Left 4 Dead Created 15 years ago2008-11-09 01:59:37 UTC by satchmo satchmo

Created 15 years ago2008-11-09 01:59:37 UTC by satchmo satchmo

Posted 15 years ago2008-11-13 20:41:17 UTC Post #258497
I thought urby was also recommending I check the bathroom. :P

Oh well, doesn't make it any less funny.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-13 21:16:00 UTC Post #258500
I seem to get Bill all the time when i pick a random character, mind you, i seem to like bill the most, his voice actor, i know him from somewhere! Anyway, I hosted a online server for a while on normal and we had some fun on that. Now, however, I have already kicked up the level to advanced and tried it on my own, (while im offline). I can't get past the last subway train. By then we've all used our healthkits and on no more than 25% health. Then we get swamped by either two hoards of zombies or a tank. I like getting to the end of the first level though, my score is usually 150+ with each other player killing approx 50. THATS A LOT OF FREAKING ZOMBIES!!!
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-13 21:34:37 UTC Post #258501
Bill's voice sounds familiar to me but I can't find a name or anything. As far as I can tell it's the same guy who voiced Father Grigori, The Fisherman from HL2: Lost Coast and the scientists in the Official Released HL1 total-conversion Gunman Chronicles.

Also, I believe Zoey is voiced by the same person who did Cortana in the Halo series.
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-13 22:17:17 UTC Post #258504
Someone should look up such information. ;)
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-13 22:57:57 UTC Post #258505
...I can't find a name or anything.
Implying that I had searched. :)
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 03:14:41 UTC Post #258508
If I ever have a daughter, her name will be "Zoey".
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 05:43:26 UTC Post #258510
If I ever have a daughter, her name will be entirely unrelated to any videogame characters.
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 08:44:02 UTC Post #258513
If I ever have a daughter, her name will be "Zoey".
Poor girl :(
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 10:58:27 UTC Post #258516
I will call my daughter pryro
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 11:33:49 UTC Post #258518
You mean Pyro? :P

How about... an official TWHL L4D server?
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 11:36:00 UTC Post #258520
Slap some custom maps onto it and I'm there. :P
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 12:05:41 UTC Post #258523
WHeres IT aT!?
Unbreakable UnbreakableWindows 7.9 Rating!
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 12:21:31 UTC Post #258524
Here's a question for you: how do you enable the console on european keyboards? Neither "enable developer console" or -console in the launch options seems to do anything.

I've played it only with friends over skype, and yes, it is fun... for a while. I'm afraid this game'll get boring quite fast, not too sure I'll invest in it.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 12:32:01 UTC Post #258525
I think it's
bind "\" "toggleconsole"
or something like that. Put it in autoexec.cfg. If Left 4 Dead works like all other Source games, that is.
If you want to open the console in the menu, I think you press the ' button, shift + ', shift + ?, ? or something. Doesn't always work.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 13:09:51 UTC Post #258527
Thankyee, potatis_invalid. Fixed it by binding p to toggleconsole.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 13:16:00 UTC Post #258528
If I ever have a daughter, her name will be entirely unrelated to any videogame characters.
You're going to have a hard time finding a girl's name then.

There are so many games out there.
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 13:23:47 UTC Post #258529
There are so many games out there.
Yeah, mostly with male roles.
Habboi HabboiSticky White Love Glue
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 13:32:12 UTC Post #258530
You're going to have a hard time finding a girl's name then.
My finacee has already thought up names. I have certainly never heard them before, not to mention in a game. :P
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 13:37:55 UTC Post #258531
if i have a daughter, i'm naming her Mirrori. Or Svou, or Seven, or Aviel, or Penguinboy.
Rimrook RimrookSince 2003
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 13:49:38 UTC Post #258532
Penguinboy
Is there something I should know dear? : O AFFAIR!?
Habboi HabboiSticky White Love Glue
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 13:56:00 UTC Post #258533
L4D rocks, especially on expert, when you tell you buddy not to shoot at the car, and he does it anyway for some laughs, glad its the end of the first school period so we dont have to worry about getting stuff done already ^_^;.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 17:04:50 UTC Post #258537
Standing on top of that van + shooting the car = a hella funny time.
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-14 23:54:13 UTC Post #258549
Standing at the top of the stairs + shooting the car + running into the safehouse and locking everyone out = hilarious.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 01:48:07 UTC Post #258551
Why is there a count-down clock on the demo? Does it mean that once the full game is released, the demo no longer works?
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 03:12:49 UTC Post #258552
Correct.

