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#31 · September 30, 2008, 8:56 pm

Hober wrote:

Note to self: at 18 October LAN, get msleeper wasted and then have him email Gabe or someone at Valve to have them prank and/or real DMCA himself

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#32 · October 1, 2008, 2:41 am

Well, isn't this exactly what Valve wanted? Custom map communities for Portal? It would be insane if they'd DMCA this place... They'd actively shut down their own community. EA would do something like that, but Valve won't.

"Duct Tape is the answer."

#33 · October 1, 2008, 4:58 am

Yeah I know it was an irrational fear.

I offered some of the other failed Portal sites money for their domain names but none of them bit.

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#34 · October 1, 2008, 8:40 am

msleeper wrote:

... some of the other failed Portal sites ...

Lulz. "PortalCake? Seriously?"

P.S. That thread is win.

"Games are made out of smaller games ? turtles all the way down, until you hit the game that is so trivial and stupid it isn?t deserving of the name." --Raph Koster

#35 · October 1, 2008, 1:38 pm

Hober wrote:

Lulz. "PortalCake? Seriously?"

P.S. That thread is win.

The site gives me an 403 error, so it probably hasn't lived a long life, anyway.

"Duct Tape is the answer."

#36 · October 1, 2008, 2:53 pm

Ricotez wrote:

The site gives me an 403 error, so it probably hasn't lived a long life, anyway.

Like the man said:

msleeper wrote:

... some of the other failed Portal sites ...

But that thread also has the inestimable DiddyKong47 in it with his -700 posts. That's the real message.

"Games are made out of smaller games ? turtles all the way down, until you hit the game that is so trivial and stupid it isn?t deserving of the name." --Raph Koster

#37 · October 3, 2008, 11:16 pm

how the hell did he even get -700 posts anyways?

I don't lag, I own so much it takes a few seconds for the server to figure out what the hell I just did.

#38 · October 3, 2008, 11:25 pm

Testing. Do never test.

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#39 · October 4, 2008, 12:45 pm

msleeper wrote:

Testing. Do never test.

That's one of those threats which don't need "Or else..." to sound life threatening.

"Duct Tape is the answer."