The Story Behind Blood Harvest

[@ImNotConz]

I was gonna say this in a community post but figured I'd just do it here I will be covering Dam It at some point in the near future. It looks like a very fun campaign to break down, as someone who hasn't played a lot of custom campaigns, it was a lot of fun and doing a video on it sounds way better than it did 2 months ago. Breaking down the stories behind the custom campaigns is an idea that I've had and it's certainly a possibility for a future videos. I have a few Left 4 Dead videos planned for the future, centered around the lore and I cannot wait to get started. Thank you again for your support throughout this series. You guys are absolutely wonderful

[@Jellydoughnuthole]

yaaaay more stuff to watch while playing versus

[@farazhamraz]

Yes please!

[@ThatDevilBrony]

If you're considering doing the (potential) backstories to custom campaigns, may I recommend Cold Front by JAiZ + Crew?

[@t-bonenguyen9328]

are you gonna covering about Redemtion II ? athought it just fanmade but it take place in the L4D Comic, worth a shot btw

[@wyattbarnett3877]

what about last stand

[@DefEllisL4D2]

My buddy Keith tried camping out on top of a building once. He was shooting crows, but the police were too busy teargassin' him to ask what he was doin' up there. He screamed for an entire year every single time he opened his eyes! Oh, man! At first, it was funny; then it just got sad, but then it got funny again! Oh, man!

[@dylanisaking]

You know what I like best about your stories, Ellis? The sound they make when they stop.

[@yazidefirenze]

Ellis, sweetie, can this wait?

[@alittlemacmain]

We ain't got time for this Ellis

[@mightywolfone5429]

Ellis is now the best time?

[@Its_Nite]

​​@@yazidefirenzeLol I was gonna say that

[@alexandrov1991]

The best l4d lore explained since wowsuchgaming

[@p1tz0n16]

I like how he goes into details

[@sidthesquidh]

The lost hero was mentioned...

[@narrengrahamscott5228]

THIS

[@eur0cyon597]

The reason why the cows are dead and faces skinned, is because thats how people used to test for mad cow disease. So the survivors and others are checking to see if their livestock is infected

[@Dukesparrow1999]

Which makes the scenario even more sinister as they were desperately trying to figure out if the lifestock was the cause of the infection, which by then it was already futile as the infection was far from contained and things just got worse and worse

[@octodaddy877]

Related to that, in Metro International Airport the "Pre-board Checklist" sign tells people to alert security if they have "kept or handled livestock in the last 48 hours."

[@Benveei]

I wish they continued with l4d comics maybe about l4d2 this time. Kinda reminds me of that tf2 missing comic we didn’t get for years now.

[@voxfoxclips8684]

There are claims that the final tf2 comic is actually being worked on and will possibly be finished, finally. So if that’s true and we see that… who knows? Maybe one day we’ll get a comic/resolution for the l4d2 survivors.

[@galanga21890]

@@voxfoxclips8684 the first few panels of the final tf2 comic were uploaded to twitter some time ago, so there's definitely a chance we might finally get it

[@Shatanah]

Well *BOY* have I got news for you my friend 😁😈 (It's out)

[@Benveei]

@@Shatanah Yeah I knew about that already, it’s very neat.

[@Nebularban]

I do wish we got a l4d2 comic that would wrap up the story for L4d2 survivors. The closest thing we have for l4d2 comics is a Zombie Army Trilogy crossover comic where they get sent back in time.

[@LostManLiquid]

Another thing im sad you didn't notice; The farmhouse "safehaven" probably had to be set up very very late into the Green Flu's spread. Unlike most safehavens in L4D, where they clearly had SOME sort of oversight with Militaria weapons or tanks or even fucking artillery cannons.. That's just a fucking farmhouse. Like, no joke, just a plain farmhouse some family lived in. They have a damn baby crib in the house. All they have to defend it against infected is some goddamn barb-wire and a radio that was dead for 6-10 days. If that doesn't speak rushed job, idk what will.

[@Hache1K]

they just leave some ammo, some barricades windows and call it, even the guns are not from the military and most likely propety of the farm's family.

