Well that was close- Blog post - Games

[QUOTE=Psychopath12;29318097]They'd better fit the artstyle. If they do, I wouldn't give a damn since they'd be fitting. It's not like realistic people don't realistically wear realistic hats in semi-realistic scenarios.[/QUOTE] the joke is that you couldn't see the hats because it's an FPS and there aren't any chances to see yourself

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;29335329]But that means an inevitable hat update for Half Life [b]2[/b] and for Half Life 2: Episode [b]2[/b]![/QUOTE] hl[b]2[/b]ep[b]2[/b] will have DOUBLE HATS

[QUOTE=Treybuchet;29336761]the joke is that you couldn't see the hats because it's an FPS and there aren't any chances to see yourself[/QUOTE] Did you forget about mirrors and other reflective surfaces? (Not saying that they'll be in every FPS, just saying it's possible) [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Dr.Scrake;29336822]hl[b]2[/b]ep[b]2[/b] will have DOUBLE HATS[/QUOTE] I wish there was a "horrified" rating.

There will be no such thing as Half Life 2: Episode 3, it'll just be Hat Life 1: Episode 1

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;29337130] I wish there was a "horrified" rating.[/QUOTE] :ohdear: or :byodood: take your pick

[QUOTE=Intense Funkid;29340106]:ohdear: or :byodood: take your pick[/QUOTE] Thank you, I think I'll use the bottom one. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Dr.Scrake;29336822]hl[b]2[/b]ep[b]2[/b] will have DOUBLE HATS[/QUOTE] :byodood:

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;29340125]Thank you, I think I'll use the bottom one. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] :byodood::byodood:[/QUOTE] it is double the hats so enjoy the fix....

[QUOTE=Psychopath12;29318097]They'd better fit the artstyle. If they do, I wouldn't give a damn since they'd be fitting. It's not like realistic people don't realistically wear realistic hats in semi-realistic scenarios.[/QUOTE] No, EP3 would be shit with hats, period. There is no way for hats to fit into Half-Life 2, even if they fit the artstyle. Do you know why? Because hats can't fit the Half-Life 2 artstyle. Half-Life 2 is a single-player serious sci-fi horror FPS. Note the aforementioned single-player, serious, sci-fi, horror, and FPS parts; these are not traits that goes well with cosmetic items. Half-Life 2 is single-player only and an FPS so you never see your own character, it's set in the future and in modern day times not a lot of people wear hats anymore and similarly not many people in Half-Life 2 can be seen wearing hats, and it's serious and horror themed so hats would be too silly. If Valve decides to add cosmetic items and another bloody money grabbing shop to their games like full-retards, I will not purchase episode 3.

[QUOTE=Simski;29342531]No, EP3 would be shit with hats, period. There is no way for hats to fit into Half-Life 2, even if they fit the artstyle. Do you know why? Because hats can't fit the Half-Life 2 artstyle. Half-Life 2 is a single-player serious sci-fi horror FPS. Note the aforementioned single-player, serious, sci-fi, horror, and FPS parts; these are not traits that goes well with cosmetic items. Half-Life 2 is single-player only and an FPS so you never see your own character, it's set in the future and in modern day times not a lot of people wear hats anymore and similarly not many people in Half-Life 2 can be seen wearing hats, and it's serious and horror themed so hats would be too silly. If Valve decides to add cosmetic items and another bloody money grabbing shop to their games like full-retards, I will not purchase episode 3.[/QUOTE] Read what you just said. Read the excellent points you made. Now tell me why you're seriously concerned over the possibility of a hat shop in Half-Life. Something tells me that you didn't realize that everyone was kidding.

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;29337130]Did you forget about mirrors and other reflective surfaces? (Not saying that they'll be in every FPS, just saying it's possible) [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] I wish there was a "horrified" rating.[/QUOTE] those don't exist in the source engine

[QUOTE=The Calzone;29342635]Something tells me that you didn't realize that everyone was kidding.[/QUOTE] I did, this is just my way of entertaining myself.

[QUOTE=Simski;29342531]No, EP3 would be shit with hats, period. There is no way for hats to fit into Half-Life 2, even if they fit the artstyle. Do you know why? Because hats can't fit the Half-Life 2 artstyle. Half-Life 2 is a single-player serious sci-fi horror FPS, note the single-player, serious, sci-fi, horror, and FPS parts, these are not traits that goes well with cosmetic items. Half-Life 2 is single-player only and an FPS, so you never see your own character, it's set in the future and in modern day times not a lot of people wear hats anymore and similarly not many people in Half-Life 2 can be seen wearing hats, and it's serious and horror themed so hats would be too silly. If Valve decides to add cosmetic items and another bloody money grabbing shop to their games like full-retards, I will not purchase episode 3.[/QUOTE] We were merely joking about it, there's no way in hell we'll have any kind of hats or whatever on Half-Life. The mere presence of cosmetic items on a singleplayer game like that would be both senseless and stupid, and Valve knows that perfectly I don't know, it seems you're taking this to a personal level, and that's no good

[QUOTE=Simski;29342664]I did, this is just my way of entertaining myself.[/QUOTE] You certainly didn't convey that you were joking very well. It looked almost identical to a real SPUF shit-post. I need to stop reading SPUF, but I can't stop! :gonk:

I thought that they were selling Hats for Portal 2.

