Two questions.

[IronicBob]

A couple of questions:

1) Is the intro video canon? I was just thinking, because despite fighting hordes of zombies in each other's presence in the intro, at the start of Dead Center they don't seem acquainted with each other or the zombies.

2) In Dark Carnival, at the finale you hear the words to the Midnight Riders song without them being there. Do you think that, god forbid,

Spoiler

they were lip syncing?

 

[ríomhaire]

1) If you actually watch the intro properly you'll see there's sections from every campaign in it. It doesn't take place before the game. It's all different parts of the game strung together. For example it shows the rollercoaster from Dark Carnival, the bridge from The Parish and the final elevator scene is the elevator from the start of the Dead Centre Finale.
2) Yes they do. Nick will even call this out occasionally if you find the right part of the set-up to look at. I think it's something like "Sorry Coach, but your heroes lip-synch. There's a tape back here labelled 'finale'."

 

[kineaesth]

To be honest, nothing in L4D or L4D2 can really be considered canon.

 

[Kyzr]

No and yes.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Lol4dead Canon, wut?