My prior achievements are an indication of when I've played the game:
[20120729]
20120614 AM Hours:
This is an awesome multiplayer game. Today was the first time I played Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) online with two other friends: Chris and Josh. I've played plenty of times with just Chris a while back and there was one occasion where two other random players had joined us. Personally, I'm not a big fan of first-person shooters and so I rarely play the game by myself.
[20120718][20181211 Edit]
As of 20120718:
Steam Game Time (Tim): 14.2 hours (Left 4 Dead 2)
Steam Game Time (Josh): 9.1 hours (Left 4 Dead) / 2.0 hours (Left 4 Dead 2)
Steam Game Time (Chris): 237.2 hours (Left 4 Dead 2)
20120729:
Thus far, I found the following to be helpful tidbits to follow:
1) It's useful to have played through a level and know where you need to go ahead of time. Then it's a matter of staying in the front and not getting caught up on fighting all the zombies.
2) Sometimes completing an objective is more important than helping a teammate up. Helping a teammate up can lead to your own health loss and inability to help your teammate as you originally planned.
3) In certain situations, melee weapons can be more helpful than handguns
4) Last, but not least, play more. I'm under the impression that the more I play, the better I get. Part of this comes down to being able to recognize the special infected.
In the evening I joined the end of Chris's game. And afterwards I started a game with Josh. We played the Dark Carnival campaign on Normal. The portion of the level prior to the final concert part was the hardest for us and we had to retry that part twice. The first time we got all the way past the gates and died there. The second time we didn't get too far. In any case, we both used our microphones to communicate.* The use of microphones is both convenient and fun. In fact, I can think of one moment at the very end where I didn't notice I was dangerously low on health and Josh suggested via voice comms that I should heal. This was probably right before the last wave. If he had tried to type this, I would have not been alerted to the message in time or he could have taken damage in the process of typing it.
Steam Achievements Earned:
*Neither of our mics were working in the game lobby. But they worked just fine during the game.
[20181211 Edit]
20130325 Comment:
I have recently been playing L4D2 with some of my friends (Sven, Eric, and Andrew). While I'm still bad at it, I seem to be improving. The following general strategy works: stay in a tight group and keep moving. Having the person in front crouch is also helpful.
Tip: Throw gas cans with the left mouse button.
Games Played Since 20120729:
[20130325][20150204 Edit][20181211 Edit]
20140308:
Today I played a campaign with Twitch.tv streamer RxySurfChic and whoever else she had invited to play. Having watched and followed her stream, it was pretty cool to play L4D2 with her. She's cool. She's a variety streamer who loves first-person shooters (e.g., Call of Duty), so if you love watching first-person shooters, then definitely check her out on Twitch.tv.
[20181211 Edit]
20140610:
Today Josh and I play the Yama campaign (a downloadable user-created campaign). While fun, sometimes a texture wouldn't load correctly and the missing texture or object would be an eyesore.
[20150204][20181211 Edit]
Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) (2009)
Relevant Links:
Left 4 Dead 2 (Wikipedia.org)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Steam Store Page)
20101127 5:44pm PRICE CHOPPER (Survive the Dead Center campaign.)
20101204 9:19pm A RIDE DENIED (Kill a Jockey within 2 seconds of it jumping on a Survivor.)
20101204 9:38pm GONG SHOW (Prove you are stronger than Moustachio.)
20101204 9:43pm STACHE WHACKER (Prove you are faster than Moustachio.)
20101204 10:46pm RAGIN' CAJUN (Survive the Swamp Fever campaign.)
20101204 11:29pm WEATHERMAN (Survive the Hard Rain campaign.)
20101204 10:50pm CRASS MENAGERIE (Kill one of each Uncommon Infected.)
20101209 9:29am ARMORY OF ONE (Deploy an ammo upgrade and have your team use it.)
20101222 2:59pm TORCH BEARER (Survive The Passing Campaign.)
20101222 3:33pm SUPREME SACRIFICE (Complete "The Sacrifice".)
20101222 4:11pm ACID REFLEX (Kill a Spitter before she is able to spit.)
