Hello gamers! We're back with a new community activity and this time we're trying something new. Grab some friends and gear up. We're doing a Left 4 Dead 2 Speedrun Team contest!
Gameplay events and contests like this is something we've been wanting to do for a while. You can expect more of these in the future! If this one doesn't suit your tastes then I'm sure there will be one for you in the foreseeable future. We will also keep doing normal blogging contests like we've done before.
I recommend you read the rules thoroughly if you want to participate. They're not overly complicated but there's a couple of things to keep in mind when forming your team and submitting your entry.
Contest rules
Premise: Complete the campaign "Dead Center" on Normal difficulty in the fastest time possible while killing as many zombies as possible. Final score is calculated by dividing seconds by number of zombies killed. Lowest score wins. You will have to kill at least 1 zombie.
Minimum team size: 3.
Team rules: You can join and enter the contest with multiple teams but you can't be on the same team as another person twice. You can team up with people who are not on Hive but for your team to be eligible for an entry they will have to sign up to Hive and make an introduction post. Info on how to easily invite friends are found below.
Tip: Use the comment section to look for teams if you don't have one, or feel free to join our Discord.
Additional rules: For your time and number of infected killed to be verified you will have to upload a video of your run. Make sure the kill count is visible in the video. The time for each section starts when you open the safe house door and ends when you enter the safe house at the end of the section. Loading screens and time spent idling in safe houses does not add to your time.
To verify your video you will have to write "Hello Hive!" and the Hive usernames of all your team members in the in game chat at the beginning of your video.
You can try as many times as you want but you can only submit one entry to the contest. Once you upload a video your numbers are set in stone.
All players will have to make it to the end of the chapter. Bots can die.
Prizes
The winning team will receive all the rewards (100%) from this post.
Additionally, as with every post in the community entries will be eligible for curation. Curation is in no way guaranteed just by entering. Posts will still have to be of quality and be made with an effort. All entries must be your own original content. As always, engagement both inside and outside of the community will also be considered when it comes to curation.
How to enter:
Your post must include:
- A video of your run.
- All your team members tagged.
- A team name.
Also:
- Tag your post with #L4D2SpeedrunContest.
- Post a link to your entry in the comments of this post.
It would also be fun to hear a description of your strategy, if you had one, and some talk about the overall experience and how many times you tried before you were satisfied with your time and kills.
Each team will only need to make one post for their entry, preferably with the rest of the team set as beneficiaries for the post payouts. Everyone is welcome to post separately about their experience though.
If you don't know how to use 3Speak I recommend checking out this video: Upload a Video to 3Speak.
Even if someone gets a better time than you before you've submitted an entry you should still enter as all entries will be eligible for curation.
Inviting people to Hive
There are several ways to invite people to join Hive. We'll give you a few of them but you are welcome to use whatever method you prefer.
PeakD Referral Link
Everyone who uses PeakD can send their friends an referral link. This lets your friends quickly create a new account free of charge. To get your referral link go to this url:
Remember to exchange @ username in the url with your own username.
Ecency
Another way to easily get an account free of charge is through Ecency: https://ecency.com/signup.
Newcomer resources
No matter what method you use you should inform your friends a little bit about Hive. Especially about keys and the general functions of the blockchain. There's a lot of great resources out there to learn more about Hive. We'll link to a few of them here:
Newbies Guide: This account features collections of posts explaining pretty much all of the important basics to Hive. Spending some time reading through these posts is some of the best time a newcomer can spend early on.
3 things Newbies should do in their first week on Hive: A great post explaining what your first steps on the blockchain should be. This post also features tips and quotes from a lot of experiences Hivers. Definitely worth checking out.
Guide to Hive - The Most Comprehensive Tutorial for the Hive Blockchain Ecosystem: If you prefer your information in video format then this is the one. The video is about 18 months old so some of the information may be outdated due to updates and changes made to the blockchain but the fundamentals are still true.
Extra notes!
Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any way or form. If you're not able to create your own work I would advise you not to enter. All entries will be checked and anyone found plagiarizing or stealing content from any source will be disqualified and muted/blacklisted from the community. It's simply not worth it.
This contest format is an experiment to test the waters for this sort of activities. We will require a minimum of 5 entries for the contest to be eligible. If we don't get enough entries the contest will be cancelled and the funds will be moved on to the next contest instead. All entries will still be curated.
If this contest turns out to be popular we will make this contest into a series where we go through all of the chapters.
This contest will run until the end of November. Entries will be closed at midnight 30th of November CET. Entries made after this point will not be considered for prizes but may still be curated.
Any questions can be asked in the comments. Feel free to tag 
Even if you won't be taking part in this activity we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback on this in the comments. Do you have any recommendations for other games to play to bring the community together? Any other kind of activities? We would love to hear it all!
We're looking forward to seeing all your awesome entries!
