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The reasons behind the delay are both plausible and understandable. Obviously, from a public point of view, it looks poor and doesn't bode well for the site. Granted, you have waited 3 weeks. But. There is no call for coming here, attacking the site, mumbling something about emailing Valve and generally being, for lack of better word, an ass. There is no manipulation. We have not manipulated our members. We have not secretly controlled the competition for our own gain.

No.

We are moving the site in a new direction. Which will hopefully keep us in touch more with our community. This is one, not all, of the reasons for the delay.
Look, were a Half-life 2 fansite. Stuff is going on behind the scenes. But we are not the evil shadow government.
Honestly, get off the stage. Call Valve. Send them down here to spank our asses. Send angry death threats to me via pm. I'm not bothered, and neither are the rest of the staff. Your posts offer no kind of motivation - you are not the type of community member who makes us go "Come on, these people are waiting. :) "
More like "Christ, what a winge-bag...talk about going too far."

Please, sit tight, shut up, and we'll get back to you as soon as. We are trying.
 
Is it me, or is it hot in here?

*wipes brow*
 
There also isn't any evil shadow revolution movement.
>_>
Go away.
 
We're really communist LOLOLOL

(it doesn't work :( )
 
It seems we have a secret war on our hands. Spies, double agents, espionage...it's the Cold War all over again.

I bet I'll even end up accidentally trying to recruit you while feeding the ducks in St James' park tomorrow when I go out on my Saturday morning cliche.
 
Sulkdodds said:
It seems we have a secret war on our hands. Spies, double agents, espionage...it's the Cold War all over again.

I bet I'll even end up accidentally trying to recruit you while feeding the ducks in St James' park tomorrow when I go out on my Saturday morning cliche.
Only a few weeks after the thermonuclear explosion had passed, the Shens Wars began.
 
Sulkdodds said:
It seems we have a secret war on our hands. Spies, double agents, espionage...it's the Cold War all over again.

I bet I'll even end up accidentally trying to recruit you while feeding the ducks in St James' park tomorrow when I go out on my Saturday morning cliche.
Ever seen that trigger happy?
 
I take it the competition was Chris_D's idea and he has since then dissappeared off of the interweb (as he is wont to do upon occasion)?
 
it's been confided into me that i have won the contest by a wide margin.
 
Indeed. Sprafa wins. He gets into the Episode Two beta.
 
Well let's see the fruits of your labours. Seems slightly odd that the winner declares himself on page 9 of the competition announcement TBFH, but given the general slackness that has hung over the whole affair it's not that much of a surprise.
 
No-one aside from Sprafa himself has said that he's won...
 
As the prize hasn't been stated, whose to say what is what? Valve produce their games through player testing. Being enrolled into a beta program as a prize isn't inconceivable (I've beta tested a bunch of games for developers). Perhaps a future approach the HL2.net mods should make is to clarify rather than obscure and cloud an issue.
 
Eh? We've already clarified that no winner has been picked and that, because Chris_D is the only one with access to the entries, we can't pick a winner. These previously stated facts alone kind of nullify Sprafa's bogus claim.
 
Pi, take it up with Sui, he's the one throwing the cat amongst the pigeons when it comes to clarity.
 
ARRRR. It was a joke, get it ? Sui got into it because he thought it was funny. Obviously you disagree.
 
Samon said:
Actually the explanation is pretty simple. The site is undergoing some huge changes, and though the competition has been running awhile now, and yeah were late, were going to get round to announcing the winners shortly. But I gotta thank you for making my day "manipulated fans into writing letters for your site.
That sir, is gold. But please, go ahead and email Valve."

But I do sincerely apologise for the lateness, but honestly, don't go around making such a big deal. It's ridiculous. We are sorry, we are late, and it's coming. There is no 'manipulation or 'deviousness'.

Oh noes, puberty!

DVS82 said:
Nice. Real mature. And what a brilliant way to deal with a reasonable query as well. It's people like you that make me think so much less of this site, when people like Sulks and Samon are clearly at least going to some effort to reassure my faith in how its operated.

And your opinion matters so much, eh?
 
Ahhh cmon guys, lets not bicker. Theres been some problems with the comp, nearly sorted, lets not argue with each other, just sit tight and you'll know when the winner is picked. :)
 
He's actually tied up in my basement, and i stole his account and took his job. I might feed him tomorrow :)

Last thing i heard from him was 'nevermind hectic glenn, its been hectic chris the past week', so hes quite snowed under right now, but he'll be back...one day!
 
I spoke to him yesterday.

I'm going to judge the entries today.
 
Sure. I'll select the best few entries, and then any Staff members who are around tonight can help me decide which is the winner / runner up(s). Then I'll announce the results tonight / tomorrow. Right-right, droog?
 
Hectic Glenn said:
Last thing i heard from him was 'nevermind hectic glenn, its been hectic chris the past week', so hes quite snowed under right now, but he'll be back...one day!

Exams? Work? Saving the Universe with nothing but a Haz suit and a Crowbar? :O
 
Sui said:
Sure. I'll select the best few entries, and then any Staff members who are around tonight can help me decide which is the winner / runner up(s). Then I'll announce the results tonight / tomorrow. Right-right, droog?
Righto, let's confine the rest of the discussion to the staff forum though.
 
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