Gabe Newell Interview

o_shrone · 06-07-2006, 04:44 PM

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php...d=65345&page=1

Talks about enhancements to Source, owns Uwe Boll and...

Quote:

Eurogamer: Any news on Team Fortress 2?

Gabe Newell: Not today! [laughs]

o_ghost · 06-07-2006, 04:50 PM

I picture that laugh like an evil sinister overlord laugh.

"Not today! MMMMMMMWWWWWWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

o_marinexgen · 06-07-2006, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GhOsT

I picture that laugh like an evil sinister overlord laugh.

"Not today! MMMMMMMMMM A HOAGIE MWAHAHAHAHAHAH"

^^ Corrected For Truth.

o_otiz · 06-07-2006, 07:43 PM

Now I'm getting afraid of Steam. It's watching me. Seriously, is that even legal?

o_cruor · 06-07-2006, 07:49 PM

Oh I wonder what new tech they're going to demo. Parallax mapping? Relief mapping? Sub-surface scattering?

o_travis dane · 06-07-2006, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by otiz

Now I'm getting afraid of Steam. It's watching me. Seriously, is that even legal?

Raised my eyebrow for a moment there as well. Not really an incentive to own the game legally, now is it?

o_otiz · 06-07-2006, 08:49 PM

I just wish there was a steamfree way to play the games. Funny thing about that interview is that Gabe implies/says he gets positive feedback about Steam. I thought no-one liked Steam, is it just me?

o_marinexgen · 06-07-2006, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Travis Dane

Raised my eyebrow for a moment there as well. Not really an incentive to own the game legally, now is it?

I agree.

Although I find Steam a great program, I'm also becoming a bit iffy about it's future.

I can honestly say that I never downloaded a game that wasn't free. Since I want to get involved in the gaming industry myself I don't want to hurt it by costing companies money.

o_frenchtoast · 06-07-2006, 08:53 PM

Yeah. I support Steam.

EDIT: This at otiz

Circuitous · 06-07-2006, 09:14 PM

I like Steam, too. Or at least I don't dislike Steam.

o_marinexgen · 06-07-2006, 09:22 PM

Online distribution is the future. It is so much cheaper to advertise it through a central system and allow users to download it rather then packaging everything up and so on.

Not to mention people are lazy and internet is so quick these days that it's just easier to download over night.

Lost · 06-07-2006, 10:39 PM

I don't mind using Steam, but I could imagine that I would have a bad opinion of it if I'd had problems with it in the past.

o_alligator · 06-08-2006, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by GhOsT

I picture that laugh like an evil sinister overlord laugh.

"Not today! MMMMMMMWWWWWWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

rofl

o_bumgravy · 06-08-2006, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Cruor

Oh I wonder what new tech they're going to demo. Parallax mapping? Relief mapping? Sub-surface scattering?

Actually its parallax relief scattering. It makes your grafficks shynee.

o_geokill-----> · 06-08-2006, 06:56 AM

Gabe Newell laugh and then ate him

That bastard

o_nezumi · 06-08-2006, 02:14 PM

Anyone who makes maps for source is bound to have a serious dislike of steam, at least in some respects.

Especailly if they mapped around this past newyears and in the last 15 days (Those bastards have gone over 2 weeks leaving hammer broken from an update they forced on us!)

Mulchman MM · 06-08-2006, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MarineXGEN

Since I want to get involved in the gaming industry myself I don't want to hurt it by costing companies money.

So noble.

o_marinexgen · 06-08-2006, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mulchman MM

So noble.

Possibly but it does cost my pocket a pretty penny.

Buying a new game every 2 or 3 weeks add's up.

Mulchman MM · 06-08-2006, 02:36 PM

So literal too.

o_stricknine · 06-08-2006, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MarineXGEN

Online distribution is the future. It is so much cheaper to advertise it through a central system and allow users to download it rather then packaging everything up and so on.

Not to mention people are lazy and internet is so quick these days that it's just easier to download over night.

It may be cheaper for the company to distribute that way, but it's not cheaper for us. I am allowed a monthly bandwidth limit. I go over that limit, and I get charged extra. HL2 needs 4.5 GBs.... I'm allowed 18GBs a month :/

Yes, people are lazy, but they're impatient too. I don't want to sit around downloading 4 and a half gigs. Even with my broadband connection, that would probably take a couple hours. I could drive (wich I do) to the store and buy the game, have it on CD/DVD in less than half the time it would take to download.

Also, what if your download gets corrupted? Man, that would piss me right the fuck off (If I were dl'ing a 4GB file).Are they going to reimburse you for that bandwidth you wasted?

06-07-2006, 09:14 PM	#10
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	I like Steam, too. Or at least I don't dislike Steam. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

06-07-2006, 10:39 PM	#12
Lost Fear teh crowbar. Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Gametype: CTF ftw, yeh Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	I don't mind using Steam, but I could imagine that I would have a bad opinion of it if I'd had problems with it in the past. __________________ Do what you want cuz a pirate is free! You are a pirate!

06-08-2006, 02:36 PM	#19
Mulchman MM Retired FF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lacey, WA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	So literal too. __________________ Head of the Orca Revolution (TM)

06-07-2006, 04:50 PM	#2
o_ghost Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I picture that laugh like an evil sinister overlord laugh. "Not today! MMMMMMMWWWWWWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

06-07-2006, 07:43 PM	#4
o_otiz Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Iceland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Now I'm getting afraid of Steam. It's watching me. Seriously, is that even legal?

06-07-2006, 07:49 PM	#5
o_cruor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweden Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Oh I wonder what new tech they're going to demo. Parallax mapping? Relief mapping? Sub-surface scattering?

06-07-2006, 08:49 PM	#7
o_otiz Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Iceland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I just wish there was a steamfree way to play the games. Funny thing about that interview is that Gabe implies/says he gets positive feedback about Steam. I thought no-one liked Steam, is it just me?

06-07-2006, 08:53 PM	#9
o_frenchtoast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada! Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yeah. I support Steam. EDIT: This at otiz

06-07-2006, 09:22 PM	#11
o_marinexgen Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Online distribution is the future. It is so much cheaper to advertise it through a central system and allow users to download it rather then packaging everything up and so on. Not to mention people are lazy and internet is so quick these days that it's just easier to download over night.

06-08-2006, 06:56 AM	#15
o_geokill-----> Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Tejas Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Gabe Newell laugh and then ate him That bastard

06-08-2006, 02:14 PM	#16
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Anyone who makes maps for source is bound to have a serious dislike of steam, at least in some respects. Especailly if they mapped around this past newyears and in the last 15 days (Those bastards have gone over 2 weeks leaving hammer broken from an update they forced on us!)

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