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[Alienous]

I have this feeling that you got this comment off of Youtube

I didn't. I don't know what that means. If it's good enough to steal, it's good...!?

Anyway, no. Valve's sinking. There is fun to be had!

This doesn't seem very 'Valve'. I'd expect them to be a lot more transparent than they are being. That's why this is a little bit worrying.

 

[Zia]

This news has compelled me to install and play Day of Defeat: Source.







That's the joke.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Assume the escorted-out-of-the-front-door position.

You Monster.

 

[Kade]

Guys, Valve.com is down. What's going on???

 

[Des0lar]

The fuck is going on? How will this impact steam?

Better merge your Steam account with a swiss bank account, because shit's going down son

 

[Zia]

Guys, Valve.com is down. What's going on???

Edit: Dude.

 

[sflufan]

This doesn't seem very 'Valve'. I'd expect them to be a lot more transparent than they are being.

Are you SURE you're talking about the same Valve that the rest of us are?!?

 

[angular graphics]

Guys, Valve.com is down. What's going on???

http://www.valvesoftware.com/

 

[HK-47]

Agreed. Sounds like some key figures got pissed over something and took a bunch of people with them. I expect it might be over Valve deciding to become a more 'mainstream' developer with actual deadlines and games released every few years instead of every 40.

lol yeah I doubt that. And they put out games regularly. They just tend not to whore them out like Halo.

 

[Salsa]

Guys, Valve.com is down. What's going on???

valve.com has nothing to do with valve

its valvesoftware

 

[luoapp]

valve.com has nothing to do with valve

its valvesoftware

That's down too.

 

[TheFightingFish]

Might I offer that for any of the games journalists who get tired of all the "lol, games journalism" comments that this might actually be a good time to get on their journalistic ponies and do a little snooping around. The sky is falling comments about losing games or buyouts are silly, but clearly something fairly major is up here.

 

[angular graphics]

That's down too.

Just went down. 2 minutes ago, when I posted it, it worked.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Agreed. Sounds like some key figures got pissed over something and took a bunch of people with them. I expect it might be over Valve deciding to become a more 'mainstream' developer with actual deadlines and games released every few years instead of every 40.

You do know that they have released a game a year for the last 5 years, right?

 

[DTKT]

http://www.steampowered.com/ is down

Sky falling

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Guys, Valve.com is down. What's going on???

oh shit

Spoiler

now I'm certain it's an ARG

 

[demosthenes]

http://www.valvesoftware.com/

Steam is down for me. :O

 

[Redsand26]

The Metamorphosis has begun.

 

[Kade]

Holy shit I'm basically Nostradamus.

 

[Wallach]

What worries me most about this is there is a possibility Dennis might accidentally say something funny.

It could happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-Cj7s6qDI#t=27s

Hopefully the people let go land on their feet, and that it isn't some kind of bad sign for the direction of Valve.

 

[GillianSeed79]

I wonder what that economist/professor from Greece Valve hired has to say about this?

 

[AHA-Lambda]

http://www.valvesoftware.com/

HOLY FUCK STEAM IS DOWN!!!

 

[mephixto]

http://www.steampowered.com/ is down

Sky falling

OMG!!!! Mayas were right.

 

[antitrop]

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

 

[Ysiadmihi]

Oh boy. It really is happening.

 

[wrowa]

Another theory: Gabe and co realized that Valve has a terrible burn rate since they are doing so many projects at a time, many of which aren't designed to make money (Filmmaker) or are unlikely to ever make money (hardware), so that they saw the need to re-focus the company on more straight-forward projects.

I think you replied to a post that made a "Day of Defeat" pun.

Well, whoops! Only the first line of my post is actually a response to his post, so it doesn't really matter.

 

[Zia]

Welp, that was the only time in the last four years I've been compelled to play Day of Defeat and I'm stuck at 90%. Thanks for nothing, Garry.

 

[Maztorre]

lol, Valve website and Steam store are both down.

 

[subversus]

what the fuck

 

[Neo C.]

Guys, Valve.com is down. What's going on???

I thought you were joking. You weren't.


Assuming Valve is indeed financially healthy, I bet on a Apple move.

 

[Hellsing321]

http://www.steampowered.com/ is down

Sky falling

 

[Alienous]

"These things ... they take money"

The plot is thickening.

 

[Salsa]

That's down too.

wasnt down a minute ago, and at least its properly down and not like the domain was bought by someone else

 

[Sibylus]

I'm worried, perhaps needlessly. Thanks Gaf. Thanks a fuckin lot.

 

[Corto]

GAAAAAAAAABBBBBEEEEEEEE. GAAAAAAABBBBBBBBEEEEEEE.

 

[angular graphics]

Began the ARG has!

 

[Des0lar]

I CAN SEE A LIGHT ; WHAT IS THIS ; SHOULD I GO THERE?

 

[Guevara]

I guess they just ran out of cash. Turned the servers off on their way out.

 

[Karma Kramer]

WHAT THE SHIT

 

[Maztorre]

I'm worried, perhaps needlessly. Thanks Gaf. Thanks a fuckin lot.

sshhh, no tears now, only Tusk

 

[Shion]

http://www.steampowered.com/ is down

Sky falling

Gabe is trolling us.

 

[JackDT]

Source Filmmaker Lead Dev? NOOoooooooo....

 

[subversus]

Steam works allright for me.

 

[Salsa]

Steam's back up

it went down for a minute or two, how uncommon

 

[Dennis]

HOLY FUCK STEAM IS DOWN!!!

This is worrying but let us not panic in ad vance

 

[nhlducks35]

Guys, Valve.com is down. What's going on???

 

[Alienous]

Steam's up. False alarm.

 

[NullPointer]

Hold me GAF, I'm scared.

 

[angular graphics]

They work again.

 

[Lasthope106]