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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    It's gaben [at] valvesoftware.com I believe. Whatever it is, he reads it all and responds to a lot of it. I've received a few emails from him.

    Just don't spam him with useless crap or whatever. He's nice enough to be accessible; don't take advantage of it.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator mod
    edited May 2007
    I want to know what they're doing to fight against those websites that are basically cheat subscription services that guarantee no detection or a free new account if banned.

    bombardier on
  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Yeah, it's gaben @ valvesoftware.com


    Still doin' that highschool thing.

    Forgot the fucking cubemaps on the lower areas.
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    Very WIP indeed. Not all these shots are pretty, because they're just to show progress to those marking.

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Those are pretty cool. Makes me want to get back into mapping, but then I remember just how much time it takes to create something half way decent and I just kinda go 'ehhhhh'

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I am assuming Spies don't gain the speed bonuses or penalties of their stolen identities, so a scout that isn't running or slightly faster heavy would be something to watch out for.

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    There's no plan, there's no race to be run
    The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I think the heavies are slower.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    LaCabra wrote: »
    I think the heavies are slower.

    But is a spy disguised as a heavy, as slow as a real heavy?

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  • TxdoHawkTxdoHawk Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I think the main thing that doesn't make me worry much about TF2 is that when you see stuff like the idle animation for the Pyro, it is so obvious the game is a labor of love.

    Semi-related: I played some TFC last night on a server that seemed fairly modded out, stat tracking and all that. Anyway, when engineers would wrench their sentry guns to upgrade them, a little heart would appear over the gun. It was pretty amusing, but has that always happened in TFC and I never noticed, or was that a mod like I think it was? That should totally be in TF2.

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I remember in TFC there were tricked-out scripts and custom commandmenus that would disguise you and automatically set your speed to match the class you were being disguised as (if it was slower). With all the care that they're putting into making spies fun to play, I wouldn't be surprised if they built that in somehow.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What's the idle animation for the pyro?

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  • GrimCalaveraGrimCalavera Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sooooo ... new mod (or multiplayer tech demo, not sure really) was released today.

    http://www.teravisiongames.com/ss.html

    Who's going to attempt to play this with me?

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Peewi wrote: »
    LaCabra wrote: »
    I think the heavies are slower.

    But is a spy disguised as a heavy, as slow as a real heavy?

    Yes, that was my point.

    A good spy will avoid scouts and heavies, because if they aren't standing still they'll give themselves away.

    Wonder how long the medics invincibility shield lasts.

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    There's no plan, there's no race to be run
    The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
  • TxdoHawkTxdoHawk Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Suds wrote: »
    What's the idle animation for the pyro?
    He flips his axe around and pretends to play guitar. It looks hilarious.

    Edit: Also, downloading Shredded Sails now, looks interesting.

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    yay boredom.
    big pictars
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    Still has a lot of work left though :(

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    wakkawa wrote: »
    yay boredom.
    big pictars
    sametime1.jpg
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    Still has a lot of work left though :(

    I'd hit it. Let us know when you're finished, it looks really nice.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Oh snap. That's you?

    Here's my latest shit, though you will have seen some of it. http://lacobra.flyingstove.com/

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  • IShallRiseAgainIShallRiseAgain Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    LaCabra there is a slight error with the planet in the skybox.........There are some clouds behind it lol :-)

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  • KlaymenKlaymen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    New Fortress Forever Media

    Includes tricks video and some shutdown2 screenshots.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    LaCabra there is a slight error with the planet in the skybox.........There are some clouds behind it lol :-)

    Haha, yeah. I'll fix that eventually.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The 2nd part of the Left 4 Dead 411 preview is up. 12 pages spanning the Boss infected and other bits and pieces.

    http://www.left4dead411.com/left-4-dead-preview-pg10


    And in case you missed it, part 1 here:

    http://www.left4dead411.com/left-4-dead-preview-pg1


    There NEEDS to be a Game On as soon as this comes out.

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
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    Playstation/Origin/GoG: Span_Wolf Xbox/uPlay/Bnet: SpanWolf Nintendo: Span_Wolf SW-7097-4917-9392 Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Span_Wolf/
  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Why don't you try it and let us know?

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Suds wrote: »
    Why don't you try it and let us know?
    To busy for a potential waste of time.

