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Left 4 Dead: The Art of Teamkilling
Geoff | 10:55 PM on 01.24.2009 35 comments



As the years go on, ever since I first took my first blood at shooting the backside of my friend's Mech in MechAssault (2002), I have always been a huge fan of griefing and helping developers redesign their games. At first, it was a very disgraceful and sloppy way of killing my own comrade, putting a gun to the back of their head and guwaffing.

And that's pretty much my whole story. I haven't improved much. Haven't grown up yet. Fuck you. Hope you enjoy!



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Magesx's Destructoid Blog
holy christ did he just fall from the building and survive
Geoff's Destructoid Blog
no, he fell onto the white thing i told them to jump onto; it all spells death regardless
seigfreid's Destructoid Blog
These are some really good tips
ThunderHeartXI's Destructoid Blog
You're an asshole, by the way. Oddly enough I have never been griefed on the PC version of Left 4 Dead.
MrSlippery's Destructoid Blog
another thing I'm surprised you missed out on Geoff, is that Tanks can kill everything.

EVERYTHING. so be sure to give your team a friendly pat on the back for their hard efforts. just be careful, you don't know your own strength. :)
Kyousuke Nanbu's Destructoid Blog
Yea this isn't funny and I have never understood why people find it funny, griefing is stupid as are the people doing it.
Geoff's Destructoid Blog
@THUNDERHEARTXI: i do this a ton on the pc version with friends and stuff; people there are much bigger pissants than the 360 folks imo

@mrslippery: this was all done in about 3 rounds and i totally never got the tank because all the teams were terrible; thank you though, if you could make a video response to that, that would kick ass

@kyousuke nanbu: baww
Mushman's Destructoid Blog
God, Geoff, your style is amazing!! :D

Like always, awesome vid and look forward to your next one! :)
Gandysampras's Destructoid Blog
Silly Geoff forgot all about the elevator trick
Dimly's Destructoid Blog
Troll blog?
Geoff's Destructoid Blog
@gandy sampras: yeah yeah, everyone and their mom knows about it anyway
protoknuckles's Destructoid Blog
I hate people who do this in L4D. It makes the game near unplayable with random people. I leave or kick as soon as any of my teammates try to grief.
Geoff's Destructoid Blog
i'm sorry
Kyousuke Nanbu's Destructoid Blog
Well aren't you a beacon of maturity Geoff.

You're just another online asshole that ruins it for the rest of us, you're nothing special, idiots like you are a dime a dozen. You're apparently a 4channer to so that explains a lot.

I'd really like to see how you feel when people do this shit to YOU and I don't mean from time to time, I mean all the time, I don't think you'll be quite as amused but I could be wrong.

I never got this crap, people post a video of them killing their teammates or griefing in some way and everyone is like LULZ IZ SO FUNNY GUYS, how exactly? Are you that bored? Are you 12?

Obviously no game is meant to be taken seriously but there's a fine line between just a little harmless fun and going out of your way to be an asshole like you seem to be doing or hell, most people paid their $60 for that game just like you did and they shouldn't have put with that bullshit.

People like you are the main reason I don't play on XBL anymore and traded my L4D copy about 3 weeks ago, I'm to old to putting up with the games of some retarded kid who thinks its HILARIOUS to ruin it for everyone.

After a day's work I just wanna play a games and have fun, 9 out of 10 I bump into morons like you and end up angrier because all they do is ruin it, either teamkilling or doing all the crazy exploits they can think off.

Its like people that invite super high rankers into the boot camp playlist in CoD World at War, I'm sure that big bad rank 50 feels AWESOME about his 50-0 kill spree seeing as he's fighting newbies.

This rant isn't neccesarily directed at you, its more an in general thing, online isn't highschool but there are a lot of idiots that seem to be trying to their damndest to make it just like that.
Krow-Kupo's Destructoid Blog
If we ever meet up in the real world, remind me not to piss you off Nanbu.
Spartacus's Destructoid Blog
I never thought I'd say this, but I agree with Nanbu.

The elevator glitch was funny a couple times when the person was being an ass, maybe, but people who ruin games for fun should just be banned from the internet.

Unless you're just trolling those 12 year old kids who breathe in their crap mic the whole game and won't shut up about if they should use the "AK or the shotty." Troll them to hell.
Smartzke's Destructoid Blog
Oh no I have no sense of humor OH NO TEAMKILLING IS OFFENSIVE OHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Mxyzptlk's Destructoid Blog
"I'd save you, but I already got that achievement."

