How to play Left 4 Dead (2).
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figmentPez
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More than 15 years ago, this exchange occurred in alt.games.video.nintendo :
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"Still J" <Jonny@immortals.co.uk> wrote in message
news:391d1082.556787@news.freeserve.net...
> Jonny was dancing to some boss tunage when Thomas Langård from the
> Tele2 Norway AS Public Access Band started to sing ...
> >Hey this is starting to look like a Pokemon fight.
> >
> >GO FIGMENT!
> >
> >Thomas!
> >
>
> ::Team Rocket captures your newbies::
<Editor's Note: figment does not actually exist, and thus cannot be
captured>
Jessie: huh, what happened to that newbie?
James: I don't know, he was here a moment ago. At least I think he was.
Meowth: Can't you two do anything right?
::Mewoth fury swipes Jessie & James::
::figment sneaks up behind Team Rocket and does his Dueling Proverbs
attack::
Figment:"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it" But "Forewarned is
Forearmed"
James: I don't get it.
Jessie: I'm not sure it's supposed to make sense.
Meowth: I'm confused
::Figment hurls an allegory, which approaches and bites Team Rocket::
Team Rocket: Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!But, yeah, I'll play around in single player and see if I can figure it out.
GasBandit
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figmentPez
Staff member
It took me three attempts, and some googling, but I managed to figure out the sequence. It does indeed involve the pumpkin... and intentionally spawning a tank right in your face.
Also, the Ender Dragon is a dick, and extremely difficult on single player, because none of the bots know to shoot it. It's a damn difficult fight, and The End isn't actually it's own level, just an extension of one. If you die fighting the Ender Dragon, you go back to the start of level 3, and once you're done fighting him, you still have to finish the level.
GasBandit
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It occurs to me, right at the beginning of the DeathCraft session, I said "Sooo.. this is interesting" and then it sounded like both Dei and Pez responded by saying the same thing, but because they talked over each other I couldn't make it out. What did you guys say? I'm sure it's a reference that eluded me.
figmentPez
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No reference, I just said "This looks pretty authentic."
GasBandit
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Ah, and I just decoded that Dei said "Steve abandoned us, what a dick" and the last syllable of both your sentences kinda matched up so I thought you both made a reference or something. Ah well.
Just some general advice on playing on the harder difficulties: The Magnum is ALWAYS a 1-hit kill to commons on any difficulty, no matter where you shoot them. If you find a magnum, it's not a terrible idea to use it as a primary weapon. It's a straight upgrade to even dual pistols and quite accurate, even while on the ground.
GasBandit
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Yep.
Part 1: 10 mins. No problem! A little difficulty here and there but we overcame.
Part 2: 30 mins. Ok, this is getting tough. 3 party wipes. But we made it work.
Part 3: 45 mins. OMG WTF 7 party wipes
Part 4: 45 mins. WHAAARGARBL THE PAIN MAKE THE PAIN STOP
Part 5: ??????
As comparison, the average completion time for all 5 parts of a vanilla game were 50-60 mins total.
Watching the video... already lost it when Gas makes the Legends of the Hidden Temple comment.
Still watching it... you guys know that grenade launcher rounds can stumble a witch, right? It's actually a GREAT weapon against them.