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    The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot

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    Image of Tyber_Zann Tyber_Zann
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Nothing will beat the actual intro to the game itself. I watch that and get pumped up every time.

    I did like the twitching hand at the end, though. Nice touch. #left4dead2
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    I tried the demo, and it was...ok. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. Some of the new items are neat, and some of the new special infected are interesting (although the jockey doesn't seem to be much of a threat). I cannot stand the music in the game, though. It's a horrible mess. The new characters still haven't won me over, either, except for maybe Nick. #left4dead2
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    Image of DrowningInMercy DrowningInMercy
    11/04/09

    @Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: The new characters are terrible...I actually liked all the old characters...except maybe Louis...but now we have 3 Louises! It's an outrage! Ellis is so fucking stupid...he annoys me and all of my friends. He's like....super hick. The thing that made me hate him in the first place is his first line in the intro video. "Kill all sons of bitches. That's my offishal insthructions" And then the conversation about eating head or whatever in the demo...just no. #left4dead2
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    11/04/09

    @DrowningInMercy: Out of all four characters, Ellis is the one I hate the most. I'm not surprised, though. I knew as soon as I looked at him that he was going to be a douche bag. #left4dead2
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    Image of Rozeros Rozeros
    11/04/09

    @Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: Eh... I've been in a couple of games where the Jockey has made the shit hit the fan. #left4dead2
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    Image of lostpuppies lostpuppies
    11/04/09

    @Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: The music is actually my favorite part of the game. I live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi though, which is only an hour and a half from New Orleans and being able to recognize the sounds and sites from NO is pretty neat. The music is a very nice change of pace and fits the atmosphere perfectly. However, I suppose if you're not from around here and can be a little too twangy ;P.

    If you're from the South (I can't speak for all of us), I think Ellis isn't as bad as he sounds. For all of us here, he's hilarious. We all know someone like him. The only character I don't like is the girl, because she seems so plain, personality wise. Coach and Nick are pretty cool though. #left4dead2
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    Image of Luke Plunkett Luke Plunkett
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Hah, Clutch, brilliant #left4dead2
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    Image of Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Is it me or does the Kotaku player take AGES to load videos?

    It may be my slow Internet but youtube and other videos from other players load quicker.

    I am happy to wait but it would be nice to play the video all the way through and not have to stop half way through to pause it, wait for it to load and play again. #left4dead2
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    That just kicked me in the face with Awesome. #left4dead2
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    I read the title as "Second Life 4 Dead" and was truly and utterly horrified. #left4dead2
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k]) Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k])
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Hell yeah Clutch! I saw them on my birthday. They're awesome live :D #left4dead2
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Awesome. #left4dead2
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    Image of Noodle-Works Noodle-Works
    11/03/09

    In reply to $25 Million In Left 4 Dead 2 Ads Gets You At Least Two Trucks
    i used to work across the street from where they put these trucks together. I saw them roll out the first L4D trucks last year- there were also a couple traditional billboards that went up in Seattle too.
    www.bigink.biz #left4dead2
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    Image of N●Gage Croal N●Gage Croal
    11/03/09

    In reply to $25 Million In Left 4 Dead 2 Ads Gets You At Least Two Trucks
    I've seen three different L4D2 bill('s hat)boards around (pills) here. I don't recall ever seeing a game advertised on the side of the freeway... #left4dead2
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    Image of sakamatana5 sakamatana5
    11/04/09

    @N●Gage Croal: You must be in need of glasses because these things are a (tank!) of advertisement and can be seen everywhere. At least it isn't a (Hunter!) blimp or something advertising this. #left4dead2
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    Image of N●Gage Croal N●Gage Croal
    11/04/09

    @sakamatana5:
    I've never seen advertising trucks around here. However, I did see (L4D)2 more billboards around. This is some crazy boom(er) of advertising. #left4dead2
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    Image of JDotCDot JDotCDot
    11/03/09

    In reply to $25 Million In Left 4 Dead 2 Ads Gets You At Least Two Trucks
    I live in Bellevue. I remember seeing the Left 4 Dead one for the first time last year, and couldn't believe it.

    Ended up chasing it around the block to get a picture of it haha #left4dead2
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    Image of TheCleaningGuy TheCleaningGuy
    11/03/09

    In reply to $25 Million In Left 4 Dead 2 Ads Gets You At Least Two Trucks
    I saw the one near UW, thought it was pretty cool! #left4dead2
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    Image of JDotCDot JDotCDot
    11/03/09

    @TheCleaningGuy: I have yet to see one at UW, but I mainly stay on campus throughout the day, anyways. #left4dead2
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    Image of TheCleaningGuy TheCleaningGuy
    11/03/09

    @JDotCDot: Yeah, I was waiting for the bus near the ave, and saw it drive by, no big events or anything, but it was cool. #left4dead2
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    Image of Eaiyen Eaiyen
    11/03/09

    In reply to $25 Million In Left 4 Dead 2 Ads Gets You At Least Two Trucks
    I think Borderlands Co-Op is going to hurt this game. Borderlands is just too addicting. #left4dead2
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k]) Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k])
    11/03/09

    @Eaiyen: Funny that you say this because I just got my copy in the mail today :D #left4dead2
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    Image of Hey_Blinkon Hey_Blinkon
    11/03/09

    In reply to $25 Million In Left 4 Dead 2 Ads Gets You At Least Two Trucks
    I have to say I must really underestimate Valve's popularity. I know among us gamers they are big, but big enough to handle a 25 million dollar campaign? The only other games I'd think would be able to do that cost wise would be GTA or FF entries. #left4dead2
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    Image of Sl0th Sl0th
    11/03/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: Left 4 Dead 1 has sold roughly 2.5 million copies.

    At 30-60 dollars/copy you're looking at well over 100 million dollars.

    (This, of course, doesn't take into account Half Life, Portal, Counter Strike, Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, or profits from Steam.)

    They got the funds for sure. ^_^ #left4dead2
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    Image of cyruss cyruss
    11/03/09

    @Sl0th: especially since they make such a huge profit on that ... they own Steam, so no middle man for them... and many of their Steam Content servers are voluntarily hosted by people who own large connections.... so they don't even pay for much of the bandwidth used to my knowledge...

    tons of profit, Valve are rolling in it #left4dead2
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    Image of Howl Howl
    11/03/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: I bet a big chunk of that budget is from EA though. They are the distributors for the retail versions, including the 360. #left4dead2
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    Image of Shocky Shocky
    11/03/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: GTA or FF? You're obviously not in on the gaming loop, there are several companies right now that could throw out that kind of change, Activision for example.

    I don't suppose you've ever heard of the Call of Duty franchise? #left4dead2
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k]) Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k])
    11/03/09

    In reply to $25 Million In Left 4 Dead 2 Ads Gets You At Least Two Trucks
    You what they could've done? Take a page out of Bungie's book and tour a bus around letting people throw down on the game. I'm sure it would've possibly defused any doubts people have about the game.

    But I guess this works too.

    I, for one, like it. I won't go into fanboy mode but the detail and variety of weapons/Infected is a step up from L4D. #left4dead2
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