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* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Global Offensive'', ''VideoGame/Dota2'', and [[{{UsefulNotes/Steam}} Steam software]] get repeated announcements of big updates and new content, to the exclusion of almost all of their other properties.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Global Offensive'', ''VideoGame/Dota2'', and [[{{UsefulNotes/Steam}} [[{{Platform/Steam}} Steam software]] get repeated announcements of big updates and new content, to the exclusion of almost all of their other properties.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 already knew that Valve would eventually take action since he was creating the game using Libertula, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, and since Valve didn't want to also involve Creator/{{Nintendo}} and their lawyers as well.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 64, Jedi James Lambert, stated that he already knew that Valve would eventually take action and for people not to be mad at them since he was creating the game using Libertula, Libultra, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, SDK, and since Valve didn't want to also involve Creator/{{Nintendo}} and their lawyers as well.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 already knew that Valve would eventually take action since he was creating the game using Libertula, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, and since Valve didn't want to also involve ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}'' and their lawyers as well.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 already knew that Valve would eventually take action since he was creating the game using Libertula, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, and since Valve didn't want to also involve ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}'' Creator/{{Nintendo}} and their lawyers as well.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 already knew that Valve would eventually take action since he was creating the game using Libertula, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, and since Valve didn't want to also involve ''Creator/Nintendo'' and their lawyers as well.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 already knew that Valve would eventually take action since he was creating the game using Libertula, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, and since Valve didn't want to also involve ''Creator/Nintendo'' ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}'' and their lawyers as well.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 already knew that Valve would eventually take action since he was creating the game using Libertula, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, and since Valve didn't want to also involve Creator/Nintendo and their lawyers as well.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 already knew that Valve would eventually take action since he was creating the game using Libertula, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, and since Valve didn't want to also involve Creator/Nintendo ''Creator/Nintendo'' and their lawyers as well.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While Valve usually doesn't get too protective of their IP rights, they decided in 2024 to send their lawyers to take action against fanmade games "Team Fortress Source" and "Portal 64". While it's still unknown why they took action against Team Fortress Source, the developer of Portal 64 already knew that Valve would eventually take action since he was creating the game using Libertula, the official Nintendo 64 hacking software, and since Valve didn't want to also involve Creator/Nintendo and their lawyers as well.
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* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled... until ''VideoGame/HalfLife:Alyx''' was announced.
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* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' Three'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 ''Episode Two'' is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for on the next game. After game to no avail, and the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe was believed to say that be the game has been unofficially canceled... final nail in the coffin for the ''Half-Life'' series... until ''VideoGame/HalfLife:Alyx''' ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'' was announced.
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* FanNickname:
** "Volvo", whenever they're perceived to be not doing their job well, as in "volvo pl0x" or "ded gaem, volvo disband". This nickname rose in prominence [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/diretide when DOTA 2's Diretide 2012 event was canceled]], to the point where Volvo Cars even rolled with the discussion and made a couple of shout-outs to Valve on its social media pages.
** "American {{Creator/Konami}}" by some disillusioned Valve fans after they basically stopped making single-player games, key developers leaving, today's Valve more affixed to LootBox, and as a cherry on top, the ''VideoGame/{{Artifact}}'' announcement.
** "Volvo", whenever they're perceived to be not doing their job well, as in "volvo pl0x" or "ded gaem, volvo disband". This nickname rose in prominence [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/diretide when DOTA 2's Diretide 2012 event was canceled]], to the point where Volvo Cars even rolled with the discussion and made a couple of shout-outs to Valve on its social media pages.
** "American {{Creator/Konami}}" by some disillusioned Valve fans after they basically stopped making single-player games, key developers leaving, today's Valve more affixed to LootBox, and as a cherry on top, the ''VideoGame/{{Artifact}}'' announcement.
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* ScheduleSlip: Their release date delays are so infamous that their fandom has coined the term [[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time 'Valve Time']] to refer to their ability to single-handedly dilate time around themselves. This is probably mostly thanks to Valve's loose internal corporate structure, where no-one has a single, set-in-stone role to play in the company. They claim it is due to their attempts to produce high-quality games that are fun, and the developer commentary often mentions features that were not fun that had to be discarded, which certainly consumes time.
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* ScheduleSlip: Their release date delays are so infamous that their fandom has coined the term [[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time 'Valve Time']] to refer to their ability to single-handedly dilate time around themselves. This is probably mostly thanks to Valve's loose internal corporate structure, where no-one has a single, set-in-stone role to play in the company. They claim it is due to their attempts to produce high-quality games that are fun, and the developer commentary often mentions features that were not fun that had to be discarded, which certainly consumes time. The most infamous moment was the drought of games between ''Dota 2'' and ''Artifact'', with years upon years going by with nary a word. Externally, it looked like Valve had stopped caring; internally, it appears their loose, work-on-what-you-want structure ran headlong into the fact they hadn't finished the Source 2 Engine, and the whole company deadlocked itself.
