Left 4 Dead 2 - now $6.80 on Steam! [Archive] - Page 4

Schwaltzvald

01-20-2010, 01:27 PM

I would punch you in the mouth.

:lol:

Seriously though every time I pass by it at the store, first would come the voice of desire, demanding I get L4D2, then suddenly another one I've dubbed "Practicality" with its sidekicks "Apathy" and "Cheapy the Cheapskate" pretty much reminding me that not even the "PC Game" discount all PC gamers usually get compared to console enthusiasts isn't enough to get me to drop $50 for what, imo, should have been an add-on/mod/expansion pak rather than a separate title.

I still remember you Opposing Forces and Half-Life: Blue Shift...

Native Jovian

01-20-2010, 05:24 PM

I still remember you Opposing Forces and Half-Life: Blue Shift...
Those games were awesome.

Carry on in this thread.

The Damned

01-20-2010, 07:48 PM

... pretty much reminding me that not even the "PC Game" discount all PC gamers usually get compared to console enthusiasts isn't enough to get me to drop $50 for what, imo, should have been an add-on/mod/expansion pak rather than a separate title.

What? Seriously? That same shit? Even the biggest boycotters gave up on that line of thinking months ago. I can't think of one site or forum that still has anyone saying that. Even the GameFAQs boards stopped that a long time ago.

As for the price... Steam likes to put the game on sale randomly, so just look out for it, you might get anywhere from ten to fifteen bucks off.

linkspast

01-20-2010, 09:02 PM

what he said. There were a lot of us that got on the four pack which was like 33 suds each..

The Damned

01-21-2010, 05:01 PM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=xs_gb_AI3LQFH46XYGB?ie=UTF8&docId=1000208101&pf_rd_p=441937901&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1CCFQZ4PDYRR6FCAAK4E

PC version for $28. That low enough for you? But if you want it, hurry, because it's only good until midnight.

Triad Orion

01-31-2010, 05:19 PM

Okay, I've been thinking. Sometime, we need to organize an OCR Versus night.

I normally don't care for Versus Mode myself, mostly because I'm a wuss and hate playing with random people on the internet. I've recently gotten the itch to try it, and I'd rather play with you guys and my friends if I can. That said, I think we might be able to really get some good solid fun out of this game again if we can wring enough players into it. And of course, it's good for the community spirit too.

I don't really have an idea for a date or night in particular. Usually, I can't make it on Saturdays. People who are interested, when are you available?

Bahamut

01-31-2010, 05:27 PM

I'd be interested, but my time is kind of limited - I definitely can't do Monday or Wednesday though.

chivesontheweb

01-31-2010, 06:20 PM

Just got Left 4 Dead 2 this weekend. Got it for 25 bucks at Best Buy because they labeled the wrong game with the wrong price and had to, by law, sell me the game at their 'advertised' price. Good game so far, although I'm sure I'll play L4D1 some more in the future. What can I say; I'm a sucker for simplicity.

Ashamee

01-31-2010, 07:45 PM

Versus night, eh? I'm usually up to play whenever, and I'm sure Nekofrog would be as well. I guess shoot me a PM if you ever want to play or something gets going. I'm usually on IRC, though, so it would be easiest to get my attention in there.

I haven't played in a while, so I'm a bit rusty.

EdgeCrusher

01-31-2010, 08:17 PM

I still got it installed :D

Doulifée

01-31-2010, 08:31 PM

same here. catch me on irc/steam/raptr

BardicKnowledge

02-01-2010, 02:30 AM

Same here also, I'm still up for games whenever, find me on IRC.

The Damned

02-01-2010, 04:20 AM

I think I got most of the OCR on my friends list on Steam, but if I don't, I'll add anyone that plays L4D, first or second.

linkspast

02-01-2010, 05:06 AM

Id like to get on for some vs mode.. Add me to your steam..
Linkspast.

ParanoidDrone

02-24-2010, 05:31 AM

Apologies for necrobump, but I feel this deserves attention.