[@SomeD00d]

​@@Hache1Kit could be from survivors that got their weapons confiscated by ceda

[@NoFlu]

Absolute chad farmer family

[@JAiZYouTube]

An interesting thing about that map in the farmhouse, is that it shows all the campaign’s locations. (The base texture doesn’t have the blood splatter) Fairfield, Riverside, Newburg, and the Allegheny forest are quite literally within walking distance of eachother, being at most an hour or two on foot from one another. Unfortunately, that doesn’t line up with any of the real-life geography we know of (Like Philadelphia or irl Riverside), so it’s unclear whether that map is canon or just a beta leftover.

[@MyUsersDark]

I'd say it's definitely from the beta, since Bill in the comic says "We fought our way here from Philly", y'know?

[@ImNotConz]

Ik I'm late but it randomly crossed my mind I spent like 6 hours tryna find some kind of match and couldn't find anything. Started at the Kinzua Dam and worked out word from every direction, no luck. Most likely a fictional map with no real geographical matchs but it still bugs me from time to time. There are like 4 different maps if you go back to the Death Toll campaign.

[@JAiZYouTube]

@@ImNotConz It's very likely a fictional area located near the "NORTHEAST SAFETY ZONE MIDATL E/D 400-15" on that map in Crash Course. So, while there's probably no direct irl counterpart to it, we can give the fictional cities a general irl location on the edge of the Allegheny national forest. Though, there's still a discreptancy with Philadelphia being the confirmed origin location of the survivors in the comic. Philadelphia would have to be really close to the national forest in the game's universe for that to make sense. I'm pretty sure some (if not all) of those smaller maps are leftover beta content, but it's unfortunately impossible to be sure which are and which aren't.

[@themrfives]

The lawnmower is certainly a Braindead reference. The scene in question has the protagonist going ham on zombies with a lawnmower and eviscerated them. So zombies +lawnmower + nothing left but viscera = Braindead reference.

[@andrewceballos5404]

I agree I believe the mower in misery was a riding mower

[@mdlkpprophecy6341]

I always ready myself mentally before i play blood harvest, it was the scariest campaign for me, the vegetation and a house in the middle of the woods kept me unsettled.

[@BioHunter1990]

As a teenager in the ‘00s, I have been through the parts of the Allegheny Forest. It’s jaw dropping Appalachian country. And experiencing a tiny taste of it in L4D2 has always stuck with me.

[@lukaknezevic8390]

This was an awsome series man, i stumbled on it a few weeks ago at 4am when i was "studying" for my uni exam lmao

[@ImperialZillaTK]

The carrot from Pajama Sam mentioned?? L4D and Pajama Sam, my childhood in one video

[@TewbBelrog]

Turns out the farmhouse outpost was actually set up by the carrot patch to liberate the other crops from the zombie scourge.

[@ImperialZillaTK]

I hope the delegates are safe… Chuck Cheddar in his balloon might have the best chance

[@Runitupricky]

Pajama Sam go crazy

[@Prince-of-the-dark-421]

im not even in my l4d phase and still clicked on this video, thats how you know youve made some great stuff

[@ondrao9514]

I learned so many new and interesting things in this series, and it was really awesome. Thank you for this. I am gonna miss it

[@ImNotConz]

Your Very Welcome :)

[@beadymusician6485]

Wow that thank you to the fans was so genuine I'm glad I could be one of the first 200 to watch the finale of this beautiful series quenching my nostalgia I hope this channel stays popular

[@ImNotConz]

Thank you for watching till the end

[@squib2118]

on the map in the farmhouse, the x’d out areas in the middle are referring to fairfield, riverside, and newberg, with them being across the river from each other and basically showing the progression of the game

[@sleepshouter5017]

8:34 All these years I never knew you could get Cortana to talk to Sgt Johnson in L4D

[@trentshuster9665]

You single handedly got me back into watching KZbin videos with the series, I still play left 4 dead to this day and will forever be my favorite series. Thank you for the wonderful content man

[@Maxitron15]