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* HeAlsoDid: John Patrick Lowrie ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sniper]]) is also a novelist, Creator/EllenMcLain ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Administrator]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combine Overwatch]], and [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} GLaDOS]]) sings opera [[spoiler:(although those who have completed ''Portal 2'''s single player story mode already know this quite well)]], Hugh Dillon ([[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Nick]]) is a rock singer, and Jim French ([[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Father Grigori]], [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Bill]], [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Elder Titan]]) is a radio personality. Composer Mike Morasky did special effects on the second two ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' movies and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy.
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* HeAlsoDid: Among Valve's voice actors, John Patrick Lowrie ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sniper]]) is also a novelist, Creator/EllenMcLain ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Administrator]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 [[VideoGame/HalfLife Combine Overwatch]], and [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]]) sings opera [[spoiler:(although those who have completed ''Portal 2'''s 2''[='=]s single player story mode already know this quite well)]], Hugh Dillon ([[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Nick]]) is a rock singer, and Jim French ([[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Father Grigori]], [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Bill]], [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Elder Titan]]) is was a radio personality. Composer Mike Morasky did special effects on the second two ''[[Film/TheMatrix [[Film/TheMatrixReloaded second]] [[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions two]] ''[[Franchise/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' movies and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy.trilogy. CG animator Karen Prell is the Creator/{{Muppet performer|s}} of Red Fraggle in ''Series/FraggleRock''.
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* TheRedStapler: [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Ellis']] trucker cap (and subsequently, the RED Team version of it, once it was released as a ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' item) and "Bull Shifters" t-shirt, [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Chell's]] tank top, an [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science]] shower curtain (doubles as a MythologyGag, because they started off manufacturing shower curtains to the military), [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Mann Co. Cap]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Soldier's]] Grenadier's Softcap.
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* TheRedStapler: [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Ellis']] Ellis]]' trucker cap (and subsequently, the RED Team version of it, once it was released as a ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' item) and "Bull Shifters" t-shirt, [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Chell's]] Chell]]'s tank top, an [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science]] shower curtain (doubles as a MythologyGag, because they started off manufacturing shower curtains to the military), [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Mann Co. Cap]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Soldier's]] Soldier]]'s Grenadier's Softcap.
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* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled...Until ''VideoGame/HalfLife:Alyx''' was announced.
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* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled...Until until ''VideoGame/HalfLife:Alyx''' was announced.
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* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled.
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* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled.canceled...Until ''VideoGame/HalfLife:Alyx''' was announced.
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* KillerApp: ''Half-Life 2'' was this for Steam back in the day. By all accounts, ''Half-Life: Alyx'' is meant to be this for the Valve ''Index'' headset (any owner of an Index gets a copy of ''Alyx'' for free), as well as for VR in general.
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* KillerApp: ''Half-Life 2'' was this for Steam back in the day. By all accounts, ''Half-Life: Alyx'' is meant to be this for the Valve ''Index'' headset (any owner of an Index ''Index'' gets a copy of ''Alyx'' for free), as well as for VR in general.
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* KillerApp: Half-Life 2 was this for Steam, back in the day. By all accounts, Half-Life Alyx is meant to be this for the Valve Index (any owner of an Index gets a copy of Alyx for ''free''), as well as VR in general.
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* KillerApp: Half-Life 2 ''Half-Life 2'' was this for Steam, Steam back in the day. By all accounts, Half-Life Alyx ''Half-Life: Alyx'' is meant to be this for the Valve Index ''Index'' headset (any owner of an Index gets a copy of Alyx ''Alyx'' for ''free''), free), as well as for VR in general.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Global Offensive'', ''VideoGame/Dota2'', and [[{{UsefulNotes/Steam}} Steam software]] get repeated announcements of big updates and new content, to the exclusion of almost all of their other properties.
* ApprovalOfGod: Valve has showcased various fan works for their games, such as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series.
* BreakthroughHit: ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' for FPS and ''VideoGame/Portal1'' for Puzzle genres respectively.
* FanNickname:
** "Volvo", whenever they're perceived to be not doing their job well, as in "volvo pl0x" or "ded gaem, volvo disband". This nickname rose in prominence [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/diretide when DOTA 2's Diretide 2012 event was canceled]], to the point where Volvo Cars even rolled with the discussion and made a couple of shout-outs to Valve on its social media pages.
** "American {{Creator/Konami}}" by some disillusioned Valve fans after they basically stopped making single-player games, key developers leaving, today's Valve more affixed to LootBox, and as a cherry on top, the ''VideoGame/{{Artifact}}'' announcement.
* HeAlsoDid: John Patrick Lowrie ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sniper]]) is also a novelist, Creator/EllenMcLain ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Administrator]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combine Overwatch]], and [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} GLaDOS]]) sings opera [[spoiler:(although those who have completed ''Portal 2'''s single player story mode already know this quite well)]], Hugh Dillon ([[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Nick]]) is a rock singer, and Jim French ([[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Father Grigori]], [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Bill]], [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Elder Titan]]) is a radio personality. Composer Mike Morasky did special effects on the second two ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' movies and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy.
