As many N4G readers know by now Valve is forbidden to have an opinion on the basis that they are a video game developer.
Some have even noted that when an employee like Chet Faliszek says something controversial in a one on one interview, all 190 employees that make up the company also state the same quotations and in fact uninvolved founder Gabe Newell somehow said them both louder and previous to anyone else. Of course, his weight and what people plan on doing to his wife are both integral parts of the comments in question.
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Don't be so silly. Valve should be way above doing what they have. The guy basically dissed the entie PSN uservase for no reason and both Gabe and various employees have carried this on for ages. Ask yourself why no other dev says things like these? Valve is in a psotion above that of fanboys so why try to rile them up or gee them up? They've been unprofessional and Gabe's MS heavy background makes people sus about what he says especially, no?
Of course Valve and all it's individual employees are entitled to an opinion just as they can make games for whoever they like but they must expect a backlash from some gamers when they act like they have-why not just say they still have no plans to work on the PS3? Do like Ted Price when he's asked about 360 development, no? If they want to badmouth cnsoles and people gaming on a console they're the ones who're being silly and iot's happened way too many times when someone ahs been representing them as a company for it to be coincidental.
IDK why Valve persistantly have done this but I see no need and find it a little beneath their position. We know Gabe doesn't like the hardware and all of that but the slur on PSN users by Chet was even lower and less needed than ever-Valve keep bringing this on themselves and noone would care if they acted like 99% of devs do in the same, consle exclusive situation. They can stop it dead by just not saying things likely to start flamewars. It's about unprofessionality and rudeness and not about their right to an opinion or to build games for whoever they like-that's all accepted by everyone. Being pointlessly rude, however, isn't-they aren't tactful and do it with noone winding them up to start with-that's why they get some heat for it.Sheesh.
The fact they talk about the PS3 from a place of ignorance having never made a game for the console or those gamers they seem to dislike so much makes it seem even less professional, too. It's quite strab=nge, if you ask me, that they wish to carry his on-noone has been asking them to at all. The only thing some PS3 owners have done is wish their games were coming to their console-what a crime! that deserves some pointless hate does it not? Fact is Valve can stop this whenever they like and it's them and their spokemen that carry it on unilaterally as far as I can see so it's no wonder people comment o it or find it a little wierd.
Love the jab about N4G and people looking for anyone with a URL to feed in. It's funny because it is sadly true what constitutes for "news" here and the legions of fanboys who "argue" back with a juvenile thumbs down/thumbs up war.
an employee gets asked a question, he answers honestly and in a manner not literally insulting a group of people (in this case ps3 fans on N4G;), but based on his own experiences and concerning the targeting of a specific demographic (in this case 360 fans overall).
that group of insulted people (ps3 fans on N4G; who at the same time en masse often start clamoring favorously when other communities are dissed; i.e. 360/wii fanbase) get led on by selective quoting without regarding the entire conversation and not take into account the context of the statement because the website looking for hits has found an easy venture on N4G.com.
and it somehow makes a simple remark into an explosion of finger pointing and name calling (i.e. lazy).
it used to be that when a developer wanted to develop for their console of choice, they could. it also used to be that you would quote entire conversations, not just cherry pick sentences for your flamebait articles.
N4G is turning into the fox news of gaming.
The haters are actually going to my site to comment, thanks guys, most I've had in weeks!