Cycopl

I really hate it

I really hate it when bands put 10 minute gaps of silence after the last song on their album for a "hidden song". HEY, IT WAS COOL THE FIRST TIME, NOW IT IS NOT COOL, STOP FUCKING UP MY SHUFFLE WITH YOUR LONG PERIODS OF SILENCE THANKS.

I also hate it when CD/DVD cases hold the fucking CD in there so tight that you have to damn near snap the CD in half to get the fucking thing out of there. I know this isn't Primus' fault because they can do no wrong but I feel like I almost snapped my Primus DVD in half taking it out of the fucking case. WHY MUST Y OU DO THIS STUPID CD CASE MAKING COMPANIES? IS IT SOME KIND OF CONSPIRACY WITH THE MUSIC COMPANIES TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY MORE CD'S BECAUSE THEY SNAPPED THE ORIGINAL ONE IN HALF? FUCKING KILL YOURSLEVES THANKS.

I downloaded the Halflife 2 alpha and it's pretty awesome, except for the fact that it's really not a game at all but rather a first person level exploration tool with monsters included. Monsters that don't attack you but are scary as fuck when they run around anyway. There's some new kind of headcrab that has longer legs and makes the people it infects run around like CHEETAHS whenever you shoot them. It's fucking scary, even with the missing textures that are replaced with ultra contrasting purple and black checkerboard planes and physics that get you stuck inside of everything that's not a wall.

I can understand why Valve delayed the game until Christmas, and then once again in an act of irresponsibility delayed the game until April 2004. The game's not near complete. Sure, they've got tons of shit, but this game is not close to done, and they knew this on September 24 when they delayed the game til Xmas, and they knew this a few days ago when they conveniently blamed the hackers for another delay until April.

On top of that, today there was a patch released for the leaked HL2 alpha. I haven't gotten ahold of it yet, but I read the .nfo file for it and I thought it was really funny. I believe every word it says.

Here are a few words from it:

"To all those saying HL2 was delayed because of the hacking action, ill just remind you that what was leaked is what Valve has, nothing more and nothing less, so its pretty good to understand it wasnt finished yet."

"Also I'd like to point out the E3 was one big fake by Valve. Ever tried to kill that soldier in physicstown ? Notice the door will still get kicked? No scripted sequences?"

"To everyone saying this is no Beta: I'd like to point out that THIS is what you wanted Valve to release on 9/30/03, theres no such thing as a much better release in Valves network!"

"To Valve: I suggest you stop lying to your customers about how much was stolen/compromised, or I'll have to release everything just to prove my point. And you know what you got, as I do."

Was I right or was I right?

Posted by at October 8, 2003 02:41 PM