Today Valve made a new post on their blog detailing the in-depth player stat pages that they’ve now made available on the Steam Community. It makes for interesting reading, but even more interesting is reading your actual stats. Here’s my stats page, for the voyeuristic or just plain curious amongst you. They’re hardly stellar, but they are mine, so I feel a certain attachment to them. Please go easy on them in the comments, and feel free to link to your own for comparison (or bragging rights).

I just came across a thread on the Steam forums that is worth sharing. A forum-goer by the name of Phoebus seems to be maintaining a comprehensive list of weapon damage, running speed and other statistics. Here is the thread in question. Read the rest of this entry »

This is why I don’t like to play on public servers:

S. : no no
Limlik(Survivor) : arent you glad?
S. : u got no penis
{COF} CHIMERICAL : you and “a.” are bum buddies
A. : No
A. : Were butt pirates

So remember: When this is the first 5 seconds of conversation on a server you just joined, back away slowly and leave them to it. It’s probably for the best.

I just got done playing my first run through of Death Toll in versus mode. Although we didn’t get to the finale due to time constraints, I can sum the Survivor experience up in two words: FRIKKING HARD. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s official: The Left 4 Dead Survival pack is out. I could link to the release notes, but I’d much rather go back and play Last Stand again because IT’S AWESOME. My best time so far? 9:20

I’ve added a page with some link buttons in case any of you who read this blog want to promote it on your website/blog or in your forum sig. So that it’s easy to find, I’ve added a link to the page just under the main title banner. Take a look, then go spread the word about Francis and everything that he hates!

Valve have made some pretty serious updates in the last couple of weeks, especially with regard to versus mode. The Smoker got some serious buffs, Survivor melee got nerfed and the order in which the teams play through the stages now depends on points. Generally speaking I think that they’re for the better, and here’s why. Read the rest of this entry »

Valves latest post on the official L4D blog outlines some great matchmaking features that will be coming with the April 21st Survival Pack. Cheif amongst these (from my perspective) is the ability to form a team and be automatically matched against others for a versus game.

One thing in the post worried me a little though. Part way down the post is the following paragraph:

This is part of the L4D SDK rollout, which is currently in a closed beta and will be released shortly after the launch of the L4D Survival Pack.

Hmm… Let me have a quick look to see what ’shortly after’ means in Valve Time. Uh oh…