Why does Gabe Newell need to go to Australia? Need is probably too strong a word, but Joe, a Left 4 Dead campaign creator, wants him and Erik Johnson to fly to Brisbane to check out his campaign. See Joe had been in touch with Gabe here and there. Then he heard that Valve had flown the Left 4 Dead 2 boycotters out to check out the game. He, however, had never been invited and Gabe and Erik had never been able to check out his campaign. So he emailed Gabe and said, "Why haven't I been invited to Valve? I mean you guys need to check out my campaign."
Newell responded with, "We are boycotting your campaign." Logic then dictated to Joe that this means that he has to fly Gabe and Erik to Australia to show them his campaign as they had done for the Left 4 Dead 2 boycotters. He didn't have the money though, so he decided to raise the funds via the internet to get Gabe and Erik to the outback. He started on September 10 and now has over $3,000 for the effort. Of course that is way more than he needs, so all extra proceeds are going to Child's Play. You can still donate, but all Joe is really waiting on is a response from Newell about if they can actually fly out to Brisbane. Judging from the email discussions the two have already had this could actually happen.
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8:00 PM on 09.13.2009
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I mean if he's already got the money and the extra money is going to Child's Play then theoretically my money is just going straight to Child's Play. This headline lies.
No deal.
Didn't the last thing related to him involve Victoria's Secret? Or sign language? What's next?
For himself.
And his bitches.
Hahahaha... dick.
TAKE THAT ACTIVISION, YOU EVIL WHORE!!!!!
We have a winner.
He has $3000, so he's got what he needs, so any extra over the $2000 needed is going to childs play.
If you back track through Kotaku AU, you can find the original story...
Seriously though, every Aussie I know has to pay exorbanent amounts of money if they exceed their download cap...and they have an even smaller upload cap. No idea how big it is, but it could cost him extra dollars. And if he is on an unlimited line, his upload would be so slow that L4D2 would be out by the time it finished.
even with "unlimited" things are still pretty shit, and the internet is just too fucking slow,
speeds of around 10mbps and up is probably the fastest in australia
He does that a lot. Don't worry about it.
COULD care less, wait...
"The English language lacks the words to express the level of excitement Erik and I feel that you and your friends have pulled this off. Give us some time to organize our affairs, as we are trying to ship a product, and then we’ll let you know the time and date of our arrival. Give our best to Robin’s mother, as she is apparently a neighbor of yours.
Gabe & Erik"
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11588834&postcount=205
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