User:Baltro

Hey, I'm Baltro. I work across several wikis, and was interested in getting Left 4 Dead after seeing the parody, Left 4 LOL on YouTube. Further investigation sparked a memory of a Wikia Spotlight for this wiki, which prompted me to check it out. I pretty much liked the game when I started looking at it, but before I bought it. I quickly decided I like Zoey the best (call me clichéd), because, as Uncyclopedia states, she's the biologically necessary female.

When I finally decided to get Left 4 Dead, it had to be PC, as I only have that along with Nintendo systems. It was my first first-person shooter, my first horror, and my first rated M game, all in one. Normally I don't play games like this (see the last parameter of my infobox).

When I did start playing the game, I simply decided to start at the first chapter of the first campaign on easy during single player. The only reason I didn't die is because the AI are simply so skilled. I cautiously worked my way through the first chapter, though I had to quit because of, ahem, PC restraints. I was a little sensitive to the scary parts of the game, not so much the gore. Sure, when I was poppin' heads for the first time, I did blink once or twice, but after awhile nothing ceases to bother me. When I got to the Runway Finale, I finally made it to the chopper, only to have a Tank attack directly under the small space between the roof and the safety of the chopper, and he knocked me down to the side of the building, where I was unable to be revived because of the oncoming hordes, and my AI teammates slowly died as well. I must credit myself for shooting nonstop with the pistol as best I could while aiming diagonally.

I kept going through the chapters on easy difficulty to get the hang of the game (and FPS, horror, mature games in general). When I started Death Toll, I was much more on-edge than during No Mercy, because I have a bit of agoraphobia (simply put, the opposite of claustrophobia). Large spaces make me feel as if something can attack me from any direction, worst case scenario behind, whereas in cramped spaces, I can turn my back to the wall and have a clear perspective of what's coming. More of Death Toll, can I just say that The Town is the most complicated chapter for me? I got lost and backtracked so many times, it's ridiculous.

After Death Toll, I moved onto Dead Air. This one piqued my interested as, well, quite interesting. The Terminal is my favorite chapter, only just ahead of The Crane. When I got to the Runway Finale, I had a slight panic attack, firstly when I noticed how large the space was, secondly when I couldn't find where the radio was supposed to be. Thirdly when hordes were coming from behind the immobile yellow taped areas. Fourthly when I failed to notice the opening of the plane at the back, rather then the side, where I assumed I had seen it, which led me to run frantically with a Tank chasing me.

Finally on to Blood Harvest, I was finally picking up speed at this point. My fear of running out of ammunition prompted me to choose the dual pistols as my favorite weapon. By now, the large spaces continued to frighten me, but I was less scared of running infected, only more aggravated at how slow my PC is and how long it takes me to properly aim (even a melee attack).

Now that I had beaten all four campaigns (though I didn't actually finish The Hospital as I was knocked off the side of the building by a Tank and angrily quit the game) I decided to try them all over again on normal difficulty. I was killed ten feet from the safe house in The Sewer. That's pretty much where I'm currently at. I'm trying to get as many achievements as I can, but it's a slow process.

Some other things about me: I enjoy startling Witches because I get to be freaked out and shoot even while incapacitated. I also have a knack for killing Smokers, even killing one while it was dragging me right after I first starting learning how to play. I am terrible with Boomers and Hunters, because even though I hear them, I can never see them until it's tragically too late.

I still haven't played an online game in Left 4 Dead, because I'm worried firstly that I'll be too slow/not know what to do/get in the way and secondly because I'm not good enough. I've been asking friends if they have played the game, to many a response of "a few times, at my friend's house/Howie's". I'm looking for anybody to play online with so I can have a chance to understand the way people play online, and to see how adept they are as well. I fear if I jump into an online game without knowing anybody or having played online at all yet, the previously listed fears will come true. If anybody in this community feels like sacrificing time and patience and wants to play with me, I would be more than happy to.