While playing on Dead Air in L4D2 via the addons found here, (http://nekoarcnetwork.com/l4donl4d2/) I encountered a fully functional riot shield melee weapon during the stage 2 crescendo.

I don't feel like typing it all out again, so more details and links to pictures can be found on the Steam forum thread here. (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1158765)

EDIT: According to a poster there, it was a scrapped weapon from before the game was released. Which still begs the question of why it decided to appear in the first place, but whatever. My apologies.

Bahamut

02-24-2010, 01:26 PM

No need to apologize for the bump.

Also I'm up for a night of versus as I mentioned before - just not Monday or Wednesday nights. Would anyone be up for vs. this Friday?

BardicKnowledge

02-24-2010, 02:18 PM

I'd like to play sometime, this Friday looks open.

EdgeCrusher

02-24-2010, 03:34 PM

I'm installing L4D2 again, so I'd be able to. Just as long as someone reminds me in IRC :D

Triad Orion

02-24-2010, 03:56 PM

Friday looks pretty decent. I'll talk to Feliks from back in the TF2 days to see if he's interested too.

Vivi22

02-24-2010, 08:51 PM

I wish I could this Friday. I'll be having some friends over that night. I'm always up for some versus at other times though. Weekdays usually work best for me though.

BardicKnowledge

02-27-2010, 04:19 AM

Sorry I wasn't around for friday gaming -- my wife was sick, and I decided it'd be better to take care of her. :p

Hope everyone else enjoyed it!

The Damned

02-27-2010, 04:36 AM

I don;t think there was anyone else on. I didn't see anyone playing L4D2.

Lots of TF2, but not much else.

Bahamut

02-27-2010, 05:57 PM

I was around, but not on - ended up having to install a fresh copy of Windows because I forgot the RC expires in 2 days :-( .

Triad Orion

02-28-2010, 03:25 PM

Just as well. Something came up for me last minute too and I didn't get home until late, and I didn't see anyone on. Shall we try to just push it back another week or find another day?

linkspast

02-28-2010, 04:12 PM

Most of you guys are east coasters right? What time are you usually on?

Powerlord

03-09-2010, 02:43 AM

Valve is porting all their existing Source games to Mac next month.

This includes L4D and L4D2.

So, tell your Mac friends!

One last thing, if you're a weirdo who has both Mac and PC... owning a copy of a game for one platform means you own a copy of the same game for both platforms!

And yes, this is a slightly modified version of the post I made in the TF2 thread.

Bahamut

03-24-2010, 03:54 AM

Anyone want to play some soon? MaxFrost and Scytheful are up for playing.

The Damned

03-24-2010, 04:04 AM

Damn, I just shut down Steam after playing with Triad and a friend of his.

Lousy timing on my part.

Powerlord

03-24-2010, 04:16 AM

Powerlord

04-13-2010, 06:49 AM

After the master servers went down earlier today and Left 4 Dead 2 couldn't find any US servers to connect to, I poked around some configuration files for our Left 4 Dead 2 server. I noticed that our L4D2 server has both a sv_steamgroup key set and a sv_search_key set.

From what I've read, these two settings do not work together, and it appears that the search key is ignored if the steamgroup is set.

Now, I know that my group of friends from another website use this server using the somewhat convoluted ms_force_dedicated_server command, but it'd be grand if we could just use the steamgroup key.

The real question is: Should I change it so only one of them is present, and which one?

Personally, I think the Steamgroup stuff should go and keep the search key, as the search key makes it a WHOLE lot easier for lobbies to connect, and that's the primary way Left 4 Dead 2 uses to connect to servers.

(Note: For those of you who don't know, I have the account information for the game server account because FireSlash and I administer the TF2 servers on the same machine.)

Brycepops

04-20-2010, 11:19 PM

http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3729

The Passing is going to be released this Thursday :3

Also, Realism Versus. I can see the lulz already.

