• Gabe Newell is a very nice guy actually!
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How much did your brother actually pay for that :v?
I sent Gabe an email last year and told him when my birthday was, and the day it was my birthday he replied back saying happy birthday and I was :unsmith:. He's an awesome guy, and takes the time to reply to pretty much everyone who sends him an email. If you were to email someone at Activision, all you'd get for a reply is an automated message with a list of the games you have to buy from them. Only thing now is that people are going to be emailing Gabe asking for autographed shit.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;28342602]The interaction between Gabe and his fans is awesome. Answers every mail and apparently sends out signed mouse mats. He's an awesome guy. [editline]28th February 2011[/editline] Try to send him something, I bet he'll respond sooner or later.[/QUOTE] I think he only responds to significant emails, as I've sent him a few emails before asking silly questions (This was years and years ago) and I never got a response. now I feel silly for taking up his inbox. I did get to his voice mail when I tried calling valve once. The automated voice is Kleiner.
I once asked him for an autograph as part of a present for my girlfriend, he sent me a portal poster. Signed by at least half of Valve. Gave it to her for her birthday, we broke up, and now it's gone forever. :911:
[QUOTE=Mechtroid;28351813]I once asked him for an autograph as part of a present for my girlfriend, he sent me a portal poster. Signed by at least half of Valve. Gave it to her for her birthday, we broke up, and now it's gone forever. :911:[/QUOTE] Oh shit, I feel so sorry for you.
I think I'm gonna email Gabe a sob story next week requesting a autograph for a dying relative or similar. (Just kidding)
[QUOTE=Mechtroid;28351813]I once asked him for an autograph as part of a present for my girlfriend, he sent me a portal poster. Signed by at least half of Valve. Gave it to her for her birthday, we broke up, and now it's gone forever. :911:[/QUOTE] The bitch likely just threw the poster away after you broke up.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;28352206]The bitch likely just threw the poster away after you broke up.[/QUOTE] Nope. The reason I couldn't ask for it back is she still considers me a friend. She's got it framed and hung up in her room. At least the guy's being treated well...
[QUOTE=Mechtroid;28352300]Nope. The reason I couldn't ask for it back is she still considers me a friend. She's got it framed and hung up in her room. At least the guy's being treated well...[/QUOTE] Uff, it's not so bad.
[QUOTE=qwerty000;28349103]Hmm I wonder what happens if I send Kotick an email like this[/QUOTE] He'd turn it into a series.
I sent him a picture of a model Sniper Rifle i made and he said it was neat.
Should I send him the picture of my paper Headcrab? [img]http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/40477_143794732310456_100000397909566_292275_5398246_n.jpg[/img] R.I.P. Paper headcrab, ripped apart by my stupid cats.
Yes send him that picture, it is awesome.
[QUOTE=Jmir 54;28342644]Im surprised there wasnt any [b]stains of awesome[/b] on it[/QUOTE] Fixed this for you.
I have to make new 1:1 version, on A3 paper, without those black lines. My cats destroyed the one you can see on the picture.
[QUOTE=Raptor_S;28353436]Should I send him the picture of my paper Headcrab? [img_thumb]http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/40477_143794732310456_100000397909566_292275_5398246_n.jpg[/img_thumb] R.I.P. Paper headcrab, ripped apart by my stupid cats.[/QUOTE] Send him that. He would probably like it alot.
Sent already :) Waiting for reply now.
[QUOTE=usaokay;28353765]My dad sent an email to Gabe Newell about signing my TF2 poster. Even though someone in Valve asked him for my current home address, I have yet to receive a signed poster. It's been nearly three months now.[/QUOTE] Mail them about it. Maybe they think you are already enjoying it, while it actually got lost in the post office?
I told him to throw the l4d 1 staff a pizza party for making a great game. He said. [quote=Gabe Newell 11/28/08] Done [/quote]
[QUOTE=FuzzyPoop;28342722]Off course he is, Robin is the only bad seed over there i bet that bastard spends the whole day scheming and planning new hats for TF2. :argh:[/QUOTE] But but, he signed my Orange Box.
Valve, the big corporation with indie sensibilities.
Congrats, OP. Gabe Newell is an awesome guy.
He replied to one of my email's once with 'Jokes on you, I already changed my pants' out of god damn nowhere and it wasn't even on subject I was just asking for an early beta test of Episode 3, seriously Gabe.
Yeah he looks pretty nice. It's just kind of weird because I feel like he doesn't really have a sense of humor, or at least he doesn't show it, he's not very outward.
I'd like to see a conversation between Kotick and Gabe.
So thats why Episode 3 is so late! Gabe is replying to emails all day. How could we miss that?
I should ask him where can I get some books on C++ that I can buy from the internet. I always wanted to honestly, Game programming seems so fun and is one of the jobs where you can go to with a smile on your face and have fun if you actually go to a company that appreciates their employee's and a good fanbase and I'd wish to become apart of that, but sadly none of stores sold books of programming language and how to do it. :smith:
I hear companies do stuff like that all the time. Nintendo gives out free DS's to little kids like it's nothing.
[QUOTE=Keyblockor;28357403]I should ask him where can I get some books on C++ that I can buy from the internet. I always wanted to honestly, Game programming seems so fun and is one of the jobs where you can go to with a smile on your face and have fun if you actually go to a company that appreciates their employee's and a good fanbase and I'd wish to become apart of that, but sadly none of stores sold books of programming language and how to do it. :smith:[/QUOTE] Not just game programming, but any large undertaking by a relatively small group of people on a timeline brings on stress, hard work, and sometimes great reward. Working as software development can be long, sleepless nights to get stuff done (if really needed) or utter boredom. But you get really attached to the people in your office, as everyone needs to swap brains for a bit to solve a problem quickly.
And Activision does many great things for their fans. :rimshot:
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