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"In court filings, Sierra/VUG says that the current distribution of Half-Life 2 via Steam exceeds the scope of the current software publishing agreement between the two parties. It is apparently seeking the court's assistance in compelling Valve not to use Steam as an avenue of distribution."...

SAJ said it perfectly. Personally, I think it's fantastic that the games industry will adopt the Developer---->Customer model and gain 100% of the profit for themselves, cutting out the middleMEN.

Of course, when I said that, I meant if we lived in a perfect world where court entanglements and lawyers were nonexistant, Valve should win out. But, being we live in this world, a deal should be brokered so no one gets screwed.

My guess is that Vivendi saw the potential for lost sales because of Steam. Steam is going to cut right into their profits, big time. I say f*** Vivendi, they had nothing to do with the creation of HL2. Valve made it, financed it, and promoted it. All Vivendi would have to do is physically...

/masturbates with a vengeance

The same reaction I had when the fools gold post by "Gabe" was made a few weeks back. :|

Or this: "Half-Life 2 has gone gold, only problem is we put it in a Cadburry Egg-style gold wrapper.......... and Gabe it. Sorry." -Doug Lombardi

"Half-Life 2 has gone gold.......................... Semi-Transparent 9th Dimensional Gold, meaning you'll kind of see it on September 30, 8183. -Doug Lombardi"

Maybe I missed it, but did anyone think of the whiteboard pics from the latest visit to Valve? Nova and Prospekt were mentioned on one of the whiteboard pics.

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Yeah last time I checked I'm a real person, not a smurf. :rolling:

The sand is running out on the HL clock, and the rooster is crowing, waking up the day. Maybe it means that they're done?

Taken from the new visit to Valve: Click, and click. They're messing with us again, now let's solve it!

Awesome! Holy crap, this has to do with the preload probably, or something new!

Click. Summary: X800 XT PE is the fastest card in CS:S, duhr.

Ummm everyone can download it tomorrow. No one from Valve has said that the HL2 preload tomorrow will only be for ATI voucher holders. Way to spread false info.

WOOHOO! 3.9 Mbps! I love Opt. Online.

Wooooooohoooooooooo

4 Minutes Babay!!!!!

No, it's not delayed.