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*Evacuation notice with the address of Hewlitt recreationcenter crossed out and the word "overrun" written underneath
==== [[The Sewer]] ====
==== [[The Sewer]] ====
*“NOBODY IS GOING TO SAVE US”
*“NOBODY IS GOING TO SAVE US”
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*“<u>HEATHER</u> Ignore the plan, [[airport]] is quarantined - Meet me at Mom's”-Rick
*“<u>HEATHER</u> Ignore the plan, [[airport]] is quarantined - Meet me at Mom's”-Rick
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*“<u>They can talk</u>”
*“<u>They can talk</u>”
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* I hear them talk "DIE" there dead but whose controlling them GHOSTS!
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* ITS THE VIRUS,OR OTHER STRANGE THINGS DUMBASS.
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*“TO HELEN LANE, DAD AND ME LOVE YOU AND WE <strike>FEEL</strike> ARE ALRITE”- Will
*“TO HELEN LANE, DAD AND ME LOVE YOU AND WE <strike>FEEL</strike> ARE ALRITE”- Will
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*“Andrew Hale, Danny and I love you”
*“Andrew Hale, Danny and I love you”
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*NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE US. THEY ARE GOING TO BOMB THE CITY '''GET OUT'''
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*Safety checklist poster with 'NOT AIRBORNE' written beside it, specifically directed at "SECURE THE DOORS AND WINDOWS WITH '''PLASTIC SHEETING''' AND '''DUCT TAPE.'''"
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*"They are going to bomb the city. If you can read this, GET OUT!!!"
*Evacuation notice with address of the BrighonLumior High School with "[[Mercy Hospital]]" written underneath.
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CEDA banner at Mercy Hospital written"CLOSED".
==== [[The Hospital]] ====
==== [[The Hospital]] ====
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* Karen and I are holed up in recycling plant / Have plenty of food and water / Look for the hollow container / Love you, Jason
* Karen and I are holed up in recycling plant / Have plenty of food and water / Look for the hollow container / Love you, Jason
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** <span style="color:blue;">PS DONT TELL ALISON</span>
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** <span style="color:#0080FF;">PS DONT TELL ALISON</span>
* PETER ARMY'S STILL IN RIVERSIDE WAITING FOR YOU AT THE DEPOT WE FINISHED THE TRUCK HURRY
* PETER ARMY'S STILL IN RIVERSIDE WAITING FOR YOU AT THE DEPOT WE FINISHED THE TRUCK HURRY
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**<span style="color:red;">There's no call for language like that</span>
**<span style="color:red;">There's no call for language like that</span>
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***<span style="color:blue;">I have to agree TOO MUCH</span>
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***<span style="color:#0080FF;">I have to agree TOO MUCH</span>
****<span style="color:red;">END OF THE WORLD OR NOT, THERE ARE STANDARDS</span>
****<span style="color:red;">END OF THE WORLD OR NOT, THERE ARE STANDARDS</span>
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*Roger went to mall. Francine (Reference to the film, ''Dawn of the Dead ''[1978]. Roger and Francine are survivors of the zombie epidemic who hold up in a shopping mall with Roger's fellow police officer and Francine's boyfriend. Could also be a slight reference to the cartoon 'American Dad' in which Roger, the alien, frequently leaves Francine, one of the main characters, to tell the others where he has gone.)
*Roger went to mall. Francine (Reference to the film, ''Dawn of the Dead ''[1978]. Roger and Francine are survivors of the zombie epidemic who hold up in a shopping mall with Roger's fellow police officer and Francine's boyfriend. Could also be a slight reference to the cartoon 'American Dad' in which Roger, the alien, frequently leaves Francine, one of the main characters, to tell the others where he has gone.)
