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The explanation of every leak from today, April 22 2020.
The reason that this leak happened is because one of Tyler's longtime associates was recently removed from Lever Softworks due to problematic behavior including racism, homophobia and transphobia. (1/14)
The reason that this leak happened is because one of Tyler's longtime associates was recently removed from Lever Softworks due to problematic behavior including racism, homophobia and transphobia. (1/14)
This source was a regular of the the "Valve Cut Content" Discord community. This place is notoriously toxic, with this leaker being no exception. This person and I have never gotten along. This entire fiasco is simply retaliation for being removed from Lever Softworks... (2/14)
...just yesterday(!). Lever Softworks was formerly Tyler's game development group for Valve "beta" recreations, but in the last year or so has become more independent. The main project from Lever is a recreation of Valve's cancelled F-STOP concept. I've been an... (3/14)
...on-again-off-again member of Lever for the last 4 years or so, and I'm very familiar with this associate and their behavior.
What follows will be an explanation of every individual item contained within this leak. (4/14)
What follows will be an explanation of every individual item contained within this leak. (4/14)
1. What are these source codes?
The source code present in the leak was given to many people in May 2018 by a mentally unstable source who wanted to cause damage to Valve. The CS:GO code is from May 2017, while the TF2 code is from November 2017. While Tyler never had... (5/14)
The source code present in the leak was given to many people in May 2018 by a mentally unstable source who wanted to cause damage to Valve. The CS:GO code is from May 2017, while the TF2 code is from November 2017. While Tyler never had... (5/14)
...direct access to the code, many of his associates had access and datamined it for the purpose of providing interesting information and trivia. (6/14)
2. What are the chatlogs?
The chatlogs, with "Cephalon" and "YSU Calc II" are not related to the source code leak. In late 2016 Tyler was contacted by an unconfirmed source calling themself "Cephalon". The chatlog between Tyler and Cephalon was shared with several... (7/14)
The chatlogs, with "Cephalon" and "YSU Calc II" are not related to the source code leak. In late 2016 Tyler was contacted by an unconfirmed source calling themself "Cephalon". The chatlog between Tyler and Cephalon was shared with several... (7/14)
...close friends, including the one who is responsible for this leak. The "YSU Calc II" Discord group was the place where all this information was shared and discussed for the better part of 2 years. (8/14)
3. What is this "F-STOP" build?
The build of "F-STOP" is Lever Softworks' attempt at recreating Valve's cancelled project of the same name. It's very unfinished, with few maps and unfinished assets. None of it is in any way official or from Valve. Since the leaker was... (9/14)
The build of "F-STOP" is Lever Softworks' attempt at recreating Valve's cancelled project of the same name. It's very unfinished, with few maps and unfinished assets. None of it is in any way official or from Valve. Since the leaker was... (9/14)
...in the Lever Softworks group, and was removed just yesterday for the aforementioned problematic behavior, their username and work is all over the build. (10/14)
4. "Valve VSS Images"?
This was something that I personally recieved from a Valve employee in 2018 while I was attempting to get the Gunman Chronicles source files. The images were sent to me so I could identify any folders that could be related to the game. (11/14)
This was something that I personally recieved from a Valve employee in 2018 while I was attempting to get the Gunman Chronicles source files. The images were sent to me so I could identify any folders that could be related to the game. (11/14)
Unfortunately, nothing of the sort existed. These images were also shared with close friends, including Tyler and this leaker. (12/14)
5. How does this effect Tyler?
It shouldn't do anything, really. Tyler is in contact with Valve and their legal team. They are aware of the situation and will be handling it WITH Tyler's assistance. (13/14)
It shouldn't do anything, really. Tyler is in contact with Valve and their legal team. They are aware of the situation and will be handling it WITH Tyler's assistance. (13/14)
6. How will this effect Valve game communities?
There might be an increase in RCE's in TF2. Otherwise I'm not really an authority on it. It will almost certainly damage Valve's relationship with the Source Engine modding community. Beyond all of that, it's hard to say. (14/14)
There might be an increase in RCE's in TF2. Otherwise I'm not really an authority on it. It will almost certainly damage Valve's relationship with the Source Engine modding community. Beyond all of that, it's hard to say. (14/14)
Thread over. Hope my explanations shed some light on all this.
