Check out today’s. Over 50% said they do not plan on getting Half-Life 2. Note that this DOES NOT include people who’s computers aren’t up to it.
Argh, I know GameFAQs is skewed, but still, this really makes me want to break some faces.
Don’t worry. The sales numbers will speak for themselves.
I voted No. :anjou_embarassed: But I don’t play FPS games unless coerced to do so, so I’m not in the target audience. I’m sure Half-Life 2 will do just fine without me.
I’m just waiting for the cracked version to come out - oh wait! it’s already out! Too bad the irc queues are all filled, but I’m sure Bittorrent will be nice to me tomorrow! Thanks, Valve!
Gee, Kadamose, it almost seems like that post was intended solely to get a rise out of people.
But no, that couldn’t be it.
Haha, nice try, but I seriously doubt this game will be cracked for weeks, months even, if at all. The amount of security put into Half-Life 2 is overwhelming. On my machine it took three and a half hours to get everything up and running, due to the amount of updates and encryption (this was on 56k speed though). Actually, I think they went a bit overboard with security (it’s just a video game!), and I dear say there’ll be a lot of annoyed people out there who want to get straight into the action.
The game is fantastic by the way - so far there’s been a number of interesting uses of the physics engine, and a couple of impressive interactive story sequences. I haven’t played much of it yet, but so far I’d call it a definite step forward for the FPS genre.
[quote=“Solo Wing Dragon”]
Haha, nice try, but I seriously doubt this game will be cracked for weeks, months even, if at all. [/quote]
What? You think I’m lying? I never lie!! Here’s the irc list as we speak!
-MCGram- name [Half-Life_2_READ_NFO-EMPORiO.PART1 ｫ2.0Gｻ] type [/msg [HALFHAIM] xdcc send #1] chan #anythingbutwarez]
-MCGram- name [Half-Life_2_READ_NFO-EMPORiO.PART2 ｫ2.0Gｻ] type [/msg [HALFHAIM] xdcc send #2] chan #anythingbutwarez]
-MCGram- name [Half_Life_2_ALL_ACCESS_CHEATS-RV ｫ20Kｻ] type [/msg [WG]-Zaire xdcc send #1] chan #warezgroup]
-MCGram- name [Half.Life.2.OFFLINE.ACTIVATION.PATCH-oWNAGE ｫ20Kｻ] type [/msg [WG]-Zaire xdcc send #2] chan #warezgroup]
People are fucking IDIOTS if they think that something can’t be cracked - anything man can create, man can destroy!! This applies to everything.
Just finished downloading - and just to rub it in more, here is the NFO:
ﾟﾛﾛﾟﾟﾟﾛﾛ ﾟﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾟ ﾟﾛﾛﾟﾟﾛﾜ ﾜﾛﾟﾟﾛﾜ ﾟﾛﾛﾟﾟﾛﾜ ﾛﾛ ﾜﾛﾟﾟﾛﾜ
ﾛﾛ ﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ
ﾛﾛ ﾜ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾜﾛﾟ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾜﾛﾟ ﾟﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ
ﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾜﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾟﾟﾟ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ
ﾛﾛ ﾟ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾟﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ
ﾛﾛ ﾛ ﾛ ﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ
ﾜﾛﾛﾜﾜﾜﾛﾛ ﾜﾛﾜ ﾜﾛﾛﾜ ﾜﾛﾛﾜ ﾟﾛﾜﾜﾛﾟ ﾜﾛﾛﾜ ﾛﾛﾜ ﾜﾛﾛﾜ ﾟﾛﾜﾜﾛﾟ
ﾜﾜﾟﾟﾟﾜﾜ
ﾜﾜﾟﾜﾜﾛﾛﾛﾜﾜﾟﾜ
ﾜﾟﾟﾟﾟﾟﾟﾜ ﾛ ﾜﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜﾟﾜ
ﾜﾟ ﾜﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜ ﾟﾜ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾟﾟ ﾟﾟﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾜﾛﾟ ﾟﾛ ﾟﾜ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾜﾛﾛﾛﾜ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾜﾛﾛﾜ ﾛ ﾛ ﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜ ﾟﾜﾜ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜﾜﾟﾟﾜ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜﾟﾟﾜ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾟﾛﾜ ﾜﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜﾟﾟﾜ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾟﾛﾛﾛﾟ ﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾟﾛﾛﾛﾟ ﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜﾟﾟﾟﾜ ﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜ ﾜﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾟﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜﾟﾟﾜ ﾜﾟ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾟ ﾛ
ﾟﾜ ﾜﾜ ﾟﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜﾟﾟﾟﾟ ﾜﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾟﾟ ﾛ
ﾟﾟﾟ ﾟﾟﾜﾜ ﾟﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜ ﾟﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾟ ﾛ
ﾟﾟﾜﾜ ﾟﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾜﾜ ﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾟ ﾜﾜﾟ
ﾟﾟﾜ ﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾟ ﾜﾟﾟﾟ
ﾟﾟﾜ ﾟﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾜﾟ
ﾟﾟﾜ ﾟﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛ ﾜﾟ
ﾟﾟﾜ ﾛﾛ ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ ﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾟﾜ ﾛﾜ ﾟﾟﾟ ﾜﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛﾛﾜﾜﾜﾛﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾟﾛﾛﾛﾟ ﾛ
ﾛ ﾜﾟ
ﾟﾜ ﾜﾜﾟ
ﾟﾟﾟﾟﾟﾟﾟ
Presents
Half-Life 2 (c) VALVe
ﾛｲｲｰｰﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛｰｰｲｲﾛ
ｲ Release Date : 16-11-2004 Protection : Simple ｲ
ｲ File Count : 85x50 MB Game Genre : Action / FPS ｲ
ｰﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛｰ
ｰ Game info: ｰ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist ﾛ
ﾛ Gordon Freeman who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth ﾛ
ﾛ being picked to the bone, its resources depleted ﾛ
ﾛ its populace idwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable ﾛ
ﾛ role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at ﾛ
ﾛ Black Mesa. And a lot of people he cares about are counting on him. ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ Features: ﾛ
ﾛ - Advanced facial animation ﾛ
ﾛ system delivers the most sophisticated in-game characters ever seen. ﾛ
ﾛ With 40 distinct facial “muscles,” human characters convey the full ﾛ
ﾛ array of human emotion, and respond to the player with fluidity ﾛ
ﾛ land intelligence. ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ - From pebbles to water to 2-ton trucks respond as expected, ﾛ
ﾛ as they obey the laws of mass, friction, gravity, and buoyancy. ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ - Source’s shader-based renderer, like the one used at Pixar to ﾛ
ﾛ create movies such as Toy Storyｮ and Monster’s, Inc, creates ﾛ
ﾛ the most beautiful and realistic environments ever seen in a video game. ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ - Neither friends nor enemies charge blindly into the fray. ﾛ
ﾛ They can assess threats, navigate tricky terrain ﾛ
ﾛ and fashion weapons from whatever is at hand. ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ
ﾛ Release Notes: ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ Well, who did it? We did. This goes to say something, huge respects ﾛ
ﾛ fly out to all the other groups (everyone OTHER than Hoodlum), I’m ﾛ
ﾛ sure we can expect some great retail copies from them. ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ This is the FINAL copy from STEAM, it emulates steam so you DO NOT NEED TO ﾛ
ﾛ install steam, just apply the crack. ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ Oh, and sheep that are grazing the field… now is the time to redeem ﾛ
ﾛ yourselves. ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ Yes you like the game ﾛ
ﾛ BUY IT! … 
ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ ENJOY! ﾛ
ﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛ
ﾛ Install Notes: ﾛ
ﾛ ﾛ
ﾛ 1. Unpack the release with WinRAR or WinACE ﾛ
ﾛ 2. Copy contents from ISO file to your HDD ﾛ
ﾛ 3. Run Launcher.exe and game will start 
ﾛ
ｰ 3. Enjoy! ｰ
ｰﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛｰ
ｲ You know where to find us! ｲ
ｲ Thanks to all! (You know who you are!) ｲ
ｲ CD won’t you come out of the closet!? ｲ
ﾛｲｲｰｰﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛﾛｰｰｲｲﾛ
nico!NoGrp
I’m a pirate, and proud of it. If companies want my money, then they need to give me what I want. I WILL pay for Panzer Dragoon Saga II when it comes out (because I highly respect the series and the genius storyline), and I was considering paying for Shining Tears…but I downloaded it (jap ver) the other night, and was quite disappointed - 1 out of 2 ain’t bad, Sega . Give us what ‘we’ want, and we’ll both win - otherwise, the only person/company winning in the equation will be me.