**<span style="color:red;">>Freddy- I TOLD you that movie was based on a true case!</span><ref>https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/1158</ref> (ORIGINAL)
**<span style="color:red;">>Freddy- I TOLD you that movie was based on a true case!</span><ref>https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/1158</ref> (ORIGINAL)
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*<span style="color:blue;">LOOKING FOR AN M60? COME SEE ME. CRAZY DAVE </span>(Reference to the game, ''Plants Vs. Zombies.'' In the game Plants Vs Zombies, Crazy Dave is your next door neighbor that sells you plant upgrades to fight the zombies in that game. Apparently, he's been surviving the green flu just fine here too.)
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*<span style="color:#0080FF;">LOOKING FOR AN M60? COME SEE ME. CRAZY DAVE </span>(Reference to the game, ''Plants Vs. Zombies.'' In the game Plants Vs Zombies, Crazy Dave is your next door neighbor that sells you plant upgrades to fight the zombies in that game. Apparently, he's been surviving the green flu just fine here too.)
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*CHAD SITS DOWN WHEN HE PEES
*CHAD SITS DOWN WHEN HE PEES
*KASIE'S UP FOR ANYTHING (555-6771)
*KASIE'S UP FOR ANYTHING (555-6771)
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**<span style="color:blue;">'''turned into a boomer don't call'''</span>
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**<span style="color:#0080FF;">'''turned into a boomer don't call'''</span>
*For a good time, don't call CEDA
*For a good time, don't call CEDA
**They'll just put you on hold.
**They'll just put you on hold.
*<span style="color:red;">JIMMY K. LOVED BY THE LADIES. HATED BY THE MEN.</span>
*<span style="color:red;">JIMMY K. LOVED BY THE LADIES. HATED BY THE MEN.</span>
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**<span style="color:blue;">Killed by a zombie</span>
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**<span style="color:#0080FF;">Killed by a zombie</span>
*'''I LIKE TO POOP!'''
*'''I LIKE TO POOP!'''
**<span style="color:red;">My Dad died pooping you son of a bitch!</span>
**<span style="color:red;">My Dad died pooping you son of a bitch!</span>
*SHOTGUNS AND M16's EVERYWHERE AND NOT A SINGLE ROLL OF TOILET PAPER.
*SHOTGUNS AND M16's EVERYWHERE AND NOT A SINGLE ROLL OF TOILET PAPER.
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**<span style="color:blue;">I take mine with me</span>
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**<span style="color:#0080FF;">I take mine with me</span>
***CEDA's bringing more!
***CEDA's bringing more!
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****They don't eat feet - I am a doctor
****They don't eat feet - I am a doctor
*Here I sit all broken hearted. Come to shit. And the world ended.
*Here I sit all broken hearted. Come to shit. And the world ended.
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*<span style="color:blue;">JUST CAUSE IT'S THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO TIME TO FLUSH</span>
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*<span style="color:#0080FF;">JUST CAUSE IT'S THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO TIME TO FLUSH</span>
**<span style="color:red;">I flushed it 50 times and now it <u>DOESN'T WORK</u>!</span>
**<span style="color:red;">I flushed it 50 times and now it <u>DOESN'T WORK</u>!</span>
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***<span style="color:blue;">You IDIOT!</span>
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***<span style="color:#0080FF;">You IDIOT!</span>
****YOU ARE THE REAL MONSTER (possible reference to graffiti in The Terminal)
****YOU ARE THE REAL MONSTER (possible reference to graffiti in The Terminal)
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*NO TOILET IS SAFE FROM POOPING KEVIN (Reference to Chicago Ted)
*NO TOILET IS SAFE FROM POOPING KEVIN (Reference to Chicago Ted)
*YOUR MOM IS A MOM
*YOUR MOM IS A MOM
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**<span style="color:blue;">so true</span>
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**<span style="color:#0080FF;">so true</span>
***<span style="color:red;">She was a great mother</span>
***<span style="color:red;">She was a great mother</span>
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*WHY ARE WE STILL HERE?
*WHY ARE WE STILL HERE?
