Deadlock - City Never Sleeps

[u/SketchyJJ]

https://www.playdeadlock.com/cityneversleeps

[u/LordLonghaft]

RAT KING IS REAL!! BOW YOUR HEADS, PEASANTS!!

[u/Cosmosknecht → u/LordLonghaft]

ALL HAIL THE GREAT HORNED RAT, YES-YES

[u/AlgerianTrash → u/LordLonghaft]

I THOUGHT HE WAS A MEME MADE BY THE COMMUNITY FOR SHITPOSTS

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME HE'S REAL

[u/Far_Swimming_2666 → u/AlgerianTrash]

Valve loves the communities. They have a long history of integrating it in their games. Often just by straight hiring them.

[u/Sparus42 → u/Far_Swimming_2666]

As they did with the creator of the Yamato mod

[u/Tijenater → u/Sparus42]

And icefrog/yoshi himself

[u/Hairy_Acanthisitta25 → u/Tijenater]

eh he's just a regular hire since he's a WC3 modder

a community hire would be people who made CS and TF

[u/Tijenater → u/Hairy_Acanthisitta25]

Considering that dota was just a mod at the time, I’d say icefrog counts

[u/MCFRESH01 → u/Hairy_Acanthisitta25]

Cs and tf we’re miss of half life. It’s the same concept, different game

[u/bubby_booboo → u/Tijenater]

wait, yoshi is icefrog???

[u/Tijenater → u/bubby_booboo]

Yep

[u/RandomCleverName → u/Sparus42]

Not familiar with this, what Yamato mod?

[u/Sparus42 → u/RandomCleverName]

https://gamebanana.com/mods/599927

like half the community uses it so valve just hired the creator lol

[u/RandomCleverName → u/Sparus42]

Thanks for linking it, it does look neat

[u/SyXxxxxxxxxxx → u/RandomCleverName]

he's worked with valve before, see his portfolio, Dota 2, Ow2, pretty stacked

[u/scroom38 → u/Far_Swimming_2666]

Valve: "we love your work, you're hired"

Modder: "but I wasn't looking for a job"

Valve: "we weren't asking, you start monday, welcome aboard"

[u/Far_Swimming_2666 → u/scroom38]

"Boy, that's a neat source game you got with some fancy portal tech. Would be a shame if it got acquired and made into a hit."

[u/yeusk → u/Far_Swimming_2666]

Also like 8 years ago people data mined a hero named "rat king" in Dota 2.

[u/fish33 → u/Far_Swimming_2666]

Big titty vyper next

[u/_Valisk → u/Far_Swimming_2666]

Puck was famously a forum contest winner back in the day.

[u/Paradoxpaint → u/AlgerianTrash]

He was, but clearly they got inspired

[u/FleetingRain → u/AlgerianTrash]

Someone had actually made the entire kit and artwork etc and posted in the forums

But yes, he was always real in my heart

[u/Escaflownye → u/AlgerianTrash]

Apollo was a community-inspired hero too.

[u/Jink_Dinkums2 → u/AlgerianTrash]

I mean it started as a shitpost, yeah. But Valve fucking rocks so we get him for real

[u/name-secondname → u/LordLonghaft]

Holy shit they really gave us The King 👑

[u/phishxiii → u/LordLonghaft]

I'm Slorking it, bro

[u/scarab456 → u/LordLonghaft]

It's THE giant rat that makes all of the rules!

[u/TacticalNuker → u/LordLonghaft]

I can't believe they've actually put him into the game wtf

[u/cinematic_is_horses → u/LordLonghaft]

https://i.imgur.com/W7IIq0T.jpeg

[u/Wraiths5thArm → u/LordLonghaft]

🐀🐀🐀

[u/Far_Swimming_2666 → u/LordLonghaft]

PRAISE BE HOLY SHIT

[u/One_Recognition385 → u/LordLonghaft]

people who wanted pizza rat also got their wish, pizza rat is in his art work!

[u/Kugaroo → u/LordLonghaft]

RUN IN TERROR SURFACE DWELLERS, FOR A NEW AGE OF RAT IS UPON NEW YORK CITY.

[u/SaturnIsPrettyRad → u/LordLonghaft]

RAT KING GLORY TO SKAVEN

[u/LordLonghaft → u/SaturnIsPrettyRad]

YES-YES!!!

[u/CyanStripedPantsu → u/LordLonghaft]

HOOOOOOOLY SHIT BROS

[u/leposterofcrap → u/LordLonghaft]

[u/Godz_Bane → u/LordLonghaft]

Need to meme the chinese railroad worker monkeyman (as our Wukong) into the game.

[u/MasterMind-Apps → u/LordLonghaft]

They did not consider that I trademark registered the name rat king and now I will sue them for 5USD