Actually, it appears you’re an asshole, and proud of it.
But hey, to each his own.
Obviously you “want” Half-Life 2, since you downloaded it, so why are you not paying the company money for it, after they spent a shitload on years of development to bring you that game? You want something for nothing, Kadamose, like every other person on this damned earth, only the rest of us accept that everything has a price.
Oh, and what you’re doing is illegal too. So, wouldn’t it be fun if Solo grabbed your I.P., traced it, then reported you? Wouldn’t it? winks at Solo
[quote=“Arcie”]
Obviously you “want” Half-Life 2, since you downloaded it, so why are you not paying the company money for it, after they spent a shitload on years of development to bring you that game? You want something for nothing, Kadamose, like every other person on this damned earth, only the rest of us accept that everything has a price.
Oh, and what you’re doing is illegal too. So, wouldn’t it be fun if Solo grabbed your I.P., traced it, then reported you? Wouldn’t it? winks at Solo[/quote]
Illegal because I downloaded it and didn’t pay for it? Why should I pay for something I can get for free? Is it my fault that it’s available to all on the web to download? Nope. Is it my fault that the game was cracked? Nope. Am I the one offering the download? Nope. Am I guilty of the fact that I don’t care about corporations and profits that are based on fiat currency? Yes…yes, I am. (According to Article I Section 10 of the Constitution of the pathetic USA, PAPER CURRENCY IS ILLEGAL - Also of further interest, the 16th Amendment was never ratified, therefore the fact that the IRS, itself, exists, is against the law.) So, who, again, is guilty of what?
I didn’t mean that it could never be cracked, but I’d be surprised if someone had found a solution to the heavily encrypted Half-Life 2 so quickly. I’m still skeptical that the crack you mentioned is actually real. You can’t blame me for not believing you after seeing the amount of work put into Half-Life 2’s copy protection.
I’ve played a bit more through the game and it’s surprisingly innovative. There have been a number of puzzles that have used the advanced physics engine. As an early example, there was a platform that couldn’t be reached with a normal jump. So what I had to do was pick up some objects on the ground and put them on the end of a ‘sea-saw’ plank to tilt it in the other direction so that I could walk up along it onto the platform above.
I bet Abadd will orgasm when he sees this thread again.
[quote=“Kadamose”]
Illegal because I downloaded it and didn’t pay for it? [/quote]
Yes, that’s right.
Because the method by which you’re obtaining it is illegal.
Yes on both counts. You, and people like you, are creating a demand for stuff that they don’t want to pay for. Demand for pirate software means more people will create, sell and offer pirate software. Simple economics.
But, again, you created the demand. So the demand, partially from yourself, was responsible for the download being available.
I’ve got news for you. No-one cares about the consititution. They care about the law. By downloading a crack for Half Life 2, you are breaking copyright law.
