RAGE NEWS!!!1
RAGE NEWS, if we’re out of control we just let it out.
I didn’t want to post this until I get a response, but after almost 3 months I still didn’t get a thing.
Here you go:
By the way, I know Valve is reading this website, so basically any contact would be great.
You can PM me on Steam Forums, my user name is strandedPL.
I don’t bite.
It seems that if you bought F.E.A.R. 2 in retail today or few days earlier you can’t play it because Steam says it’s “Not available in your region.”. Of course that’s the problem for Europeans, the game was released in few stores around Europe earlier.
Seriously, that’s a major problem here.

(pics by danidomen)
Read more on Steam Forums: here and here
F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin Steam Forums: click
So right now it looks as if Valve is trying to close the one of the communication channels, which they just cannot control.
Currently the mailing list is accessible to everyone subscribed to it and sending a mail to one address easily starts any discussions about specific topic. Well, the fundamental rules of the mailing lists are: free speech and obedience of the netiquette. I don’t remember if there was any trolling or flaming on discussion lists – frankly speaking the people subscribed to the list represent higher intellectual level than most of the forum users. Not to mention that some people just don’t even know what the mailing list is, I guess that was just keeping specific users from getting into the mailing lists ;)
But as we’ve already seen on Steam forums, Valve is really eager to censor everything. We will see if people from mailing lists are going to be so active on the forums and see the responses of the forum trolls. I hope the new forum sections will not suffer from too zealous moderators.
Quote:
We will be shutting down the HLDS mailing lists on Friday, February 20th. After February 20th, all server discussions should take place in one of the forums listed below. Windows server discussion should be conducted here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=44 (Source) http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16 (Gldsrc) Linux server discussion should be conducted here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=45 (Source) http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19 (Gldsrc) If you have not already done so, please register a forum account<http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/register.php> .. NOTE: The mailing list archives will still be available for viewing. -Burton Johnsey Valve Software
Source: link
And if you’re on their mailing list you can check it yourself.
Doug Lombardi is a VP of Marketing for Valve (from valvesoftware.com):
After years in the music industry, Doug decided to get a real job. Then he came to his senses and made the decision to get into the gaming industry instead. During his time in gaming, he has worked on the launch of websites, magazines, and games. As VP of Marketing at Valve, he helps manage and coordinate third-party relations, marketing and press activities.
Here is what he said few months back:
I think that’s what gets in the way of [retail publishing], and with Steam there’s no disc to burn, so you save that money. There’s no box to make, so you save that money, and your shipping is done over the wire which is a lot cheaper than putting stuff on trucks.
Found in here.
You can e-mail mister Lombardi at lombardi@valvesoftware.com