* KillerApp: Half-Life 2 was this for Steam, back in the day. By all accounts, Half-Life Alyx is meant to be this for the Valve Index (any owner of an Index gets a copy of Alyx for ''free''), as well as VR in general.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: But without reading the credits or being told, you probably won't guess they're the same people. Creator/EllenMcLain is particularly ubiquitous; her voice is in every game in the Orange Box, the other ''Half-Life 2'' games, ''Portal 2'', ''Left 4 Dead 2'', and ''Dota 2''.
* PromotedFanboy: Several employees at Valve were people who made mods for the Source games. ''VideoGame/MINERVAMetastasis'', for example, was a one-man project whose creator was later hired by Valve.
* TheRedStapler: [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Ellis']] trucker cap (and subsequently, the RED Team version of it, once it was released as a ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' item) and "Bull Shifters" t-shirt, [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Chell's]] tank top, an [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science]] shower curtain (doubles as a MythologyGag, because they started off manufacturing shower curtains to the military), [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Mann Co. Cap]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Soldier's]] Grenadier's Softcap.
* ScheduleSlip: Their release date delays are so infamous that their fandom has coined the term [[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time 'Valve Time']] to refer to their ability to single-handedly dilate time around themselves. This is probably mostly thanks to Valve's loose internal corporate structure, where no-one has a single, set-in-stone role to play in the company. They claim it is due to their attempts to produce high-quality games that are fun, and the developer commentary often mentions features that were not fun that had to be discarded, which certainly consumes time.
* TeasingCreator: Valve hasn't yet given a definite answer concerning Pyro's gender or the release of the next installment of ''Half Life''.
* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: They're pretty tight-lipped about the work that goes on behind the scenes, even if it's been aborted, but Gabe revealed that [[http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/08/26/valve-were-making-a-fairy-rpg-before-left-4-dead/ they had been working on an RPG about fairies]] at one point before they decided that it was going nowhere.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Valve has showcased various fan works for their games, such as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series.
* BreakthroughHit: ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' for FPS and ''VideoGame/Portal1'' for Puzzle genres respectively.
* FanNickname:
** "Volvo", whenever they're perceived to be not doing their job well, as in "volvo pl0x" or "ded gaem, volvo disband". This nickname rose in prominence [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/diretide when DOTA 2's Diretide 2012 event was canceled]], to the point where Volvo Cars even rolled with the discussion and made a couple of shout-outs to Valve on its social media pages.
** "American {{Creator/Konami}}" by some disillusioned Valve fans after they basically stopped making single-player games, key developers leaving, today's Valve more affixed to LootBox, and as a cherry on top, the ''VideoGame/{{Artifact}}'' announcement.
* HeAlsoDid: John Patrick Lowrie ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sniper]]) is also a novelist, Creator/EllenMcLain ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Administrator]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combine Overwatch]], and [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} GLaDOS]]) sings opera [[spoiler:(although those who have completed ''Portal 2'''s single player story mode already know this quite well)]], Hugh Dillon ([[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Nick]]) is a rock singer, and Jim French ([[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Father Grigori]], [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Bill]], [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Elder Titan]]) is a radio personality. Composer Mike Morasky did special effects on the second two ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' movies and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy.
* KillerApp: Half-Life 2 was this for Steam, back in the day. By all accounts, Half-Life Alyx is meant to be this for the Valve Index (any owner of an Index gets a copy of Alyx for ''free''), as well as VR in general.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: But without reading the credits or being told, you probably won't guess they're the same people. Creator/EllenMcLain is particularly ubiquitous; her voice is in every game in the Orange Box, the other ''Half-Life 2'' games, ''Portal 2'', ''Left 4 Dead 2'', and ''Dota 2''.
* PromotedFanboy: Several employees at Valve were people who made mods for the Source games. ''VideoGame/MINERVAMetastasis'', for example, was a one-man project whose creator was later hired by Valve.
* TheRedStapler: [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Ellis']] trucker cap (and subsequently, the RED Team version of it, once it was released as a ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' item) and "Bull Shifters" t-shirt, [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Chell's]] tank top, an [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science]] shower curtain (doubles as a MythologyGag, because they started off manufacturing shower curtains to the military), [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Mann Co. Cap]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Soldier's]] Grenadier's Softcap.
* ScheduleSlip: Their release date delays are so infamous that their fandom has coined the term [[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time 'Valve Time']] to refer to their ability to single-handedly dilate time around themselves. This is probably mostly thanks to Valve's loose internal corporate structure, where no-one has a single, set-in-stone role to play in the company. They claim it is due to their attempts to produce high-quality games that are fun, and the developer commentary often mentions features that were not fun that had to be discarded, which certainly consumes time.
* TeasingCreator: Valve hasn't yet given a definite answer concerning Pyro's gender or the release of the next installment of ''Half Life''.
* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: They're pretty tight-lipped about the work that goes on behind the scenes, even if it's been aborted, but Gabe revealed that [[http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/08/26/valve-were-making-a-fairy-rpg-before-left-4-dead/ they had been working on an RPG about fairies]] at one point before they decided that it was going nowhere.
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