By John Walker on October 15th, 2010 at 1:33 am.
You may have heard the recent fuss about yet another whistleblowing blog, this time about Valve and IceFrog, regarding the Dota 2 project. With our own problems, we really do try to avoid reporting this sort of arse-blowing nonsense.
But I just received an email from a source, who wishes to remain anonymous, from inside Valve. I really swear I’m not making that up. I’m reproducing it, in full, below. (I think this might also count as the world exclusive reveal of their next game, Fart Cops.)
I am also an employee at Valve. After reading the brave, true, anonymously posted statements by a fellow Valve employee, I felt compelled to share my own, because Valve is a place in Bellevue, WA where I also work. I’m sure right now you are thinking, “How do I know you are really from Valve?” Click here for proof. How do I know you just clicked on that link? Because I work at Valve and I’m looking at the tape of you clicking on that link right now.
Not convinced? Proving my employment at Valve is so easy, you can replicate it yourself at home.1. Search for “Valve” on Google.
2. The first result is for Valvesoftware.com. Do nothing.
3. Click it.
4. Scroll up to the top left section of the page.
5. Look closely at the logo.
6. Notice the small “e” in the logo.
7. That was my idea.Voila. Or in the words of Emeril Legasse, “BAM!” Here is proof that “BAM!” is Emeril Legasse’s catchphrase.
1. Go to wikipedia.org. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
2. Look up “Emeril Legasse” in the search field.
3. Notice something interesting about the first paragraph?
4. That something is PROOF.
5. Bam.Now that I’ve established who I am and the lengths I’m willing to go to “kick it up a notch” (See Proof #2, above), I want to tell you the real truth. I work on an unrelated project from IceFrog called “Fart Cops.” Now, if you read this blogspot post about IceFrog, you’re probably asking yourself, “Hold on now. Do the police patrol FOR farts, or do they fight crime WITH farts?” Let me just tell you that you will find out the terrifying truth in 2014. Or you would have, if not for IceFrog.
Ever since IceFrog joined Valve he has been poisonous to my “Fart Cops” project. All of the slowly mounting enthusiasm I am convinced I had been building around “Fart Cops” immediately went away once IceFrog and DOTA showed up. He has so far proved incredibly hard to work with on “Fart Cops” and is absolutely impossible to talk to about abandoning his stupid project to work fulltime on mine. This is not just my opinion. Everybody knows that IceFrog refuses to work on “Fart Cops.” Much like society in a dystopian future hates farts. IceFrog’s made me so angry that I just accidentally ruined the twist ending to my own game. Also, IceFrog removed my Backspace key. (This has been controversial and everybody knows this.)
Now I will provide proof.
1. Go to wikipedia.org.
2. Misspell “Emerel Lagasse” in the search field.
3. Try to hit “Backspace”.
4. If you’re on my computer, YOU CAN’T.Those of you not in the game industry like I am might not see how important all of this is. Imagine my game idea (“Fart Cops”) was an Arby’s, my Backspace key was a Jamba Juice, and IceFrog is still IceFrog, and HE SMASHES BOTH RESTAURANTS. He would be in jail if he did that! But the rules of metaphor are different and unfair, like being imprisoned for fart crime. Only you can help me change that. Write Gabe Newell and tell him you are willing to pay $59.99 for “Fart Cops”. He said earlier that if ten thousand people “were stupid enough” to write him asking for it, he’d make it. Then he laughed and went out for lunch with IceFrog.
EDIT: I have some new information to give you, based on things I already knew but forgot, but that a GameInformer article just reminded me that I knew. Erik Johnson (or as he’s known around the Valve offices in Bellevue, WA, “Erik”) is another person that I know at Valve where I work.
15/10/2010 at 01:39 KBKarma says:
My God, proof! Sinister proof, as if further proof, sinister or otherwise, was/were needed! What has been proven here!
… Seriously, what?
15/10/2010 at 01:58 MrEvilGuy says:
RPS has saved the internet!
All hail RPS!
*hails*
15/10/2010 at 04:26 BAReFOOt says:
1. This is definitely a bad joke, which smells awfully much like a troll.
2. It’s either anonymous. Or from Valve. If you know it’s from Valve, it’s by definition not anonymous anymore.
3. What proof? Well, let’s analyze the text:
And what does he knowing we clicked a link have to do with us knowing who he is?
That’s right: Nothing.
No. It was mine! :P
See, that also proves nothing. Everyone can state something. That’s not proof, but something that creates requirement for proof. It only makes it very very easy now, to track down a potential suspect. Just find out whose idea that was.
Well, he did not prove which one is the cause and which one the effect.
And in fact, that line about the “bam“ existed since the very first version of the article. So he simply looked that up on Wikipedia, and then acted as if he just edited it in. Maybe he even created that article. In that case his IP was 24.238.201.213 (user-0cetiel.cable.mindspring.com).
He couldn’t be more obvious. When I learned one thing, it’s, that when people mention “the real truth”, they usually fear that you may not believe them. Which is, because they themselves don’t believe it. In other words: People usually prefix lies with “the real truth” or something similar. Especially if they want to believe it themselves.
There you have it. :)
What I don’t understand, is why this is even an article here? Or did Murdoch buy RPS?
15/10/2010 at 04:35 BAReFOOt says:
Hmm, the blog software has no style for the <q> tag. So it looks like normal text. :( If you have Firebug installed, add this style to a stylesheet to make it visible:
q { font-style: italic; display: block; margin-top: 2em; background: #DDD; -moz-border-radius: 10px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px; }
15/10/2010 at 04:36 Nick says:
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH
15/10/2010 at 04:40 Metal Chao says:
I think that noise Nick just made was the sound of the whole thing going right over your head
…also anyone else have real problems finding where to click to start typing in the captcha? They should put a border around that part ):
15/10/2010 at 06:18 analog picasso says:
I deal with the css issues via a simple userstyle I wrote.
15/10/2010 at 10:26 Lilliput King says:
@Barefoot
…
:D
15/10/2010 at 10:57 Jacques says:
Barefoot, use blockquote, not q. The comment section uses HTML, not BB code.
15/10/2010 at 11:10 Kast says:
Ah, but is it Wooosh or Nyeeeaowm!
15/10/2010 at 11:33 lhzr says:
stop the whooshing, autism ain’t funny.
15/10/2010 at 16:28 Steelfists says:
To everyone who posted after BAReFOOt : WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH SQUARED.
