Mike Booth chat on Steam Community 411 group -transcript

[SPARTACVS]

Squerl edit: Check here for more from the chat: http://www.left4dead411.com/left-4-dead-steamcommu nity (http://www.left4dead411.com/left-4-dead-steamcommunity)

Ok, I've bolded all of his replies. Enjoy.

MikeB entered chat.
SPARTACVS: HOLY SHIT!
squerl: hey it's mike
hool10: YEA
No Shelter: Anyone going to get that Project offset?
darksora2323 entered chat.
hool10: saw it too!
No Shelter: MIKE!
squerl: yay mike.
hool10: INVITE MIKE
No Shelter: Were not worthy
DeAdLy entered chat.
MikeB: Hi
hool10: Hi Mike!
squerl: lol he's already in the group
No Shelter: Sacrifice hurry!
SPARTACVS: great timing coming back deadly
squerl: rofl
hool10: L4D BTEA ASAP!
squerl: sacrifice deadly since he's been dying anyway
Mr.Toodles: lol
Guldur: hi :)
MikeB: Saw the thread on the left4dead411 forums
No Shelter: lol
Mr.Toodles: That'd be awsome
SPARTACVS: lol please beta keys!
MikeB: Thought I'd check it out
SPARTACVS: NO
No Shelter: Hey mike!
squerl: yeah we're a lively bunch
Guldur: I have full trust in TRS now. :)
No Shelter: Mike do you remember a Adam from some emails?
shrubberyjsc: Lol, chat gets a billion times more active.
SPARTACVS: steam community ftfw
squerl: thanks for having the other TRS guys allowed to come in here instead of working it's nice talking to you guys
squerl: not that they're not working hard of course :D
MikeB: No Shelter - I get a lot of e-mail. I try to answer it, but my memory isn't necessarily great. ;)
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Au-heppa: hm
DeAdLy entered chat.
squerl: hm
DeAdLy: steam is pissin me off
hool10: what was the q then shelter?
squerl: haha
No Shelter: Oh thats fine, your god in my book so it doesnt matter ;) I slide on that one
squerl: you're doing something wrong
No Shelter: Ive sent him about 5 emails
Au-heppa: is he gone?
SPARTACVS: who needs good memory when you can write AI like that not to suck up or anything
squerl: hey mike - when are we gonna see some other maps? :D
hool10: oh jeez
SPARTACVS: lol
No Shelter: Mike do you like Cheeseburgers? I do.
MikeB: Real Soon Now, squerl.
squerl: yay
SPARTACVS: yay infos in the pipe
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Au-heppa: hmm
No Shelter: yay!
squerl: i think everybody in here would agree to participate in a beta if you ever had one just to let you know
TheStrife: haha
squerl: unless anyone disagrees
squerl: lol
MikeB: Heh.
No Shelter: I think it would help to promote L4D, really help it.
SPARTACVS: tons of media after everyone bitched about a drought -check more maps after people get curious -almost check
squerl: free weekend definitely
No Shelter: I can see from squerls play test it would.
squerl: yeah, all these videos we're getting spoiled
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MikeB: As you can see, Steam is getting even better as time goes on. We'll be taking advantage of it's cool features for L4D for sure.
Au-heppa: yes, I am seven year old boy with terminal cancer, please let me beta
hool10: yeah pre-order l4d to get in teh beta
squerl: yeah this steam community thing is great
TheStrife: Demo would be awesome
DeAdLy: So long as steam doesn't crash in the middle of a tank fight, im alright
squerl: some bugs but it's a beta
squerl: lol poor deadly
DeAdLy: ya you mean the bug where you crashed steam?
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No Shelter: We can do a feedback too
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Mr.Toodles: How was Quake con?
No Shelter: TRS can host a feedback session
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squerl: i don't think mike went to quakecon
squerl: he was working or something
SPARTACVS: deadly i think you keep disconnecting when you start up another program
AckAck: busy busy lol
No Shelter: Such a great man. Missing quakecon to work :)
squerl: psh
shrubberyjsc: Yeah, I've got a lot of friends who are right on the fence. I bet a beta/free weekend would get them hooked.
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MikeB: QuakeCon went very well. I wish I could've been there.
TheStrife: Yeah, if there was a demo out for whatever build it's on right now, I'd give as much feedback on it as I could. Bugs, ect ect
Wacko: ASDASDAS
squerl: do you know if gametrailers has more videos?
SPARTACVS: hes just modest mike didnt want to pwn all the survivors on the playtests at the con
Mr.Toodles: He is a very popular guy!
No Shelter: Yeah I have some friends who are worried they cant run it, so hopefully a free weekend could help them.
DeAdLy: crap my mouse died and im not scrolled down all the way in chat
TheStrife: Use pageDown
TheStrife: Should work
SPARTACVS: arrows on the scroll bar
MikeB: I don't know squerl.
SPARTACVS: pgdn
DeAdLy: there we go
SPARTACVS: gametrailers probably put up all they had already
Mr.Toodles: oh boy
SPARTACVS: why would mike know gt is the one with the cam
