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[Sibylus]

sshhh, no tears now, only Tusk

I'll tusk you, motherfucker! EAT MY CRITS

 

[Des0lar]

so just a glitch in the matrix?

 

[dionysus]

steampowered.com works for me.

 

[honeymustardn]

Steam went down? This never happens.

 

[antitrop]

steampowered.com works for me.

That's because it's back online.

 

[Salsa]

so just a glitch in the matrix?

you'd be surprised if we started monitoring Steam 24/7

it tends to go down

 

[BloodMoney]

splash page on valvesoftware now says "now hiring worldwide"... i take it that is not new?

 

[KAOz]

I like the fact that it says "Now Hiring" on Valvesoftware.com.

Edit: Beaten by seconds.

 

[JCizzle]

Sony purchasing them would make Feb 20 the most epic day in video game history. PS4, HL3 launch game, full Steam online integration.

 

[Crazymoogle]

Well, when I see that many devs leave at the same time, I assume they have a shiny new startup. Will be interesting to see what news surfaces of this.

 

[Guevara]

Should say "now firing world wide"

 

[Salsa]

splash page on valvesoftware now says "now hiring worldwide"... i take it that is not new?

no

 

[angular graphics]

splash page on valvesoftware now says "now hiring worldwide"... i take it that is not new?

It's not, I think.

 

[nephilimdj]

It all to do with MS games (Halo) appearing on steam

MS is buying Valve

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

steampowered.com works for me.

holy fuck, somebody at Valve reading this thread literally just flipped the switch off and back on to mess with us

 

[Row]

Yes, because people making 500k a year is totally a sweatshop. I hope you were sarcastic or trying to be funny.

wait, what? who is making 500k making items for dota2?

 

[panda21]

giantbomb.com is down!

steambomb? giantvalve?

 

[Mister_Bubbles]

The power went out for most of York about an hour ago, and everyone was plunged into darkness.

I cannot ignore the signs.

The end times are coming.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

 

[Whompa]

What the hell happened? That's a lot of talent gone.

 

[Dennis]

giantbomb.com is down!

steambomb? giantvalve?

giantsteamvalvebomb

 

[Salsa]

omg he turned into gollum

 

[Exuro]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c65cc8ff65ddb3f51b91af25742a46e/tumblr_mi6jmwb2gE1r42s8uo1_500.png[IMG]

:([/QUOTE]That doesn't sound like he was fired. I'm wondering if those that left are making a new start up.

 

[Madrugador]

This is getting insane. Where's Valve PR department?

Spoiler

Probably got fired.

 

[FACE]

I laughed because he mentioned hats.

 

[Crazymoogle]

That doesn't sound like he was fired. I'm wondering if those that left are making a new start up.

That's my guess, at least for the game devs. I imagine there was some bad timing layoffs mixed in there too, maybe

 

[antitrop]

That doesn't sound like he was fired. I'm wondering if those that left are making a new start up.

It sure as hell doesn't sound like he quit of his own volition.

 

[Lasthope106]

I'm going to say that they left to form a new company. Didn't Gabe himself said one time that most people at Valve could get funding to get their own games within hours if they ever left Valve?

A lot of them had been with Valve for a while. People do get tired of working on the same thing for many years.

 

[Fersis]

What if there was a Coup d'état? And now Gabe is no longer the president?

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Don't jump! Life is worth living!

 

[MRORANGE]

I think I know what happened, while Gabe was at the DICE conference the rest of Valve started working HL3, when Gabe came back he found out their treachery and decided to take swift brutal action.

 

[wrowa]

I think the facebook posts sounds more like he was laid off instead of leaving the company on his own. However, you can pretty much read into it whatever you want.

What if there was a Coup d'état? And now Gabe is no longer the president?

Isn't Gabe the owner of Valve? How would someone take over his place?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I laughed because he mentioned hats.

This was one of the first hats he made for TF2

He even wrote a blog post about it

 

[EVIL]

Please let this be some super elaborate start to the HL3 ARG

 

[reptilescorpio]

This isn't as alarming as I first expected thankfully.

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

Letting people go so they have more money to push the steam box ?

 

[Corto]

omg he turned into gollum

No. He is mounting it.

 

[Gaogaogao]

what is going on?

 

[Prime crotch]

I'm gonna say Valve is getting out of the game making business, but let's be honest they haven't exactly been a game dev for a while now, that hasn't been their focus.

 

[AkuMifune]

I think I know what happened, while Gabe was at the DICE conference the rest of Valve started working HL3, when Gabe came back he found out their treachery and decided to take swift brutal action.

It was the opposite. He said, "When I get back HL3 had better be finished or I'm cleaning house!" and they all laughed merrily.

But he was serious.

 

[gillFTR]

Nice no one from the Dota 2 team.

 

[MRORANGE]

I'm gonna say Valve is getting out of the game making business, but let's be honest they haven't exactly been a game dev for a while now, that hasn't been their focus.

lol.

 

[HK-47]

I'm gonna say Valve is getting out of the game making business, but let's be honest they haven't exactly been a game dev for a while now, that hasn't been their focus.

Which is why we just got a dota 2 patch today?

 

[Crawl]

I'm gonna say Valve is getting out of the game making business, but let's be honest they haven't exactly been a game dev for a while now, that hasn't been their focus.

so who made portal 2/ dota 2?

 

[OrangeYouGlad]

what is going on?

A business is being run.

 

[DocSeuss]

One thing I think would be neat is if Valve hired people, trained them and helped them become awesome devs, and then let them go where they pleased, enriching game development everywhere.

Spoiler

Assuming, of course, Valve's design philosophies were good, and I don't believe they are.

Gabe once said something along the lines of he was sad when people left and something along the lines of wanting to keep people around and happy as long as possible. What's going on doesn't fit with that statement.

 

[DerZuhälter]

Doesn't surprise me in the least.

Gabe's talk about being unable to compete with "customers" in terms of content creation, his will to monetize that content as well as making money of the most mundane stuff like banners for DOTA spectators and opening up Steam further as a "marketspace", makes me guess that we might see even less content than we already did from valve in the future.

 

[Corto]

Doesn't surprise me in the least.

Gabe's talk about being unable to compete with "customers" in terms of content creation, his will to monetize that content as well as making money of the most mundane stuff like banners for DOTA spectators and opening up Steam further as a "marketspace", makes me guess that we might see even less content than we already did from valve in the future.

That also rubbed me the wrong way on his talk. But maybe it just means that Valve needs to separate the game development part of the company from the games distribution and sale part of the company.

 

[Tunin]

I dunno, 25 employees and no word about what happened? There must be something going on involving some kind of NDA.

Valve merging with someone? Being bought?

 

[Deleted member 30609]

One thing I think would be neat is if Valve hired people, trained them and helped them become awesome devs, and then let them go where they pleased, enriching game development everywhere.

Spoiler

Assuming, of course, Valve's design philosophies were good, and I don't believe they are.

Gabe once said something along the lines of he was sad when people left and something along the lines of wanting to keep people around and happy as long as possible. What's going on doesn't fit with that statement.

There have been more recent quotes, I believe from Gabe himself although I can't remember specifically, about being aggressive when it comes to hiring and firing.