* The military is just wiped out!THE LEADER HE SOUNDED THE ALARM TO LOUD THE LONGER THE SOUND ALARMS THE MORE OF THEM COMES!
* The military is just wiped out!THE LEADER HE SOUNDED THE ALARM TO LOUD THE LONGER THE SOUND ALARMS THE MORE OF THEM COMES!
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* WE NEED AMMO WE CAN'T HOLD THEM OFF ESPECIALLY THOSE MUSCULAR ONE'S.(Maybe a Tank).
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* WE NEED AMMO WE CAN'T HOLD THEM OFF ESPECIALLY THOSE MUSCULAR ONE'S. (Possibly a Tank).
* The CEDA and the Military just captures a live "TANK!!!".
* The CEDA and the Military just captures a live "TANK!!!".
* BULLSHIT.
* BULLSHIT.
Revision as of 16:03, 30 August 2014
"I'm gonna teach your ass how to read." This article/section is typed directly as it is represented in-game and therefore may have spelling errors. Please do not correct spelling mistakes unless it is not as it appears in-game.
Tips left from survivors on how to avoid or kill the Witch.
Graffiti is found all over the five campaigns of Left 4 Dead, most commonly within the safe rooms. The graffiti is left by other Survivors who had been through the area. This graffiti generally includes messages, tips, and warnings for loved ones, other Survivors, or simple comments, such is the case with the infamous Chicago Ted. Graffiti tells the story of the game, without cutscenes. Some pieces of graffiti seem to be conversing back and forth.
“HEATHER Ignore the plan, airport is quarantined - Meet me at Mom's”-Rick
“They can talk”
“TO HELEN LANE, DAD AND ME LOVE YOU AND WE FEEL ARE ALRITE”- Will
“Andrew Hale, Danny and I love you”
NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE US. THEY ARE GOING TO BOMB THE CITY GET OUT
Safety checklist poster with 'NOT AIRBORNE' written beside it, specifically directed at "SECURE THE DOORS AND WINDOWS WITH PLASTIC SHEETING AND DUCT TAPE."
Evacuation notice with address of the Brigham Jumior [sic] High School crossed out, with 'MERCY HOSPITAL' written underneath.
"PETER, waited until Thursday. Couldn't wait any longer went to Riverside with others I'm so sorry! - Kate"
"John I'm safe I got out and I am traveling with good people. They are immune too we are going to find a super market and fortify it. We will hide until the army comes. I love you. XOXO Sharon" (Possible reference to The Mist by Stephen King.)
Domes - got bit bad and feel O.K. See you at the airport. Katie
"I KILLED 63
77
86
104,
109 Bitches
53,595!! (Reference to the Dead Rising achievement, "Zombie Genocider")
Jonathan, you have touched my very being. I shall remember you. You taught all that knew you what courage meant And have shown us an example in death as you did in life. God give me strength in my life without you . And I shall thank her. I can only hope that our souls shall intwine entwine again In the place where there is only love, no tears, no sadness, no injustice, non cruelty, no white, no black, no zombies no hate, no war, only love. Only love, Alison
PS IM FAT
QQ
GO BACK TO POETRY SCOOL!
Cool story bro! (Reference to cool story bro meme).
You should hit a zombie with your thesaurus!
Jesus, lady
I'm hiding from zombies and reading this was the most terrible thing to happen to me today
Alison, / Roses are red Violets are blue / You suck
Alison, / Reading your poem ruined heaven / Thanks a lot, / Johnathan's Ghost
I'm gonna go to Church.
Gone to church - Susie
(Beneath CEDA instructions to leave radios on) Radios make noise! SHITHEADS
Karen and I are holed up in recycling plant / Have plenty of food and water / Look for the hollow container / Love you, Jason
PS DONT TELL ALISON
PETER ARMY'S STILL IN RIVERSIDE WAITING FOR YOU AT THE DEPOT WE FINISHED THE TRUCK HURRY
Unknown
The following are graffiti found on the SDK but it is unknown where they are found in Crash Course. However this graffiti was later used in both versions of the The Sacrifice DLC.
