Left4Dead 2

[pevergreen]

A great game, released soon. What does everyone think of it?

I'm awaiting it with glee....however...

The OFLC (Office of Film and Literature Classification, i believe) handles all the classication (ratings) for games in australia. Games only go up to MA15+ so if the game is not suitable for a 15 year old, it is refused sale in Australia.

Left4Dead 2 has been refused sale as it stands now, for:

'high impact violence' against 'living humans infected with a rabies-like virus'

So we will get a toned down version, if at all...

Or we just import it. :laugh4:

[pevergreen]

Under the new firewall plans, any website that sells banned games is blacklisted and unable to be accesssed from australia.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Under the new firewall plans, any website that sells banned games is blacklisted and unable to be accesssed from australia.

Really? Wow...

CR

[naut]

Under the new firewall plans, any website that sells banned games is blacklisted and unable to be accesssed from australia.
Would they ban steam? Haha. Goodluck to them, that's a lot of irate people they'll have to deal with. People wont stand for the censorship, well the people that count (youth :wink2:) wont.

[Veho Nex]

God invented TOR for a reason.

[pevergreen]

Steam won't sell the game if it is banned on release.

Not if you appear as australian anyway. Pr0xy pr0xy?

[Veho Nex]

Steam won't sell the game if it is banned on release.

Not if you appear as australian anyway. Pr0xy pr0xy?

TOR!!

[naut]

Steam won't sell the game if it is banned on release.

Not if you appear as australian anyway. Pr0xy pr0xy?
Ban eBAY? No doubt it'll be available there. :balloon2:

[Monk]

Ban eBAY? No doubt it'll be available there. :balloon2:

:thumbsup:

If eBay is banned then I am not sure what to say - the new aus firewall plans sound awful. :shame:

[Meneldil]

What the hell is that? Banning video games because they don't fit the australian rating standards. Terrible.

[naut]

If I remeber correctly they did something similar with Manhunt, but people imported it independantly anyway.

[pevergreen]

First one I was aware of was GTA 3. Was released, then pulled off for a few months until the toned it down. Whats the point! the game was released for one day!

[drone]

Aren't you Aussies screwed over enough by delayed release dates? :no:

I don't own L4D, and don't really know how it is distributed or updated. If game updates are via Steam, would those in Oz that smuggle the L4D2 hardcopy in be able to get patches? :inquisitive:

[frogbeastegg]

Something along those lines. :yes:
So long as you agree I'm not overlooking any deeper meaning. :waves hand and makes everything relating to that disappear:



Anything suggesting piracy is strictly against the org's rules.

The TOR references are allowed to remain as that program blocks torrent networks by default. One assumes it is mentioned as a way of hiding your IP in order to access a legitimate game's shop and buy a copy.

[Veho Nex]

Yeah, I use TOR to bypass school blocking and I heard it was developed originally to get past Egypt's firewall stuff, so Aussies have nothing to worry about if you use TOR.

[CountArach]

Under the new firewall plans, any website that sells banned games is blacklisted and unable to be accesssed from australia.
Gotta love the way our Government's mind works...

[Jolt]

So long as you agree I'm not overlooking any deeper meaning. :waves hand and makes everything relating to that disappear:



Anything suggesting piracy is strictly against the org's rules.

The TOR references are allowed to remain as that program blocks torrent networks by default. One assumes it is mentioned as a way of hiding your IP in order to access a legitimate game's shop and buy a copy.



To be fair, I'd like to reiterate that such a possibility would only be advised if he could not import it -in any way-. Being that he can, he is comitting a felony no less, albeit giving money to the developers for their work. But no harm done. My views on the matter are not for this part of the forum, so I'll digress.

[pevergreen]

Was classified today, a toned down version granted MA15+.

Does the rest of the world get the same version? Methinks likely.

[Ramses II CP]

Under the new firewall plans, any website that sells banned games is blacklisted and unable to be accesssed from australia.

This absolutely astonishes me. Obviously this is not the place to discuss how to get around it, but I'm sure there are ways and I hope you find them.

:egypt:

[Lemur]

Yup, no more need to work with proxies or TOR, the Ozzies have come to their senses. L4D2 for all and sundry!

I'm not that jazzed about it, but my boy lemur is addicted to L4D, so it's pre-ordered.

[pevergreen]

:beam:

You'll have to get him into a game with CR, Veho and Monk.

Watch them steamroll anything in their path.

Annoying when its me and MRD on the other team.

edit: and my ping is 200 above theirs

[FactionHeir]

A few of my Age of Chivalry clanmates are into L4D and were thinking of buying a 4 pack in Europe for ~ 140 EUR. Told em I could just buy it for them in the UK for them for 80 GBP. They were qrather happy to say the least :grin:

[pevergreen]

The fun is in the team.

I came across a group of kiwi's in game, started playing with them, and I've never had more fun.

Silly things like having 3 kiwi's do the beached az thing while pouncing in the air and saying "Catch me zoey!" and then making stupid om nom nom noises.

Everything is funnier with the accent.

[Veho Nex]

lol. Too bad monk never joins us any more. So its me and CR when I get a chance to play. Not as often as it should be.