JCvgluvr

04-21-2010, 04:56 AM

The Passing is gonna be a day 1 download for me. I can't wait to see everyone from L4D1 again!

chivesontheweb

04-21-2010, 02:17 PM

Oh yeah, I forgot...

L4D2 PC is on sale (http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/) on Steam through Thursday for $24.99.

Both PC and 360 versions were on sale on Amazon today too, but it's probably too late for that.
Actually, this is how much L4D2 cost for me because Best Buy put the wrong price tag on it. Now I don't feel as special. :<

Bahamut

04-21-2010, 02:20 PM

I need a new video card for this game - it really performs crappy on my Geforce 8800GT while running dual monitors :-( . Just a few months...

Vimk

04-21-2010, 03:03 PM

I need a new video card for this game - it really performs crappy on my Geforce 8800GT while running dual monitors :-( . Just a few months...

Do what I do, create a video profile in your graphics drivers that turns off one monitor and/or overclocks at the same time whenever you're about to launch a game.

big giant circles

04-22-2010, 05:58 PM

hahaha, has anyone seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f476qYCQPvg

Powerlord

04-22-2010, 11:36 PM

I'm having trouble getting OCR's L4D2 server to update. However, my other server (*knocks on wood*) seems to be updating at a good pace now.

I'm still trying to get the OCR server to update, though.

Bleck

04-23-2010, 07:25 AM

no toilet is safe from toilet pooping dave

kitty

04-24-2010, 01:41 AM

L4D2 is on sale for $20.09 until Monday. The 4 pack is also on sale for $60.09

Powerlord

04-24-2010, 01:41 AM

Forgot to mention, the OCR L4D2 server is operational again. Finally got it to update some files it didn't the first time.

Edit: Figures, I post this then Valve releases another L4D2 update.

Necrotic

04-24-2010, 01:50 AM

L4D2 is on sale for $20.09 until Monday. The 4 pack is also on sale for $60.09

Also both L4D games in one bundle for $33.50. Which I'm totally buying.

Powerlord

04-24-2010, 02:02 AM

I spoke too soon.

OCR server's down again for an update.

Garian

04-24-2010, 04:44 AM

my server (8.12.21.14:27015) is running strong, with the latest mm:s and sm snapshots for all of you jetpack fiends. i had to nuke the old sm install when i updated last night, so if you want admin again just send me a message on steam with your steam id number.

by the way, is the server that you guys run using "sv_search_key ocremix" still?

Powerlord

04-24-2010, 04:45 AM

by the way, is the server that you guys run using "sv_search_key ocremix" still?
Yes, but for whatever reason, it also has the steam group set, so I don't think the search key works for it.

Although it is up and running now.

I also had one running from the same server as I had the TF2 IDLE server running from, but apparently that machine is using too much CPU power doing number crunching to run a decent L4D2 server. (Seriously, ping times are fine, but it lags all to hell)

Garian

04-24-2010, 04:59 AM

i see! BGC and Brushfire are always asking to use my server because of sourcemod/jetpack, i remember when Bahamut first set up the one with Pav that half the time we'd bump into that one instead of mine. If you guys want to use "ocremix" as an exclusive search key i can always change mine; some people may dislike the possibility of settings not being vanilla 100% of the time (it seems that most standard cvars get reset on a campaign change, but hidden cvars such as gravity don't) =)

big giant circles

04-24-2010, 04:16 PM

jetpacks made the game fun again back when I'd played it enough to get through each campaign with my eyes shut :)

The Damned

05-31-2010, 10:13 PM

Fuck jetpacks.

Tank Run. That's where the fun is. I just played all five main campaigns with three total strangers, simply because outrunning hordes of Tanks was that much fun.

Also, swearing. Lots of swearing.

chivesontheweb

06-01-2010, 09:00 PM

Fuck jetpacks.
Yes. I mean, it's pretty funny to see but I feel like whenever I play with Brushfire I'm not actually playing the campaigns; I'm just doing a drive-by. Not that that's always a bad thing but yeah.

