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Left 4 Dead : It's the Zombie Apocalypse... Bring Friends

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Hopefully I will get my laptop back from Dell today and I will try L4D on the PC.

    tofu on
  • davinciedavincie Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    what? traps?

    what kind of traps? like, tripwires and shit? collapsing debris? what?

    who the fuck would lay traps for you in the zombie apocalypse?

    now, level-based traps to kill more zombies, like dropping boulders or a building on them, that would be awesome.

    I just said who, people who set up traps to defend their little last stand outpost before getting overwhelmed/killed by another human for supplies. and yeah tripwires and stuff. Although the dropping buildings on zombies sounds cool too.

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  • freelancepolicefreelancepolice Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    can I get an invite to the group http://steamcommunity.com/id/freelancepolice

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  • Dr.ObliviousDr.Oblivious Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I just want everyone to know, Woggle and Vallel started it, I just finished it.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Apparently you're not supposed to only turn on the voice chat in the lobby while talking and then turn it off afterwards. I've now had the game freeze up twice when repeadetly turning lobby voice chat on and off.

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  • LittleBootsLittleBoots Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Peewi wrote: »
    Apparently you're not supposed to only turn on the voice chat in the lobby while talking and then turn it off afterwards. I've now had the game freeze up twice when repeadetly turning lobby voice chat on and off.

    Same, I just leave it off now.

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  • ArminasArminas Student of Life SF, CARegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I wonder if Valve designed the characters knowing that Zoey would be subjugated to smoker fanart.

    Maybe this is their test to see how mature the Valve community is in order to determine the presence of additional female characters!

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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    My 360 froze again Dix/Yorker/Snow, I might be on later but don't hold our breath.

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  • YorkerYorker Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dixon and Leitner, Great games tonight, lots of fun. (Also lots of me just being fucking unable to stop startling witches)

    Too fucking bad Lord fucking Jon Snow felt my body didn't cointan enough lead and just had to fill his quota of two hundred shells of buckshot in teammates per day.
    I kid, all is forgiven.

    But that is some seriously annoying shit, i sure as hell didn't give him any reason to shoot me (In that particular game, anyway, there were some incidents earlier when just the two of us and a couple of pubs were playing)

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Yorker wrote: »
    Dixon and Leitner, Great games tonight, lots of fun. (Also lots of me just being fucking unable to stop startling witches)

    Too fucking bad Lord fucking Jon Snow felt my body didn't cointan enough lead and just had to fill his quota of two hundred shells of buckshot in teammates per day.
    I kid, all is forgiven.

    But that is some seriously annoying shit, i sure as hell didn't give him any reason to shoot me (In that particular game, anyway, there were some incidents earlier when just the two of us and a couple of pubs were playing)

    Yes good games, I love startling the witches. It makes the game so much more fun. Also I finally beat the subway when a tank had spawned, every other time I beat it, it was only when we didn't encounter a tank

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  • MindLibMindLib Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

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  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    davincie wrote: »
    what? traps?

    what kind of traps? like, tripwires and shit? collapsing debris? what?

    who the fuck would lay traps for you in the zombie apocalypse?

    now, level-based traps to kill more zombies, like dropping boulders or a building on them, that would be awesome.

    I just said who, people who set up traps to defend their little last stand outpost before getting overwhelmed/killed by another human for supplies. and yeah tripwires and stuff. Although the dropping buildings on zombies sounds cool too.

    eh, i don't think the human survivors should have to deal with traps

    that's the purview of zombie master, which is a pretty great mod

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  • YorkerYorker Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dixon wrote: »
    Yorker wrote: »
    Dixon and Leitner, Great games tonight, lots of fun. (Also lots of me just being fucking unable to stop startling witches)

    Too fucking bad Lord fucking Jon Snow felt my body didn't cointan enough lead and just had to fill his quota of two hundred shells of buckshot in teammates per day.
    I kid, all is forgiven.

    But that is some seriously annoying shit, i sure as hell didn't give him any reason to shoot me (In that particular game, anyway, there were some incidents earlier when just the two of us and a couple of pubs were playing)

    Yes good games, I love startling the witches. It makes the game so much more fun. Also I finally beat the subway when a tank had spawned, every other time I beat it, it was only when we didn't encounter a tank

    I think we did that once before, but maybe you weren't there?

    Anyways we're getting good (Okay, better?) at taking the tank down, it was fucking awesome when i killed it with the last bullets in my pistol magazine while it had killed the others and you ran away.
    NOW IS TIME TO RUN, COWARDS!