DeAdLy: Great job on the game so far
squerl: it's nice to see a straight runthrough
No Shelter: I'm not convinced this is the real Mike Booth. One way to find out is... to give us a exclusive picture!
squerl: haha
DeAdLy: lol he already did
SPARTACVS: look at the profile genius
No Shelter: Well.. that didnt count.
MikeB: Thanks DeAdLy.
Mr.Toodles: lol
squerl: mike can you tell us any features that would be special to L4D for steam community?
DeAdLy: lol
Au-heppa: I am getting tired of all the media releases and previews and no play... I think you should hold back some... I want to be hyped less :P
hool10: Can you still use the gun on the helicopter Mike? Also can you tell us a little about the other maps?
squerl: or any you've been thinking of
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Mr.Toodles: lol
MikeB: Not yet. ;)
Mr.Toodles: cmon
Mr.Toodles: we all just wanna play it soo bad
hool10: darn
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DeAdLy: just because hes a game dev for the greatest game of all time doesnt mean you have to bombard him with questions about hit, for example
AckAck: Its great to see devs interacting with community :D
DeAdLy: hey mike how's the family everythin ok
squerl: haha
No Shelter: lol
TheStrife: lol
hool10: lol
DeAdLy: :D
MikeB: :)
No Shelter: :)
Mr.Toodles: A demo wouldnt work
squerl: oh jeez
Phoenix: cool
squerl: BTW - headshot effects are AWESOME
squerl: give whoever did that a raise
No Shelter: Blood squirting too!
MikeB: Glad you like 'em
squerl: in the gametrailer videos you see so many heads getting just destroyed
squerl: is it going to have an M rating?
No Shelter: Mike, have you taken anything from l4d411 and actually used it in L4D?
Fish_Elite: i like the missing limbs my self
hool10: I like how nothing is scripted including zombie hands through the doors
hool10: in one of the movies they reach through teh bars
TheStrife: The full body motion is awesome too
No Shelter: I mean things we discussed
TheStrife: Love that one video off of IGN where the Hunter turns to run away and his whole torso moves
MikeB: We read a lot of community posts
SPARTACVS: hey MikeB is in the 411 group I just noticed
squerl: lol
squerl: he's in here too
TheStrife: Yeah, he's gracing us peons with his pressence
squerl: shh
hool10: Wonder what Mike thinks of EA...lol
No Shelter: When the hunter attacks a survivor, are you going to have blood gush out everywhere when hes ripping the survivor apart?
MikeB: Yes, that's coming.
SPARTACVS:
squerl: he's in here too NO WAI! : )
No Shelter: I LOVE YOU!
AckAck: yay!
hool10: w00t
No Shelter: This so beats eatting dinner
squerl: it'd be cool to see a video with the specific face animations that you guys have talked about, it's hard to see in the videos
MikeB: Just haven't hook up the Hunter shredding effects yet.
DeAdLy: lol
DeAdLy: thats really cool
MikeB: It should be grisly.
squerl: woot!
squerl: omg
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TheStrife: Nice
Mr.Toodles: *Yawns*
No Shelter: sweet
hool10: any DX10 effects? I'm getting a new computer Friday
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Guldur: yay! :D
Mr.Toodles: lol
Mr.Toodles: You can tell
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No Shelter: Wait you said shredding effects? So will we actually see body parts/flesh of that survivor rip off and fly into the air? :D
TheStrife: Is the Smoker's tounge going to stay as is? Or are you guys planning on making it look different?
TheStrife: Doubt you'd see body parts
SPARTACVS: as someone is like 0.1 seconds away from dying on the ground, can the hunter like rip their limbs off?
No Shelter: Agree with Strife
squerl: big black rope of doom
squerl: lol
No Shelter: lol
MikeB: The Smoker tongue art is placeholder as well. It'll get some sort of facelift before we ship.
No Shelter: I swear thats what it looks like!
SPARTACVS: sweet
SPARTACVS: i like facelifts
TheStrife: Awesome, figured it was placeholder, thanks for anwsering :)
SPARTACVS: UPGRADE... CONFIRMED
qwerty entered chat.
Mr.Toodles: Do you still have fun with left 4 dead mike?
TheStrife: Smoker seems to be the biggest griefer so far from the video footage
hool10: What about weapon sounds?
No Shelter: Will the footstep sounds be changed, not really a concern but they have been pretty over used.
MikeB: Heck yea, Mr. Toodles. I'm looking forward to tonight's playtest in about an hour.
Mr.Toodles: lol
TheStrife: lol
SPARTACVS: duh
SPARTACVS: :)
No Shelter: MIKE! you hurt me by saying that
DeAdLy: "playtest" are you sure lol
squerl: what's your favorite boss zombie? (no saying all :P)
hool10: just died a little inside lol
TheStrife: That hurt me. On the inside.
MikeB: Footsteps sounds are placeholder and will be replaced before we ship.
squerl: hey we could all join to test the lag :D
No Shelter: Mike I so love you!
hool10: ah! thought so
qwert

