Left 4 Dead Download Page When?

[Devteam5]

You probably already know this, but multiple beta builds of Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 were found in the Steam2 leak back in August. I think there should be a download page here on the site, so others can play these builds without all the hassle of setting it up themselves (yes, I'm one of those "others").
I mean, for Pete's sake, TF2 has a download page, and all that's in there is a singular beta remake mod. We gave Portal 2 a download page after the leak, so maybe it's time Left 4 Dead got one?
(If there is a legitimate reason why there isn't one, like legality or something, then I understand. Just figured I'd put the idea out there.)

[Maximos Ve]

I agree!

[Devteam5]

I can try to provide some of the extracted builds, but they're definitely gonna need to be patched before use.

Even then, according to TCRF, there's 16 builds across the two, and so far I've only found 2 of them, so it might take a bit (I've extracted some that only ever come out as the wrong build, for whatever reason).

Not even to mention the extra pre-order 1.0.1.0 build of L4D2 (though I think this one was already dumped a while ago). Also the three DLC development builds, which, do still contain the full base game, so I'm not really sure if we could legally release those four here anyhow.

Additionally, I believe the L4D1 betas are split between AppIDs 1321 and 1322. I had to extract both 1321_0 and 1322_0 to get the full June 2008 build (even then, I couldn't get it to run, but that might just be me).

[Devteam5]

Speaking of the builds not being that playable, if anyone can tell me how to fix the early L4D1 builds not detecting the gameinfo file, I'd appreciate it. Looked it up, and all I get is fixes for HL2 and Portal mods, not existing games.

Also, for whatever reason, every L4D1 build I extract has only the first 2 maps of No Mercy, and no other map. No idea why. I may be failing to grasp how this whole thing works, but I swear the Portal 2 builds were more put together than this, and they were spread across 4 different AppIDs.

[Devteam5]

Ok, so I got a few L4D2 builds working. I'm currently trying to extract all the pre-release builds first, then I'll put up the links. Someone else who knows better is gonna have to sift through the L4D1 stuff, because I, for the life of me, have no idea what I'm doing with them.

Here's some Dead Center screenshots from 701_3, archive dated around August 11 2009 (no idea how to actually check the build date).

(Funny thing, my guns broke completely in the finale, so I couldn't kill anything or reload my guns. Didn't matter anyhow, as around gas tank 14 I realized the ending might've been broken).

[Devteam5]

Good news, I got some of the Left 4 Dead 2 builds up. Only missing one, I think.
https://hl2-beta.ru/index.php?topic=30802.msg44893;topicseen#new