I don't think you'd have to worry about hats appearing in Half-Life, Valve already considers Portal to be the "wacky" end of the Half Life Spectrum. (Take what you will from that, Portal is a mix of humor, dark humor and dark & depressing undertones in the same sci-fi setting)

[QUOTE=Simski;29342531]No, EP3 would be shit with hats, period. There is no way for hats to fit into Half-Life 2, even if they fit the artstyle. Do you know why? Because hats can't fit the Half-Life 2 artstyle. Half-Life 2 is a single-player serious sci-fi horror FPS. Note the aforementioned single-player, serious, sci-fi, horror, and FPS parts; these are not traits that goes well with cosmetic items. Half-Life 2 is single-player only and an FPS so you never see your own character, it's set in the future and in modern day times not a lot of people wear hats anymore and similarly not many people in Half-Life 2 can be seen wearing hats, and it's serious and horror themed so hats would be too silly. If Valve decides to add cosmetic items and another bloody money grabbing shop to their games like full-retards, I will not purchase episode 3.[/QUOTE] The rebels wear beanies. :v:

[QUOTE=The Calzone;29342704]You certainly didn't convey that you were joking very well. It looked almost identical to a real SPUF shit-post. I need to stop reading SPUF, but I can't stop! :gonk:[/QUOTE] I wasn't joking, I was just not expecting people to take me seriously :v: In all honesty, Valve's actions lately have been getting on my nerves... so although the idea of an EP3 hat-shop being introduced seems so outrageously out of place that there is no chance that it would be added, this seems to be the perfect opportunity for Valve to go "Haha, we're adding a shop to the game where you can buy unfitting items only obtainable by you giving us more of your money; as a joke! Didn't expect that now did you, we're just that hilariously wacky!".

Part of the reason why I love Valve as a developer, they can make fun of themselves.

[QUOTE=Hatley;29342860]The rebels wear beanies. :v:[/QUOTE] True I guess, but I'm still having issues imagining the HL2 cast with any cosmetic apparels that doesn't serve any other function than looking cool. The beanies are understandable, the gray skies and nearby coastal regions does imply that HL2 takes place in an area that might very well be cold and windy.

Helmets would work too

[QUOTE=Eeshton;29343156]Part of the reason why I love Valve as a developer, they can make fun of themselves.[/QUOTE] They acknowledge a problem, while making no attempt to fix it, and despite being aware of what the problem is they still keep on doing it. I do not find this humor amusing, I find is irresponsible and sad.

I think I am the only person who plays TF2 that isn't fawning over P2 :bandwagon: I am always late to the trends :gbsmith:

[QUOTE=Simski;29343362]They acknowledge a problem, while making no attempt to fix it, and despite being aware of what the problem is they still keep on doing it. I do not find this humor amusing, I find is irresponsible and sad.[/QUOTE] it's not a problem you huge baby, hats own

[QUOTE=DuncanFrost;29344370]it's not a problem you huge baby, hats own[/QUOTE] They're a great big pimple on the butt that used to be TF2.

[QUOTE=Simski;29343362]They acknowledge a problem, while making no attempt to fix it, and despite being aware of what the problem is they still keep on doing it. I do not find this humor amusing, I find is irresponsible and sad.[/QUOTE] Do you honestly think a non-game changing item is a problem? Do you not see the fallacy in your logic?

[QUOTE=Simski;29344616]They're a great big pimple on the butt that used to be TF2.[/QUOTE] welp that's persuaded me, valve should just remove all the cosmetic items that have 0 effect on gameplay to please the tiny vocal minority that hates them (for no apparent reason). i can see now that my logic was flawed. thank you for opening my eyes, simski, i'm seeing tf2 in a whole new light now!!

[QUOTE=Eeshton;29345918]Do you honestly think a non-game changing item is a problem? Do you not see the fallacy in your logic?[/QUOTE] I never said it was the entire problem, just another cancerous detail of the problem. The gameplay has gone to shit with the extreme amount of weapons where many of them are generic stat changes or stealing attributes from other class roles, and the hats and the looks of the many weapons has completely destroyed the once beautiful and harmonic aesthetics of this game. This game is absolute shit compared to what it used to be, and it is this way because Valve and the community stopped caring completely about maintaining the original feel of the game. There is no 1960's action-movie theme to it anymore, the class roles are no longer easily distinguishable and unique, their strong personalities are no longer reflected by their appearance and the weapons they use, and the "Team" aspect of the game has basically been thrown out the window when you can just switch loadout instead of having to rely on your teammates to take care of your counter-classes.

I wasn't aware you could change loadout mid-battle.

[QUOTE=Allstone;29352178]I wasn't aware you could change loadout mid-battle.[/QUOTE] It is irrelevant. What is relevant is that once you've been countered by the other class, you can change your loadout when respawning and continue on playing the same class, instead of changing class or having to rely on your teammates to help you. Aside from this, due to the extreme amount of unique weapons, you can not often know exactly what to expect from another class anymore. It's a chaotic snake-pit of different classes equipped with random weapons. [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=DuncanFrost;29351876]welp that's persuaded me, valve should just remove all the cosmetic items that have 0 effect on gameplay to please the tiny vocal minority that hates them (for no apparent reason). i can see now that my logic was flawed. thank you for opening my eyes, simski, i'm seeing tf2 in a whole new light now!![/QUOTE] Do you now what your problem is? The problem is that you don't consider your oppositions arguments, you don't even consider changing your opinion or listening to what the person you disagree with has to say, you don't bother using arguments to defend your opinion rather than plain insults, you do this because you don't even consider that your own opinion might be wrong. It is not because you disagree with me that your logic is flawed, it is because you refuse to learn from the standpoints that you disagree with. For this, you will never evolve.

[QUOTE=Treybuchet;29342649]those don't exist in the source engine[/QUOTE] Fairly sure that water reflects player models.