Teamwork!

If playing Left 4 Dead with my family (a tradition that is frowned upon by many) has taught me anything, it is that teamwork is essential to survival.

In order to survive, you have to be able to use small squad tactics. You have one person in the front, otherwise known as “point”, you have one person who keeps up the back, and usually you have one or two people who are supposed to take left and right.

Rule No. 1: Point must never need to turn around to dispatch an enemy

This is an important rule, because in Left 4 Dead, you can easily get mobbed by 50 or more zombies at a time, and if you turn your back, even for a second, you can and will get killed. So, moral of the story, cover your people.

Rule No. 2: Do NOT allow point to get too far ahead of the group (i.e. don’t rush, and keep your spacing)

The ground between you (assuming you are keeping up the back or the middle) and the point will not stay clear for forever, and with a small group of people it isn’t really possible to keep an open area clear for every amount of time, so zombies will end up coming at you from the sides, in areas you cannot cover.

Rule No. 3: Stay out of the cross-fire

Probably one of the most important rules. Friendly fire is just as bad as an enemy attacking you, if not worse. Because in a squad, you are firing at close range, and at close range, bullets can easily shatter bones, not to mention shrapnel from shotguns, and the blood from a weapon like that.

I know that many of my classmates think that these aren’t real tactics, in fact, they are commonly used by cops, by the military, SWAT, you name it. It’s not hard to understand either