MixMasterNut

Nice one Mattzs! Glad I'm not the only one who sees the parallel here. - Mix

+1 Congrats guys

ICARUS - IN-GAME Al has named our make-shift glider plane, Icarus There is a lot of significance in naming the plane glider Icarus. ICARUS - GREEK MYTHOLOGY Icarus was the son of Daedalus, a talented craftsmean at the time of King Minos (Minotaur). They were both imprisoned in the minotaur's Labyrinth named Crete. Daedalus created a set of wings for both himself and his son, made of feathers and glued together by wax. Icarus was given his set of wings with strict orders not to fly too close to the Sun, or the sea. One day, when they both took flight, Icarus was overcome by the feelings of freedom the sensations of flying created. Deciding to ignore his father's warnings, Icarus flew higher into the sky, closer and closer to the Sun. Slowly but surely, the wax holding his feathered wings together started to melt away and Icarus fell into the sea and drowned. Video showing artwork of the Icarus (Greek Mythology) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus STORYLINE SIGNIFICANCE Just like in the Greek mythology for Icarus, our crew is trapped on a prison, and must craft a way to fly to freedom with the unconventional materials made available to them. Daedalus and Icarus risked death for thier chance at freedom, and now our crew must do the same. The story of Icarus ends in tragedy. Will our crew meet the same fate on their crafted "Icarus"? The big EE achievement for this map might give a clue: No One Escapes Alive: In Mob of the Dead, execute the escape plan. I'm liking how in BO2 Zombies, there are pieces of the story that parallel to a previous historical/mythological events. For instance the Tower of Babble achievement in Tranzit closely paralleled the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. And it's no mistake that Die Rise is sub-named "The Great Leap Forward". SOMEBODY HINTED ICARUS TO US I wonder if the somebody01 posts on the activision forums just gained traction with this new Icarus connection: http://www.nextgenupdate.com/forums/sho ... ?p=4900880 http://callofdutyzombies.com/forum/view ... 3&p=253351 [soundcloud][/soundcloud] Did a "community troll" just grow wings? - Mix

You aren't usually this cryptic Alpha, care to elaborate? Shouldn't be any need to elaborate. It's the same drum Alpha's been beating for years. Here's a good place to start, if you need further explanation: viewtopic.php?f=100&t=23909&p=239598#p239152 - Mix

I'm interested in finding out if this floating piece of paper has any clues on it. And this super buff zombie boss that reminds me of the Nemesis zombie from the Resident Evil series... notice he has a "Guard" badge on him. And grenades strapped to his chest. I think this is the big guy with the chains you hear in the audio in Die Rise gameover screen. - Mix

These symbols look to me like Alchemical symbols/circles of transmutation. Here's an example of one Alchemy is often associated with satanism, occultism, magick spells. I've been seeing signs of possible alchemy connections in the game since at least Ascension. AlphaSnake should be stoked to see this addition in the game. I think it's either a validation of his past PAP texture theories, or another nod from Treyarch that they look at his work for storyline ideas. Either way I see it as a compliment to him. - Mix

Happy hunting everyone! I just wanted to point out that I believe this image below is of the actual Loading Screen for the MotD map. When I look at the tears along the sides of the left page, they match that of the tears on the comic pages from all the BO1 and BO2 maps. Furthermore, if you examine the way the pages lay at the spine, you'll notice the pages on the left lay a little thicker. That means we are past the halfway point of this book. And if you have checked out my Nuketown loading screen analysis thread, then you already know that NTZ was the halfway point in the loading screen comic. So order wise, this makes sense. The artist for these loading screens has been putting detail into the spine folds, and tears in the sides of the pages, to help indicate the order for each page of the comic book all along. Here's an image the Nuketown loading screen so you can see what I'm talking about The one thing that throws me off is the bottom right corner of the second page. Because it's not this: What do you guys think? - Mix

I tried to zoom in on that perk bottle logo. I can't make out anything to tell if it's Jugg or something new. - Mix

Here's an HD clip of the wonder weapon. I took a screenshot of the clearest frame at 1080p, and cropped it. - Mix

I remember Syndicate made a vid predicting that because Ollie North is involved in the game, he could potentially be a part of zombies. That's about it. Oliver North did make a cameo appearance in the campaign side of the game. However we have no word of him being involved with anything zombies related. With how much copy/paste of models in the game I've seen, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Treyarch half-assed it again and made Ollie North a playable character in a zombies map, similar to Five. I mean, just look at Nuketown Zombies for example. The map is a redecorated version of the original. We've seen the CIA character model before on CotD. And we've seen the CDC character model has been recycled from the campaign mission, Rebirth where you play as Hudson. It could happen again. But I can't hate on the idea too bad. I sure you guys know I wouldn't mind chasing Oliver North around as a zombie in Turned. :twisted: - Mix

Looks like the Zombie Riot Shield buildable will be back... - Mix

When that happens, go hack something else such as a window in need in of repair. That'll fix the looping audio glitch. - Mix

That's totally funny. I've personally never seen that glitch before (xbox). Thanks for sharing! - Mix

