Mutation Week 14: Healthpackalypse and Updates - 7/26/10
In the updates news section: PC players rejoice as more Versus updates will be coming up later this week. Xbox players, will have to be patient.
So what's your favorite Mutation? Next week's Encore Mutation and go ahead and vote.
Results of players' votes by platform can be found here.
Tank Rush Server - campaign game where the infected are replaced by...tanks! Tanks that will respawn when killed. So here we are at Mutation Week 13: Hard Eight.
Here is a good time to curse the lucky 8 ball as the challenge is to face eight Special Infected zombies at a time! What's so hard about it? Well, the increasing frequency of spawning zombies!
Here are last week's results on your favorite Melee Weapon. Xbox 360 users love the Chainsaw over PC gamers. Yet, the Katana reigns supreme here for both consoles.
Xbox 360
34% Katana (Sword)
17% Chainsaw
12% Machete
10% Fire Axe
7% Baseball Bat
6% Golf Club
3% Frying Pan
3% Electric Guitar
3% Crowbar
3% Cricket Bat
1% Tonfa (police baton)
PC
44% Katana (Sword)
12% Machete
11% Fire Axe
9% Chainsaw
5% Baseball Bat
4% Golf Club
3% Frying Pan
3% Electric Guitar
3% Crowbar
2% Cricket Bat
2% Tonfa (police baton)
We'll be checking back in on next week's mutation: Healthpackalypse
You heard it right, Left 4 Dead 2's turning Japanese. Well, not quite. But it's latest mutation mode is all about the Katanas - dubbed the "Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse." This one's a fun mode as you get to slash your way slice, dice and slash your way through hundreds of zombies!
Last week, L4D's blog launched a poll on what your favorite finale is. The results show that "The Parish: Bridge and Dark Carnival" are totally for-the-win!
Here are the results, taken from L4D's blog:
Xbox 360
40% Dark Carnival: Concert (1/33%)
26% The Parish: Bridge (3/17%)
11% The Passing: Port (2/21%)
9% Swamp Fever: Plantation (6/5%)
7% Dead Center: Atrium (5/12%)
7% Hard Rain: Escape (4/13%)
PC
32% Dark Carnival: Concert (1/27%)
32% The Parish: Bridge (2/21%)
10% The Passing: Port (5/15%)
10% Dead Center: Atrium (3/16%)
9% Swamp Fever: Plantation (3/16%)
7% Hard Rain: Escape (6/5%)
Wait for this week's "Hard Eight" mutation mode and vote for your favorite melee weapon of all time!
Seriously guys, it doesn't get any better than this (really thankful for all the creative fans out there)!
Kotaku.com has just announced that a modder has just recreated Disneyland's "Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye" into...the more appropriate title: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Zombies"
Anyway this is part of a modded map pack for the game, of course and looks pretty damn impressive visually. Check out the details!
There was a map based on the Pirates of the Caribbean that was done previous to this one. But man, do I just love me some Jones-Zombie action.
In the words of Mike Thompson of escapistmagazine.com: "If someone wants to continue the tradition of adapting Disney rides for Left 4 Dead 2, I'm sure fans would love to play through an undead-filled version of 'The Haunted Mansion' (without Eddie Murphy).
What do you think?
Feel free to discuss away in our forum!
Image taken from ripten.com
Friday marks the release of a new mutation, versus survival! Hopefully this mutation will spruce up the survival aspect of the game. Survival, at least up to today, is the least played game type in Left 4 Dead/Left 4 Dead 2.
Versus survival works similarly to scavenge mode. The first team sets the time, while the second team tries to beat it. The teams alternate until one team fails to beat the other’s time, so there’s the potential for these matches to outlast some versus games.
Since this week is a versus mutation, the devs are going to be playing again. Think you can beat the makers of the game? Find out! Add one of these guys to your friends list on steam and join their game:
L4D2_DEV_1, L4D2_DEV_2, L4D2_DEV_3, L4D2_DEV_4, L4D2_DEV_5
This week’s poll is asking which finale is your favorite. Head on over to the forums and cast your vote!
P.S: this was supposed to be up on Friday, but I've just returned from vacation - hope everyone had a great time this 4th of July weekend :)
Article contributed by our Moderator: Deadly
Here are some images referenced from Kotaku's gallery that details the end of various maps in Left 4 Dead games:
If you haven't yet purchased "Left 4 Dead 2" (shame on, you ^_^), this is a good time to do so. Steam have just revealed their sale big discounts on nine games including Left 4 Dead 2.
Left 4 Dead 2 = 66% off - so what are you waiting for?
Head over to store steampowered for more information on purchasing the game.
