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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: There is usually something to make me quit playing a game after
 a while
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:20:04 -0000 (UTC)
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PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote at 02:11 this Saturday (GMT):
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:50:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>
>>PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote at 00:33 this Thursday (GMT):
>>> On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 18:20:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
>>><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote at 14:52 this Saturday (GMT):
>>>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:07:15 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On 27/06/2025 19:08, PW wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Why God mode for that? I would think that playing a game on easy or
>>>>>>>>> story mode would be better for just exploring.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I say exploring I mean doing things like just walking through walls
>>>>>>>> in FPS
>>>>>>> *--
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Oh - a cheat mode. That stuff is still going on? ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I did a bit of googlefoo and the answer seems to be yes. Personally I 
>>>>>>never quite understood why people would use them as what do you actually 
>>>>>>get out of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> *--
>>>>>
>>>>> That is why I do not play on-line.  That and I don't have the time to
>>>>> play a game beforehand to get good enough to compete on-line. I mean,
>>>>> some of these players - all they do is focus on that one game or two -
>>>>> it is their lives I guess.  Not fun! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I used to just play Unreal Tournament 2004 (still mess with it now and
>>>>> then), Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 on-line so that tells you a bit about me
>>>>> and on-line games lol!  There was cheating but probably not like there
>>>>> is now.  Society has gone down the sewer I guess :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> -pw
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>L4D online is still pretty popular from what I've seen (the main co-op
>>>>and versus modes, the mutation sidegames are impossible to get a lobby
>>>>for). Valve magic and all.
>>>
>>> *--
>>>
>>> I used to play it sometimes until 2AM, waiting for the German and
>>> other players ahead of my time zone to start playing and on expert
>>> mode.  Actually won a level or two on expert with help from players
>>> probably better than I was.  Now, I don't remember how I got that good
>>> lol!!!  I play LFD 2 offline once in a while and can't believe how
>>> hard and long the games can be!!  So much work! now!!!  I could never
>>> last playing on-line either.  I have forgotten most of the maps is one
>>> thing and get lost sometimes. I used to have each one memorized in
>>> both versions, not any more!  I get lost and bored and tired now lol!
>>>
>>>
>>> -pw
>>
>>
>>Well, you can always play on lower difficulties? I usually played on
>>Normal when I was playing it.
> *--
>
> I do when I play #2 by myself single player, on normal and it wears me
> out lol!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -pw


Fair, I love L4D but it's not the same with bots :(
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