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The Official Left 4 Dead Thread

Pop On Arrival

Pop On Arrival

Banned
I hate to this but... this game needs some new goddamn achievements. I'm also dying to know how many zombies I've killed during my entire Left 4 Dead career. Probably well over 100k, I should imagine.
 
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BlackMage

Banned
Pop On Arrival said:
I hate to this but... this game needs some new goddamn achievements. I'm also dying to know how many zombies I've killed during my entire Left 4 Dead career. Probably well over 100k, I should imagine.
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Actually it needs a new campaign or two.
 
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Gomu Gomu

Member
alright, so I just played the game for the first time. GOD DAMN this game is too much fun. the VS mode is pretty awesome :lol

edit: Steam id: G7Ga7
 
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Gomu Gomu

Member
Red Scarlet said:
Let's play right now NG.
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I literally cannot open my eyes at the moment, especially after today's 3 hour multiplayer sessions in this game (it's 8:00 am over here, and I haven't slept yet xD ).
 
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Salmonax

Member
Pop On Arrival said:
it was jacked so they took it down. Everyone's favorite character was Francis, and it counted wins as losses.
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Sure, but it seems odd that they wouldn't fine-tune it rather than just pull it. I guess they decided it wasn't worth the trouble. A running zombie tally alone would be great fun to know.
 
Revolutionary

Revolutionary

Gold Member
Salmonax said:
Sure, but it seems odd that they wouldn't fine-tune it rather than just pull it. I guess they decided it wasn't worth the trouble. A running zombie tally alone would be great fun to know.
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I'm sure they'll bring it back in time.
 
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Cat in the Hat

Member
This cracked me up

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Caesar III

Member
Valkyr Junkie said:
Been playing since day 1 and I still don't have it.
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I got it day one. :lol But I was lucky I think. My brother got it last week on his 5th day.



I don't know if I'll ever get these expert achievements. Expert is hard as hell without glitching and "cheating". Especially if you only play with randoms :D
 
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marvelharvey

Member
Caesar III said:
I don't know if I'll ever get these expert achievements. Expert is hard as hell without glitching and "cheating". Especially if you only play with randoms :D
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Play with us, you'll breeze through it in no time.
 
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Ventrue

Member
The VS game was great, it's nice to have both teams know what they're doing.

The Tanks were absolutely nuts at the start though, first one in the alley right out the front of the apartment building and the second one in the NM2 panic event. We came pretty close to wiping on that one, as I remember.

And I beat Botolf in the last minute team-killing when I sent him off the roof. :)

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Sibylus

Banned
Ventrue said:
The VS game was great, it's nice to have both teams know what they're doing.

The Tanks were absolutely nuts at the start though, first one in the alley right out the front of the apartment building and the second one in the NM2 panic event. We came pretty close to wiping on that one, as I remember.

And I beat Botolf in the last minute team-killing when I sent him off the roof. :)

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I got a lot of kills on Hunters when they were flying through the air in the finale (But that's because I love to do that when I'm Infected myself, so when I hear the growls coming from one side of the building, I know what the Hunter is up to :lol )

Also, I maintain I had a severe impediment in that fight. Boomers dun have good balance because they're so huge. And they're probably diabetic. And myopic.
 
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firex

Member
while you guys were killing each other, I jumped down the elevator shaft just to see how far down it goes. it's too bad there's no real good way to smoker someone down there instead of off the roof.
 
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Ventrue

Member
Botolf said:
I got a lot of kills on Hunters when they were flying through the air in the finale (But that's because I love to do that when I'm Infected myself, so when I hear the growls coming from one side of the building, I know what the Hunter is up to :lol )
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Yeah, it was great to watch the auto-shotguns shooting hunters out of the air every time they tried a long distance pounce.

I loved it when we were waiting at the top of the ladder as infected; Louis (can't remember who it was) was just sitting at the top of the ladder, sometimes moving rapidly up or down, staring at me as my fat wobbled 3 feet away for about 30 seconds.