[Ramses II CP]

I played a little last week. I still love the game, but all my time to game is &^%&*&% gone. :thumbsdown:

:egypt:

[Lemur]

I think the L4D2 demo unlocks today, for those of us who pre-ordered the game on Steam.

[Monk]

I think the L4D2 demo unlocks today, for those of us who pre-ordered the game on Steam.

Sometimes being poor stinks. *kicks the ground and puts his hands in his pockets*

CURSE YOU BROKE-TOBER! :wall:

[Lemur]

Welly, Monk, there's only two routes to go if money's tight—pre-order to lock in the 10% discount, or wait a few months for a promotion. (The latter is how I got hooked up with L4D in the first place; they were having some sort of $10 weekend deal, so I bit.)

If it's any consolation, the demo is supposed to unlock to the general public in a week or so.

[Ramses II CP]

So if I go pre-order now...

No reason why I haven't yet, just laziness.

:egypt:

[Monk]

Welly, Monk, there's only two routes to go if money's tight—pre-order to lock in the 10% discount, or wait a few months for a promotion. (The latter is how I got hooked up with L4D in the first place; they were having some sort of $10 weekend deal, so I bit.)

If it's any consolation, the demo is supposed to unlock to the general public in a week or so.

It's not even that, it's just there's way too many releases coming. I can't buy them all! :juggle2: ~:mecry:

[Lemur]

I can understand that, sure. Then the best thing (IMHO) is to check the Steam Specials tab (http://store.steampowered.com/) every weekend from now on. They run tasty promotions on a regular basis. Odds are good you'll be able to get most everything you want at a substantial discount by mid-Feb or so.

[Monk]

I can understand that, sure. Then the best thing (IMHO) is to check the Steam Specials tab (http://store.steampowered.com/) every weekend from now on. They run tasty promotions on a regular basis. Odds are good you'll be able to get most everything you want at a substantial discount by mid-Feb or so.

As I recall they ran a number of promotions for L4D a month or two after release where they offered it for 50% off. With any luck they will do the same for the sequel. :2thumbsup:

[Lemur]

Yup, I picked up L4D super-cheap via a Steam special. Ten or twelve bucks, can't remember.

Meanwhile, just found confirmation (http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/events/55327883716288366) that the pre-purchase demo unlocks today at 3 p.m. Must be West Coast time, correct? So 6 p.m. tonight in the Middle West.

[A Very Super Market]

Looks like your source was wrong :whistle:

[Lemur]

Hmm, interesting, they changed the time from today at 3 pm to tomorrow at 1 am. They must need more Java Googles.

[A Very Super Market]

I've pre-ordered L4D2, if anyone is lonely enough to seek a boring recluse for zombie-killing, add me to your friends list.

brrrrrrrrrrrr (With 12 rs)

[pevergreen]

I am looking to pre-order.

Need 2 more people for the 4 pack, with that it turns out at 37 AUD, instead of 100 in stores. If i buy myself its like 49AUD, so I'm keen to save $12

Anyone else hasn't pre-ordered and wants to save money, send me a PM.

PLEASE.

[Lemur]

Aaaaaaand they've moved the demo time again (http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/events/55327883716288366). Now they're saying 3 pm Pacific time today. We shall see, won't we? These internet tubes are tricky.

[Crazed Rabbit]

They ought to try trucks for shipment. Moving video games through pipelines doesn't make sense.

CR

[Major Robert Dump]

The internet is not a truck.

[Lemur]

I think Valve would benefit from a truck. After delaying the demo a day, now it's impossible to launch it. "This application is not available."

Really, I can only wish for a series of tubes.

[Major Robert Dump]

LOL I didn't realize i needed pre-order to get the demo, or i would have been getting it while playing DOW. Then I saw some Orgahs log on Steam in LFD2 and slowly figured out my err. 12% :P

[GeneralHankerchief]

I just played a round of the Demo. It gives you the first two levels of the "Parish" campaign. Overall, I was pretty pleased with the experience. L4D vets can jump right into it, but at the same time there's things new enough to keep you interested. Impressions below, with some spoilers:

First off, new enemies. Some zombies, formerly police, have on riot gear and you have to turn around and hit them in the back to kill them. That's not too much trouble. But the Charger (who comes out of nowhere and bowls enemies over) is a bit of trouble, as it the Spitter, who releases a pool of acid on death that can do a lot of damage. The Jockey seems to be a Hunter clone where the only difference is that it rides you instead of pins you. Our old friends the Hunter, Boomer, Smoker, and Witch make appearances too. I didn't encounter a Tank.

There was one crescendo event, which we survived by the skin of our teeth. Maybe this was because I hadn't played it before, but as advertised, it seemed to be tougher than the previous crescendos in L4D1. Basically, you had to run through a security outpost to get to a bus station and the alarm in the tower goes off as soon as you enter. So you have to go through a small maze, climb the tower, and shut the alarm off just to stop the zombies from coming, and even then they don't freaking let up for a while. I ran out of auto-shotgun ammo about halfway through and had to switch to a hunting rifle to finish the rest of them off. By the end of it, we were all hurting and out of health. One of our party even died, but there was a conveniently-placed "Defribillator" item to revive them from death.

