The "I EMAILED SOMEBODY AT VALVE!" thread, post your questions and replies here

[Take_Opal]

[B]LEEAAVE GABE AAALOOONE!! LEAVE HIM ALONE! [/B]

[Edramtab]

Sent an email this weekend and received this.

[quote=Me]Is it in your plans to release community maps/movies like you did in Team Fortress 2 with Turbine, Fastlane and Steel ?[/quote]
[quote=Gabe]If there are good ones.[/quote]

[Teh_Cheese]

nice bump guys.
still haven't gotten a response :(
[img]http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/5417b8eb1942d82gaben.PNG[/img]

[Hybrid 4F]

I can answer that one. NCF files have low-compress system, which means game/engine can load files faster.

[Teh_Cheese]

[QUOTE=Hybrid 4F]I can answer that one. NCF files have low-compress system, which means game/engine can load files faster.[/QUOTE]
What about the common folder? ;)

[DogGunn]

I know this is a bump, but the replies from Gabe always make me laugh. Anyone got more emails from him?

[Buttergoose]

yeah i want more too! they are so awesome...

[Sibilantjoe]

My email:

[quote="I"]Dear Mr. Newell,

I just thought I would take the time to thank you for making that historic deal with one Garry Newman, turning him into a millionaire, 5 bucks at a time. Just think-- if the man had to WORK for his money (other than coding, of course), we might never see an update again! So thanks for making my hero a millionaire. Also, do you play Garry's Mod from time to time? If so, what do you like to do most?

Thanks for reading,
**Like hell I'd give you my name, FP**[/quote]

I got this back from Erik Johnson:

[quote="Erik Johnson]Thanks for the mail *my name goes here,*

There isn’t a lot of credit we can share for what Garry has done with, we just offered to put it in front of a bunch of people for him. He’s been really smart with how he builds a community around his game, and he’s been rewarded for it. I think you’d be surprised my how much work (and stress) goes into doing what Garry does.

Erik[/quote]

This is from a couple months back.

[TheTalon]

[QUOTE=Fanboydude;12059484][MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZC5LJswFE[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]

Not much of a fan of Halo or Red vs Blue but that Caboose guy is hilarious

[Ryan2406]

[QUOTE=Sibilantjoe;13462651]My email:

I got this back from Erik Johnson:

This is from a couple months back.[/QUOTE]

Jonathan's your name

[Rickka]

[QUOTE=TheTalon;13462947]Not much of a fan of Halo or Red vs Blue but that Caboose guy is hilarious[/QUOTE]

Bleep bloop!

[kaskade007]

[QUOTE=confinedUser;12058649]it's copying the 360's achievement system practicly they renamed it as a trophy system[/QUOTE]

The 360 didn't invent trophys.
Also why is it a bad thing that more gamers can have some extra fun?

I hate fanboys.

[SeanTucker]

I sent Gabe an email pointing out the similarity between the Combine soldier's design and the Panzer Cops from Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, and asking if there are any other influences on HL2 that people may not catch at first glance. Will screenshot and post reply when it comes.

[QUOTE=Maloof?;12058887]I guess Valve just made their achievement system blindly and hoped nobody else had a similar idea.[/QUOTE]

Valve put achievements in the PC versions of TOB and L4D so they could keep them roughly the same as the 360 versions, from what I can tell. I may have to ask GabeN about that.

[.0isin]

Heres mine

[quote]Hey Gabe, this is *name here*, a LONG time fan of VAVLe and all of the games you make.
This might sound like a letter to santa (or satan, whichever) but
Do you like the alienware computers, or would it be better for me to just build my own. [/quote]

[quote=Gabe Newell] I build my own and also have some Alienware computers for my personal use (most recently an M17 laptop). I've been quite happy with the Alienware systems.

I think the most iinteresting decision is how to manage your uprade cycles (I think I should buy slightly less bleeding edge and upgrade more often than I do). [/quote]

[Crono*]

I'm surprised he uses Alienware, at all.

[.0isin]

[QUOTE=Crono*;13746670]I'm surprised he uses Alienware, at all.[/QUOTE]

Thats what I thought, I thought he would be building his computers, or at least having people build them for him, not getting Alienware.

[Parachinim]

[QUOTE=bu5hman;11930482]He'd actually start orbiting his enormous belly.[/QUOTE]

Quit delaying it. I want to play EP3.

[brian0149]

[QUOTE=lol12;18256685]Quit delaying it. I want to play EP3.[/QUOTE]

-snip-

[Reflectent]

[img]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/gaberesponded.PNG[/img]

[mdakin]

Heh.

[Dlaor]

Hehe.

[Campin Carl]

I emailed him saying "Happy Birthday Gabe!"
His reply was "Thanks"

:3:

[PirateMax]

[QUOTE=Campin Carl;18257833]I emailed him saying "Happy Birthday Gabe!"
His reply was "Thanks"

:3:[/QUOTE]

Is it his birthday?

[The DooD]

I always send Gabe e-mails and never get anything back.

[Campin Carl]

[QUOTE=PirateMax;18257860]Is it his birthday?[/QUOTE]

It was at either 3rd or 2nd November

[quinaking]

I sent an email to Gabe doing that order of release thing. Described in depth why I thought that way and I got a thanks. Best thanks I ever got. :D

[Soren1]

[QUOTE=Samuelgames;18258028]Hey this thread is back and gabe apparently doesn't read your shit

[img]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/gayben1.png[/img][/QUOTE]

All he did was read the start, and end of your paragraph. It's a reading skill.

[radioactive]

[QUOTE=Samuelgames;18258498]I understand that TF and L4D provide countless hours of entertainment unmatched by any Americas begs you?[/QUOTE]

Thanks.

[Anonymouse]

[QUOTE=Samuelgames;18258498]I understand that TF and L4D provide countless hours of entertainment unmatched by any Americas begs you?[/QUOTE]

No, more like
Dear Mr. Newell, thank you.

[Teh_Cheese]

Nice to see this thread has gotten a bit more steam...

get it? steam? hehe... :(