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    Left 4 Dead Adds 4v4 Competitive Matchmaking (And L4D2 Demo Expands)

    Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs

    Valve's Multiplayer Calculus: (360 = PC) > PS3

    Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster

    Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-orders 4 Times The 1st

    A Look At Kmart's Black Friday Game Sales

    Left 4 Dead 2 Still Alive, Parties Like It's 2007

    The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot

    Play Versus Mode In The Left 4 Dead 2 Demo

    $25 Million In Left 4 Dead 2 Ads Gets You At Least Two Trucks
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    11/09/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead Adds 4v4 Competitive Matchmaking (And L4D2 Demo Expands)
    What does this mean? No, really, whats 4v4 competitive matchmaking in L4D terms? #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Komrade Kayce: Left 8 Dead? #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Komrade Kayce: Get 3 friends, Stick with them, and search for 4 other people as a group.

    Should cut down on the dumb stuff and lack of teamwork in random matches. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Trygle12... NOW IN HD!:

    But, we kind of already do that... does this mean there won't be any drop in drop out randoms we play against? #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Komrade Kayce: Hopefully.

    By "4 other people as a group" I mean a similar team of 4.

    As in a team that has the same amount of cohesiveness as your own. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Trygle12... NOW IN HD!:

    Won't this encourage an entire team of sore losers to drop out all at once and kill the game though? Its bad enough when my friends and I are rolling a team and they've got constant rage quitters (NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TIME FROM FOUR PEOPLE AT ONCE), but to have a whole team drop kills the game. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Komrade Kayce: If they have the balls to make a decent team then they have the balls to stay and finish a round.

    Who knows for sure though? #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead Adds 4v4 Competitive Matchmaking (And L4D2 Demo Expands)
    I can literally hear the ragers 20 miles away. Competitiveness is what turned me away from Versus (unless I'm hosting privately with friends) and now I'd say it's only going to get worst. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k]): It's only bad if you can't keep up. It's great having people you can depend on. Sure they may get *too* serious sometimes, but that's what you get from a competitive crowd. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @jookie: True, but I had one guy go off on me because I wasn't "using the Tank correctly", even though I said that "I don't play Versus much, Don't expect much out of me" as soon as I joined.

    What the hell? You punch the hell out of the survivors as much as possible. What other way is there to use the Tank? I used to see Versus as a fun mode but now I don't even care for it because 80% of players I've come across on both Steam and Xbox Live are total douchebags.

    Maybe I just have bad luck. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k]):

    Theres lots of ways to use the tank, but you can't be expected to learn if nobody is willing to help you.

    I hate those angry Versus players myself (especially when they go off on me, and I can say with little modesty I'm probably one of the better players out there with a perfect non-cheated achievements list), but Versus is really what makes the game amazing.

    You just need to not play with douchebags. But those guys are in every game. Just mute your headset if it gets that bad.

    As for the tank... sometimes its best to buy time instead of just rush in. Because the survivors usually won't keep moving since they're waiting to gun you down. So keep your distance, try not to get set on fire and throw rocks. Rush in when your team starts distracting them. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Komrade Kayce: Fair enough. I'll take your advice but I try not to be so serious about it though. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k]):

    Theres nothing wrong with not being serious about it. You play to have fun, right? Having fun is all well and good and I encourage the randoms I play with to do so (by not saying anything when they play more... poorly than I would). I WOULD make suggestions like 'Hey guy, hang back and throw rocks, buy us some time'.

    The only time I don't tolerate non-seriousness is when one jackass as the survivors decides to shoot his teammates for fun, or runs off by himself on purpose trying to be a rambo. Thats fine when you're playing with friends, but pretty rude to do to fellow randoms who are trying to play the game correctly.

    I've never yelled at someone for playing poorly and I don't give advice unless asked (which obviously never happens, so I remain quiet), but I'll vote to kick your ass without a second thought if you start playing horribly on purpose. I've had fellow infected attack me when I was trying to set up for survivor attacks before. Thats not cool.

    You should be trying to win, but moreso, just try not to be a douchebag. Same reason why I don't like the people you mentioned above (the yellers, the 'YOURE NOT DOING IT RIGHT' people etc). #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    Already pre-loaded it right away on Friday - glad, too, because I'm sure the servers will be bogged down the closer we get to street date.

    ...unless gamestop has a thing or two to say about Nov. 17th, in which case I will be pissed I bought it off steam :) #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Akihiko: Even if they sell L4D2 early, because it has to activate on Steam, it won't work till the street date or whenever Steam deems worthy. :p #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    L4D wasn't worth $50, and I highly doubt this game will be either.

    I'll wait for it to go half-off before I want to toss my money down a game that's PvP game is still entirely broken. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Yentz: The demo for 360 looks and plays like a much more polished game than the original. I only paid $30 for that and that was pushing it, but I feel that this game justifies a $50 purchase, on the the 360 at least. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @High Speed Indeed: Have you played or looked at this on a higher-end PC? There's no comparison in graphics even on the original L4D, the game on PC is just gorgeous, and on L4D2, the gap only grows. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @Guard: Nope, I can't afford drop that kind of cash on a gaming PC. I'm not really a mouse/keyboard guy anymore either. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Valve's Multiplayer Calculus: (360 = PC) > PS3
    I guess what I don't understand about this whole thing is the idea that a game like Left 4 Dead needs an extremely high-end multiplayer infrastructure to run it. Left 4 Dead has great multiplayer, but it's strikingly simplistic. Take 4 people, put them together, play. That's it.

    Now it's inarguable that the PS3's online is inferior (although it's also inarguable that the 360 is as good as the PC), but I personally don't think a 4-player cooperative game like L4D needs the best online system in the world.