Outstanding videos man!! My first ever console was an Xbox 360 and all I played was Left for Dead. I was like 12 or 13. Didn't pay any attention to lore, just had a blast killing zombies solo or split screen with friends. To find out a decade later there was lore with a whole ass story is insane to me. I love it. And in my opinion, you told and explained it to me PERFECTLY

[@moshimic5628]

I guess we finally got to the end of the main campaigns series. Thank you so much once again for putting so much time and effort into all these videos! It really shows, especially paying attention to detail in the game. Because of this, I’m confident to say that I learned so much about the lore of the series. Don’t know when Dam It and future L4D videos will be, but no complaints on these taking long as well. Despite being the end of it, I still look forward to your future videos. Lastly, hope things are well on your end, and have a good one Conz!

[@KonstantinKruglov]

Thank you for the series. For me l4d/l4d2 were mostly the first experience of pvp and pve coop games and I loved them dearly. Your series is like someone telling me the stories I already know and seen and lived through, but I just can't tell them so well as you do. So thanks again.

[@caporegimeclutch9715]

An interesting detail about this campaign that I like is that you can see through wall graffiti and evac notices that people were still talking about the evacuation centers and cities we’ve already encountered (Riverside, Newburg, etc). It’s interesting to see people talking about places that WE know have been overrun or abandoned, but the survivors attempting to fell the national forest area did not. I like to imagine groups of survivors basically taking the opposite path as the survivors we play as, going from the forest and heading to Newburg, then Riverside and then Fairfield because they heard that those cities were still safe.

[@its_renren7292]

Hey, thank YOU for creating this series Conz. These story behind videos were a really interesting look at the timeline and small details others might miss in both Left for Dead games, all at an easily digestible length. Ireally appreciate your approach to telling the story with mixes of character dialogue and wall graffiti to help filter the pure information, it was personally really good for my ADHD which helped me zone out and miss information far less. Best of luck to whatever plans for future content you might have dude, Left for Dead oriented or not!

[@ImNotConz]

Thank you for the support

[@its_renren7292]

@@ImNotConzAnytime man, glad to have found you in the unending cycle of the KZbin algorithm

[@dooter7299]

Hey man it’s great that we made it all the way through both games and I’d like to say how fun it was to watch your videos and then play that campaign after just good times. Keep up the good works 🎉

[@ImNotConz]

Glad you enjoyed it! and thank you for the comment.

[@YossarianAssyrian]

It was a pleasure to be on this journey with you! Thanks for making a great series! I really enjoyed the videos. Dam It could be a fun campaign to cover, as could more prominent custom campaigns like Suicide Blitz 2. That's your call to make, though.

[@alastor8091]

Super Weenie Hut Jr's: hiding out in the house or the barn The Salty Spittoon: Holding out in the back right corner of the map with nothing but disciplined fire and showers of lead. (It's legitimately easier as everything has to run at you in a straight line with no cover)

[@mykeforu]

thanks man! I hope you keep the audio-friendly video vibes cause I usually listen to your videos while I do chores and I mostly do not have the time to look at the screen while doing them. Yes you were descriptive but if you could, please try to describe more of the pictures/graphics presented in the video so it would be 100% audio-friendly. pretty much appreciated man wishing you the best!

[@ImNotConz]

This will be fixed in future videos, thanks for letting me know.

[@andrewcuddeback1906]

Dude, I really loved this series of videos. I really enjoyed the information you'd give, and then also the facts and theories given by the people in the comments. It's been really fun to watch these videos a few times while going through the comments and learning more about a series that we haven't heard much on, but still refuses to die despite that. We will not leave this game, left 4 dead.

[@helenir4844]

Great videos mate ! Playing the game casually, I never realized how deep Left 4 Dead's lore actually is, tought it was right under my nose lmao Being fond of that kind of lore, I really enjoyed your narration and developpement of the overall story which fascinated me, also loved reading the comic that I never knew existed, thanks for that ! The attention to details in the campaigns, dialogues and hints/links with previous campaigns also shows the amount of work and dedication that was put into this game, another W for Valve ! This series got me back playing the game 'cause I want to experience this "lore focused" gameplay and enjoy it by myself, well done :) Keep up the good work ! Subscribed

[@ImNotConz]

Your very welcome and thank you for the comment and the subscription

[@RandomFurry07]

Wish there was a comic for the L4D2 survivours

[@jake51515]

I loved you did this..much like you im in love woth cool game lore like this. Its always fascinating to see how a different timeline and universe handles certain issues.

