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Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Left 4 Dead 2 photo

Left 4 Dead 2 is a pretty fun game on its own. What's even cooler about it, however, is that its rules are flexible enough to allow for multiple methods of play: in the same way that Far Cry 2 lends itself to permadeath runthroughs and Ikaruga allows for dot-eating as a strategy, so too does Left 4 Dead 2 allow for...

...Well, this.

I dunno if anyone will seriously try to play the game in the way Ash and I suggest in this week's episode, but it could be interesting to find out. If nothing else, I can now claim that I have designed or co-designed three different games, even though one is only sort-of a game and "Left 4 Friendz" is only a reworking of the rules of an existing game and I don't actually know if it's any fun or not but you shut the hell up, because I've designed three games.

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Guyver 0's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:23
Guyver 0
Loved it Loved it Loved it!
Nic128's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:24
Nic128
I defenitly will try Left 4 Friendz.
phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:25
phantomile
Are you saying that you want a shirt of your dad's own face as a Christmas present?
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:26
VGFreak1225
I remember when you guys talked about this on Podtoid! I really should try that sometime.
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:37
Havoc Fang
Awesome.
Wintersocks's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:38
Wintersocks
We used to play like that on L4D, escept everyone had their own escort special infected (I had dibs on the smoker), and the goal was to kill all the other survivors and their escort infected. We played on easy, of course. Fun times were had.
Anthony Burch's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:46
Anthony Burch
I'm saying your friends and family want a shirt of my dad's face as a Christmas present.
phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:51
phantomile
Are you saying we're not friends?
king kong five's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:54
king kong five
I remember the Podtoid mention of this as well.

If anyone wants to try a FNF "Left 4 Friendz" game, I'd be down for it.
KingSigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:56
KingSigy
This episode was really great. Especially how poor Ash just gets owned at the end.
DrRockso's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 13:58
DrRockso
PORQUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE
eduh's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 14:00
eduh
"sometimes you know.. talk about ... gardening..." LOOL

awesome
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 14:01
loki d20
Best part was the Kotick comment.
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 14:05
WarZombie
That's not a bad L4D2 idea...

Great episode guys.
Insane Enigma's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 14:34
Insane Enigma
All praise the concept that is anti-griefing!!!
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 14:40
Naim Master


Sorry.
nekobun's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 14:47
nekobun
I had assumed I would never see this happen after you brought it up several Podtoids ago. Sometimes, dreams do come true.
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 14:52
Aziel13
LOLz love it as always
smerff's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 15:00
smerff
..tomatoes..

roflmao
rcabc's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 15:04
rcabc
Actually that's kind of how my sister plays sometimes, and it annoys me because I keep killing her "friends"
NoJ87's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 15:16
NoJ87
Holy shit, will try this. Steam = NoJ87, Gamertag = NoJ1987. Play L4Friendz with me!
JonShnoo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 15:29
JonShnoo

thought you'd like that.
JonShnoo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 15:37
JonShnoo
That's the Master as a Yellow Lantern, just for the record.
AlexBebop's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 16:00
AlexBebop
LOL, the silent side by side laptop gaming made me think of people playing WoW. Everyone I see playing L4D is always yelling and screaming.

I might be getting the Hey Ash DVD as a Christmas gift for MYSELF.
eastburg's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 16:57
eastburg
I miss when hawp was still retarded.
D Sane's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 16:59
D Sane
You forgot about Left 2 Die (killing the 2 computer controlled players in the Left 4 Dead demo and trying to beat the level as just two humans). You came up with that one last year.
Starrynight's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 17:23
Starrynight
lol
Sounds fun =)
Ben Scott's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 18:41
Ben Scott
I dont find these funny. Oh shes so quirky, how interesting. Oh well each to their own.
Durga AI's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 20:12
Durga AI
That DVD cover does nothing for Ash.
lazytrout's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 20:24
lazytrout
A ha ha. Hawp is awesome. The Proffesor Layton one is still the best. Do a Henry Hatsworth one.
killerpickles's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 20:25
killerpickles
Intriguing...
So gonna try it out.
Archer's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 22:56
Archer
Ash is hawt
Pengbros's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2009 23:00
Pengbros
Tried it, twice, I was the Boomer, twice...

I must be an idiot because I kept getting nicked by someone's shotgun and died from that, maybe someone else should be the boomer.
Flamma Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2009 00:12
Flamma Man
I would image that being quite fun with some tweaking because it seems somewhat unbalance that way. Maybe give the Boomer a bit more resistance to survivor fire and a little bit more health.

Other then that nice little mini-mod.

Also, I lol'd.
Flamma Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2009 00:13
Flamma Man
I would image that being quite fun with some tweaking because it seems somewhat unbalance that way. Maybe give the Boomer a bit more resistance to survivor fire and a little bit more health.

Other then that nice little mini-mod.

Also, I lol'd.
Solid Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2009 04:47
Solid Squirrel
Sounds too complicated. I'll just stick to playing the player-created "Vampire" on MGO--Vamp's on red, everyone else on blue. Vamp runs around slicing and dicing, while everyone just has to stay the hell out of his way until the clock is up.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2009 08:34
Face
We used to play something like that in Goldeneye. Unfortunately lacking in vomit dancing.
CrocBox's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2009 12:32
CrocBox
I totally wanna try Left 4 Friendz lol
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