One gripe though - the much-advertised melee weapons are used in place of the much more useful pistols, so despite the options offered, I stuck with my guns (literally). Couldn't really get an idea that they'd be useful at all from the demo, especially considering you can still right-click to beat up enemies.

All in all I think the demo did its job. Looking forward to the release.

[Major Robert Dump]

grrrr...73%


So are there Zombie boobies? Cuz in LFD there was lots of zombie buttcrack on the hospital map and I was really hoping they take it to the next level!

[Major Robert Dump]

If that atrocity which is the intro in the demo is, in fact, the intro of the game then I think it is poorly done and they could have done better. Poor editing, poor shots, poor use of sound track. But then again, it may just be the demo.

However, the music is great, especially the banjo and blue grass versions of the original LFD theme. So far the demo is immersing me, but the music is really a nice touch. Makes me want to squeel like a pig. I hope there's a Ned Beatty zombie


Oh, and there's finally melee weapon friendly fire wOOOOOOOOOOOOt no more corner stacking melee spamming gayboes!

[A Very Super Market]

Nope. Only the specialty melee weapons do FF damage. Shoving someone just disrupts their vision.

[Lemur]

I didn't think the intro was all that bad. Contrast it with the trailers to real zombie movies.

Finally had a chance to play the demo. More of the same, but in a good way.

[naut]

Supposedly someone has already figured out how to bypass the Aussie censorship. :2thumbsup:

[Crazed Rabbit]

You can play versus in the demo:
http://www.l4dmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=282:play-as-infected-with-the-left-4-dead-2-demo&catid=2:news&Itemid=13

Anyone want to try this?
:beam:

CR

[pevergreen]

3 days until launch of game...pre-load 28% done.

I'll wait, rather than download the demo. :beam:

[Crazed Rabbit]

3 days until launch of game...pre-load 28% done.

I'll wait, rather than download the demo. :beam:

I thought it launched on the 17th.
:inquisitive:
CR

[pevergreen]

Oh right. Well a week then. It matters not. Plently of games to play.


You arent the one stuck on Dial Up speeds.


*shameless plug to go into the riftwar thread and post*

[Major Robert Dump]

I couldnt play demo vs last night, about to try again as now im jealous

[Major Robert Dump]

Still not available for me.....all downloaded...maybe u got an earlier version than me CR, i dont think i preordered until after the demo was released

[Major Robert Dump]

come kill zombies on expert coop i promises i won't shoot ya's.

too many times

[Major Robert Dump]

It's friday night, come kill zombies. I swear LFD games now never finish in vs. One sid eusually quits when the other starts to win, etc, when i'm on a team that is kicking ass i plead with them to throw a level so people stick around, but no one listens and the ass-whoopincontinues and we end up in the finale with no players or vice versa

Anyway, Rochelle is way hotter than Zoey. Zoey is cute, but Rochelle is SEXY

[Crazed Rabbit]

I'll be on...sometime. In the middle of a movie interrupted by a phone call from a friend to someone watching the movie with me. And the phone call won't end. :wall:

CR

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I'll be on...sometime. In the middle of a movie interrupted by a phone call from a friend to someone watching the movie with me. And the phone call won't end. :wall:

CR
Don't you hate it when that happens?

[Major Robert Dump]

Sorry bout Friday night CR...had the game up in the hotel...met some people of the female variety...got drunk...passed out with PC still on...


Anyway! One more day WOOT

[pevergreen]

And my steam doesnt work anymore.


NOOOOOOO.

on the plus side, if i get steam working tonight, the game unlocks an hour before i finish work tomorrow. :beam:

[Monk]

Likely going to pre-order today before the unlock to get that extra 5$ off. Add me on Steam (monk643) if you're down for l4d2 once it unlocks. :book:

[Major Robert Dump]

And here I thought it was the 16th, not the 17th. I coulda swore the demo says 16. Oh well, forgot to pre-load anyway, maybe it will be done by midnight

[Crazed Rabbit]

Well I got it and its all preloaded now, so I'm good to go when it unlocks in 3 hrs and 20 minutes.

My name on steam is Crazed Rabbit, fyi.

CR

[GeneralHankerchief]

Likely going to pre-order today before the unlock to get that extra 5$ off. Add me on Steam (monk643) if you're down for l4d2 once it unlocks. :book:

Tried, couldn't find anything. Steam hates me. Anyway, I'm "GeneralHankerchief" if we're not friends already. :yes:

[Crazed Rabbit]

Probably because his name now is "HardLuckRabbit".

CR

[pevergreen]

Yeah has been for a while.

I've got you all, so co-ordinate through me if you need to.

I'll be home in 4 hours, game will be unlocked and I'll be running around with melee weapons.

:beam:

[Ramses II CP]

I'm ramsesiicp if ya want to add me and haven't yet. I won't be staying up tonight, but I'll likely be on some tomorrow.

:egypt:

[A Very Super Market]

If anyone on the West Coast of the New World needs to play, I'll probably be there to fill up some space. I wouldn't call myself competent though.

brrrrrrrrrrrr

(12 "r"s)

[Crazed Rabbit]

If anyone on the West Coast of the New World needs to play, I'll probably be there to fill up some space. I wouldn't call myself competent though.

brrrrrrrrrrrr

(12 "r"s)

I couldn't find anything. :shame:

Feel free to shoot me a friend request, though.

