chimpmunk
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Why do you get all defensive whenever I suggest I may know more about Biology than you? It's pretty apparent from your posts your knowledge is rather limited (or your reasoning is).
I wouldn't be insulted if you started insinuating that you know more about photography than me.
I don't get defensive because you suggest that you have more knowledge in biology than me, It's probably likely.
I get defensive because you seem to imply that anyone who tries to apply a certain logic to L4D really believes that everything in this game is probable in our world.
We understand most of the L4D stuff is not realistic, it is however consistent in its own setting and follows a fictional logic, thus, we can theorize on it.
And I find it much more interesting to apply pseudo-science in saying that the infected see the survivors through a mix of smell, pheromones and infra red vision (which isn't that far fetched, considering it's about a fictional outbreak of super rabies that turn people in murdering maniacs) than saying "IT'S JUST A GAME", which just breaks the suspension of disbelief.
The Boss infected are another thing entirely because they were merely added at a late state for balance/gameplay purposes - this is why they make absolutely zero sense. None at all.
It do not mean to say that there are no gameplay logic behind the infected seeing the survivors through walls, but a certain logic can still be applied to this fact, consedering what we know of the backstory behind left 4 dead.
Also, the Boss infected are not just a gameplay element. They are part of the setting (just watch the intro movie, it says that they are changing, IE: mutating).