I don't think the problem is if it's worth it as such, because I think we'd all be glad to have an ensured smooth playing experience for a pittance. I think none of us would mind donating 2 bucks or less a month for it. It's just the logistics.
1) where do we find a good host
2) how do we ensure a smooth coordination of the moneys to the person primarily paying it. Ie, where that person does not have to go whining for money every month from everyone.
I wouldn't mind being the go-to person for this when it comes to the payments, but I don't know the first thing about the practical side of servers or renting them.
Would Peltz and Derf (and Shiny) be willing to contribute?
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For Derf: post action report on me, Satis, Shiny and Peltz doing The Bridge finale on advanced.
The campaign in itself went remarkably smoothly (even if it took us AAAAAGEES to find a decent server for all involved), and we did the finale on the first try! I got incapped for a moment but was helped up, Satis didn't get smashed off the bridge this time (that was hilarious), and when we got to the end of the bridge Satis threw a tactical pipe bomb which pretty much cleared the way for us. You know, that pipe bomb Marco should have thrown when we were doing the finale.
The run from the bridge to the actual chopper is actually very far. Plenty of room for last-minute 'accidents'...you know, the kind that happens to the peeps who just run for it and don't look back once the chopper comes. I actually popped an adrenaline shot once I heard the chopper, and got the fuck out of there. Satis was 15 seconds behind or so. Lmao.
After that we took Gnome Chompski all through Dark Carnival on normal. It's WAY easier than advanced, almost a joke. I went through the game attempting to only use melee weapons but slipped up twice because of MAGICAL PISTOL appearing a) when i was incapped and b) when my chainsaw ran out of fuel and disappeared. Apparently it's physically impossible to have empty hands in L4D.
Some highlights did include:
- me chainsawing the tank (ok so he was almost dead)
- Satis picking up his "Cr0wned" routine from L4D1 and killing witches with shotty powah
- Satis going bananas on the grenade launcher
- Peltz getting raped a few times by taking pages out of Derf's Great Book of Reconnaissance (or How to Get Raped by a Hunter in a Dark Corner).
Also, I jumped into a survival game with O'Cram and Derf yesterday...we assembled like 10 gas cans and a few explosive cannisters at a strategic spot...until Derf let go a shot or something and shot one of them.
Was positively the n00best thing I have seen in ages!
Then i proceeded to hit the radio and summon a horde before they could get ready, jumped out of the game before they could shoot me and went to bed.