CR

[A Very Super Market]

I still don't know how steam logs names. Sometimes, I need to search for the one the signed up with, sometimes it's their most recent change.

Anyways, if anyone named "Jesusmart" sends a friend invite, it's me.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Alright, I added a "Jesusmart TM" to my friends list.

CR

[GeneralHankerchief]

I'm up for some action upon release, in case anyone else is planning anything. :yes:

[Crazed Rabbit]

I'm ready and waiting.

They should have the team function, where you get a group of four together, then search for other groups of four to fight.

CR

[pevergreen]

Is it up yet? :beam:

Home in less than 2 hours...PLAY WITH PEVER!

[GeneralHankerchief]

Steam goes by Pacific time, so a little less than three hours.

[pevergreen]

:laugh4:

Its unlocked.


I've been watching the countdown timer on my pc here.

[Crazed Rabbit]

No, they're releasing at 9pm PST - so 15 minutes ago, according to both the countdown timer on the l4d2 store page and the l4d blog.

And it's not released yet! Harrumph!

EDIT: Bah, this is frickin' ridiculous. Oh, it'll be released at 9! I can't stay up forever, *******.

CR

[Monk]

Probably because his name now is "HardLuckRabbit".

CR
It's hard to figure out what Steam wants me to use, sometimes people claim they can't find hardluck, so i have to give them the account name. Gah. :help:

Edit: Anyway I didn't get the pre-order so I will be a little late to the party, gonna go pick up my copy after classes today. :thumbsup:

[Crazed Rabbit]

Well clearly it's whatever one you didn't tell to people that they have to search for.

And those Valve jerks are playing right now (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Valve/members).

EDIT: Humor dulls the pain:
https://i34.tinypic.com/2u8y0c2.png
And, Gabe Newell
https://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1434/1217987587911.jpg

CR

[pevergreen]

:laugh4:

[pevergreen]

45 minute or so. Lets hope its good to go when I'm home.

:2thumbsup:

Ready to be kicked up the behind by a pever using francis's voice?

I hate helicopters. I hate clowns. Oh my god, I hate Canada so much.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Gah, 1AM here and I have an 8:30 tomorrow. :wall:

Good night, sweet zombies. Control of the Earth shall be yours for one more day.

[Monk]

EDIT: Humor dulls the pain:
https://i34.tinypic.com/2u8y0c2.png

Incredible. :laugh4:

[pevergreen]

I do love that.

:beam:

[Crazed Rabbit]

Yeah, good stuff.

Well the files are finally decrypting - apparently they found some bug at the very literal last minute and decided to hold the release. :dizzy2::furious3::wall:

Except now it's too (@*&$()@&@($&)@* late to use my sweet speakers to full effect.
:furious3:
CR

[pevergreen]

5.1 surround sound headphones.

Yeeeeeah!!!

[Crazed Rabbit]

My speakers:
https://img697.imageshack.us/img697/9539/fx4021.jpg
My headphones:
https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4919/31l6lfyz4qlsl160aa160.jpg

~:mecry:

CR

[Major Robert Dump]

On in 10 mins

[pevergreen]

I'm quite dissapointed.

Most likely because of the horrible, horrible gameplay in the classified version.

(Headshot with a rifle: Zombie fades away within half a second, before hitting the ground.)

No dead bodies, no blood.

I prefer the old Witch music, old hunter/smoker ambient sounds.

But VS mode is awesome. Charger, spitter, jockey. Great. :beam:

Overall, once I get the blood modded in and hopefully the old sounds I want, it will be good.

For now, I'll just be using francis' voice over the voice chat.

[Major Robert Dump]

had some problems, RL stuff...coudlnt get on, sorry those of u who PMd me.....getting on in a few, for reals this time

[Monk]

I've not played very much - I was trying to figure out why it likes to crash on me so much. Apparently on some systems, if you have the graphics set too high the game decides "OH NO CANT HANDLE IT" even though you can, and will crash with a C++ error. :dizzy2:

Followed some stuff online and am reinstalling, see if that fixed it.

[GeneralHankerchief]

I've played it a bit today. Seems like the third level in each stage is the killer. It's been TKOing me (and groups) all the time.

[Monk]

MRD hopped in The Parish with me earlier today, we were about halfway through and my god were we having a rough go of it. We had some guy on our team who loved to shoot cars and kept shotgunning them while trying to snipe smokers, it got to the point where it was just hilarious. "You are terrible at this!" :laugh4:

We had to restart the finale (the bridge run) 3 times before we finally completed it. MRD and the car-sniper got rescued while me and another guy were tank bait. The Parish has to be the hardest campaign of them all, no question. The finale isn't so bad if you can stick together - its the crescendos leading up to the finale that are the real challenge. We played on Advanced.. I can't even imagine Expert. :skull:

When it was all over I had killed 1152 infected on my own, the grand-total for the team was something like 3.5k. :laugh4: Good times.

[pevergreen]

I was playing VS in the Parish with MRD, he joined rather late, we had a nice pub team.

The finale, I just ran by myself, made it right at the end, then the second tank hit me off. I beat everything before that. Two made it to the copter. Was great fun.

