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really? i expected cheese puffs, and not too many (y'know, CARBS). but zombies would be ok i guess. I actually did something involving zombies and cheese puffs once... or at least did it to one of my friends.. *oh god* pray do tell

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really? i expected cheese puffs, and not too many (y'know, CARBS). but zombies would be ok i guess.

No. Sophia did not work under Groph. The only person she worked was Maxis. That's it. Neither her or Maxis have ever been to Griffin Station, aside from Maxis being there during the last Moon radio. Oh, and her and Maxis were not involved. There was simply attraction between the two. She was an assistant, nothing more. And the process of taking control of the zombies in Aether/Vril pyramid is MUCH different than swapping souls with another host. The process wouldn't be quite as complicated as it was on Moon as it would be a different process entirely. I'm glad you're TRYING to keep things straight here, but when it comes to a discussion in which we have no solid evidence to base our opinion, brainstorming is all we can do momentarily. Yeah? yeah.

im not 100% sure about this but i thought that sophia worked under groph on the moon. if that is the case she might be MIA. she may want revenge on richtofen for killing maxis who she was involved with. you are right though, they were not married. also if it takes 2 artifacts that are not only RARE, but completely one of a kind, plus the harnessed power of 200 souls channelled through an alien machine to switch souls ONCE, i doubt sam can just 'switch to a more suitable host" all willy nilly. i mean i wouldnt be surprised if she did find SOME way to do it, but maybe not by the first map. so it COULD be sam, just as it COULD be sophia, and it COULD be a new character. the only real indicator that it may be a new character is that we cant prove that it is an old character. i really have no idea, but im just trying to keep things straight. "detective, false alarm. we thought it was a homicide, but the man simply had a heart attack while having sex." "well isn't that--" **le epic putting on of shades** "--anti-climactic." YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is more along the lines of what i want to see in zombies rather than what i want to see in the trailer, but... i definitely want to see somenew perks. lets face it - deadshot daiquiri, stamin-up, and double tap arent all that popular. i mean, i dont want them to have 20 perks to choose from, but if any were to be replaced i'd pick those. i use the others pretty routinely, but that doesnt mean i dont use those! well maybe not double tap but i occasionally buy the others depending on the situation. more on topic, i'd like to see some info about perks. maybe a glimpse of the new one(s), or a clip of their jingle. or maybe like they did in COTD a glimpse of the emblem on your HUD. that would give us a major hint without giving it away completely. gun-wise, it has been stated that we will be using 80s guns. jesus i hope we have an AK47! otherwise i'd like to see the briefest possible glimpse of a wonder weapon. and i mean, a flash of it cycling through the box brief. i want to see the new players as well. is it our four heroes? i think so, but we may know in two days time. what the hell is up with this bus? that will surely be explained, and i will be very glad of it. but most of all, WHAT THE HELL IS THE BOSS?!?! i still think it may be some electro beastie because of all of the sounds. plus we are getting another called burp. what could that mean? burping implies having recently eaten something (presumeably us) . oh god! thats my wishlist nice and spread out. oh yeah, and on the topic of electricity, to me the first sound, i think it was called power, sounds a bit like a giant EMP incoming. remember the mission second sun from MW2? kinda like that only we can hear it whistling towards us from the sky (maybe even the moon? wink wink )

Hey guys, updated the OP to include a few more little pieces of speculation. I also explain the bus theory a little more. Check it out and lemme know whatcha think.

I need a goofing around class. This one could also work for search and destroy. Tee hee hee! I LOOOOOOVE classes made to be perfect for specific game modes. In black ops I had classes for SND, capture the flag, and domInation. Primary Weapon: SMG Primary Attachment: Silencer, Rapid fire Secondary: N/A Secondary Attach: N/A Perk 1: Ghost, Blind eye Park 2: Cold Blooded Perk 3: Extreme conditioning, Dexterity Lethal: N/A Tactical: N/A Wildcards: Perk 1 greed, Perk 3 greed

I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUTURE! But on topic, I made a thread solely about BTTF yesterday. It included this and a few other BIG connections; you should check it out. I think the references are too numerous to go unnoticed. But as you said it might just be a hint at us going back to the future in the timeline. I still like the idea of teleporting to THREE different times in one map. For example: pre-development farmland, 80s city, and post-apocalyptic hell.

