Valve opened up the store, and we can now preorder Left 4 Dead 2.  Not only can we preorder, but you get an extra $5 off the price, get early access to the demo and an exclusive in-game baseball bat.

In wonder if you get to keep the baseball bat forever? Now that would be really cool. Lets say 6 months from now your playing with some noob, and he ask “how did you get that bat?” And your reply is – “I preordered the game.”

The four pack for $134.99 seems like a good deal. Its like buy 3 and get 1 free. Which is super awesome.

The thing about Left 4 Dead 2 – I do not remember being this excited about a game in a long, long time. The only games that I can remember being this excited about include Quake 2, Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Command and Conquer Red Alert, Diablo II and maybe a few others.

Videos are starting to be posted on youtube about the Left 4 Dead content – Crash Course. In this video the survivors are using a canon to blow stuff up.

Post your comments in the Left 4 Dead Crash Course Video thread of the forums.

In celebration of the release of “Crash Course” – Valve software has put Left 4 Dead – Game of the Year Edition on sale at 1/2 price for a limited time.

The new “Crash Course” map is supposed to fill in the gaps between No Mercy and Death Toll campaigns. That way the game will appear seamless to the player.

Post your comments in the Left 4 Dead half price sale thread of the forums.

How would you like the chance to win a free copy of Left 4 Dead 2?  If you like the idea of winning one of the hottest games to come along in a long, longggg time – then keep reading.

The Elite Gamers Forum is having a forum posting contest.  The first place winner will win a copy of Left 4 Dead 2.

Certain rules and conditions apply, so check out that link.

If your going to post in a forum, then the Elite Gamers Forum is going to give you a reason to post there.

What does SOCOM have to do with Left 4 Dead 2?  That was the question that came up last night I was in a game of Left 4 Dead while playing Dead Air.  The entire survivor team was using the famous noobtube. To be curious, I asked what they were going to do if valve takes the auto shooty out of left 4 dead 2.  It seems that a lot of players do not know how to use any other weapon besides the noobtube.  I dont know what they would do if they had to actually aim a rifle.

One survivor replied back, “use a another weapon”
I replied – “like the ak47?”
Survivor – “no, there are going to be better weapons then the AK47″
I replied – “have you ever played Counter Strike?”
Survivor – “have you ever played socom?”
I replied – “is socom made by Valve software?”
Survivor – “no”
I replied – “counter strike and left 4 dead were made by valve software”
I replied- “if you had ever played counter strike you would know why I said AK47″

At that time none of the survivors would make any more comments.

Having never played socom I decided to go to youtube and watch a couple of videos. Lets just say that there is no real comparison between socom and left 4 dead

socom is a third person point of view
left 4 dead is a first person shooter
socom is a military style game
left 4 dead is a zombie invasion type of game
socom was made by ????? Doing a couple of google searches I saw several different companies listed – slant six and zipper being 2 of them.
left 4 dead was made by Valve Software (yea baby!!!!!)
socom developed for playstation
left 4 dead developed primarily for the PC.

Socom might be a good with lots of fans, but there is no comparison between socom and left 4 dead. They are 2 entirely different types of games,

Does anyone want to explain to me how left 4 dead and socom are alike? Maybe tell me what socom weapons are going to be in left 4 dead? Because I just do not see a comparison.  Or maybe the survivor that posted that stuff was just a dumb ass.

The people at Valve  have announced that Left 4 Dead Crash Course update will be released September 29th.

But why is the update being released in the middle of the week?  Dont the people at Valve realize that gamers have jobs?  Why isn’t Crash Course being released on September 25th or September 26th so people can play it all night long?

But at least we have a release date on the Left 4 Dead Crash Course update.

Is the auto shotty in left 4 dead really a noobtube? In my opinion, yes it is.

While in a public game last night I noticed something. All of the players on my team were over the age of 30. One guy was 44, another one 31, I’am 41, and I think the last player was in his late 30s – all of us were using the assualt rifle.

Maybe its because we were all precision shooters instead of spray and prayers? Or maybe because the assualt rifle is a better team weapon, where you can make more accurate shots without having to hit your team members? Maybe it was because of our experience with online games?

Except for Doom, Half-Life and Half-Life 2, I can not think of another game that makes wide use of a shotgun like what Left 4 Dead does. Fortress Forever has a shotgun, but its mostly a secondary weapon. Quake and Quake 2 have shotguns, Quake Live has a shotgun, but they are mostly used with quad damage for maximum effect.

It seems that left 4 dead is the only game that I can think of where the players use a shotgun for their primary weapons. Most players opt for a rifle, or something that puts the bullet where you point the weapon, instead of just pointing and hoping you hit the target – which is also known as “spray and pray”.  Meaning you spray an area with buckshot and pray you hit something.

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Video showing a little bit of the Jockey from Left 4 Dead 2. But then the video is ruined with comments from team fortress 2. And dont even get me started on that sorry excuse for a team fortress game. If you want a real team fortress game, go play Fortress Forever.

Rumors have it that the chainsaw in Left 4 Dead 2 may have been removed. But in this list of confirmed left 4 dead 2 weapons, the chainsaw is clearly listed.

Having a chainsaw in a zombie horror game reminds me a lot of Doom. And I hope L4D2 is going to be as much fun and as intense as Doom. But somehow, I think the Chainsaw in Doom will still reign as king.  There is hardly anything thta can compare to seeing a zombie being torn part by a chainsaw.   Its about as fun as fun can get.

In a shocking twist of events, the Australian government has blocked the release of left 4 dead 2 by refusing to give it a rating.

Under the current law, all games must have a rating in order to be sold. Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification has refused to give Left 4 Dead 2 a rating due to its “realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence.”

Post your comments in Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia thread of the forums.