I then typed "pro" into chat, and one of our teammates made a snide remark.

Bleh.

We then smashed MRD's team. :grin2:

On the note of campaigns, I did most of Hard Rain.

Wow.

Easily the best campaign in L4D I've done. The atmosphere, heavier rain...you make it, now go back in thunderstorms, things are being flooded. Its crazy!

[Major Robert Dump]

Yeah I shoulda known better than to join a game in progress that was 2 people short...there's usually a reason. The one guy who ran out a window, down the stairs and up the street while we were all fighting a horde and trapped by a spitter...then he berates us for not helping him LOL. After that the whole team was in-fighting.

I think on the bridge the best thing to do is run by the tank. Someone will usually get killed, but bunching up on the narrow passes and around the edges to try to fight is asking for trouble.

Hard Rain is a pretty good level, the storm covers the sound on special infected and the visibility is low. I don't like that you have to backtrack and basically do the same map twice, but all the sitches in the corn mill is a nice touch. I guess we know their favorite food now.

[Monk]

I think on the bridge the best thing to do is run by the tank. Someone will usually get killed, but bunching up on the narrow passes and around the edges to try to fight is asking for trouble.

I think the trick is tanks cannot flip vans or big moving trucks over, so if you can do a littlE "ring around the rosie" with the tank, you can bunch up and slip by him without risking a car roll onto some unlucky slob (like what happened to me on the last run). after that, 4 guns blazing can make it to the chopper pretty easily. :yes:

I agree with you on hard rain. amazing fun and the weather is certainly a game-changer. its kinda annoying how it silences voice-chat(its so loud it drowns it out!) but it also adds to the tension. so far, it and Swamp Fever are my two favorites.

[Lemur]

I haven't even played this game yet, much to my shame. What little free time I've had has been consumed by the RPG du jour. My little boy lemur, on the other hand, has logged massive hours on it, and tells me it's great. (Yes, I abandon my PC for the laptop when little lemur wants to kill zombies.)

I made a promise to him that I would try the game this weekend, so if you see lemur playing L4D2 on Saturday or Sunday, there's a very real possibility that it's me, rather than my spawn.

[pevergreen]

I'll keep an eye out, maybe even stay up to the time you posted that (3:30am!) to play.

Always fun to whack americans with their own baseball bats.

[Ethelred Unread]

Hi Guys,

I thought I'd just introduce myself before I sent friend requests to you for l4d2 so you don't think I'm a nutter :beam:

Wife permitting I'm on a couple of times a week, but joy of joys will be "working from home" from 30th November onwards so should be on a lot more in the daytime (GMT)

Hope to see you online soon!

[pevergreen]

That means you'll be on when I play!

Send a request. Steam username and display name is pevergreen.

[Major Robert Dump]

About to get an and have some pre thanksgiving gore and drink homeade wine until the cops come break up my one man zombie party.

[Furunculus]

had my first go at it tonight.

feels slightly different to L4D, but great fun all the same.

played the carnival campaign.

[Major Robert Dump]

melee weapons add a whole new level to the game. The chainsaw, while sounding awesome, has limited uses unless you plan on being a zombie target. I hate campaign 1 level 1 as u can either pick a pistol or melee.....no level 1 weapons

[Monk]

melee weapons add a whole new level to the game. The chainsaw, while sounding awesome, has limited uses unless you plan on being a zombie target. I hate campaign 1 level 1 as u can either pick a pistol or melee.....no level 1 weapons

Chainsaw is good to counter boomer hordes. Put your back against the wall and let loose! :charge:

[pevergreen]

Nothing beats the magnum.

Magnum and maybe...That 30 shot sniper. Unstoppable!

[A Very Super Market]

Urgh, Dead Center part 3 is the most grueling level in L4D2. A dark mall, endless hordes, said hordes dropping on top of you, and a crescendo which always seems to get set off by someone..... I can't even finish it.

[pevergreen]

runrunrun is the key.

[scottishranger]

Expert Realism is the hardest game ever...

[Kekvit Irae]

Expert Realism is the hardest game ever...

Unless you have every member on the team on a microphone and manage to pick up the laser sights.

[A Very Super Market]

Some of the campaigns are easier than others. I think Swamp Fever and Dead Center make up for only having 4 chapters by being impossible. We all had mics in that one, and we still couldn't make it past.

[pevergreen]

Some of the campaigns are easier than others. I think Swamp Fever and Dead Center make up for only having 4 chapters by being impossible. We all had mics in that one, and we still couldn't make it past.

I've never died in DC. not played SF yet.

How much fun was that game last night, CR/MRD?

You're all dead, just me alive in the pool in the first level of DC, running around with a 460 ping, avoiding hunters.

I had the highest kill count that round. :beam:

[Ramses II CP]

Still haven't had time to play this, %^$&# it, and now I have a stack of HDs and two laptops to fix for a friend on top of all the usual crud piled up. :wall:

:egypt:

[pevergreen]

Still haven't had time to play this, %^$&# it, and now I have a stack of HDs and two laptops to fix for a friend on top of all the usual crud piled up. :wall:

:egypt:

I like how you end each post with the egypt one, even if you aren't happy.

Smashing your head against a wall...the smiling?