Also, I maintain I had a severe impediment in that fight. Boomers dun have good balance because they're so huge. And they're probably diabetic. And myopic.
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Honestly I was surprised you didn't burst given the low hit points of the Boomer. I was rather confused about that, hence why I ran around you and went for the edge.
 
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Captain Jebus

Member
Been playing a lot of L4D pc lately, im in the gaf group but I don't play with you gaffers :/
Steam: CaptainJebus

Can't play much during the week, but on weekends I should be pretty active :D
 
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Sanjay

Member
Damn, so we lost then. I thought we were closer then that, score wise.

I was really up for winning that game as well, damn Nvidia drivers.
 
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Ventrue

Member
Sanjay said:
Damn, so we lost then. I thought we were closer then that, score wise.

I was really up for winning that game as well, damn Nvidia drivers.
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Well to be fair, you guys lost heaps of points wiping on NM3 (when you dced) and on NM5 (when Francis was stuck on a ladder). So it'd probably be quite a bit closer without technical mishap.

Though we did score higher on every single map. :D
 
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Sanjay

Member
Ventrue said:
Well to be fair, you guys lost heaps of points wiping on NM3 (when you dced) and on NM5 (when Francis was stuck on a ladder). So it'd probably be quite a bit closer without technical mishap.

Though we did score higher on every single map. :D
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I crashed on NM3 when the smoker pulled someone down and I went to open the door but I knew a hunter would be waiting for me there, and the minute I saw him I bloody crashed out and I was out for the whole of NM5 which I was hoping where we could have turned things around but by the looks of it, it was a massacre. :lol
 
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Ventrue

Member
Sanjay said:
I crashed on NM3 when the smoker pulled someone down and I went to open the door but I knew a hunter would be waiting for me there, and the minute I saw him I bloody crashed out
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Yeah, I saw that on spectator and I didn't realise initially that you'd crashed, but when that Hunter pounced you I knew it was game over. Bulleta (I think) had to run for the ladder and whoever was playing Francis was torn apart when he tried to help you up.
 
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Sibylus

Banned
Ventrue said:
Yeah, it was great to watch the auto-shotguns shooting hunters out of the air every time they tried a long distance pounce.

I loved it when we were waiting at the top of the ladder as infected; Louis (can't remember who it was) was just sitting at the top of the ladder, sometimes moving rapidly up or down, staring at me as my fat wobbled 3 feet away for about 30 seconds.
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I laughed when I saw Louis' head pan slowly from right to left, as if saying "hmm, this doesn't look good".

Honestly I was surprised you didn't burst given the low hit points of the Boomer. I was rather confused about that, hence why I ran around you and went for the edge.
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I was down to about half health by the time I fell off the building, I was able to dodge a few swipes. Obviously my Boomer rolls gave me a temporary sidestepping advantage.
 
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marvelharvey

Member
What a bizarre evening of VS bugs...

-Two of us were killed by a tank, right at the very start of NM2. By the time our team mates got to the ticket barriers, both of us respawned in a closet! Didn't happen again though... or for the other team lol
-A team mate disturbed the witch on the tin roof of NM3, just as she was about to attack Francis, a hunter pounced Lewis and the landing pushed the witch over the roof edge. Instead of falling as normal, she held on to the ledge like a survivor!
-At one point, the other team had two smokers.
-When I took control of the tank, just after the NM4 elevator, instead of being on solid ground, I spawned outside the building, in mid air, and immediately plummeted to my death.
-From start to finish, Lewis was missing model textures and was running around like a shadow...

(sorry, my Mac keyboard doesn't have print screen, so had to use my shitty phone-cam)

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Twig

Banned
marvelharvey said:
(sorry, my Mac keyboard doesn't have print screen, so had to use my shitty phone-cam)
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I just realized I don't even know if Mac keyboards have the F keys or not.

But default screenshot key in L4D is F5.
 
