Half-Life Fans Organize Protest

 Half-Life fans are a patient bunch. We've been waiting for years to hear any news on the third outing in the franchise since  Half-Life 2: Episode 2 ended on a horrifying cliffhanger. Valve has trolled fans, fans have trolled fans and now it seems like the fans are trolling Valve in an effort to hear break the developer's silence on  Half-Life 3. A group of roughly 10,000 unsatisfied fans took to Steam over the weekend to show their displeasure with the developer. The group logged onto Steam to play  Half-Life 2 on their accounts to show Valve that there's still a large fan base waiting for news on the game, any news at all. The problem is, Valve already knows this.

The bigger problem for the group is that they had anticipated over 50,000 people joining them on their crusade, so the disappointingly low number probably hurt the protest's effectiveness. The group wrote the following on their Steam page, "The lack of communication between Valve and the  Half-Life community has been a frustrating experience. While continued support for current and future products is greatly appreciated, fans of the  Half-Life series have waited years for a word on when the franchise will return." The statement continued, "The entire trilogy of episodes was due in 2007, and if Valve have decided to do other things in the time being, that is fine; all that we ask for is a basic response on the matter, and to let fans know whether the current story arc is scheduled to conclude at a certain point in time."

I certainly did my part as a huge fan of the series, I went onto my Xbox 360 and played  Half-Life 2 this weekend. Though I have to admit, that was just a funny coincidence since I was completely unaware of this protest before today. I can sympathize with these guys but I don't think Valve really cares. They know that fans want  Half-Life and for whatever reason, they haven't revealed any of their cards just yet. In the mean time, I suggest we all just go play  Portal 2 and  Team Fortress, just to stick it to the man!