{"id":49,"date":"2019-08-25T18:41:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T00:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seiferweb.ph.lan\/index.php\/2019\/08\/25\/l4d2\/"},"modified":"2019-08-25T18:41:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T00:41:04","slug":"l4d2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procrastinationhub.net\/index.php\/2019\/08\/25\/l4d2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosted Left 4 Dead 2 Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hate connecting to a Left 4 Dead 2 Server and getting a bunch of plugin junk loaded to ruin the experience. Naturally, I thought it&#8217;d be better to just host some servers of my own!<\/p>\n<p>We are now running five Left 4 Dead 2 server instances. There are two ways you can connect to these servers:<\/p>\n<h2>Easier Method<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/groups\/procrastinationhub\">this handy link<\/a> directly to the Steam Group. Skip to step 5.<\/li>\n<li>Open up your Steam Client, and click on your Name &#8211;&gt; Groups.<br \/>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-47\" alt=\"Example Image\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6dcc60c3-23da-4c44-b61c-154729103e6c\" src=\"http:\/\/seiferweb.ph.lan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled-155.jpg\" width=\"536\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/procrastinationhub.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled-155.jpg 536w, https:\/\/procrastinationhub.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled-155-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Find a Group&#8230;<\/strong> on the bottom-left side of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Search for ProcrastinationHub.<\/li>\n<li>Join the group.<\/li>\n<li>Open up Left 4 Dead 2.<\/li>\n<li>Click on us in the bottom part of the screen.<br \/>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-48\" alt=\"Bottom L4D2 screen\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"02b1a2ce-478e-4a02-9176-0e7e4dc0fbb2\" src=\"http:\/\/seiferweb.ph.lan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled-154.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/procrastinationhub.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled-154.jpg 565w, https:\/\/procrastinationhub.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled-154-300x105.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now join the server! There should be five available.<\/p>\n<h2>Non-Obvious Method<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Open up Left 4 Dead 2<\/li>\n<li>Click on tilde ` (next to the 1 key on US keyboards).<\/li>\n<li>Type one of the following to try to connect to one of our five servers.\n<ol>\n<li>connect procrastinationhub.net<\/li>\n<li>connect procrastinationhub.net:27016<\/li>\n<li>connect procrastinationhub.net:27017<\/li>\n<li>connect procrastinationhub.net:27018<\/li>\n<li>connect procrastinationhub.net:27019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; seifer44<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hate connecting to a Left 4 Dead 2 Server and getting a bunch of plugin junk loaded to ruin the experience. Naturally, I thought it&#8217;d be better to just host some servers of my own! We are now running five Left 4 Dead 2 server instances. 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