Left 4 Dead 2 PC Demo Delayed to Wednesday

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• Very nice, I couldn't have said it better myself. Well said. Valve is my #1 dev and they deserve the ut... : MistressDeath
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  Agreed. I'd rather wait a bit longer for a polished product than get gearboxed. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I've enjoyed Borderlands much more than anything Valve has ever done. Not that I haven't enjoyed Valve g... : GigiLeCheshire
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      this is a peculiar statement. it also makes me want to ignore your comments from now on. : brainchild420
      • haha, same here.. borderlands is good, but shows its shitty console port way to much. : datim
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        You say that as if being ignored on the internet by a guy who thinks pot smoking is a witty thing to disp... : GigiLeCheshire
        • OOOOH BURN. seriously? now i'm DEFINITELY ignoring you. : brainchild420
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  Except, honestly, L4D was nowhere near as much as it could have been, or as much as they suggested it *wo... : SeraphielX
  • This is bullshit and insulting to Valve. A few steps beyond a proof of concept? Are you fucking kidding? ... : Rodeoclash
  • L4D1 is fucking revolutionary if you ask me. Yes, in hindsight there is a lot missing, but hindsight is ... : Jobos
  • is crack as good as you make it sound to smoke? : italiano3d
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    It's so stupid when "it's not the game I want" becomes "it's a terrible game that's not made well." It... : DinK
    • It's like he's got his fingers crossed hoping nobody will call him on it : vehementi
  • Are you for real? Do you really need more plot than "HOLY SHIT ZOMBIES!!!"? really? : deject
  • I don't want your version of Left 4 Dead. : OmegaRed59
• Yeah the L4D demo was so great that the game felt used up by the time I tried to play the full game. : retarded talking dinosaur
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  ever hear of Valve time? http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time : mrflamey
  • Things really are funnier when they are true huh? : ElArabDeMagnifico
• Yes, yes and YES! : Lightzout
• I was mad when it happened, but Hell, if it's going to improve the experience then fuck yeah, take your t... : Jobos
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  I'd lump Blizzard and BioWare in that category of developers as well. : Tripps
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    I'd add Relic to that list too :-) : Anir
    • relic is getting there. : italiano3d
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    and Bungie :) : jedi_27
    • Dohohohohohoho : GigiLeCheshire
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      Bungie knows halo, thats it. : sreyes22
      • Myth would like a word with you... : Tripps
• Well put man. That level of polish they put in there games keeps them among the elite. : Benzo Dia
• Only a day off for a demo and we have more rage than Duke Nukem. : ninjaman23
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  Does anyone notice how the official event just shifts further? It said 9 pm for me, then 10, now 11. : Johnnsen
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    Yes, that would be called a delay. : Slork
    • Thanks Dr Watson : Johnnsen

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• Worked on the original, finished the whole SP splitscreen with my gf and played quite a few co-op matches... : abjectblitz
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  Because I don't want you sitting on my lap. : steauengeglase
  • lol, why not? you can pretend to be Santa. : jtthe2nd
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  Because it's a feature that 99% of PC gamers have no use for. : Zek
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    I'd agree with Zek here - it's just not a useful feature, imho. : wytefang
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      To you It might not be, but the code is already there so why not leave it. And tbh if the PC is to compe... : abjectblitz
      • I suppose you have a point here. It can't hurt to have the feature at least. : wytefang
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    Dual Monitor, 1 player per monitor would kick ass... : ShadowRam
    • Thats what you can do in l4d1. You do split screen, then have such a resolution you have it on 2 separate... : abjectblitz
    • Two mouses, two keyboards... So why not two computers and 2 copies of L4D2? : shurcool
    • I remember doing that with Serious Sam The First Encounter! I played on my monitor with Keyboard and mou... : ZedFragg
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  Reports from the demo say the code it still left so split screen on pc will still work. The only reason I... : abjectblitz
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    Yeah same, I don't see why people say nobody has a use for it. I don't have a console, so there is the us... : Johnnsen
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      With what logic? It should be obvious why more people want split-screen on consoles than PC. : OmegaRed59
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        No reason that cant become norm on the PC, developers should tap into that. Change the image of the PC fr... : abjectblitz
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          Well sure, but I'm just not following Johnnsen's logic. All I'm saying is that most people currently don'... : OmegaRed59
          • I guess that is due to the fact, that there are almost no games available on the PC that allow splitscree... : Johnnsen
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  The PC version of Need for Speed: High Stakes had splitscreen. I loved it, Can't believe no one does it a... : greasyjohn
  • Sure some of the older NFS games had it too, thats another game I've used on before. Sure enough I probab... : abjectblitz

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  I think if they can't fix it today they're going to put a kabosh on it and hold it until next week. I do ... : jtthe2nd
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    I'd like to know what happened to the PC version that didn't happen to the 360? : shizzam8
    • Microsoft handed Gabe a $50 Pizza Hut gift card and one of those 64 oz refillable 7-11 soda cups. : jtthe2nd

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• Agreed. Almost every damn game I see that is on consoles as well as PC has a PC delay. By the time they... : Slork
• Well, we do get all the DLC fpr free and they have yet to get any of the TF2 updates. I'm ok with waiting... : Dschinghis Khan
• Revenge is sweet... : ninjaman23

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  Well actually it DID update the preload, so who knows. And what other reason do you see? : Johnnsen
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    To allow the console versions to make some money before the PC version gets cracked. They don't want t... : shurcool
    • That doesn't make sense with this demo, but yeah. And I doubt that Left4Dead has a piracy problem. : Johnnsen