Kinda weird, right?
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 04:07:12 UTC Post #258553
Penguinboy is a great name for Rimrook's daughter. Why did you cross it out :(
Penguinboy PenguinboyHaha, I died again!
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 04:50:28 UTC Post #258554
No, the countdown means that once the full thing goes live, you won't be able to play online anymore. Though you can still do single-player on your own lame self.
38_98 38_98Lord
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 14:55:29 UTC Post #258559
I just bought it, its preloading now. :)
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 17:23:00 UTC Post #258561
I can't play online with the demo anyway. Whenever I tried to connect to a server, the search gets stuck in an infinite loop, and I end up in an empty lobby.
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 18:44:28 UTC Post #258564
Can't even join via Steam Friends?
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 19:12:05 UTC Post #258565
Satch I was having trouble joing games as well, but one way that worked was joining via the console using the "connect" command.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 19:41:45 UTC Post #258567
use the "openserverbrowser" console command and try joining through that.
Penguinboy PenguinboyHaha, I died again!
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 20:11:35 UTC Post #258568
I wonder if the Xbox demo will still work. =O
Steam pisses me off as far as running my games while in dual-screen mode. So I think I want it for Xbox.

In L4D what makes me mad is playing on expert and everyone thinks they're tough shit so they go off and try and hold their own in their own little corner. Then we all die...
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-15 22:00:46 UTC Post #258572
Expert is only for team players, preferably with friends, in my opinion.

Public expert matches often fail miserably.

Edit: BTW, Left 4 Dead might seem to run alright, but it will show its darkside if you try to run it on a system under its minimum memory spec.

Found that out because my brother tried to run it on a computer with 512 memory and Left 4 Dead brought it to its knees.

And is anyone else getting some lag and connection issues when loading up the second map on an online server? It lasts for about a minute then stops.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-16 00:05:23 UTC Post #258575
I know what you mean.

And no, it seems to load fun. But lately I've been taking on the whole 360 side of the game. Not nearly as much lag.

Way back to the voice actor things:
Jennifer Lee "Jen" Taylor (born on February 17, 1973 in Seattle, Washington) is an American voice actress best known for her role as Cortana... Zoey in Left 4 Dead,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen_Taylor
Jim French is an American radio personality and producer...He provided the voice for Father Grigori in the game Half-Life 2, and Bill in the game Left 4 Dead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_French_(radio)
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-16 00:19:50 UTC Post #258576
Haha! Father Grigori is awesome, and no wonder I think Bill is too! It was his voice operating subliminally in my head!
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-16 00:24:12 UTC Post #258577
The L4D demo has been updated now to fix the connection errors.
Penguinboy PenguinboyHaha, I died again!
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-16 01:02:50 UTC Post #258580
sweet
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-16 01:08:38 UTC Post #258581
I think the update made things worse. The problem occurs way more often.
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-16 01:12:34 UTC Post #258582
Eh? stopped for me.
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-16 02:19:56 UTC Post #258586
Nice video on the behind the scene making of L4D.
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-22 10:06:02 UTC Post #258892
For those interested:

Just found out: (voice actors)
Bill - Father Grigori (Kinda already guessed this one)
Louis - Jimmy (the suffering)
Zoey - Cortana
Francis - nobody
Helicopter Pilot - Spy/Pyro
Some infected - Damon Baird
Church Lunatic - Scout
Farmhouse radio voice - Sergeant Johnson (Halo)
Airport Runway radio - Heavy/Demoman
Houseboat Radio - Sniper

I find this quite interesting.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 15 years ago2008-11-22 21:35:08 UTC Post #258917
I knew I recognised some of the voices.

Bill / Grigori was an obvious one. He believe also voiced the scientists in Gunman Chronicles. I think thats where Valve picked him up. If not they sound almost identical.
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
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