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Post by Sektor on Oct 15, 2003 21:24:47 GMT -5
Did you guys hear about this? Half-Life 2 was finished in September but now it isnt coming out until April because some idiot hacked into Valve and made himself a copy of the source code. Here's the full story:
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - When hackers broke into the computing system of Valve Software, they stole more than just the source code to Half-Life 2. They also stole enough game maps and other components to put together a playable build of the game. Today, five days after the first leak, they have released that build.
Message boards and chat rooms were buzzing Tuesday morning with word of the leaked game. Some fan-based and hacker sites were even displaying in-game images. It is unclear whether the leaked version features the entire game or a limited number of levels. Also unclear is how current the assets used to create the game are.
The article goes on to back up a lot of the statements that we've all heard regarding the timeline of events, and how valve was hacked. An interesting thing though is the author notes that Valve "is not confirming a delay", while Vivendi is saying an April release.
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Post by Ghosty on Oct 16, 2003 13:40:44 GMT -5
I heard about this a looong time ago... and it really sucks  . what fool is gonna mess up the release of half-life 2? they're gonna get f***'d up by a mob if anyone ever finds out who did it... i can't wait until this comes out though, the original was great ;D, especially the counter-strike mod ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Sektor on Oct 16, 2003 18:53:38 GMT -5
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Post by Mr_Beardsly on Oct 16, 2003 20:16:49 GMT -5
Halflife eh? I heard about that. I wish people wouldn't do that stuff.
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Post by Sektor on Oct 17, 2003 17:40:21 GMT -5
Yeah, me too. This is also one of my most anticipated titles...
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Post by Machine Soul on Oct 17, 2003 17:47:46 GMT -5
I hate idiots that would do something like that.
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Post by Mr_Beardsly on Oct 17, 2003 20:19:29 GMT -5
Ever played any Blizzard game? I shudder involuntaqrily when I recollect the madness that was multiplayer Diablo 1. Their so damn popular the're friggin' hacker Meccas.
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Post by Sektor on Oct 17, 2003 20:42:05 GMT -5
Ever played any Blizzard game? I shudder involuntaqrily when I recollect the madness that was multiplayer Diablo 1. Their so damn popular the're friggin' hacker Meccas. |
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Post by Ghosty on Oct 18, 2003 10:44:27 GMT -5
Hey, not all blizzard games are bad... D2 isn't THAT bad atleast...  SC/BW hacking was... limited although there were hacks for LOTS of stuff, but only after the game was out for a while. and war3 hacking is almost nonexistant as well as rigging the ladder... so far.... i really hope this won't mess-up anything else in half-life 2 besides the delayed date. |
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Post by Mr_Beardsly on Oct 18, 2003 13:03:21 GMT -5
I admit W3 isn't that bad, but do you realize how many people use stuff like item grabber and Map Hack. Theres like 1/3 people who does. And alot of people use way worse hacks.
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Post by Ghosty on Oct 18, 2003 13:14:20 GMT -5
I admit W3 isn't that bad, but do you realize how many people use stuff like item grabber and Map Hack. Theres like 1/3 people who does. And alot of people use way worse hacks. on war3? are you kidding? there's really not many who hack, even map hacks, and definitely not many who have worse hacks. 1/3 is a [sarcasm] slightly[/sarcasm] overdoing it for maphacks. However that's not true of the other blizzard games anymore... every1 likes to rag on blizzard games a lot, even though other games have their share of hackers, i mean look at half-life, if you find me one person who has never hacked on it, PLEASE tell me. ;D. |
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Post by Mr_Beardsly on Oct 18, 2003 16:37:24 GMT -5
Ohh sorry, I wasn't very clear. When I said the thing about the hackers I was referring to D2.
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Post by Ghosty on Oct 18, 2003 18:33:45 GMT -5
Ohh sorry, I wasn't very clear. When I said the thing about the hackers I was referring to D2. oh ok nvm, d2 is hacked all the way to... yeah... ;D |
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Post by Sektor on Oct 18, 2003 20:25:55 GMT -5
I think 1/3 is even an understatement  . There are also people with that damn trade hack and many more with crash hacks.
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Post by Mr_Beardsly on Oct 19, 2003 6:44:53 GMT -5
I haven't played for more than 2 hours in the last two years. I've seen my friend playing, and when he goes to the trade channels theres so many sopam bots advertising sites where you buy items for real money (#@$%&) that noone can get a word in edgewise.
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Thanks Oldy!
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