DeathBringerZen

I like this thought. Could Al be his OWN critic? Maybe he never approached anyone with them at all, and would write his own critical comments. An artist is his own worst critic after all. Hmm...

No need to 'Spit the dummy' man. Because I am. Why is this an issue for you? I want to know how many respectable people can confirm this. You have been one to confirm it from your point of view, but that does NOT make it fact. I understand why you are pushing it as fact though. You played 'Turned' and it looked to you that it does NOT affect rank. Cool. Problem is, others have reported otherwise, and some are people I consider respectable members of this community. Now... you are saying it changed in a recent patch, yes? Well, there is NOTHING in the patch notes to suggest this happened, and apart from a vague tweet from a possibly unreliable Jimmy, then what else is there to confirm this as fact? Do you have this match on 'Turned' uploaded anywhere for me to see? If not, then your word is not fact! Eitherway, I think we should end this debate between each other. It is getting a little non-constructive.

Look mate, I already said I am not looking to get into an argument with you on this, but what makes you so special? You said... "When have I ever lied?" I already said I DON'T KNOW YOU, except from posting on this forum, so I do not necessarily take your word for anything and everything. Now... you said it does not affect rank, and others have said otherwise. Why should I take your word for it over them then? Because you are a regular poster? I have seen regular posters get it spectacularly wrong in the past, so why is this any different? I also said I am looking for a collective opinion, so you have given me yours, and I have accepted it could indeed be the case that you are right in replies to Infest. Now that I have your opinion on it, I will wait and see what others say. Thanks for the input.

Cool. So the general census is that it definitely DID affect a players rank at one point in time, but that may have changed somewhere down the line. Well, if we only have this one text from Jimmy to go by, I am going to have to remain cautious on this matter. From what BSZ said in his own 'Turned' thread, he took over 100 downs in one day. I would expect that to de-rank ANYONE, and if it did not affect his ranking, then possibly only 'Turned' has been changed. I would really love some clarity from the Dev's on this one though. :(

How long ago was this Infest? I am trying to establish if they have actually changed this recently, as the tweet and BSZ is claiming, or if Jimmy is just out of the loop, when it comes to the technical sides of the game. He definitely got the 'Invite Only' deal wrong, and I am trying to see if anyone knows if, since introducing 'Grief' without Jug on MotD, that maybe they changed the stipulations in order to attract more users over to these game modes. If they DID change the rules, you would think that they would have announced it somewhat more that just a vague tweet.

And how do I know you are not lying. I don't know you from Adam, and I am not going to take one persons opinion over more who disagree. I am just looking for a collective of opinions. I read your post and it is vague at best. You are the only person to post in it that made the claim. I have saw a user 'ItchyTrigger0' rank all the way to shotguns playing only Grief. He does not play anything else... nothing. So... if he ranked up playing only Grief, and I saw this myself as he is on my friends list, then I am inclined to believe that it does, than from someone who swears blindly it does not. EDIT: Please note though, that it was partially YOUR post that made me look into it more. There has been several posts on the Activision forum from people saying they lost their knife or shotguns through playing 'Turned', and if several people say this is the case, why should I not take consideration into it? You did not post factual evidence... just your opinion based on your own games. I am not looking to turn this into an argument with you though, so I will wait and see what others say on this.

No disrespect intended mate, but I am looking for more than just your opinion on this, and YES, I did read your post. You say "w/proof" yet there is people who say they HAVE been de-ranked from playing, so I am not just going to go by your post alone as proof. Sorry. I am also reaching out to people who play Grief, to see if it is the case with that game mode also. If several people come forward and say it definitely does not, then fair enough... but for your own proof, there is several who will completely disagree with you.

I like the spot with the incomplete sketch of the building on Die Rise. Another thing that could possible like Arlington to being the artist behind the story. I notice all the comments are critical mistakes, made by a Comic Book Publisher no doubt. Rather harsh with a few of them. lol. Can't get anything from the comments. Was hoping there was something to Arlington getting this particular piece criticized, but nothing obvious stands out. Surely there must be a reason for this artwork!? Eitherway, love the post Requix... Keep them coming.

Hmm... well, maybe it doesn't affect rank then after all. Reason I always thought it did though, was that several threads got created over on the Activision Forum from people claiming they lost their Shotguns or Knife due to playing 'Turned', and obviously everyone has seen the numerous 'Turned ruined my Rank!' threads on here too. Still doubt I will be going to play it anytime soon though... 'Turned' is terrible in my opinion. Tried it twice and doubt I would EVER try it again. Will try looking at some older posts on this.

Hey guys. So, someone mentioned on the Activision forum today, that there is gossip going around that rank is no longer affected when playing 'Turned' or 'Grief'!? I chorkle at the mere suggestion, but cannot help be curious at the same time. Surely it is ridiculous to imagine Grief not affecting rank? But I was wondering if they had maybe changed the perimeters of Turned so people were not 'Turned Off' if you will. Anyway... without the will (and fear of de-ranking!) to go in and actually play the awful Turned to test it out, I was wondering if anyone knew if these rumors are true. Jimmy put this tweet out... Do care. Custom NO leaderboards, public for leaderboards. Classic and survival affect rank, NOT modes. Jimmy's tweet IS somewhat suggestive, but then again, he is the same Jimmy who said... "Set to invite only" when challenged as to how players can enter a ranked 2-3 player match without randoms joining the lobby!?!..... SMH There is a video by someone called EverythingPiff, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsTXBGfyKgg where he talked about it. I highly doubt what he is saying is true, but the tweet is definitely suggestive. I am calling BS on it, but... anyone out there able to confirm this?

