Gather the weapons you want to use for the long haul. Make sure you find a spot that will give you access to extra ammunition, weapons, throwables, and/or health. This will be important if you need any extra resources during the round.

If there are gas cans/propane tanks on the map, try to bring a lot to your spot and you could keep them in a pile nearby, grabbing and using them sparingly if need be. Do not shove-throw the gas cans in the pre-game. Unlike what scavenge teaches you about gas can techniques, doing this will set the gas can on fire immediately.

Prepare your team, assign them different tasks if need be, and be ready to protect each other whenever possible.

Use melee weapons/pistols early on to save your bullets before the first tank. In the meantime, think about where the tank might spawn and be ready to look for it quickly when the tank music starts playing. The earlier you spot it, the more damage you can get on it before it gets to you. Watch out for the rocks and keep your team safe.

Avoid friendly fire (recommended all the time, but especially early on when the team is in their healthiest state).

If a Spitter spits at the team, try to get to a position where you can still protect each other while avoiding the spit damage.

If a Boomer vomits on the team, try not to move too far away from everybody and keep close if you need to. In some cases, a biled survivor could potentially bait commons to one area as the team shoots them all down.

If a Jockey/Hunter/Smoker/Charger attacks the team, be aware of who is impacted by the attack and kill the special infected before it can rack up more damage. In the meantime, have somebody (if available) keep the commons out of the area of the rescue attempt.

Commons are simple to kill, but will slowly become more harder to deal with as the round continues. Be aware of where commons can climb, jump, and run to at any given time. Try to use boomer bile in a spot where you can still shoot the commons, but far enough away that they can't attack you right away after the bile is gone.

Always check behind you whenever you can in case something sneaks up on you. A quick glance is all you need. It might be annoying in some cases, but it is a good safety check.

The first tank should have been released by now. Dealing with the tank is a priority, but you should be just as concerned for the swarm of commons and special infected at the same time. Any slip up from getting caught off guard by the tank could cost at least 1hp, and every hit point counts.

If you are low on health, you shouldn't heal until you are at least 20 percent, and even then, decide whether you can last a little longer without healing. Even if you go down, being revived gives you 30hp, so using a medkit then could help.

If you are able to kill the first tank, then you should regroup if you strayed off and focus back on the commons. Be careful in case any commons get too close during this process.

A second tank should be spawning pretty soon, so be aware if it does.

When the second tank spawns, you could try to use a gas can/propane tank if you need to save molotovs, but wait...

Where are the gas cans?

ELLIS SHOT THEM BY ACCIDENT?!?

Umm... in that case, just use molotovs if you need them to kill the tank.

Saving molotovs could be viable for future tanks, but don't rely on this strategy in the late round.

So the round is getting a little harder as the special infected start spawning faster and...

ANOTHER TANK ALREADY?!? I JUST KILLED THE OTHER ONE 5 SECONDS AGO!!!

Don't panic, just use the molot-

WHY IS COACH USING HIS MOLOTOV ON THE SPITTER SITTING ON THAT RANDOM ROOF OVER THERE?!

Just use bullets on the tank at this point.

The specials might start to become a problem, so be prepared for that.

Boomer killed Coach

OKAY, HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN.

If you have a defib unit, you could try to revive Coach, but be sure that you can get to the defib unit safely or have one readily equipped if you already it. Figure out where Coach was killed and determine if it is safe enough to get to him.

HOW DID COACH DIE ON THE ROOF WHERE THE SPITTER WAS?! YOU CAN'T EVEN GET UP THERE! AND ANOTHER TANK. WELL, GREAT.

ROCHELLE, HELP ME! I HAVE A JOCKEY ON ME!

STOP TRYING TO REVIVE ELLIS 5 FEET AWAY FROM ME! I'M MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW!

So Ellis is dead, Coach is dead, and Rochelle is doing pretty well.

I AM BLACK AND WHITE WITH NO MEDPACK. GIVE ME THE PILLS ROCHELLE...

...PILLS?!?!

...PLEASE?!?!?!?

3 SMOKERS?!?! WHAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I'm dead and Rochelle is hacking now. She noclipped to the start saferoom and is just messing around inside of it. Well, that's boring.

I guess we are about to reach 10 minutes. That's good I guess-

YOU HAVE BEEN KICKED

...


...Guess I'll die.