Priceless. I never get tired of these.
Geoff's Destructoid Blog
ahahahahaha whoa next time i say "baww" i'll remember how butthurt you'll get wasting your time writing a 12 page essay on how terrible a person i am

the funniest part about this is that even though i have tons of other great insightful videos which go unnoticed, but i get the most publicity for these types, and there's nothing you can do to stop me except to bitch on the internet on how immature i am

i'm influencing tons of others to ruin xbox live and there's nothing you can do about it except give me more attention; deal with it! xD
Geoff's Destructoid Blog
also, to answer your question, when people do this stuff to me, i end up becoming friends with them because you know-- it's funny; regardless you saying otherwise as the judge of all comedy

but seriously, sorry you feel that way, join the ranks
B-Radicate's Destructoid Blog
I tried healing a guy on Live who wouldn't talk. He shot me point blank and ran off. Then he started bitching he was going for the "no heal" achievement (the first time he spoke all match).

When I tried telling him all he had to do was tell me that and I would have covered him, he closed a door in my face and stood in the way, effectively locking me in.

I pulled out my shotgun and blasted down the door and shot him dead. Told him not to be a cunt and my gf and I left the game. Bastard.

Only time I purposely team killed.
pascuz46's Destructoid Blog
I must say Geoff while its funny seeing it happen to other people, if it happened to me I would probably be a little pissed off. Online is a blessing and a curse, sometimes its so rewarding to play online other times not so much. That is why I love a great single player campaign, no other human can screw you over.
UglyDuck's Destructoid Blog
Heh, nice vid. Your title is misleading though; it's very amateur. It's not art by any means, it's purely, simply, having fun at someone else's expense. If you want to grief people properly, artistically, you have to do it with style. Griefing is all about being the puppeteer to their reactions, without that, you're just another unimaginative bully.

But then again, the title was likely ironic, wasn't it? You probably don't want to be like that. Gathering from the way you post, you have no standards, no pride - you're quite willing to be utterly baseless in your arguments, so preaching style to you would be like preaching personal hygiene to a monkey.

Still, the vid was entertaining. Maybe one day you'll get some learn some substance to use in that video.
Usedtabe's Destructoid Blog
LOL. That last part was awesome. "I WANNA BE THE TANK!!!" Good stuff as always Geoff.
Fleet3000's Destructoid Blog
i can't stand people like you geoff. You're one of the reasons why i prefer playing on the PC. Nanbu, you're the shit.
Riser Glen's Destructoid Blog
21 hours ago - 10:55 PM on 01.24.2009

The time in which I realized Geoff was too good for DToid. For shame newfags. For shame.
Cataract's Destructoid Blog
I think it's hilarious how Nanbu goes from being this troll to then being the annoying "thats morally wrong and you're a bad person for doing that" archetype. I swear, it's like going from one annoying extreme to another.
Professor Pew's Destructoid Blog
Awesome stuff Geoff, keep em coming. If you think this is childish, you obviously haven't played L4D with randoms on Live enough because every random there deserves to be TK'd and then teabagged :)

Also, who the fuck plays Versus on his own with randoms? YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG! It also renders your comments null and void to complain about something like this.
Geoff's Destructoid Blog
holy shit guys
BFeld13's Destructoid Blog
This is hilarious. More please.
Gandysampras's Destructoid Blog
I agree, hilarity ensues wherever Geoff is present, fuck all the whiny bitches.
Hollie Bennett's Destructoid Blog
I like to shoot my teammate, the pain brings us closer.
Hollie Bennett's Destructoid Blog
Also if i dont want to get butthurt by online losers I play with friends, IMO that what L4D WAS MADE FOR, FRIENDS. I've never had fun playing with randoms. like, it's not cool if Wilbo isn't shouting 'FIRE GOD'.

Some people are fucking butthurt here on dtoid. WOW, i remember when we would have found this shit funny now people are just crying over it.
Dan CiTi's Destructoid Blog
Thanks for the tips bro!
MrSlippery's Destructoid Blog
@ Geoff. I have Fraps somewhere on my computer, so I will try and get right on that.

of course, I'll have a friend with to prevent from being votekicked, It also gets some pretty nifty reactions.


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