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minus-squareGanbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 days agoIIRC, he didn’t get sent it early, he got into Valve’s servers and snagged it. The kicker, and this is the part I always remember: he guessed Gabe Newell’s password. It was gaben, same as his user name, same as his name name.
minus-squaretwinnie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThat’s the source code leak. The leaked announcement came from the magazine.
minus-squareGanbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAh, right. Got my wires crossed I guess.
minus-squareGanbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI feel like the fact he worked for Microsoft before starting Valve adds a whole new layer to the story, too.
minus-squareteawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoYou might be mixing up the first we knew about hl2 with the time the entire source code for the game was leaked early.
IIRC, he didn’t get sent it early, he got into Valve’s servers and snagged it.
The kicker, and this is the part I always remember: he guessed Gabe Newell’s password. It was gaben, same as his user name, same as his name name.
That’s the source code leak. The leaked announcement came from the magazine.
Ah, right. Got my wires crossed I guess.
Wow, stars really are just like us.
I feel like the fact he worked for Microsoft before starting Valve adds a whole new layer to the story, too.
You might be mixing up the first we knew about hl2 with the time the entire source code for the game was leaked early.