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[Sibylus]

the witch is racist

 

[GhostRidah]

you can start your preloads now!

 

[Capndrake]

you can start your preloads now!

Already done

 

[GhostRidah]

Already done

jealous of your connection!

 

[Capndrake]

jealous of your connection!

It's actually already been available for about an hour, they just didn't do a news post on it until a few minutes ago

 

[Coop]

How big is the preloads? I need to know because my school has a bandwidth limit.

 

[Costanza]

My preload is going fucking sloooooow

edit: nvm fast now

 

[JSnake]

Preloading now!

edit: 1.3MB/s woooo

 

[ThaiGrocer]

I wish Amazon would let me preload, but I'm sure that Amazon employees opening L4D retail DVD cases to e-mail the CD-key would be a disaster. I'll be having fun Nov 20th then.

 

[x3sphere]

How big is the preloads? I need to know because my school has a bandwidth limit.

4.41 GB (4,743,166,160 bytes)

 

[Won]

Woohoo pre-loaded! Only decrypting, updating and syncing left!

 

[SapientWolf]

Well, considering that each wave of zombies is defaulted to 30, the number of corpses may have been a cause for concern when it came to performance.

Plus you would have to climb over a wall of dead zombies if you needed to backtrack. It would be like 300.

 

[MNC]

The game seriously needs a video replay feature. Do the old HL2 recording console commands still work?

Im pretty sure they do. Though host_framerate is gone, and I tried to make a movie while my res was on 1024x768 which makes it take sooooooo long, longer than normal. And the zombies flickered.

 

[Mr.City]

Anyone know if we can use Garry's mod on the l4d characters yet?

 

[Twig]

Anyone know if we can use Garry's mod on the l4d characters yet?

Probably not until a bit after L4D is fully released.

 

[madmook]

Pre-loading wooooooooooooooooo!

 

[fallengorn]

85%

 

[waynej506]

When are we suppose to be getting reviews?

 

[madmook]

When are we suppose to be getting reviews?

My exclusive review: going by the demo, the game is a 10/10.

Have you played the demo?

 

[waynej506]

My exclusive review: going by the demo, the game is a 10/10.

Have you played the demo?

I played the demo it's amazing, but i'm trying to decide between this and Gears of War 2, and its not an easy choice ya know.

 

[Sibylus]

I played the demo it's amazing, but i'm trying to decide between this and Gears of War 2, and its not an easy choice ya know.

Set some money aside and get both?

 

[Zyzyxxz]

If I pre-ordered at Gamestop is there a way for me to pre-load the game?

 

[vilmer_]

I played the demo it's amazing, but i'm trying to decide between this and Gears of War 2, and its not an easy choice ya know.

Sure it is, L4D.

 

[Nikorasu]

I played the demo it's amazing, but i'm trying to decide between this and Gears of War 2, and its not an easy choice ya know.

It's the easiest choice I never had to make.

 

[Sibylus]

We must have done something to really piss off the Director.

That witch you see there? She spawned in a telephone booth.

 

[chespace]

Pre-loading now. When does this game release on Steam?

 

[Costanza]

Pre-loading now. When does this game release on Steam?

Tuesday at midnight EST

 

[CrookedRain]

Tuesday at midnight EST

Pretty sure it's midnight PST.

 

[Volcynika]

Pretty sure it's midnight PST.

 

[Costanza]

Pretty sure it's midnight PST.

Not according to the official PR.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2009/

Those who pre-order the game via Steam save 10% off the regular price and may pre-load the game so they are able to play at 12:01 am EST on November 18, 2008 when the game is made available.

 

[CrookedRain]

I was going by the countdown on the product page. Hopefully, it really is midnight EST.

Available: November 18th, 2008

This game will unlock in approximately 4 days and 2 hours

 

[fallout]

So, by Valve time, I think that translates to sometime late next week.

 

[wormstrangler]

Those who pre-order the game via Steam save 10% off the regular price and may pre-load the game so they are able to play at 12:01 am EST on November 18, 2008 when the game is made available.

