Gabe Newell finally flew to to Brisbane, Australia to meet Left 4 Dead modder and mapper Joe W-A.

Gabe Newell taunted Joe W-A he would check out his mod-in-progress should he rose the funds to pay the airplane ticket.
Joe manged to rally the Internet community and raise in only 48 hours over 3000$. ( http://flygabenewell.blogspot.com/ )

An 18 minutes long video of the meeting can be seen here.

Aussie mod hero meets Valve’s Gabe Newell