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A dim-witted person, slow on the uptake and incapable of joined-up thinking. From thermionic emission valves which take forever to function normally and even when they do they are incapable of the high speed switching operations of micro-electronics. A classic moron.
Nominated for the "Valve of the Year" Award are: Peter Griffin for his work in Family Guy, Homer Simpson for his leading role in The Simpsons and Boris Johnson; Mayor of London... And the winner is... Boris Johnson.
The video game developer behind the following IPs: Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, in addition to several entertaining Source games. One of the few companies that hasn't lost its soul over the years and hasn't (significantly) declined in quality. That isn't to say they haven't done a few rather unpopular things, but at the same time we can't help but love them.
So earlier today; a friend of mine was bitching about Steam being required for this game he bought, how TF2 has been a failure since it went F2P, and how frustrated he was that CS:GO and DOTA 2 were being developed while there was still no word on Episode 3/Half-Life 3. Then he started playing his new copy of Portal 2, and said "I love you Valve. Will you marry me, Gabe Newell?"
the act of attempting to grandstand another when not all appropriate for the situation.
me: check out these tomatoes i grew organically in my backyard. you: hah.. that's nothing. the other day this bobcat tried to attack me and my family so i hopped in my mustang fastback and raced him in a quarter mile. let's just say he won't be messing with me anytime soon. man, did i ever tell you about the time angelina jolie took a shit at my house? me: dude, why are you valving me?
Portal,Half life, Team Fortress, Portal 2, Half Life 2 TF2, Half life episode 1, Half life episode 2. Valve can't count higher then 2
A game company that doesn't know how to count to 3
So theres tf2 left for dead 2 half life 2 but no fucking half life 3 goddamnit valve