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    Playstation/Origin/GoG: Span_Wolf Xbox/uPlay/Bnet: SpanWolf Nintendo: Span_Wolf SW-7097-4917-9392 Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Span_Wolf/
  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Suds wrote: »
    Why don't you try it and let us know?
    To busy for a potential waste of time.

    I tried it. One map (well, two, but it's just a night version and a day version) and nobody running any servers. Nothing else new so I uninstalled it and forgot about it.

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Darmak wrote: »
    Suds wrote: »
    Why don't you try it and let us know?
    To busy for a potential waste of time.

    I tried it. One map (well, two, but it's just a night version and a day version) and nobody running any servers. Nothing else new so I uninstalled it and forgot about it.
    What was it? How did it look?

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Somehow I missed this news:
    Kim Swift wrote:
    We should definitely expect user-created content, judging by the wealth of content that sprang from the free release of Portal’s progenitor, Narbacular Drop. “We have any easy-to-use way of getting maps into Portal and loading them up,” says Swift. “We’re definitely looking forward to seeing what people create. We’re going to be releasing our FGD and an SDK update so people can use what we’re using.” That should happen soon after Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and Portal launch together [in October].
    Though nobody was expecting any less, it's still nice to know.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    thorgot wrote: »
    Somehow I missed this news:
    Kim Swift wrote:
    We should definitely expect user-created content, judging by the wealth of content that sprang from the free release of Portal’s progenitor, Narbacular Drop. “We have any easy-to-use way of getting maps into Portal and loading them up,” says Swift. “We’re definitely looking forward to seeing what people create. We’re going to be releasing our FGD and an SDK update so people can use what we’re using.” That should happen soon after Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and Portal launch together [in October].
    Though nobody was expecting any less, it's still nice to know.

    I didn't know they were shooting for a release in October. Awesome. :D
    Also, user-made Portal maps makes me very, very, VERY happy.

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  • The_LightbringerThe_Lightbringer Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Zombiemaster patch 1.1.0

    http://www.zombiemaster.org/

    game on?

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    There's actually a game on thread round about the place. Might bump it in a little while.

    It's nice that the mapping community are starting to get behind it, but man, some of the maps are pretty awful. They could've done with being held back for testing for a bit longer.

    And I want another TF2 character movie D:

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  • KlaymenKlaymen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Gamespot has a new Orange Box Hands-On with pretty much zero new info, as far as I can see.

    It has a handful of new TF2 screenshots though, interspersed amongst the many we've already seen/screenshots from the videos we've seen.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    New Ep2, TF2 and Portal screens.
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    Some TF2

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    Portal:

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    And some others you mightn't have seen.
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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    God, those are some nice screenshots. Please be released soon!

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    Is it me, or
    does the G-man screenshot look like it's inside Black mesa?

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Want. I especially like the look of the new buggy, especially because earlier concept shots hadn't really interested me very much.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Dammit Valve, stop with the Gman pics. I want to be SURPRISED by some of the stuff in this game. :P

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  • BlueDestinyBlueDestiny Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    We need moar TF2 character vids! NAO!

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  • KlaymenKlaymen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    LaCabra wrote: »
    New Ep2, TF2 and Portal screens.
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    Some TF2

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    Portal:

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    Since we're direct linking images, here's a few more TF2 shots you missed. I haven't seen them before so I'm pretty sure they're new:
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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Thanks holmes.
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    Is it me, or
    does the G-man screenshot look like it's inside Black mesa?
    Just you. If you look, what it really looks like is it's in Aperture Science. The wall and glass textures are the same, except the brownish one with the vents behind the gman, [irrelevant]which is in fact an air exchange texture originally[/irrelevant]. This is perfectly possible, and intrigues the fuck out of me. The CRT monitor I initially lol'd at could be explained by the fact that the employees at aperture are apparently using 20-year-old technology according to www.aperturescience.com. Also, Aperture sounds like it's run by a right dick, concievably the gman, who does have a fascination with those who adapt and survive against all odds, as they remind him of himself. Anyone who gets through the testing at Aperture would quite definitely fit that criteria.

    This is of course wild conjecture, but they did say we'd find out more about Aperture in Episode 2 than in Portal.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    G-man looks pissed.

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