8th October 2003, 11:24 PM
Of course he hacked their email, but I can't imagine he did it hoping they would send the source code. There are much better ways to distribute your code throughout the company. My comment on him getting lucky referred to finding the source code, as opposed to just reading their mail. I'm not backing the guy who did this, but I don't see this as the huge money-making conspiracy that most people believe. And I really think that Valve is using this as an excuse to delay the game. Nintendo sure got creative with their delays to try to avoid making the fans mad, but never tried this. I'm not saying Valve faked the whole thing either. But I do think they are making the most out of the opportunity by delaying the game like they needed to anyway, but also getting sympathy instead of flames from the fans and press alike.