The company behind Steam, Valve, is known for hardly communicating openly with fans. But one does: An engineer, Fletcher Dunn, says of himself that he is the only one dumb enough to post on Twitter. Valve fans are bombarding him with questions about Counter-Strike 2 or Deadlock.
This is the situation at Valve: The company behind Steam, Valve, is notoriously tight-lipped about its own games. “When is Half-Life 3 finally coming out?” is probably the most famous meme in gaming.
In the new MOBA shooter Deadlock, they took the secrecy so far that they didn’t even talk about the game, even though practically an Open Beta was already running, but one had to be invited by someone who was already playing it.
Everyone is silent at Valve, except for engineer Fletcher Dunn. The unsung hero of Valve has now been the subject of a dedicated article by PCGamer.
Engineer posts small info about Counter-Strike 2 – Everyone is bombarding him
How is he being pressured? When Dunn shows his head on Twitter, questions and insults rain down on him, as PC Gamer knows.
On October 2, Dunn tweeted, “I have new network stuff that will go live in Counter-Strike soon.” The modest tweet was viewed 343,627 times and received over 195 comments:
- “COME ON! Finally, someone speaks who works on or with Counter-Strike 2. Great to see that!”
- “Buddy, thank you! We just want someone to talk to us. I’m happy to hear you’re working on something.”
- “Thanks to you, Fletcher, for at least giving us some info. Can’t Valve hire some PR type?”
But a lot of bottled-up frustration is also coming down on him:
- “Fix the game, you overpaid idiots!”
- “Hey, you fool, fix the subtick, you jerk!”
You have broken the Counter-Strike 2 network packets for no reason, and now I have a 2-second lag only in Counter-Strike!
What does the man do at Valve? Fletcher Dunn appears to be working equally on Counter-Strike 2 and on Deadlock and seems to have his fingers in various technical aspects of the projects.
On the side, he also seems to be the frontman of the company on Twitter now.
In response to fan suggestions that he is surely the most valuable man in the company, he replies, “No, I’m just the only one dumb enough to use Twitter.”
The big frontman of Valve is actually Gabe Newell. Whenever something good happens to Steam users, he gets the credit for it. He acts like the Santa Claus of Valve and brings the gifts: A gamer needed exactly 1 point on Steam, and an anonymous hero from Valve came to his aid