15/10/2010 at 01:40 Dandi8 says:
That.
Is.
Awesome.
I applaud.
15/10/2010 at 03:18 Spacewalk says:
AWESOMe.
15/10/2010 at 10:24 SWOne says:
Jawsome! Wait, wrong game
15/10/2010 at 12:33 Thermal Ions says:
.. and in other news, “Valve” becomes the most searched term on Google, while “Emeril Lagasse” has hit the top of the hottest topic list in Wikipedia.
Ah, the awesomeness of the internet.
15/10/2010 at 01:41 Nick says:
BAM!
15/10/2010 at 02:13 icupnimpn2 says:
He must be a true industry insider since he name-checked Notch
15/10/2010 at 01:41 substance says:
What a let-down =/
15/10/2010 at 01:42 niffk says:
*golf clap*
15/10/2010 at 01:43 Bruce Willis says:
oh my god I can’t stop laughing baahahahahahah
15/10/2010 at 10:15 MrTambourineMan says:
Are you high or something?
15/10/2010 at 01:44 RyePunk says:
What the what now? So all the hat malarky was just a front masking their secret love of fart jokes?
Confirmation will be if a whoopie cushion enters the TF2 store.
15/10/2010 at 01:47 noobnob says:
Emailing GabeN right now…
15/10/2010 at 01:49 Thants says:
They better not release Fart Cops 2 until Fart Cops get some proper support. Anyone want to start a preemptive petition?
15/10/2010 at 01:54 MD says:
One step ahead of you, Thants.
BOYCOTT FART COPS 3
15/10/2010 at 02:58 DeliriumWartner says:
Don’t worry, Fart Cops 3 will never come out, despite being promised for years.
15/10/2010 at 04:38 Ted says:
na man, fart cops 3(D) still comes out, it’s Fart Cops: FOREVER that takes 15 years to make
and valve dies 14 years in and the project is handed over 34DD realms to be finished.
15/10/2010 at 13:08 jalf says:
Preemptive petition? We can do better!
PREEMPTIVE BOYCOTT!
I refuse to buy Fart Cops until they refrain from releasing Fart Cops 2!
That’ll learn ‘em!
15/10/2010 at 14:31 Dave says:
If they release Fart Cops before Mucus Firemen Episode 3 comes out, or me and both my friends will seriously boycott Steam.
15/10/2010 at 01:52 wazups2x says:
“EDIT: I have some new information to give you, based on things I already knew but forgot, but that a GameInformer article just reminded me that I knew. Erik Johnson (or as he’s known around the Valve offices in Bellevue, WA, “Erik”) is another person that I know at Valve where I work.”
lol, great stuff. Exactly what I thought when I read the blog post.
15/10/2010 at 01:53 P7uen says:
Absolutely superb.
15/10/2010 at 01:54 Ryan says:
I’ve written Gabe Newell and I hope injustices like this will be prevented in the future. Hopefully we can also get IceFrog destroyed or at the very least deported to protect the gaming industry from his back stabbing, poisoning, and smashing ways.
Thank you for bringing this injustice to the public’s attention.
15/10/2010 at 01:55 oatish says:
man I’m a huge fan of valve games but im glad they are putting the likes of half-life 3 on hold to develop this exciting new franchise
*Here’s hoping*
15/10/2010 at 01:56 MD says:
Funny stuff. I genuinely don’t understand the original one, and quite honestly I don’t think I care, so I enjoyed the equally lucid proofs in this article.
15/10/2010 at 01:58 Lobster says:
This has made my day.
You would not believe how many idiots fall for this faux whistle-blower crap. =( It makes you sad to be human.
15/10/2010 at 02:47 James says:
Know what makes me sad to be a human? People claiming knowledge they don’t have. It makes them sound like an idiot to me.
I have no idea about the claims being made, I doubt strongly that you do either.
15/10/2010 at 03:56 Eagle0600 says:
@James:
Are you serious? Did you read this? It’s obviously a joke. The “proofs” and “backspace key” clinch it.
15/10/2010 at 04:16 suibhne says:
Uh, Eagle? Lobster and James are both obviously referring to the original anonyblog “expose” re. IceFrog.
15/10/2010 at 05:58 DJ Phantoon says:
I think the thing is, Eagle is trolling.
Which makes him an awful, horrible, scum of the basement type person.
15/10/2010 at 07:32 Alexander says:
the problem is, we HAVE NO PROOF whether he is trolling, which complicates the situation. But I have certain inside information that he is, since I live in his house.
15/10/2010 at 11:07 DrGonzo says:
We have no proof either way that God exists. We have no proof either way that the Knog beast of Nottingham exists. But any sane person still know both are bollocks.
15/10/2010 at 17:45 The Colonel says:
Nicely slipped in the Mr Gonzo. I’m personally not going to Church until they release a version you don’t have to wait 3 months for a patch for.
15/10/2010 at 02:14 HeroJez says:
I knew that Icefrog was a cunt. Fart Cops is doomed, and along with it, the future of PC gaming.
AIDS.
;’(
15/10/2010 at 04:09 2ds says:
Heh, it’s been 22.3 years, AIDS is funny now =)
15/10/2010 at 02:20 The Dark One says:
Now do one about one of Banksy’s anonymous underlings, John!
15/10/2010 at 02:23 Gabbo says:
Gabe is going to be deleting a lot of silly emails tomorrow morning.
15/10/2010 at 02:28 Frools says:
Alternatively, announcing Fart Cops
I’d play that
15/10/2010 at 02:29 Anonymousity says:
He probably does a fair amount of it every day, but how many fart cops emails does he delete every day?
15/10/2010 at 02:23 konrad_ha says:
Checking out Valve news – not Half Life related – FTFY.
15/10/2010 at 02:28 Jack says:
Thank you for your words, fart corps insider.
And for your courage.
16/10/2010 at 10:21 Tom Camfield says:
BAM!
15/10/2010 at 02:29 sebmojo says:
i smell an erik wolpaw. you want proof you can’t handle the proof because it’s just out the OVEN numbnuts. Wait a few seconds… oh you have oven gloves? alright then the proof’s over there just be careful ok it’s really hot now LOOK AT the last word in the email! ‘WORK’.
Take off one letter because noone at a game company does real work – that makes WOK that’s three letters and is chinese just like ICEFROG
now count back 12 words you get ERIK how many letters? FOUR!!
Four times three is … wait for it…
TWELVE.