In other news,
jockey liked is work but sometimes he had bad days that depresed him and this was one of those days but will he be pushed overtheline? he usually road through it but could this day be diffarent?Left 4 Dead 2 fan-fiction time.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6007567/1/jockey_time_2_ride

The Damned

06-11-2010, 10:37 PM

OK, so the new mutation is out... and it sucks.

You're in any of the finales, but this time, you can only have one player make it. It's called Room For One for a reason.

It basically, you and the other three survivors try to make it to the end, but as soon as you do, it's time to FF the fuck out of everyone. It's essentially a Valve-sanctioned grief mod. As soon as I saw the chopper in Dark Carnival heading to the left side of the stage, I ran over there... and then had someone try to shotgun me down. He already set the other two on fire and tried to incap them.

Seriously, this is a terrible idea. I can't understand why they would bother with this. Any regular player sees this exact same shit in every other finale.

Powerlord

06-11-2010, 10:40 PM

Honestly, I haven't really liked any of the mutations, but I still update the L4D2 server on 208.94.245.227:27070 (ocrtf2.com:27070) every week.

The Damned

06-12-2010, 04:52 PM

We have an OCR L4D2 server?

Daaaaaaaamn, I never noticed.

Powerlord

06-12-2010, 04:54 PM

We have an OCR L4D2 server?

Daaaaaaaamn, I never noticed.

Two, actually. Garian hosts one, and palvls hosts the other. The latter is the same machine and account that the OCR Team Fortress 2 servers are located on, which is why I have access to it.

big giant circles

06-12-2010, 06:30 PM

Honestly, I haven't really liked any of the mutations, but I still update the L4D2 server on 208.94.245.227:27070 (ocrtf2.com:27070) every week.

I liked realism vs, and I sort of like the one where it's just constant horde and you have to rush to the finish, but all the others have been pretty "meh"-worthy.

Ferret

06-13-2010, 02:12 AM

I've had the game for all of five days now (approximately) and I'm already bored to death of people voting to restart the map in Survival because they screwed up a glitch/trick or someone started the timer...

Seriously, wtf.

The Damned

06-13-2010, 03:11 AM

I can top that.

The only Survival achievement I was missing was the one where you get a medal using only a melee weapon. Using the balcony in The Passing's Underground map, I set up a nice ring of defenses in case thing went wrong, and had both ammo boxes spread out in the middle, away from the rails.

Now, this was just me and the three bots. This is important. Also, I didn't set the game to be friends-only.

So, I start the horde, wait just long enough to kill a zombie with a crowbar (DOCTAH FREEMAHN!) and then run up to and climb the hidden ladder that gets you up onto the balcony.

As the horde come in, and the first tank and wave of special infected swarm the bots, I was sitting up there, safe and sound.

Four minutes went by. Then five minutes. Where's my message saying I got the achievement? Oh, that's right. I had messed up this one on an earlier attempt by shooting something, and that was past the first medal. OK, no problem, just got to sit tight until seven minutes.

Six minutes and thirty seconds, three people join in. All of their characters are dead in the street below me, and I'm only a a few dozen seconds from the achievement.

Someone votes to restart the map. Three votes yes, map restarts five seconds before the checkpoint.

Fucking L4D2 community sucks.

Bleck

06-13-2010, 03:31 AM

every community sucks

the more people band together around something, the more likely it is that a sizeable portion of them are idiots

Ferret

06-13-2010, 03:54 AM

Yeah I have to agree the people on survival are roaring idiots.

SirChadlyOC

06-15-2010, 01:49 PM

I haven't played this game since November. :puppyeyes:

Why can't I get into this game like I did with L4D1?

Bleck

06-15-2010, 01:57 PM

because it's too fucking hard

The Damned

06-15-2010, 03:16 PM

What? Too hard?

Really?

I'm asking, because I've gone through all the campaigns on Expert with random people (legit, not any of those jetpack or private servers), and it was difficult, but still doable.