[@farazhamraz]

the legend has concluded all the videos 🔥🔥🔥🔥thank you for all your hard work and effort. I have an idea that could be good for your future L4D videos. What if you do an analysis video about the survivors themselves like how they were before the apocalypse. either way, thank you so much for everything you did. your awesome

[@ImNotConz]

Your awesome and thank you for the support :)

[@LomeliSuave]

Thank you for these videos bro. They were amazing! Keep going

[@SJJKH-x2p]

Funfact that no one wanted: The abbreviation for PZ in german stands for Panzer (Tank) but due to the vehicle beeing an APC and not a tank this is strange. The old school german abbreviation for apc would be SD.Kfz (Sonderkraftfahrzeug) the modern one would be TPZ (Truppentransporter ) I absolutely adore your l4d videos❤

[@youmukonpaku3168]

sonderkraftfahrzeug is more like "special purpose vehicle." Panzer-whatever is still armored, the tank is "panzerkampfwagen", a term you'd be familiar with in US military designation as "armored fighting vehicle" (direct translation, even.) It is pretty weird for the APC to be marked in what appears to be German, given it's allegedly an American (or maybe Canadian) vehicle but most resembles a Czech OT-64. Edit: maybe it's meant to be Finnish and they didn't check their translation? Panser... is the root for armored vehicles in Finnish and it does also resemble a Patria.

[@oliwer23pl95]

@@youmukonpaku3168 it's a german TPz Fuchs APC, i would guess the PZ means it's part of an armored formation also if im not mistaken Germany stoped designating Vehicles SDKFZ (number) since WW2, because you know... they don't need to hide that they have armored vehicles

[@thisisaplaceholder1478]

Its likely a unit marking

[@asddsdsssd]

This series reignite my love for l4d so thank you kindly for that

[@nonsense3455]

Man, ur l4d series are really good, would recommend them to anyone who`s interested in this universe

[@lidoeg2]

I know we'll probably never see it but if you wanted to cover what you personally would want to see in a hypotehtical Left 4 Dead 3 I'd absolutely be here for it

[@juicedorange]

Found this channel and these videos last week, binged them all. Very interesting and fun videos!

[@drunkenmonkie293]

Fantastic work! I thoroughly enjoyed all the videos in this series. You often mention that since these are only 10-minute videos, you won’t delve too deeply into the subject matter. However, I would love to see longer videos where you can go into greater depth.

[@VegNDS]

Are you gonna do stories behind Cold Stream, The Last Stand (even tho they aren't canon) and Dam It?

[@ImNotConz]

Im still debating on CS and TLS but I will be covering Dam It at some point.

[@VegNDS]

@ImNotConz alright thanks

[@8755013]

@@ImNotConzhonestly I would, more content for this series tbh.

[@magarinoskevin2063]

​@@ImNotConzthere's some interesting graffiti in TLS

[@MyUsersDark]

@@ImNotConz I'm fine if you skip Cold Stream (since there's not a lot of lore there) but a short video of The Last Stand would be nice, since it has some cool stuff. Maybe a video featuring both, if they don't have enough for a full video each?

[@MrScorpionIII]

Thank you for the serie. Waiting for the next serie. Hope you the best bro ❤

[@christopheralejandromezapa8934]

Never Had clicked a L4D video so Fast before.

[@AcedUpLolTTV]

Love the lore man ill recommend it to people that are new to the game

[@RazorRex]

Enjoyed this series. Look forward to what you have planned next.

[@zatchenko2328]

You have to thank yourself , these are excellent videos

[@KawatanGaming]

Your content and channel deserve more patronage man. I hope you would also tackle about the games that was inspired by L4D since this game is the goat.