15/10/2010 at 02:32 thebigJ_A says:
Forgive me for asking a real question when we’re trying to be funny, but I know little about the inner workings of game journalism or industry insider type stuff.
So, what with joke articles like this, does this mean noone is taking that anonymous angry-fired-guy blog seriously? Is that what’s what?
15/10/2010 at 02:48 Pantsman says:
No one at RPS is, anyway.
Valve of course claim the post is fake, which doesn’t necessarily mean it is, but Riot Games specifically deny that IceFrog or anyone named Abdul Ismail ever worked at or for their company (), and I can’t see that they have any reason to lie.
Personally, I strongly doubt it’s real. There are people who seem to have legitimate beefs with Icefrog (see ), but given the nature of hardcore gaming communities such as that surrounding DOTA, that also means there are people who are way more angry about it than is reasonable. It wouldn’t be a surprise if some were willing to go to the lengths we’ve seen here just to slander him.
15/10/2010 at 02:49 Pantsman says:
…Well that was messed up.
Here’s my first link: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/13/alleged-valve-employee-speaks-out-on-dota-co-developer/
And here’s the second: http://www.dota-allstars.com/index.html
15/10/2010 at 03:42 gryffinp says:
If I remember correctly it’s S2 games that people think Icefrog worked at, not Riot games.
15/10/2010 at 02:42 James says:
Fart is a funny word, ha ha!
This wasn’t that funny, sorry.
16/10/2010 at 09:14 Gwyn says:
Sorry about your life of unrelenting seriousness.
15/10/2010 at 02:44 PleasingFungus says:
Er… what? No he didn’t.
(Thank god for Valve either way, mind you. Mmm. Delicious.)
15/10/2010 at 02:50 PleasingFungus says:
That was of course a reply to “icupnimpn2″… though now I get his joke, so I guess it’s moot either way?
Oh, RPS reply system! Never change.
15/10/2010 at 02:46 Dario ff says:
And today, a new internet meme is born. It can’t be more annoying than those vuvuzelas…
15/10/2010 at 02:47 EGTF says:
Fart Cops: The Barney Calhoun Tales.
15/10/2010 at 02:53 Armante says:
Valve = Awesomeness
15/10/2010 at 02:55 Max says:
Smacks of Old Man Murray, it does!
15/10/2010 at 02:57 Collic says:
I bet this really is from valve, because it’s so damn funny.
15/10/2010 at 03:01 Eggy says:
This would be funnier if the rumors about icefrog hadn’t already been confirmed by multiple other sources.
15/10/2010 at 03:40 Pantsman says:
Such as?
15/10/2010 at 04:19 Nick says:
The Tooth Fairy.
15/10/2010 at 05:56 James says:
Yeah, you sorta have to provide a reference for claims like that. At least if you want the claim to be taken seriously.
15/10/2010 at 10:36 subedii says:
You just don’t want to accept the TRUTH that it’s already been confirmed by multiple forum sources posted by people you know nothing about other than their handle.
15/10/2010 at 15:11 Eggy says:
I know several guys who’ve worked at s2 for years. I don’t really care whether I’m believed or not, just putting my opinion out there. Thought that’s what comments were for :j
15/10/2010 at 03:04 negativedge says:
1. This isn’t funny.
2. RPS pretends it is a legitimate blog. This is not legitimate. In fact, it is stupid and comes off as needlessly antagonistic.
15/10/2010 at 03:50 DeepSleeper says:
“Legitimate Blog”.
Ha. As if those two words have ever gone together.
15/10/2010 at 04:20 Nick says:
3. ???
4. Profit!
15/10/2010 at 05:00 Corrupt_Tiki says:
@ Nick, They come at night and steal underpants!
Southpark ’tis where I get all my information XD
15/10/2010 at 06:25 Bret says:
Well, that should stop since they fired Kieron.
Well, he may still break in, but it isn’t RPS business any more.
15/10/2010 at 10:34 Lilliput King says:
Well, this clearly isn’t even from RPS. If you’ve ever read the TF2 blog/OMM you’ll recognise the tone.
15/10/2010 at 11:06 sneetch says:
1. It is funny.
2. No, really, it is funny. Sometimes satire is needed to wake people up a bit. The original was just an email and email is incredibly easy to fake. I’ve received emails from the President of Nigeria (sadly, shortly after he was deposed in a coup) but I have no idea if he was the actual President of Nigeria. I believe he was the President of Nigeria but I may be wrong. We’re meeting next month to discuss some business arrangements. I’ll find out them.
Oh and they’re about as “legitimate” as any other child born in wedlock… or rather site… created within wedlock. As long as I’ve been reading them they’ve been like this. It’s the reason I read the site.
15/10/2010 at 16:18 jeremypeel says:
What sneetch says.
RPS, being a respectable site run by real proper journalists, doesn’t report wild rumours that could be damaging when reproduced whole.*
However, RPS, being a respectable site run by real proper journalists, would like to comment on one of the biggest games industry stories in a week full of ‘em.
Therefore, John steps in, writes lots of funnies.
*If anyone tries to tell me that reporting the words of Brad Wardell from Brad Wardell is mad rumour-mongering I’ll hit them with the Buggy Stick.
15/10/2010 at 19:01 negativedge says:
sorry sneetch, but nothing gamers think is funny is actually funny.
15/10/2010 at 19:08 jaheira says:
@negative
What would you call funny? I’m interested.
15/10/2010 at 21:30 Nick says:
humour in being subjective shocker.
16/10/2010 at 09:17 Gwyn says:
negativeedge is (presumably) a gamer, and what he thinks is funny can’t be funny either.
MY BRAIN
16/10/2010 at 10:06 Kieron Gillen says:
Don’t worry: NegativeEdge is a self-confessed troll. Don’t take anything he says seriously.
KG
15/10/2010 at 03:05 Tilla says:
DotA is seriously one of the least appealing games in history for me, I can’t see how so many people take it so seriously
15/10/2010 at 05:22 Thants says:
Maybe people have different taste in games than you?
15/10/2010 at 11:45 Corrupt_Tiki says:
@ Thants how do so many people not get this?
Myself I admit the community is/was shameful at best, and me being a acne riddled teen with no girlfriend and nothing better to do meant I was hardly a fair sportsman.
Aside from the ultra competitive side of it, and when your not being beaten by kids half your age and laughed at DotA is a surprisingly complex, fast paced and intricate game, to each their own..
