Drew, How long do you think they have been working on DOD:S (not when beta opened), which WAS just a port when they started? Just wonder a guess. Days? I would hardly be "bitching" about that, and frankly would have been very impressed lol.
Now we can go on and on talking about WHY it's not released yet, and even why they all the sudden decided to spend months on "artwork", I have a few ideas. Again that's not the point though and I'm not going to argue those ideas with people who don't really know either. So we'll leave that as it is. Point is, I (and most of you) have paid for a game to see it sit in the "coming soon" section of steam, and hey, we got to see some screenshots and videos! lol As for being a beta tester, thats great, good for you. That doesnt change anything though, and doesn't mean you know anything about whats going on behind closed doors either. Not saying that to be a jerk, but unless Valve is very different from most developers, you don't know much more than we do at this point. So thanks for pointing that out, but no, it doesn't mean you know anything in regards to the release. Sorry to upset the Valve purists, but it was my opinion that this coming soon thing is BS, you don't like that opinion, that's up to you. But don't assume I don't understand software development, been there, but this is beyond "working the bugs out". -Smurf Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:05:10 -0500 From: Drew Hostetler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] Coming Soon BS... Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Games aren't made in days. DoD:S is much more than a port. I believe I read somewhere that they originally thought it would be mostly a port (which prompted the "Coming Soon" listing in Steam), but they decided to overhaul a bunch of stuff to make it a much better game. Have you seen the screenshots? But what do I know? I was only on the beta test team. Drew _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