[20120729]
20120614 AM Hours:
This is an awesome multiplayer game. Today was the first time I played Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) online with two other friends: Chris and Josh. I've played plenty of times with just Chris a while back and there was one occasion where two other random players had joined us. Personally, I'm not a big fan of first-person shooters and so I rarely play the game by myself.
[20120718][20181211 Edit]
As of 20120718:
Steam Game Time (Tim): 14.2 hours (Left 4 Dead 2)
Steam Game Time (Josh): 9.1 hours (Left 4 Dead) / 2.0 hours (Left 4 Dead 2)
Steam Game Time (Chris): 237.2 hours (Left 4 Dead 2)
20120729:
Thus far, I found the following to be helpful tidbits to follow:
1) It's useful to have played through a level and know where you need to go ahead of time. Then it's a matter of staying in the front and not getting caught up on fighting all the zombies.
2) Sometimes completing an objective is more important than helping a teammate up. Helping a teammate up can lead to your own health loss and inability to help your teammate as you originally planned.
3) In certain situations, melee weapons can be more helpful than handguns
4) Last, but not least, play more. I'm under the impression that the more I play, the better I get. Part of this comes down to being able to recognize the special infected.
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| 20120729: Joined Chris and his two friends in the middle of their campaign. |
In the evening I joined the end of Chris's game. And afterwards I started a game with Josh. We played the Dark Carnival campaign on Normal. The portion of the level prior to the final concert part was the hardest for us and we had to retry that part twice. The first time we got all the way past the gates and died there. The second time we didn't get too far. In any case, we both used our microphones to communicate.* The use of microphones is both convenient and fun. In fact, I can think of one moment at the very end where I didn't notice I was dangerously low on health and Josh suggested via voice comms that I should heal. This was probably right before the last wave. If he had tried to type this, I would have not been alerted to the message in time or he could have taken damage in the process of typing it.
Steam Achievements Earned:
20120729 12:08pm BURNING SENSATION (Ignite 50 Common Infected with incendiary ammo.)
20120729 01:04pm GUARDIN' GNOME (Rescue Gnome Chompski from the Carnival.)
20120730 01:02am MIDNIGHT RIDER (Survive the Dark Carnival campaign.)
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| End of the Swamp Fever campaign. |
*Neither of our mics were working in the game lobby. But they worked just fine during the game.
[20181211 Edit]
20130325 Comment:
I have recently been playing L4D2 with some of my friends (Sven, Eric, and Andrew). While I'm still bad at it, I seem to be improving. The following general strategy works: stay in a tight group and keep moving. Having the person in front crouch is also helpful.
Tip: Throw gas cans with the left mouse button.
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| Start of the Dark Carnival camaign. (Josh and I) |
Games Played Since 20120729:
20120818 - Crash Course - C, J, T
20120818 - Dead Air - C, J, T
20120818 - Cold Stream - C, J, T
20120823 - The Parish - J, T
20120827 - Haunted Forest - C, J, T
20120831 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Zombies - C, J, T
C=Chris, J=Josh, T=Tim (me)
20130318 - Dead Center - Normal - S, E, A, T
20130318 - Dead Air - Normal - S, E, A, T
20130320 - The Passing - Normal - E, T - Incomplete
20130324 - No Mercy - Normal - S, E, T
20130324 - Cold Stream - Advanced -> Normal - S, E, A, T
S=Sven, E=Eric, A=Andrew, T=Tim (me)
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| In the middle of the Dark Carnival campaign. |
[20130325][20150204 Edit][20181211 Edit]
20140308:
Today I played a campaign with Twitch.tv streamer RxySurfChic and whoever else she had invited to play. Having watched and followed her stream, it was pretty cool to play L4D2 with her. She's cool. She's a variety streamer who loves first-person shooters (e.g., Call of Duty), so if you love watching first-person shooters, then definitely check her out on Twitch.tv.
[20181211 Edit]
20140610:
Today Josh and I play the Yama campaign (a downloadable user-created campaign). While fun, sometimes a texture wouldn't load correctly and the missing texture or object would be an eyesore.
[20150204][20181211 Edit]
Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) (2009)
Relevant Links:
Left 4 Dead 2 (Wikipedia.org)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Steam Store Page)
Date/Time
Monday, July 30, 2012
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