I've been playing Killing Floor for a very long time. I consider myself a veteran player and I have a few good stories to share. It's been awhile since I've played so keep in mind I may make some errors in the miscellaneous details.
The first story I have is one of friendship, betrayal, and vengeance.
The map was Bedlam. This time was pre Hell on Earth difficulty when Suicidal was as hard as it gets.
I had a friend - a gaming buddy I had known for a very long time. When we played together we were as much rivals as we were friends. We always had each other's backs, but we'd never miss a good chance to one up each other either. Skill wise, we were pretty much equals in every game we ever played together.
The hallway on bedlam that is attached to the main courtyard. It has the front and back entrance and one window that you look out of to see outside the map. The usual spot where everyone camps, you know it if you've ever played Bedlam.
The team was holed up here. I always like to blaze my own trail during the early waves and run solo around the map. I was Commando, my friend who goes by the name of Thanatov was on Support. He had an AA-12, Dual Man Cannons, and the trusty Pump. I was beginning to get overwhelmed and decided to double back to base camp. As I'm approaching I tell Thanatov to make sure the front is clear for me so I can get in safe.
"No problem buddy." he says as he starts running towards the door to cover me. Wait a minute, he's not covering me, he closed the door and now he's welding me out!
I had no grenades left so I couldn't blow the door open. I try to make a run for it but my ammo is low and I'm surrounded. I die outside the door and all I can hear is Thanatov laughing over the mic.
I don't say a word. Thanatov already knows I'm plotting vengeance. I begin formulating a plan. I know how good he is, and I know he won't be leaving the camp spot. He knows I'm out for blood so he'll embed with the team so there's no way I can kill him... or is there?
Yes. There is a way. I just have to kill all my teammates first and then when he's the last man standing he'll be overwhelmed and die the death he deserves. I know exactly how I'll do it too.
Wave 8. The double fleshpound wave. I switch to beserker class. Wave 8 hits. I go for a roam to find the double fleshpound spawn. I find them damn near the other side of the map. No matter, I'll aggro them both then lead them straight to base.
I enrage them both and then lead them on a merry chase. I make it to the court yard, then I run down the hallway the team is holding up in. I run through everyone, and then past Thanatov who is in the very back. I leave out the back entrance.
Thanatov realizes what I've done. "Oh ****." was the only thing he said when I ran past him.
I've left my team behind to die. I know Thanatov won't fall unless everyone else does first. I can only hope the double FP bait was enough. The plan seems to be working. I hear the hail of gunfire and the raging mechanical sounds of the fleshpounds. The first teammate falls. Then the second. The gunfire continues and at this point the double FPs have probably fallen, but they've done their job. The front line was broken and two allies fell. There was ~100 specimens left when the third teammate fell.
Only Thanatov and one more. I hear his AA12 letting off round after round. The specimen counter is dropping quickly. I'm beginning to get nervous. During this time I'm simply running through the map staying fairly close to the hallway area but avoiding killing unless I absolutely have to. Did my plan fail? ~70 specimens left when the fourth teammate drops. Only Thanatov and myself remain.
His AA12 firing, the specimen counter keeps falling. 60. 50. I hear the sound of his Dual Man Cannons blasting off. He must have run dry on the AA12 or just didn't have time to reload. 40. 30. I hear the sound of a handful of grenades going off. Yes. He's going to blow himself up and take a few with him! It's over!
20 specimens left and Thanatov is still alive. You've got to be kidding me. Is he going to survive? I hear the sound of 9mm gunfire. He must have been dry on everything else. Just under 20 specimens when finally I hear the sound of gorefasts dismembering his corpse.
He had too much pride to use his last few grenades to blow himself up and take a few specimens to the afterlife with him like we normally do before we die. He knew everything that just happened was carefully planned by me and he did not want to give me the satisfaction of seeing him die so he tried to fight it out to the very end.
When he finally fell he let me have it. "You better not ****ing die. I can't believe you did that." All I could do was laugh. I laughed for a good 5 minutes.
You see we were going for the achievement for beating Bedlam on suicidal so it was our first time getting this close to winning. My plan wasn't just to get everyone killed to kill Thanatov, it was to get everyone killed and then clean up the remaining wave so that we could continue on to beat the map.
Thankfully Thanatov fought like a champion and I only had a small pittance to clear, although that pittance included the last remaining Fleshpound and a few scrakes amongst the gorefasts the cut down Thanatov. I cleared it out barely surviving.
For the remaining waves we played like a team and there were no more shenanigans. Thanatov didn't look for retribution that game, he knew he was bested and respected the lengths I went through to kill him. Rest assured he got me back plenty of times in future games, and I got him as well.
For the life of me I couldn't remember if we ended up clearing the map but I checked my achievements and I don't have the one for beating Bedlam on Suicidal. That very well could be because I sabotaged the team on wave 8 to kill Thanatov. Even if that's the case and it's not because we simply failed by our own merits as a team on the final wave...
I regret nothing.
