Thread: What were the special infected before they were zombies?

jockey - danny devito.

The boomer is a somewhat obvious mockery of Valve's Gabe Newell. Whether or not he knows it is another story. Your still my ninja Gabe.

For the most part the infected were everyday people...or worse. Wrong place at the wrong time.

The hunter if anything reflects the most of what kind of person they were before the infection and was most likely a tagger or street punk who was infected. Others such as the boomer were common day people who were infected and became walking bombs what with the obese-itzied stomachs bursting at the seams and such. Don't even ask me how a tank get's the way it does but if anything the original person had a much higher body value if the infection mutated as it did.

Maybe the tank was someone like Hulk Hogan the famous wrestling champion.
Or some oversized body builder.
Maybe it was the incredible hulk who came down with the green flu virus and mutated into the tank.

Tank - Man that ate to much tyson chicken.

The Hunter seemed like he was one of those "Free Runners", i believe he was too.

Example from the L4D Wiki

The limbs of his outfit are battened down by duct tape, in a manner similar to Traceurs, practitioners of Parkour, used to lessen wind resistance.

sorry for emerging the old thread. Just want to add..

Smoker : a desperate man that never came home, smokes a lot and alcoholic

Hunter : a common town boy, expert on parkour

Boomer : a lazy guy, meal and cokes junkies, watched tv all the time

Witch : used to be a hooker