15/10/2010 at 03:08 mejobloggs says:
I don’t get it
15/10/2010 at 03:17 Vinraith says:
I’m feeling fairly out-of-the-loop all around today. I presume that this and the RPS Louse bit are parodies of something going on in gaming, but since RPS hasn’t reported on them “straight” and since I don’t care enough to go digging around on “real” game news sites I suppose I’ll content myself not to know what.
15/10/2010 at 03:31 Travis says:
http://icefrogtruth.blogspot.com/ — it’s linked in the funnier one
the ‘RPS Louse’ thing is http://ealouse.wordpress.com/
15/10/2010 at 04:06 Pantsman says:
http://icefrogtruth.blogspot.com/
http://ealouse.wordpress.com/
For Vinraith, because Vinraith won’t. :P
15/10/2010 at 04:18 Vinraith says:
@Pantsman
Thanks, I guess? After a quick skim over those I’m not entirely sure why they warrant a parody response, or indeed any attention at all.
15/10/2010 at 04:39 rargphlam says:
Mainly because certain parts of the internet (specifically those which call games like DotA MOBAs) are having a proverbial shitfit over this. Some are freaking about because OMG HOW CAN YOU SLANDER VALVE\ICEFROG, some are freaking about because OMG ICEFROG IS RIPPING OFF S2 HON IS THE BEST, and the rest of us are left feeling slightly bemused.
I personally enjoyed the articles because the point out the fallacy of the above blog (using relatively easily acquired “evidence” that he/she/it’s legit), and that JOHN WALKER IS MY GLORIOUS OVERLORD.
15/10/2010 at 10:41 subedii says:
Aside from what rargphlam, it’s something that’s expanded well beyond the DoTA community (because it’s “insider dirt exposé” on Valve and people desperately want to believe how evil they’ve become), with most major gaming sites reporting it as if it’s not just an angry troll.
The point is that games websites don’t typically go into depth posting about angry forum rants from L33t 12-year-olds claiming to work as devs and have access to THE REAL TRUTH, so them suddenly falling over themselves to get this out there is pretty ridiculous in itself.
15/10/2010 at 11:09 DrGonzo says:
@vinraith
Why can’t it just be because it was funny? This is probably the funniest post I’ve ever read on RPS. BAM!
15/10/2010 at 03:18 B-boy Paul says:
I wouldn’t expect any less from our pals at Valve. Who cares if IceToad is an asshole anyway?
15/10/2010 at 03:49 yutt says:
How does RPS expect to maintain reader trust while serving as a Valve PR mouthpiece? Maybe this “Valvesider” is bullshit, maybe not. In any case it would be nice not to see RPS act like Destructoid.
15/10/2010 at 03:51 yutt says:
Insider* curse these fat fingers
15/10/2010 at 04:22 Nick says:
Maybe, just maybe, they think its funny and don’t care if the sort of people who get super serial about such things have trust issues with them.
15/10/2010 at 05:42 James says:
@nick
Personally, even if they think it’s funny it still doesn’t mean that the piece doesn’t come off as strongly favoring one side of the argument. If Mr. Walker is “only joking” by posting this, he might have gone a little bit further in clarifying that he’s not taking sides. (sorry if that puts too much responsibility on John alone, I realize that you have some editorial process in place).
If it is satire based on the fact that the subject doesn’t matter, why draw attention to it?
I’m not saying this is the worst thing ever, it just seems needlessly antagonistic (as negativedge stated above).
I still love your irreverent sense of humor, RPS. I just don’t understand the tone of these blog post parodies of late.
15/10/2010 at 06:55 Jhoosier says:
@ yutt: I thought “Valvesider” was deliberate and quite liked the term. Good show, fat fingers!
15/10/2010 at 07:18 Urael says:
if you RPS could ever pass up a chance to parody some very serious but also very silly things going on in the real gaming world, then you don’t understand British humour very much at all. To natural-born comedians like the Hivemind this is Comedy Gold. :)
15/10/2010 at 07:40 James says:
@Urael
That was refreshingly simplistic, thank you.
15/10/2010 at 10:43 DrGonzo says:
FUCK! Just lost everything I just wrote in response. Damn CAPTCHA! Basically I was saying, the original anonymous poster doesn’t deserve any of our attention and should be mocked. It’s all quite clearly bullshit, but even if it wasn’t he’s essentially going online to complain about his new boss. Why should we care?
15/10/2010 at 11:01 James says:
@DrGonzo
Don’t care. I’m pretty sure things will work out fine either way, so no pressure.
15/10/2010 at 21:23 FunkyBadger says:
@James
I wasn’t aware there was an argument, unless its the grown-ups making fun of the trolls. Does that really count?
15/10/2010 at 04:07 fucrate says:
hahaha, Gabe already got back to me. Anyone else get a response?
15/10/2010 at 10:13 Alexander Norris says:
You should really post the response. :D
15/10/2010 at 17:14 CJohnson03 says:
Please do post it.
16/10/2010 at 03:46 fucrate says:
Lets say Fart Cops will soon be in very capable (in MY view) hands…
15/10/2010 at 04:21 Robby says:
A-ha! So Fart Cops is one of those “surprises” that Valve, er, VALVe, has been going on about.
15/10/2010 at 04:25 Frank Lantz says:
Long live Old Man Murray.
15/10/2010 at 05:01 sebmojo says:
Monty! How’s tricks? Did you know Senor Barborito works for Irrational, now?
15/10/2010 at 06:13 Pathos says:
I guess there’s a lot of the old OMM regulars hanging out on RPS. Good to see! It’s like everyone got all grown up.
Edit: Stupid double posts.
15/10/2010 at 04:28 SquareWheel says:
This is the best meme ever.
15/10/2010 at 04:31 Muzman says:
I did have a laugh, although I do feel a bit “OK, which industry talking point/twitter meme did I miss this time?” of late.
(In a way it’s educational. I doubt I’d care about or even hear of such things at all if RPS weren’t mocking them).
15/10/2010 at 04:35 Justin says:
Every time I read one of those lists of steps to ‘prove’ something, I mentally do it with the voice of the guy in those Old Spice commercials. It’s getting all munged up like this:
Look at me.
Look at your man.
Now look back at me.
Search for IceFrog on Google.
Touch Emeril Lagasse!
I’m on a horse.
… well, that’s 30 seconds of my life gone.