That would be yours truly. Your idea about it riding around to certain bus stops and stopping for a short while and then carrying on is exactly what I was thinking. Also the analogy was excellent! Great job. ]

I totally understand what you mean. Personally I think it's a robot or something. All of the stuff you just said makes sense, except for the crash thing. If it did crash, who would go to the trouble of putting it back on the track (since we can assume it is in working order when we are on the map) and not even get rid of the corpse in the seat? Your reasoning on the seatbelt is excellent though. But as you said I don't mean to just throw away good ideas. I'm simply defending My idea, Just like what you're doing with yours. Both are just as possible, I just think the non-living humanoid seems more likely TO ME!

In the bird's eye view in the trailer you an see the bus is set into grooves in the ground. This makes sense since it would only ever need to go on one path If it was run by a computer. Since it is on the track it is impossible that it could have crashed, or it would be off of the track. So I stand by the idea that it is a mannequin or a robot. Also if zombies are capable of jumping twenty feet on ascension, why wouldn't it be able to free itself from a feeble band around its waist and attack you? Wouldn't we hear it freaking out in the seat? As I said, it can't have crashed so if it was a zombie it would still be there re-alive. Since it isn't, it has to be a robot. You might argue "a player probably just shot it!" but then it would slump forward in the seat. The driver is obviously in an erect upright position from the glimpses we've seen of him. If he was strapped in over the shoulder too he would remain relatively upright though. But his head would still obviously be lolling to the side or forward. So yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not a zombie.

If it was a dead guy wouldn't he turn into a zombie? I think it is driven by the computer but there is just a mannequin / robot guy there just for aesthetics.

Super smash brothers brawl. YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID. ...just sayin. No it is not. And even if it is. His point still stands. I hope that you were beeing sarcastic. Don't worry I was joking! Sorry! I should know better since the leaked info thread incident...

Hey guys! There were a few references to the back to the future series in another thread which got me thinking (as usual). This is a theory on the map we are going to be seeing and how it might be a nod towards the series. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, here's a recap on the first movie. Anyway, three bits of recent info stuck out at me: The bus The WaltZ The Diner Here's the connection I see. Another thing to note is that on der reise richtofen makes a joke about 1.21 gigawatts. This was probably just a random joke at the time, but it seems to me they may make a few nods towards the movies in the next map. Even the time frame seems to fit. The only error I see is that in the preview the sky is red, suggesting that the missiles have hit. Seems to me like the time shown in the preview is the furthermost in the future for this map. I know it seems crazy, but give it a thought. Here are the links to the WaltZ and the song earth angel. This is the song Marty's parents listen to in the moment they fall in love at the prom. The beginning sounds almost identica to the WaltZ, huh? Earth angel: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VJcGi4-n_Yw WaltZ: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G65-CDgrgEM UPDATE Hey guys, just to clarify, this is how I think the bus will function based on this theory. The actual flux capacitor activates when the vehicle goes a certain speed (88 miles per hour to be exact). However I believe that IF the bus is capable of time travel it will need to go a certain DISTANCE. This way you would simply ride around the block a while until you has gone far enough. However, as we saw on the trailer, the bus moves painfully slowly. This will mean that if we want to time travel we will have to survive in the bus for a minute while completely besieged by the undead. What a risky price to pay! One other thing. In the preview we here a voice near the beginning. Directly following it I think I hear richtofen's voice! It's really quiet so I can't be sure. Anyway, on topic, many have thought that it might be possible to play as characters from Back to the Future, alongside the fearsome foursome. Can anyone identify the voice heard in the trailer as any of the back to the future gang's? Maybe doc brown, Marty, Marty's dad, and Marty's girlfriend/mom? Just a thought. I CALL DOC BROWN! GREAT SCOTT!

Super smash brothers brawl. YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID. ...just sayin.

I love how things have picked up 'round here lately. It went from a post every hour to 8 posts in 7 minutes! Well THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY! On topic, I INSTANTLY thought of that scene from back to the future. Hmm.

I stand by the idea that this is some electro boss. Maybe This is in a ballroom, and whenever the boss passes electrical stuff (traps, soda machines, MUSIC PLAYERS) it makes them malfunction. The music is probably part of the background. Or maybe... The boss hides somewhere on the far corners of the map. The only way to find it is to follow whatever eerie music it plays. It gets excited as you approach. It gets hungrier. Then you turn a corner, and the resonating sound of an amp getting unplugged sounds out as the boss is revealed. And then it attacks, and none of us are ready for it. Quoting dunbarian, I would piss my pants and go cry the first time that happened. I REALLY hope they reveal this kind of thing in the trailer.

This thread is hilarious. It's just too bad we're all being "supervised"; it will probably get locked. I agree, their method of revealing the plot through quotes and Easter eggs shouldn't change. If the plot was handed to us on a silver platter it would ruin the fun and mystery of it.

