Did you even read what they quoted? They weren't supposto have them and now that Robin knows about it, he's taking them away.
I'd say that was a pretty resonable response to it. On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Kyle Sanderson<[email protected]> wrote: > This is quite ironic, almost every VALVe employee has the special VALVe guns > (100% Crit, 15% speed, health, etc.) however they shitlist 5% of the > community for running an external idler. > > Sounds like quite the plan I would like to see what you guys come up with > next, > Kyle. > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Alec Sanger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Thanks for the update, robin! >> >> Thank you, >> Alec Sanger >> P: 248.941.3813 >> F: 313.286.8945 >> >> >> >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:32:09 -0700 >> > Subject: Re: [hlds] [TF2] Valve using their special weapons >> > >> > Hi All. >> > Our original usage of these was a couple of weeks ago, and lasted a day. >> It was mostly around testing the item system (they contain every positive >> attribute in the system). After that, we converted all the "Valve" weapons >> to be purely cosmetic. Unfortunately, unknown to us on the dev side, some of >> the non-TF2-team folks at Valve didn't get the memo, and gave themselves the >> broken items recently. >> > >> > We're removing these from everyone today, and removing the ability for >> folks to give these kinds of weapons to themselves in the future. Shouldn't >> happen again. (And if it somehow does, feel free to drop me an email at >> [email protected] and let me know) >> > >> > Robin. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of tgnwells >> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:55 AM >> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> > Subject: Re: [hlds] [TF2] Valve using their special weapons >> > >> > Seems like a childish and unprofessional thing to do. So it was probably >> > a TF2 dev, yeah. >> > >> > On 9/8/2009 3:30 AM, Alec Sanger wrote: >> > > Anyone ever run into a Valve employee using one of their special >> weapons? We were getting complaints of a 100% crit hacker last night. I >> guess the players started giving them shit so they left. Upon further >> inspection, it was a Valve employee using a special Syringe gun >> > > >> > > http://www.tf2items.com/profiles/76561197999842654 >> > > >> > > Valve Syringe Gun >> > > (equipped) >> > > +15% Damage Done >> > > +150% Clip Size >> > > +15% Firing Speed >> > > On Hit: +15 Health >> > > 100% Critical Hit vs Burning Players >> > > +50 Max Health on Wearer >> > > On Kill: 5 Seconds of 100% Critical Chance >> > > On Hit: 30% Chance to Slow Target >> > > Fire Retardant (1) >> > > Dmg Taken From Fire Reduced (0.85) >> > > Speed Boost When Active (1.15) >> > > >> > > >> > > Just wondering if anyone's ever had issues with a valve employee coming >> in and dominating with one of their special weapons. I mean, shit, I might >> as well just ban the Valve group if this is going to happen. >> > > >> > > Thank you, >> > > Alec Sanger >> > > P: 248.941.3813 >> > > F: 313.286.8945 >> > > >> > > >> > > _________________________________________________________________ >> > > With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. >> > > http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. >> http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