15/10/2010 at 05:45 James says:
It was worthwhile, though. ;]
15/10/2010 at 04:56 Freud says:
Emeril Legasse is an anagram for Large Melee Sis, which might be one of the boss characters in Fart Cops.
15/10/2010 at 05:01 TCM says:
The most hilarious thing about both the anti-Icefrog and EALouse is that probably 90% or so of the playerbase for Valve and EA doesn’t actually know anything is going on, the 10% that does is equally split, with 3.3% taking the side of Valve or EA, 3.3% taking the side of the insider, 3.3% bemusadly writing it off as the all-too-common fake, and 0.1% not trusting anyone involved, and perhaps wearing a tinfoil hat as they browse from their lead-lined basement.
Well, probably. Assuming I know how to make up statistics.
15/10/2010 at 05:46 James says:
I think you did a fine job of making them up.
15/10/2010 at 05:59 DJ Phantoon says:
Yep.
Them’s some statistic-like numbers.
15/10/2010 at 06:13 Sassenach says:
The percentage signs were particularly well executed.
15/10/2010 at 09:19 woot says:
What the hell happened to the other 90% of the 10% split? I guess they’re in hiding for fear of being counted…
15/10/2010 at 05:16 Tuor says:
Yeah, well, *I* live in Bellevue, WA, and I’ve never seen you before. I think you’re a big liar, anon(e)mous(e) boy. Proof? Look at I-405 during rush hour. It’s congested. THAT’s my proof! And that small “e” you were talking about? I have an “e” in my name. It’s small. So small you can’t even see it. Yeah, that’s right: my name is Tuore, except you can’t see the “e”, but it’s there. Proof? You can’t handle the proof!
Edit: I have some new information for you, anon(e)mous(e): I also know other people that live in Bellevue, and they don’t know you, either. Proof? You’re a liar, that’s my proof! And I-405 is congested.
15/10/2010 at 05:18 rargphlam says:
And *I* live in Poulsbo, WA and I commute to Bellevue every day of the work week and I’ve never heard of you Mr. Tuor(e).
If that’s even your real name!
15/10/2010 at 05:32 guest-tron 5400 says:
I do hate when RPS misrepresents itself so. They have all the trappings of legitimacy, but that’s all they are! Trappings!
Seriously, the most antagonistic part of RPS is their wordplay, which, to be fair, is like an assault on one’s sense of decency.
15/10/2010 at 05:51 James says:
That seems a bit harsh, to be honest. Some of it is “legitimate”, some is not (and likely not attempting to be). I don’t know how someone can misrepresent his/herself…if you did/said it, isn’t it an accurate portrayal of the self in question (if only a sample)?
My sense of decency is assault-proof, so I can’t sympathize with you there.
15/10/2010 at 06:02 the_fanciest_of_pants says:
Christ people are whiny about RPS lately.
If you honestly believed these “whistleblowers” for even a second then you really are members of the Moron High Council.
These comedic responses are the most respect they deserve.
15/10/2010 at 06:10 Joe says:
So true. Nothing wrong with RPS having a little fun with the more ridiculous aspects of gaming journalism that have popped up lately.
15/10/2010 at 06:29 James says:
@the_fanciest_of_pants
Wow, you are very smart! I bet you know a lot of things that the rest of us in the Moron High Council don’t. Duh, I forgot the next words I wanted to talk! By the way, some people can entertain all kinds of ideas without claiming a position. It’s called being thoughtful, to quote Letterman.
@Joe
Did it escape you that RPS is taking part in “the more ridiculous aspects of gaming journalism” when they post these? Humor is fine, but (if you’re going to believe John) they didn’t even write most of this post.
15/10/2010 at 07:41 Tei says:
@the_fanciest_of_pants
Journalist has this attitude to give both parts equal rights to talk. Like pseudo-science and science, a rape victim and his raper. It may be a bit nonsensical at times.
With this article, RPS is reporting about something that interest most people (geez), but is not giving any inch of credibility to it,and probably it don’t reserve it. Is somewhat like a “Sorry, ruining reputations is not THAT easy”. and “Can we go back wen reading a insider leak was insingtifull and informative, and not just a lame and empty of information slander piece?”. If some people is reading this, and want to write a fake insider leak piece, please avoid unnecesary slander parts, If some people want to write about his ex-employee and want to be taken seriusly, don’t try, just leak the necesary information, and save you from slander..be as neutral as you.. or contact directly journalist.
Well.. that is my humble opinion, and I am mr. random internet man. I am nobody.
15/10/2010 at 08:07 James says:
@Tei
You’re my everything, big boy.
To be more serious and less homo-erotic, you make a good point but I think you’re relying heavily on your interpretation of everyone’s motives. It is at least plausible.
I do think this piece in particular does lean more to one side than the other. Claiming you don’t like to get into things right before (kinda) getting into them (and, arguably, coming down on the side of your sort-of-partner) doesn’t seem a very defensible position to me, as it relates to journalism.
Again, not angry about the post or taking sides (or even the slander, as that’s an unfortunate aspect of some human communications, it doesn’t really have much to do either way with validity).
I’m apparently very involved in this issue for some reason.
15/10/2010 at 11:31 Wilson says:
I’m intrigued as to how the ‘Moron High Council’ works. Since you are very likely to be in it if you believe stupid things (as the_fanciest_of_pants argues believing the ‘whistleblowers’ is), does that mean the to gain rank in the Moron hierarchy you have to be stupider instead of smarter? And does popularity not enter into it? Or do you have to be smart about being dumb? Perhaps the greater organization (I assume there is one, a kind of idiotiluminati) is ruled from the bottom, by the least moronic, but people still want to attain the highest positions? So many questions…
15/10/2010 at 06:06 Pathos says:
I guess there’s a lot of the old OMM regulars hanging out on RPS. Good to see! It’s like everyone got all grown up.
15/10/2010 at 06:15 Froibo says:
Something about this so called “Fart Cops” project smells funny..
15/10/2010 at 06:37 FreeDorko says:
Anonymous e-mail is fake.
A valve employee didnt write it.
http://ninjaspartans.blogspot.com/2009/05/league-of-legends-and-dota-controversy.html
15/10/2010 at 07:06 James says:
Not that your link makes a lot of direct sense in the first place, but assuming I’m just really stupid and that isn’t the case…did you miss this?
“*Disclaimer: This is just a theory and not a proven fact.”
That was at the bottom of your link. I think it speaks for itself.
15/10/2010 at 10:48 Lilliput King says:
That post was made on the 14th of May 2009.
