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[Caffeine]

According to local news station KIRO 7, 32-year-old Shawn Shaputis already had six warrants out for his arrest when Valve brought burglary charges against him in September. He has since been captured on camera selling stolen games at a GameStop.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...nto-valve-steals-USD40-000-of-equipment-games

is this why steam was down?
How much do you think gamestop gave him?

 

[alienator]

so much easier to just wait for a steam sale

 

[Fermbiz]

Im having flash backs of HL2 leak...

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Was HL3 in there? It has to be, right?

 

[Caffeine]

Was HL3 in there? It has to be, right?

He was probably after that HL3 alpha dump

 

[Whitesnake]

I know he's innocent because Valve doesn't have any games to steal.

 

[Infinite_Daremo]

Was HL3 in there? It has to be, right?

Full source code dump of the entire dev work so far. A file name hl3.exe when launched displays hello world and then terminates.

 

[Spukc]

Insert half life 3 joke.exe

 

[royox]

Was HL3 in there? It has to be, right?

Imagine it was and they now have to start over because that guy stole the most important stuff.

 

[Kittehkraken]

Police say Shaputis is the same suspect who stole a FedEx truck in July and was caught, just one week after being arrested for a different string of burglaries.

People like this should not be walking the streets. Lock em up and throw away the key.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Now I know why jshackles wasn't around here these past couple of days

 

[stranno]

Man breaks into Valve trying to find HL3 plans..

 

[Birdo]

He has since been captured on camera selling stolen games at a GameStop.

Counter Terrorists Win.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Woulda liked to see that action unfold - I was literally across the street yesterday.

 

[newtypepilot]

plot twist: he just wants those rare cs:go skins

 

[keraj37]

Full source code dump of the entire dev work so far. A file name hl3.exe when launched displays hello world and then terminates.

Dont' ask how, but I have access to source files:

// hl3.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
//

#include "pch.h"
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
}

 

[jshackles]

Now I know why jshackles wasn't around here these past couple of days

Shhhhh!

Spoiler

Seriously though, I've been moving the past week it's been crazy

 

[zeorhymer]

How much do you think gamestop gave him?

Probably 10 bucks.

 

[Rya.Reisender]

You can steal digital games?

 

[Stuart360]

It was actually about $28k worth of stuff, after the 30% Steam tax.

 

[888]

One doesn’t simply steal from Lord Gaben.

Thou shall be punished and will never get to play Half Life 3.

 

[The_Mike]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...nto-valve-steals-USD40-000-of-equipment-games

is this why steam was down?
How much do you think gamestop gave him?

 

[CyberPanda]

Gabe Newell is gonna eat him now.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Shhhhh!

Spoiler

Seriously though, I've been moving the past week it's been crazy

Moving is super tough, man. I hope it ends sooner than later!

 

[Infinite_Daremo]

It was actually about $28k worth of stuff, after the 30% Steam tax.

If he robbed epic he would have been better off then.

 

[Bigfroth]

How many of Gabe's knives were taken?

 

[Omali]

"He has since been captured on camera selling stolen games at a GameStop. "

If you're going to steal $40 grand worth of games, you could at least fence it to a place that'll give you more than $20 for the lot.

 

[Harlock]

40k of hardware should be almost 2 Macs.

 

[Shifty]

Dont' ask how, but I have access to source files:

// hl3.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
//

#include "pch.h"
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
}

 

[AlteredForms]

Probably a disgruntled indie developer who wanted to take 40% out of Valve's ass instead.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

I hope they lock up him for good! He deserves to spend the rest of his Half-Life behind bars

 

[eot]

Man breaks into Valve trying to find HL3 plans..

C-4

 

[DeepEnigma]

What games?

 

[Starlight Lotice]

CEX would offer him £400 fotlr the lot and would ask for his name, address and age. (70% of goods there is stolen)

 

[brap]

He was probably after that HL3 alpha dump

Keyword being dump

 

[highrider]

Hey you have a few and break in to a software company, we’ve all been there.

 

[Vawn]

I hope it was a developer. Valve has been stealing from them for years.

 

[digital_ghost]

Somethings going on with the head of Valves security department.

 

[Fbh]

Did the police come or are they also Epic games store exclusive?

 

[Caffeine]

Man stole $40,000 of games and equipment from Valve, police say

The 32-year-old broke into Valve’s Bellevue office and took, among other things, Gabe Newell’s mini gun

www.polygon.com

He sold 43 games to GameStop for a total of $336, according to police

 

[Deleted member 738976]

43 games to GameStop for a total of $336

and they say this guy is the criminal?

I mean good lord even if all the games were priced at $30-40 you could still make around a thousand or so.

Always sell online unless you like getting fucked in the ass by Gamestop.

 

[Mochilador]

Holy shit, some amazing responses in this thread .

 

[DeepEnigma]

and they say this guy is the criminal?

 

[Barakov]

Man stole $40,000 of games and equipment from Valve, police say

The 32-year-old broke into Valve’s Bellevue office and took, among other things, Gabe Newell’s mini gun

www.polygon.com

He sold 43 games to GameStop for a total of $336, according to police

All that effort just to sell it to Gamestop? He'd be better off selling it on Ebay. If he did it right he could've made more than $40,000.

 

[DeepEnigma]

All that effort just to sell it to Gamestop? He'd be better off selling it on Ebay. If he did it right he could've made more than $40,000.

Wanted to flip it that low and quick, probably needed a fix.

 

[DonJimbo]

Have the Thiefs found something HL3 related ?
Maybe a disc or documentary ?

 

[Helios]

I found the guy's mugshot

Spoiler

 

[CyberPanda]

I found the guy's mugshot

Spoiler

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

Shocked that Valve has such poor physical security. I get the feeling that they really don't care about much.

 

[scalman]

Good man... I mean bad bad man