Err, I’d pick my examples more carefully if I were you Jambo, if I’m not mistaken that was the original name for it and it was us proper-English speakers who changed it to make it more consistent with other element names.
I just did a search for ‘Valve are’ on the forums and turned up eight hits (and not of some acceptable form like ‘the employees at Valve are’). If I picked some other names of organisations, companies and groups I bet there would be dozens and dozens. And yet I can’t find an example of you quibbling this anywhere else, so I think you’re lying there.
I’ll admit that it’s not perfect English but I must also admit I’m a bit ticked off at you making a big thing about it in this casual chat thread that’s riddled with memes, colloquialisms and other English failures. Especially since your crusade seems to have missed every other person who’s ever done it, which is most of us here.