I can’t believe I bothered to read it. It has no impact on this discussion whatsoever.
15/10/2010 at 10:50 DrGonzo says:
Wow! Really, you think? That maybe that was a joke? Your on the ball mate.
15/10/2010 at 11:04 Lilliput King says:
I don’t think I am. What was a joke? The link?
15/10/2010 at 11:04 James says:
Ha ha?
15/10/2010 at 11:08 Lilliput King says:
If it was the link, was it the link itself or the content of the link that I’m supposed to be finding risible?
Maybe I should cut my losses and pretend I ‘get it.’
15/10/2010 at 11:11 DrGonzo says:
Sorry that was aimed at FreeDorko not yourself.
15/10/2010 at 11:15 DrGonzo says:
It’s just become clear to me that it’s way to early in the morning to be talking about a possibly fake email, regarding a possible fake blogpost from Valve. I apparently can’t even understand what anyone is talking about anymore and who dislikes what, or found what funny.
I hope that post was sufficiently confusing.
15/10/2010 at 07:00 LostSoviet says:
So, where is the “I will pay $59.99 for Fart Cops” Steam group? It worked for the Left 4 Dead and Modern Warfare boycotts; it can work for Fart Cops too!
15/10/2010 at 07:05 killmachine says:
if this is actually from valve, which might be possible. its real good PR.
15/10/2010 at 07:07 James says:
Intelligent PR, at least.
15/10/2010 at 07:09 WaveOfMutilation says:
What I want to know is this another work of parody or was this email actually sent to you by Valve to show how worried they are about the original blog?
15/10/2010 at 07:25 James says:
Your name has spice, just wanted to get that out of the way.
I think it probably is from someone who claimed to be a valve employee, given what Mr. Walker wrote. I have no idea if that’s true, obviously, or what (if anything) it signifies about how they think of the blog in question.
I will restate that I think this is an odd quasi-position for RPS to take with these “whistle-blower” topics, especially with this one as it concerns valve (they have what you might call a friendly relationship).
15/10/2010 at 07:36 badoli says:
As this email is written in a similar style as the Team Fortress website, i think it’s safe to conclude it is the same writer. And no matter what the real problems are behind that incident, Valve reacts in a good and at the same time funny way. They could deny, they could remain silent, but instead they went “Lets make some fun with this ridiculous rumor”.
That’s my kind of company!
15/10/2010 at 07:45 James says:
You’d think that, but then maybe you’d realize that more than one person can write in a particular style. Regardless, I’m guessing it’s from a valve employee, but that’s a guess.
How funny it actually is set aside, what about the response/parody struck you as “good”? I’m actually curious, though your hypothetical does make your interpretation of events somewhat clear.
15/10/2010 at 09:14 Rosti says:
Whilst the style’s a good marker, the phrase “Write Gabe Newell and tell him…” is either an excellent ploy by Mssr Walker to throw me or a strong clue that it comes from outside The Hivemind. I’m inclined to believe that they wouldn’t publish something not written by themselves dishonestly, ergo it’s from the pen of a Valvian, not a Randomer.
The Important Bit: Don’t ever change, RPS. The effort put into your bursts of silliness is acknowledged. Also, the Latin is always right.
15/10/2010 at 07:30 badoli says:
5. BAM.
I abide.
15/10/2010 at 07:40 betamod says:
1. Go to your calculater
2. Hit Pi Button
3. It says something like 3.14159
ULTIMATE POOF
15/10/2010 at 09:19 Drug Crazed Dropkick says:
Without looking I can tell you that it should be 3.1415926535
So your proof is flawed.
Also, difficult captcha is difficult
15/10/2010 at 10:53 Lilliput King says:
“ULTIMATE POOF”
That was uncalled for.
15/10/2010 at 08:04 the_fanciest_of_pants says:
@James
You’re coming across as an enormous crybaby, you do realise this right?
Frantically scrambling around rebutting people with no actual substantial counter-argument is making you look like a foaming fanboy (let’s be honest, you probably are).
15/10/2010 at 08:26 James says:
Yeah, I know. Totally.
15/10/2010 at 12:10 stahlwerk says:
@pants, Please don’t use the f-word. It’s the worst thing to do in a discussion. Thanks.
15/10/2010 at 08:04 Aaron says:
This is nonsense, were you stoned when you posted this article?
15/10/2010 at 08:05 Morte says:
perhaps I’m old and grumpy, but none of this shit (and previous similar shit) interests me in the slightest. Or any commentary (witty or not) on the ‘gaming industry’, for that matter. It seems to induce a particular type of excitement here for some reason, I don’t see it elsewhere.
I feel like the only person in the world not to get the joke.
Yes, old and grumpy definitely. Sorry, carry on.
15/10/2010 at 08:06 The Klugman Revolution says:
THE HAND OF WOLPAW!
15/10/2010 at 08:16 Joe Martin says:
Oh, RPS, please don’t feed the trolls. That email adds nothing to the discussion except a long, bad joke that only reflects poorly on the company.
15/10/2010 at 08:29 James says:
I pretty much agree, though I’ve yet to find a definition of trolling that I’m happy with.
15/10/2010 at 10:54 DrGonzo says:
You clearly are the troll though :P.
They were just taking the piss out of what someone on the internet posted. I don’t understand how anyone possibly believes that blog post. If an employee were to post something like that on the internet rather than taking the issue to their boss then they deserve to be fired. So whether it’s real or fake they are an internet douche.
15/10/2010 at 11:06 James says:
You’re funny.
15/10/2010 at 08:24 razorblade79 says:
way better than the first one. I actually believed you!
15/10/2010 at 08:41 mpk says:
This meme is already boring.
15/10/2010 at 08:55 dtgreen says:
The anonymous poster wins +1 INTARNETS.
15/10/2010 at 08:56 Ninja Dodo says:
Is anyone else worried that all this mocking will make it more difficult for actual whistle-blowers to be heard? I can’t be sure either way of the authenticity of the posts that inspired this particular round of ridicule, but what if this had been the reaction to Erin Hoffman?
15/10/2010 at 09:13 Tilla says:
Actual whistleblowers should have the balls to not be anonymous blogs with no actual data. If they don’t, they don’t deserver to be heard either.
15/10/2010 at 09:35 James says:
@Tilla
Thanks, judge, jury and executioner.
