Left 4 Dead modder to fly Gabe to Australia?

Further to yesterday’s news about Valve flying two Left 4 Dead 2 boycotters to their offices in Seattle, it’s nice to see some fun amongst the chaos!

A modder working on a campaign for the original Left 4 Dead sent Gabe an email asking why he hadn’t been invited to Valve so that they could preview his work. Gabe’s reply?

“We are boycotting your campaign.”


The modder in question then asks if he has to fly Gabe to where he lives in Australia to which Gabe replies “me and Erik”.

Good to see despite all the lunacy Gabe has to endure; he still retains his sharp sense of humour!

It doesn’t end there though. Following Gabe’s reply, the modder Joe has now started a fund in an effort to bring Gabe to his house to check out the campaign. You can find the details here.

The fund currently stands at $469.73 with $100 of that total having been donated by Valve’s very own Robin Walker who left the following message:

This is Robin Walker, from Valve. The rest of us at Valve would sure appreciate a couple of days without Erik around, so thanks for organising this!

Quick question though: if I donated more, would you buy a one-way ticket for him?

Robin.

I think I may just love Valve again! Anyone with such thick skin and such a great sense of humour deserves your support; roll on November!

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Valve rewards childish boycotters.

As a keen Steam user and Left 4 Dead player, I have to say the latest actions undertaken by Valve have really ticked me off.

Most of you will be aware of the ridiculous uproar from certain members of the Steam community when Valve released news that they were working on Left 4 Dead 2.

Accusations of abandoning the original game and ripping people off flew around from the more childish members of the community (despite the fact most L4D players have clocked up 100’s of hours in a truly great game) and a boycott group was formed.

Valves response? Fly two of the group out to their offices, all expenses paid, to play Left 4 Dead 2.


Here we have a group of people who have spent their time slamming Valve on what is for most gamers a non-issue; and Valve rewards their moronic behaviour with what for many gamers would be the trip of a lifetime.

Nice one Valve. Most of your true fans appreciate the great game that Left 4 Dead is; have never been unhappy with the hundreds of hour's entertainment it’s provided because that is superb value for money. Most are happy we are getting a sequel to a great game sooner rather than (Episode 3) later.

So why does it now feel like you’ve just kicked all your loyal fans right where it hurts?

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