Hell, I've been trying out Tank runs on Advanced recently. Lots of restarts from having Tanks smash you all at once, but we managed to get to the end.

Mind you, I do play it almost every day for at least one round, so that might have something to do with it.

Triad Orion

06-15-2010, 04:39 PM

I would agree that 2 is harder than 1. To some extent, considerably.

Common Infected are smart enough to serpentine and attempt to flank you when they rush you, as opposed to just blindly charging at you like they did in the original. Returning Special Infected tend to be a little more cunning as well (except the Boomer, who often finds himself in wide open spaces), and the new Specials are just downright mean. The Spitter and Charger can dish out some serious hurt, and the Jockey can cause a lot of trouble.

In general, because of all these factors, on average, survivors are taking much more damage than they used to. That said, I think the challenge is a fair one on the difficulties below expert because the tools the Survivors have now are varied, interesting, and powerful. Frankly, I like 2 a lot more than the original with all the variety it has for equipment loadouts.

Considering I don't like Expert mode and rarely play on it, I'm not the best person to speak for its difficulty. Damned is definitely the man to talk to about that.

The Damned

06-15-2010, 04:47 PM

Hardly. I may have beaten the campaigns on Expert, but I still had to work at it.

I've seen guys blast through Realism Expert pretty much on solo. Those guys are the ones that you should talk to.

Crazy jive turkeys, every one of them.

Powerlord

08-21-2010, 04:24 PM

So, apparently Valve has announced the next L4D/L4D2 DLC: The Sacrifice.

And yes, it's for both games.

Basically, you play the events of the original survivors leading up to The Passing.

The L4D2 version will also include the No Mercy campaign from L4D.
More here (http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/gametrailers-tv/101&ch=4&sd=0?ep=101&ch=4&sd=0).

Oh, and Valve will be releasing a comic online in October with the backstory between L4D's previous campaigns and The Sacrifice.

Powerlord

09-28-2010, 11:06 PM

If you haven't been following the Left 4 Dead blog, the Left 4 Dead / Left 4 Dead 2 DLC, The Sacrifice, is due out next week.

Speaking of which, the first 3 parts of the L4D comic (http://www.l4d.com/comic/) of the same name are out now... next week is the final part and the DLC.

ParanoidDrone

09-28-2010, 11:19 PM

I'm loving the fact that the military is in over their heads and they don't even realize it. At first, anyway.

Apparently I'm a "Bad Dude" now.

Bahamut

09-29-2010, 12:37 AM

I did not know about the comic - nice!

big giant circles

09-29-2010, 03:53 PM

Yeah I'm enjoying the comic. Bill's kind of a douche though lol.

The Damned

10-05-2010, 04:38 PM

Maybe he's starting to turn? What about his beard? What if it's turning?

They never stated, even in the comic, that all of the survivors are totally immune. They may just be showing really high resistance. After all, in The Passing, we see Fallen Survivors, people that were supposed tobe immune but did eventually become infected.

Also, The Sacrifice isn't out yet. Valve time, pffft.

Powerlord

10-05-2010, 05:05 PM

Also, The Sacrifice isn't out yet. Valve time, pffft.

It's only 10am Pacific time right now on the day it's scheduled to be out. Show some patience.

Fishy

10-05-2010, 05:10 PM

RELEASE THEM FOR MAC ALREADY! It's the 5th you valvey bastards.

big giant circles

10-05-2010, 05:23 PM

1:12 PM - BGC: I bet people won't be able to start DLing the game until 9-10 eastern
1:12 PM - BGC: then the servers will get overwhelmed
1:12 PM - BGC: steam will crash
1:12 PM - BGC: the game won't be actually PLAYABLE until tomorrow I bet

That's basically my prediction of release ;)

Powerlord

10-05-2010, 05:24 PM

That's basically my prediction of release ;)

While Steam's download servers have their faults, I have yet to see any major game update that's not playable until the following day.

Tensei

10-05-2010, 05:24 PM

RELEASE THEM FOR MAC ALREADY! It's the 5th you valvey bastards.