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Running is the greatest weapon of all my friend, hey I thought you were totally screwed, no way Im sticking around :P

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  • RustRust __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Hey, could someone add me to the group? I think I'm wieldy enough with a shotgun now to not be a detriment:

    http://steamcommunity.com/id/Oxxidation

    Rust on
  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dixon wrote: »
    Running is the greatest weapon of all my friend, hey I thought you were totally screwed, no way Im sticking around :P

    Hahaha hi5. Was it you or Yorker who was with me when we legged it into the first safe room and left the other guy to get fucked by like a hundred of them.

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  • davinciedavincie Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Arminas wrote: »
    I wonder if Valve designed the characters knowing that Zoey would be subjugated to smoker fanart.

    Maybe this is their test to see how mature the Valve community is in order to determine the presence of additional female characters!

    Like they need female characters, they will just turn the male ones into females, or don't even bother. Seriously there is a load of horrible crap of TF2.

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Smudge wrote: »
    Is there any single player in this? I am gussing maybe bots at best and it would probably suck?

    As much as I loved TF2, I can only handle the multiplayer pace for so long before I need to to go play something else that is more strategic and less frantic. Then my away time just causes me to fall further and further behind the skill curve until 2 weeks after the game launches I am no longer competitive and find the game more frustrating than fun, with the enemies killing me really fast, and my allies bitching at me because I don't have all the maps memorized, heck I have usually not even SEEN all the maps at the 2 week mark.

    So I quit the games and wish I never bought them... If there was even a way to hone my skills in a single player environment it would be better for me, but these games rarely have that.

    Single player mode & multiplayer mode are identical aside from the obvious difference (playing with other people or having bot allies). The bot allies are actually very competent (more competent than most humans actually); I have yet to have a loss where I felt like it was the bots' fault.

    I'm with you; I'm not a huge multiplayer fan and yet I was shocked at how much fun I had when I got together with a good friend of mine to tackle the demo. And hey, I think single player is still a lot of fun and is great practice for multiplayer seeing as how they're the exact same levels. Personally, I think I'm just going to stick to playing with close friends of mine & if they're not available, play single player; I'm not sure that multiplayer with random people is worth it.

    EDIT: This is a game where you don't need to be competitive if you don't want to be. Just play campaign mode (co-op, all enemies are computer controlled) with decent people who aren't going to yell at you if you're less than perfect and you're fine.

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  • MaticoreMaticore A Will To Power Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    Is it a crash with looping sound or something else?

    If it crashes with looping try to set sound acceleration to basic, that fixed a friend's 64-bit crashing issues.

    I'm on 32 and run fine.

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  • MarsMars Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    One thing I learned yesterday: If you have to fight the witch, let your buddy with the auto-shotgun be the one to startle her. When you're running at full tilt away from her, and your teammates can't catch up to get a clean shot, and you realize Oh fuck, I can't aim for shit with the hunting rifle while I'm running, there's this feeling sort of like staring down a rushing bull on the day you decided to wear sandals.

    I didn't have very long to regret my decision, though, as she quickly spread my entrails across the room.

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  • YorkerYorker Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dixon wrote: »
    Running is the greatest weapon of all my friend, hey I thought you were totally screwed, no way Im sticking around :P

    Like that time you all locked yourself in the closet (GAY SEX JOKE HERE) while i had to fend off the hordes with my shotgun?

    Why me, dixon? why couldn't you leave those two british nits out there?
    Just the two of us in a tightly enclosed space, oh yeah.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

    I hope this is not true.

    tofu on
  • jonxpjonxp [E] PC Security Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    This is false. Just because you experience an issue and are running Vista does not mean the two are related.

    I've been running it just fine on x64 Vista.

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  • MindLibMindLib Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    jonxp wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    This is false. Just because you experience an issue and are running Vista does not mean the two are related.

    I've been running it just fine on x64 Vista.

    That's fine, I just looked up my issue and it appeared that a lot of the people with the crashing problem were running 64.

    Trying the sound thing.

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  • MindLibMindLib Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Maticore wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    Is it a crash with looping sound or something else?

    If it crashes with looping try to set sound acceleration to basic, that fixed a friend's 64-bit crashing issues.

    I'm on 32 and run fine.

    How do I do this?

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  • noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I downloaded the demo for this game yesterday and did a quick game of single player. It left me feeling pretty blah about it, and I actually turned it off.

    Then, after work, I got home, turned off the ligths, and played again, this time online. Man, what a world of difference. I got lucky that I ended up with a pretty good group, so we helped each other out. I love that when you're down, you can still shoot, as nothing feels as bad ass as having your rescuer's back.

    Stupid question, but is this game out for the 360 already?

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  • AumniAumni Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    noir_blood wrote: »
    I downloaded the demo for this game yesterday and did a quick game of single player. It left me feeling pretty blah about it, and I actually turned it off.

