Comments on: Fly Gabe Newell Campaign Exceeds Targets

By: Joe W-A

Joe W-A — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:43:01 +0000

Latest news: All the proceeds have been donated to charity and Gabe and Erik are coming to Australia on the 7th of October.

By: Gunhover

Gunhover — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:04:14 +0000

Also – people can say what they want, but ultimately in just a few days, using only a combination of mouse clicks and key presses, the random degenerate PC gaming addicts of the internet just made the president of a major games company fly halfway across the world to Australia.

I’m simultaneously awed and amused. Give yourselves a round of applause (even you, Xercies :)

By: Gunhover

Gunhover — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:48:58 +0000

From Joe’s blog:
http://flygabenewell.blogspot.com/2009/09/big-news-internet.html

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The English language lacks the words to express the level of excitement Erik and I feel that you and your friends have pulled this off. Give us some time to organize our affairs, as we are trying to ship a product, and then we’ll let you know the time and date of our arrival. Give our best to Robin’s mother, as she is apparently a neighbor of yours.

Gabe & Erik
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Hahahaha. Get your arse to Brisbane, Gabe!

By: Funky Badger

Funky Badger — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:20:41 +0000

Xercies: do you, you know, actually have a job?

And wouldn’t it be fantastic, if Joe’s campaign was picked up, and released as free DLC for L4D1!

There’s an actual and legal difference in the levels of evil between a publically listed company (e.g. EA) and a privately owned one (e.g. Valve) – EA have a responsibility to act evilly, and their corporate officers can be legeally defenestrated should they not act in an evil enough manner. Facts. Scary, scary facts.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:37:09 +0000

How many of the miserable boycotters were slagging off the people at NMA over the fallout thing I wonder. Hmm. Eh?

By: Nahual

Nahual — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:28:26 +0000

It’ll be even funnier if Joe arranges for them to sleep on his couch because he can’t afford a hotel and Valve agrees to it.

By: Ergates

Ergates — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:00:08 +0000

The best outcome isn’t that Valve agree to pay of the flights, it’s that they donate an equivalent amount. If they pay for the flights themselves then Joe has to go back to each and every donor and ask if they want the money back (or if he can give it to charity).

Though it’s actually funnier if they just go with the original agreement (i.e. Joe pays for flights, Valve don’t pay for anything).

By: Ergates

Ergates — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:50:12 +0000

Yay for t’internet.

By: Catastrophe

Catastrophe — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:39:53 +0000

I agree with Lilliput King’s early comment, that the best outcome would be that Valve announces they are honouring the agreement of flying over if he could accumulate the funds but then states the funds should all go to the charity and Valve will pay for the flight.

By: autogunner

autogunner — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:20:39 +0000

All this is just some massive cover up campagain by valve to make sure no one is thinking about Ep.3

By: Dirty Jesus

Dirty Jesus — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:09:07 +0000

I hope to god Joe’s campaign is good after all this.

It’d suck for him if Gabe and Erik turned up only to tell him what utter rubbish it was :D

By: Frankie The Patrician[PF]

Frankie The Patrician[PF] — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:43 +0000

*sobs at sinister agent*