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

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/To_Robin.png[/img] Hopefully I get a reply. C:

I need to get in contact with someone on the TF2 team concerning creating navigation meshes for TF2 maps. There's no documentation for any of the specific TF commands available, and the developer wiki only focuses on L4D, CSS and basic navigation mesh editing. Who should I email? If I email something to Gabe or Robin, will they read it? Thanks. [editline]Edit[/editline] Well, I just sent an email to [email]contact@valvesoftware.com[/email], hopefully they respond positively.

[QUOTE=AntoniD;30813397]Oh, I forgot to post this picture Gabe at Subway[/QUOTE] His wardrobe is filled with those orange Raph Lauren polo's....

[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;30820471]His wardrobe is filled with those orange Raph Lauren polo's....[/QUOTE] Those shirts are amazing, just not the color choice.

Guess what I got from FedEx today! I didn't even know it was here until I took out the trash and it was just sitting on the ground. Sorry for the shit quality, all I have is my 2MP phone camera. Huge pictures, I don't give a fuck right now. Gabe's lonely signature on HL2 [URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0701011000b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The TF2 team's signatures on The Orange Box [URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0701011001a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] and some more on the back! [URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0701011002.jpg[/IMG][/URL] L4D 1 and 2 signed by Chet [URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0701011001.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And finally CSS signed by some people [URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0701011000.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And a lonely sig on the back of CSS [URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0701011000a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Again, sorry for the shit quality, I'll try and snap some better pictures later.

[QUOTE=Fatehehhhh;30818704][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/To_Robin.png[/img] Hopefully I get a reply. C:[/QUOTE] Everybody who e-mails Valve must now mention the Coke can.

Psht, someone should e-mail them asking to have a pepsi can signed. (Even though coke is master race soda.) [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] Also I think it'd be pretty cool to get a picture of the sentry in the office signed by the tf2 team.

[QUOTE=Squarebob;30824645]Guess what I got from FedEx today! I didn't even know it was here until I took out the trash and it was just sitting on the ground. Sorry for the shit quality, all I have is my 2MP phone camera. Huge pictures, I don't give a fuck right now. Gabe's lonely signature on HL2 The TF2 team's signatures on The Orange Box and some more on the back! [URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/0701011002.jpg[/IMG][/URL] L4D 1 and 2 signed by Chet And finally CSS signed by some people And a lonely sig on the back of CSS Again, sorry for the shit quality, I'll try and snap some better pictures later.[/QUOTE] Dario's is just above the ATI symbol on the back, awesome. :buddy:

Hey what's Chet's email I wanted to mention that I found his easter egg in the beta map of L4D2 And also that there's a missing texture DX

I still didn't get anything. :smithicide:

[QUOTE=buttered_toast;30779469][i][b]Why?[/i][/b] What human has [i]twenty-four gigabytes of RAM?[/i][/QUOTE] compiling multiple games inside virtual machines.

[QUOTE=Jericho_Rus;30826862]I still didn't get anything. :smithicide:[/QUOTE] That's too bad. I hope you get something soon.

[QUOTE=buttered_toast;30830451]That's too bad. I hope you get something soon.[/QUOTE] Maybe some cool guy will appear out of nowhere, ask Valve for signed swag and redirect it to me. :unsmith:

Just got my poster. A TF2 Hale poster with Gabe's lone signature on the bottom left. I will be sleeping with this tonight. [url]http://imgur.com/a/fQiMY[/url]

[QUOTE=Alyx Zark;30834357]Just got my poster. A TF2 Hale poster with Gabe's lone signature on the bottom left. I will be sleeping with this tonight. [url]http://imgur.com/a/fQiMY[/url][/QUOTE] I hope you mean you're going to put it on the wall near your bed...

