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Elan Ruskin on X: "My condolences to anyone who wastes time playing prerelease versions of P2 or L4D2. Listen, every good idea we had went into the final thing we shipped, and anything not in the final version was not a good idea."

@despair
Elan Ruskin
@despair
My condolences to anyone who wastes time playing prerelease versions of P2 or L4D2. Listen, every good idea we had went into the final thing we shipped, and anything not in the final version was not a good idea.
@AestheticGamer1
AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem
@AestheticGamer1
Aug 30
Replying to @AestheticGamer1
(2/2) This includes beta builds of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Counter-Strike, third party games like Sonic 4, ton of indie games, etc. It's very recent, over a dozen terabytes in size, a lot to sort through, & this whole situation is going to probably get really messy very quickly
3:48 AM · Aug 30, 2026220.9KViews
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  • @despair
    Elan Ruskin
    @despair
    My condolences to anyone who wastes time playing prerelease versions of P2 or L4D2. Listen, every good idea we had went into the final thing we shipped, and anything not in the final version was not a good idea.
    @AestheticGamer1
    AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem
    @AestheticGamer1
    Aug 30
    Replying to @AestheticGamer1
    (2/2) This includes beta builds of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Counter-Strike, third party games like Sonic 4, ton of indie games, etc. It's very recent, over a dozen terabytes in size, a lot to sort through, & this whole situation is going to probably get really messy very quickly
    3:48 AM · Aug 30, 2026220.9KViews
    105
  • @OddsomeOddy
    OddsomeOddy
    @OddsomeOddy
    Aug 30
    Maybe just worded poorly, but I feel as a developer you should know best that people taking their favorite games apart, especially when its early/scrapped builds, is anything but wasting their time. If anything this is a testament for people's passion This tweet misses the point
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  • @Luxzhv
    Willow the Sinner
    @Luxzhv
    Aug 30
    Cut content is new content. Valve fans are starving rabid animals, and biting though bone to get rotten marrow is some lengths some go to.
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  • @Mikemaximum
    Mikemaximum
    @Mikemaximum
    Aug 30
    Yeah some ideas aren't good, but you're not really wasting your time by playing these prerelease versions. You can see in real-time why these ideas never made it to the final game. Like the bullet time in Portal 2, after playing that build you can see why they scrapped it.
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