[SPARTACVS]

Counter-Strike: Source. Click here to join.
Ren.182 entered chat.
No Shelter: Muzzle flashes
AckAck: oh
SPARTACVS: qwerty: "playtest" you make it sound recreational and not work, seems that way. maybe cause it is? :)
Au-heppa: hm
AckAck: *slaps self*
hool10: Too many people say its a counter-strike clone but it's not
MikeB: We playtest every night. It's the only way to make sure the game is actually fun.
hool10: its all place holders
No Shelter: Yeah one of the devs told me, Johnny did.
Mr.Toodles: New fire is awsome aswell...
TheStrife: There's no doubt in my mind it won't be fun.
DeAdLy: lol i would playtest every hour on the hour if i were you
DeAdLy: just to make sure it wont get old
hool10: What about weapon sounds? They need to be beefier
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TheStrife: It looks like the kind of game I could play for years and never tire of. Especially with you guys planning on adding new content.
No Shelter: Johhny said he always looks forward to it and after they playtest they always sit down and talk about the "cool" moments that happend in that nights play test.
qwerty: The general feedback from the videos posted on Gametrailers is that the game is, "kick ass"
AckAck: Is that left 4 dead myspace official at all?
squerl: no
No Shelter: no
AckAck: i didn't think so
Mr.Toodles: I think we all know how awsome the game is....
AckAck: REMOVED
SPARTACVS: is the director really completely autonomous? (not saying completely random, just that there is NO similarity between sessions as far as exact zombie wave spawn)
shrubberyjsc: The AI director is what every Co-op game needs.
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Guldur: Has anything been decided about choosing your character yet? It seems to concern alot of people. Maybe a system similar to the Infected side?
Au-heppa: indeed
Fish_Elite: well when would they every have time to improve if they were always playing....i'm not saying you shouldn't enjory yourself...i found playtest the crap outta that
Guldur: And no Im not that guy from the forums. ;)
JohnnyFlash: the only official web destination is http://www.l4d.com
No Shelter: Were asking a bit much at the same time guys
No Shelter: Let him catch up
Guldur: sry :)
No Shelter: Wait.. aparently hes away.
SPARTACVS: w/e we have patience
No Shelter: Hes going to get my beta key :)
SPARTACVS: hahaha
hool10: lol
SPARTACVS: going to generate a few
MikeB: The AI Director is completely procedural, yes. There are no scripted moment in Left 4 Dead.
SPARTACVS: OMG
DeAdLy: lol
qwerty: Haha
Au-heppa: I am really looking forward on seeing how the AI director works... it looks like mods like Insurgency are lacking something like that. They talk about coop but the game doesn't really force the player to cooperate, not like the AI director seems to do.
No Shelter: Will your AI Director be out to buy?
TheStrife: Same way for ZM, you can pretty much go off on your own alot of it.
Mr.Toodles: I had a dream I played left4dead....
No Shelter: SO other companies can use it?
Fish_Elite: me 2
hool10: Will you make the weapon sounds better Mr. Booth?
No Shelter: I did as well, last nigth :)
DeAdLy: if it doesn't do the same thing twice, i always see the boomer in the same exact spot behind a door in all of the videos that show the door
TheStrife: He said some of them were placeholders
No Shelter: Yeah he gets a mic and goes "Pew pew"
AckAck: haha
hool10: well they need to sound beefier or soemthing
DeAdLy: be back in about 30 min, making cookies in light of the new information, 1 for each dev team member!
MikeB: Heh, well that Boomer could very well be controlled by a human player, and that might be a favorite hiding spot of his.
JohnnyFlash: DeAdly: sometimes us players find places we like to attack the survivors from
DeAdLy: oh ok
qwerty: Make me some cookies!!!
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squerl: does the boomer AI hide in spots?
MikeB: Yep
shrubberyjsc: Nice.
No Shelter: Hey when you guys playtest tonight can you post on L4D411 and tell us your highlights? I would love to hear what kind of cool things happened :)
squerl: hey what about survivor AI? we haven't heard anything about that
hool10: Post on the forum instead of lurking. :-p
Fish_Elite: how is it you always ask the questions im thinking squerl
AckAck: hax
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squerl: mindhax
MikeB: It's going well, squerl. It's one of the things I'm working on right now.
Fish_Elite: lolz i guess i need a vac update
shrubberyjsc: If I was to make a map, could I give the AI hints as to where to hide, or do they figure it out?
No Shelter: By yourself?
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TheStrife: User made maps will be interesting once it comes out. Seeing how the AI director works with them.
MikeB: That's my speciality, No Shelter. I do the AI programming for the studio.
SPARTACVS: I know you already answered one question about the director, but a bit of a follow up would be, does the director purposefully punish players with more zombies if they dont stick with their team and work together?
No Shelter: I hope people dont cheat in this game. You would have to be really low to cheat in this kind of game.
JohnnyFlash: Making maps will be a lot easier than you think. The Nav is much easier to do than for CSS.
MikeB: Not exactly, Spartacvs. But the way the game is structured, players who run off on their own are at a serious disadvantage.
squerl: are you going to be able to scale the ability of your survivor AI? so they don't just do everything for you when on easy and suck on hard
Rawah: http://www.left4dead411.com/forums/index.php?actio n=vthread&forum=3&topic=994 (http://www.left4dead411.com/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=994) reply it please ;)
qwerty: They punish themselves if they dont stick with their team and work together. Btw Mike, when you're done and have spare time I do expect you to make an oilrig...
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squerl: haha qwerty
squerl: make on oilrig for l4d :D
SPARTACVS: thank you, and I imagine with any number of zombies and no one watching your back youd be pretty screwed
qwerty: I meant the map... and VIP AI, not an actual oilrig >.<
hool10: Make a Las Vegas map
squerl: prison map!
AckAck: I read somewhere that there was an option to turn off bosses for a more Dotd 2004 feel. Is this true?
No Shelter: Mike, do you think one of you guys at TRS, I think its Qtpi, make us a zombie kind of apocalypse map in CS:S for us to play zombie in?
hool10: zombies running out of teh casinos with HDR
qwerty: Mario Kart double dash map!
Fish_Elite: lolz
squerl: lol shelter i think they might be busy
No Shelter: I would love them if they could
Fish_Elite: maybe a little
No Shelter: I mean even more
No Shelter: +100 more love
TheStrife: They have a playtest coming up ;)
hool10: and I have Dirty Jobs to watch too
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No Shelter: I mean if we get a server, it can be our exclusive map for it!
Scott D entered chat.
squerl: yay for scott
squerl: boomer vomit man
Fish_Elite: wooooo
Mr.Toodles: lol
AckAck: mmmmmmm vomit
Scott D: *barf*
darksora2323: umm back for alilte whats going on?
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squerl: let's not go that for ackack
No Shelter: Mikes here
Fish_Elite: lolz
darksora2323: mr.booth is in here?
No Shelter: Yes
squerl: lol he left!
SPARTACVS: a lack of boss zombies would make the game pretty easy id think for a well oiled team
No Shelter: WAHT!
darksora2323: o wow
AckAck: Drive by barfing
hool10: he's here
No Shelter: No hes here
darksora2323: did he say anythign?
qwerty: He went afk... typical awesome game developer.
No Shelter: Yeah
hool10: QTPI and slabomeat is on too
Fish_Elite: yup u missed out
TheStrife: Yeah, he said &quot;free demos for everyone in chat&quot; but you werent here
squerl: he handed out beta keys dark
shrubberyjsc: Lol, dark, I sent you a PM about him being here.
qwerty: LOL
hool10: do a write up on this chat LOL
darksora2323: where is his name?
SPARTACVS: lol
No Shelter: lol
hool10: Left4dead411 exclusive
SPARTACVS: under &quot;M&quot;
No Shelter: and screenies included!
darksora2323: wow
darksora2323: u guys are assholes
hool10: :D
Fish_Elite: rofl
TheStrife: lol
qwerty: You missed out because you were playing HL2:DM! Shame shame..
No Shelter: &quot;Right here you can see MikeB Typing his message&quot;
SPARTACVS: he answered about half a dozen questions
Guldur: it was teh awesome
qwerty: And baked cookies, no wait that was Deadly?
darksora2323: but no demo?
shrubberyjsc: lol
hool10: and more once he returns from the playtest
darksora2323: shame shame
squerl: we'll call it 'the infected horde asking way too many questions'
shrubberyjsc: ungreatful bastard! XD
darksora2323: like
Mr.Toodles: I'd rather actually chat with Mr.booth than ask him questions....
hool10: He should post on teh forums
No Shelter: lol
No Shelter: So MikeB, asl?
hool10: probably stop so many e-mails
darksora2323: does he look at them?
qwerty: Ask him what is favorite colors are?
hool10: yea he reads the forums
darksora2323: o
hool10: daily by teh sound of it
darksora2323: nice
darksora2323: lol
Au-heppa entered chat.
darksora2323: vists like a fan
qwerty: It's his game!
No Shelter: We stole the name for our group!
hool10: Should I add QTPI and slabomeat?
darksora2323: Mike Booth: Time to see whats up with l4d on the forums
darksora2323: lol
qwerty: Lol... First post: Hey guys I cant wait for this game!!!
TheStrife: lol
qwerty: Everyone else: USE THE SEARCH BUTTON DAMNIOT!!!
No Shelter: lol
shrubberyjsc: When Mike entered the chat, No Shelter started saying, &quot;Bring the sacrifice!&quot; lol
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darksora2323: LOL
No Shelter: I bet you mike is L4D Zoey Coen
darksora2323: for the demo right?
Stupoider: WAIT!
darksora2323: LOL
shrubberyjsc: LOL
Mr.Toodles: Squerl

