About

The Left 4 Dead Game Night consists of weekly competitive play between teams (4 vs. 4) located at LAN centers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Play will occur every Monday evening (6 PM to 9 PM Central Time) from January 26 to March 23. This period of time includes Pre-Season, Regular Season, and Playoffs.

For every match played, teams earn points. The points are used to rank teams for the Playoffs. See the Rankings page for more information.

The competition is coordinated using IRC, a popular chat program. Only LAN center staff should be connected to IRC. IRC can be accessed through the mIRC client or by going to www.gamesurge.net/chat

In total, $1,000 in cash prizes will be awarded among top placing teams!

Rules

To download and print the Official Rules and Game Play Rules click below:

Rules - Official Rules // Game Play Rules

General Settings:

Versus Mode

Format: 4 vs 4 (must play with at least 3 players on a team)
Server Difficulty: Normal
Server Settings: Default

The team with the highest score at the completion of the set of maps is the winner of the match. Play out the assigned set, but not the entire campaign. Only certain maps are assigned each week.

See the Schedule page for the assigned set of maps for each week.

Tanks are not permitted to block the path with objects.

Survivors may proceed through the maps anyway they like as long as they do not exploit any game bugs/exploits. Survivors may use explosives to blow Tanks off of buildings.

Safe Room Delays: Once a chapter is started Teams playing as Survivors must leave the Safe Room within 3 minutes otherwise they may be issued a penalty for delay of the game.

Overtime

In the case of a Tie match during the Regular Season, a Match will be recorded as a Draw.

During Playoffs only when the Match is tied, then teams play an Overtime which consists only of the opening chapter of a Campaign with the Team with the top score winning. If the game remains tied, the Teams play the following chapter in the campaign, and so on, until a winner is determined. During the Regular Season a tie is recorded simply as a tie.

Recordings

Players should record replays (demos) of all matches. iGames reserves the right to request replays to be sent to an Admin to resolve a dispute.

Schedule

Schedule:

Mode: Versus (4 vs. 4)

Pre-Season (Monday January 26)
No Mercy - 1: The Apartments & 2: The Subway & 3: The Sewer

Regular Season Week 1 (Monday February 2)
No Mercy - 1: The Apartments & 2: The Subway & 3: The Sewer

Regular Season Week 2 (Monday February 9)
No Mercy - 4: The Hospital & 5: Rooftop Finale

Regular Season Week 3 (Monday February 16)
Blood Harvest - 1: The Woods & 2: The Tunnel & 3: The Bridge

Regular Season Week 4 (Monday February 23)
Blood Harvest - 4: The Train Station & 5: Farmhouse Finale

Regular Season Week 5 (Monday March 2)
No Mercy - 4: The Hospital & 5: Rooftop Finale

Playoffs Week 1 (Monday March 9)
Playoffs Week 2 (Monday March 16)
Playoffs Week 3 (Monday March 23)

Rankings

For each regular season match played teams earn Ranking Points. Ranking Points are used to determine eligible opponents and advancement to Playoffs.

Ranking Calculation:

The ranking points system is a level based structure where you get a percentage of your opponent’s points when you beat them. For each match played, the team earns the following points based on the difference in total point accumulation levels at the start of the regular season Match. (“Match Nights - Regular Season”).

Teams will earn 5 Points for a loss
Teams will earn 25 points for a draw
0 - 2 Levels Apart: Earn 25% of opponent's points
3 - 5 Levels Apart: Earn 20% of opponent's points
6 - 8 Levels Apart: Earn 15% of opponent's points
9 - 10 Levels Apart: Earn 10% of opponent's points
11+ Levels Apart: Earn 5% of opponent's points

Level	Points
1	100
2	125
3	150
4	175
5	225
6	300
7	375
8	500
9	750
10	1000
11	1250
12	1500
13	1750
14	2000
15	2500
16	3000
17	3500
18	4000
19	4500
20	5000

Weekly Matches:

Rankings are used throughout the Regular Season to ensure fair matches between teams of comparable skill.

In the opening week of play (Week 1), all teams are eligible to play against all other teams.

From Week 2 onward, teams only play teams in the same range as them:

Playoffs:

At the conclusion of the regular season (after 5 weeks of play):

- The teams ranked 1st through 12th will automatically advance to the Playoffs for the opportunity to win a share of the cash prizes. The top 4 teams will receive a bye in the opening round of the Playoffs bracket.

- All other teams will be eliminated from the competition.

Signup

Register HERE!