Ok I havent written on this blog for like 10 years and my last few posts have been about the gamespot exodus and now almost all of these people are off on bigger and better ventures....most notedly Giantbomb (ftw). Anyways I expect not one person is going to read this but I have to get this off of my chest....so here goes....

Since the announcment of Left for dead 2 at e3 this year there has been a public outcry with boycotts and angry forum posts up the wazzooo. Now, to combat this "immaturity" various game "people" have spoken on behalf of Valve quoting angry forumers and boycotters as having a werid and babyish sense of entitlement. And in short questioning the upbringing of these individuals where they think that valve must put aside it's own needs to make money to cater to these people.

Needless to say this is a valid arguement

But in this case I believe although this has proven to be the case in the past, I don't think that in this specific instance it's that simple. I beileve that in this case....and I don't normally do this....that the angry forumers and boycotters are right to some degree...

Now before you say I suck and I should've stayed hidden under that rock Ive been under for the past however so many years...and that I should shutup and appreichiate my 15 min of fame from my angry sony fanboy rant...hear me out.

It was November 20th 2008 and I found myself with the option of left 4 dead or the milions of other offerings that were presented to us last year. Now me being an avid lover of video games, did my research....read reviews....watched reviews.....read previews.....watched previews....etc. Needless to say Left 4 dead was under my radar for quite sometime before that faithfull day of November the 20th. And to say that on that day I had alot of money would be to say that the sun is green and our president is white ( sounds weird and mildly racist right ?!?!). Now on that day, November the 20th, Left 4 Dead had been out for three days already, meaning that so were reviews. Almost everybody gave it a good review...lauding it for inovative gameplay and a fresh new feel... but along with the praise came one particular comment that was common in every review for Left 4 dead..... LACK OF FRICKEN CONTENT.

And correct me if Im wrong...every reviewer out there as justification for this lack of content included a statement that went something like this, " Based of Valve's Track record you should expect to see new content in the future...including new maps, new weapons, new zombies etc., I think that Valve has learned their lesson from team fortress 2 on the console and won't screw left 4 dead up......

WRONG.

instead we get the most half-ass mode in the history of mankind..."survivor mode" and we get support for multiplayer for the other two maps...that guess what...SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE F*CKING FIRST PLACE!

And then rather than fulfilling their promise of supporting a clearly "skinny" game...they say " Hey F()CK YOU! WE KNOW TIMES ARE TOUGH BUT HERE GIVE US ANOTHER 60 dollars if you want to continue playing this absolutly amazing game.

Which brings me back to November 20.

I ended up getting Left 4 Dead, with 63 dollars in ones and 5's and 10's all wrinckled up from the probably months of sitting in between my couch cushions... And I felt like I was buying an investment rather than an actual game.

Which brings me full circle back to why I think these Dorito-powdered-shirt-wearing f^ckers are right.

when you buy a gadget with the promises of it being "patched" later....and the company instead just throws out the new model with almost near specs....oooo but this time it comes in black.(Another similarity) In this case...would it be ok to be angry = YES.

When you spend you hard earn money and you choose a company over all else that is out there...trusting them to make the right calls and use your money to make you happy...and they do a half ass job....is it ok to be angry = YES

When every reputable source you have is backing a stock....and then that stock makes you lose money...even though you knew there were sure winners out there, but didnt take them because your sources sasid otherwise....can you be angry = YES.

When CliffyB said that Gears 1 was designed to teach you the controls and introduce you to the characters..and that gears 2 was going to be the real game..and you asked your self they why did you charge full price for the first game? can you be angry = YES

In all of these cases you can argue and argue and argue and argue...but in the end when your angry your angry...and in this case most of these blabbering idiots are angry for a good reason.

What valve should have done is this...and if you've read this blog post to this point I salute you....they should have made a brand new senario for left 4 dead just one..and I mean the equivilant to the 4 out there and charge for it...so your making money ( id pay 800 points)...and that would have been it. Then for left 4 dead 2 instead of releasing it a year later....release 2 years after... with 10 new maps....even 8....releasing the other 2 as paid...rather than the five offered now...and aside from that charge like another 1200 points to have to old maps included. This way you offer a rediculously good package...coupled with you already infamously good package " the orange box." and this will undoublty boost your rep. And with a rep like valve's which is already pretty high...this would be the icing on the cake. And aside from tha call Left 4 dead 2....Left 2 Die!!!!!

And to conclude this soapbox Ill sign off with one final line.

Am I getting Left 4 Dead 2? =........

O'F#CKING COURSE.