Valve boycotts L4D mod campaign
Valve has turned the tables on one modder in particular, by boycotting his campaign until they visit his house.
Obviously, the response from Left 4 Dead fans was mixed. Most people thought it was rather nice of Valve, while most boycott members continue to protest the lack of new content for Left 4 Dead 1 and are accusing both parties of bribery. One Left 4 Dead modder however had a different solution, according to RPS.
The modder in question, known only as Joe and residing in Brisbane, Australia, sent Gabe Newell a very direct question; "Why the hell haven't I been flown to Valve? You guys need to preview my campaign."
A few hours later, Newell responded with a rather unbelievable response - "We are boycotting your campaign."
With the tables suddenly turned on him, Joe wondered what exactly this meant. "Does...Does this mean I need fly YOU here?", he asked.
"Me and Erik," confirmed Newell, referring to Project Lead Erik Johnson.
Joe has now launched a campaign to raise money and awareness for his scheme, dubbed the Fly Gabe Newell Fund, with the ultimate plan being to fly Gabe and Erik over to Joe's house in Brisbane so that they can preview his game and attest that it isn't a rush job. Money will be refunded if the pair refuse to make the trip, while extra funds will be spent on buying a camera to record the event. Let us know if you donate in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums ReplySorry, we're boycotting the forums. We won't post again until we too get a flight to Australia AND Seattle.
Oh and by the way I'm boycotting all of you. Especially those of you living in the West Indies...
(Yahtzee flown to Valve HQ after his Portal review for example).
Got to love a dev with a sense of humour.
Oh yeah...well.well.....well we are boycotting your boycott until we haz more lol cats on the forums so there :(
though I have to admit I love the valve response so is anyone going to be giving cash to the cause lol
This is all a big gag, although the donation total is up to $375.75, with $100 of that coming from Valve's Robin Walker, who writes: "This is Robin Walker, from Valve. The rest of us at Valve would sure appreciate a couple of days without Erik around, so thanks for organising this! Quick question though: if I donated more, would you buy a one-way ticket for him?" So who knows where this is headed.
I can just see it now, shaking hands with the vortigons, playing in the ball pool with friendly headcrabs, afternoon entertainment in the TF2 arena, and of course a go on l4d 2...
Well played Valve :)
Yo dawg, i've heard you like boycotts, so we will boycott your boycott so you can be boycotted while you boycott....
Is it bad that made me LOL!!??
Still agree with the boycott though :P
i think it's this human aspect to valve that makes them so liked in the gaming world (beyond their great games of course).
awesome.
Of course this is also wonderful publicity for them, but still, awesome overall.
Can't figure out how to show off the level via some sort of virtualization, or even just shipping the code?
Good lord, folks, you're supposed to be tech savvy!!!
You're either ripping the piss, in which case humour fail, or you're just missing the whole point of this....