    Then, after work, I got home, turned off the ligths, and played again, this time online. Man, what a world of difference. I got lucky that I ended up with a pretty good group, so we helped each other out. I love that when you're down, you can still shoot, as nothing feels as bad ass as having your rescuer's back.

    Stupid question, but is this game out for the 360 already?

    18th

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I keep hearing about "impossible" mode, where only headshots will kill the zombies

    that sounds like fun

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  • LittleBootsLittleBoots Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Zzulu wrote: »
    I keep hearing about "impossible" mode, where only headshots will kill the zombies

    that sounds like fun

    Impossible was the old name for expert. Its what the servers used to list them selves as in the server browser when they were running an expert game.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    jonxp wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    This is false. Just because you experience an issue and are running Vista does not mean the two are related.

    I've been running it just fine on x64 Vista.

    oh Jon <3

    tofu on
  • AumniAumni Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    tofu wrote: »
    jonxp wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    This is false. Just because you experience an issue and are running Vista does not mean the two are related.

    I've been running it just fine on x64 Vista.

    oh Jon <3

    Every problem in any program you've ever run, x86 or not, is Vista's fault.

    It's mainly due to the float engine eating up tons of ram.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Good thing I have 4gb.

    tofu on
  • UberEvUberEv Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    MindLib wrote: »
    Maticore wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    Is it a crash with looping sound or something else?

    If it crashes with looping try to set sound acceleration to basic, that fixed a friend's 64-bit crashing issues.

    I'm on 32 and run fine.

    How do I do this?

    64-bit Vista here and the thing runs like a dream on 1920x1080 with everything maxed. Looks beautiful.

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  • DHS OdiumDHS Odium Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I played through the two levels last night on Vista x64 and didn't have a single problem.

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  • UberEvUberEv Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=65253

    WHAT!? SHIPS IN 24 HOURS?! BANANAS!

    Edit: Same for PC, Stealth launch? How crazy of them. (I'm sure it's just an internet typo)

    Edit 2: Local Gamestop still says 18th. Internet shenanigans hoooo!

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Aumni wrote: »
    tofu wrote: »
    jonxp wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    This is false. Just because you experience an issue and are running Vista does not mean the two are related.

    I've been running it just fine on x64 Vista.

    oh Jon <3

    Every problem in any program you've ever run, x86 or not, is Vista's fault.

    It's mainly due to the float engine eating up tons of ram.

    It'll be fixed if you install the headbob patch, though.
    UberEv wrote: »
    http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=65253

    WHAT!? SHIPS IN 24 HOURS?! BANANAS!

    Edit: Same for PC, Stealth launch? How crazy of them. (I'm sure it's just an internet typo)

    Even if they send it out, the PC version still won't be playable until the 18th.

    Peewi on
  • UberEvUberEv Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Peewi wrote: »
    Aumni wrote: »
    tofu wrote: »
    jonxp wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    This is false. Just because you experience an issue and are running Vista does not mean the two are related.

    I've been running it just fine on x64 Vista.

    oh Jon <3

    Every problem in any program you've ever run, x86 or not, is Vista's fault.

    It's mainly due to the float engine eating up tons of ram.

    It'll be fixed if you install the headbob patch, though.
    UberEv wrote: »
    http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=65253

    WHAT!? SHIPS IN 24 HOURS?! BANANAS!

    Edit: Same for PC, Stealth launch? How crazy of them. (I'm sure it's just an internet typo)

    Even if they send it out, the PC version still won't be playable until the 18th.

    Just trying to add some excitement to an otherwise boring Thursday.

    UberEv on
  • Uber AbgestopptUber Abgestoppt BEERGICIAN Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Aumni wrote: »
    tofu wrote: »
    jonxp wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    This is false. Just because you experience an issue and are running Vista does not mean the two are related.

    I've been running it just fine on x64 Vista.

    oh Jon <3

    Every problem in any program you've ever run, x86 or not, is Vista's fault.

    It's mainly due to the float engine eating up tons of ram.

    Could be all that ammo laying around. That's a lot to handle.

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  • DualEdgeDualEdge Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Racing is so much fun when someone doesn't know how to get off the roof and you just leave them there.

    Running back to the safe room is my new anti-Tank strategy.

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  • jonxpjonxp [E] PC Security Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Aumni wrote: »
    tofu wrote: »
    jonxp wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    So the demo keeps on crashing on me. Appears people with 64-bit Vista are getting the shaft. Anyone experiencing this, or know a potential solution?

    This is false. Just because you experience an issue and are running Vista does not mean the two are related.

    I've been running it just fine on x64 Vista.

    oh Jon <3

    Every problem in any program you've ever run, x86 or not, is Vista's fault.

    It's mainly due to the float engine eating up tons of ram.

    Could be all that ammo laying around. That's a lot to handle.

    Nah, Vista balks at handling weapons tables.

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