It was a close race for the PC! With headshot in the lead most of the way, at the last second Chainsaw Massacre pulls ahead with just 500 votes leading it to victory. This week’s poll is asking you which platform you play Left 4 Dead 1 or 2 on more. Do you play on both equally? Discuss it in our forums.
While you’re visiting our forums, check out L4Djed’s survival video. He made it a whopping 58 minutes and 39 seconds on the “Bridge” survival. Think you can top him?
Next week’s mutation is Versus Survival. Which team can get the better time? We’ll find out next Friday.
Contributed by our Forum Moderator and dedicated member: Deadly Check out this pretty cool movie concept poster by Alex Griendling (Gravitybomb). His blog can be found here: Games.Designed
So Valve's official blog have just recently released their Week 9 Mutation: Headshot!, This is My Rifle, Pick Your Mutation
Here goes:
Headshot!
Well guess what! Do not shoot anyone in the arm, leg or chest. It does not matter, as the only shot that really counts is the one made to the head. This is available for the Campaign Mode.
This is my Rifle
Valve conducted a poll and found that everyone picked the Assault Rifle class as their favorite and Auto-Shotguns as a second favorite. Xbox users are an avid fan of Melee weapons and Sniper Rifles, while PC players love using Sniper Rifles.
Pick your Mutation
So what's your favorite mutation so far? Last Man On Earth, Chain Saw Massacre, Room For One or Headshot? Go ahead and vote!
Some updates from Valve:
Left 4 Dead fans, check this out:
Versus updates will be coming to Xbox 360 sometime this year (date: To-be-announced), but for the PC users out there, the following updates are automatically applied when your Steam client is restarted.
Here's the list taken from IGN.com:
Addon Update
* Fixed a crash when the vpk file limit was reached.
* Fixed an issue where wireframes were displayed while playing Addon Campaigns.
Versus Updates
* Added a 25 point scoring penalty for using a Defibrillator.
* Scaled dynamic Defibrillators based on map length with a maximum of 1 per map.
* Removed dynamic Pill conversion to First Aid Kits.
* Removed Explosive Ammunition.
* Increased Jockey damage per second.
* Removed Jockey's damage delay.
Valve has released yet another mutation, taking the one weapon every zombie killer craves, the chainsaw, and pitting you, your friends, and your chainsaws against thousands of zombies. Titled Chainsaw Massacre, this mutation is playable in Single Player and Campaign modes, and is only available to PC players and those who own the Passing DLC, available for purchase on Xbox Live.
Don't count special infected out of the equation though, as witches and tanks still spawn, along with the usual roundup. The fragile boomer is now more of a threat then ever, especially on expert, and the dual pistols were never more effective.
Last week, a poll was enacted asking Left 4 Dead 2 players what their favorite campaign was. The results are...
PC [Most Voted]
PC [Most Played]
360 [Most Voted]
360 [Most Played]
This week's poll: If you could remove one item from Left 4 Dead 2, permanently, what would you pick?
And, Last Video on Earth is concluded! Congrats to all of the winners!
ncswarmer wins the contest for his video, This chainsaw runs on adrenaline!
To view the rest of the winners, as well as the runner ups, visit:
http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3908
Contributed by our forum member, Sarah! The competitive scene in Left 4 Dead 2 can charitably called on hiatus. An unfortunate lack of teams and sponsor interest has created a hole in which little to nothing is going on, and many of the competitive teams have moved back to try and restart the Left 4 Dead 1 scene. L4Dnao Community member Bainshie aims to fix this problem by starting up a brand new Left 4 Dead 2 tournament, Last 4 Standing.
Attempting to address the chief problems Left 4 Dead 2's original tournaments had, a lack of understanding for how the game mechanics worked and a lack of administrator interest in the game, Bainshie has taken it upon himself to run a community cup solo, without administrators or moderators. The cup has received a huge following and massive community support so far, providing servers and volunteering to shoutcast matches. This sort of community response is rare for the Left 4 Dead series, but not unheard of. As of yet, no announcement has been made concerning prizes and ground rules, but Bainshie did have this to say about the tournament.
Originally Posted by Bainshie
"Right now L4D2 has finally reached the stage where it can be called competitive. Confogl 2.1.6 seems to bring the game within 95% of where it needs to be, the great changes to scoring and other balance issues, where now the games see the best team winning rather then the luckiest team winning. The new coder for confogl seems awesome, and I'm looking forwards to the next update. The updates by Valve are also important, keeping the public interest in L4D2 high. Overall the entire future of L4D2 is looking good. However...
