Thumos
Sisyphean
United States
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Level
102
Very Very Evil
500 XP
Currently Offline
Badges  155
Games  469
Inventory   
Screenshots  24
Workshop Items  6
Reviews  13
Groups  1
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About Me
Hardware
GPU: XFX Mercury/Swift RX 9070 XT
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASUS B650EM MAX GAMING WIFI
Memory: DDR5 6000
Hard Drive: MSI M470 PRO 2TB

Equipment
Monitor: Alienware AW2521H Gaming Monitor - 360Hz
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro
Mouse Pad: Razer Strider

Sensitivity Converter
Sensitivity Formula: current_sensitivity * (tan(game_fov / 2°) / tan(default_fov / 2°))
Horizontal To Vertical FOV Formula: atan(tan(unscoped_fov / 2°) / (width / height)) * 2 * (180 / PI)
Zoom Sensitivity Formula (Source): (tan(scoped_fov / 2°) / tan(unscoped_fov / 2°)) * (unscoped_fov / scoped_fov)
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All Advanced Switching Scenarios at Grandmaster in Aimbeast's Ranked Playlist
2 2
+ 20
Workshop Showcase
Versus Simulator
All the toxic fun of Versus on your local server
4 ratings
Left 4 Dead 2
Created by - Foster Kia
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Thumos's Workshop
6
Submissions
37
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Favorite Guide
New Player? Start Here!
Created by - Paladyne
178 ratings
Left 4 Dead 2
This metaguide is both a Public Service Announcement for players who just got the game, as well as a compilation of other guides I believe are helpful to new players. The goal is to help newer players scale the (sometimes substantial) learning curve of the
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Left 4 Dead 2
3,852 Hours played
Base game is very fun to play either alone or with friends assuming you make a friends-only lobby. Unfortunately, Valve has decided to not fix any more of the security vulnerabilities for this game as of late as they consider DDoS attacks to be "out of scope". For this reason, you should expect to occasionally get DDoSed if you or another player happen to be on the list.

Additionally, hit registration on 30-tick servers are very inconsistent since pose parameters are not lag compensated[forums.alliedmods.net], and the default command variables are outdated for modern operating systems. Of course, this can be alleviated on single-player or local servers by installing the Admin System from the Steam Workshop and adding the following command variables to `cvars.txt` in `/Left 4 Dead 2/left4dead2/ems/admin system/`:

// Hit Registration Optimizations
cl_clockdrift_max_ms 0
cl_interp 0
cl_interp_ratio 0.000001
cl_smooth 0
net_maxcleartime 0.000001
sv_client_min_interp_ratio -1
sv_clockcorrection_msecs 0
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last played on 12 Dec
Left 4 Dead 2
Achievement Progress   92 of 101
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Thumos 1 May, 2023 @ 11:55am 
If you've bothered to scroll all the way down to view the comment section, then you're just wasting your time. Maybe instead of lurking on other players' profiles, you could actually be doing something productive instead (like playing the video games you currently have available).