Incidentally, I have a crack on my system. But it’s one worth $5. Not $60. And it’s for a game by a small software house that probably made it for $500, not an international company who spent millions.
Too… much… trollbait… must… resist… urges… brain… exploding… graaaahagasdga;h!!!1!
0h n03s!!!1! 
Man. It’s good to know that Kadamose is still good for a laugh.
Oh, and just to clarify, Article I Section 10 of the Constitution speaks about state rights, not federal rights. Which is why money is printed by the (now pay attention here, because this is the important part) FEDERAL FRIGGIN’ RESERVE BANK. That article merely states that states cannot print their own money. See on the front of a dollar bill how it says “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private”? That actually means something.
And explain, again, wtf this has to do with the IRS? They only control taxes and such… not the actual bartering of goods.
I’m not even going to bother discussing the whole piracy issue. That’d be too much enjoyment for me today 
Edit: For a stupid typo 
If you’re using Bittorent like you said, you are offering the download. That’s the whole idea behind the program.
Heh. Abadd > most of us.
Personally I think it has been cracked, but I won’t hold my breathe until it is confirmed en mass in forums and that info id spewed into news articles.
I think I am suffering from hype-apathy. I haven’t bought Halo 2, DOAU or am in any way eager for anything else really atm. There must be something wrong with me.
I will get them eventually but I don’t feel like i’m missing much by waiting and then, when I do get them, i’ll be taking my sweet time and go through the game at my own pace and not read any spoilers in FAQ’s etc. unless i’m really really stuck.
It has been cracked, unfortunately. I hope that doesn’t mean you are planning on downloading it… does it? >:(
I’m currently playing through Halo 2 right now primarily because of the multiplayer. I wanted to get in on the action while all my friends are still keen on playing hour long sessions on XBL. As much as I really, really, really want Half-Life 2, it can wait. I want to savor that one
[quote=“Abadd”]Too… much… trollbait… must… resist… urges… brain… exploding… graaaahagasdga;h!!!1!
0h n03s!!!1!
Man. It’s good to know that Kadamose is still good for a laugh.
Oh, and just to clarify, Article I Section 10 of the Constitution speaks about state rights, not federal rights. Which is why money is printed by the (now pay attention here, because this is the important part) FEDERAL FRIGGIN’ RESERVE BANK. That article merely states that states cannot print their own money. See on the front of a dollar bill how it says “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private”? That actually means something.
And explain, again, wtf this has to do with the IRS? They only control taxes and such… not the actual bartering of goods.
I’m not even going to bother discussing the whole piracy issue. That’d be too much enjoyment for me today
Edit: For a stupid typo :P[/quote]
Abadd == uneducated? IRREDEEMABLE MONEY (i.e. money that has no gold or silver value) is against the law. It’s illegal. The currency used today is what is known as FIAT CURRENCY (i.e. DEBT CURRENCY); it’s money that they can keep on printing when they run out (also known as ‘money made out of thin air’).
Also, I would like to point out that the Federal Reserve is NOT a part of the government; the government does not have it’s own Central Banking System. So, basically, the Federal Reserve IS the government, even though, it is not a part of the government; it’s a corporation.
As for the IRS statement, it simply served as an example of how the corrupt USA is breaking it’s own laws. Just think of how many people have been unconstitutionally jailed because they didn’t pay their taxes? Amendment 16 was never ratified, therefore, the IRS, and everything it stands for, is illegal and UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
So if you braindead zombies are happy living amongst other braindead zombies, who also happen to be the biggest hypocrites in the known world, be my guest. As for me, I am not going to follow rules that are both created by people who are inferior to me and are also based on hypocrisy, and I will continue to be a pirate until the day I die (which won’t be anytime soon, considering Nanotechnology will increase my lifespan a hundred fold and I will outlive all of you)
Speaking of Nanotech, the end of the money system, in general, is coming in less than 8 years from now - so, if you people wish to continue believing in your stupid morality play, that’s your choice.