Fragmaster, site master of PlanetHalfLife, former GameSpy employee, and former contractor for Prima's 'Half-Life 2: Behind the Scenes' book, has quit PlanetHalfLife and has written a scathing and highly suggestive goodbye letter to the community. Cliffs: Valve is fucked, Gabe Newell is the cause, HL2 was never ready, E3 demo was a farce, etc.
Predictably, Fragmaster's post is riddled with bridge burning and clearly the stuff tantrums are made of, but if you read between the lines, there is a lot of insightful and qualified info to be found. Thumbslut is Gabe Newell.
http://www.forumplanet.com/planethalflife/topic.asp?fid=6549&tid=1352802