:laugh4:

[Major Robert Dump]

I've never died in DC. not played SF yet.

How much fun was that game last night, CR/MRD?

You're all dead, just me alive in the pool in the first level of DC, running around with a 460 ping, avoiding hunters.

I had the highest kill count that round. :beam:


Yeah, that was a good time, I had had a little wine by that point so I was shooting at shadows.

ZigZag, the guy from my friends list, was freaking hilarious as the redneck American. I don't even remember what game I met him in, but he cracks me up with all the dumb stuff he says. When you told him you were Aussie I knew that he would spout of shrimp on the barbie in less than 10 seconds.

Was a fun match, didn't even mind losing such a close game, but a lot of those maps I just don't know yet. And like I said about the wine.....

[scottishranger]

Made it through all 4 levels of Swamp Fever today on Expert Realism, we were rolling. Then, at the crescendo in the plantation house, our host has to leave, sending us back to lobby..


I literally screamed.

[Monk]

Made it through all 4 levels of Swamp Fever today on Expert Realism, we were rolling. Then, at the crescendo in the plantation house, our host has to leave, sending us back to lobby..


I literally screamed.

:wall:

I had that happen numerous times going for the Expert acheivement in the first. You'll get another shot at it.. well, hopefully! :sweatdrop:

[pevergreen]

That finale was terrible. I had to keep running back and forth to save people.

With a 450 ping >_>

[Jolt]

Argh, L4D2 lags in my computer *sad face*

[al Roumi]

Ok, after playing the demo over the last few days, I've cracked and L4D2 is downloading as I type. Are you guys in a Steam group I can join? I'll be around in the evenings on GMT, would be pleased to muck in with Orgahs on the zombie cleansing by machete... my steam name is alh_p (yes, i have no imagination...)

[pevergreen]

Add me (pevergreen) I'm on probably more frequently than others, though you may just be out of my time area.

My favourite part of playing yesterday:
https://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2381/portall4d2.jpg
Now, that may not look cool. But check the jukebox out...

I'm making a note here.

[Major Robert Dump]

Bah haven't killed zombies in a whole week...i'm fiending....

[pevergreen]

Give me a holler on steam when you start, always happy to join you, day or night. :yes:

[Monk]

Bah haven't killed zombies in a whole week...i'm fiending....

The holiday rush of scrubs has already begun. Was in a Versus game earlier today where both teams were absolutely terrible with the infected. It was awful. When someone with two braincells to rub together finally joined, i was ecstatic. :help:

First rage-quit I've done since my early days of L4D, and the very first I've ever done over the idiocy of my own team. I mean there's bad, where you just got the game and you're learning.. and then there's what in the world are you doing? bad.

[Veho Nex]

man, i neeeeed to buy this game! I hate being broke :(

[Major Robert Dump]

Doesn't look like I will be playing again until mid next week. It's funny, my work keeps me so busy I haven't set foot in my home for 3 weeks, but I'm more pissed at not having time to play LFD

[Lemur]

Managed to play a few hours last night. Great game! I seriously doubt I'll have the time and energy to get good at it anytime soon, though. So I'll happily splash in the shallow end of the pool, you know, "normal" campaign mode and whatnot.

[Ethelred Unread]

Hey pever, good to see you in the game last night even if only for a bit - my mate and I were quite drunk as our respective partners were at work do's and we had the evening free for once.

Hope to see you online (and more sober) soon!

Incidentally, we unlocked a couple of the mustachio acheivements last night, any tips on getting the gnome out?

We'll also be up for a bit of versus - though I pity the guys on the same team as me as I'm a right n00b on that bit.

[Major Robert Dump]

To get te gnome out you have to score high on the little shooter game. Then the party has to carry it into aevery safe room and to the chopper. You should get the badge in the finale even if u die, as long as someone gets it to the chopper. I recommend dropping it by the stage in the center so you can and run to either side the chopper lands on

Note, it acts as a sole melee weapon. You can keep a gun on you, but if u equip the gun u drop the gnome, so the guy who carries it is pretty much a melee monkey

[pevergreen]

Yeah...and you don't have to be there the entire time. As long as you are in the finale when the gnome is taken out, you get the achievement.

[Ferret]

I love that little fella, the wack a mole and strength minigames were good fun too. Second best campaign after hard rain imo.

[pevergreen]

:yes:

I like the finale of The Parish as well, good ol' fashioned zerging.

Except for when you get charged off (or smoked, or jocky'd)

[Monk]

:yes:

I like the finale of The Parish as well, good ol' fashioned zerging.

Except for when you get charged off (or smoked, or jocky'd)

Fact: playing The Parish finale is 86% more likely to get you to shout obscenities than any other campaign.

[al Roumi]

:yes:

I like the finale of The Parish as well, good ol' fashioned zerging.

Except for when you get charged off (or smoked, or jocky'd)

It was good to see you ingame pever, I can't quite remember if you left after the first failed attempt over the bridge, but we made it on the second -er, after you and another guy left. :beam: :embarassed: We made more of a run for it than the zombie death crawler approach we'd followed before.

I'm still very new to L4D2 and I've spent most of my time playing the Parish (as the first 2 levels were in the Demo). But that last level really is tricky, it seems mostly down to an attrition factor. You have to strike a (fine) balance between advancing methodicaly and keeping some forward momentum. Were there a health drop half way it would be a lot easier, too easy probably!

