Left 4 Dead has a stupid way of finding servers, and has it's fair share of idiots.

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What kind of system does L4D use to find a server? i'm guessing that it's possibly queued, i notice if playing campaign it all goes quiet then after a short while 2-3 players connect at almost exactly the same time.

Versus is a completely different story though because this system sucks, i have joined a server a good few times and been booted pretty much straight away with the votekick, either it was a clan game or they were just gits. is it just me or is versus one of the most annoying MP games ever? you get a lot of non cooperating team mates, team killers & not to mention mic spammers/voice spammers

i prefer campaign mode for these reasons, anyone else?
 
Join the [OcUK] group it is Massive & full of team work orientated players, You can't really blame a game for how the randoms act whilst playing it.
 
As malc30 said, use the Left4Dead group servers and players. Check for the left4dead steam names thread on here too.

We've even appointed quite a chunk of decent admins that can take care of anyone acting up.
 
What kind of system does L4D use to find a server? i'm guessing that it's possibly queued, i notice if playing campaign it all goes quiet then after a short while 2-3 players connect at almost exactly the same time.

Versus is a completely different story though because this system sucks, i have joined a server a good few times and been booted pretty much straight away with the votekick, either it was a clan game or they were just gits. is it just me or is versus one of the most annoying MP games ever? you get a lot of non cooperating team mates, team killers & not to mention mic spammers/voice spammers

i prefer campaign mode for these reasons, anyone else?

Versus is where its at. You just need to play with friends. If you have at least one friend on your side you cant get kicked at least.

But as the post says above, join us on the private servers for some fun and you will change your mind about versus. Great fun!
 
It is incredibly annoying to say the least. Half the time when joining a quick versus game you get booted back to menu saying server is full. Wtf! Why does it try and put you on a full server anyway?

The other half the time you get vote kicked the second you get on. Has totally put me off playing it now.
 
It is incredibly annoying to say the least. Half the time when joining a quick versus game you get booted back to menu saying server is full. Wtf! Why does it try and put you on a full server anyway?

The other half the time you get vote kicked the second you get on. Has totally put me off playing it now.

Well with the Full Server, could be that a few people are trying to join and you are beaten to the punch.

On getting kicked, that is just unlucky. I join loads of games that are already running and rarely get kicked.
 
join the ocuk group and add a ton of us as friends, add a '[OcUK] name' tag to your steam name, otherwise you may not be accepted to many people :)

we play everyday and every night, always a good laugh, with a big mix of players
 
I agree that its method for connection sucks

also if I join a lobby game it seems to look for a server closest to the host, but often it will put you in a lobby with someone from I dont know Russia or somewhere and so when you start the game you have a stupidly high ping.

Also has anyone else noticed that their pings being 200 on a lot of servers when you just join a game in progress?
 
The game we play is not the same game randoms play. Honestly, I don't know if I would be still playing if it wasn't for the clocker groups/servers.
 
There is ( or at least was ) a way to enable a normal server browsing viewer from the console but that doesnt let you join a whole lobby of people to a server, just an individual.

I do agree though, the server joining method sucks :|
 
Basically you need to get in there with the big players of the group. Many of us organise matches (myself included).

The servers are always full because you need to be invited to the lobby before the game starts, otherwise your only oppertunity to join one OcUK server is through someone else RQ'ing - IF you are lucky!

Since the game was released, I don't think I've ever had a problem getting a game together. Mainly because I have a big list of friends now and people all grow to know one another, who is good, who is bad, etc, etc.

Perhaps being new to the game and not quite knowing the best ways to get a game is more accurate.

The Search_key's work, the OcUK group works, even "QUICK MATCH" works, openserverbrowser works in console.

You just need to know the best ways to find a match depending on who you are playing with.

Feel free to add me to your friends:

Knubj3 - tonyharris10 at hotmail.com - ryanharris

One of those should work :)
 
How does one join these illusive ocuk servers?

Dowe need more servers for the group?

More servers are always welcome. Myself, Seaniboy and d3cto share our server configs and plugins (and admin list) to ensure that the player experience is the same across servers as much as possible.

If you want to join in on this sort of thing, drop me a mail via trust :)
 
i wish steam would allow you too add all the peeps froma group in one go as its so tiresome adding single names, i really feel for new players now as the group is big lol.

What i did at the start was get into an ocuk game then when that was over i went into

steam friends tab/Players/Player List - recent games

and it gives you a cool wee list of all the peeps in the last few games. Even better if your shift click on the first and last you can add all at once from recent games :D

Makes addinga large list of players so much easier :)
 
i wish steam would allow you too add all the peeps froma group in one go as its so tiresome adding single names, i really feel for new players now as the group is big lol.

What i did at the start was get into an ocuk game then when that was over i went into

steam friends tab/Players/Player List - recent games

and it gives you a cool wee list of all the peeps in the last few games. Even better if your shift click on the first and last you can add all at once from recent games :D

Makes addinga large list of players so much easier :)



Looks like rather useful info *spams everywhere*:p
 
i do like to help the humans every once in a while :D

i remember after playing with some noob called pookie bear who no longer plays as hes off playing soldiers that i found that tab by mistake while looking for him on steam friends :)
 
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