Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott Founders Went Straight to Valve

Valve recently flown the two founders (pictured above) of the boycott group for Left 4 Dead 2 into their office to show them the sequel and let them play with it. Probably to show them that Left 4 Dead 2 is a good quality sequel to Left 4 Dead and should be sold as a full sequel. Valve even let them in on some news on the updates for Left 4 Dead too. This definitely showed how much Valve cared about the boycott group too.

The founders posted news for the upcoming updates for Left 4 Dead on their site and also how they felt about Left 4 Dead 2:

The good news: 4v4 matchmaking is supposed to drop before the release of Left 4 Dead 2. We have also been told by one of the fellows there that Crash Course is NOT supposed to be dropping this Thursday, but will be dropping ’soon’. We can’t get into details, but we can definitely say that support for L4D is NOT being dropped by Valve and that they are actively pursuing bug fixes for Left 4 Dead. We’re going to continue to talk to Valve and ask questions as needed, however if the frantic pace which we had seen people working at is any indication, we’re not going to be left in the dust. The staff seemed to honestly love the original 4 Survivors and many said that “we’re not done with them yet”.

As for L4D2, things seemed balanced and ‘tight’ and did not feel like a rushed job. While we were visiting their offices we personally witnessed what can only be called a small army of artists, coders, mappers hard at work, which explains the rapid transformations in artwork that we’ve all seen.

However, this did cause a backlash within the boycott community because now you got other users accusing the founders that they are corrupted by Valve. The Steam users are already asking the two founders to step down as admin even though the two founders have this to say:

We’re not giving up just yet though, we will both be here up until our individual concerns are addressed and sticking with you folks.

Well either way, Valve is still going forth with the release of the sequel and there will be a few more updates for the original Left 4 Dead.

Update: Aussie modder Joe requests to be flown in, Gabe boycotts his campaign. Joe then decides to fly Gabe to Brisbane. Read more here.

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