Why do so many people run ahead (i.e. troll)?

[Aelius]

It just baffles me how common this behavior is. They run ahead with no regard for their teammates, often dying because they're all by themselves. When you confront them about this, they rarely respond and any response is just more trolling.

[THE LORD SUPER DEMON GOD 1OOOOO]

l am run ahead to,but l prefer look for items more,but sometimes l need to run ahead to if l not wanna get left behind and die alone....

[💞 lilmama 💞]

Originally posted by Aelius:

It just baffles me how common this behavior is. They run ahead with no regard for their teammates, often dying because they're all by themselves. When you confront them about this, they rarely respond and any response is just more trolling.

I always tell people, if you run ahead and get smoked, charged, jockeyed, huntered don't think I am coming to help you.

[THE LORD SUPER DEMON GOD 1OOOOO]

Originally posted by ✩LIL-MAMA ✩:

Originally posted by Aelius:

It just baffles me how common this behavior is. They run ahead with no regard for their teammates, often dying because they're all by themselves. When you confront them about this, they rarely respond and any response is just more trolling.

I always tell people, if you run ahead and get smoked, charged, jockeyed, huntered don't think I am coming to help you.

cause is their own fault XD

[💞 lilmama 💞]

Originally posted by THE LORD SUPER SAIYAN GOD 1OOOOO:

Originally posted by ✩LIL-MAMA ✩:

I always tell people, if you run ahead and get smoked, charged, jockeyed, huntered don't think I am coming to help you.

cause is their own fault XD

Yup. They seem to run ahead then get a special on their head, then they rage because they are like " Why didn't you save me"? Oh well shouldn't of ran ahead.

[THE LORD SUPER DEMON GOD 1OOOOO]

Originally posted by ✩LIL-MAMA ✩:

Originally posted by THE LORD SUPER SAIYAN GOD 1OOOOO:

cause is their own fault XD

Yup. They seem to run ahead then get a special on their head, then they rage because they are like " Why didn't you save me"? Oh well shouldn't of ran ahead.

the point is to stick with your teammates,and sometimes relay on another,always look for items,and power in members :)

[DOUBLE [R]]

Its an EGO thing.. They want to show you they can make it on their own...

Its selfish, stupid, and doesnt belong in this game.

[Joker]

Originally posted by DOUBLE R:

Its an EGO thing.. They want to show you they can make it on their own...

Its selfish, stupid, and doesnt belong in this game.

While i've seen some players able to do it because they're skilled, i don't get why everyone tries it. The best strategy is to stick together, but i'm surprised at the amount of players that don't get it.

[Aelius]

Originally posted by RestlessDreams91:

If you think that 'run ahead' is trolling, then I have bad news for you.

Oh? Do enlighten us.

[ggty]

It;s like they leave you for dead or sumptin! :P

[Payne☣]

Sticking together is not mandatory. If someone can do it their probably very good players. But there is design decisions like not being able to free yourself from a special infected to encourage sticking together but you can't just have a hunter appear just right on top of their head to punish someone running off. Has to seem fair, else they just get annoyed they reached the skill cieling and game forces you play a certain way then unistall the game.

[Gracey Face]

I run ahead on occasion, in coop, but that is only when the danger of specials is less than the danger of friendly fire.

[C@Lm]

Originally posted by DOUBLE R:

Its an EGO thing.. They want to show you they can make it on their own...

Its selfish, stupid, and doesnt belong in this game.

Exactly.

[Ariel's Crab]

Because campaign is EZ sauce. If you get caught by SI, then you're pretty bad because bot SI are DUMB as rocks.

[Rumi]

Running ahead is doable in co-op, but those that solo ahead in versus are usually just trolls or noobs/newbs.

[DrMogilus]

Runners may do no harm to the team on normal, where bot special infected are especially slow to react and easy to dodge (to an appropriately skilled player).

On higher difficulties such as advanced or expert though it can be really annoying to everyone else, since no matter how skilled you are, you are not guaranteed to never make any mistakes - if one such runner got pounced by a Hunter or Jockeyed, they'd be dead/incapped in seconds, and not even a precise sniper shot could save them in time since they'd be far away. And losing a player can be quite detrimental to the team and can determine the outcome of the game in some cases.

Personally, I don't understand running - yes, you may be pretty skilled and may want to show off. In my opinion, however, one's skill in L4D is measured by the amount of teamwork - this IS a co-op game, after all, and it's much more reliant on cooperation rather than individual skill like some other games.

In Versus it's even more infuriating, because the infected are human-controlled. As such, if they are good at their job, you not only need to out-shoot, but also out-think them. And if they get the better of the runner and nobody else can help, this results in the loss of manpower, points and ultimately enjoyment.

When I play, I like to see people actually stick together and at least pay some attention to the objective at hand - running through the map like a tornado doesn't make it any better for the rest. One can show off their skills in different (more cooperative) ways. Or just play with people of a similar skill level.

Here I spoke exclusively about skilled people; not very bright players who just want to troll or be "cool" are a whole another story.

I'm in no way telling others how to play, but can't help but wish they would express their expertise a little differently.