I have posted this before. It is from RE I think. "although multiplayer is progressing into the future, do not fear. We will still be fighting the undead with ye ol' 1980's weapons" Cyborg zombies? That's just STUPID!

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I love hearing about personal preferences uou guys have. It may be a bit early on to decide, because most of us haven't played MP yet, but what kind of classes are you going to make? Feel free to throw together a class and post it here! Keep in mind the pick ten system. NOTE: we may not know the effectiveness of certain weapons, so you can just say things like "SMG" or "Assault rifle" if you wish. Don't bother with score streaks. Also as I said, don't use actual gun names, just the gun categories. Here are the categories. Assault Rifles Sniper Rifles SMGs Shotguns LMGs Pistols Launchers Assault shields Try and format it like this: Primary weapon: Primary attachment(s): Secondary weapon: Secondary attachment(s): Perk 1: Perk 2: Perk 3: Lethal equipment: Tactical equipment: Wildcards: Here's mine! Primary weapon: Assault rifle Primary attachment(s): ACOG sights Secondary weapon: N/A Secondary attachment(s): N/A Perk 1: hardline, lightweight Perk 2: Scavenger Perk 3: extreme conditioning, engineer Lethal equipment: Semtex Grenade Tactical equipment: N/A Wildcards: Perk 1 Greed, Perk 3 Greed GO FOR IT CODZ!

When you see the zombie clinging to the bus, the only thing lit up by the eyes are the zombie's own face, but barely. the light seen in the place I mentioned Is clearly illuminating the backs of the zombie's in front of it. Like, really noticeably lighting them up. And as I said before, the zombie on the bus is much closer to us than the light I pointed out. Why then would it's eyes appear so much less bright under the same lighting conditions? Because the other light isn't eyes! The only other place we saw any form of electricity is the dg-2 (unlikely), electro traps (even more unlikely), and zombies on CotD. The lighting is too wierdon that map so we can't really tell whether it illuminates them there. Another thing I noticed is that george's stage light illuminates walls and zombies. What could this mean? Time will tell! TLDR: I still don't think it's just eyes; i bet it's a Boss zombie.

Care packages are my favorite (it's like a MP mystery box) but for the sake of progress I need to sacrifice it. :cry: UAV - with this active, every kill your teammates get gives you 25 score points. With hard line it gives you 30. You could theoretically only get one or two kills with this active and get a dragonfire from your pals. Dragonfire - apparently its easy to shoot down, but the recon drone was too. But I'll be damned if I haven't tagged twenty people with one drone. Tee hee hee! not positive on this, so i might switch it up with the orbital VSAT lodestar, or swarm. Swarm would be fan-friggin-tastic. Orbital VSAT would be excellent too. Plus, the way I see it, lodestar is the closest I'm going to get to filling the void in my heart left by the ac130's departure. :cry:

Hey guys. It seems some people believe there is a zombie or enemy capable of throwing fire. Here is why I don't think that is too far off! Ok, so the zombies in the teaser are on fire. However it is only a few. What if there were an enemy like George, only he sets them on fire instead of electrifying them? Also a while back avogadro's law was posted on twitter. Avogadro is directly related to gas, which to me suggests combustion. So maybe there is an enemy like "the Avogadro beast" or something which attacks you with fire while increasing the speed and damage of normal zombie's. Also some signs seem to be pointing towards electricity, especially all of the sound teasers. So, maybe there is a George style enemy which electrifies them as well as attacking you? This way there could be two enemy types who come. It would be pointless to program two identical enemies with slight differences in appearance, so maybe electricity speeds them up, and fire gives them a power boost. It could be like shriekers and napalm on shangri-la, only with "the Avogadro beast" and "the tesla fiend" or something. How could this fit in story-wise? No idea! We know we are getting 2 more sound teasers so maybe they will support this theory. The first 3 seem to point towards an electro boss though. Only time will tell. Edit: as of now the only things that can set zombies on fire are flamethrowers in WaW and the upgraded Olympia. However the zombies who are killed by the Olympia are only on fire once they actually die. So the way I see it either we have a fire boss, a fire wonderweapon, or flamethrowers can't say I'd be disappointed by any of those! Edit #2: 9/24/12 8: 27 PM the fourth sound also supports the electric half of the theory, as the song is interrupted by static. also i have come to the conclusion that the sound "Power" could be a giant EMP. here is the MW2 mission second sun. if we saw the actual missile incoming it would make a whistling noise, like the kind heard in the teaser. even the bang and the wierd aftershock noise sounds similar. POWER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoJmYnZtqWI SECOND SUN EMP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4vlp5yWKk maybe? maybe not? im not so sure but it reminded me of it at first. what do you guys think?