Stop "balancing" l4d2 infected by wrecking gameplay.

If everyone invites a friend, and they invite a friend, maybe we can get some attention from Valve.

I will not fold, nor accept any invitations to Valve headquarters, followed by closing this Steam group, like the boycotters did. I do believe I have more political savvy than the leaders of the boycott did.

No more bait and switch, they lured us in with preorder goodies, then promptly removed them from the safe rooms. They promised exclusive goodies, but everyone ended up with them. Release day settings were nerfed within a few weeks, resulting in far less enjoyment of the game in VS mode compared to the first day of gameplay.

Leadership of this group also believes significant DLC has been promised for l4d, which never happened.

We demand significant DLC, Valve studios created 4 map campaigns, AND the distribution of popular Custom campaigns, by Valve via Steam. Mods are available via Steam, why not make custom campaigns available?

We don't believe in something for nothing, significant DLC should come at a price, People commend Valve for offering free DLC, to which I remark: "Free, you get what you pay for. 2 short maps on L4D, and 3 short maps on L4D2, most of which nobody plays"

Why should Valve spend any money developing campaign DLC that nobody uses? It seems wasteful, and a diversion of development resources with no discernible payoff. If a thing is worth doing it's worth doing right. Diverting developers to half measures like "The Passing" or "Crash Course" delays release of popular sequels like Half Life 2 Ep. 3, and Portal 2. Adding achievements to HL2, and porting the games to Mac, seems likewise to be a diversion of resources, again NO NEW CONTENT WAS OFFERED, achievements don't add content. Porting games to Mac doesn't do anything for pc gamers, other than bring new players to the community.

Games as a service was part of Valve's marketing of L4D which was to be updated continuously (ala Team Fortress 2) which receives semi-regular updates of content (popular custom maps distributed via steam) and achievemnts. L4D gamers have not been treated likewise, even though L4D has outsold Orange Box by a large percentage.

We hold that nerfing Special infected actually reduces playership, new players have a significant disadvantage playing as infected, and reducing the effectiveness turns off new players on L4D. Balance is already achieved by having 2 sides, both having turns as survivor and infected, playing in the same conditions on the same maps. Nerfing one side only reduces the competitiveness, and encourages more rage quits.

Basically, Valve needs to listen to the community on these issues, as they are common complaints made by many players.

Please post your concerns regarding L4D and L4D2 gameplay here, for possible future inclusion in the group manifesto.