MOLLY H, I CAN'T FIND THE KIDS, I HOPE YOU HAVE THEM. I'M LEAVING WITH THE OTHERS CLAUDE H. (Possibly a reference to Claude Huggins mentioned in a graffiti in the beginning of The Church.)
Pete was here (drawing of zombie/person getting shot in the head with a gun)
GOING FOR THE BRIDGE GOD PROTECT US (drawing of cross)
Infected In The ally
This checkpoint was secured By C1/15th!
Highly Notable Instances
"Better safe than sorry." (Found written all over the wall in The Church.)
"I miss the internet." (Comment below an argument that resembles an internet forum argument in Dead Air, the Terminal Safe House.)
"GOD IS DEAD" (Found throughout Dead Air, referencing a famous quote by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The last time this is written, there is a dead body slumped on the wall with a pistol next to it. It would seem the writer committed suicide or the infected killed him)
"NO ZOMBIE IS SAFE FROM CHICAGO TED" (Found in No Mercy's rooftop safehouse.)
Out of film, No Helicopter. Zombies are too fast. Not Going to make it. Frank West (Reference to the game, Dead Rising, in which the main character is a photographer, dropped off by helicopter, named Frank West. Otis is a janitor from the game who assists Frank. The zombies in Dead Rising are very slow moving as compared to the all-out sprints of Left 4 Dead zombies.)
Went to save my dog. If I'm not back in fifteen minutes, Everyone drop everything and come save me. NICOLE (Reference to the film, Dawn of the Dead [2004], where a character named Nicole leaves the shopping mall the film's survivors are held up in and enters a gun store across the street to save her dog. When the owner of the gun store becomes a zombie, the survivors are forced to go across the zombie infested streets to save her.)
Ed is king of the zombies (Reference to the film, Shaun of the Dead, where a character named Ed asks "Who died and made you fucking king of the zombies?")
REPENT THE END IS EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH (Reference to 28 Days Later)
There's no call for language like that
I have to agree TOO MUCH
END OF THE WORLD OR NOT, THERE ARE STANDARDS
Roger went to mall. Francine (Reference to the film, Dawn of the Dead [1978]. Roger and Francine are survivors of the zombie epidemic who hold up in a shopping mall with Roger's fellow police officer and Francine's boyfriend. Could also be a slight reference to the cartoon 'American Dad' in which Roger, the alien, frequently leaves Francine, one of the main characters, to tell the others where he has gone.)
>Freddy- I TOLD you that movie was based on a true case![1] (ORIGINAL)
LOOKING FOR AN M60? COME SEE ME. CRAZY DAVE (Reference to the game, Plants Vs. Zombies. In the game Plants Vs Zombies, Crazy Dave is your next door neighbor that sells you plant upgrades to fight the zombies in that game. Apparently, he's been surviving the green flu just fine here too.)
CALL TERESA FOR A GOOD TIME!! 555-0934
DEAD
CHAD SITS DOWN WHEN HE PEES
KASIE'S UP FOR ANYTHING (555-6771)
turned into a boomer don't call
For a good time, don't call CEDA
They'll just put you on hold.
JIMMY K. LOVED BY THE LADIES. HATED BY THE MEN.
Killed by a zombie
I LIKE TO POOP!
My Dad died pooping you son of a bitch!
SHOTGUNS AND M16's EVERYWHERE AND NOT A SINGLE ROLL OF TOILET PAPER.
I take mine with me
CEDA's bringing more!
I JUST TOOK THE FIRST GOOD SHIT IN YEARS
Running from zombies = FIBER
DO YOU THINK THEY POOP?
I saw one POOP A FOOT!
They don't eat people
they eat feet
They don't eat feet - I am a doctor
Here I sit all broken hearted. Come to shit. And the world ended.
