I agree with Feath, if that's the reason it was delayed. If it wasn't and was either Vivendi or Steam related, then I'll have to think of a different upside....
Ghoti, the last month or so of a game release is almost always the same. They have to finish the game, then it gets sent off to play testing. Playtesting lasts a few weeks (depending if they find any bugs) and then it goes Gold. After going gold, it takes a week (at the absolute radically...
OK.
Giving something a wood texture means it gets certain wood attributes, like:
-Sounds like wood when you hit/shoot it.
-Has elasticity (things bounce off it) like wood.
-DOES NOT BREAK LIKE WOOD
Breaking has to be modelled separately. The tree scheme could be done, but it would have...
Optimist: The glass is half-full.
Pessimist: The glass is half-empty.
HL2.Net Forumist: Why can't the glass be half-LIFE?! I want it! Now! *smashes glass over forehead
well, I guess if you count thinks spoken in person to news magazines at conferences, then ECTS at the end of august. before that, E3. But if you don't count those, and only count official press releases, then they have never made one re: HL2.
Even Vivendi never made one (at least it isn't...
it is in all likelyhood delayed. but plz don't say valve would put down rumors. they love rumors. gabe gets his kicks from squirming fanboys. (example: they said nothing over the first crazy delay rumor from gamespot)
no, some of us do say cheers.
joneleth, some people, myself including, would just really appreciate a news section on the valve site.
edit: and cheers != thanks. ever.
doug lombardi was fired by valve for not doing any marketing at all for HL2, and so now he's bitter and trying to f*ck with all of us. gabe will set us straight in a little bit.
j/k;(
#1: you don't need <> if there isn't an alias, like "Gabe Newell".
#2: The date formats are completely different, not just the times. It has to do with email clients and their format.
#3. emails from valve are never even remotely professional. that's what everyone is pissed about.