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

[Kimr]

:frog:

[Lexico]

I got this quite a while ago, and now a few days ago my brother asked me how it was going. So I went on and checked "had almost lost hope" but then I saw a new mail from DHL that I had to call in and tell them to deliver it. Gonna call them on Monday. I have no clue as to what it can be.

[URL=http://img704.imageshack.us/i/feredp.png/][IMG]http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2456/feredp.png[/IMG][/URL]

[Tabarnaco]

[img]http://i53.tinypic.com/2sb6a2o.jpg[/img]
:frown:

[editline]06:02PM[/editline]

And apparently some of them do reply on week-ends.

[Kite_shugo]

Haha emails like that must seriously make them actually contemplate delaying updates from how many people say that kind of stuff, I know it would pop up in my mind

[dsidewd]

[img]http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9980/thiswasatriumph.png[/img]

[MacD11]

[QUOTE=dsidewd;24910609][img]http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9980/thiswasatriumph.png[/img][/QUOTE]

no wonder louis is a pills addict.

[red_pharoah]

Apparently Louis is Gabe's Dream self.

[LifeIsGood]

[release]

Mario 64

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From: my email address
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:08 PM
To: Gabe Newell
Subject: N64

Hi Gabe. What's your favorite game on the N64? My favorite was Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
[/release]

[red_pharoah]

[QUOTE=LifeIsGood;24915488][release]

Mario 64

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From: my email address
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:08 PM
To: Gabe Newell
Subject: N64

Hi Gabe. What's your favorite game on the N64? My favorite was Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
[/release][/QUOTE]

Why Do I find that your avatar fits?

[Sabrina]

I just emailed Gaben about the new Half-Life "movie" teaser that one guy made.

He has yet to reply.

[Xaphoon]

I wonder if people made fun of Gabe when he was little.

"Hey look it's Gay Ben!"

[Athena]

This one is old but worth sharing

[release]What software was used to make the Free Portal video?

From: Athena
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 3:26 PM
To: Gabe Newell
Subject: What software was used to make the Free Portal video?

Hey gabe. I'm referring to [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As7t3qOJgzg]this video here[/url]. The graphics look too good to be flash. Was something like after effects or autocad used? I'd like to know.

Thanks!
-Athena

[release]Josh Weier

Hi Athena

The team used Maya to create all the digital assets and rendered a batch of separate layers (color, shadow, toon lines) which we then brought into After Effects for the final compositing. The whole thing was then edited together with Premiere.

Cheers,
Josh[/release][/release]

[Mvwill]

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/marc.png[/img]
^marc gives me a non-answer

[brie_irl]

[QUOTE=Mvwill;24925858][img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/marc.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

:byodood:

[editline]04:12PM[/editline]

Probably just intended as a funny easter egg.

[CaptainQuirk]

[QUOTE=Mvwill;24925858][img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/marc.png[/img_thumb]
^marc gives me a non-answer[/QUOTE]

Nah, he answered you. He told you it was meaningless.

[Murdoco]

Oh I sent that saxton male mirror from the last page to valve...Waiting for a response (I asked for them to send me a picture when they put it up.)

[brie_irl]

[QUOTE=CaptainQuirk;24926820]He told you it was meaningless.[/QUOTE]

Not at all.

[ep9832]

[URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/chet.PNG[/IMG][/URL]

The image in question:

[URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG_THUMB]http://filesmelt.com/dl/chet2.jpg[/IMG_THUMB][/URL]

[Moose]

Why is it that I've sent Gabe numerous legitimate emails and he hasn't replied to one? Is it because I'm really unlucky or because he just hates @hotmail addresses?

[howling techie]

[QUOTE=lew06;24944003]Why is it that I've sent Gabe numerous legitimate emails and he hasn't replied to one? Is it because I'm really unlucky or because he just hates @hotmail addresses?[/QUOTE]

No, I sent quite a long email with serious questions though gmail a few weeks back. You are not alone.

[C.C]

[QUOTE] Gabe Newell
To ernan odonnall
Thanks, Ernan. We get a lot of requests for info about Adrian.

Gabe

From: ernan odonnall [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:55 AM
To: Gabe Newell
Subject: Great Game!

hi there,

I am going to make this brief (you probably get a load of fan mail and the like) I have enjoyed Episode 2 greatly and am happy to see you and your team have once again out-done yourselves in entertaining the player with excellent story and level design. Also, I hope to see in future a bit more "black mesa east scenes" as the characters are really interesting and i would like to see more story put towards them, but thats just a sugestion.

all the best
Ernan O Donnell
Ireland

p.s (I know you are sick of this but any chance of Adrian Sephard making an appearance? that would be really great!)[/QUOTE]

This was quite a while ago.

[ProWaffle]

The crow is jesus! I knew it!

[Deftoneish]

[QUOTE]Nope.

On Sep 21, 2010, at 7:09 AM, "-snip-" <-snip-> wrote:

> Hello Gabe, I was wondering, do you have any UK based offices? I would quite enjoy working for you![/QUOTE]

Oh thanks for that exciting reply Gabe.

[PariahMancer]

I asked Gabe why MW2 was so bad.
No reply.

[lpgautogas]

Nice post...Thank you very much!!......

[samm5506]

-snip-

[SocMinarch]

[QUOTE]I have a suggestion for the Trading System in TF2.

Players should be able to trade Items for Money, and Valve get a bit of the profit (like 10% or something)

Kind Regards
Some Dude[/QUOTE]

[icemaz]

[IMG]http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x282/icemaz/emailwithvalve-1.png[/IMG]

[Sabrina]

If VALVe had a thread in FP, i would rate it's OP heart so many times.
These just show that while they make mistakes like the store, they still can make jokes. I <3 you VALVe

[Soap_N_Go]

[img]http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1741/gabenc.jpg[/img]

Slow day at the office?