Do you have a response to the hypothetical people who’d argue that there’s nothing to keep them from being fired if they did come forward? You must I suspect, as your last statement was so well thought out.
15/10/2010 at 09:56 Tilla says:
Well considering that these guys are claiming to already be fired, I’m not really seeing much point :P
The boy who cried wolf is a very important moral to consider in this situation. Frankly almost anytime I see an anonymous message (or really ANY message) on the internet of this sort, I am immediately suspicious.
15/10/2010 at 10:04 Ninja Dodo says:
I agree with you about data. Unverifiable claims don’t benefit anyone, but using a real name, seriously? People get fired and blacklisted over shit like this. I’ve seen people fired over making fairly innocuous comments (in a whistle-blower discussion) that contained no information that wasn’t already out, just because their username could be traced back to them.
Erin Hoffman, the famous ea_spouse, only dropped her anonymity after her husband had long since left EA. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA_Spouse)
15/10/2010 at 10:58 DrGonzo says:
If it’s being anonymous because you fear for your life, then fair enough. But if it’s just this I don’t like my boss bollocks then give your name or stfu. I’ve never had a boss that I liked, or one who was competent. I don’t go around the internet posting about it.
15/10/2010 at 10:59 DrGonzo says:
Although it looks like I just did.
15/10/2010 at 21:39 FunkyBadger says:
You do genuine whistleblowers a diservice. Saying “I work with someone’s who’s a meanbag” isn’t whistleblowing, its whining.
(Not entirely safe for work vid)
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3003943
15/10/2010 at 09:10 rei says:
Fart Cops sounds like it could easily be a Blurst project.
15/10/2010 at 09:14 Tilla says:
Anyone notice that Fart Cops is totally an acronym for Fat Corps? Obviously this is the REAL game being advertised.
15/10/2010 at 13:19 jalf says:
I was thinking it had to be Raft Crops.
15/10/2010 at 09:22 Acosta says:
We must save Fart Corps!
15/10/2010 at 09:59 Rii says:
I have no idea what’s going on here, but I know a circle jerk when I see one.
15/10/2010 at 10:04 adonf says:
This is getting old very quickly
Please get back to Minecraft coverage.
15/10/2010 at 10:09 Dawngreeter says:
This is getting old very quickly
Please get back to whining about Minecraft coverage.
15/10/2010 at 12:14 stahlwerk says:
I am getting old very quickly.
What is Minecraft coverage?
15/10/2010 at 13:20 jalf says:
It’s what people do when they *should* be writing about Dwarf Fortress…
15/10/2010 at 10:13 nine says:
Please don’t do any more of these.
15/10/2010 at 10:17 The_B says:
RPS: Srs bisnus.
15/10/2010 at 10:21 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Better than the RPS Louse one, but not by much. C’mon lads, you can do better than that.
15/10/2010 at 10:21 Meat Circus says:
What we need now is a MINECRAFT LOUSE, to reveal the terrible secrets behind the malign gestalt that is NOTCH.
15/10/2010 at 11:36 Wilson says:
@Meat Circus – That already happened in the RPS comments thread, remember?
15/10/2010 at 12:16 stahlwerk says:
Notch is decidedly un-british. It’s true.
15/10/2010 at 12:20 Wilson says:
@stahlwerk – Dun dun dun! New and ever more shocking revelations.
15/10/2010 at 10:27 Joe Duck says:
Please RPS, keep on doing whatever the heck you fancy like doing, specially if it’s written in Haiku.
15/10/2010 at 10:37 Urael says:
@James
I’ve also been described that way many times. Sometimes even introduced that way. :)
15/10/2010 at 10:56 James says:
Ha, well I probably have been as well. ;]
15/10/2010 at 10:39 atreides says:
Fart cops is the most plausible theories of all conspiracy theories “not so smart” people are hunting. Plus, it delivers proofs.
Sending an email to Gabe right now.
15/10/2010 at 12:02 The Hammer says:
Me too.
Poor Gabe!
15/10/2010 at 10:43 Out Reach says:
I e-mailed Gabe asking for fart cops.
15/10/2010 at 10:48 rocketman71 says:
Yawn
15/10/2010 at 11:08 Jacques says:
Poor gabe. Hope the work experience boy’s manning the email today.
15/10/2010 at 11:17 atreides says:
Supposed whistleblowing is viralmarketing for 15yr olds.
15/10/2010 at 11:21 James says:
Lots of good points there, a great deal to consider…I’ll need to take some time to let this all sink in.
-or-
What?
15/10/2010 at 11:28 atreides says:
Every bit of (mis)information is marketing, the only interesting distinction is: paid or not.
15/10/2010 at 11:53 MonkeyMonster says:
Awesome. Butt, I for one don’t wish to know any insider information on FartCops…
15/10/2010 at 12:22 stahlwerk says:
It’d all be hot air anyway.
15/10/2010 at 12:07 Pinky G says:
Barefoot has proven that he is the anonymous writer. He/she obviously doesnt have a backspace!
15/10/2010 at 13:15 Eddy9000 says:
When did people decide that they had to complain about what a free blog posts or doesn’t post?
If you like it, read it, and if you don’t then don’t. These comments threads are becoming worse than eurogamers with their “sorry but this reads more like a 6/10″ rubbish.
Here’s an idea for people getting bored of these parody pieces (and good god, how is there any confusion that they are parody?): start your own blog, and then you can write what you like for your two person audience of you and your mum to coo over admiringly.
And please, if you find yourself needing to make ten posts, all of which are either misinformed or snarking at people pointing this out then you should probably find some professional help, or start taking your Ritalin again.
X
15/10/2010 at 13:26 Fitz says:
I WANT TO BELIEVE
15/10/2010 at 13:32 Chalkster says:
This text does not even begin to show just how hard I am laughing right now.
15/10/2010 at 13:50 OrpheusX says:
I had the same thought as hebigJ_A. Leaving aside the “IceFrog is an ass” stuff aren’t there some serious questions about this project?
At the very least I’m wondering if someone in the game journalism field (not sure RPS is actually in that business) is asking the question, “How is it that Valve is able to use the DOTA name in their product?” Would the other people involved in it’s development–Guinsoo, Pendragon–not have some (equal?) right to claim it? Is Blizzard cool with this? Has anybody asked? Why is a non-journalist the one to be asking these kinds of questions.
16/10/2010 at 01:23 Delusibeta says:
Probably because Defence of the Ancients is not the same as DOTA.
