- Image by Cystie via Flickr
Or rather, quite literally, in pieces.
If you’ve played Left 4 Dead 2, you will have heard of the legend that is Jimmy Gibbs Jr. You may have even gassed up his car to escape a shopping centre full of friendly zombies.
We’ve heard stories about him:
Jimmy Gibbs, Jr. is the man. I mean I don’t know anybody like that, man. But there was this guy I knew, he raced dirt tracks, not stock cars but open wheeled cars you know, and he was racing once and a goat…
We’ve heard the survivors opinions of him:
[ At the beginning of the Atrium Finale ] “Oh, hey! Jimmy Gibbs!
Nick“I’m getting sick of looking at this guy’s face”
Coach: “Well trust me – in these parts, he’s as famous as….Elvis. Or the President.”
Nick: “Really. ‘Cause he looks like an asshole.”
Coach: “Get yo’ ass movin’, Nick.”
We know that Ellis would kill to meet him:
“Now hold on. You been makin’ jokes about Savannah all day long and I’ve held my tongue. But don’t belittle Jimmy Gibbs, Jr. That man is the pride of Georgia.”
“Aw, hell. I coulda got my picture taken with Jimmy Gibb’s stock car? I HATE this apocalypse.”
But perhaps Eliss should have been careful what he wished for. It turns out that hidden in the files of the game is the model for the man himself… except, he’s a little rotted. He apparently spawns very rarely in the Dead Centre finale when you’re gassing up his car to escape, and the survivors reactions to seeing him are pretty awesome – ranging from “NOOOOOOOOO!” to “Dibs on Gibbs!”
To have a look at him in game, open the console on the main menu and type these commands:
map atrium
sv_cheats 1
z_forcezombiemodelname common_male_jimmy
z_forcezombiemodel 1
z_spawn
Forget the car hire, I’m sure now that Jimmy is proven dead (or should I say infected)…. He won’t really mind if you take his car.
I’ve included a screenshot I took of him too, I mainly took it because his legs looked really messed up after I axed him down… a few times.
You can also increase the zombie limit and force a panic event so that you get an onslaught of Jimmy, but I’m sure most people know how to do that. If not, I can update later via mobile broadband.
I fully expect to see zombie Keith next.
I ever tell you about the time Keith and I made fireworks? Now, I didn’t know shit about chemistry, but Keith figured, “Gasoline burns, doesn’t it?” Third degree burns on ninety-five percent of his body. Man, people in the next city over were calling to complain about the smell of burning skin.
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