Oh my god, I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much rage on an Internet forum. Today was supposed to be the early release of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo for those who have pre-orders for the game, while XBox 360 owners got their greasy mitts on it first thing this morning PC gamers had to wait until 8pm.

Naturally there was a load of whining before 8pm, little squeaks of “Why do the Xbox players get it first?” could be heard. 8pm then came and went. At 8:10pm it started going nuts with exclaims of “WHERE’S THE DEMO?” and “I DEMAND A REFUND” being thrown around. The occasional ASCII art of a penis could be seen too. The moderators of that place sure had their work cut out. At one point the forum seemed to die, I guess everyone who was expecting the demo to be available at 8 hit the place at once.

I don’t see what all of the fuss is about to be honest, while I’m looking forward to the demo I don’t see the point in raging about it. First of all, it’s just a game. Secondly Valve didn’t even have to release a demo in the first place; they could’ve easily pulled an Activision who in the last month decided there wouldn’t be a demo because they’d make millions of dollars *puts pinky up* anyway, so what’s the point?

Needless to say, its calmed down a bit now…

Also it appears the demo has been delayed due to server issues on Valve’s side. If the additional 10 hours ensure that the demo plays a lot better than if they’d rushed it out at 8pm then what’s the problem?