The beginning of L4D2 hurt it more then anything else. The failures of vannila, CEVO, and the previous confogl configs kept the game from being truly competitive. All the serious competitive teams left. This creates a void, which means most E-Sport organizations don't really support L4D2 like they support TF2, HoN, SC1, and CS. Even though there is public interest in L4D2, there is a lack of competitive players. In effect, the game has been, by the competitive community (pun intended) left 4 dead.
Now I could continue this post by ranting on about how nobody does anything and ESL sucks, and how my pants are too tight. But ranting never got anything done, apart from increasing my blood pressure. And as good as the few leagues and cups that are running are, they don't target the right people, the large quantity of casual teams who currently have no idea there is more then just team matchmaking, instead catering to the few people who have stuck it out this long. And as the saying goes, if you want something doing right, you have to do it yourself.
This is the part where I explain who I am. I'm a computer science student just finishing his first year. I've always followed the L4D1 competitive scene, and joined it in L4D2 with the ESL team Her Majesties Hard Men, eventually hit within the top 20 before the game turned us off. Kept an eye on the game until confogl finally came together and created something great.
The cup would be a fairly short term thing, running not long over a month (would be max 10 rounds in total, so probably try to get a round played every 3-5 days), double elimination*, 32 teams, confogl 2.1.6*.. The high end teams like Area 51 etc etc would be barred from the cup (not like the high caliber teams care, but meh), as this is designed to attract new people, not smash them to the ground. The main thing it would be looking to accomplish is two fold. Firstly to try and get several new teams into the pool. Secondly would be to increase the public knowledge about competitive L4D2."
It would appear that the time of the tournament is going to attempt to begin at the end of Confogl Fo Sho, the other community cup being held and managed by BRBBOWFLEXIN, already a tremendous success despite having no prices and very few servers.
If you wish to join the tournament or just voice your support, you may register on www.l4dnao.com and visit this topic http://www.l4dnao.com/index.php?site...pic&topic=1959
Bainshie can be contacted at his steam page http://steamcommunity.com/id/bainshie, or on L4Dnao via PM. Expect more news about Last 4 Standing, as well as news on Confogl Fo Sho as they near their beginning and end respectively.
Bainshie recently created a trailer of sorts for Last 4 Standing, outlining the rules and showcasing some sweet plays by team HAUSEN.
The credit goes to Forum member Sarah. This week’s mutation is Last Man on Earth. It is you against the special infected. No commons, no survivors. Obviously since you are the last man (or woman) on Earth, this mutation will only be available in single player mode.
Valve is also holding a contest for this mutation. Record your best 60 second session and upload it to youtube with the tags “L4D2LastSurvivor” The one they choose as having the best footage will be featured in their blog next week, so get recording!
The hunter won in the favorite special infected poll, and this week they want you voting on your favorite campaign. Next week’s mutation is Chainsaw Massacre. Head on over to our forums to discuss the latest news and vote on your favorite campaign!
Contributed by our Forum Moderator "Deadly"
Left 4 Dead's Tank Rush Mod - 7/18/10
L4D's Week 13: Hard Eight Mutation and Your Favorite Melee Weapon - 7/16/10
L4D's "Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse" Mode - 7/12/10
Adventure away on Disneyland's Indiana Jones Ride with this new Left 4 Dead Map - 7/8/10
Versus Survival, Play with the Devs - 7/5/10
Gallery detailing several ends of L4D's maps - 6/30/10
Steam Sale Day: "Left 4 Dead 2" game 66% Off - 6/26/10
Mutation Week 10 and Survival Video - 6/25/10
"Left 4 Dead 2" Movie Poster Art - 6/25/10
Left 4 Dead 2 Week 9 Mutation & Update - 6/18/10
1. They've made some changes to the Defilbrillators- scaling them based on map length, and it is no longer free to use.
How so? There is a 25 point scoring penalty for using a Defib now.
2. No longer being generous with Health Kits! Now Director will just spawn Pills (no more First Ait Kits)
3. Jockey's damage per second is now increased and damage delay is removed.
Latest "Left 4 Dead 2" Updates - 6/18/10
This week's mutation, Last Video on Earth contest winners, and more! - 6/6/10
27% Dark Carnival
21% The Parish
16% Dead Center
16% Hard Rain
15% The Passing
5% Swamp Fever
26% Dead Center
21% Dark Carnival
20% The Parish
15% The Passing
8% Hard Rain
7% Swamp Fever
3% Community Maps
33% Dark Carnival
21% The Passing
17% The Parish
13% Hard Rain
12% Dead Center
5% Swamp Fever
27% Dark Carnival
23% Dead Center
21% The Parish
11% Hard Rain
9% Swamp Fever
9% The Passing
Brand New "Left 4 Dead 2" Tournament: Last 4 Standing - 6/4/10
"Left 4 Dead 2" Mutation - Last Man On Earth - 6/1/10
