i'm only frustrated because i think it'll be too easy for valve to charge for things. new patch comes out, bam, 10 bucks there. new map, bam, five bucks there. wanna use voice comm? bam, 15 bucks there. etc, etc... they can charge for anything.
i'm pissed because i for one did not PLAN to play mods and online when i purchased my copy of half-life at the age of 12. i had no idea that i would end up playing counterstrike full time for four years. this is going to eliminate a HUGE amount of online players.
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ALSO- paying $10 a...
Yes, that's me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Evans [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: fake email?
i know you must get tons of these but here goes :)
is this email real...
wow. its real. that's gay. i really don't like what he was saying in the e-mail :\
oh well, i'll have the special edition for sure anyways.
edit: yes, its real and confirmed by gabe.
hmmm... only one thing to nitpick.
people get confused about the bullets. i've read lots of people say that bullets travel instantly, which they do NOT. just like in half-life 1, they have a velocity and can arch etc. ie. the crossbow.
i believe the confusion here is that half-life 2 does...
also how he signed the email the exact same way that you did.
but wait, he's never done that before. also there's some bad grammar inside of the quotations (quick! go fix it before more people notice!)
photoshop is a convinient way to capture a screen. besides, if he wanted to fake an email, he wouldn't have to use photoshop.
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and the email seems 100% fake.
heh, counterstrike is an amazing feat of simple gameplay with a huge community and solid engine. its survived for FIVE YEARS. NO GAME, besides maybe starcraft, has survived that long, with its userbase STILL INCREASING. simply incredible. its a combination of the engine, community, gameplay, and...
anybody know if the thermaltake psu's are any good? my xaserIII comes with a thermaltake 420w psu.
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http://www.compuhq.com/therw0420wat.html
there's a link. i don't know how you would judge psu's other than the rated wattage, anybody know?
wowww, 3.0C to 3.6 with STOCK COOLING. sweet. i'm getting the 3.0C, AND my case has 7 fans, plus a zalman copper cooling system for the cpu. plus my radeon 9800pro is the 'ultimate' version, meaning it has a huuge heatsink on it. i'll be running at 3.6ghz, kids :D