I don't understand why people think this is such a hard thing to do.
One of the guys who went on the tour said, "a couple of weeks ago, I just walked in here and said 'can i take a pic of the sentry?' and they said 'yeah sure, why not'"
[editline]19th August 2011[/editline]
I guess because it's a hard place to find, protip, don't google the address, they're all wrong.
It's at the Skyline Towers in Bellevue, across from the Bellevue Town Hall, on the 5th floor.
[QUOTE=Ian;31825271]New meh soldier items.
I can deal with cool looking soldier items, but I personally don't like the dumpster pack.[/QUOTE]
It looks... average to say the least. However, I'm sure if Valve doesn't slap the Pocket Rocket stats onto it and they come up with some good, fun and new attributes like they've been doing it'll be a hit.
Except SPUF will whine again, but that's to be expected.
[QUOTE=Ceiling Man;31831222]"The 7th Floor."[/QUOTE]
Give us Half Life 7! Who needs those other four numbers when you can skip to the lucky one!?
god you're so lucky D: i wanna go so bad but we can't right now cuz of money. Can't wait until i move out and get a job.. im gonna visit valve hq so many times..
[QUOTE=Ceiling Man;31812528]I also met this [B][U]girl[/U][/B] who was obsessed with Tf2, she freaked when we gave her the Red sticker. .-.[/QUOTE]
Yep I'm calling BS on this story.
Nah nah, grats man, Great score.
Oh, forgot to mention, they had WIPs for a Sniper statue and a Medic statue.
[editline]20th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=GWMCOCD;31837882]Yep I'm calling BS on this story.[/QUOTE]
Go to TF2Chan. :v:
Im so jelly right now. Wish I lived in USA so I could visit Valve headquarters
Welp you make me regret for getting this laptop instead of going to Valve.
[QUOTE=MILKE;31855853]Im so jelly right now. Wish I lived in USA so I could visit Valve headquarters[/QUOTE]
I wish I lived close to Valve Headquarters so I could visit.
[QUOTE=Ceiling Man;31812528]
•TF2 guys weren't working, just playing TF2.
•I got a Wheatley shirt, a 70s Aperture shirt, a Dota 2 wristband, Blu and Red team stickers, and mugs.
I also met this girl who was obsessed with Tf2, she freaked when we gave her the Red sticker. .-.[/QUOTE]
•That is one of the reasons I want to work there. What server do they play on?
•Those gifts, they are free with every visit or you had to pay?
•I've yet to meet one. Wait, nevermind.
[editline]21st August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Zedicus Mann;31861313]I wish I lived close to Valve Headquarters so I could visit.[/QUOTE]
[b]everyday[/b]
[QUOTE=Errorproxy;31863019]•That is one of the reasons I want to work there. What server do they play on?
•Those gifts, they are free with every visit or you had to pay?
•I've yet to meet one. Wait, nevermind.
[editline]21st August 2011[/editline]
[b]everyday[/b][/QUOTE]
yes i'd like to know that, too.
[QUOTE=Errorproxy;31863019][b]everyday[/b][/QUOTE]
Ask if they have rooms to let.
So Ceiling Man saw Meet the Pyro concept art...
Do you think we'll have long to wait?
[QUOTE=smashbrother101;31878940]So Ceiling Man saw Meet the Pyro concept art...
Do you think we'll have long to wait?[/QUOTE]
He saw like three pictures on a wall, probably drawn heavy-style.
[QUOTE=Lenzikus;31879012]He saw like three pictures on a wall, probably drawn heavy-style.[/QUOTE]
wait... Heavy-style? What?
[QUOTE=smashbrother101;31884574]wait... Heavy-style? What?[/QUOTE]
the heavy's a really good artist
Excuse me for the bump, but Kotaku released a video recently showing the hat wall and my black Napper's Respite is up there. (the pom-pom's dangling due to a knitting mistake)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdeCVNhojk4&feature=player_embedded[/media]
The hat wall thing looks pretty cool i do have 2 hats that look almost like the tyrolean and le party phantom.
I want to know what that shirt on the wall says. It looks hilarious. They should sell it (unless it was fan-made).
Hat Fridays are now my favourite day.
[QUOTE=Shugo;32042567]I want to know what that shirt on the wall says. It looks hilarious. They should sell it (unless it was fan-made).[/QUOTE]
Hat Fortress 2
I thought there would be more hats
I'm so jealous of you right now.
I thought I'd post this here since I had typed it up already somewhere else weeks ago (the week when the "protest" was happening). So disregard the stuff that has probably already been mentioned in this thread.
[QUOTE]- Possibly Episode 3 concept art (but it may have been Portal 2)
- Valve time clock (lulz)
- Some sort of dinosaur game concept art
- Some cool Meet the Medic concept art
- Meet the Medic map was a modified version of pl_badwater
- Some sort of green liquid in a dungeon concept art for a MtM scene
- A big wall of hats (cheese hat, top hats, sombrero, many others)
- Gabe Newell's knife collection (terrifying)
- Someone playtesting an snowy-style payload map
- Someone making a Soldier hat (looked stupid)
- Some Dota 2 concept art (looks really cool)
- Spytech-style furniture in the lunch room(s)
- Staff have no written work hours, can come in and leave whenever they want
- 3D printer (they printed a mask, some tiny figurine things, and a small thingy for a boy named Nathan who had cancer or somthing)
- Also a 3D-printed headcrab, very detailed, very cool
- They had a TF2 sentry in the lobby, it shot at people who came in
- The door that led from the lobby to Valve's workplace had the label Mann Co.
- I saw the protesters outside, there was a third person with a sign that said "Half-Life, more like Whole-Life"
- I did not see Gabe
Lobby pictures since they forbid pictures elsewhere
[url="http://i.imgur.com/62MMG.jpg"]Gold crowbar[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/o7sTN.jpg"]MtM playing on a tv[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/WEaAK.jpg"]The protesters (awful quality)[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/NDeM1.jpg"]Stickybombed entrance[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/UKk9W.jpg"]Lobby[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/oHswo.jpg"]The valve[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/uglqq.jpg"]Sentry[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/Z4yCz.jpg"]Details of valve logo[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/jkE2M.jpg"]Valve logo[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/45soC.jpg"]Turret and cube[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/4FGLH.jpg"]Game box things[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/EAW1w.jpg"]Logo 2[/url][/QUOTE]
I saw a comic they were working on for DOTA 2 + I saw Gabe fixing something or looking at something.
I'm going to Seattle in a month and a half. I should look into maybe going to Valve.
Because that would be awesome. :buddy:
[QUOTE=agentgamma;32056718]I'm going to Seattle in a month and a half. I should look into maybe going to Valve.
Because that would be awesome. :buddy:[/QUOTE]From the Valve emails thread: They do tours on weekdays all year. Just shoot frontdesk at valvesoftware dot com a message a few weeks before you want to visit and they'll schedule you a time for you to show up.
[QUOTE=ughnotagain;32042404]The hat wall thing looks pretty cool i do have 2 hats that look almost like the tyrolean and le party phantom.[/QUOTE]
I have a crocodile hat! :D
I'm making a work related trip for 2 weeks to the wrong side of the US. Wish I could hoof it over Seattle for a tour. :(
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