Well, well, you made me proud. Barely. By a fraction of an inch. Don't let it go to your head, because after all, you are still a maggot. So I announce stats to the world, and what do you all do? You all become statwhores. Every single one of you. Horrible.
I mean look at these numbers. If this was a WAR, well color me happy, because you soldiers are kicking some demo ass.You win a free punch to the ribs, and a haircut!
Soldier picked 3,963 times with 24,861 kills Demo picked 3,147 times with 18,593 kills
However, that upstart mutey pyro has been picked more, but with a lot less kills than the demo and only half as much as the greatest american hero, the Soldier. So you pyros, be looking for rockets coming your way... because I'm gunning for you, you little rubber covered freakshows! Here is a form letter to use when you are dead:
Dear _____
The Soldier blew me up. I am a chunky red smear on a canyon wall.
THIS, you little ingrate maggots, is a head! It is round. It talks. It is filled with gooey candy. As a soldier, I expect you to aim for it. Hence the circles. Do not question my directions, maggot. I am a soldier - a great and powerful man, like my father, and his father before him, before they died under a hail of horrific shrapnel. Together. On Father's day. In front of my very eyes.
And it was wonderful! It made me a better soldier! No tears, no fears, just ROCKETS to spare. So ten-hut, you little frilly girls, and hear this. We are now blowing men to smithereens for no more than a few points! It does not take much to excite me! I look in the eyes of my enemy, and without ceremony, blow them to little red pieces and laugh maniacally for nothing more than another point. And perhaps a fancy ribbon. And god so help me if I am lucky, a goddamn Award!
That is right! We are running stats so all you girls can get your panties in a twist over who blew who to kingdom-come first. So you enjoy it and get in there! A little pain is just weakness leaving the body, who cares if you suck, at least someone else is advancing RANK.
Remember back in the early days of Left 4 Dead, there was an influx of announcements about ambitious custom campaigns? How many of these creations panned out? "I Hate Mountains", though -- it's the real deal, and it only just came out the other day. I'll let the trailer above do most of the heavy lifting here, but yeah, this is a five-part campaign complete with alternate routes and the sort of attention to detail you would expect from a group of highly passionate fans.
Despite the initial bright big block insertion of the authors names as you load up the campaign, the rest of the levels are extremely well done utilizing custom visual and sound effects that really get you in the mood for kill'n off the infected. A port to L4D2 is in the works but dont expect it to be as fully polished as this version. Be sure to read the README that comes with the addon and follow instructions to get the full experience the authors intended. Enjoy!
When you see the word Versus, I would venture that generally two things come to mind.
Someone is going to get raped. (Often, and horribly.)
Someone will probably rage quit. (Followed by their entire team.)
When I see the word Versus, I think of potential. The potential for a great game dynamic that transcends your standard game of co-op. It really is a measure of energy. Potential energy that can turn into a great game, or at the other end of the spectrum, with you screaming at your monitor about the incompetent futhermucker morons you call teammates. In a friends-only game, the question of skill has come up before. Is one team better due to skill? Luck? Team dynamics? A single player? In fact, we have a thread about it in our forums... the question in the OP was about random-teamstacking (accidental and generally out of our control) causing players to rage quit because one team was just way too successful. Keep in mind this is not a pub game, this is a private friends-only L4D2 match, among people that know each other (at some level), and generally have played, not only L4D2 together before, but other games as well. So is it skill?
I would say not for a single player. If you have a single person with unbelievable skill playing Rambo, see item 1 above. They are still going to go down. L4D2 is about team dynamics, more so than TF2, and more so than most shooters out there. I think it has little to do with any one player. It is about the team dynamic.... how they think alike, play alike, and communicate. So switching up players is not about moving skill around, it is about trying to introduce some faults into the team dynamic. Having one person play slightly off from the others is going to put a massive kink into a survivor's plan. Regardless of skill... and especially with other players in a similar skill range on the other team.
Or maybe those mingebags are just that good, and contrary to personal belief, you just suck. (I hope that is not the case.)
3 Point Games wouldn't be such a great place to play if we didn't have such awesome and diverse group of people who frequent our forums and Game Servers. We'd like to give a special thanks to all of you who have contributed in one way or another... and in order to get to know each other a little bit better, we are continuing our Community Spotlight articles on some members who have stood out for their interesting personality and community involvement.
This time it goes to our intrepid cartoonist ATR (AllThatRemains).
Give a big shout out to ATR for his involvement in the 3-PG community to help us grow and prosper! To see his work, click here!
Username: AllThatRemains (ATR) Age: 25 Profession: Sales First Joined 3PG: January 7th 2009 Motto: Don't Worry. Be Happy. Favorite TF2 Class: Engineer Favorite Game (Besides TF2): Starcraft & Risk the board game. Favorite Movie: Goodfellas, Blow, Lord of the Rings Favorite Super Hero: Iron Man Favorite Book: Extreme Spirituality by Tolly Burkan. I'm not 'extremely spiritual' or anything, but the book is mainly about how to Firewalk. My dad was trained by Tolly to be a firewalk instructor, and we put on Firewalk seminars in our local area. I've been across the coals around 25 times so far. Favorite Band: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Breaking Benjamin Favorite Quote: Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind. Favorite Class (When you were in school): Probably Drama Favorite TV Show: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Favorite Comic: White Ninja A short message to the world: A message to the world? Hmm…well I guess I will try to tell you all something meaningful. Try to surround yourself with positive, happy people. I have found that you become like the people you spend your time with. If you hang out with negative, pessimistic people; you will soon find that you will be that way as well. Also, thanks to 3-PG for being such a great community. It wouldn't be such an awesome place without the people who make it up.
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Well, well, you made me proud. Barely. By a fraction of an inch. Don't let it go to your head, because after all, you are still a maggot. So I announce stats to the world, and what do you all do? You all become statwhores. Every single one of you. Horrible.
THIS, you little ingrate maggots, is a head! It is round. It talks. It is filled with gooey candy. As a soldier, I expect you to aim for it. Hence the circles. Do not question my directions, maggot. I am a soldier - a great and powerful man, like my father, and his father before him, before they died under a hail of horrific shrapnel. Together. On Father's day. In front of my very eyes.
When you see the word Versus, I would venture that generally two things come to mind.
