GDC: Someone Put Up Pictures of Gabe Newell EVERYWHERE
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Dale North, Steven Hansen and I just got finished at the Game Developers Conference today here in San Francisco and on the way home we happened across a picture of Gabe Newell's face at the corner of 4th and Howard St. We got a good laugh out of the randomness and continued on our way back to the BART train station.
Then we came across another. And another. And another. All in all, we saw over a dozen photos of Gabe Newell just on 4th St alone. There are pictures of Gabe everywhere, with more photos floating out there in Twitter land, like this one from [URL="https://twitter.com/#%21/hofftv"]GameTrailer's Jeremy Hoffmann[/URL].
We have no idea who put these pictures of Gabe up, but whoever you are, thank you. You made our night![/quote]
Not so much news, but pretty funny.
[url]http://www.destructoid.com/gdc-someone-put-up-pictures-of-gabe-newell-everywhere-223364.phtml[/url]
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/KaEwF.jpg[/thumb]
There's a larger gallery in the source.
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[quote]After mysterious pictures of Gabe Newell’s face began appearing in seemingly random places around Moscone Center in San Francisco this week, it understandably started some confusion. While the rumors of a Steam Box debut and Half-Life 3 unveiling were all obvious hearsay, it still left us with some questions: What are these, who put them there, and why?
Enter Jonathan Haggard (pictured). A local gamer and amateur street artist with a love for Team Fortress 2 and the man behind Valve. “Me and a Swedish friend play all of Valve’s games -- Team Fortress, Half-Life, Portal -- and all of our sprays have always been Gabe-related. We came up with this idea to have Gabe’s full face be the spray, like the texture unwrap that they would use to make it to a 3D model.” It became an ongoing joke between them to spray Gabe’s face mid-match and watch people react.
“We’d spray and people would be all ‘That’s so weird, what is that!’ but we thought it was fucking hilarious, so we kept doing it.” It was just something fun between friends until Haggard wanted to make it into something more, “I got my paycheck last week and realized that I had an extra $100, so of course I wanted to spend it on something fun. I went to a local shop and had 100 stickers printed up.” These stickers just happened to be a texture wrap of Gabe Newell’s face.
Haggard went on to tell me about how the idea of placing stickers around SF came to be, “More recently, I’ve been interested in this street art thing. It seemed like a really cool way for someone to get an idea across to a bunch of people really quickly. If you want to get a message out there, print some stickers or make a wall paste.”
We took a detour through the Yerba Beuna Center across the street from Moscone West to see how many of them were still up. “We went around at 8PM [on Tuesday] and stuck them anywhere we could. We even got some on the GDC entrance sign and that was the best one for us.” As we continued our way around, he pointed out spots where the city cleaning crew had been diligent in removing the stickers, but the NOS booth members weren’t so on top of it. “It was great, because we’d just peel a sticker, put it up and walk away. People would look, but all they could do was laugh. They could call the cops if they want to, but we were only putting up stickers so whatever.” That isn’t much of a concern for Haggard though, as he doesn’t see them any differently than the dozens of club posters on every street post.
Unfortunately, this isn’t some viral campaign for the rumored Steam Box, in fact, Haggard didn’t even remember that GDC was happening until last week, well after it was all planned. “I just thought that downtown San Francisco seemed like the place to do it. It’s filled with videogame and tech bloggers, so it was perfect.”
He’s right too, GDC is the best place to do something like this. Gabe is known by everyone. People didn’t just see some random dude’s face on a street post, it was Gabe Newell’s which resonated perfectly with this crowd. “I saw a few tweets going out that night. One being of his face on the newswoman’s body, but it didn’t seem to be doing much that night so I just went to bed. I woke up the next morning and checked my phone. I did a Twitter search for Gabe Newell and was like ‘What the fuckkkkkkk’! It was an amazing feeling.”
Twitter wasn’t the only one to take notice though, Destructoid posted photos of the stickers after getting back to the hotel that night. “Seeing it hit Destructoid and then Kotaku and even the front page of Reddit gaming was awesome. It was really cool seeing something that you put time and hard work into and to have the physical space for it to show up on the internet in popular places. I wanted to make people smile and this was how I could do it.” It seems to have done just that. Photos of the stickers have been met with positive reception and even a sense of infamy for the man who thought of this brilliantly executed idea.
