tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post553634426886911463..comments2023-08-18T01:39:29.927+10:00Comments on SLRC - Subterranean Loner Rendered Comatose: It is dark, you are likely to be eaten by a ZombieBen Abrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-7352892497333993452008-11-24T20:49:00.000+11:002008-11-24T20:49:00.000+11:00In it's defence, L4D is very forgiving about falli...In it's defence, L4D is very forgiving about falling off ledges. ;-)<BR/><BR/>You might not have the time or inclination, but playing the game on single player with the AI could be just the introduction you need to get over the initial fear of failure.<BR/><BR/>I'd hate to think that you missed out on L4D's awesome potential for player bonding through adversity (and comic/zombie hilarity).Ben Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-19415931959872515332008-11-24T18:06:00.000+11:002008-11-24T18:06:00.000+11:00There's a terrific Edge Magazine feature in the (I...There's a terrific Edge Magazine feature in the (I think) November issue on the evolution of the modding scene. Thought you might find it interesting since Valve has received the lion's share of the modder love.<BR/><BR/>I get nervous playing shooters like L4D because I'm not a great player of FPS games, and I don't want to be a ball and chain for my group. I'm not terrible, but I'm not great either. My very first time playing L4D on the 360 with Dan Bruno and Iroquois Pliskin, I accidentally fell off the building within the first minute of play. <BR/><BR/>I improved from there. ;-)Michael Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437378247420941499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-25863534664839228602008-11-24T16:34:00.000+11:002008-11-24T16:34:00.000+11:00Woah, that's an awesome story, Fashigady!My favori...Woah, that's an awesome story, Fashigady!<BR/><BR/>My favorite aspect of it, and I think I might expand the idea into a post later, is getting pushed to the brink of survival... and charging headlong off the cliff to either survive or blow up in an epic last-man stand scene.Ben Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-21348404297567161462008-11-24T16:05:00.000+11:002008-11-24T16:05:00.000+11:00Its such a great game to play online. Keep up the ...Its such a great game to play online. Keep up the L4D posts plox :P<BR/><BR/>I remember last night on campaign; No Mercy: Finale, we're being overrun. So I charge off onto an adjacent bulding in the hope of finding a pipe bomb or molatov to save the group with. The others were all either surrounded by zombies or incapacitated. Having got to the other building all I found were a pair of jerry cans. I thought to myself 'Oh no', and surrounded by zombies I was brought down. But the strange thing I found was that by running off, I'd accidentaly taken a large portion of the zombies with me, and the others were now back on there feet and saving me. It just makes me wonder, what did that look like to them?<BR/><BR/>It's these sorts of interesting anecdotes that really <I>make</I> Left 4 Dead great.<BR/><BR/>[Also tangenitally, I'm writing my Area of Study: Belonging story based on L4D tuesday week]Fashigadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11528401884132097939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-22505429874851720592008-11-24T14:51:00.000+11:002008-11-24T14:51:00.000+11:00That's really quite an interesting little peek int...That's really quite an interesting little peek into the group psychology that people adopt in (virtual) life-or-death situations... if no one's been using these kind of games to study what people find acceptable in day-to-day life as opposed to life-or-death situations, then they should be.<BR/><BR/>I know that wasn't the point of your post, really, but that's what came to my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com