I have plenty more stories to share, but I'll save them for another post. Any other veterans out there - feel free to share your stories as well! Hope you enjoyed that one friends. It's one of my fondest memories from this game.
The first story I have is one of friendship, betrayal, and vengeance.
The map was Bedlam. This time was pre Hell on Earth difficulty when Suicidal was as hard as it gets.
I had a friend - a gaming buddy I had known for a very long time. When we played together we were as much rivals as we were friends. We always had each other's backs, but we'd never miss a good chance to one up each other either. Skill wise, we were pretty much equals in every game we ever played together.
The hallway on bedlam that is attached to the main courtyard. It has the front and back entrance and one window that you look out of to see outside the map. The usual spot where everyone camps, you know it if you've ever played Bedlam.
The team was holed up here. I always like to blaze my own trail during the early waves and run solo around the map. I was Commando, my friend who goes by the name of Thanatov was on Support. He had an AA-12, Dual Man Cannons, and the trusty Pump. I was beginning to get overwhelmed and decided to double back to base camp. As I'm approaching I tell Thanatov to make sure the front is clear for me so I can get in safe.
"No problem buddy." he says as he starts running towards the door to cover me. Wait a minute, he's not covering me, he closed the door and now he's welding me out!
I had no grenades left so I couldn't blow the door open. I try to make a run for it but my ammo is low and I'm surrounded. I die outside the door and all I can hear is Thanatov laughing over the mic.
I don't say a word. Thanatov already knows I'm plotting vengeance. I begin formulating a plan. I know how good he is, and I know he won't be leaving the camp spot. He knows I'm out for blood so he'll embed with the team so there's no way I can kill him... or is there?
Yes. There is a way. I just have to kill all my teammates first and then when he's the last man standing he'll be overwhelmed and die the death he deserves. I know exactly how I'll do it too.
Wave 8. The double fleshpound wave. I switch to beserker class. Wave 8 hits. I go for a roam to find the double fleshpound spawn. I find them damn near the other side of the map. No matter, I'll aggro them both then lead them straight to base.
I enrage them both and then lead them on a merry chase. I make it to the court yard, then I run down the hallway the team is holding up in. I run through everyone, and then past Thanatov who is in the very back. I leave out the back entrance.
Thanatov realizes what I've done. "Oh ****." was the only thing he said when I ran past him.
I've left my team behind to die. I know Thanatov won't fall unless everyone else does first. I can only hope the double FP bait was enough. The plan seems to be working. I hear the hail of gunfire and the raging mechanical sounds of the fleshpounds. The first teammate falls. Then the second. The gunfire continues and at this point the double FPs have probably fallen, but they've done their job. The front line was broken and two allies fell. There was ~100 specimens left when the third teammate fell.
Only Thanatov and one more. I hear his AA12 letting off round after round. The specimen counter is dropping quickly. I'm beginning to get nervous. During this time I'm simply running through the map staying fairly close to the hallway area but avoiding killing unless I absolutely have to. Did my plan fail? ~70 specimens left when the fourth teammate drops. Only Thanatov and myself remain.
His AA12 firing, the specimen counter keeps falling. 60. 50. I hear the sound of his Dual Man Cannons blasting off. He must have run dry on the AA12 or just didn't have time to reload. 40. 30. I hear the sound of a handful of grenades going off. Yes. He's going to blow himself up and take a few with him! It's over!
20 specimens left and Thanatov is still alive. You've got to be kidding me. Is he going to survive? I hear the sound of 9mm gunfire. He must have been dry on everything else. Just under 20 specimens when finally I hear the sound of gorefasts dismembering his corpse.
He had too much pride to use his last few grenades to blow himself up and take a few specimens to the afterlife with him like we normally do before we die. He knew everything that just happened was carefully planned by me and he did not want to give me the satisfaction of seeing him die so he tried to fight it out to the very end.
When he finally fell he let me have it. "You better not ****ing die. I can't believe you did that." All I could do was laugh. I laughed for a good 5 minutes.
You see we were going for the achievement for beating Bedlam on suicidal so it was our first time getting this close to winning. My plan wasn't just to get everyone killed to kill Thanatov, it was to get everyone killed and then clean up the remaining wave so that we could continue on to beat the map.
Thankfully Thanatov fought like a champion and I only had a small pittance to clear, although that pittance included the last remaining Fleshpound and a few scrakes amongst the gorefasts the cut down Thanatov. I cleared it out barely surviving.
For the remaining waves we played like a team and there were no more shenanigans. Thanatov didn't look for retribution that game, he knew he was bested and respected the lengths I went through to kill him. Rest assured he got me back plenty of times in future games, and I got him as well.
For the life of me I couldn't remember if we ended up clearing the map but I checked my achievements and I don't have the one for beating Bedlam on Suicidal. That very well could be because I sabotaged the team on wave 8 to kill Thanatov. Even if that's the case and it's not because we simply failed by our own merits as a team on the final wave...
I regret nothing.
I have plenty more stories to share, but I'll save them for another post. Any other veterans out there - feel free to share your stories as well! Hope you enjoyed that one friends. It's one of my fondest memories from this game.
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