Which part of "Valve time" do you not understand?

BardicKnowledge

10-05-2010, 05:25 PM

As long as it's out by 8pm Central time tonight, I'll be happy -- gotta shoot zombies today as a reward for getting my paper done. :p

Bleck

10-05-2010, 05:25 PM

While Steam's download servers have their faults, I have yet to see any major game update that's not playable until the following day.

I don't know, that's how I remember the original Left 4 Dead's release going down.

Powerlord

10-05-2010, 05:27 PM

I don't know, that's how I remember the original Left 4 Dead's release going down.

A game release, yes. HL2 had the same problem.

However, this isn't a release, but an update and updates are considerably smaller than releases.

big giant circles

10-05-2010, 05:33 PM

RELEASE THEM FOR MAC ALREADY! It's the 5th you valvey bastards.

http://www.l4d.com/sacrifice/

Sorry Left 4 Dead owners, the Mac version is coming but we are running a little late. We hope to have it out in time to celebrate Halloween on the Mac. When released, L4D1 Mac players will receive the same great treatment. All the previous released updates and DLC for free and the ability to play an extensive library of community content. More information on the release date as it nears.

sorry broseph :(

Powerlord

10-05-2010, 05:35 PM

http://www.l4d.com/sacrifice/

sorry broseph :(

From the same page:
Left 4 Dead 2 will be released on the Mac Tuesday October 5th. If you already own it on the PC, then you own it on the Mac. All you need to do is install it on your Mac and start playing.

Since this is the L4D2 thread, I assume he's asking about L4D2 which will be released today, not L4D (which won't).

big giant circles

10-05-2010, 05:44 PM

From the same page:

Since this is the L4D2 thread, I assume he's asking about L4D2 which will be released today, not L4D (which won't).

Ah, good observation. I've sort of blended the two together without meaning to :)

Also, I'm DLing the updates now. Woo!

Powerlord

10-05-2010, 06:13 PM

Ah, good observation. I've sort of blended the two together without meaning to :)

Also, I'm DLing the updates now. Woo!

Speaking of which, the update is larger than I expected.

I'm currently updating the server on l4d2.ocrtf2.com, but it's taking some time because the update is 3.5GB.

Edit: Having said that, I can tell you that some older maps, navigation meshes (for bots) and voiceclips have also been updated.

Ferret

10-05-2010, 06:14 PM

Really wish that the DLC would show up faster. Really.

Powerlord

10-05-2010, 07:17 PM

Server is nearly finished updating. It only has Add-On Support left to update.

Also, L4D (http://store.steampowered.com/app/500/)/L4D2 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/) are currently on sale on Steam.

$6.79 each, or both (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2487/) for $10.19.

Edit: Someone already changed the topic title... whoops.

Edit 2: l4d2.ocrtf2.com:27015 is now updated and restarting... but the server is configured to check for updates on restart, so this may take a moment before it finds out there are no new updates.

Powerlord

10-05-2010, 08:36 PM

Valve pushed out a second (linux-only?) server update. Installed and restarted the l4d2.ocrtf2.com:27015 server.

Fishy

10-05-2010, 08:39 PM

I prefer L4D1, but I SUPPOSE this will do.

I still hate you valve.

EDIT:

Oh so apparently I can't even get L4D2 despite paying for it because their poor widdle servies are too busy. So sorry valve, it's not like I expect you to prepare to game releases properly or anything. You should totally use all that money we just gave you to make a big money bath instead of buying more servers.

The Damned

10-05-2010, 09:21 PM

Anyone else see this"

Barrel Rolled
Kill a Special Infected with an exploding barrel.
Exploding barrels, like from Half-Life?

SAME UNIVERSE/CONTINUITY CONFIRMED!

The Damned

10-05-2010, 09:51 PM

Oh, Steam is telling me that Left 4 Dead 1 is currently downloading something. I guess I'll be playing it first.

That's right, I'm playing The Sacrifice on Left 4 Dead 1. On. Expert. That's how hardcore I am for oldschool.

