We've had a ton of fantastic entries submitted for our Left 4 Dead Mega-Contest. So many submissions were sent in that it honestly became extremely difficult for all of us to narrow down the winners to the few you'll see here today.
Total Gaming Network and CS-Nation would like to thank each and every one of you who submitted an entry. If you didn't win this time, keep an eye out for future contests!
Grand Prize Winners
- Crilix wow'ed us with some impressive artistic ability.
- Spectrality1928 laid out eight colorful pages of how he'd survive the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse!
- monkey-spank took a series of photographs that seriously impressed our judges.
- For his text based entry, The Zombies, Bobdog takes a poetic cue from Edgar Allan Poe.
Second Place Winners
- iTrek and his buddies take home a second place bundle after suffering at the hands of the Infected.
- There's simply no escape from the Infected in mrmof 's art.
- VHASE fends off an Infected despite the loss of his thumb.
- rabbmasterflash lays out all of his plans for how he's already prepared for the upcoming apocalypse.
Third Place Winners
- ramonimbao made good use of his photo editing program of choice to bring us this bleak look into the future.
- randomduded12 pulled out all the stops in his paragraph turned novel entry.
The early access demo begins in just three days on November 6. The normal demo begins on November 11 for everyone else, and the game itself is released on November 18.
For more information, be sure and check out the Left 4 Dead home page, the Left 4 Dead page on Steam, or our own coverage of the title. Pre-orders are still going on, and those that pre-order will receive 10% off of the normal price.
Total Gaming Network and CS-Nation would like to thank each and every one of you who submitted an entry. If you didn't win this time, keep an eye out for future contests!
Grand Prize Winners
- Crilix wow'ed us with some impressive artistic ability.
- Spectrality1928 laid out eight colorful pages of how he'd survive the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse!
- monkey-spank took a series of photographs that seriously impressed our judges.
- For his text based entry, The Zombies, Bobdog takes a poetic cue from Edgar Allan Poe.
The Zombies
By Bobdog
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many blogs and posts concerning coming Left 4 Dead,
As I gamed, completely owning, suddenly there came a moaning,
An otherworldly tortured groaning, groaning from my backyard shed.
'Tis just the wind, I considered, blowing though some branches dead.
But a fear entered my head. READ MORE...
Second Place Winners
- iTrek and his buddies take home a second place bundle after suffering at the hands of the Infected.
- There's simply no escape from the Infected in mrmof 's art.
- VHASE fends off an Infected despite the loss of his thumb.
- rabbmasterflash lays out all of his plans for how he's already prepared for the upcoming apocalypse.
Many people will write this as if they were planning to plan for lack of a better way to put things. I am not writing this in that manner but rather, how I have already planned. If you are not ready now, you are simply begging for trouble and unfortunately pending death. My path to survival when the undead army takes over includes some basic medical and survival equipment such as first aid kits, any medicines such as pain relievers and antibiotic ointments. READ MORE...
Third Place Winners
- ramonimbao made good use of his photo editing program of choice to bring us this bleak look into the future.
- randomduded12 pulled out all the stops in his paragraph turned novel entry.
Chapter 1E-mails will be sent out on Tuesday to all of the winners. We would like to congratulate the winners and thank each and every person who submitted an entry. There were some truly amazing pieces submitted! We would also like to extend our thanks to Valve for providing all of the awesome contest materials to us!
Harsh, caustic winds swept across the barren landscape. A dense, murky fog circled all around as far as one could see and extinguished all light except for the slight pinprick of a dying cigarette bud thrown carelessly into the unflinching streets. A lone figure carefully stalked through the streets, checking around every corner for any sign of hostility. He slowly approached a debilitated, crumbling building, keeping his grip tight upon the butt of his half-empty assault rifle. READ MORE...
The early access demo begins in just three days on November 6. The normal demo begins on November 11 for everyone else, and the game itself is released on November 18.
For more information, be sure and check out the Left 4 Dead home page, the Left 4 Dead page on Steam, or our own coverage of the title. Pre-orders are still going on, and those that pre-order will receive 10% off of the normal price.