Completely agree. I only play zombies now. Used to be a big gamer. Always got the latest Tiger Woods, FIFA, NFS etc, but now it is ONLY zombies. I am not sure why everyone keeps bashing the XBOXOne launch. So what if it showed off all the 'other' features that the console does... it still plays GAMES! What did everyone expect? a 45 mins 'just games' expose? Obviously they were going to show a ton of other features. Still does not mean we need to use them. And as for the always on feature... I am sure it will not be implemented in the end, and if it does, it does not put me off. I am always connected anyway. The pre-owned fee is a confusing one, but we will judge that one when it comes to seeing EXACTLY what it entails. As for the future of zombies. I would be extremely surprised if they canned zombies. It has grown in users sooo fast. They will not end it here. Maybe a reboot of the story is in order, as this one has spiraled a little, but irregardless of where they go with the story, consider it as a given, that zombies will reappear in Treyarch's next game until told otherwise.

If you were playing a map on BO1 or BO2 without a wonderweapon or trap at your disposal, then yes, it would take well over 100 hours to reach round 100, if even possible. Normal weapons are useless, as you will know yourself, and trying to kill zombies with a weapon that is doing nothing will result in the zombie dying off by themselves and respawning, so by say round 70-75, you will not be able to physically kill zombies before they respawn, making the rounds technically impossible. Difference here though, is that WaW Shi No Numa, only spawns 24 zombies per round, MAXIMUM, so it is possible with the use of the Wunderwaffe, to go well past 100 on WaW. A lot of long term players out there have surpassed 100 on it. My personal best was 133. Took around... 8-9 hours? It is by FAR, the easiest map of them all to break 100. Next would have to be MotD or Ascension.

I think, without the Tweet from Voderhaar, we already knew that DLC 3 was due in 3-4 weeks anyway. Still, this does somewhat confirm it.

I have to agree. They do a lot of these things intentionally, and Mars is something that has been brought up many a time by this community due to Shangri La, and of course, the Dev's tweets to each other, and to us. I doubt it means much, but it probably IS intentional.

I admit that this is truly impressive, but not something I would go out of my way to attempt. It would be dependent on luck to much. Still a very impressive feat nonetheless.

No, unfortunately kills did not count when using traps on WaW or on BO1. I got to round 106 on Ascension, and only recorded around 4000 kills as I used traps from something like 45 onwards. Same goes for the electric traps on Kino. They never recorded as player kills.

Well, when I did it, we did everything else first. We got the Redeemer, the Golden Spork, the 2 songs and the 4 numbers in the sequencer. We were on the last step basically, and I ran the bridge until I had 4 Brutus', and had the other players spam the box on Alcatraz. When Brutus spawned over on the island, we shot at the Brutus' at the same time. The one on the island was first to be de-capped, then the 4 on the bridge. Not sure if everyone heard the bells, but I did on the bridge, and it was like a church bell playing 5 times. Tried a few things afterwards, but nothing. I threw grenades into the pit but no different sounds. Maybe we need a certain amount of grenade kills after getting this? Brutus does drop a smoke grenade when we de-cap him, so could be a way to get a 'Special Grenade' of sorts?

I was going to contribute my own opinion on this subject, but after reading MMX's post, there is nothing I could say that he did not already say himself, so rather than tread on anyone's toes, I will just say ^^^THIS!

Yeah, I still cannot understand why people think it is possible for Area 51 to be on a floating chuck on Earth, broken free from the planet after the missile strike, just because we can see earth behind the facility. For a start, the Earth model is the same size and diameter as the Earth we see on the Moon, which would mean we would need to be the same distance on Area 51 to Earth as we would be on the Moon. This would guarantee we would be outside of the Earths atmosphere, and thus, we would not have the Orange/Red glow to the skyline. Infact, our skyline would be space itself.

Good compilation Shooter. Handy to have these at hand for those who enjoy studying the quotes. Like me. :D

Really loving this thread. Awesome job putting all this together. I am enjoying reliving all the thoughts and theories of Tranzit once more. +1 KeredNomrah69

Damn... you are one of the only people I have spoken to that knew who it was in my profile pic. +1 for HypeRedemtion also. :D

Hmm... that is worth trying. It does appear to be a notification sound though, like all the other ones, so it is probably a one time deal. Will definitely try it anyway. No harm in checking.

Exactly my thoughts. I am more than willing to investigate it further, as I find it difficult to believe that the devs would not have disabled the sound from activating if it was not finished. Either way, it is something new for us to look into. Yes, it could be a clue to Big Ben, and possibly a London based map, but my feeling is that it is more related to the current map, as opposed to a reference for a future map.

Yes, once the 4 on the bridge are de-capped, and the 1 on the island is also, then the sound is triggered, so by logic, it would mean that 5 is all that is required to trigger whatever it is that we needed activate. According to PTG, the 'Hells Bells' EE was never finished by the Devs. Not exactly sure how they found this out, so take it as it is. No harm is continuing the search, as they themselves have said they are no longer looking into it. Still waiting for their final reveal, which I am sure will be soon enough. I have not had the opportunity to try changing the rhythm of the way the Brutus' are de-capped though. Maybe you just need to shoot the hats off 5 in any single round, anywhere on the map. Will test it out anyway and see if anything comes from it.