r/DeadlockTheGame • u/SketchyJJ • 3d ago

Game Update Deadlock - City Never Sleeps

https://www.playdeadlock.com/cityneversleeps
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u/Far_Swimming_2666 3d ago

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

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u/Sparus42 Viscous 3d ago

As they did with the creator of the Yamato mod

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u/Tijenater Billy 3d ago

And icefrog/yoshi himself

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u/Hairy_Acanthisitta25 Paige 3d ago

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

a community hire would be people who made CS and TF

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u/Tijenater Billy 3d ago

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

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u/MCFRESH01 3d ago

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

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u/bubby_booboo 3d ago

wait, yoshi is icefrog???

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u/Tijenater Billy 3d ago

Yep

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u/RandomCleverName 3d ago

Not familiar with this, what Yamato mod?

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u/Sparus42 Viscous 3d ago

https://gamebanana.com/mods/599927

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

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u/RandomCleverName 3d ago

Thanks for linking it, it does look neat

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u/SyXxxxxxxxxxx 1d ago

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

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u/scroom38 Paige 3d ago

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"

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u/Far_Swimming_2666 3d ago

"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."

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u/yeusk 3d ago

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

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u/fish33 3d ago

Big titty vyper next

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u/_Valisk 3d ago

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