I know you can join a server directly using that, but can we have our entire lobby join a server that way?

btw, thanks for posting that poster. I may be altering it.

here we go.

lol...J looks like some sort of misshaped freak with a giant head in that pic.

This had me chuckle, btw:

lol. I really hope they get some DLC for this game soon. I'd hate to have it fade because they're too slow coming out with updates. Like HL2.

We still have to beat it on expert first If we coordinate a little we should be fine - look at how we played through the first 2 movies on advanced without any really intricate tactics.

I heard FF is a complete bith on expert, tho. Like, one misplaced shotgun blast = downed team member.

To my utter shame, i've been collecting some achievements in SP, like akimbo assassin (finish movie while only using pistols) and unbreakable (finish movie without healing). The last one is pretty easy with friends but with the AI not so much...you pretty much need to enter every room/area first, and even then things can get fucked up. But you can still use pills, so that's a relief.

ah....Shiny and I went out of our way to get Akimbo Assassin and the one where you don't piss off any witches (forget the name). We haven't had much of a chance to play lately, though. Looking forward to some more group play.

I played quite a lot of L4D over the holidays...some of that together with Satis and Shiny, fun times. Including a legendary versus with Satis where the tank appeared REALLY early in the level (No Mercy, the inside of the hospital) and we decided to just wait it out in the safe room and shoot it from there. Bad idea. It smashed right through the freaking door! But we killed it pretty easily anyway, and finished the level in record time with minimal damage.

other findings (for those who weren't there):

- apparently what J mentioned re: the door in the loading bay area in the second level of no mercy: it can be opened by repeatedly shoving it (we did it in one game), but apparently not in every game. Weird glitch. Will investigate more.

- When playing as a tank on the construction area on the 4th level of No Mercy, I incapacitated 3 out of 4 survivors with the 4th hiding in the safe room. The others were still dying so the game didn't end, and he wasn't dumb enough to leave the room. I couldn't break the door like what happened to us earlier...BUT I could throw rocks through the door and hit the guy inside, in some angles. Good to know, right? I think the door can only be smashed open by the tank at the start of a level, if the survivors take too long to leave the room...not at the end. Similarly, I've seen the safe room door open automatically in versus when we didn't leave the room fast enough.


Other than that we're getting better and better at the game, imho. Runs on advanced are pretty smooth, save for the freaking tank appearances. We especially seem to suffer in the finales.

J, stop teaching and play more L4D hehehe

I agree, I think we're improving rapidly. Advanced used to be REALLY hard... now we can pwn the levels for the most part, with the exception of the finales. Even with those we typically do 'well'... but there was a time when I'd get owned in normal mode on those finales, so I'm thinking it's par for the course. Learning the tricks like closets and such is helpful.

More and more people seem to be getting this game, too. Soon I'll know enough people we can get a full versus game stocked with friends.

I know ox, i know

Closets are considered kinda lame in versus, just so you know. Luckily, there is no closet in the rooftop finale of No Mercy (unlike in campaign).

I've been plowing through the L4D wiki today and selected some interesting things. Some are common sense, some are more difficult to know. Everything you always wanted to know about the boss infected, but were afraid to ask:

Tank




Boomer




Hunter



Smoker




Cool @ friends getting the game Satis. Looking forward to versus with non-n44bs. Last time I played one of the survivors on my team forgot to pick up a medkit (after me telling him twice in the safe room and him not responding), died pretty quickly and then went "well that was bad" when we wiped, magically finding the chat key again. It was the hospital lvl of no mercy, typically an easy level if you move move move. Alas, I was the only one left by the time we reached the elevator. No chance to make it alone.

http://www.steampowered.com/status/l4d/

I got my OCD groove on yesterday and collected a few achievements, like man vs tank, back 2 help, safety first and field medic.

Got most achievements that can be done with AI now - expect for cr0wned which I somehow manage to fuck up every freaking time. Any tips?

Left to do:

Big Drag (versus achievement)
All 4 Dead (versus achievement)
Lamb 2 slaughter (versus achievement)
Cr0wned (I suck)
Zombicidal Maniac (need real players)
Untouchables (need real players)
Stomach upset (need real players)
Nothing Special (need real players)
What are you trying to prove (definitely need real players
Red Mist (matter of time)
Zombie Genocidest (idem)

You guys desperate for some? We could help each other out for sure.

I need a decent number of those...I need the achievement where you don't use a health kit for an entire movie. Unfortunately, with bots they keep trying to heal me and there's no way to stop them. Really irritating. I'm up for trying some of those.

Regarding crowned, you need to run up to her and basically wait for her to almost stand up, then shoot her in the face with the shotgun. It still takes some effort to get it right, but it's possible.

Heh, k. I tried to do just that in varying moments of her "getting up", but i never seemed to get it quite right. I must have tried like 10 times, and I was close on a few occasions...sometimes she died 2 bullet shots later after clawing me to the floor following my hs attempt. Lame.

Anyhoo...you can do unbreakable with bots, I did. When they try to heal you take out your own medkit, it will stop them. Alternatively, pulling away/shoving will sometimes do the trick. Either way, just fire up a game on easy and run very fast and keep hopped up on pills.

Even man vs tank can be done with bots...when you hear the tank music, call a vote to change difficulty to expert. Cause you're the only non-bot you'll pass it, shoot all your pals, change difficulty back to easy before the tank gets to you and blast away with the shotty. Etc. Fiddling with the difficulty will make a lot of them a lot easier. Also, keep in mind that bots NEVER FF. So as long as you check your fire, the safety first achievement is in the bag.

I actually got Big Drag in versus yesterday. So that's one less. I'm up for some runs next weekend if we make it 4!

Yea, sounds good to me. I was up this weekend but Shiny kept me busy. Good idea on some of those bot runs... I may need to try that.

Not my fault - and you go to play some.... truthfully I am almost afraid to play because I get so frustrated with my computers performance right now - yes I know I need to wipe the box but I seriously don't have the time or really want to make the time right now. And you can not blame me for going to the doctor - you were the one that forced me to go.... not that it was not sweet - although I have a feeling it was more you were tired of hearing me cough.