[SPARTACVS]

is just that good
Stupoider: I MISSED.. MIKE BOOTH?!
shrubberyjsc: yep
Stupoider: Damn you Zombie Master!
SPARTACVS: we sacked deadly since he was half in half out anyways
shrubberyjsc: sux 2 B U.
hool10: yeah that's why I added you :-p
darksora2323: did anyone ask about a demo?
SPARTACVS: sacrificed him to the gods
hool10: we got keys
shrubberyjsc: yeah
qwerty: He only accepts fresh virgin... And Darksora just got here... I kid I Kid.. Stu I'll play ZM wit ya!!! Oh wait... gotta reinstall it...
hool10: BETA KEYS for us only :-p
hool10: only 20 he gave out
SPARTACVS: deadly doesn't count?
darksora2323: well
darksora2323: i was in here
darksora2323: but playing the game
darksora2323: so i should have one
MikeB: Well folks, back to programming some zombies. See you all later!
darksora2323: so WHERE IS IT
qwerty: Bye.
SPARTACVS: w00t
hool10: bye!
darksora2323: dang
TheStrife: Later Mike
No Shelter: BYE MIKE!
qwerty: Haha...
darksora2323: DEMO
darksora2323: bye
MikeB left chat.
Fish_Elite: bye
TheStrife: lol
hool10: there was never any keys lol
Stupoider: -Cries some more-
shrubberyjsc: bye Mike
Guldur: bye!:)
SPARTACVS: WAHHHHH! I AM CRY
darksora2323: duh
AckAck: lol last thing he sees is DEMO
No Shelter: We need to pick our new sacrifice
SPARTACVS: lol
Fish_Elite: lolz
No Shelter: for next ime
qwerty: DAMN HOOL, we had him believing it better than the church *Ba zing!*
darksora2323: zoey coen for sacrifice
Au-heppa: when I grow up, I want to make zombies too
TheStrife: Well, Steam Community has proved its worth today by providing dev chats

[Deadly]

lol now everyone can see my gay steam crashing over and over agian

[A DUCK]

How do you know that was really Booth? Not that i dont belive its him but is there any way we can actually tell besided emailing him lol.

