Fool´s Gold
Update: After one crazy night of theories, guesswork and IP tracing, we finally gotten to the bottom of this mess. In a twist of hilarity, it seems that Gabe Newell´s account password was set to ´gaben´. Person x guessed this and made the " going gold on Monday" post which we´ve heard so much about. The user ( who we believe is the person x) then made this post just minutes ago using Gabe´s account:

Maybe he shouldn´t have used ´gaben´ for his password. Come on Gabe, you could of thought of something better than that

After a quick double-check, it seems that this was exactly what happened. Reminds me of the good old days.

Original Post
After a close scrutiny of Gabe Newell’s account history on the forums, we´ve come to the conclusion that the gold post is a fake. While we can´t be 100% certain at this stage, all indicators point towards someone hacking the forum account. That said, all Gabe´s previous posts on these forums are quite legitimate.

We apologize for the confusion and will be investigating further. Theoretically, an IPB forum account should be very difficult to hack. Well, that was the theory at least. We´ll keep you updated.
[ Aug 28 2004, 04:34 AM | Posted by Mr Bond | 26 Comments ]

Ca me fait hurler de rire

Apparament tout le monde sen fout
C´est sur la page daccueil de hl2fallout

Post dun modero du site

Pas besoin d´être hacker pour pirater le compte de Gabe Newell, le mot de passe du compte était tout simplement " gaben"...

< c´st ca qui me fait hurler de rire...

Enfin malheuresement le mec qua poster est derriere un proxy ils lont pas localisé

je vois vraiment pas ce qui y a de drole,au contraire je trouve sa affligeant!

La tete de gabe quand il va se levr ce matin...

A mon avis, personne n´a hacké le compte de Gabe. Je pense plutot qu´il c planté et que valve essaye de rectifier le tire.

Non ce n´est pas une erreur de Newell:
http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132230

Faut dire qu´avec un pass pareil...

C´est vraiment un gros con...