One Left 4 Dead Survivor Won't Survive The Passing

[SnootyEnglishman]

It's either Bill or Louis...Bill because he's the older one and is ready for death (but he's awesome anyways) and Louis because of the fact that in horror movies that black guy goes first. but i think it'll be because he overdosed on PEEELZ

 

[Layzor]

I can see Bill making some kind of last stand thing to save the other somehow, sacrificing himself in the process.

 

[microhive]

I sure hope Bill doesn't die but if he does I want him to die an honorable death.

Perhaps something in the line of this.
Quoted from a poster on Kotaku.

EXT. SMALL LOUISIANA TOWN:

Eight SURVIVORS flee a horde of ZOMBIES, firing their GUNS at them OCCASIONALLY.

COACH: [Panting] It's always running with these guys!

ROCHELLE: It can't be much farther!

ELLIS: Did I ever tell you guys 'bout the time my buddy Keith and I were runnin' from some wild boars? See, Keith had gotten this pickup truck, and filled up the back with cashews-

NICK: Ellis, is this really the time?

ELLIS: Sorry.

FRANCIS: [Under his breath] I hate Keith.

ZOEY: Eugh, this is ridiculous! They're supposed to be easy to escape! These assholes never follow the rules!

LOUIS: How do we even know that there's a way out of here?

The SURVIVORS find an abandoned house, climb onto it using a ladder, and then kick it down. They turn, finding the expansive HORDE is still on their tails. On the other side of the house is an equally abandoned TRUCK. It is out a FUEL and has a dead BATTERY, but the bloodstained seats contain everything needed to fix it. The heavy TRUCK is at the crest of a hill, and with some effort, could be pushed enough to get some momentum to escape.

NICK: We can push that truck down the hill.

ZOEY: That's thing's huge. We'll be eaten alive!

BILL, who has remained silent, finally speaks.

BILL: I'll hold 'em off. You get out of here.

NICK, ROCHELLE, COACH, AND ELLIS begin to climb down off the house and head for the truck, leaving the NORTHERN SURVIVORS on the roof.

LOUIS: You sure, Bill?

ZOEY: You can't! We need you! As soon as one person goes, the rest...

BILL: Go. You're runnin' out of time.

ZOEY and LOUIS share an uneasy glance, but begrudgingly climb down.

FRANCIS: Bill, I...

BILL: Get out of here, Francis.

FRANCIS: I hate goodbyes.

He hands BILL his PISTOL, before climbing down after the others.

BILL holds off the HORDE long enough for the others to get the truck moving, but is finally reeled into the midst of the HORDE by a SMOKER. Before he is completely constricted, he pulls out one PIPE BOMB in each hand, lighting them off the tip of his cigarette, before yelling:

BILL: BILL'S HERE!

Cut to the other survivors, fixing the TRUCK before looking to the distance and seeing smoke rising from the CRATER where BILL and the HORDE were.

 

[Misterygamer]

I do hope, that valve just reads this topic and makes Francis go; "You know I don't hate you guys" and then he storms back into the zombie horde giving the others time to escape. Zoey in the background crying "FRANCIS!!" and then Louis and Bill catch her before dragging her off.

Yeah, but in all honesty it's either gonna be Bill or Louis, since Francis has become the icon of l4d (anyone remember the I hate song) and zoey...well yeah she's has her own slew of fans

 

[Sir_Tor]

Goddamnit! WHY?!?!?!

Can't they make it so that all of the L4D2 characters die? I don't like any of them, the cast of L4D on the other hand..

 

[Magnalian]

I'm guessing either Bill or Francis, either of them would probably make an epic last stand.

 

[PixelKing]

Its probably bill.

 

[snow]

really wish they would do this with l4d2 instead... I wouldn't mind seeing Rochelle sacrifice herself to make up for her stingy attitude...

Would be interesting if they upped the difficulty and allowed 7 players in the game, though I'm sure most would disagree with that.

Edit: My bets are on Zoey though... She is the most loved out of the original 4 and I could see them killing her off in attempt to tug at our heart strings a bit.. Though I do foresee a wave of pissed off gamers in the near future if they take that approach.

So wait.. They give us the ability to choose? What are they going to keep a record of the game to see who gets left behind the most? Or are they going to just not allow us to pick that character in future gameplay? Did I read wrong?

 

[JaredXE]

Louis. There was no need for him to begin with, he'll bite it.

 

[NLS]

It'll probably be Bill, unfortunately. Louis is black, Zoey's the girl, and Bill is more noble and old than Francis, is what I gather from the personality. Also, it's said that Elis develops a crush on Zoey in the passing, so yeah, it's not her.

Was thinking something like this, Bill is old and ready to die, if Louis dies people are gonna shout "THAT's RACIST!".

 

[John Funk]

And man, I don't get any of y'alls. I like the L4D2 guys better than the L4D1 cast

 

[Disaster Button]

Its going to be Bill, I know it is. Curses. Of course it'll be him, he's too awesome and noble to let someone else sacrifice themselves, he knows that if one of them has to die to the save the rest it would be him. Curse you Bill and your heroic ways.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Francis.

Because he's genuinly unlikeable.

 

[bjj hero]

And there was me thinking the double meaning of "The Passing" would be Francis finally clearing his bout of constipation...

 

[Scrythe]

I hope it's Francis. Not because he's black, but because he's fucking annoying.

Having said that, my money's on Zoey just for the sheer fact that Valve has the balls to piss off that many people at once. That, and it would be interesting to see the protest community like with Left 4 Dead 2.

 

[IckleMissMayhem]

Louis. Please gods, let his whiny ass get clobbered. Failing that, let it be Zoey.

 

[CuddlyCombine]

Not cool, Funk. First, you bring the bad news, then you link to TV Tropes. There goes my week.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Oof. I really hope it is Zoey. I like the others more.

And it better NOT be Louis.

sorry, zoey is the white chick and louis is the black guy, your logic is null and will destroy the universe


overall if it was real life, bill, you old fuck, your close to dying anyways, just take that last one for the team

 

[randommaster]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Let's hope Valve gives them a true Dying Moment of Awesome [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DyingMomentOfAwesome].

You are a horrible, horrible person for linking to that site. I hope you lost several hours being distracted by all the links.

On topic: I really hope that the death scene is playable and that the character that gets left for dead gets to kill an ever increasing number of infected.

 

[Paulrus_Keaton]

It'll be Aeris. Aeris always dies.