Sure, it may not be signs of something new from Valve. However, it is the story of a gamer coming up with a creative way to show his appreciation for the games he loves and the man who created them. I find that to be extremely refreshing. [/quote]
Mystery solved!
[url]http://www.destructoid.com/gdc-the-mystery-behind-the-gabe-newell-pictures-solved--223487.phtml[/url]
Please send all awards to the man in this article^ Also, there are more pictures in it.
absolute gold.
Wouldn't one picture of him have cover everything by itself? Why so Many?
Obviously it's a ARG for Episode Three.
Somehow.
I'd put one up at my high school but last month people already plastered Nicholas Cage everywhere so it won't be funny.
Newell 2012?
I always feel like Gabe Newell's watching me
[QUOTE=Rammaster;35046556]I always feel like Gabe Newell's watching me[/QUOTE]
Embrace it, he loves to look upon his children.
Reminds me of the video where a guy had put gabe faces over all the justin bieber faces on his sister's door.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;35046737]Reminds me of the video where a guy had put gabe faces over all the justin bieber faces on his sister's door.[/QUOTE]
link?
[QUOTE=Jad Hinto;35045633]Obviously it's a ARG for Episode Three.
Somehow.[/QUOTE]
I want to believe.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;35046745]link?[/QUOTE]
I don't know sadly. its been a LONG time since i have seen it.
[QUOTE=Rammaster;35046556]I always feel like Gabe Newell's watching me[/QUOTE]Big Gaben is watching.
the images look pretty fake I think, I don't know, just bright I guess
must be the lighting
[QUOTE=codemaster85;35046737]Reminds me of the video where a guy had put gabe faces over all the justin bieber faces on his sister's door.[/QUOTE]
I think it was a member of Facepunch, no less.
Can't guarantee that though.
[QUOTE=Edthefirst;35047259]I think it was a member of Facepunch, no less.
Can't guarantee that though.[/QUOTE]He is a member of facepunch, [url]http://facepunch.com/members/87701-Iced[/url]
[QUOTE=Alixandah;35047326][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Po5-lT_Og[/media][/QUOTE]
[img]http://imgkk.com/i/09qk.jpg[/img]
Sweet Jesus
[QUOTE=Alixandah;35047326][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Po5-lT_Og[/media][/QUOTE]
Just watching Gabe come out of the printer always gets me.
Whoever did that is a winner and deserves a medal or ten.
[QUOTE=Alixandah;35047326][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Po5-lT_Og[/media][/QUOTE]
That's why you keep all posters in your room, not on the outside of your door, anything on the outside is fair game.
[QUOTE=kaze4159;35047553][img]http://imgkk.com/i/09qk.jpg[/img]
Sweet Jesus[/QUOTE]
this is what I imagine Gabe looked like when he was 20
[QUOTE=Alixandah;35047326]
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Did something like that on school were i put gaben's all over the Electroboard which showed if classes fell out (aka days off on my school), i had the key to get behind the glass so no one could remove it till the end of the day.
actually, this was plotted by an anon on 4chan's /v/
most people believed he was lying, but holy shit he did it
[QUOTE=Cone;35055141]this is what I imagine Gabe looked like when he was 20[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/4/44654/1115803-gabe.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;35055765][IMG]http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/4/44654/1115803-gabe.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
look at this pimp
swingin past his KNEES
[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;35055765][IMG]http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/4/44654/1115803-gabe.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
wonder where/how he gained all the fat then
[QUOTE=Boxed_Interne;35055808]wonder where/how he gained all the fat then[/QUOTE]
all the extra weight is actually just because of the size of his heart
up until then he was just doing lots of maths problems and didn't have anyone to love like he does now
[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;35055765][IMG]http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/4/44654/1115803-gabe.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I don't know why but to me he looks like a mixture of Superman in his civilian attire and Harry Potter.
I don't know why.
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