Screw Hackers!! Half-Life 2 Delayed Until April 2004

SaltBoy · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: Anubis
HL2 is slowley becomming DNF

Hardly.

Good grief, you people LOVE to whine!

I, for one, am somewhat glad that the game is being pushed back. The hardware required to get a decent framerate is still quite expensive. I think a nice six-month delay will help bring the hardware prices down to a respectable level.

Alternex · Oct 7, 2003

It's delayed because now all the developers were like "oh #(@*&!, everyone can see our goto statements!" With the code released they would probably go over the code carefully and patch up any weaknesses that people could spot.

Mr.IncrediblyBored · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: XZeroII
What kind of crappy company doesn't do regular backups? They are lying.

You can't seriously be this stupid. Of course VALVe has copies of the source code - it isn't like the hacker deleted the code off their machines. The problem is huge portions of the network and engine code is freely available on the internet. I imagine VALVe might be rewriting portions of the code to tighten security and close holes in the program. A sort of pre-emptive strike against hacks based off the old codebase.

Once again: This is all a rumour, and until we hear anything from VALVe it will stay a rumour.

XZeroII · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: XZeroII
What kind of crappy company doesn't do regular backups? They are lying.

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You can't seriously be this stupid. Of course VALVe has copies of the source code - it isn't like the hacker deleted the code off their machines. The problem is huge portions of the network and engine code is freely available on the internet. I imagine VALVe might be rewriting portions of the code to tighten security and close holes in the program. A sort of pre-emptive strike against hacks based off the old codebase.

Once again: This is all a rumour, and until we hear anything from VALVe it will stay a rumour.

What you are implying is that it was fully of security holes and such. Why would they release it like that anyway? My point is that they are making excuses.

Turkish · Oct 7, 2003

rofl... i dont feel any sympathy for valve, they deserved it.... they should have hurried their as$es and release the god damn game...
and if they are using this as an excuse to delay the game because they couldn't finish it, screw them... they can go to hell

EyeMWing · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK

Originally posted by: DumbGuy
bs.

They just needed a new excuse to delay the game.

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Yup,

Ooooh, it was the hackers thats why it didn't come out on time, right.

Am i the only one who has totaly lost interest in HL2 at this point?

Nope. Steam started it, delays solidified it, this excuse sets it in stone. And has anyone actually LOOKED at the source code? A Comp Sci teacher would flunk them for that crap. Variables named as profanity, pointless comments "This does somthing", functions named "HAMMERTIME"

It's funny that they try to ingrain it into us never to do that, but the pros do it all the time.

Then again, the reason for the delay is that they can't figure out what the hell their code does

:disgust:

slydecix · Oct 7, 2003

Whoa, can anyone confirm this?

Regs · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: Anubis
HL2 is slowley becomming DNF

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Hardly.

Good grief, you people LOVE to whine!

I, for one, am somewhat glad that the game is being pushed back. The hardware required to get a decent framerate is still quite expensive. I think a nice six-month delay will help bring the hardware prices down to a respectable level.

Took over 12 months for the 9700p to drop 50 dollars. As for nvidia, well, their too busy making revisions of their GPU's. They know those graphic cards are still valuable to the high-end gaming market while keeping the hardware enthusiasts in mind. They'll continue to take advantage of those high-end gamers until they stop buying them or when the card itself is completly worthless. Customers are not the only ones that look at those benchmark charts, keep in mind.

Turkish · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: Elitebull
Whoa, can anyone confirm this?

i hope it is true, because i totally believe valve deserved all this crap if they didn't invest enough $$$ to secure their work environment. bunch of dumbasses.

EyeMWing · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: Elitebull
Whoa, can anyone confirm this?

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i hope it is true, because i totally believe valve deserved all this crap if they didn't invest enough $$$ to secure their work environment. bunch of dumbasses.

Correct. There's NO reason that a DEV network should be connected to the outside world - at all. Who knows, maybe these hackers worked for id.

GTaudiophile · Oct 7, 2003

What is this new devilry that nVidia is pulling?

Hammer · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: DumbGuy
bs.

They just needed a new excuse to delay the game.

Hammer · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: Anubis
HL2 is slowley becomming DNF

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Hardly.

Good grief, you people LOVE to whine!

I, for one, am somewhat glad that the game is being pushed back. The hardware required to get a decent framerate is still quite expensive. I think a nice six-month delay will help bring the hardware prices down to a respectable level.

why don't you just buy it 6 months after its release then? problem solved.

TechnoKid · Oct 7, 2003

Hmm...by that time there will be a better game out...Putt Putt Golf 2000!

draggoon01 · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: Elitebull
Whoa, can anyone confirm this?

http://www.uploadit.org/files/071003-hl2beta-proof.jpg

i don't know if real

Kev · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Who cares at this point? I'm so freaking sick of hearing about this game that I could care less.

exactly. if it doesn't come out by christmas, then to hell with it. i'm not upgrading again

klah · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: Elitebull
Whoa, can anyone confirm this?

There is supposedly a beta leak with 7 levels that came out this past weekend. I will wait until I see it first hand to believe it though.

911paramedic · Oct 7, 2003

Is this going to push back Team Fortress II also?

kami · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: Anubis
HL2 is slowley becomming DNF

or Team Fortress 2

Lonyo · Oct 7, 2003

Half Life was quite delayed when it came out, why would the sequel be any different?

Republic: The Revolution, UT2k3, Doom 3, just a few other games that I can remember being delayed by months.

Diakatana is a historical example.

Games get delayed, deal with it for Gods sake people.

CubicZirconia · Oct 7, 2003

Half Life was quite delayed when it came out, why would the sequel be any different?

Because they didn't say anything about it for 5 years and then came out of no where and said it would be released on September 30th. If they weren't absolutely certain the game was going to come out they should have just kept their mouths shut. This whole source code leak thing isn't their fault, but the game not coming out on the 30th was. As it stands they've just got a lot of people all hyped up and now disinterested. If they would have waited until 2 weeks before the game was going to come out I guarantee they wouldn't have sold any less copies than they will now.

Plus they wouldn't have made a whole bunch of people bitter.

ElFenix · Oct 7, 2003

so is this delayed to next spring or not?

CubicZirconia · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: ElFenix
so is this delayed to next spring or not?

It's not technically delayed yet.

Edit: I guess some sites are saying it is officially delayed now.

klah · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by: Elitebull
Whoa, can anyone confirm this?

GTaudiophile · Oct 7, 2003

Valve has yet to confirm this delay...

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