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FrankT

Member
Left 4 Dead Xbox 360 Update Released
Posted February 24, 2009

Valve has released a new update for free via Xbox Live. The update, which is available now, contains a variety of fixes, tweaks and some new features.

Full list after the jump.

The full change list is:

General
Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only
Fixed a class of SurvivorBot bugs dealing with rescuing downed players
Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a Tank punch
Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will no longer make chirping noises
Fixed mini-gun physics exploit
Fixed propane tanks (and other physics objects) causing players to fall through elevators
Fixed rare achievement bug issues
Fixed several map exploits

Versus Changes
Added HUD elements to show status of other infected players
Fixed instance where a Survivor changing to the infected team would be attacked by infected bots
Normalized special infected melee damage
Fixed exploit where infected players could run away and teleport back to gain health
Players can only change teams once per map
Players can't change teams while other players are still loading
Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus mode
Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route
Increased chance of getting the Tank or Witch
Fixed team swap issue

Hunter
Easier to pounce a Survivor who is meleeing
Increased Minimum damage a Hunter pounce does

Smoker
Fixed Smoker tongue tolerance
Smoker now has to be killed or the tongue destroyed for the tongue to break
Survivors cannot bash someone off the tongue until the Survivor being pulled is paralyzed or hanging
Tongue attacks that fail to paralyze or hang a Survivor will use the shorter ability delay timer
Fixed cases where the ability timer was not using the correct time
Fixed case where you could point at a Survivor but not register a tongue hit
Fixed Smoker tongue not targeting and landing properly through PZ ghosts
Smoker tongue does damage every second while dragging paralyzed Survivors

Tank
Bashable objects now appear with a red glow
Tanks hitting a car with an alarm disables the alarm permanently
Tank frustration timer is only reset by hitting Survivors with rocks or fists
Reduced autoshotgun damage against Tanks

Witch
Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams
Avoids spawning within a certain % of the tank
Fixed an exploit where the Witch could be woken up and tricked into attacking Survivors
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http://gameplasma.com/news/index/view/id/1747/
 
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firex

Member
so I just realized, I got Dead Wreckening I don't know how long ago, but it never showed up in game or in steam. How do I reset that? I know there's some way with sv_cheats 1 to do it but I forget exactly how.
 
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Deleted member 1235

Unconfirmed Member
tried getting back into this after a break and can't seem to feel it anymore. First game of vs and got pounced almost immediately, entire team stood around the corner talking to each other while my health went to zero at the very start of the round. YAAAY.
 
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Valkyr Junkie

Member
catfish said:
tried getting back into this after a break and can't seem to feel it anymore. First game of vs and got pounced almost immediately, entire team stood around the corner talking to each other while my health went to zero at the very start of the round. YAAAY.
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The Newell and his gracious 50% off weekend hast brought forth much fodder.
 
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KilgoreTrout

Banned
So I was playing L4D and yelling cause my team mates were idiots. My roommate walks in with 3 hot chicks, and I look like the biggest fucking nerd ever. Now all I wanna do is go talk to them about Everest, because I watched 1/2 of the first season today. God, I'm a fucking nerd. FML.

/livejournal

In other news, love the patch.
 
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ezekial45

Banned
I had a lot of fun on VS game last night.

One question though; I tried taking a cap of that glitch i encountered, but i can't find it in the steam folder. Where exactly should it be located?
 
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Ventrue

Member
ezekial45 said:
I had a lot of fun on VS game last night.

One question though; I tried taking a cap of that glitch i encountered, but i can't find it in the steam folder. Where exactly should it be located?
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Steam/steamapps/common/left4dead/left4dead/screenshots

They should really put it in a more accessible location.
 
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TP

Member
Im glad the patch is finally out, but I have to ask
was the NM3 door glitch fixed in the PC version? Because I just had a team do it in an earlier game. In the same round the Witch showed up at different locations also has the shotgun been nerfed yet?
 
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