Valve used to be the 'Good Guy' of game developers. From their outstanding hits in Half-Life, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Left 4 Dead and so on, they have dominated the PC market and revolutionized gaming. But somewhere along the way they had a fall from grace. They stopped selling games and started selling hats. Gambling, lawsuits, illegal activities, after 2011 Valve was getting involved in all kinds of shady stuff. And it's time I filled you in on the Rise and Fall of Valve. SUPPORT the Channel ► https://www.patreon.com/TheActMan This video Partly Edited by WiseFish ➤ https://bit.ly/3eSWRhm The Dota Workshop and it's Ecosystem are Dying: https://bit.ly/3tiPLIY ___TIME STAMPS___ Introduction – 0:00 Rise of Valve – 2:06 Workplace Environment – 7:30 Game Releases, Delays, Failed Projects – 14:58 Steam Controversies, Anti-Consumer – 21:42 Exploiting Your Audience – 26:43 Gambling, Loot Boxes and Skin-Betting – 29:48 Selling Mods & Quality Control – 32:33 Artifact Failure – 34:31 Conclusion – 37:21 ✪ CONNECT WITH ME ✪ Subscribe ↪ null Twitter ➤ https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT Act Man TV ➤ http://bit.ly/2kPXk7f Discord ➤ https://discord.gg/yBABtkh Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/theactman_yt/ Xbox Live Gamertag ➤ The Act Man