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exactly... give VALVe a break... Good things come to those who wait...

 On 9/23/05, James McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You idiots have never been crunching on something and thought to almost
> have
> it done (say a paper for school or such), and as you're reading it over
> one
> last time on the way to class, you notice a huge blatant typo you didn't
> notice the night before? Same kind of deal.
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> James McKenna
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stalker333" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:43 PM
> Subject: [hlds] RE: Mandatory Source engine update later today...
>
>
> > One other thing I might point out... In defense of those who are upset
> > about this (myself excluded)
> >
> > The first time, understandable. The second announcement was, and I
> > quote...
> >
> > "The update should be released in about *an hour*. You'll know as soon
> as
> > we do it because your server will report that it's out-of-date."
> >
> >
> > Now we can argue this til we're all blue in the face (or until the
> > update is released heh) but the fact is, you just don't usually make an
> > announcement 1 hour before release, then "find" bugs. If you are running
> > a smooth shop, that doesn't happen often. I think you all know that!
> > Once you hit the "hour" line, the product should be DONE... Not kinda
> > done, not "we're still testing" done, I mean really DONE, ready to ship.
> >
> > Now in defense of Valve, or maybe more specifically Eric, I seriously
> > doubt he is doing this to play with you all. The bug is very real I'm
> > sure, and I for one am happy it's being fixed now, and not later with
> > yet another patch. Server admins hate patches and for good reason.
> >
> > In other words, if Eric could release it, it's safe to assume he would
> > at this point. I, like a few others, just hope this doesn't change the
> > release date for either the DOD:S server or client. Good luck Valve :)
> >
> > -Smurf
> >
> >
> > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:37:16 -0500
> > From: Genocidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: Mandatory Source engine update later today...
> > Reply-To: [email protected]
> >
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> > I'm talking about false announcements. I love it when an official
> > spokesperson from VALVe posts on here. Don't get me wrong, I'm just
> tired
> > of
> > being let down by oh here it comes wait not yet, almost here, woops not
> > yet
> > hang on. That kind of stuff. I'm not here to rail on valve for doing
> > something wrong.
> >
> >
> >
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