Left 4 Dead: New Achievements! 30 March 2009

I’m very happy tonight. First up, I killed a Tank single-handedly. It was in Blood Harvest’s second map, at the train yard. I had to evade the Tank for ~4 minutes all alone as all my team mates had died. The thought of giving up and die under the Tank’s fists was in my mind the whole time. So I tried my best, and laughed under the effect of adrenaline and pure terror while I did ‘acrobatic’ stunts around the Tank using train carriages as cover! The dead team mates must have had fun watching me in Spectator mode. Sure I got hit a few time. Luckily I had high health and painkillers with me. The ordeal went on and on as I backtracked, and shot frantically with the shotgun. No freaking auto shottie here! Just when I had only 5 HP left, the ugly monster died. Whoo! I just did the impossible, and I still had a health pack with me! A quick fix up and off to save my comrades. Luckily they died at the same time so they all spawned in the same room nearby. Too bad the whole episode wasn’t recorded.

Some of you might have heard of crowning the Witch. It’s approaching the Witch closeup, I mean CLOSEUP and blast her in the face with the auto shotgun. Of course you have to it do before she starts to get aggro.

Since I had killed a Tank myself, the adrenaline and craziness that lingered from that episode was enough to drive me to crown a witch. I switched off my flash light as not to provoke the Witch instantly. I just approached her directly and got very near when she started growling and turning her head around. So I just panicked and shot her a few times. Boy, that was fun! You should try it!

The Witch doesn’t get aggro easily without the flash light so take it easy. I had some REALLY CLOSE encounters before, like looking into her eyes as she stared up just next to me. I just backtrackked quickly without shooting. I hadn’t heard of crowning back then. The Witch just looked at me as I backed away then resumed crying. The lesson is don’t be afraid of her. You can run just by her if you don’t want to confront her. She would growl for a while then get back to her ‘chore’.

I haven’t seen many people crowning the Witch but it’s very easy. You might need some loose screws in your head to do it though. Have fun!