L4D Server MOTD Guide, More Stuff - 11/24/08

We have a new Left 4 Dead server message of the day guide that you can find in our servers section on the left menu. If you own a server and are wondering how to get the host banner/MOTD customized, look no further.

If you wish to be disturbed, somebody made a Left 4 Dead voice video titled Left 4 Bed with Bill doing things to Louis.

GaMeRJUNKIE found an interesting strategy to beat the No Mercy finale and has posted a video of the Xbox 360 version.

Supernorn from our forums posted a campaign poster template .psd file for all of you looking to make your own L4D map poster. Nice job!

Puscifer from our forums asked Chet Faliszek about four-player dynamic lights and why they aren't in the game, and got back this response:

There seems to be some confusion on this issue. People seem to believe that this is a feature we have just decided to withhold from gamers. It simply isn't an implemented feature. We are looking down the road when more cards will support the ability to handle the additional issues represented by the four flashlights (it isn't simply horsepower) and will look at implementing this feature in the future.

C'mon future! It'd be really nice to have for those with rigs that can handle it, you would be able to tell where everybody is looking much better.

Potential Gamer has released a beginning version of a Left 4 Dead remote commander for server owners, complete with source code.

Valve really needs a patch to L4D. We kept hearing about a very simple "melee exploit" and tried it ourselves, and this one is absolutely ridiculous. The following video shows normal melee attacks at the fastest speed and then using the exploit:

I can't believe they didn't find this in all of their testing, all you do is switch weapons mid-swing and do your melee hit again. As always, don't use these exploits in game - it's cheating and ruins it. If you catch anybody else doing it, let them know it's an exploit and if they don't stop, kick them.

News on the L4D SDK and some other updates should be coming within the next couple weeks, stay tuned to L4D411 for everything L4D.