When I play Die Rise, and try to insert Navcard it says 'Invalid Navcard'. Maybe you have obtained the right one? I'd be interested to hear what happens when you try it out on Die Rise. - Mix

Thank you. This makes me happy. - Mix

I believe I've had that happen to me also, and I've seen it in TheRelaxingEnd's video series on 100 Ways to Die in Die Rise. BTW, your video is set to PRIVATE, so we can't view it. - mix

Wow, glad I'm not the only one looking deeper into the possible meanings of the Dragons, dragon balls, the Guardian Lions, and their relationship to divine rulers. I feel like the steps and outcome of the easter egg are much deeper in meaning that simply performing some weird mundane tasks. I remember running around the map, staring at dragon balls, counting toes on dragons, and questioning myself if I'm crazy or not for doing this. Well if I am crazy, then you guys are on the same brand of crazy as I am. From my understanding Chinese Dragons always hold the pearl under their chin. I didn't know about the Korean Dragons having the pearls in their mouth. That helps clear up a bit some confusion I've had. Can't help but think this might possibly be related In Shangri la, on the Tibetain style gongs are Illuminati writting that translates to "Beware of the Dragons Breath" I've been trying to find meaning to this. Perhaps it has to do with the Dragon balls being in the Dragon sign's mouths at the start of the EE, or the end of the Die Rise EE where the Dragon signs are actually shooting fire balls. What do you guys think? - Mix

If I'm not mistaken, the Foo Dog models in Die Rise are a recycled game asset from World at War. Guardian lion statues were also present in Dead Ops Arcade. I'd like to share this video with you. This art instructor explains why the Golden Ratio if found in sacred geometry and art, within all these various ancient cultures all around the world. The way he explains it makes perfect sense to me. His whole Yoututbe series on art using Golden Ratios in art is absolutely amazing. MyFp5joAd7s I have a POV on why the Phi is found on the chalkboard. The Golden ratio seems to be found in everything in nature. If you want to make an Teleporter Device, you have to know how the fabric of the universe works in mathmatical terms. Phi and the Golden Ratio are a piece of that puzzle. And as you know, the Golden Ratios are found in Sacred Geometry all around the world. Occultists really dig on finding parallels in different religions and mythologies. So I believe the golden ratio to important both scientifically and spiritually to the occult nazi scientists. And to them science and religion are one in the same. - Mix

I'm one of the Mule Kick haters... Reason I hate it is because there are times where bad things happen, and I need to pull out my panic weapon (ie Thunder Gun) to blow all the zombies away or else die. So many times with Mule Kick equipped, I've hit the "Y" button and pulled out the wrong weapon. I don't pull out my best weapon that would save my ass. Instead I pull out another useless automatic weapon. In the panic moment, muscle memory tends to take over and I hit the "Y" button only once, without thinking which weapon is going to come out. Having only two weapons in the inventory makes this thought process much easier. I either have the panic weapon in hand, or I don't. So this perk has actually kills me on several occasions. And so many times when I've gone down from it, I realized there was absolutely no reason for me to need 3 guns. The only time Mule Kick looks attractive to me, is on really high levels where ammo is scarce. Having an extra weapon so you don't have to go spin the box midround can be an advantage. This perk takes a back seat to all other perks. You'll have much more tactical advantage with perks like Doubletap, Speedcola, Deadshot and Phd Flopper. And I also feel this perk machine has tainted the classic maps. Especially NDU. - Mix

Good stuff Shooter. I was wondering if I was the only one seeing a greater symbolic meaning into the Foo Dogs and the balls with the Flower of Life designs on them on Die Rise. But I didn't want to make a thread about it because I figured most will just interpret it as me injecting a bunch of occult stuff that has no bearing on the actual story. I've been guilty of that and wrong on several occassions (but not all). Glad to see you've also acquired knowledge on the meaning of the Flower of Life, and Metatron's Cube. I find that stuff fascinating to learn about. I'd like to point out a common misconception. The Moon Egg is not the same as the balls on Die Rise. They have very different designs on them. The Moon egg has no Flower of Life design on it. Let me show you... See, they're different. Still doesn't take away the importance and power of the balls on Die Rise for me though. Spiral Out, - Mix