[@TheFoshaMan]

10:01 COLD STREAM! COLD STREAM! WE WANT COLD STREAM!

[@angelslikathatgaming7953]

I think they already covered that one

[@Vicecitymind]

It’s not considered canonical

[@idacvetok7325]

Brilliant work as always, keep em coming! 🎉

[@borgedoesthings]

Good shit dude I love these videos! Keep up the great work man!

[@kirklandbailey1211]

Thank you for the content!

[@mmedsfur1819]

Damn Im hella early, Love ur stuff dude

[@staticjungle]

Thank you so much for this series!

[@PenumbranWolf]

I remember someone saying that the fact that the cow carcasses have had their faces removed implied that they were tested for disease. Additionally, TK-421 is a reference in the original Star Wars to another movie by George Lucas of the same name staring Robert Duval.

[@SchazmenRassir]

This has been a heck of a series. And it's been a fun ride!

[@cjspellsfish]

4:00 LOOK OUT THERES A HUNTER!!!!

[@Wilson-kt8or]

Get it off get it off me!!

[@D4PP3R]

He kinda chill tho. Put a skateboard on that brother

[@xrenoid292]

Thanks for the video and ypur job, dude, keep it going!

[@scarletcrusader5431]

Great job with this series. You've earned a sub

[@Hache1K]

I love this kind of videos, playing versus kinda made me numb to all the end-of-the-world atmosphere since its skips almost all not versus-useful stuff thats are not scripted. Hearing you reading all the graffitis in the safehouses, showing how everything went FUBAR for CEDA and then for the military. Damn this specific video pushed me to reread The Sacrifice comic, and I love the brutal way it depicts the horde, gruesome in close view and shadow-like figures in a far away view. Fun fact, Francis has a "we are cops" line as response for the radio soldier, he will even acknowledge that and mention it to the Captain.

[@Mixxr14]

Loved this series. Good work

[@secondarytrollaccount666]

2:21 thought i wouldn't notice you crowning that witch?

[@tylercaroppoli3324]

amazing video keep up with the great work as always I really enjoyed this series so much so much lore and can't wait for more video's in the Future 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@darkskull1808]

Finally I have been waiting for this

[@d3.9.9.9]

I was looking for this one after watching the series ARGHH THXS

[@Saikouu.]

Ur almost at 20k subs!

[@clementcardonnel3219]

I was sad to start this video thinking it would be the last, but relieved that you intend to keep talking about L4D. Your series was a pleasure to watch. Thank you!

[@Seika1690]

Keep up good work brother ❤

[@danielscomentclub2636]

Well gentlemen, we have reached a finale. I can't say it wasn't fun.

[@scarletcrusader5431]

3:35 Fun Fact, Peter Jackson directed this movie. His first movie was Bad Taste, another fantastic movie.

[@callamastia]

can’t believe i wasn’t subbed to this channel yet 🙉

[@PELTIER5]

I like how this "dam it" custom campaign makes the survivors just walk down the stair and doen a path to the camp site of blood harvest for the ending.

[@LeighWHeard]

If an infected team can line up a charger run when the survivors are crossing that bridge in Chapter One, it's truly devastating. I've only seen it happen once as an infected team observer. And one of the survivors somehow survived by landing on the ground at the start of the bridge. But you can wipe the whole team if you time it just right.

[@santiagosanchez4008]

Greaat video!! Also doesnt The Last Stand have any story background?

[@NG77880]

In all my years I’ve had this game, since it came out I never noticed them using dollar bills to keep the fire going at the start

[@13thravenpurple94]

Excellent video 🫶 Thank you and God bless 😇

[@ImNotConz]

Thank you very much for the kind comment :)

[@SgtAlex-lj3ln]

These videos have very educational since l have been playing left 4 dead 2 for years and am now just learning about more facts and details and l was really hoping you would “break it down” as the finale for the videos

[@Dulvise]

Ya know, my buddy Keith had his car drop in a lake off a bridge like this one here. Yeah, see, he was drivin' over it late at night and there, in the middle of the bridge, was what looked like, in Keith's estimation, like a dead bear. So Keith gets out of his to find, like, a stick to poke at it, right? We'll, it turns out it's just some lady's fur coat that musta fell out of her car, so... free coat, right? Now, owls won't normally attack a man but in this case they were hungry, and that made them reckless. Keith reckons they must've been therefor hours, watchin' what they thought was a bear carcass, cause as soon as he picked it up, those owls had claws in him an inch deep. We'll Keith figures his best bet'll be to jump in the lake, cause owls can't swim. Well, them owls could. He fought them for twenty minutes, treading water, and during that time, a boat came, the bridge went up, and down went Keith's car. Sometimes nature's just tryin' to teach us, if only we'd listen.