15/10/2010 at 14:38 Pijama says:
RPS indeed is a Sorbonne of sophisticated trolling… Well done chaps!
15/10/2010 at 15:24 Tom O'Bedlam says:
I’m not sure this warranted a second lampooning.
15/10/2010 at 15:39 Josh04 says:
Well!
Dear Josh,
Technically, Fart Cops *is* a game about “policing while farting”. However, policing *for* farts is the secretly flatulent Fart Cops’ job. So you can probably already see where the dramatic tension is coming from. I hope that addresses your fear that Fart Cops will simply be crass. Also, Gabe tells me he’s not receiving enough mail in support of this project. If there’s anything you can do to encourage your friends / relatives / anyone / etc. to send Gabe mail about Valve’s Fart Cops project, please do!
Thanks for your interest in and support of Fart Cops,
Erik Wolpaw
From: Josh McNamee [mailto: Josh McNamee]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:22 PM
To: Gabe Newell
Subject: Fart Cops Clarification
Dear Gabe,
I am willing to pay $59.99 for the game Fart Cops, assuming it is a game about cops who police farting and not a game about cops who police while farting. That second one would be crass and immature and I would ask for my $59.99 back again.
Joshua McNamee
15/10/2010 at 20:54 Meat Circus says:
Awww, that’s adorable.
15/10/2010 at 17:35 OmegaChervil says:
Hah. Chet seems a little rusty, but it’s always good to see some OMM goodness from his corner. They’re still quite sorely missed.
15/10/2010 at 17:39 Urthman says:
Is it really from Valve? Are you kidding? No one on earth but Erik Wolpaw could have written that. It couldn’t be more certain if you had a 512-bit encrypted signature witnessed by Mother Teresa, Walter Cronkite, and John Walker.
15/10/2010 at 19:28 noodlecake says:
That made me smile. :-)
15/10/2010 at 20:17 JohnnyMaverik says:
Lolz
15/10/2010 at 21:04 Daniel Carvalho says:
Getting bored of this. Useless jokes getting out of hand. Not even funny anymore. Some real news would be great though.
15/10/2010 at 21:32 MajorManiac says:
Fartcops 2!
I can only imagine what will come after the colon?!
15/10/2010 at 21:50 pWEN says:
How horrible! That poor employee. I have sent this letter to Gabe Newell in response…
Mr. Newell,
I have been a huge fan of you and your company since I first bought Half-Life in 1998. I was an early adopter of Steam when everyone else complained that it was blue-screening their computers (it caused the BSOD on mine a couple times, but I don’t hold that against you). I rave about your company and the great games you’ve produced to all of my friends, even Day of Defeat: Source, though that takes some convincing. Additionally, I still play your best game yet: Team Fortress Classic. Even though I’m the only human left and I have to play against bots some other guy made several years ago.
Knowing the great work your skilled staff can accomplish, it pains me to read that your latest game, Defense of the Ancients 2, will be releasing at the expense of an equally (except much better) game. According to an anonymous email sent to the staff of Rock, Paper, Shotgun, the game Fart Cops is not receiving the attention it desperately needs. I realize you take a lot of time, sometimes greater than three years, to put just the right amount of loving detail and polish into a game. But as the author of that letter informs us, he is the only one currently working on the game. It may be a long, long time before this gem could see the light of day. Certainly before seeing the ambient glow of my computer monitor in my basement.
I’m begging you to give Fart Cops the chance it deserves. After all, what does DotA 2 really offer? Engine and graphics upgrades, massive community support both in and out of the game, and addictive multiplayer? How could such a game expand on Valve’s great legacy? You even hired the original creator, a mere modder, to keep his dream alive. What kind of decision is that? As other major publishers will tell you, a strict corporate structure is the only way to produce quality games.
Please don’t let me and your other fans down. Please focus all attention, efforts, and money on Fart Cops. Let me know when production on this game has continued, and where I can send $59.99 for my pre-order.
Your rabid fan,
pWEN
P. S. – Could I please get an update on Half-Life 2: Episode 3?
15/10/2010 at 23:05 Araxiel says:
$60 is to much for any game. Even if it’s called Fart Cops.
15/10/2010 at 23:06 Araxiel says:
Dang…thought about €
15/10/2010 at 23:14 lethu says:
Awesome, more of these please and I guaranty RPS’ humor will beat that of /.
16/10/2010 at 03:03 Matt says:
Fart Cops: Defense of the Anus
16/10/2010 at 06:33 Johnny Go-Time says:
Wow, between this and the “Truth About RPS” letter, I am finding RPS takes way too much effort to grok today.
(I love RPS, but this is a whole month’s worth of weirdo humor in too short a timeframe…)
16/10/2010 at 10:05 Dreamhacker says:
“There are four kinds of lies: Lies, damn lies, statistics and proof” /Oscar Wilde
16/10/2010 at 23:32 OMG says:
On My PC I get a list of porn searches, on my wife’s laptop I get a different list of porn searches that are in tune with her preferences. WTF? How does Wikipedia know this about use. OMG am I just being paranoid. Should I have left the red’n'white toadstoods well alone earlier?
17/10/2010 at 13:46 Blue Cheese Rocket says:
Jesus Christ I’m so close to the Slippery Suprise acheivement for Fart Cops I can taste it. Time to make another pot of coffee. And boiled cabbage.
19/10/2010 at 17:27 DarthDialup says:
Dear Gabe,
You have my permission to continue work on Fart Cops – the single greatest video game and piece of social commentary in the history of mankind. Policing the expulsion of gases though the rectum is such a thought-provoking idea it makes me weep with joy on how far society has advanced. Halting development on Fart Cops would be an inexcusable disservice to the public at large.
Thank you and Happy Life Day!
Signed,
President Theodore Roosevelt
25/10/2010 at 20:24 Thatar says:
Hurrrrrr-p? Oh I’m so confused. Don’t know whether or not this is the truth anymore. >.>
26/10/2010 at 06:07 ledikari says:
IT’S FROM THE INTERNET, IT MUST BE TRUE!!!!!!
… nah
who cares? As long as I can play a better game (than HON/LOL/Dota) it wont matter.
17/11/2010 at 19:12 Julia Sacramed says:
Incredible! For a nice and researching yahoo all night for this and i last but not least thought it was listed here!
29/11/2010 at 03:38 Masterofdisaster747 says:
hey valve i got vac banned cause of my internet wasnt working or a file was messing with stuff can you unvac ban me