    When it comes down to it, Valve just doesn't want to deal with the inconvenience of setting up their owns servers for the PS3 and rewriting some code for a port. No matter how they characterize it, that's really the only reason. I'm not going to come out and say their fanboys, but they're willing to give up a decent chunk of money because they really don't want to deal with the inconvenience of working with PS3 hardware. #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @tehflyingwombat: True, I think is lost planet 2 can get it working, then it shouldnt be a problem getting Left 4 Dead running #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    Back in the day, I had 384kbps... that was like one and a half days if my Wifi didn't cut out and made me resume later or restart a download.

    Now... with 25mbps it takes like 30ish minutes :| Too bad 25mbps doesn't last and it goes back to 15mbps later. Damn you Time Warner. Shit took an hour :( #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @ph15h: really....

    you're complaining about an HOUR for a game you can't even play RIGHT NOW??? #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @icepick314: I didn't buy the game. I let my cousin pre-load using my internet. Having unused files on a computer is heartbreaking to me. I'm debating whether or not to pick it up when I pick up a 360 this year. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @ph15h: Dude.. seriously? Try downloading a single episode of anime with a 56k modem. That was the shit I put up with as a teenager. It's almost ten hours for a typical anime episode (~170mb).. and forget about downloading a movie. That would take almost a week. Not to mention needing to have your own dedicated phoneline to pull off something like that.

    Not to sound like such an old man.. but goddamn, kids these days are so spoiled. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @Tayruh: I had 28k for a while. Damn Bruin online dialup. 56k was a great leap. I feel your pain. But back then, I was more data conscious. Didn't download anything over a few MB. Having a second phoneline was fun for a while until the bills caught up.

    MODEM BEEPS #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @ph15h: On Graal Online, I occasionally had the label "King of Lag" #left4dead2
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    11/09/09

    @zixaphir: Counter-strike on Dial-up. Mass kicking and Admin slaps. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    I was about to get all indignant, but you can also now pre-load Modern Warfare 2. I couldn't this morning, just checked after seeing this article, and now you can. Yes! #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    You don't -have- to download all 6 GB. I'm sure it uses several common files used by the Source engine (that's about 2.7 GB right there).

    TF2's 4 GB and it uses content from the other engine files as well.
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    11/08/09

    @Kitsune Sniper: Isn't there a fair amount of new stuff though? There won't be all that much shared from the 07 version of the Source engine, surely? (Certainly I didn't see much in the demo that looked as if it had been taken from the shared section - apart maybe from some of the core code) #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @Slanzinger: Who knows, but a lot of textures do get used between games. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    I fluctuate between 800kb and 1.4MB/sec so it'd be a 1 1/2hr. download at the most. Maybe 2hrs.

    What if it uses some files from L4D1; kinda of like what Orange Box does for its games? #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    I wouldn't say it would be an overnight download. Depends on the time you install it :P. I am more concerned on how much RAM it takes. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: ...How much RAM it takes? It'll only be using RAM when it's running, surely... and it's not an unreasonable amount anyway (runs a fair bit better on my PC than TF2 does, even - the demo at least) #left4dead2
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    @Slanzinger: lol yeah that's what i meant. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    "the download is 6.37GB, which is an overnight download"

    OVERNITE DOWNLOAD!? YOU CRAZY OWEN, YOU CRAZEE!! (° д° )

    [For the record, I am permastuck in a torture chamber of 768kbps DSL. AT&T of course >:|] #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @(Starman) Cookie_Monster: Wow that is gonna be one heck of a download for you... #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @Pyure: Wish me well dear brother wish me well... *sigh* #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @(Starman) Cookie_Monster: At the very least, we're not in the 56k era. THAT would be horrendous. Would take about 24 days, by my estimates... #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    Dragon Age was like 15GB before it was unpacked. Yeesh, that was a long download. Worth it though. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    6 gigglibits isn't that huge.
    Tf2 is 8-n-a-bit gigs.

    I guess the main thing is to get it before the servers get slammed on launch day. Though getting it on pre-load day too is also not that wise.

    Of course the whole pre-load thing brings up the "why can I not play the game now? The game is ready, it is instlalled on my PC, why can I not play it?"
    Same with the Gamestop selling MW2 early n Bordelrands n all that. just, a bit...iffy? #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @deanbmmv: Gigabytes, not bits. The difference is a factor of 8, so felt it worth mentioning. :P #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @TexasJack: 1 'giggli' is a factor of 8 billion.
    So it's all accounted for.
    ;P #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @deanbmmv: Touche lol #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @TexasJack: As an example of its usages:
    There is currently 0.85gigglipeople on Earth.
    Wow makes 0.12gigglidollars a year.

    Its a widely accepted mathematical measurement.

    Physicist prefer to measure in terrorbits n killerbits though. But physics don't need the humour as much as mathematicians.
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    11/08/09

    @deanbmmv: Killerbits and Terrorbits eh? These are obviously the work of Doc Terror! #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @TexasJack: Doc Terror a Physicist?

    They do have a habit of naming units of measurements after themselves. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @deanbmmv: Well, he's not a physicist as far as I know. But come on! He just had to have had something to do with it! #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    Aren't most games between 6 & 7 gigs? #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Pre-Load Your L4D2 — Because It's More than 6 Gigs
    Steam's pretty good about managing downloads. Meaning you can be playing a game online and downloading with minimal to no lag. It shouldn't be that big of an issue. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @Sir-Lucius does anything for Dethklok: In my experience, it actually pauses the download if you're playing TF2 or L4D. I've never tried un-pausing it as I don't want lag when I'm trying to shoot people and/or zombies. #left4dead2
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    11/08/09

    @All: Hmm, that's weird. It definitely keeps running for me, as I've gotten notices while playing games that X game has finished downloading/installing. Maybe it's just my connection? #left4dead2
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