[pevergreen]

The fickle drops of randomness rarely provide when you need it.

I've had two healthpacks drop at the military jeep at a high point when we didnt need them, and none drop when we do.

As always guys, hit me up if you need an extra player. Always happy to play with orgahs. :yes:

Edit: If theres a way im playing you'd like to have changed (eg im going too fast, not exploring enough, too slow etc etc) let me know and I'll change. I'd rather I changed so you could have fun, than me ruin your fun.

[al Roumi]

The fickle drops of randomness rarely provide when you need it.

I've had two healthpacks drop at the military jeep at a high point when we didnt need them, and none drop when we do.

As always guys, hit me up if you need an extra player. Always happy to play with orgahs. :yes:

Edit: If theres a way im playing you'd like to have changed (eg im going too fast, not exploring enough, too slow etc etc) let me know and I'll change. I'd rather I changed so you could have fun, than me ruin your fun.

NB: I meant no criticism of you in my last post!

[pevergreen]

NB: I meant no criticism of you in my last post!

I didn't take any.

I tend to go fast in areas I know, unless I know the people I'm playing with have a certain pace or other things.

It annoys quite a few people. :sweatdrop: (Non members of the org, thankfully)

[Major Robert Dump]

I didn't take any.

I tend to go fast in areas I know, unless I know the people I'm playing with have a certain pace or other things.

It annoys quite a few people. :sweatdrop: (Non members of the org, thankfully)

LOL me and pever played scavenge with a 12 year old girl who shouted orders and had some jacked up strategy of getting the farthest gas can first !!!!! and when it didn't work out she chided us WHY DID YOU GUYS NOT FOLLOW MY COMMANDS? In a very authoritative manner

[Furunculus]

:yes:

I like the finale of The Parish as well, good ol' fashioned zerging.

Except for when you get charged off (or smoked, or jocky'd)

great finish on parish. love the run and gun finale, especially because rescuing stricken buddies is such a dicey business when you need to keep moving.

[Kekvit Irae]

Fact: playing The Parish finale is 86% more likely to get you to shout obscenities than any other campaign.

Actually, unless I'm playing Versus, I find the Parish finale easy. Too easy, in fact. As long as I don't get pounced by a Hunter, Jockey, or Smoker in the first thirty seconds, I can zergrush my way to the helicopter in under three minutes (required for one achievement) solo. And by solo, I mean I kill every other survivor and then run alone. The trick is to completely avoid the Tanks. Don't even stop to shoot at them, just run past them. The level is laid out so that they aren't even going to catch up by the time you get to da choppah.

[al Roumi]

Actually, unless I'm playing Versus, I find the Parish finale easy. Too easy, in fact. As long as I don't get pounced by a Hunter, Jockey, or Smoker in the first thirty seconds, I can zergrush my way to the helicopter in under three minutes (required for one achievement) solo. And by solo, I mean I kill every other survivor and then run alone. The trick is to completely avoid the Tanks. Don't even stop to shoot at them, just run past them. The level is laid out so that they aren't even going to catch up by the time you get to da choppah.

That's an interesting strategy. :dizzy2: I wonder how well that goes down with your team members -or are you talking about single player?

[Monk]

That's an interesting strategy. :dizzy2: I wonder how well that goes down with your team members -or are you talking about single player?

Probably singleplayer. It's surprisingly effective if you're a sure-shot. It's all about avoiding the one unlucky pounce.


Actually, unless I'm playing Versus, I find the Parish finale easy. Too easy, in fact. As long as I don't get pounced by a Hunter, Jockey, or Smoker in the first thirty seconds, I can zergrush my way to the helicopter in under three minutes (required for one achievement) solo. And by solo, I mean I kill every other survivor and then run alone. The trick is to completely avoid the Tanks. Don't even stop to shoot at them, just run past them. The level is laid out so that they aren't even going to catch up by the time you get to da choppah.

I've yet to complete it on Versus. The tank dodge method is effective in Campaign mode, but in Versus a good tank can deal with that too easily. :no:

Not only that, but Chargers can one-hit kill you by charging you over the side, unlike smokers or jockies who simply incap you, Chargers full on kill you since they carry you into the water below. If the team you're facing is good by consistently setting up their charges you will never make it to the 50% mark. :shame: I've gotten to within spitting distance of the chopper once only to get downed by common infected.

[White_eyes:D]

My friend just bought this when it came out(360 version).....I played the first but didn't get into mutiplayer too much....:juggle2:

I must say...my favorite infected to play as is...."The Jockey":grin2:

I have ruined a few team efforts with that guy....but "The Jockey" is more like a Vulture, which made me hate it at first.:no:

But after that crazed laugh and stopping a player from reaching the exit chopper on "Dark Carnival"...making a narrow win for my team.....I must say I was hooked:clown:

I hate the "Charger" though....I feel it's a bit cheap to charge people off the dock/bridge/rooftop areas....and I always miss when it matters most:shame:

[Kekvit Irae]

That's an interesting strategy. :dizzy2: I wonder how well that goes down with your team members -or are you talking about single player?