[squerl]

It was Booth, he was in the TRS group that's invite-only.

[Antman]

omg omg.... what? when? where? how? where the hell was i? i go away for a week while capped, this happens, a shit-load of vids come out, (watched all in the past hour), and not to mention the steam beta i didnt know was active!!!... where did you lot chat to him? and when?

[SPARTACVS]

omg omg.... what? when? where? how? where the hell was i? i go away for a week while capped, this happens, a shit-load of vids come out, (watched all in the past hour), and not to mention the steam beta i didnt know was active!!!... where did you lot chat to him? and when?
This afternoon/evening/night (depending on time zone) in the Left 4 Dead 411 Steam Community Beta group chat.

[squerl]

http://www.left4dead411.com/forums/index.php?actio n=vthread&forum=3&topic=984 (http://www.left4dead411.com/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=984)

[Shrubberyjsc]

I'm just glad I was there.

Fun times were had by all.

=)

[Deek]

Oh man. I need to get my lurk on.

[No Shelter]

Yay I was there!

[Deadly]

also johnny flash is part of TRS too, he maintains the website, so he isn't just some random guy posing as a person

[Etheallmighty]

RABLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!! aka: i punch myself for being absent

[No Shelter]

Rabba dabba dooble dabble!

[gorgoth]

MikeB: Thought I'd check it out
Didn't bold this one lol :)

[The One]

Nice that he answered questions, but he doesnt really talk much does he?

[SPARTACVS]

Didn't bold this one lol :)
Thanks for that, I was trying to do it really fast so I could post all three before someone replied! I've edited the first post now, so thanks again. : )

[Asura]

Aw i forgot whole community thing :( *sob*
well thx alot for showing it here SPARTASCV ^^

[Revak]

Mikes a good guy, nice to see the &quot;higher ups&quot; getting somewhat 1 on 1 with the community. Wish I was there.

[Prometheus]

I'm glad to see that you all contain yourselves. :D

[Dead Fish]

I was so glad being there from the start, but I didn't ask much, in fear of MikeB's head exploding. :)

[TheBump]

That chat looks a lot like what you hear in a day-care center when they have &quot;play hour&quot;.
This game sure looks like it has attracted a lot of the people from the younger audience.

[squerl]

That chat looks a lot like what you hear in a day-care center when they have &quot;play hour&quot;.
This game sure looks like it has attracted a lot of the people from the younger audience.

Yeah, maybe. I don't know what's stuck up your ass, but good luck removing it.

[darksora2323]

you guys like ass for not asking about a demo

RABBBLE DABBLLE BABABBLE

[TheBump]

But seriously squerl, a chat like this:


INVITE MIKE
Were not worthy
L4D BTEA ASAP!
rofl
lol please beta keys!
Mike do you like Cheeseburgers? I do.


Deserves my condescending comments.

[Deadly]

Quoting: TheBump
That chat looks a lot like what you hear in a day-care center when they have &quot;play hour&quot;.
This game sure looks like it has attracted a lot of the people from the younger audience.


Yeah, maybe. I don't know what's stuck up your ass, but good luck removing it.
yes good luck, you will need it

[TheBump]

...People just takes offense to easily.

[No Shelter]

The only thing that was bad about it was everyone was asking and talking at the same time.

[Nemesis_vs_Leon]

That's awesome, darksora you should have told me!

Nice getting the DEMO in there before he left

[hool10]

Yeah he only gave out 20 beta keys and I got one! :D It was insanity in that chat room though. Well here is my chat transcript from the very start. *Oh screw it I have 11 pages and a life.

