How will Adam effect this episode?

[saratos]

We just got news that the man behind the Minerva mod was hired to Valve, to work on EP3. I am sure that enough of us are familiar of the differences in map-making between the two, so how, and when and where, do you think that this new employee will effect this episode?

[Lucid]

I don't think he's going to have any involvement in Ep3 but I could be wrong.

[PimpinPenguin]

Doubt he will make much of an impact on Episode 3. It's a team effort and he'll probably have little say in what happen. I'm guessing he will start on just assisting on the creation of maps for starters.

[-Psy-]

He's not a lead designer so he won't have that much of an effect. It's not like he's the second coming. :P

[Shift]

He is just been made an asset to the team, another map developer or something, he wont have a massive impact, just an impact via a team effort. Still I bet he cant believe his fortune, modding stuff can lead to getting job in game development.

Im hoping my computer music technology course may up a few avenues in game development for me, in sound engineering parts, well that job and many others hehe.

[Samon]

Adam is going to ruin Episode 3, and he is going to ruin Valve. I hate him, frankly. And I hope he chokes on a sausage.

[Cargo Cult]

Adam is going to ruin Episode 3, and he is going to ruin Valve. I hate him, frankly. And I hope he chokes on a sausage.
I'd come up with some devastating retort, but to tell you the truth - Samon's summarised it perfectly.

Oh, if only things were different. Alas...

[saratos]

^lol, who better, than himself?

Honestly, doesn't Valve treat it very flexibly? Nobody in the credits rolls ever really seems to have a specific job. If Cargo Cult, or Adam, (or the Dalek emperor, for all we know), is a helpful and insightful teammate, of course he will have an influence.

[Calhoun]

I'd come up with some devastating retort, but to tell you the truth - Samon's summarised it perfectly.

Oh, if only things were different. Alas...

Working Biozeminades that we will fight in Episode 3 or bust.

[Cargo Cult]

Honestly, doesn't Valve treat it very flexibly? Nobody in the credits rolls ever really seems to have a specific job. If Cargo Cult, or Adam, (or the Dalek emperor, for all we know), is a helpful and insightful teammate, of course he will have an influence.
I've always had the impression that you really can't have any kind of ego to work at Valve - what they're doing is teamwork of the highest order. So if anyone's expecting me to be building maps entirely on my own, or something along those lines - you'll be disappointed.

It's a fantastic opportunity - and I'm really looking forwards to being able to contribute!

[test]

Hey man, tell us about the Cabal system (serious question). How things work at Valve? What's their secret to make gameplay fun?

[saratos]

I've always had the impression that you really can't have any kind of ego to work at Valve - what they're doing is teamwork of the highest order. So if anyone's expecting me to be building maps entirely on my own, or something along those lines - you'll be disappointed.

It's a fantastic opportunity - and I'm really looking forwards to being able to contribute!
I am just hoping you will be able to provide some new insight! I love Valve, and I love your mod, so really, what could be better than you working with Valve?

[Hectic Glenn]

Working for Bungie, oh my...

Good to see you haven't deserted us yet Adam. It would be good if you could perhaps incorporate fully destructible environments, that would be great ;)

[Iron_cube]

Good to see you haven't deserted us yet Adam. It would be good if you could perhaps incorporate fully destructible environments, that would be great ;)

He isn't a coder as far as I know :O

[Nicky 0123]

He won't effect Episode 3 in anyway noticable.

[Nibwoddle]

Oh god I hate Minerva. Don't let it be as crap as that. Please Valve.

[saratos]

^Did you, by any chance, get past the terribly, horribly, designed first level?

[riomhaire]

And his maps are so irrealistic.

[Iron_cube]

The zombines in the last map were OP

[Lobster]

I feel like ive stepped into the twilight zone.

[mrman234]

He isn't going to effect Episode Three at all, but he might affect it.

[PimpinPenguin]

He isn't going to effect Episode Three at all, but he might affect it.

You just contradicted yourself there.

[dogboy73]

Adam is going to ruin Episode 3, and he is going to ruin Valve. I hate him, frankly. And I hope he chokes on a sausage.
Why is that? have I missed something here?

[mrman234]

You just contradicted yourself there.

Nope. Read it again.

[97AndyMacK]

Quite right. In shorter and more easy to understand terms:

THE WORD IS AFFECT! Affect!

[mrman234]

Quite right. In shorter and more easy to understand terms:

THE WORD IS AFFECT! Affect!

Zis man, he speaks ze truth.

[Stene]

What is this, first when Minerva mod came out everybody was like WOOOH it's the best, now for some reason people complain about it and even Samon says he hates Adam. What the shit is this?

[Samon]

You serious, serious people.

[freakyflor]

Samon says he hates Adam. What the shit is this?

Never, EVER take Samon serious.

[Fiberawptic]

To the people who think valve doesn't let anyone come up with ideas for the games except the lead designers, your wrong. Everyone gets to throw out their own ideas and then they evaluate them together, thats how they do it.

Now i think people take this wayyy tooo far. Just because adam foster got employeed at valve doesn't mean we'll expect episode 3 to have tangled up, weirdly structured environments like minerva. Especially cuz hes new, i doubt he'll have much say in how the game plays out. Hes probably a mapper so he'll most likely be given a blue print or diagram and he'll have to make environments out of that...

[99.vikram]

Why so serious?

Anyway, I'm sure Adam will singlehandedly revolutionize PC gaming, make Ep3 the bestselling media product of all time and be so awesome that Valve employees will start resigning from not having enough work to do.

And if that doesn't happen, I'll hunt him down with Sasha.

[Fiberawptic]

You're completely wrong vik, adam won't just revolutionize gaming, he'll revolutionize the world. He will become leader of the largest corporation in the world, and then run for president and win... Pfft, talking like he knows it all :D

[Reginald]

Adam won't revolutionize gaming. He couldn't revolutionize his way out of a paper bag.




























<3 Adam.