Half-Life 2: Delay? Maybe, Playable? Yes [Oct 07, 2003, 4:42 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
New delay for
Half-Life sequel on BBC News (thanks Eraserhead) has a quote from Christophe
Ramboz of Vivendi Universal Games on the Half-Life 2 source code theft that
takes a completely different direction than the talk of four month delays found
in a different article (story), as they have him saying:
"Vivendi Universal Games is only the distributor of the product, which is
produced by the US studio Valve and so it will up to them to make an
announcement." Meanwhile, Thieves
steal playable version of Half-Life 2 on CNN Money contradicts reports that
downplay the amount of code stolen, choosing to reveal that the Source
source thieves "also stole enough game maps and other components to put
together a playable build of the game. Today, five days after the first leak,
they have released that build."
Monty,
"So you are comparing locking up Thieves and hackers with the extermination of 15 million men women and children?"
You did it to yourself guy.
"I would register everyones name in a international database" Hmmm....Hitler made the Jews register. I don't think he said anything about killing Jews!
As for the rest of you talking about imprisonment for life etc...Shut the holy fu**ing hell up about it. So a game gets delayed. So some people lose money. There are such bigger issues that happen everyday that nobody says shit about.
What about a negligent employer who doesn't maintain equipment and now a little girl lost her daddy? Hell, a real story that maybe some of you could have some emotional opinion of: Danny Heatly essentially killed a very good friend and teammate by driving like an idiot. Should he get the death penalty? Life in prison? His buddy died for focks sake yet nobody is calling for his head!!
So many people here don't have a focking clue how real life works and should really get a clue. Life imprisonment. Ban from the internet.
Despite the fact a law was broken, Valve will get no such sympathy from me. Just as a family who puts their Christmas presents in the front window and leaves the front door unlocked, they can and should expect not to come home to see their treasures there. Valve was negligent. Gabe in particular was IGNORANT!! Yes, you read right. Working for Microsoft for 15 years, if anyone should know the importance of updating your windows and other MS products, it was him!!!
Sure, the perps deserve time. Not life....maybe a couple years. As far as bashing warez goes, I pirated Half Life. There, I admit it. But I went on to but HL, CS and OF. Just cause someone warez's something does not mean they will not buy the title. Those in the warez scene you should be lamenting is those who sell it...those are the real guys stealing money from developers/publishers.
And as for that CNN saying "Thieves steal playable version of Half-Life 2" they should tell the story as it is, Thieves take advantage of game developers complacency".
"So you are comparing locking up Thieves and hackers with the extermination of 15 million men women and children?"
You did it to yourself guy.
"I would register everyones name in a international database" Hmmm....Hitler made the Jews register. I don't think he said anything about killing Jews!
As for the rest of you talking about imprisonment for life etc...Shut the holy fu**ing hell up about it. So a game gets delayed. So some people lose money. There are such bigger issues that happen everyday that nobody says shit about.
What about a negligent employer who doesn't maintain equipment and now a little girl lost her daddy? Hell, a real story that maybe some of you could have some emotional opinion of: Danny Heatly essentially killed a very good friend and teammate by driving like an idiot. Should he get the death penalty? Life in prison? His buddy died for focks sake yet nobody is calling for his head!!
So many people here don't have a focking clue how real life works and should really get a clue. Life imprisonment. Ban from the internet.
Despite the fact a law was broken, Valve will get no such sympathy from me. Just as a family who puts their Christmas presents in the front window and leaves the front door unlocked, they can and should expect not to come home to see their treasures there. Valve was negligent. Gabe in particular was IGNORANT!! Yes, you read right. Working for Microsoft for 15 years, if anyone should know the importance of updating your windows and other MS products, it was him!!!
Sure, the perps deserve time. Not life....maybe a couple years. As far as bashing warez goes, I pirated Half Life. There, I admit it. But I went on to but HL, CS and OF. Just cause someone warez's something does not mean they will not buy the title. Those in the warez scene you should be lamenting is those who sell it...those are the real guys stealing money from developers/publishers.
And as for that CNN saying "Thieves steal playable version of Half-Life 2" they should tell the story as it is, Thieves take advantage of game developers complacency".
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