We had been attempting it for months. We never thought that we would get far at all. The only thing that I knew was that it was going to be tough, tougher than finding a string of hay in a stack of needles. I had the entire match set up. Every player was ready, I made sure all our internet signals were wired in correctly and would not disconnect. It was all perfect, or at least the plan was.
It happened a few months ago when the school had a day off in the middle of the week. My friend Marc and I had planned to do the hardest possible thing we thought anyone could do in one of our favorite games, Left 4 Dead 2. The game was about a zombie outbreak where in each level, there were multiple checkpoints, or “safe houses”. The premise of the game was to get past all five checkpoints then to signal a helicopter so your team can escape. But that isn’t what we were going to do. Marc and I wanted to pick up a hidden garden gnome in the game and bring it to the very end of …show more content…
I was about 55 inches at the time, so I was almost the shortest kid in the grade. I had bushy brown hair that my parents described as a “rat’s nest.” It was lunch time and the cafeteria smelled of salty french fries and sweet …show more content…
It was a perfect setting for a final boss. Rawrr! The boss zombie comes running out to us with another horde of zombies following right behind him. Including hunters. I knew we couldn't do this with one person firing, so risking everything I drop the gnome temporarily. I pick up the best tools and weapons I can use to fight the horde. A hunter jumped right in front of me and was about to pin me down. He was quick, but I was quicker. I ducked beneath him and ran for my life. The giant boss zombie chased me into a corner where I couldn't escape. They were skyscrapers compared to
It happened a few months ago when the school had a day off in the middle of the week. My friend Marc and I had planned to do the hardest possible thing we thought anyone could do in one of our favorite games, Left 4 Dead 2. The game was about a zombie outbreak where in each level, there were multiple checkpoints, or “safe houses”. The premise of the game was to get past all five checkpoints then to signal a helicopter so your team can escape. But that isn’t what we were going to do. Marc and I wanted to pick up a hidden garden gnome in the game and bring it to the very end of …show more content…
I was about 55 inches at the time, so I was almost the shortest kid in the grade. I had bushy brown hair that my parents described as a “rat’s nest.” It was lunch time and the cafeteria smelled of salty french fries and sweet …show more content…
It was a perfect setting for a final boss. Rawrr! The boss zombie comes running out to us with another horde of zombies following right behind him. Including hunters. I knew we couldn't do this with one person firing, so risking everything I drop the gnome temporarily. I pick up the best tools and weapons I can use to fight the horde. A hunter jumped right in front of me and was about to pin me down. He was quick, but I was quicker. I ducked beneath him and ran for my life. The giant boss zombie chased me into a corner where I couldn't escape. They were skyscrapers compared to