I guess that makes me oldcore and hardschool.

big giant circles

10-06-2010, 06:56 PM

So does anyone have any idea what the "surprises" are yet?

There was supposed to be a surprise Monday, but it got pushed to today.

From http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=4433

The big surprise today is… there is no surprise and no that isn’t one of Gabe’s three surprises. We have moved today’s surprise to Wednesday.

Capa Langley

10-06-2010, 07:27 PM

Playable Witch. Maybe. Hopefully.

Malaki-LEGEND.sys

10-06-2010, 08:34 PM

Just grabbed it. Back into the world of PC gaming I go. I can already feel the huge difference in play. I don't wanna play with you guys just yet as I'll end up being a liability since I'm still getting used to keyboard and mouse again. Want to go through a few rounds myself then hope to saddle up.

big giant circles

10-06-2010, 09:28 PM

There's quite an influx of newbies b/c of the sale, and it seems a lot of 'em are jumping straight into vs without a decent sense of gameplay and proper teamwork. Half funny, half irritating. Depends on which team they're on ;)

Cecilff2

10-06-2010, 09:51 PM

Playable Witch. Maybe. Hopefully.

I severely hope not.

Fishy

10-06-2010, 11:27 PM

So it finally finishes downloading and apparently you need Snow Leopard. Regular Leopard won't cut it.

I love steam for my PC but srsly, valve is testing me.

Powerlord

10-07-2010, 12:09 AM

If you have (or get) L4D2 before 4pm PDT tomorrow, you get Ellis's Hat and the Frying Pan in TF2.

BardicKnowledge

10-07-2010, 12:55 AM

^That's awesome. Frying pan = baseball bat then?

Powerlord

10-07-2010, 12:56 AM

^That's awesome. Frying pan = baseball bat then?

According to TF2Items, Frying Pan is for Soldier and Demoman... unless they were using some sort of placeholder thing from the Pain Train.

BardicKnowledge

10-07-2010, 01:02 AM

L4D is unbearable to play when the friends list is down, moreso than any other game on Steam I can think of. Cmon, Valve, get your crap together! (And on a similar note, give me back my toys in TF2).

Powerlord

10-07-2010, 01:03 AM

L4D is unbearable to play when the friends list is down, moreso than any other game on Steam I can think of. Cmon, Valve, get your crap together! (And on a similar note, give me back my toys in TF2).

I assumed it was down to fix the plethora of steam disconnects that have been happening since today's TF2 update.

Brushfire

10-07-2010, 01:05 AM

The new campaign sucked ass.

Thanks a lot Valve.

BardicKnowledge

10-07-2010, 01:08 AM

The new campaign sucked ass.

Thanks a lot Valve.

I enjoyed the new campaign. You didn't like it? Shorter, 3-level campaigns are what the game needs at this point imo, as playing through a full 5-level one is a fair time commitment.

Bahamut

10-07-2010, 01:11 AM

Brushfire = Francis

Brushfire

10-07-2010, 01:23 AM

Brushfire = Francis

I hate DLC.

The Damned

10-07-2010, 01:28 AM

Vest and all.

No, seriously, he has a really nice vest. He should show it to us all at some point. You have to see it.

Doulifée

10-07-2010, 08:14 AM

Brushfire = Francis

Brushfire is now known as brushfrancis.

Nekofrog

10-08-2010, 12:42 AM

TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK

The Damned

10-08-2010, 12:49 AM

Oh shit, I haven't played the latest mutation yet.

Thanks for reminding me, Neko.

big giant circles

07-31-2011, 11:47 PM

Powerlord

08-01-2011, 12:09 AM

So I dug this thread up just to say, I think the Left 4 Dead series is pretty much... well, dead now. I really don't see any hope of it's solid resurrection either. I reinstalled it recently b/c of the Dead Air port, and NOBODY IS PLAYING IT, literally. I have NEVER seen a lobby, or in-progress game for it. All I see are mainly Dead Center and No Mercy. And while those were pretty awesome back when they were new, I just don't get why that's still teh ONLY maps 98% of the people still playing L4D2 (which isn't many) play.

