I thought it was $9.99/mo. What the hell are they charging for it?

Seals for attendance/enrollment? I thought these were the people who were against so called "participation trophies". Guess we need to make sure they're ready to come to the office every day so we can waste people's time and money instead of offering remote work.

(waist) line must go up!

It's okay because we forced them to die out somewhere that we can't see them.

/s just in case

From my understanding users of the beta can then invite others to join as well, Valve isn't necessarily directly choosing who has access. So if Valve didn't send the invite themselves they wouldn't know to specifically put someone under a more strict NDA or whatnot because they're a journalist. Could they have done more to restrict all users from sharing information? Yes, since apparently you just have to hit escape to bypass the agreement pop up, and there's no other sort of NDA or contract or w/e in place upon joining.

I'm just speculating, but I think they chose not to do that so people could openly get their friends playing with them instead of going through waves of sign ups and hoping to get in together, or otherwise risk people losing interest when they can only play with randos. I could also see a line of thinking where you assume people want to talk about the game, so let them bring others in to play with them and that gives them someone to talk to about it too instead of just spilling the beans for randos on the internet.

Just for that I'm gonna upvote you even harder

Branding is one helluva drug

Should've put springs on the other side so it would bounce back to you after you flipped it over

(yes I'm aware this would be dangerous)

Finally I can be nocturnal and not be judged for it

What's weird to me though, is if they were just overloaded at the time, wouldn't it make a lot more sense to just say that and sound like you're super popular and in demand, than to make up some fake attack? I guess persecution complex beats ego stroking.

quicklime

I read that as QuickTime and thought damn, I gotta download QuickTime even to make fuckin Doritos?

without causing harm to animals

• Humans are animals
• Growing me-steak and eating it causes psychic damage
• Therefore, an animal was harmed