[@sathanas3524]

really good series you did

[@ReneAlicea-b9q]

The hardest campaign on expert without question i respect this map so much i used to fear it lol

[@FUJIIDEW]

Culling is a pretty common event in the midst of a pandemic, I wonder if the cows were killed just in case, or if there were confirmed reports of the virus spreading through animals. In Left 4 Dead 1's cut content, there were zombie dogs, it never made it past concept art but still an interesting idea.

[@youmukonpaku3168]

the cows also sometimes have their heads skinned, which is a rabies test thing. Probably culled, and probably before the shit fully hit the fan, during the earliest parts of the outbreak.

[@Hache1K]

with how mutable the Green Fluu was, jumping from airborne to not, they probably didn't want to risk having another front of infection, let alone consume possible contaminated meat by mistake.

[@FUJIIDEW]

@@youmukonpaku3168 I never knew that about their heads, cool info

[@Egotistical_]

good run very good explainations

[@77chance]

Verry fun videos!

[@MalcolmChambers-fm4le]

4:00 that hunter just chilling on the roof is pretty funny

[@Tnorris1987]

Good job with all the vids, really good work

[@HighBoB-q5y]

I’ll be honest, I like L4D but how the timeline works is actually kind of confusing, but you made it very easy to digest so thank you man

[@voxfoxclips8684]

What ticks me off so much when you show off the comic is the one line that a lot of people glance… they BYPASSED ECHO. The military dudes going AWOL deliberately sabotaged the survivor’s only shot at safety, drove past the fortified and prepped Echo and basically sealed Bill’s fate. Their trust in the military broke and they finally find safety in the Keys and maybe Echo eventually gets overrun, but still.

[@Super.-.Mario50]

wake up francis, conz uploaded

[@howsweetishyein]

after dead air is a unfinished campaign called dam it before blood harvest. the unfinished campaign final is the first campaign that does not have any rescue. the 4 survivors straight went into the woods

[@demetrichavez469]

4:08 I love the fact that theres a hunter on the side of the building but why and how is it there?

[@8755013]

Froze the game to get footage, hunter got in the shot

[@demetrichavez469]

@@8755013 ty lol

[@TheR-DaciousOne]

It’d be wild if Candy Mountain was nothing but a reference to Charlie the Unicorn.

[@Bill-454]

Congrats on completing this series, looking forward to more Left 4 Dead content

[@Jessieisluredithink]

Another banger vid 🔥 you gonna do cold stream or nah?

[@crankydonkey8355]

Yeah!baby! Fresh update!

[@I.H.N]

Man why did dam it got cut, its ending is a good break from the "finally rescue is coming, we just got to hold out here"

[@grey5921]

I love your videos bro

[@thepancakemann]

I always found it the best for pure horror shenanigans in the first L4D. Shat my pants many a time to the cornfield, bridge, finale, etc.

[@luna_macaroni]

could be wrong, but I think the numbers on the APC are another case like the Korean C-130 markings. Pretty those are Finnish military markings, as the APC itself is a Finnish Sisu Pasi APC

[@dogwhood9710]

Amazing series

[@andrewmore6058]

Let's go! Another banger video

[@futuredeadkrieger9458]

I actually live probably 15 minutes from kinzua and 3 from Allegheny national park

[@Joe-ve9xz]

Man I hope we never stop getting zombie games even with all the great games in the genre there is so much left they can do with it

[@icy3-1]

I can never imagine a poster Zoey without 3 hands. Sorry guys.