Left 4 Dead Forum

After playing with so many great communicative teams yesterday, I was looking forward to more tonight. Unfortunately, most people don't say a word. Even though they have a mic. That is nearly impossible to do in this game. You need constant communication or else you have too much trouble staying close together and rescuing each other. Aaagh.

Worse, however, is when you get on a team with one guy who just has to stay and kill every fucking last zombie. He doesn't care that you're supposed to gain distance. He's going to stand his ground and fight every last mother fucker he sees. And if he doesn't see any, he'll start looking through every single room for something.

Meanwhile, the other three have dashed down the hallway to the stairway and are ready to pwn the whole damn chapter before the horde even know what hit them.

Then you hear that someone is down... and realize the god damned idiot has moved ten feet in the whole time. Everyone runs back to the beginning to help him up. Of course, he's dead by then. Or in the process, one or more of YOU die.

The only thing worse is when the one guy has to rush a mile ahead of everyone else while the rest of you are being cautious and guarding each other.

Not quite as bad as either of those things is the idiot you has to attack the with EVERY fucking time. They take "lights off; witch ahead" as an invitation to start shooting the god damned bitch.

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amen brother, people need to curb the "lone wolf" syndrome in order to get anywhere in this game. IT'S COOPERATIVE FOR A REASON!!

Sorry for the yelling but, it frustrating when you can tell someone just got done playing Halo and tries to play this the same way. (complete with bunny hopping.....)

Edited 1 month, 2 weeks ago

I hate it when someone doesn't talk, but there is nothing wrong with seraching every single room! I've saved my time plenty of times becuase I found a lone medkit or pipebomb hiding in an obscure corner.

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Are you playing on the PC or Xbox 360? I wouldn't be surprised if people aren't talking on the PC, but the Xbox 360? That would be very disappointing!

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Funny thing is the dumbass that has to scare the witch every time is always some guy on the opposite team in Versus for me. At least if you listen to commentary they mention that originally the witch would attack everybody until she died but now she just attacks the person that startles her.

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

There are lots of people on Live that don't use their mics... I don't understand why they don't. Did they discard their mic when they bought there XBox? Perhaps thinking it was just some random extra cords that they didn't understand? I mean there is no good reason to be completely silent the whole game. Especially when the mic-less people are one of the stragglers, that pretty much means an unsuccessful campaign right there.

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

ChromaticPanther said:

"There are lots of people on Live that don't use their mics... I don't understand why they don't. Did they discard their mic when they bought there XBox? Perhaps thinking it was just some random extra cords that they didn't understand? I mean there is no good reason to be completely silent the whole game. Especially when the mic-less people are one of the stragglers, that pretty much means an unsuccessful campaign right there."

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

i think it has something to do with the fact that some people are not ready to play on expert.   They think they are ready for it, but quickly bail out when shit hits the fan.  Hopefully people will realize that staying in a group  close together, is not optional.  Backtracking is forbidden, especially for more ammo.   I love it when someone runs back 100 yards across the street, up the stairs and in the room, for 40 bullets that are in another room where we were headed.  

All the same, I love this game.  Look forward to playing some later this evening after classes.

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

BoG said:

"BiggerBomb said:

"Are you playing on the PC or Xbox 360? I wouldn't be surprised if people aren't talking on the PC, but the Xbox 360? That would be very disappointing!"

I've been blown away by how few people talk in L4D on the 360. I swear, every other game people talk too much, in L4D, they don't talk enough."

Posted 1 month, 1 week ago

HTTenrai said:

"BoG said:

"BiggerBomb said:

"Are you playing on the PC or Xbox 360? I wouldn't be surprised if people aren't talking on the PC, but the Xbox 360? That would be very disappointing!"

I've been blown away by how few people talk in L4D on the 360. I swear, every other game people talk too much, in L4D, they don't talk enough."

Yeah, I'm just as stumped. That's why I usually assemble a team myself, though this notion COULD carry over to every other person out there playing."

Posted 1 month, 1 week ago

Whenever I host I wait till the game is full of friends and acquaintances. If and when there is room for a random and any join without a mic they get the boot simple as that no questions asked.

Posted 1 month, 1 week ago

I was in a few rounds of L4D on 360 where people didn't talk but the majority of the games are full of talkers.  What I hate is when people whine that people aren't talking ALL THE TIME.  WTF, I just said something a minute ago, why do I have to keep talking when there's nothing to say.  There's been like 3 different times where some guy was saying 'why isn't anyone / aren't you talking?'  SHUT UP!

Posted 1 month, 1 week ago

Ichi said:

"I was in a few rounds of L4D on 360 where people didn't talk but the majority of the games are full of talkers.  What I hate is when people whine that people aren't talking ALL THE TIME.  WTF, I just said something a minute ago, why do I have to keep talking when there's nothing to say.  There's been like 3 different times where some guy was saying 'why isn't anyone / aren't you talking?'  SHUT UP!"

Posted 1 month, 1 week ago