[QUOTE=Alyx Zark;30834357]Just got my poster. A TF2 Hale poster with Gabe's lone signature on the bottom left. I will be sleeping with this tonight. [url]http://imgur.com/a/fQiMY[/url][/QUOTE] Yours got bent too. :frown:

gay ben is such a nice guy, I bet EA don't give out free stuff.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;30848930]Yours got bent too. :frown:[/QUOTE] Yeah. Dumbass post man folded it into my mailbox. I managed to flatten it out though. Used some paperweights for a few hours.

Decided to email Gabe about Bill S.978 Hoping to get a response... [code]Hello, Gabe. You might have heard of it? It's that law suggestion that will make "copyrighted material" illegal in all ways. Machinimas, let's plays etcetera... If it DOES pass through - how are you guys going to solve partially the replay system in TF2? Because technically that will be against the law. Same goes for regular videos outside of the replay system, Garry's Mod machinimas with Valve content - hell, even custom 3D animations with anything of your content. All of it will count as illegal, and lots of people might end up in jail... Do you have some plan for this? Best-case scenario is if you guys just put a big notice on the site saying we're allowed to make machinimas from your content, but I'm not one to decide that. I really, really hope for a response. As an avid machinima maker and Let's Play maker, I'm a bit worried on the outcome of this. Of course, the whole bill in itself is just stupid. Regards -my name is here-[/code]

Some people in this thread are pretty greedy.

[QUOTE=Dalek;30881444]Decided to email Gabe about Bill S.978 Hoping to get a response... [code]Hello, Gabe. You might have heard of it? It's that law suggestion that will make "copyrighted material" illegal in all ways. Machinimas, let's plays etcetera... If it DOES pass through - how are you guys going to solve partially the replay system in TF2? Because technically that will be against the law. Same goes for regular videos outside of the replay system, Garry's Mod machinimas with Valve content - hell, even custom 3D animations with anything of your content. All of it will count as illegal, and lots of people might end up in jail... Do you have some plan for this? Best-case scenario is if you guys just put a big notice on the site saying we're allowed to make machinimas from your content, but I'm not one to decide that. I really, really hope for a response. As an avid machinima maker and Let's Play maker, I'm a bit worried on the outcome of this. Of course, the whole bill in itself is just stupid. Regards -my name is here-[/code][/QUOTE] That's really fucking stupid, at least it's not world-wide...

Gabe really does reply to the most ridiculous of emails... [img]http://oi52.tinypic.com/vdits4.jpg[/img] Don't you just love him!

[QUOTE=Alyx Zark;30834357]Just got my poster. A TF2 Hale poster with Gabe's lone signature on the bottom left. I will be sleeping with this tonight. [url]http://imgur.com/a/fQiMY[/url][/QUOTE] I got the same one. He signed in around the same spot too.

[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;30901253]I got the same one. He signed in around the same spot too.[/QUOTE] They're all just a copy of one, I hope you realize that.

My shit ain't no copy, though.

[QUOTE=AntoniD;30813397]Oh, I forgot to post this picture [thumb]http://f.anyhub.net/3md9[/thumb] Gabe at Subway[/QUOTE] Fixed it for you

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;30901812]They're all just a copy of one, I hope you realize that.[/QUOTE] Then why is the signature on mine more to the right than the one on his?

[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;30905042]Then why is the signature on mine more to the right than the one on his?[/QUOTE] This, mine is in a totally different position too.

[QUOTE=Painseeker;30905064]This, mine is in a totally different position too.[/QUOTE] Until I see one on the right side, it's just your eyes playing tricks.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;30905658]Until I see one on the right side, it's just your eyes playing tricks.[/QUOTE] From what I've seen, Gabe usually signs with a silver marker. signing on the right of the #4 Dec print of Saxton Hale's Mildly Thrilling Tales would place the signature in a spot where the color marker would be too close to the color of the background making it hard to see, and risk covering the turtle's face, while placing it around the back of the turtle's shell put it in a nice, readable spot, as well as not covering any important details of the print.