Undead

Since this has been brought up a few times now might as well give it some attention. I actually agree with PINNAZ on this. We used to have a usergroup back called "Veterans" dedicated to members that have been with CoDz since the very beginning. Perhaps there could be multiple ways to become a Veteran; - Be a member of CoDz for 3-5ish years - Retired CoDz staff member Whichever comes first. Also, don't worry. I intend to get started on the year-end awards soon

^ What he said. Hall of Fame is and should be the absolute most prestigious title CoDz has to offer. People who've made their mark on CoDz in numerous ways in their time spent as a whole thus far and have been recognized by staff unanimously for their efforts.

As long as it's kept prestigious enough that not too many people are being added, that's the only thing I can stress about Hall of Fame. No doubt. But given it's awarded by staff as a whole, add on the fact they do this only once a year, I don't see more than 3-5 people being awarded the title at once each year, if that.

Perhaps staff may consider doing a huddle for new people to be added to the "Hall of Fame" group annually? I think it would be a nice, fun little event to have some year-end awards (which I still need to do...) and wrap the year up with some kind of crowning of CoDz latest additions to HoF. We award UOTM each month, perhaps we could just save HoF promotions for the grand finale?

That would confuse people. Brains and spleens would become one and the same…. /sarcasm. But that's pretty much my point anyways.

A poll to get a general overall concensus would be nice. In the very least, it would be nice if the like count appeared only on your personal profile. I don't see why we all need to know how many "likes" we all have. And "likes"? Are we Facebook? Why not something more zombie-esque like "Spleens" or something

Right, lol. You and Grill have now both made the difference between the two perfectly clear. What I'm getting at is with both being a visible statistic, what's the difference really? I don't see the point of having both, that's just my opinion. But especially if they basically do the samething and keep score. Now it's just a visible statistic of who actually posts more serious and thoughtout posts and the like more so than others.

Right, that much is clear. As mentioned, I understand why the like system was implemented, but what good is it really other than just another brains system? Especially since last time I checked, we even have brains turned off in off topic forums/sections. If people were straight up abusing brains, that would be one thing, but as I said, I think everyone generally has the same idea on which posts deserve brains. Whether it's just a well structured post of input or opinion, or something original that took some effort. If I "liked" the post enough, I'd give them brains. Some folks may get brains they don't feel are deserved, it happens. But I hardly think people are going to take the word of someone with more brains than others as law. Again, if brains are being abused (which they never have been so far), that would be one thing. But even then you could implement countermeasures to prevent that such as turning off the brains function in various forums or limiting the amount given within a 24 hour period if necessary. But so far this "like" system is basically the exact same thing. Especially since it publically displays a count for your total amount of likes. If it were up to me, I'd say go with one or the other. No need for both.

Brains technically got a reset when we lost the entire system back when we first tried to upgrade the forums. There's no point in resetting them again. I understand why we've implemented a "like" system, but if you ask me, the reality is it will probably be used about as much as I give out brains (which is hardly ever). Two systems that basically do the same thing tends to cancel each other out, making the one or the other seem pointless. Everyone here seems to have a general concensus of when and why brains are genuinely awarded, but I ultimately would give brains to a post if I liked it. So now it kind of feels like you either "like" it or you REALLY like it, lol.

It will tell you who liked a post on the bottom of the post that people liked. Like this: (heh see what I did there?)

@Slade I tell the crew that I... "like it". It is shorthand.

Hell Treyarch basically told us that we invented Sam, so I think a lot of it was technically forged by the community at first. I wish they would go back to that. Back to all the cryptic easter eggs that related to real myths and such and we just pieced it together. I can't express that enough. In a way, WaW Zombies was one big history/mythology lesson with a twist and a fuckton of zombies.

It would be cool if they somehow brought back the "Death Cards" from WaW back with a new twist specifically for Zombies as a way to spice up the game or something that could only be used in certain online modes to trade with other players. They could go as far as "gambling" too, where before a game starts, the hand dealt could have both postive and negative effects to either you, the other player(s) or both. And as mentioned, you could find, trade and collect said cards. Just some kind of mode where it's basically like a card game before hand, then effects take place throughout that game you play together and see how well you play under the challenges at hand. But speaking of files, I think it would be badass if similar to the notes found throughout Der Riese, the maps would actually have well hidden bits and pieces of pages to the comic book loading screens that are missing scattered throughout all the maps.

The story is really what sealed the deal for me. When I first heard about how people figured out that the numbers on SNN apparently were coordinates for Area 51, then finding "Tunguska" written on a shack that's normally not seen without cheats, it really spiced up thew wonders of it all. But here's where even that has a line of its own; I loved zombies more when it was more cryptic and the storyline was based on or at least referred to a lot of real historical myths and legends. Everything from WaW - Blops was very cryptic, very scattered and mysterious. I loved that. I remember getting excited every time I'd discover a new radio on my own, then skim the forums to see if I've found them all. Then after Blops 1, everything kinda took a left turn and it was all just handed to you. "Easter Eggs" became "Objectives" and the direction for the supposed storyline just got really complicated and farfetched IMO. But, I digress. I think it's a comfortable mixture of both, but I'd like to see some more variety to really spice up the gameplay itself. Sure, in some maps the perks spawn randomly and the box moves, but more or less it's the same thing, over and over. I quickly lose enjoyment after I've completed the EE just because there's really no other point other than to break survival records afterwords. If they could go the extra mile and have more extensive randomness to the maps each playthrough, it would have a way higher replay value for me personally.

@ Va Jay-Jay: Lemme be the first to say due to experience if you can't afford to sneeze or you'll mess up your strategy, you need a new strategy.

Penalties for rage quitters. *looks at flammen* No really though, it would be nice if similar to L4D zombies had a online co-op voting system for booting players, pausing the game, exiting the game, etc.

WaW zombies because gore. Not to mention the added humor and entertainment in ragdoll zombies by throwing grenades under them just before they hit the ground after dying. Bodies everywhere.

I hear you, Captain Ennuendo. Eventually, you become the person no one wants to play zombies with because you ignore them so bad you even ignore invites. Next thing you know, they sell their xbox and switch to PS4 or something. So karma hits when the tables turn.

Now you just need a "word that must not be said" affilation. All the special deals on the latest "Banned word" ware.

Plus a friend of mine just got a job at one. Connections everywhere.