Official Left 4 Dead 2 Thread

Spunj99 · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:55

Only 4 hours till disappointment, can't wait.

Knubje · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:06

Spunj99 said:
Only 4 hours till disappointment, can't wait.

This, and also good luck getting on OcUK servers tonight unless you are in Link's merry band of men.

For all those with reasonable (10MB+) Broadband and fast PC's you should be able to host the demo campaign quite easily with 3 friends.

Thus eliminating the need to search for empty servers as they are probably going to be scarce for the next week or so

Repta · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:14

soo kitesurfing social or l4d2, which should i choose?

linktoinsanity · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:17

Repta said:
soo kitesurfing social or l4d2, which should i choose?

The first. No guarantee that l4d2 demo will be out tonight anyway.

Knubje · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:23

Repta said:
soo kitesurfing social or l4d2, which should i choose?

Is there any clunge at the first option? If so it's a no brainer!

Also, what Link said.

reflux · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:24

I'll be on at 8 making various unamusing comments and screaming OMG FALE at Valve when the release inevitably gets put back.

Enzo · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:30

I should hopefully be on by 8, if its released can you please invite so I too can shout "Vale you FAIL" or Fale

depending on how much beer i have consumed in 2hrs

Also I have reserved the right be the first person to hit $Pimp$ in the face with a frying pan!

Ludix

Ranger07 · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:30

Anyone on Ocuk hosting the demo download?

I keep getting the steam servers are too busy message

ThundyCat · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:30

reflux said:
I'll be on at 8 making various unamusing comments and screaming OMG FALE at Valve when the release inevitably gets put back.

Save me a slot tonight please fella.

Datamonkey · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:51

Ranger07 said:
Anyone on Ocuk hosting the demo download?

I keep getting the steam servers are too busy message

You wont get the demo legally out side of steam at the moment fella.

Its not out for anyone who hasnt pre-ordered.

PoD · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:54

yeah count me in on tonights session

Knubje · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:54

I could do with it being 8:00pm right about now tbh...

sorn21 · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:56

I'll be on back of 10pm to play.

Giggidy!

Lethagized · 28 Oct 2009 at 17:22

Mine hasn't started to preload again :confused:

. It hasn't done anything at all It hasn't changed from 'pre-load complete; unreleased' since the 24th when i preloaded it. I hope it's going to work. I've had a real ****ty week so far, and i've still got thursday and friday to go which i know i've got ****ty things happening on, so if this really is released tonight and i can have a few games with the regulars on here, (you know who you are) then that will make my week

Robert1986 · 28 Oct 2009 at 17:28

Just pre-ordered. Waiting to download the demo.

edit: how big is the demo? Those ******* at bt have throttled my 8mb line to 2mb after 5pm.

MidnightLamp · 28 Oct 2009 at 18:00

3.6 gig i think?
although the update was 1.5 gig near enough

Biohazard · 28 Oct 2009 at 18:07

is the demo out on this yet either?

Lyon85 · 28 Oct 2009 at 18:10

"More information about the Demo - Reasoning for Delay, updates, etc.
posted by Killz2much Now On Windows 7 @ 08:02PM on October 27, 2009
So many of you might be mad or outraged about the early access demo being delayed. Many of you may think Valve was being lazy or they ****** something up but I got in a word with Mike Blaszczak of Valve over Steam. He gave me the 411 on the reasoning behind its delay.

mike is now Away.
mike is now Online.
Killz2much Now On Windows 7: Hey Mike, I hope you don't mind but I just wanted to know something. What exactly happened with the L4D2 servers that made this demo be delayed for 10 hours?
mike: The servers? What do you mean?
Killz2much Now On Windows 7: I read on the Steam forums that the demo was delayed because of some "critical error" with the servers.
mike: I haven't heard such a thing.
mike: We found some bugs during last-minute testing that we decided to fix.
mike: If someone is telling you something else, you should ask them for details.
mike: They're probably making it up, and so there's no way for me to explain what everyone else says.
Killz2much Now On Windows 7: It was a thread on the Steam forums, I don't know the person.
Killz2much Now On Windows 7: But thanks for clearing that up.
Killz2much Now On Windows 7: Thanks, Mike.
mike: On the forums, you don't need to know them to ask them a question.
Killz2much Now On Windows 7: True and I did ask but the threads in the Left 4 Dead 2 section are in a storm of rage that it's impossible to get an answer.
Killz2much Now On Windows 7: But anyway, thank you.
mike: Sure.

This means the bugs present in the 360 demo will NOT be present in the PC demo. This also explains why there was a blank update just recently for Steam. It updated the Demo files for the patches which is why some of the files are not encrypted.

Also Jason from Valve had this to say.

"As you've already seen, the dedicated server files for the Left 4 Dead 2 Demo are now available. The game name is left4dead2_demo. We're still doing some final checks for the client, but that should be going live soon."

-Jason

Is there any truth in this? Anyone with a 360 care to tell us about these crippling bugs?

Luw said:
Including what was almost the most epic 2-man team effort of all time

Two man army

jcb33 · 28 Oct 2009 at 18:12

Urgh, are we actualy goning to get this today?

Jcb33.

Mak3R · 28 Oct 2009 at 18:13

IM looking forward to it.

Although people in my friends list are toying with me, popups- saying "playing non steam game, L4D2 Demo". But I know its lies!!

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