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coldmeat

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Originally posted by: Tiamat
The other day, all the entire team was taken out at the same time when the tank hit a car in the air and we all got crushed by the car. That was very unfortunate.

For some reason, my friends list isn't working anymore either...

It seems the Steam community is down.
 

AmberClad

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Originally posted by: Tiamat
For some reason, my friends list isn't working anymore either...
Same here.

Third Steam service outage in past three weeks :roll:...
 

Tiamat

Lifer
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Originally posted by: AmberClad
Originally posted by: Tiamat
For some reason, my friends list isn't working anymore either...
Same here.

Third Steam service outage in past three weeks :roll:...

Guess i'm forced to take a break and make dinner and run errands (that I have been putting off because it is so damn cold outside) instead. :laugh:
 

AmberClad

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Hehe, yeah, guess it's time to actually do something useful. Hopefully they'll have Steam friends/community back up by the time I get back from the gym.

Your Steam handle is Jonomega right?
 

Tiamat

Lifer
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Originally posted by: AmberClad
Hehe, yeah, guess it's time to actually do something useful. Hopefully they'll have Steam friends/community back up by the time I get back from the gym.

Your Steam handle is Jonomega right?

Yup :)
 

n7

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wtf just happened there...

Steam is down for me right now.
 

Sacraster

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ya steam is down for me too.
god damn, i was almost finish the dead air on expert was getting onto the plane, then disconnect from steam. :(
 

n7

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I got booted with some buffer overflow error, & then steam was broken, no friends list, etc.

It's not forcing an update that's taking forever. :(
 

Eeezee

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Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(
 

Eeezee

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Originally posted by: n7
Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: Nik
Err, I mean uh yeah that Advanced crap is way too easy.

*shifty eyes*

Heh, i'm thinking we need to get "used to" advanced before trying expert again. We were getting rolled on expert lol. The second n7 left, we were done. And then for some reason, even on advanced we got reamed anyways. Go figure...

Everyone gets rolled on Expert.
It's not like i ever finish in one try lol...usually takes hours, depending on the team & how badly i'm sucking it up.

Zombies & witches are the worst thing in Expert for me, since you get so many more zombies, & they do so much more damage that Advanced or lower.
And witches, eh, i still can't figure out how to crown them, so it usually means one of us always dies when there's a witch in the way :(


Originally posted by: Joemonkey
I played a game of dead air on normal last night that was ridiculously hard. Can server admins mess with that kinda stuff?

Sure, if cheats are on, you can have great fun messing with everything.
That's not likely on a dedicated server though...definitely can be if you end up on someone's local server.
Dead Air is also one of the most difficult campaigns IMO, so it might just seem to be harder too.

I find that the tank is the worst part. I've played various expert campaigns maybe 20 times total, and only once did we manage to take down the tank without anyone dying. He seems to run faster than the survivors on expert, so you have to hope you get lucky and he tries to use the throw move to give you time to escape while he burns from a molotov :p

But then you end up getting 2 or more tanks during the last part and very little room to run away, so a few people end up dying before the rescue vehicle arrives :(
 

coldmeat

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Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(

Where you on the heli?
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: coldmeat
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(

Where you on the heli?

When I first played L4D (1 month ago), I didn't get a couple of the campaign achievements either (No Mercy took me 4 completions to get the achievement to register). Perhaps that glitch has been fixed by the new patch...

 

coldmeat

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Jul 10, 2007
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Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(

Where you on the heli?

When I first played L4D (1 month ago), I didn't get a couple of the campaign achievements either (No Mercy took me 4 completions to get the achievement to register). Perhaps that glitch has been fixed by the new patch...

You have to actually be one of the ones who survives at the end for it to register.
 

AmberClad

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Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(
I believe you also need to do the campaign from start to finish (join from the lobby and play it the whole way through, not just join a game in progress).
 

Sacraster

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Originally posted by: AmberClad
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(
I believe you also need to do the campaign from start to finish (join from the lobby and play it the whole way through, not just join a game in progress).

You need to start the campaign from beginning and stay alive to escape in order to get the achievement.

Anyone up for dead air or blood harvest on expert tonight?
 

Tiamat

Lifer
Nov 25, 2003
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Originally posted by: coldmeat
Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(

Where you on the heli?

When I first played L4D (1 month ago), I didn't get a couple of the campaign achievements either (No Mercy took me 4 completions to get the achievement to register). Perhaps that glitch has been fixed by the new patch...

You have to actually be one of the ones who survives at the end for it to register.

Yup, I survived at the end every single time.
 

Tiamat

Lifer
Nov 25, 2003
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Originally posted by: Sacraster
Originally posted by: AmberClad
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(
I believe you also need to do the campaign from start to finish (join from the lobby and play it the whole way through, not just join a game in progress).

You need to start the campaign from beginning and stay alive to escape in order to get the achievement.

Anyone up for dead air or blood harvest on expert tonight?

Yeah, I'll be up for trying. I can't say my track record of beating expert modes is staggeringly good. I'm Jonomega on steam assuming steam community works. I don't see you on my AT friends list.
 

Sacraster

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Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: Sacraster
Originally posted by: AmberClad
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(
I believe you also need to do the campaign from start to finish (join from the lobby and play it the whole way through, not just join a game in progress).

You need to start the campaign from beginning and stay alive to escape in order to get the achievement.

Anyone up for dead air or blood harvest on expert tonight?

Yeah, I'll be up for trying. I can't say my track record of beating expert modes is staggeringly good. I'm Jonomega on steam assuming steam community works. I don't see you on my AT friends list.

my steamid is sacraster. I will look you up when i get on tonight (maybe around 8pm eastern)
 

Eeezee

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Jul 23, 2005
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Originally posted by: coldmeat
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(

Where you on the heli?

Yes, actually all 4 of us survived and got away on the helicopter. It's not like I joined the game in the middle or anything either; I was there right from the beginning through the end. I waited in anticipation through the credits but my achievement never came :(
 

Eeezee

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Jul 23, 2005
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Originally posted by: Sacraster
Originally posted by: AmberClad
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Versus or Expert campaign for L4D? I want to get all 4 campaigns on expert. I completed No Mercy on expert but didn't get a "Complete any on expert" achievement :(
I believe you also need to do the campaign from start to finish (join from the lobby and play it the whole way through, not just join a game in progress).

You need to start the campaign from beginning and stay alive to escape in order to get the achievement.

Anyone up for dead air or blood harvest on expert tonight?

Are you guys playing already or can I join in? Steam name Werthless5