Bad Karma

[D33]

It’s a shame that hundreds of people couldn’t quite grasp the obvious reasons behind Gabe Newell having an account on the HalfLife2.net forums. Gabe did not sign up to converse in general chit chat, talk about his day, or how cool Halo is. The sole purpose of Gabe’s account is to make important, informative posts (much like the one in discussion) when he deems appropriate.

People have been discussing why Gabe would make an announcement like this on “a” forum. However this isn’t “a” forum, this is “the” forum for Half-Life2 community. Valve love to work with the community so why not post it on a forum like this, especially with his personal, confirmed account.

There have been thousands upon thousands of people supporting the leak thread and halflife2.net through these troubled times which we’re thankful for. Unfortunately, at the same time there has been a small amount of people who have done nothing but insult us, spout slander, rumors and proclaim that the thread is a blatant fake.

We’ve been backed up by the gaming news giant, Shacknews, who phoned Valve and received confirmation, shortly after posting their information live to the world. Even with this solid grounding, skeptics remain. People on halflife2source’s radio station have their doubts, claiming that Shacknews isn’t actually a reputable news source (at least in the sense that they MUST hear it from Gabes own mouth rather that one of the most trusted news sources on the net).

It’s unfortunate that the main source of slander has come from the direction of halflifesource.com. Not from the website itself, but from people participating in their forums and IRC channel. Amongst the disbelievers were several who claimed that halflife2.net have also done fake interviews with Doug Lombardi. Not only do they fail to back up their allegations with proof when asked, but they failed to realize that we’ve only ever in fact done a single interview, which was with Gabe Newell, mind you.

We’ve been attacked by certain members of the community who promote that halflife2.net isn’t a reputable news source, which I find most disturbing. If there’s worthwhile news to be posted you can rest assured it will be on our front-page. Our forums contain discussions about all the latest happenings, opinions and so forth. We’ve worked hard, we’re proud of where we’ve taken HalfLife2.net, and people need to understand that if there is an announcement to be made by Valve, there is actually a legitimate chance you could see it first on our forums, as history has just demonstrated.

We ask people who have a problem with us to deal with their issues.

 

[MooCow]

Personally I think it is impossible to prove 100% either way, but all the evidence points to the news posted hear as reliable. To my mind I am convinced that it was Gabe who posted (if he told the truth is another matter).

With respect to the code, I think seeing some of the things going round, there is no doubt in my mind that it is genuine.

 

[Templar]

Wow. That's two thread stickies in 5 minutes. :cheers:

Good post for the drones out there

 

[rec]

Thanks for highlighting this issue once again, D33. It really is quite a depressing state of affairs.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

Both the post and the source leak are genuine. I have been on these forums a Long time and this IS a very reliable site.



Also DONT DOWNLOAD THE SOURCE. OWNING IT IS ILLEGAL

 

[theGreenBunny]

You know, if you read the title, you'd almost think this was a Karma Engine bashing thread

Seriously, some people in the community need to grow a brain. People like those guys at halflifesource.

 

[Cheetarah654]

hl2.net is and always will be the best

with you guys 100%

 

[MrWhite]

Originally posted by Cheetarah654
hl2.net is and always will be the best

with you guys 100%

Me too... and it's really amazing to think that I just wandered into this place while looking for HL2 info like an other site, and decided to join the forums, not knowing it was "the" hl2 community place

 

[The DemonWithin]

Same man, i havent even looked at any other hl2 forums since i signed up here, keep up the good work guys.

 

[Chris D]

Maybee teh Gaeb Nwell posts ar faek!!"£ Tehse bordes hav emal veryfikatshon btu I herd Gaeb's emel has been leaked an matye a fake persno was just pratending to be Gabe cos tehy hax0r00r0rd his email to opin up teh account here.



It is Gabe Newell. He's been registered since about August. Registered and verified through his own e-mail address the administrators would know if it was an imposter.

 

[MrWhite]

Originally posted by Chris_D
Maybee teh Gaeb Nwell posts ar faek!!"£ Tehse bordes hav emal veryfikatshon btu I herd Gaeb's emel has been leaked an matye a fake persno was just pratending to be Gabe cos tehy hax0r00r0rd his email to opin up teh account here.



It is Gabe Newell. He's been registered since about August. Registered and verified through his own e-mail address the administrators would know if it was an imposter.

It's great how we know for sure, but how ironic it would be if those newbs were right

 

[Wilkshake]

A case of jealousy purhaps?

 

[FISKER_Q]

Originally posted by Chris_D
Maybee teh Gaeb Nwell posts ar faek!!"£ Tehse bordes hav emal veryfikatshon btu I herd Gaeb's emel has been leaked an matye a fake persno was just pratending to be Gabe cos tehy hax0r00r0rd his email to opin up teh account here.



It is Gabe Newell. He's been registered since about August. Registered and verified through his own e-mail address the administrators would know if it was an imposter.

But the funny thing is, that it indeed could be possible.

 

[Zerimski]

/me salutes as the HL2.net logo unfurls behind him, with the anthem in the background.

 

[MrMethane]

People on halflife2source’s radio station have their doubts, claiming that Shacknews isn’t actually a reputable news source

LOL

Either these people are just being dumbasses or they are just plain ignorant. I, and many others, consider shugashack THE most reliable gaming news site. They've been around at least 6 years.