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  It's updating what it's already pre-loaded... they're not just holding back on releasing it for no reason... : TheVietSpecial
  • What TheVietSpecial said. They just added some more patches or date or something. They don't delay a re... : wytefang

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• As a reward for buying early they give you early access to a small part of the game before the rest of th... : WarrenCanuck
• hamachi... : Unkei

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• owned : Degenerate
• http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a242/Snag002/colddayinhell.png : inchwide

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  Wait...an extra day to play? Don't we get to play the demo until the release date? : aqtrans
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    Well I meant in terms of having it early before the public demo gets out :I : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Man, you have some issues that need sorting... : Yxalitis
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      So...you want them to delay the regular demo so you get your advertised time of exclusivity? That is pret... : aggressor
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        Why not.. Besides the 10% price break, this was the carrot they dangled in front of everyone for the pre... : Tripps
        • It's that we'd get early access, which we are, just one day less of exclusive access. I don't get why an... : deject
      • Yup. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • i vote yes : senor135
      • And the award to person with the least life outside of the interwebs goes to...... : Jinxplayer
      • Those answering yes, why is this even worth mentioning? Are you that spiteful that you would deny everyo... : deject
    • Why is that important? : Arceihn
    • You might want to think about getting some fresh air once and a while. : YummiGummi
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      I agree, just like if I purchased some food that I will no longer need, I'd rather throw it out than let ... : TheGeneMachine
      • Fuck homeless people. Seriously. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • You'll never be happy in your entire life. : Cashh
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  1:00 PM according to the event... http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/events/55327883716288366 : shizzam8
  • Thank you shizzam8 : Godhatesfatpeople
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    lol, just changed to 3PM : ann0yanc3
    • It adjusts for your time zone. I'm in Pacific so 1 PM for me, and assuming you're in Central that's be 3... : shizzam8
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  I think this "get the demo early if you pre-order" idea sucks anyway. I mean, what's the point of a de... : Spr0gz
  • The point is to get you to pre-order, obviously. They were going to make the demo anyway so why not hit t... : Pulveri

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• You sound like a producer. : House
• You've clearly never worked in the game industry :) : Spoetzl

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  This is valve's main shortcoming in a nutshell. Great programmers, but lousy communicators in certain ci... : watcherxp
  • They really need a community manager. Though one who isnt a PR monkey, PR based community managers just c... : Beady
  • Circumstances like the entire L4D1/L4D2 fiasco, where they just completely shutup and ignored the entire ... : Mystery0000
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  Would it matter? The reason, I mean? : eonix
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    It can't be any worse than giving us the silent treatment, and it would give people some understanding of... : zipperface
    • the only people giving negative response to this situation are whiny bitches and should be ignored anyway... : brainchild420
• I'm sure it's something like - a big problem arose at the last minute, they tried like hell to get it res... : Schnapple
• RESPECT MAH COMMUNITAH : [7]kami

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• we officially call them fags. there should be a news post on the front page calling them fags. : CoRDS
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  I plan on waiting until I follow the new chick up a ladder before deciding that. : dognose
  • LOL! : Nighthawk0110
• I think Larry Johnson beat you to it, already. : wytefang

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  4pm when? its 5pm wed here now! : radula
  • Probably Pacific time since that's where they're located. : FatFed
  • Whoops, sorry. I meant 4pm Est. : Jobos
• It kills me that 360 pre-orders have access to it but pc pre-orders are screwed. If they can't set up for... : jtthe2nd

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  Go play MW1. Same thing. Except you can have dedicated servers. : SeraphielX
  • You honestly think magic plays on a PC? : zuff
  • ouch. :) : CurbDog
  • lol, nice. : OmegaRed59

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• http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time : Jobos
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  Two days, or in the case of Half-Life 2, about four hundred of them. : finger
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    in the case of half-life 3, NEVER I think Duke Nuke'em forever will be out by then : NEEEEEMO
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      Did they actually announce that though? : Johnnsen
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        Yes, back when Ep 1 went gold. They also announced that it would be available christmas 2007... : evildanish
        • Half-life 3? : OmegaRed59

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• amen, played for hours last night : at0micgarden

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• Isn't it so, coming from Valve the supposed bastion of PC gaming heh yeh right. : abjectblitz
• So they neglect consoles for years by not providing them with updates or charging them for them and you s... : nisolider

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• Yeah I just came to the same conclusion. Best 20 Dollar ever spent. : Johnnsen

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• So they gave you money and a preorder? : Johnnsen
• They gave me $5 when i gave them $50 because i preordered : nisolider

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• Official countdown here: http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/events/55327883716288366 Wednesday at... : Prospero424

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  you mean "as if you'll care or even remember this [s]in two month/u] tomorrow" : senor135
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    doh... comedy fail : senor135
    • si senor : TheIneffableBob

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• *PC Im on EST...it's 2 in the morning, cut me some slack... : NEEEEEMO

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  I promise to boycott it for several minutes after it is unlocked : GloriousCow
  • I will boycott it for several hours, but then again, I will be at work ;) : silverback1138
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    I will boycott it from now until the demo is released. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • My boycott began and ended with this post. : Jobos

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• oops : Godhatesfatpeople

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• Why? Because it's Valve. : K1Bond007
• They probably found some last-minute bugs that they want fixed on the PC. The 360 version had to be submi... : aqtrans
• Only thing I can think of is that there was a problem with the dedicated servers and they delayed the cli... : CurbDog
• Valve looked at pre-order numbers, they remembered that they needed to get the demo out everyone that pre... : jermm