How to rename the player

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In Left 4 Dead 2, is it possible to rename my player?

Addendum: the name in-game as seen in the HUD.

eg. as others see your name http://i.imgur.com/0dc9W.jpg Sebitar, future-trance, Chrsyalid..

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The name that appears over your head and in the HUD to identify you (as the player) from the other players is the same as the name you select for your Steam profile. If you change that name, it will change the name that displays in-game. This is true for many Steam games, even those not by Valve.

You can take a look at this question for instructions on how to change your Steam name.

If you are talking about Ellis, Rochelle, Coach, or Nick, then no, you cannot change their names. The voiced dialogue of the characters in the game refer to those characters by name, and I'm afraid technology hasn't come quite far enough to adjust that on the fly. Their names are set in stone.

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How to you make your player scream in Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2

Valve removed the vocalization commands to stop people spamming in multiplayer games, all that is left are the speech wheel that come up when you press z or x (using default controls).

Edit: This is the very hacky way of doing it through the radial commands which may or may not work.

Split-screen in Left 4 Dead 2

Yes, you can. You have to make sure you know your way around the console, and playing online might or might not work.
Basically, you have to enter these commands in the console to make it work:

ss_enable 1
ss_map "map_name"
connect_splitscreen localhost

You have to make sure your Xbox 360 controller is set up correctly, for that, read this forum post: Left 4 Dead: SplitScreen PC Guide.

It's possible play split screen with a non-Xbox 360 controller, but you'll need to set up your own controller configurations by editing edit \left4dead\cfg\360controller.cfg. The lines you'll need to edit are the ones starting with "cmd2 bind".

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