Why is the Left 4 dead 2 Versus Game players are so Toxic?

[Mr Egg TF2]

I remeber when i first got the game back in feb 2024 and i got used to the controlls and i played versus for the first time. And, this guy on my team for is really toxic because he was called me so dumb and i was doing my best and this guy kicked me because of it.

What do you guys feel about that when the left 4 dead 2 players are very toxic to you?

[ᴿᴱᴻᴱ™]

Competetive games/gamemodes where people want to win are never toxic. I dont know what you mean.

[King Of Lolis]

people who take games seriously are way too immature and should stop playing for good

[Witch]

"Public versus is fun!"
the 500k public versus complaint threads scattered all across the l4d2 forums, discord servers, redditi, and even gamefaqs:

[geordiebroon58]

for one this isnt exactly toxic, its just not a new player friendly gamemode. people just want to boot up the game and have fun which carrying a player just to stand a chance against the enemy team probably pubstomping isnt exactly fun

you got to keep in mind that this game is so team focused that you not being up to par with the rest of the team hinders their experience

that being said the votes against new players should be drawn back a bit people are abusing it a bit too much and it will kill the game

not to mention that im just excusing the kicking (which is why its normally viewed as toxic) there are genuine toxic players but its not near as bad as people make it out to be

[geordiebroon58]

Originally posted by Witch:

"Public versus is fun!"
the 500k public versus complaint threads scattered all across the l4d2 forums, discord servers, redditi, and even gamefaqs:

you either love or despise versus there's no in between

[Tsumugi]

-Be literally useless in a mode where having even one new/bad teammate can and will get your team steamrolled
-Everyone on your team hates you as a result
-"Bruh why is Versus so toxic???"

Truly, it's a mystery, never in a million years could I fathom it has something to do with the fact that nobody wants to babysit someone who insists on searching literally every motel room on the first level of Dark Carnival instead of making progress towards the saferoom, or who needs to be rescued every five seconds because the concept of pressing M2 to shove back commons, let alone actually shooting the special infected is too confusing for them.

[frankie]

better off playing those singleplayer versus mutations because its way better than getting kicked and getting trash talked

[Satanael]

Originally posted by geordiebroon58:

for one this isnt exactly toxic, its just not a new player friendly gamemode. people just want to boot up the game and have fun which carrying a player just to stand a chance against the enemy team probably pubstomping isnt exactly fun

you got to keep in mind that this game is so team focused that you not being up to par with the rest of the team hinders their experience

that being said the votes against new players should be drawn back a bit people are abusing it a bit too much and it will kill the game

not to mention that im just excusing the kicking (which is why its normally viewed as toxic) there are genuine toxic players but its not near as bad as people make it out to be

"for one this isnt exactly toxic"
the isnt exactly toxic in question: n-word, ret.ard, fa.ggot, kill yourself threats, ip leak
pun intended

[the BIG sloppy]

I played a ton of versus on console for L4D1 and L4D2 when the games originally released. They were an absolute blast. It has been awhile since i've owned a console though so i don't know how the vibes are. Hopefully it is still chill enough.

I'd recommend avoiding the game mode on PC though. Even if you have experience, there is a surprisingly significant amount of people who are extremely antisocial. If you are not getting votekicked because your team is losing and they need a scapegoat - then you will certainly be put off by the racial slurs, profanity, and hateful trash talking. Really weird vibes honestly for a game this old and chill.

if you want to play Versus, I'd strongly recommend finding at least one or two homies you are chill with; either that or reaching out to other friendly players until you have a group you can hit up. Otherwise it will be potentially difficult to find enjoyment in playing Versus; since the unfriendly and unsportsmanlike environment coupled with an easily abusable votekicking system tends to make sticking around in games painfully frustrating.

There are plenty of threads mentioning the issue but the regulars on this forum are honestly probably a part of the problem so you will not get much (if any sympathy) here. On the contrary a lot of folks like to defend the behavior i guess. Which is also kinda' strange but i digress.

In my experience - playing the co-op modes are genuinely chill. You will have negative experiences sometimes; but it is much less common. it is the exception rather than the norm. If you play Versus though you probably aren't welcome there. They are not playing to have fun, i don't think. I don't know what they are doing over there but it isn't fun hahaha i'll tell you that much.

[Dimitri Fukanob]

Originally posted by Mr Egg:

I remeber when i first got the game back in feb 2024 and i got used to the controlls and i played versus for the first time. And, this guy on my team for is really toxic because he was called me so dumb and i was doing my best and this guy kicked me because of it.

What do you guys feel about that when the left 4 dead 2 players are very toxic to you?

Originally posted by ᴿᴱᴻᴱ™:

Competetive games/gamemodes where people want to win are never toxic. I dont know what you mean.

competitive full CHEATERS

[sʜᴀ]

I know thread is bait but nonetheless :

That kick was deserved.