Tanks and Cars?

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  1. ZT The Freeman

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    So I tried out being a Tank on single player in The Apartments level, and I realized how easily I could move cars of course.

    So I wanted to do a little test, and I hit the car right down the stairs leading to the storage room that contained the safe room.

    Sure enough the Humans could not get into the storage room in any way what so ever, and while trying, set off the alarm. Of course they died.



    I am wondering, do you think this will be a common dick thing that will occur on public games? It's funny of course, but incredibly cheap.
  2. giant384 Tank

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    hehe that is a really dick move.

    ya im curious to how well this versus mode will work. hopefully they will fix alot of that so it doesnt ruin the game for everyone.
  3. Reginald Newbie

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    Perhaps tanks won't be able to spawn in game breaking places? Or if you kill the Tank, cars reset?

    Bear in mind we're not supposed to be the tank yet! :p
  4. ZT The Freeman

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    The car does disappear if you move it and then move far away from it for a long enough period of time.


    Yes I understand we are not supposed to be the tank yet, though tanks do seem to spawn at that point on occasion, so it leads me to believe it will be the same.
  5. Druckles Party Escort Bot

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    There's a lot of versus we don't know. I did notice I could move cars yesterday, but didn't think anywhere outside of that.

    TF2 wasn't entirely perfect when it was released.
  6. Iron_cube Newbie

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    Tanks and witches do not appear on the first level
  7. Moods Newbie

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    I think they'll turn out the same.

    The car goes away after a period of time, if your away from it.
  8. giant384 Tank

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    he does have a point there. guess they figured out that problem before hand.
  9. ZT The Freeman

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    I could have sworn I fought a tank once in the streets.
  10. kineaesth Scanner

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    Probably just saw one of the videos.
  11. giant384 Tank

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    i only recall fighting a boomer.

    edit: lol fight, yea right
  12. ZT The Freeman

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    Maybe it was when Druckles, Toaster, and Shamrock decided it would be awesome to all play as infected and rape me.
  13. ktimekiller Space Core

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    How do you play as infected? I dont see an option to do so.
  14. Pesmerga Newbie

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    It's a work-around, ktimekiller, and there are several guides how to do it in the various threads in this forum.
  15. Shamrock Companion Cube

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    I just enjoy raping you, Pat. You're just so adorable. I can't help meself.
  16. ZT The Freeman

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    You guys wanna play as infected?
    You guys wanna play as infected?
    You guys wanna play as infected?
    You guys wanna play as infected?
  17. Pesmerga Newbie

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    WHO WAS PHONE

    wat
  18. Eejit The Freeman

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    Yeah it's especially charming when they decide to do that on Expert mode. Very sporting.
  19. Shamrock Companion Cube

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    Oh lol. Next time you ask, I swear I'll respond. :D
  20. Sandspider Newbie

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    Hmmm dubious :p
  21. toaster-chan Party Escort Bot

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    We weren't raping you on purpose, it just keep spawning us in the safe room for some reason. Infected play is just kind of ****ed right now. Probably why you have to hax it to even play it.

    But yeah, like Derek said, it's because you're so ****ing cute. I just want to tie you up and spawn four tanks in the same room as you<3<3
  22. Lobster Moderator

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    The thing with versus mode is you dont choose what you are gonna spawn as, the director choose for you so most of the time you are spawning as Hunter Smoker or Boomer, a tank will spawn every now and then, like once or twice (with two on the finalie map), then whoever gets control of the tank has to start bashing survivors, or the Frustration meter goes down, if you stay out of combat to long, the tank switches to AI.
  23. Druckles Party Escort Bot

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    It was undoubtedly this.

    I enjoyed raping you :)
  24. CyberPitz Party Escort Bot

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    Source? I'm not being a dick or anything, I'm genuinely curious to see what else is said. If that's the case, that's AWESOME.
  25. ZT The Freeman

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    Tis true, they explain it on the l4d website under each infected class.

    Quite clever by Valve to create the frustration o meter. That way you can't be cheap and hide, or run away during a battle while playing as a tank.
  26. Druckles Party Escort Bot

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    Sounds about true. There's definitely a meter, but it don't do anything in the demo.
  27. Lobster Moderator

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  28. Shamrock Companion Cube

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    The meter does move. I've noted it on several occasions, but I've never actually let it deplete. I've stopped attacking the survivors for several minutes on occasion and let it drop, but like I said, it never reached the end as I'd always attack them as soon as I noted the loss of frustration.
  29. Druckles Party Escort Bot

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    I guess I never left it for long enough.
  30. CyberPitz Party Escort Bot

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    Well, then I'm glad they added that to the tank. I was worried how gay it would have been if you were a tank, and just hid around somewhere near the end, when everybody has used their medpacks and might be low on ammo and life.

    Awesome.
  31. ZT The Freeman

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    I had the frustration meter take over about twice, it switched me to a hunter and the tank I formerly controlled went on his smashing business.
  32. CyberPitz Party Escort Bot

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    So, be a Tank, then just wait it out and get thrown into a hunter and you have one extra zombie friend!
  33. Shamrock Companion Cube

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    You'd still have to verse that Tank though at the end whether or not a user was controlling him or not. So they can camp him at the end, and lose him then they can become a Hunter and muff yo shit up, b.
  34. CyberPitz Party Escort Bot

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    Yeah, that sounds kinda deadly lol
  35. Druckles Party Escort Bot

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    I assume the tank would have already been there, anyway, so that wouldn't be an issue.
  36. Shamrock Companion Cube

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    Your mum's an issue.
  37. Druckles Party Escort Bot

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    She was. Then I killed her.