- http://store.steampowered.com/news/2009/

 

[YYZ]

So, by Valve time, I think that translates to sometime late next week.

I believe they will be on time with this unless they've had many misses lately? I'm not sure since this is my first zero hour play of a Steam release.

 

[No Means Nomad]

jealous of your connection!

You must not have seen his ping.

 

[isamu]

So, as an overall experience, which game is more enjoyable between this and RE4? Does the co-op experience in L4D equal or surpass the single player experience in RE4?

 

[Papercuts]

I believe they will be on time with this unless they've had many misses lately? I'm not sure since this is my first zero hour play of a Steam release.

I still remember the TF2 launch. :lol

Something pretty much always goes wrong, but hopefully it works fine this time.

 

[fallout]

I believe they will be on time with this unless they've had many misses lately? I'm not sure since this is my first zero hour play of a Steam release.

:lol I dunno, I'm just joking around. I'm sure they wouldn't mind adding to their list, though:

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

 

[cmonmanreally]

so does anyone else experience some skipping while playing the demo? every now and then my screen will freeze up for a few seconds and the audio will become stuck. is this because of my computer? how do i fix it?

 

[wormstrangler]

I started my pre-load. Paused it. Closed Steam, deleted the L4D folder it created and then renamed my L4D demo folder to "Left 4 Dead." Restarted Steam and unpaused my download. The percentage complete is counting up a LOT quicker then had I not done that. Now I just have to hope it doesn't end up with some old files or bad file names. But verifying the game should fix that after release.

I'm now at 30% after just minutes on a 1.5mbit connection.

If you have a slow connection, try it. Just don't blame me if it doesn't work.

Edit: I'm now at 55% 7 minutes after posting the above but I'm only downloading around 100 - 130kb/s.

Edit 2: And now it's at 100% but still downloading. Looks like I can't rely on the percentage. Still, if it all works out I will have saved like 1gb of downloading or more.

 

[Eel O'Brian]

For those wanting a boxed copy, Circuit City will have the PC version for $39.99 next week. You'll have to wait until Wednesday to get it, though.

 

[McBradders]

So, as an overall experience, which game is more enjoyable between this and RE4? Does the co-op experience in L4D equal or surpass the single player experience in RE4?

Apples, meet Oranges.

 

[otake]

I hope they include an episode 3 teaser...

 

[alba]

oo, preloading

 

[fallengorn]

- http://store.steampowered.com/news/2009/

Well I guess I'm not going to be sleeping Monday.

 

[NotWii]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\left4dead\sound\player\survivor\voice\TeenGirl\Generic26.wav

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\left4dead\sound\player\survivor\voice\TeenGirl\GenericResponses37.wav

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\left4dead\sound\player\survivor\voice\TeenGirl\GenericResponses39.wav

Zoey is so awesome XD
She has lines from Evil Dead and Ghostbusters as well

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\left4dead\sound\player\survivor\voice\Biker\Generic30.wav

THAT'S NOT COOL FRANCIS!

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\left4dead\sound\player\survivor\voice\Manager\Generic26.wav

Hahaha, it's I AM LEGEND all over again

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\left4dead\sound\player\survivor\voice\NamVet\Generic26.wav

:lol :lol :lol

 

[waynej506]

Ha Edge scored l4d and Gears of War the same:lol . haha I need guidance people! Which one, shall i purchase, I'm a poor college student !!!

 

[syllogism]

Ha Edge scored l4d and Gears of War the same:lol . haha I need guidance people! Which one, shall i purchase, I'm a poor college student !!!

l4d definitely if you've a pc, otherwise probably a tossup. Assuming you liked the first Gears.

 

[NotWii]

Ha Edge scored l4d and Gears of War the same:lol . haha I need guidance people! Which one, shall i purchase, I'm a poor college student !!!

l4d

 

[McBradders]

Ha Edge scored l4d and Gears of War the same:lol . haha I need guidance people! Which one, shall i purchase, I'm a poor college student !!!

Left for Dead for sure.