 

[rec]

That's only the tip of the iceberg, MrMethane. You should have heard their 3 hour shoutcast, that was nothing in comparison to some of the incredibly ignorant content they were spouting.

 

[Necro]

Originally posted by Chris_D
Maybee teh Gaeb Nwell posts ar faek!!"£ Tehse bordes hav emal veryfikatshon btu I herd Gaeb's emel has been leaked an matye a fake persno was just pratending to be Gabe cos tehy hax0r00r0rd his email to opin up teh account here.

i'll reply in a millenia once i've decifered that

 

[Hudson]

it IS gabe, who posted, and anyone who has been here for a while would know this. When the whole anti-aliasing crisis was happening, Gabe signed up for an account and made a post about it. To my knowledge the leaked beta post is Gabes third post on the forums

 

[No Limit]

There people are simply jelous and nothing will change what they think about HL2.net. Gabe could go down to their house, tell them it was him that posted here and they would say that the admins here have very good make up artists. Simply ignore it and then laugh your ass off when they end up looking like total idiots.
-Paul

 

[ravenuk]

well i can say its true the code is out there.

but do you reallt think people are gonna tell you where it came from lmao


come on most of the people on this board prolly have it they aint gonna say.

im not interested in that though my interest is in getting the game . delay delay same old stuff.

i have pre oredered this ages ago.

and guess what delay

its about time software companies got their act together and got stuff out on time. youd prolly find no source code because we would be playing it for real

just my two cents

 

[D33]

I can understand that they may think as his email was hacked, so might his forum account be but we tried to tell them that we'd done a traceroute on the IP that posted the message and it went back to Valve.

 

[Joneleth]

When I told one of them in their IRC channel that I got a response from Gabe on the 3rd of October, they didn't believe me (I sent Gabe an e-mail saying that I was very disappointed about the code being released and that I know they'll get through this). I even sent one of the guys in their IRC channel the source of the message (which was from Valve), but he still didn't believe me.

Apparently it's all fake until Gabe Newell comes to their homes and tells them personally.

 

[Crusader]

This thing is definitely for real, we have all this proof already, plus I had a verification of this sad state of affairs by Gabe through an Email.

 

[The Mullinator]

They will probably change their minds once the people at Halflifesource.com get their interview with Gabe tommorow. I hope all those who doubt the legitimacy of this site realize that this site really is the best and most legitimate HL website out there.

 

[GOoch]

The Mullinator
I hope all those who doubt the legitimacy of this site realize that this site really is the best and most legitimate HL website out there.

Yup ill hold my hand up to this as well ive visited here for months now and i support the team and the guy who runs this (Munro) to the full..
This isnt an ass kiss not by any stretch of the imagination. I just think people need to sort there shit out. ValVe the company we all look up to is haveing real problems right now we should all be there to support them.
Wasnt it only a fiew weeks ago that one of our members Spitcodfry acctualy visited valve..And was welcomed with open arms. No other software company ive heard of has done this.

I Just think we all need to stick to gether for Valve..

 

[Agent4054]

Big damn shame...

 

[sPaG]

You guys are doing a great job. Keep up the good work. Try to ignore the ridicule. Unfortunately, this is one of those things that happen when you become one of the best. You are on a pedastal and criticized all the time. This is actually very good news for HL2.NET because you now know where your status is in the community.

Might I add, the post from Gabe is legit. Remember, Shack posted another follow-up from Gabe, and Gabe thanked the community and was looking for some IP addresses. He also mentioned being cut off from the world because they took the their network down for a while.

Come on people. I really wish those other retards would figure this out.

Just my 25 cents.

 

[DarkelP]

HELL YER!!!! D33 UR TEH ROXXOR!!!!ONEONEO!!!!!!!OEEN!!!!!!
I'm behin this mother f*cker all the way! This website is teh Sh*t! and i believe all it says!!!! We Shall All Form A Big Army And Crush All Non Believers With Our L33t Weapons!!!!!

 

[||Diablo||]

Originally posted by Chris_D
Maybee teh Gaeb Nwell posts ar faek!!"£ Tehse bordes hav emal veryfikatshon btu I herd Gaeb's emel has been leaked an matye a fake persno was just pratending to be Gabe cos tehy hax0r00r0rd his email to opin up teh account here.

so, how is the 3rd grade going? lol :cheers:

 

[Agent4054]

Originally posted by DarkelP
HELL YER!!!! D33 UR TEH ROXXOR!!!!ONEONEO!!!!!!!OEEN!!!!!!
I'm behin this mother f*cker all the way! This website is teh Sh*t! and i believe all it says!!!! We Shall All Form A Big Army And Crush All Non Believers With Our L33t Weapons!!!!!

ROCK ON! w00t!! You go, man!

 

[ravenuk]

i dont see a problem

ffs so some code has been leaked and someone dont beleive it so what


whats that got to do with this site being goos or bad.

god its messed up and no mistake

 

[GOoch]

ffs so some code has been leaked

You missing the whole point its been bloody STOLEN from Valve not leaked by valve.!

 

[D33]

Things have been sorted now, we've received a couple of apologies about the whole situation and now it's time to keep the peace.

We do hope we've proved a point though.

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