It makes me sad. The series had so much potential for official expansion, and I even would have happily payed for new DLC, but then when they release new content, people bitch about it and then don't play it ever, and continue to run the game into the ground.

L4D/L4D2, I salute you and thank you for some good times, but it looks like it's the perma-uninstall for you, I'm afraid.

/plays Taps

I'll be honest, I got tired of L4D2 quite quickly after it came out. The only reason I had it installed on my (RIP 2011/07/29) desktop recently was 1. For the Summer Camp achievement. 2. To do some testing on a server mod I'm writing for TF2, L4D, and L4D2.

It likely doesn't help that Killing Floor goes on sale all the time, and I consider it a better game than L4D2.

Oh, and speaking of TF2 earlier... it's free now. Feel free to join us on the OCR TF2 servers.

Rozovian

08-01-2011, 12:21 AM

We've been playing Dead Air on Expert with Realism on (three levels in, stupid construction site level). Before this, we've only really played Versus, which altho fun gets old. Playing to not shoot your friends, really having to run from tanks and strategize about the witch makes the game so much more about co-op and gives the game a lot of new life.

Powerlord

08-01-2011, 12:23 AM

I should mention that I'm still upset with Valve over their lack of release of the rumored Infected mode... where you play as Infected (like Versus) versus a team of all bots.

Seriously, playing as infected was my favorite part of L4D/L4D2. I just hated having to switch back to playing Survivors every other round.

Brandon Strader

08-01-2011, 12:48 AM

Powerlord

08-01-2011, 12:49 AM

If that was a real thing where you played as infecteds during the campaign... that would be amazing.

If they went a step further and made it so people could play the infecteds during the actual campaign online, and just hop into a random infected, that would be epic. Not in silly Versus mode.. i was never too fond of versus mode

There was some talk about exactly that happening around a year ago. I thought someone said some of the files in the game pointed to it as an upcoming mutation.

Of course, it never happened.

Toadofsky

08-01-2011, 01:56 AM

There was some talk about exactly that happening around a year ago. I thought someone said some of the files in the game pointed to it as an upcoming mutation.

Of course, it never happened.

They're working on Half Life 2: Episode 3.... :lmassoff:

In regards to newbies, I remember playing the Beta of the first game on XBOX Live, and people playing it like was Halo Multi-player.:roll:

The Damned

08-01-2011, 02:28 AM

As someone that still plays L4D2 (and occasionally 1) on a semi-regular basis, you have to get the good fan-made maps. They really do add a lot to the game.

A current favorite is "Let's Built a Rocket", where you have a small enclosure, with a building that spawns zombies at the other end. You can "build" fences and barriers, as well as a rocket, piece by piece, simply by holding your use button in select spots. This, however, takes time.

To make things easier, you can place barriers that can slow down the hordes of zombies. You also can take a few seconds to look at the console behind you, and unlock and grab items and weapons.

If you do it right, you can get medkits, laser sights and any of your favorite weapons pretty quick, but only if your team is able to properly cover the player(s) that are building defenses or unlocking guns from the console.

Since it's such a small area, you have to be on your toes when Special Infected and Tanks show up. They can only come from one direction, but when they do, there are a lot of them.

I've only managed to successfully complete a game of Let's Built A Rocket on Advanced once, and it was mostly because our team was constantly dropping out and getting players over the course. We finally managed to get a team hat could work together and we made.

I'd recommend your first try at it on Easy, as it's not as simple as it sounds. Building your first line of defense takes 10 seconds per part, and each rocket section is 20 seconds. Unlocking and acquiring enough weapons and supplies to fend the zombies off until the rocket is done will also take a lot of time.

But really, it's the custom maps and some of the newer fan-made mods that are making the game worth playing right now. Kind of like StarCraft 2 and the mods it's running.