps? These maps include steel or turbine. What happens when an
exploit is discovered? What if people have non custom maps and they
download custom maps? Thanks man,

Your firend,
Sumguy21

Replied(From Robin Walker):
Hi Ian.
Yes, we often make minor fixes/changes to the community maps before we
release them. Sometimes we talk to the original mapmaker and they make
the changes, other times we do it. If an exploit is discovered, we'll
fix it if it's an obvious fix, or talk to the original mapmaker if it's
not. We work with the mapmaker to try and ensure the name we use is
unique, so that it doesn't collide with previous versions of the map.

Robin.

Sent:
Is Left 4 Dead coming out for PS3?

Replied:
We don't plan to do this for our first release.

Sent:
Good

[CommanderPT]

The last one you posted was hilarious!

[Fanboydude]

Valve hates PS3 :3:

[UncleFester]

Fanboydude posted:

Valve hates PS3 :3:

I particularly don't like it myself ether. I went through three of the fucking things, The second one i had i was very happy with until it got yellow light of death

[Dej]

UncleFester posted:

I particularly don't like it myself ether. I went through three of the fucking things, The second one i had i was very happy with until it got yellow light of death

I think it's awesome. Maybe not the greatest gaming platform, but as an overall entertainment system it is by far the best.

[Adamhully]

I don't get it, what advantage is it for you 360 owners if it doesn't come out for PS3?

Oh that's right, there isn't one. People just like being trolls.

[Nerdboy]

I said...
Hey, I was wondering what would happen if I broke into the secret underground Valve Vault and destroyed the time slowing device that forces you guys to run on Valve time?

They replied...
I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave.

Discuss.

[CheesyBob]

Me posted:

To:
gaben@valvesoftware.com
Gabe,
From what I understand, you, or someone else at Valve respond to most every e-mail you receive. Also, as you actually advertise e-mailing you in your games, one could only wonder how many e-mails are sent to you every day.

My question is this:
Do you actually do anything other than sit around and answer e-mails all day? Is that why your games are always delayed several years?

Sincerely,
A concerned citizen

I never got a response :(

[Nerdboy]

I said...
Did you guys ever see that movie about that demon that would possess people and then when he was about to die he'd always sing that "time is on my side" song then some black dude has to come back and track him down and kill off all the people he's possessing but then he finds out that he can possess anyone near him so he gets possessed and has to jump off a cliff and kill himself so that the demon can't possess anyone else?

They replied...
Ti-i-i-ime is on my side, yes it is.

I sent this back in March. It was a fast response too.

[venn177]

Nice Concerned reference.

[bmg02901]

Do people honestly believe that Gabe himself responds to all of these e-mails? He probably gets thousands of these everyday. He just has secretaries who reply. Still, at least Valve has a good sense of humor.

[Fanboydude]

bmg02901 posted:

Do people honestly believe that Gabe himself responds to all of these e-mails? He probably gets thousands of these everyday. He just has secretaries who reply. Still, at least Valve has a good sense of humor.

Thousands? As in... thousands?

Edit:

Thousands in a day?!?

[UncleFester]

Adamhully posted:

I don't get it, what advantage is it for you 360 owners if it doesn't come out for PS3?

Oh that's right, there isn't one. People just like being trolls.

I have both the ps3 plain out sucks because i went through 3 of the fucking things and my 360, Well almost went through 1

[Cathbadh]

I have a sneaking suspicion that Gabe sits his fat ass one of those giant rubber exercise balls and does nothing but play WoW and check email all day instead of making Episode 3.

[slt-awesome]

Cathbadh posted:

I have a sneaking suspicion that Gabe sits his fat ass one of those giant rubber exercise balls and does nothing but play WoW and check email all day instead of making Episode 3.

+2 weeks.

True though.

[Zezibesh]

Well I don't think Gabe codes too much anyway, since he has a company to run.

[slt-awesome]

Zezibesh posted:

Well I don't think Gabe codes too much anyway, since he has a company to run.

Wasn't he like the main coder on the steam project?

[confinedUser]

i think he was