Left 4 Dead RPG & Fiction Thread

[Teal_Blue]

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Hi, I'm a newbie to the game, had it all of 3 weeks now, and it is very, very cool. :) Rather intense sometimes, but i am having a good time, just trying to stay alive. :)

I looked on the net and didn't see an official L4D1 RPG or Fiction forum, so i thought i would start a thread here where whoever wanted to drop in to read or write stories or join in a RPG for L4D1 could if they wanted.

If you want, please stop by and see what is going on, or join in if you like. i am working on an opening for a story to start the RPG off, i'll try to stay as close to cannon as possible, but if lots of people want to join in we will have to figure out how to get them into the RPG and still try to stay cannon as much as possible. Perhaps different 'teams' of characters starting in different parts of the country? i'm not sure at this point, but we can all talk about it and see what everyone thinks is best.

Thank you for listening and stay tuned, i am hoping this can be fun for a lot of us.

Take care and see you in Fairfield! :)

"Holy crap Francis, put that gun away, we haven't started the RPG yet."

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really,
-Teal

[turkey twizzler]

FAN FICTION

TITTLE: THE ZOMBE SHOTERS

francis and zoey and bill and louis were sat on the floor in a house. there was zombes and guns and blodd all over the floor. "hey zoey good shoting there, we all nearly all died then" francis said. "thanks said zoey.

then there was a awful moany sound. they all got scared and looked out of a window. out of the window were more zombes. "WE GOT TO GET MOVEING OR THE ZOMNBES WILL KILL US" bill said.

louis got up and picked his gun up and went outside "NOOOOO WATCH OUT FOR THE HUNTER" francis said and then the hunter jumped on louis. there was blood and guts and fingers and everything flying all over the place. francis took his shotgun and shoted the hunter off but louis was dead and it was too late.

"LOUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS" shouted bill into the night

[turkey twizzler]

ps im working on part 2, will post it in a few weeks when ive got it to the same level as this storey

[Bindal]

In the Fanfiction-area, I probably can offer a small beast:
51 pages, recreating the events of the game (plus Passing) within 15 chapters (counting the prologue, too) and a short epilogue. The epilogue however I am not satisfied with, yet but... I can't really come up with something better, either.

I had to made a few changes towards the game, but most were made to give the whole thing a bit more realism:
- No respawns (obviously), dead means dead.
- Filled a few plotholes in one possible version (e.g. how the survivors came from DA to BH)
- Survivors are able to free themselves from Hunter, but not all the time
- Black/White is blurry instead
- No glows, Hud or anything like that BUT weapons still multiply
- Biggest change: A fifth survivor (who was the acutal reason I started to write the whole thing. Never planned to let it grow to THAT size but some people liked it so I continued) - written mainly from his perspective, first person (two exceptions. Progue is switching between the four other survivors as the fifth isn't there yet and shortly in another chapter near the end to Zoey)

Also, it's not pure zombie-slaughering, but also has a few comedy- and romance-elements. But mainly, it's classic L4D, but don't expect a masterpiece of literature.

http://www.mediafire.com/?06d0k06j1382fwk (english version)
http://www.mediafire.com/?y8mfkyoa55huxxs (german version)

(PS: I am not fully responsible of the beginning of Dead Air - it was supposed to be a placeholder-event but the test-readers liked it. Same for epilogue.)

[Teal_Blue]

In the Fanfiction-area, I probably can offer a small beast:
51 pages, recreating the events of the game (plus Passing) within 15 chapters (counting the prologue, too) and a short epilogue. The epilogue however I am not satisfied with, yet but... I can't really come up with something better, either.

I had to made a few changes towards the game, but most were made to give the whole thing a bit more realism:
- No respawns (obviously), dead means dead.
- Filled a few plotholes in one possible version (e.g. how the survivors came from DA to BH)
- Survivors are able to free themselves from Hunter, but not all the time
- Black/White is blurry instead
- No glows, Hud or anything like that BUT weapons still multiply
- Biggest change: A fifth survivor (who was the acutal reason I started to write the whole thing. Never planned to let it grow to THAT size but some people liked it so I continued) - written mainly from his perspective, first person (two exceptions. Progue is switching between the four other survivors as the fifth isn't there yet and shortly in another chapter near the end to Zoey)

Also, it's not pure zombie-slaughering, but also has a few comedy- and romance-elements. But mainly, it's classic L4D, but don't expect a masterpiece of literature.

http://www.mediafire.com/?06d0k06j1382fwk (english version)
http://www.mediafire.com/?y8mfkyoa55huxxs (german version)

(PS: I am not fully responsible of the beginning of Dead Air - it was supposed to be a placeholder-event but the test-readers liked it. Same for epilogue.)


:) This is wonderful!! :) Thank you, will you add some new writing here? I would love to read it. I am going to pop over and read your first story, my god at 15 chapters it is almost like a book! :) And to be honest the comedy and romance and other things only make it better, more like real life. :) I like your notes for like freeing yourself sometimes from the Hunter, or of blurry vision instead of the black/white screen we get inside the game, and of course, this isn't 'supposed' to be a game, so no hud. You really, really took the time to analyze all of this, it is beautifully thought out.

I would love to have you join in and be a part of the RPG if i can get it going, :) Any ideas on how we should handle more people than characters? Or should we let them make their own?

On some forums i have seen some basic rules, like

1. No God Mode, get hurt once in a while.
2. Don't kill other people's characters without their permission.
3. No player flames.
4. Have fun!!

Those seem straightforward enough and perhaps we can use them here. Thank you for posting your story, :)

:)

really,
-Teal