[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

[Lanky]

Update: George Broussard of 3D Realms had this to say on Shacknews:

Hey Vivendi...seriously, **** you.

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Hoorah for mr. Broussard, Im also pretty stoked to read that.!!! :D

[thollian]

so is it or is not coming out on tuesday

[DoNuTs]

so is it or is not coming out on tuesday

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It is coming Thuesday, i understand your confusion

[LOC Veteran]

Actually you can request that a cd key be reset.

Here

[Nexus-]

hahah lol, same, we suck  :no:

why do i have such a crap card on a 3ghz machine!!

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you people make me laugh :laugh: you should have learned video card is more important than processor.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

not true, its a balance (bottleneck) issue. if you have a slower processor, it slows down the card also, i know vid cards have onboard VPU's, but it still relies ont eh processor for what to draw. the processor just doesnt have to draw it. by itself the VPU doesnt know how to access the data needed for its own calculations (aka HDD, System Memory) from what i understand the Processor hands off the data to teh VPU, and from the system memory to the videocards memory.

you people make me laugh  :laugh: you should have learned video card is more important than processor.

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[Nexus-]

Lol dumb arses with the fake Steam pics can't even do them properly :p It would be in "Just released" ;)

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sorry cream this is the one time your wrong if they pay for the game it goes into my games if they didnt pay for it and it was released and unlocked on steam it would be in just released. similar to what people who havent payed for hl2 see for cs source right now.

[Dotdot]

for me this sums the whole situation up nicely

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[struct]

anyone know if a retailer will be selling hl2 t-shirts? that's really all I want out of the gold edition but I don't want to pay $80 or whatever it is.

[Nexus-]

anyone called any of the stores (us) and asked if they are doing launch a lauch party or anything? what stores did a launch party for Halo 2?

[x-byte]

anyone know if a retailer will be selling hl2 t-shirts? that's really all I want out of the gold edition but I don't want to pay $80 or whatever it is.

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Then get the Collector's Edition.

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-bYtE,Nov 14 2004, 18:12]Then get the Collector's Edition.

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ok. replace 'gold' in my above post with: gold / collector's / whichever version has the t-shirt.

[Nexus-]

not to be too much of a pester but if you any of you guys got a scanner and the boxed copy would you scan the box (front back and left side) and one of the discs please for a dvd case and label for people who preloaded?

[empty]

man im so excited about hl2! can someone explain the activation system? do we get activated 12am regional time or is it based around a certain time zone?

[Nexus-]

PST which is valves location/ no its not 12am each time zone.

[tomwarren Veteran]

man im so excited about hl2! can someone explain the activation system? do we get activated 12am regional time or is it based around a certain time zone?

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8AM for us ;)

[ANova]

I'd like to add that VU brought this on themselves. The whole reason Valve created Steam was because they were sick of publishers taking all the money for making a $0.25 copy. Publishers are greedy ######, plain and simple.

[sin-ergy]

dammit! i just realized 12am pst is gonna be 4am here. DAMMIT! so that means i can't play it until i get home at 6pm on tuesday :no:

[ANova]

not to be too much of a pester but if you any of you guys got a scanner and the boxed copy would you scan the box (front back and left side) and one of the discs please for a dvd case and label for people who preloaded?

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http://www.marcopolo.me.uk/hl2/hl2-cover_2.jpg

Many more here.

[secretforce]

Cant wait... :)

Better get computer tweaked...

[Nexus-]

http://www.marcopolo.me.uk/hl2/hl2-cover_2.jpg

Many more here.

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thakns yeah thats the closest i have seen to the box but i didnt see anything real close to the cd :( eh oh well. thanks anyway tho :D

[Nexus-]

thats the way its always been you make a game publisher gets most of the money you make a cd and the record label makes most of the money. world isnt a pretty place but valve is fixing that. I say who puts in the most sweat deserves an equaly worthy slice of the pie :)

[SimplySchizo]

Quick question:

Does one have to activate hl2 everytime its installed?

Say one without an inet connect gets a temp inet isp accnt to activate, will one have to reactivate the damn thing after a format or decides to reinstall ?

[aldo]

Quick question:

Does one have to activate hl2 everytime its installed?

Say one without an inet connect gets a temp inet isp accnt to activate, will one have to reactivate the damn thing after a format or decides to reinstall ?

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Yes. Welcome to online activation. At least Microsoft gave you a free toll free number to use your modem to connect directly to or call and type it in manually.

[SimplySchizo]

Heh, it must so suck for those not able to activate it. At least it seems they have an option with M$ giving peeps a toll free # accorind to what you say.

Hell, I feel bad for those without being able to get online at all. I'd go nuts without my fix. :p