**OFFICIAL HALF LIFE 2 THREAD** - KEEP ALL THE HALF LIFE CHATTER IN HERE GUYS!!

[LordNoob]

2 and a half... why did it have to be 12:00 AM PST?

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
3 hours to go...

Yep. Damn them and their friggin 3AM EST. I'll be in bed by then . Looks like tomorrow is when I'll play it.

 

[jm0ris0n]

I broke down and bought an ATI coupon off ebay for 38 shipped. Not bad if you ask me

 

[Yossarian]

Steam forums have imploded.

 

[Bumrush99]

Almost guys. Also, don't take Gamespots review as the word of God... If it hasn't changed much from HL1, then it's going to own. HL1 was the best FPS game ever, so a comparison to it is not a bad thing.

 

[royaldank]

Pretty interesting to look at the steam activity reports. They've bump up the bandwidth in the last hour or two, and the outgoing traffic continues to climb.

 

[muoot]

Originally posted by: jm0ris0n
I broke down and bought an ATI coupon off ebay for 38 shipped. Not bad if you ask me

Shipped? get them to email the code so you can D/L right away.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: jm0ris0n
I broke down and bought an ATI coupon off ebay for 38 shipped. Not bad if you ask me

unless you consider you can get one off the forums for 30.

 

[LordNoob]

Holy crap have they bumped up bandwidth. Valve is preparing for bandwidth armageddon.

 

[warcrow]

I think its pretty impressive how Steam is doing so far. If it doesnt buckel, its really going to earn my hard respect.

 

[LordNoob]

Originally posted by: warcrow
I think its pretty impressive how Steam is doing so far. If it doesnt buckel, its really going to earn my hard respect.

Agreed, I am already quite impressed at the progress made with Steam thus far. I love having easy access to Valve's full catalog without having to switch out CDs.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: LordNoob
Holy crap have they bumped up bandwidth. Valve is preparing for bandwidth armageddon.

Yep... however, my DL hasn't topped 100 k/s yet. Not bad, but definitely not what I expected from my University's T3 line.

 

[warcrow]

http://www.qosis.com/atchat/index.php

 

[royaldank]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...2853&enterthread=y

Prima Strat guide for $12.49 with 1 cent overnight shipping.

 

[LordNoob]

Originally posted by: warcrow
http://www.qosis.com/atchat/index.php

I'm there.

 

[jm0ris0n]

Originally posted by: fisher

Originally posted by: jm0ris0n
I broke down and bought an ATI coupon off ebay for 38 shipped. Not bad if you ask me

unless you consider you can get one off the forums for 30.

:disgust:

Yeah, He hasn't emailed me back, but I have made ir plainly obvious I would like the code emailed.

I always forget the fs/ft forum. This is off topic, but anyone have a usb powered zip drive they wouldn't mind letting go of ?

 

[pennylane]

So does it come out at 11 PST or midnight PST? Ahhh I have a damned midterm on Wednesday too....

 

[Maximus96]

11 pst would still be 11/15th, 12pst would be 11/16th

 

[jm0ris0n]

12pst Come join us in the chat channel !

 

[sparkyclarky]

1 hr left
not that I can play it or anything...I'm just interested in seeing how the code distribution works

 

[rwmega]

I faded and made the decision a bit too late! I started DL of Half Life 2 on Steam tonite @ 6:30pm but it's only 40% done. Darn DSL slowness. Soon for HL2!!!

 

[rwmega]

Killing time... did anyone read this article on gamespot? It's pretty enlightening. I have much respect for Gabe and Co!

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6112889/index.html

 

[royaldank]

Decent article. Though it was bit of a pity story for Gabe and Vavle. But, there was good stuff and some screens were cool (orange level screen).

 

[Adn4n]

5 minutes!!!!

 

[Bumrush99]

3 MINUTES!!!! OMG