hool10: There is a Valve group
hool10: I got Greg Coomer as a friend
No Shelter: Yeah I didnt see him in there
No Shelter: I have chet!
DeAdLy: whos that
hool10: he is with HL
hool10: dunno exactly what he does
DeAdLy: o
Mr.Toodles: I have chet too
DeAdLy: i have that guy making the mod RawDog on ther
hool10: check out my friends and look for him
hool10: and then look at his group
DeAdLy: had him for awhile dont know from where lol
hool10: chet jsut came on lol
hool10: and GregW
squerl: lol yeah i dunno how he does that i wonder how many people message him
strife127: spam him with &quot;DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO&quot;
No Shelter: tell him to come on here@!
strife127: ;)
hool10: lol
hool10: well we need to find booths account lol
strife127: Chet looked beat as hell at the Con
strife127: Poor guy
hool10: live interview at 9 Saturday lol
strife127: Haha
A.Z.T.F: ok ill get the key smith r u good at hacking
No Shelter: Lets see if he will respond to me
hool10: schedule it to on here
No Shelter: im shy talking to him
DeAdLy: o wait
No Shelter: Does my breath smell ok?
hool10: and he's in an exclusive group
darksora2323: he is on right now
hool10: and everybody in that group lives in Bellevu, WA
hool10: Who wants to talk to Greg Coomer here? :D
squerl: who's he
hool10: um idk lol
hool10: some Valve guy
squerl: lol
Mr.Toodles: Why do we want to talk to him
Angelo The Ghoul: i sent an email to michael booth asking him about how many differnet zombies there will be
A.Z.T.F: join the server im on
Puscifer: lmao
Angelo The Ghoul: u want the answer?
Teknobry: lol, still having that old problem.
TheStrife: Are you trying to upload it as a .gif?
squerl: tek did you upload a blank avatar?
darksora2323: sure
Angelo The Ghoul: Our Infected Horde models are modular, meaning they have interchangeable upper body, lower body, and head sections. Each section has several skin/clothing (ie: texture) variations as well. So, there are many hundreds of possible Infected model permutations.
Teknobry: did he say 'shut up noob, i'm busy making a game&quot;
DeAdLy: post that on the forums
`][`arron: im assuming in the options that youll be able to force model for the zombies, for low end users
squerl: and he e-mailed you back?
Angelo The Ghoul: yep
Angelo The Ghoul: second time
squerl: awesome nobody knew that before
Angelo The Ghoul: before i asked him if we would see a beta in the near future
Angelo The Ghoul: he said maybe
Angelo The Ghoul: thats pretty sweet though
Angelo The Ghoul: hundreds
squerl: yeah nice
`][`arron: so does this mean zombies are randomized?
squerl: yeah i guess
`][`arron: server or client controlled?
squerl: must be server
squerl: since all clients see the same
darksora2323: eh
`][`arron: i'd think client
Puscifer: director controlled lol
Angelo The Ghoul: yeah
`][`arron: too much for the server to do
`][`arron: client controlled would be better for performance
hool10: oh shit
hool10: I'm talking to valve employes
No Shelter: HOOL!
A.Z.T.F: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynXBMgLEbM
A.Z.T.F left chat.
No Shelter: They are actually responding to you?
nemesisurvivorleon: I'm here now, you know what that means
nemesisurvivorleon: <('.'<)
DeAdLy: cool
hool10: GO TO THE VALVE GROUP AND GO TO THEIR CHAT ROOM
`][`arron: how to you search for groups?
No Shelter: no valve guys are talking lol
hool10: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Valve
hool10: go totheir chat room
hool10: spammers are there though
No Shelter: its boring
has changed their name to MattC.
MattC entered chat.
squerl: hihi
No Shelter: heya
DeAdLy: lol hool
DeAdLy: left 4 dead demo
hool10: :-p
JohnnyFlash: yeah... Valve is boring ... it's fun here in the L4D room ;)
nemesisurvivorleon: Left 4 Dead demo XD
squerl: yeah we don't mess around
No Shelter: Agreed :)
nemesisurvivorleon: GIVE ME THE DEMO
Scotto entered chat.
darksora2323: u guys asked them?
squerl: lol
TheStrife entered chat.
hool10: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Valve
DeAdLy: wow
hool10: and enter the chat
squerl: i like this chat
squerl: poor irc
DeAdLy: this chat is the best
No Shelter: yeah
nemesisurvivorleon: that's awesome, we can just ask them
squerl: wish you could move the list over somewhere else though
squerl: like i said earlier
DeAdLy: since im the best player or w/e squerl made me for the week~
No Shelter: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TurtleRockstudios (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TurtleRockstudios)
squerl: johnny do you work for turtle rock?
DeAdLy: !* i always hit ` instead of !
JohnnyFlash: That would be telling
No Shelter: Johnny works for TRS?
TheStrife: Dun dun dun
No Shelter: I found Mikes steam id!
squerl: he's in the cool kid club TRS
DeAdLy: lol
squerl: lol yeah mikeb he has no avatar
hool10: sweet
squerl: i don't talk to people without avatars
squerl: sry
No Shelter: yeah he does
DeAdLy: lol squerl
hool10: url?
No Shelter: Johnny is in TRS, I think im going to faint
DeAdLy: ya its a weird zombie pencil drawing lol
nemesisurvivorleon: Johnny are you really in TRS?
Scotto: hello Johnny, squerl
squerl: heya
hool10: I'm gonna joke around and add some Valve employees here
Chet Faliszek has been invited to chat.
GregW has been invited to chat.
Greg has been invited to chat.
No Shelter: Johnny, what do you do at TRS?
squerl: there's too many updates going on though i never thought i'd be mad at too much information coming
DeAdLy: lol
Puscifer: ahh the avatar thing has been disabled for now they're upgading/fixing it
JohnnyFlash: Sys Admin &amp; Web Dude
squerl: lol i've been meaning to do a quakecon wrap-up but more stuff keeps coming
ErikJ has been invited to chat.
DeAdLy: o like that squerl lol
jeffS has been invited to chat.
DeAdLy: what more ne winfo?
DeAdLy: new info*
jeffS entered chat.
squerl: all the videos and interviews
squerl: i want to wait till it all comes out
DeAdLy: theres another new interview?
darksora2323: yea
hool10: hi jeff
squerl: johnny: you do the l4d.com website?
jeffS: Hello hool
ErikJ entered chat.
hool10: People it's Jeff from Valve lol
TheStrife: :O
ErikJ: Hello L4D chat room.
No Shelter: Johnny have you played L4D a lot?
DeAdLy: hello
hool10: And Eric Johnson
Scotto has changed their name to Scott D.
jeffS: Look it's Erik!
darksora2323: yes he has
nemesisurvivorleon: will mr awesome be coming too?
JohnnyFlash: I didn't do the flash work, but I maintain it.
hool10: Left 4 Dead demo?
nemesisurvivorleon: cool
Scott D: I think I've seen him in a game or two. ;)
DeAdLy: lol hool
TheStrife: &quot;We aren't worthy! We aren't worthy! ;)
DeAdLy: stop begging
squerl: ah
darksora2323: L4D demo?
No Shelter: Wow erik and johnny
hool10: lol
has changed their name to MacMan.
MacMan entered chat.
has changed their name to shank2001.
shank2001 entered chat.
shank2001: Hello ;)
TheStrife: Hey, shank
squerl: hiya
squerl: what do you do
shank2001: NIce to meet you all!
darksora2323: Nice to meet you all
DeAdLy: Hello!
shank2001: I am a 3D Artist at Turtle Rock
No Shelter: Really?
nemesisurvivorleon: cool
A.Z.T.F: cool
darksora2323: nice
hool10: sweet
squerl: nice work
nemesisurvivorleon: now give me free models to put in my css zombie servers
hool10: lol
darksora2323: LOOL
No Shelter: I wont believe you till you give me a demo. lol jk, thats pretty sweet
JohnnyFlash: Don't listen to that Shank fella ;)
squerl: how many different models are there on the infected?
shank2001: lol
squerl: mike just e-mailed a forum guy saying the textures are modular
squerl: but how many different models? :P
squerl: if you feel like answering those kinds of questions
MacMan: I played some css zombie last night. Had a good time with you peeps.
iRelentless: Yeah that was fun.
A.Z.T.F: yea how many
squerl: heya relentless
shank2001: I really am not sure how much I can talk about the game... I should probably ask Mike B first ;)
squerl: haha
squerl: he'll be fine
MacMan: we shouldn't answer questions
MacMan: :)
Scott D: heya shank, macman.
shank2001: But I just wanted to say hi
TheStrife: Oh, haha that was you wasen't it, MacMan? Didn't relize you were a TRS guy.
Drizzt entered chat.
squerl: lol it's just us we won't tell anybody
DeAdLy: Get back to work! just kidding
No Shelter: Mike is right here, tied up. He said its ok
MacMan: Yuppers.
shank2001: haha
DeAdLy: lol shelter
MacMan: I'm a lurker
A.Z.T.F: lol
TheStrife: yeah, that was fun.
Drizzt: A.Z.T.F where do I put the files for mouse aim?
squerl: so who's the best at L4D at turtle rock?
shank2001: Anyway I enjoy reading the forums over at left4dead411.com
squerl: don't be modest
No Shelter: really shank? I dont lol (JK)
darksora2323: wow
MacMan: this steam community stuff is awesome. really enjoyed being able to click on your names and join the game
A.Z.T.F: fdont know wat your talking about
JohnnyFlash: As a survivor, that would be MacMan
hool10: Can you give us any info on the urban maps?
Drizzt: wo said where I could get mouse aim for RE4?
squerl: yeah steam community is amazing so far
squerl: it was crashing me some last night
A.Z.T.F: yea urban map
squerl: but that's ok