JUST CAUSE IT'S THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO TIME TO FLUSH
I flushed it 50 times and now it DOESN'T WORK!
You IDIOT!
YOU ARE THE REAL MONSTER (possible reference to graffiti in The Terminal)
NO TOILET IS SAFE FROM POOPING KEVIN (Reference to Chicago Ted)
Some people are carriers.They're immune, but they can still spread the infection.
Who told you that?
That's BS!
GO TO THE PARK. Army's evacing everybody out.
Thank God!
Finally some firepower!
IVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO SEE A JET IN MY LIFE!
CEDA BLOWS!
Greg: Gone to park evac.--KP
I SAW IT! I SAW IT! THE MILITARY JUST DROP A SUPPLY OF WEAPONS FINALLY TIME TO KICK SOME ASS! (There's a supply box hidden somewhere in the map with an AK-47,M16,Grenade launcher,and a dead civilian's on the rocks).
CEDA MOVES INTO A PARK!
Who told you that you MORON! when were there there's a bunch of freaking zombies.
THE WOMAN WHO CRIES IS NOT A HUMAN IT'S A ZOMBIE!
OH MY GOD WHERE IS CEDA!
In the bridge you moron!
No Don't go into the Bridge my team got shot down!
3 of us headed to stadium 9/21 9AM RTF , SJB , GBM
Hope they're still doin evacs there
They are but its far...
Tim and Mike,
Brian and I are headed to the stadium, hope you have Colin with you
-Daisy
Riverwalk should be safe
Should?
We have NO FOOD & NO WATER we do have GUNS & AN ALARM so STAY AWAY!
Overrun- New Safehouse ->
Shortcut through jail!
Weapons and food inside
And a shitload of zombies.
Notes
A majority of the names on the walls of The Church are actually Valve employees. For example: one particular employee, Arsenio Navarro (located on the wall left of the safe house door), who is responsible for managing retail for the Valve Store.
Many of the dates of death across the campaigns (mostly in The Church) used to say "-Person- May 2008". When 2009 arrived, the death dates changed from 2008 to 2009.
Considering the graffiti that state various dates, the earliest one refers to October 2nd, while the latest one refers to October 19th (or October 30th in The Last Stand, however, its stance as a canon campaign is ambiguous), therefore, more than two weeks span between these two dates (As opposed to the opening cutscene: "2 WEEKS AFTER FIRST INFECTION", and that is, taking October 2nd as the first day of the infection, which is unlikely), which means either the campaigns are actually connected and several days have passed between campaigns, or the developers made a mistake. With the addition of Crash Course , it makes it more confusing, But Death Toll looks like it's earlier (or later) in the night.
A human with the initials "KP" is seen in both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2. It is possible he or she could have escaped successfully.
There seems to be less graffiti in Left 4 Dead 2 than the original game. The reason for it is unknown, but it's possible people aren't finding it useful or too time consuming to write anything. It's also possible there simply weren't as many pens available around then there was in the first game, or simply because the infection just hit and the citizens are in more of a panic to escape, or there are less citizens around.
Often, graffiti will reference internet forums with things such as chat speak, "+10 rep" etc. The "Will someone please hide the pens?" graffiti is similar to requests to lock topics on forums.
In the Port Finale and in the Alleys, a group calling themselves the "Angels of Death", who seem to be stay ahead of the Survivors during the majority of the game, write a single message on a wall.. They even gained an extra member during their journey instead of losing any. The term "Angel of Death" is a popular term used in books, in songs, as nicknames, movies, and many other mediums. There are many religious figures that the name can be based on, like the Christian archangel Michael and the Islamic figure Azrael. Also there are Gabriel, Samael, and Sariel which originally come from Judaism. It is impossible to tell which, if any, of these the name is based on.
The Sacrifice and Swamp Fever are the only official campaigns so far to feature graffiti written in a language other than English (the former contains Japanese while the latter French).
