{"id":6958,"date":"2009-05-19T15:07:39","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T15:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2009-05-19T15:13:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T15:13:47","slug":"valve-starts-firing-people-over-the-leaked-spy-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/valve-starts-firing-people-over-the-leaked-spy-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve starts firing people over the leaked Spy Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember this \u201cMeet the Spy\u201d video leaked last weekend from Valve\u2019s Youtube channel<\/p>\n

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Well, it seems Valve are pretty serious about the leak and they have started firing people over it. Or maybe NOT, it may just be another Valve joke. But Robin Walker, head designer of Team Fortress 2 is having fun playing the firing game. Here are some quotes from his posts over at the TF2 blog.<\/p>\n

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As many of you know, the Meet the Spy video was leaked this weekend. Some of you on the forum have wondered if Valve leaked it on purpose. And until we find the clown who did leak it, the answer to that is yes.
Others of you have started a petition to stop Valve from firing anyone over the leak. Once again, this just goes to show you how valuable customer feedback is to us\u2014we hadn’t even thought of doing that, but once you see it there in print, it’s a fantastic idea. I’ve been asking people all morning who was responsible and come up empty. But now that I’ve started firing people, they can’t name names fast enough. So far I’ve got sixty-seven names in the "suspicious" category, fifteen in "very suspicious", and another forty-three I’d been wanting to fire anyway.
I’ll keep you posted as I track down the culprit. Rest assured, though: Until I find the person responsible, I vow that Valve will stop work on all projects.<\/em><\/p>\n

Valve’s head of HR, Kathy, just came to talk to me. I’d been lining up employees in a row against the wall so I could run past and fire them faster.
"You’re fired you’re fired you’re fired you’re fired oh hi, Kathy. What’s up?"
"I’m a little concerned that you’re mistreating your authority." I nodded, then reminded her that we’d talked about her using smaller words.
"We think you’ve gone mad with power," she said, talking slowly and using her hands. That’s when I knew: She was in on it. Best not to take any chances, I thought, as I reached for my firing stick.
I’ve been working through the staff in alphabetical order. So far I’m up to the L’s. I told Marc Laidlaw I had a book in my office I wanted him to see. I didn’t tell him the name of that book: Marc Laidlaw, You Are Fired, by Robin Walker.<\/em><\/p>\n

"Alden, you have three seconds to tell me why you’re fired."
"Wait, what? I\u2014"
"You’re fired."
"You wanted to see me, Robin?"
"Yes, Greg. What’s the difference between you and you’re fired?"
"I \u2014 what?"
"Clean out your desk, Greg."
"Yeah, Robin?"
"Ah, come in, Matt. How’s the family?"
"Oh. Uh, good. What’s this ab\u2014"
"Top drawer. How about your little boy? He getting better at the ol’ soccer?"
"Football. No, not really."
"Do you think he’d be any good at cleaning out your desk by five?"
"I \u2014"
"Because you’re fired."
"Laidlaw, it says here you’re a writer. Well, let me tell YOU a story. Once upon a time you were fired. Then you cleaned out your desk by five."
"You wanted to see me, Robin?"
"Eric. I’d like you to clean your desk."
"I \u2014 sure, sir."
"Outbyfive."
"Out by…?"
"Why! Oh! Why-Oh-You! Oh-You-Are-Eee! You’re Fired!"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest of posts here<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tf2.com\/post.php?id=2515<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tf2.com\/post.php?id=2516<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tf2.com\/post.php?id=2518<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tf2.com\/post.php?id=2519<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tf2.com\/post.php?id=2520<\/a><\/p>\n

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