[Armored_Zombie_Cow]

OMG HOW DID I MISS ALL THIS?!?!?!

[Chronos]

Yeah he only gave out 20 beta keys and I got one!
I sincerely doubt it.

[Drizzt]

aw come on I was there lol but didn't know it was a TRS I was askin about the RE4 mouse aim :P

[hool10]

Yeah I was wondering about that Drizz. *slap his head* :-p We need to compile a list of the stuff we learned in that chat.

[Etheallmighty]

Yeah he only gave out 20 beta keys and I got one!
I sincerely doubt it.

yeah I'm not fallinhg for that a second time they allready did that to mea in the steam chat!

[Etheallmighty]

hey everyone I found a link to an EVIL PARALLEL universe where we are all rappers.....and THIS HUR... (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.left4dead411.com%2 Fforums%2Findex.php%3Faction%3Dvthread%26forum%3D2 %26topic%3D997) is how it went :P....


....funniest thing=look under our names &quot;memba,hustla,playa....and instead of quoting, Perpitratin....it's especially funny to think of Mikey b to talk like this lol

[hool10]

yeah I'm not fallinhg for that a second time they allready did that to mea in the steam chat!
Nope they gave out 20 beta keys. There are still some left believe it or not if you follow this link: URL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU)

[Stupoider]

Stupoider: I MISSED.. MIKE BOOTH?!
shrubberyjsc: yep
Stupoider: Damn you Zombie Master!

I dread that moment.

Also, anything about beta keys is bullshit :P Plus anyone who believed that there were beta keys should be lynched immediately.

[No Shelter]

Also, anything about beta keys is bullshit :P Plus anyone who believed that there were beta keys should be lynched immediately.

DUH! We are all just kidding.

[hool10]

If anybody has the keys, Rick Roll has them. :D I bet some of you fell for that too.

[The One]

f anybody has the keys, Rick Roll has them. :D I bet some of you fell for that too.
GODDAMN IT!!! I can believe I fell for that again...... I was laughing so hard though. but still...... I got Rick Rolled....

