Left 4 Dead - The Full Game Thread

SirFozzie · 2009-04-30T16:01:57.000Z

espressojim:

As a non L4D owner, I’ve preloaded for tomorrow. I have a headset, and I’m very good at FPS’s in general, as well as team based FPS’s. Adopt a newb today! Ok, well, tomorrow, really.

we’re not in the mood for adopting… how about being filled with high velocity lead, and then alternative rounds, having your brains nom nom nomed on?

Anti-Bunny · 2009-04-30T16:47:39.000Z

So has anyone tried Killing Floor before they went retail?

This thread seems like the best place to ask.

Rock8man · 2009-04-30T16:51:26.000Z

Wouldn’t the Killing floor thread be an even better place to ask though?

Anti-Bunny · 2009-04-30T17:20:07.000Z

Rock8man:

Wouldn’t the Killing floor thread be an even better place to ask though?

no

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espressojim · 2009-04-30T17:35:53.000Z

Mysterio:

Bah! Don’t feed me that. All I ever see you play on Steam is CoH:ToV. Never in the history of mankind* has a person been “very good” at both RTS games and FPS games. I call your bluff…

*I will not reveal my source

#36/world gunship. I think battlefield qualifies as an FPS.

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espressojim · 2009-04-30T17:36:53.000Z

SirFozzie:

we’re not in the mood for adopting… how about being filled with high velocity lead, and then alternative rounds, having your brains nom nom nomed on?

It’s pretty much what I expect.

What’s that noise? Oh, I’m dead. Weee! Was that a tank? They are big and smashy.

Pogo · 2009-04-30T17:52:50.000Z

~EFG~:

On the Survivor side, difficulty is forced to Normal which means regular zombies are paper, special infected die in seconds of you spotting them, Tanks go down like bitches with T2s/fire, and everything you need to be aware of is shoved in your face via massive amounts of visual/audio cues.

Don’t take this to mean that Normal is anywhere near the level of difficulty you see in versus. In co-op, special infected don’t spawn every 20 seconds, or work together in opportunistic fashion.

espressojim:

As a non L4D owner, I’ve preloaded for tomorrow. I have a headset, and I’m very good at FPS’s in general, as well as team based FPS’s. Adopt a newb today! Ok, well, tomorrow, really.

Yes, “adopting” is what we will be doing to you.

wisefool · 2009-04-30T18:37:26.000Z

Announcement says 12:01 GMT Friday.

Isn’t it Friday 1:36 GMT already?

Alan_Dunkin · 2009-04-30T23:43:02.000Z

Nice update to the stats package. Has records, weapon stats, all kinds of nice goodies.

— Alan

espressojim · 2009-05-01T10:53:47.000Z

wisefool:

Announcement says 12:01 GMT Friday.

Isn’t it Friday 1:36 GMT already?

As of 6:00 GMT it hadn’t unlocked yet. I check today, and L4D has 6 hours left to play. So while it didn’t unlock when I could have played last night with friends, it’ll lock back up before I can play with friends tonight.

NO SALE.

frank_austin · 2009-05-01T13:53:59.000Z

Stats page is cool, but it doesn’t help that 90% of the Versus games I win don’t finish because of ragequitters. Am I forever doomed to having such a miserable W/L record?

ZekeDMS · 2009-05-01T15:36:45.000Z

espressojim:

As of 6:00 GMT it hadn’t unlocked yet. I check today, and L4D has 6 hours left to play. So while it didn’t unlock when I could have played last night with friends, it’ll lock back up before I can play with friends tonight.

NO SALE.

Whine less.

Doug Lombardi:

L4D FREAKY FREE FRIDAY HELD OVER

The free 24-hour trial of Left 4 Dead (PC) is being extended through the night. The free trial includes access to the recently released Survival Pack DLC, which introduced a new multiplayer game mode and two additional Versus campaigns. Those who wish to give L4D and the Survival Pack a free try now have until Saturday at 5 pm GMT, with no obligation to purchase. Those who decide to purchase the full product and do so this weekend will save 40% off the regular price. For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com

Pogo · 2009-05-01T19:30:23.000Z

Or those of us that run Steam can learn to properly understand how the fuck time zones work.

thinkingork · 2009-05-01T19:34:40.000Z

The new stats page reminds me of armory in WoW.

espressojim · 2009-05-02T09:13:39.000Z

Pogo:

Or those of us that run Steam can learn to properly understand how the fuck time zones work.

Midnight GMT is 7PM EST.

I think what you mean to say is “Steam’s administrators can learn how to properly understand how the fuck time zones work.”

Omniscia · 2009-05-02T10:11:49.000Z

Damn, that Greenwich time is mean…

espressojim · 2009-05-02T10:24:54.000Z

Omniscia:

Damn, that Greenwich time is mean…

I do a few conference calls a week with folks in the UK. When we did the whole daylight savings switch over in the US, people in London were switched over to daylight savings a few weeks later. For a while EST was GMT +6, and everyone was confused, so we had to send out the adjusted times for 5 different time zones, so everyone could show up to the conference on time.

Major_Malphunktion · 2009-05-02T14:49:06.000Z

espressojim:

I do a few conference calls a week with folks in the UK. When we did the whole daylight savings switch over in the US, people in London were switched over to daylight savings a few weeks later. For a while EST was GMT +6, and everyone was confused, so we had to send out the adjusted times for 5 different time zones, so everyone could show up to the conference on time.

Yeah that is fun isn’t it.

Pogo · 2009-05-02T17:26:45.000Z

espressojim:

I think what you mean to say is “Steam’s administrators can learn how to properly understand how the fuck time zones work.”

Actually my italicized post was meant to be read directly after the quote in the post before it, so yeah what you just said is what I meant.

Staff_Sergeant · 2009-05-02T22:17:54.000Z

Sorry I left that last game so abruptly guys, I took off my headset in disgust at what was happening and heard the buzzer indicating that my dinner (that I forgot I had going when I agreed to a game) was burning.