What do you think the "Surprise" is?

Surpise is?

  • Team-Fortress 2

    Votes: 60 15.0%
  • Half Life Source FULLY updated

    Votes: 28 7.0%
  • The revealing of the real HL2 MP.

    Votes: 133 33.3%
  • Gabe giving away each of his fingers to 10 lucky people.

    Votes: 28 7.0%
  • Day of Defeat Source

    Votes: 12 3.0%
  • Natural Selection Source

    Votes: 5 1.3%
  • Sven Co-Op Source

    Votes: 4 1.0%
  • No clue

    Votes: 44 11.0%
  • Betcha its something stupid or completely irrelevant

    Votes: 54 13.5%
  • I know what it is...just not telling ya.

    Votes: 32 8.0%

  • Total voters
    400

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I read that apparently Valve has a surprise in store for everyone. What do you suppose that that surprise is?
 
No one better say any spoilers from the beta.
 
Where'd they say this? Maybe it has something to do with the CE.
 
depends on which "surprise" you are talking about...
about the MP?
about the gameplay?
about what's in the box?
about the release date?
know what i mean?
 
guinny said:
I read that apparently Valve has a surprise in store for everyone. What do you suppose that that surprise is?

Where? I am curious.
 
I cant find it now honestly, but I read it somewhere right after we found out that VU was officially in testing for the next 72 hours. Idk, one of the few sources we recently heard from said it.
 
The revealing of the real HL2 MP.
 
Probably details to the much missed TF2. It would have to be pimped one of these days.
 
guinny said:
I cant find it now honestly, but I read it somewhere right after we found out that VU was officially in testing for the next 72 hours. Idk, one of the few sources we recently heard from said it.

Are you referring to the PC Gameplay magazine?
 
Might be. Someone said they spoke to valve and like valve has a big surprise in store for all of us.
 
I wish this poll was more brief and had serious answers
 
guinny said:
Might be. Someone said they spoke to valve and like valve has a big surprise in store for all of us.

Where did you read this? On the forum?

You're being rather vague.
 
Feath said:
Where did you read this? On the forum?

You're being rather vague.

He's talking about the PCgameplay magazine or which ever one it is saying how valve still has a suprise in store for us. Although, it could be the HL:S and CS:S included or an actual themed MP, we'll see soon.
 
The Suprise.. is..

WARNING... SPOILER AHEAD!!



>



HL2 comes with it's own MODS-program, level editor and other goodies such as HL2-d and yes.. you guest it.. HL2-MultiPlayer!!.. in a Extra CD...

thats it..
 
DiSTuRbEd said:
The big suprise is, Half-Life 2 is coming out soon.
Or maybe its another delay ;(
If that 72 hour thing was true hl2 shouldve gone gold 2 days ago (here anyway, maybe yesterday in america).
 
She said:
The Suprise.. is..

WARNING... SPOILER AHEAD!!



>



HL2 comes with it's own MODS-program, level editor and other goodies such as HL2-d and yes.. you guest it.. HL2-MultiPlayer!!.. in a Extra CD...

thats it..

What are you basing that on?
 
Reaktor4 said:
Or maybe its another delay ;(
If that 72 hour thing was true hl2 shouldve gone gold 2 days ago (here anyway, maybe yesterday in america).

Even if it went Gold on Saturday, they wouldn't annouce it till Monday.
 
i thought they said they would release a statement as soon as it goes gold
 
Reaktor4 said:
i thought they said they would release a statement as soon as it goes gold

As soon as it goes gold probably means within a few days. Half-Life went gold on Saturday the 7th of November 1998, but it wasn't announced till Monday.
 
none of the above, the surprise is that they arent actually done, in fact they are starting over dnf stile.
 
Feath said:
As soon as it goes gold probably means within a few days. Half-Life went gold on Saturday the 7th of November 1998, but it wasn't announced till Monday.
ok :)
Why?
 
Meh, if Sierra was planning on a Multiplayer only and Singleplayer only pack, then I'll say it's the multiplayer one.
 
i have no idea what some surprise wll be ... probably some weapon or something ... something BIG
 
"She", its not really a spoiler when you have no facts to back up such claims.
 
DiSTuRbEd said:
"She", its not really a spoiler when you have no facts to back up such claims.

haha no shit ... shes a know it all ... she thinks shes the man ..
 
surprise = DNF is based on the source engine

:E

(i actually think the "surprise" wont really be much of a surprise, something pretty irrelavent or something we already have suspicions about)
 
They redid the graphics engine, and now source has unified lighting.
 
It includes the Alyx Backstory and contains a video of Half-Life 3.

Making stuff up is fun.
 
DiSTuRbEd said:
Dude they also have a video of CS3 on it too!

Would be strange if they did that, considering that there isn't even a CS 2 yet.
 
VUG is only concerned with WORLD OF WARCRAFT and it's release. Beta began almost three weeks ago, and the servers seem to be handling the load quite well. I understand their focus being on Warcraft, as the nature of the beast dictates monthly revenues.
With the merger of Vivendi Universal and NBCU, and Vivendi losing 80% interest of VUE (main holder of VUG), but gaining 18.5 % of NBCU (500million annually expected), those of you that think that Vivendi are under pressure to release HL2 because of reporting a loss are mistaken. VUG footed a huge bill from Blizzard for the setup of the W.O.W. system, and this is the major reason for the loss.

With this in mind, maybe the middle of November, and the majority of retailer's current dates, may be correct. Big surprise is that it's gonna take pretty much that long for them to proclaim gold and make production/ distribution deadlines, considering the game includes HL2, HL:S, CS:S, and TF2(maybe). 4 games in one, people! ATI coupon holders get access the the Valve Premier Pack, and single player only. Coupon only says inludes HL2, not all the other games that will appear in the retail version. It is hoped that fan devotion (and i'm pretty sure that they got it right) will make for the majority of the ATI coupon holders purchasing a full retail copy, and using the free SP access given by the coupon. Feel ripped off? Uh, look at what you have access to already, and what you are going to get...all for free ain't so bad.
ATI is in the canner, as they have hearings set for next month for insider trading, Martha Stewart style. lack of funds to pay bills has already led to a deficit of higher end cards, even though marketing strategy deemed that AGP's phase-out was to begin at the end of this month, and the major push to PCI-E was to begin. Delays of N-vidia's N-force4 release have affected the push of PCI-E, and ATI, in cutting corners, is taking a hit. Never mind higher than ever return on the R360 line, which, due to the phasing out of the R350, affects all cards in the 9800 line.


The only thing that i know to not be 100% true is about TF2 and ATI coupons...but these are the rumors from the hardware industry.
 
:) A dope surprise would be if you bought a collectors edition, you get a coupon for a free x800 XT! I'd french kiss Gabe for a surprise like that! SIKE! Well...uh... probably.
 
VUG is only concerned with WORLD OF WARCRAFT and it's release. Beta began almost three weeks ago, and the servers seem to be handling the load quite well. I understand their focus being on Warcraft, as the nature of the beast dictates monthly revenues.


That's just rediculous. Stupid VUG and their "monthly' revenues. Don't they know that there are many like myself who don't care about MMORPG. I don't see the fun in those games. Get the game outn already. You think they would release them both at the same time? I Think that would be the best business decision fro them. Who would have thought that the delay would be from another game that has no relavance to HL2.
 
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