[Etheallmighty]

f anybody has the keys, Rick Roll has them. :D I bet some of you fell for that too

lol I didn't click on it in fear of that virus thing with the sick shit that someone put on the other night in the steam chat that also says &quot;HEY I'M LOOKING AT GAY PORNO!&quot; lol

[TamAlthor]

Wow I am so totally jealous. As the founder of Boothism, I should have been their to commune with and learn at the feet of the Bootha. Crap. I need my stuff together and get into that chat one of these days. :P

[silverx2]

you guys need to calm down. just reading those chat logs was impossible, i ended up only reading what was in bold.

next time you guys should mute everyone but squerl and then one at a time ask questions.



omg omg mr booth do you remember me??!?! i shook your hand that one time outside of dairy queen!

[squerl]

Haha, Steam has no function like that yet. It would be nice if we wanted a scheduled community interview where people could submit questions and have them be asked without all the insanity, but right now I don't think that's possible.

[hooray for zombies]

Wow I am so totally jealous. As the founder of Boothism, I should have been their to commune with and learn at the feet of the Bootha. Crap. I need my stuff together and get into that chat one of these days. :P

I came up with the name...

[Asura]

Hmm would be cool if squerl or some one could inform couple days erlier when TRS guys come to chat whit us so some of us can joint he chat too :P i havent been in single TRS chat yet.

[TamAlthor]

Quoting: TamAlthor
Wow I am so totally jealous. As the founder of Boothism, I should have been their to commune with and learn at the feet of the Bootha. Crap. I need my stuff together and get into that chat one of these days. :P

I came up with the name...

Yes my son and the Bootha shall know of thy good works. For now, seek not thine own glory, for there is still much work to be done. Thou shalt have thy game, for the geek shall inherit the earth, and the fruits of TRS shall be thine eternally. Yea and when that day comes glory shall be thine. Thou shalt smite the tongue of the smoker that thy team mates might be saved, Thou shalt share thine medpack, though shalt melee the boomer that he be forced back and shall not harm thee or thy team, Thou shalt remove the hunter from thy friends that his pounce will kill them not, Thou shalt go forth and revive thy team members, yea though shalt even survive the finally and have but few incidents of friendly fire. And all this shall be granted unto you for thine efforts in bringing souls unto the bootha, that thy demerits be few, but thy Merits be many and thy reputation shall be known, and thine abilities sought after both by noob and noobile. But remember to not seek unto thine own glorly for it not to be had save it is given unto you

[sandollor]

There are still some left believe it or not if you follow this link: URL

I hate you. I just, hate you. LOL.

[Puscifer]

Its cool that Booth took the time out to have a chat with u guys, i would of asked him for a rough estimate on recommended pc specs to run the game maxed out with good fps.

Although if need be i will be upgrading my pc for it anyway:P

EDIT: i would also have thanked him for the work he and his team have done on CSS and the hours of fun its given me:)

L4DFTW!

[hooray for zombies]

Yes my son and the Bootha shall know of thy good works. For now, seek not thine own glory, for there is still much work to be done. Thou shalt have thy game, for the geek shall inherit the earth, and the fruits of TRS shall be thine eternally. Yea and when that day comes glory shall be thine. Thou shalt smite the tongue of the smoker that thy team mates might be saved, Thou shalt share thine medpack, though shalt melee the boomer that he be forced back and shall not harm thee or thy team, Thou shalt remove the hunter from thy friends that his pounce will kill them not, Thou shalt go forth and revive thy team members, yea though shalt even survive the finally and have but few incidents of friendly fire. And all this shall be granted unto you for thine efforts in bringing souls unto the bootha, that thy demerits be few, but thy Merits be many and thy reputation shall be known, and thine abilities sought after both by noob and noobile. But remember to not seek unto thine own glorly for it not to be had save it is given unto you

and we shall go forward and spread nothing but goodwill. We shall encourage those who wish to learn and support those who cannot continue. However, if ones intents are misguided and he has no regard for the sanctity of the team, then he shall feel the might that is votekick.
Praise Bootha

[DogTurtle]

I tried to join that chat but I can't get the steam community chat function to work. *lots of curses*

EDIT: Ok, now it's working, but wtf! now i can't start steam!! that beta thing worked for like an hour then when i restarted it was kaputt. it says that you cant run steam twice. i have tried to stop steam the ctrl+alt+del way and then restart it, but no luck. this beta was crap....

EDIT again: ok, sorry. it seems that it was my goddamn internet connection that was crap. it took like forever for steam to come up or something. and i thought something was wrong heh stupid me

[theghoul22]

lol i just realized i joined , talked right until mike showed up and i left. THen after mike left i came back , then i left before all the other TRS people showed up , talk about bad luck

[Gates1986]

Hmmm he didn't seem to answer anything thoroughly... 3/4 of his replies were &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;thanks&quot;. It's cool he took the time to chat though...

[hool10]

Hmm would be cool if squerl or some one could inform couple days erlier when TRS guys come to chat whit us so some of us can joint he chat too :P i havent been in single TRS chat yet.
Yeah we should. What would we ask though?
Hmmm he didn't seem to answer anything thoroughly... 3/4 of his replies were &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;thanks&quot;. It's cool he took the time to chat though...

Doesn't wanna be held up such as &quot;you said that you might make a beta now you're saying we're not! Wtf that's not fair, etc...&quot;