I don't use that tactic in MP... unless I want to be a complete :hairpin2:

[Crazed Rabbit]

Well, I just finished a movie and don't have to be up early tomorrow...

CR

[pevergreen]

And hes offline already.

Quitter. :grin2:

Everything is nicely balanced. I like how the game feels, but I yearn for Francis, Bill, Zoey and pills here!

[Ethelred Unread]

just played a game where all 4 of us got the the chopper in the finale of the parish, me with about 6 health - screaming at myself rochelle all the way to go faster to the chopper and avoiding the tank, get in then one of my team mates friendly fires just before the last team mate gets on the chopper - leaving me dead and the rest safe.

Unsurprisingly I had to go and have a lie down after that.:furious3:

[pevergreen]

Bummer..

I hate ff incaps.

After you left we found a good server and had some fun. All kiwi's/Aussies though.

[Ferret]

Adrenaline deals with any tank easily enough :yes:

[Major Robert Dump]

You get excited when you see the tank? Not me. The female boomer's and the spitter's floppy tits makes my adrenaline spike.

[al Roumi]

Adrenaline deals with any tank easily enough :yes:

How so? Is that adrenaline + melee mayhem or adrenaline + automatic shotgun (to the face)?

I had an unpleasant christmas shopping experience at the weekend, where the mall was completely packed. I'm afraid I did mention to my girlfriend that things would be much easier if one were to go shopping with a semi-auto shotgun as per Dead-center.

Perhaps it's just as well the Uk has strict gun controls...:sweatdrop:

[Ferret]

With a shotgun. The adrenaline just keeps you out of range of the tank while you blast it with shotguns. Never lasts long unless you're on versus and the other zombie players are half decent...

[pevergreen]

Dodge and ninja swords.

3 people can do it easy, 10-15 seconds.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Adrenaline? Dodge? Bah!

Just give me a chainsaw. :beam:

One game I did 3500 damage to the tank with just a chainsaw. No running around - it had me pinned in a corner, and I'm not completely sure how I managed to avoid getting hit.

CR

[pevergreen]

One game I did 3500 damage to the tank with just a chainsaw. No running around - it had me pinned in a corner, and I'm not completely sure how I managed to avoid getting hit.

CR

I was the tank once in the Dark Carnival finale, the tower thing closer to the safehouse had 20 grenade launchers on top of it. Apparently each round does 1200 damage. I died quickly.

[White_eyes:D]

I was the tank once in the Dark Carnival finale, the tower thing closer to the safehouse had 20 grenade launchers on top of it. Apparently each round does 1200 damage. I died quickly.

What happened to your spitter? (IF they were staying on top of the towers):idea2:

I usually worry about them leaving Cherry cans and Fire Cracker boxs everywhere when I am the Tank....Tank on fire means "Death much more quickly"....:sweatdrop:

Tank Respawns pretty quick depending on how much they blitz.....and if you want to be cheap, you can pull one of them out of the chopper if you have a smoker....(I can only say that, because it happened to me...:laugh4:)

[pevergreen]

Tank is nigh useless in this game.

It depends on the teams. Good team will kill the tank without getting hit. Good inf team will allow tank to hit. If even, tank will die.

I'd rather be a charger.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Just got it today for xbox 360. If anyone wants to play with me, give your gamertag and I will do the same.

[White_eyes:D]

Tank is nigh useless in this game.

It depends on the teams. Good team will kill the tank without getting hit. Good inf team will allow tank to hit. If even, tank will die.

I'd rather be a charger.

Tank can be a team-killer if you use him right......:book:

In "Dark Carnival 4# barns"(?) the part where the survivors need to go though the barn.

My buddy spawned as a Tank and hit one of them going into there....he had red heath, so he was knocked down....I managed to grab another one as a Smoker.

The last two Unloaded on the Tank and both had green health....they were keeping out of range and pouring on the damage.

I thought..."OK...Tanks done for now...:no:" but he managed to throw or toss some sort of garbage bin at them and instant K.O. for both of them.

I now look at the Tank as a "Underestimate him and you die" policy.

We were the only Infected on our side....When they used him(A three man team)....we just tossed a Molotov and unloaded....keeping clear of any garbage bins...:laugh4:

[pevergreen]

Those incap objects are a pain, but if you know they are coming, relatively easy to avoid as survivors.

[Prussian to the Iron]

no one has it on the xbox do they? I haven't seen my buddies in a while, and I'm afraid if i don't play this soon I'll shelf it for a few years...

[Chaotix]

I've got it on Xbox, mah Gamertag's Chaotix2732. Still pretty bad at it, though. :laugh4:

[pevergreen]

Favourite moment in recent gameplay.

Dead centre 2, the streets (go to the gun store etc)

I rushed ahead of group, with their permission (we were all bored and they wanted to see how far i could get solo)

Made it to the gun store, got inside, and a lovely tank was there.

We started to dance, he finally managed to get me down (incapped) and i killed him with the last shot from my pistol as I died.

I solo'd the tank.

[Major Robert Dump]

HAving PC probs...thought it was my new AV/Firewall and a recent trojan i intercepted.....trying to reinstall all steam/LFD2 stuff now because i get to 95% load, PC physical memeory usage shoots up to 75%, and i lock