I see your points Shooter. But I think they are near-sighted, and missing the bigger picture here. Even JFK is just another disposable pawn in the grand scheme of things. I believe there is a Puppet Master here (the Illuminati) playing both sides against each other, for mutual competition to speed up the technological space race. This competition between the two super-powers is set up for the Illuminati to win. Keep in mind we see the Illuminati image shows up on TV monitors in both FIVE and Ascension. We also see GK logos, our Illuminati front company, in both maps. Why do the Russians have Top Secret US documents on the Tesla Death Ray? Because both sides are being led by the Illuminati... for a mutual purpose... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have some things to point out about the Radio messages too... Gersch just admitted that Project Mercury and the Gersch Device are inner-linked. Yuri is complaining about blasting monkeys into the atmosphere. NASA was blasting monkeys into the atmosphere. Russia was sending dogs and cats into space at the time. From my understanding, the Russians didn't experiment with sending monkeys into space until the mid 80's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I noticed you avoided my evidence about NASA Project Mercury monkeys fighting us. Those are NASA's Project Mercury space monkeys in Project Mercury capsules being sent to fight us. If this part of Project Mercury was meant to be somehow Russian, I'd expect zombified Laika's crashing down in Sputnik capsules instead. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOTH SPACE PROGRAMS ARE OCCULT Let's look at the culture of both space programs. Both sprouted out of the remnants of Occult Nazi Scientists. - On the US side, you already know about Operation Paperclip, Wernher von Braun, V-2 Rockets, the Manhattan Project, and all that jazz. I'm not going to bother rehashing it all here. It's basically common knowledge around here that the beginnings of the US space program and nuclear projects all spawned from Nazi Germany's leftover scientists who escaped their warcrimes. The reason I think Project Mercury is referenced in zombies out of all the NASA space programs, is because that project oozed with occultism. Words like "Mercury" and "Redstone" Rocket have occult meaning to them. They fit into the occult mythology of the Philospher's Stone. In my research I've even found an image of a Black Sun in the cockpit of the Friendship 7 capsule. That was also part of the Mercury Project. - On the Russian side, we have the Ascension Group. Russia's own version of Operation Paperclip. Who are the Asension Group? Watch this... EXECUTIVE ORDER INTRO CINEMATIC g3qOBgRekdg (@ 0:13 - Interogater Hudson: "Take out the Ascension Group. Nazis, scientists, co-oped by the Russians after the war" [WW2] Mason: "We needed thier knowledge, what they learned") Also could that be an All-Seeing Eye at the end of the Cinematic?... Let's also look at the WMD intro cinematic because it mentions the Freidrick Steiner, the Nazi scientist who was co-oped by the Russians 7ALVcJQhA-8 Notice Fredrick Steiner in that clip.... That same film clip shows up in Kino der Toten To further my evidence supporting that the Ascension scientists are of the same breed as the ex-nazi scientist the US retrieved, lets look at the Ascension logo. If we simply look at the logo for Ascension, we see it has ties back to Der Riese Let's look at the common themes in the design for both signs: - type of metal and the amount of corrosion on it - the grated background texture - the rounded corners framing the sign - the thickness in terms of depth from the shapes being extruded off the background. Even composition for the Ascension logo is occult in nature. It follows a composition called "The Philosopher's Stone" http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clauspat/stonea.htm So there you have it, both US and Russian space programs were filled with ex-Nazi scientists. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More still to come... - Mix

I'm going to be brutally honest here guys... I'm a bit disappointed that this thread has been up here for an entire month, and NO ONE has mentioned any of the Project Mercury references from this map. They are right in your face. And I thought this was suppose to be an Asylum worthy thread?.... Keep in mind Project Mercury was a US led space project, not Russian. Project Mercury was a NASA program that helped launch the first US astronauts into space. During this project there were lots of rocket tests involving laboratory primates. PROJECT MERCURY REFERENCE IN ASCENSION RADIOS Kz3Vu20YoQ4 The question must be asked... Why are Russian Scientists talking about being involved in a NASA space project? They must be working together. PROJECT MERCURY SPACE MONKEYS Check out the uniforms on the space monkeys They are an exact match of the uniforms Project Mercury Chimpanzees, such as Ham and Enos, wore during their Project Mercury rocket flights. The one thing that throws me off though is that the Ascension space monkeys have tails. And Chimpanzees don't have tails. It's worth noting that both NASA and Russian space projects have used Rhesus monkeys in their experiments. But I personally feel that the Ascension space monkeys look more like Chimps with tails than they do Rhesus monkeys. If you want to see examples of what a Rhesus monkey looks like ingame, go to Shangri-la or Rebirth Island. The capsules that the Ascension space monkeys drop down into the map from are directly from Project Mercury too. The US space monkeys from Project Mercury are helping relieve the Russian zombies fight against us at a secret Russian Cosmodrome The NASA and Russian space programs are literally taking turns on beating our players up! The only logical answer as to why that would be, is that they are working together And I still have more to cover on this topic.... Stay tuned - Mix

I always thought the perk machines were being tossed out of the mushroom cloud, rather than falling out of the sky. I don't know this for sure though. I'd have to dive into theater mode to take a closer look at where the machines originally spawn from. I'm sure PINNAZ probably already knows... I've always felt there is a demonic force behind the zombies and perk machines. And it just feels right that these 115 powered machines are popping out of the radiation and heat of a nuclear blast. Sure is an interesting new way to introduce the perk machines into the map. I like it. - Mix

After reading the OP, the grammar nazi in me no longer has blue eyes. They're bleeding.

Some textures are always going to be too blurry to read. This might be one of those instances. For example, when it came to trying to read the fine print on the Moon Loading screen, I had the raw files to work with. But it didn't matter how high of rez I extracted the texture as. Most details were just too faint in the raw image file to ever read.