Fragmaster's comments

[slapdragon]

OK, so now the Half-Life 2 delay has finally been officially confirmed by Valve. They're, "currently targeting a holiday release," which is the same thing Vivendi told us back in July.

Like I've said (endlessly), I don't care for how Valve handled this situation. They should have confirmed the delay earlier, not one week away from HL2's supposed release. I think telling the European press at ECTS (less than a month ago) that the, "release date is unchanged," was irresponsible. Good marketing? Maybe. A nice way to treat your fans? No.

That being said, dwelling on the delay won't do anyone any good. Bitching and moaning about it won't accomplish a damn thing. The bottom line is that Half-Life 2 is going to ship eventually, and it's almost certainly going to be worth the wait. In the meantime, there are still plenty of other games and HL mods to play.

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And in the forum thread:

Boy, that sure was interesting. Now I can finally shut the hell up.

EDIT: I hope you guys understand why I've been such a retard about the delay stuff. I strongly believe Valve should have been more forthcoming and honest to their most loyal fans.

It would have been a hell of a lot easier for me to just keep my big mouth shut and pretend like the game wasn't delayed, but I'm not a very big fan of bullshit.

But it's over now, and let's move on. Hooray!

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Wow, no "I TOLD YOU SO'S" :/

 

[Drax]

You missed his .wav file of a rabid winey Half-Life fan saying "I KNOW IT'S NOT DELAYED YOU RETARD!" last week. He posted it in one of the news headline comments so I don't think many people saw it.

 

[Edge]

 

[Golem-146]

ima go cry myself to sleep, i hate my life




" GABE DONT CALL ME, I DONT LOVE YOU ANYMORE! "

 

[SilentKilla]

i have a autographed tshirt and poster coming in the mail from valve, if this delay is true, they will be getting it back.

 

[Ki||tacular]

ouch^^

 

[Rice-Rocketeer]

Originally posted by SilentKilla
i have a autographed tshirt and poster coming in the mail from valve, if this delay is true, they will be getting it back.

I'll...um...private message you their return address.

 

[Javert]

Originally posted by Rice-Rocketeer
I'll...um...private message you their return address.

Ditto.

And I'm glad that at least Fraggy didn't act like an idiot.
However, I would've loved to have seen him in costume giving free copies on a corner.
*sigh.

 

[Mad Dog]

No, I WILL!

Send it to MY Valve address! It's the REAL one!

Nov 19th, place your bets.

 

[SilentKilla]

wow 10,000 people ripping valve already, ill be pissed only and when i see gabe say IT WAS DELAYED, untill then, the release date is the 30th of Sept.

 

[mosquave]

Yeah sure you ****ing prick, the release date is still 30th september!!!

 

[Homer]

He was right.
I said he was right as of last tuesday, when it became to late for the game to make it.

and I got flamed for it.

weee.

 

[Orange]

and rightly so
jking lol.

oh well, just have to countdown to Kill BIll, then HL2, then the Last Samurai, etc