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3 minutes ago, LiamFTWinter said:

Rocket seen at the far right of the image is pretty interesting 

It looks like one, with all the support beams off to the sides. I would disagree @Stop Mocking Me0; while it does resemble the top mast of a boat such as in Call of the Dead, the middle object is too wide and tall to be a mast or even crane - it's also very solid and full with no holes in it. If you look closer you can't even see the hull (if it were a boat/ship), and if you did claim it to be so, that is one hell of a small boat with a top nearly 5x its height haha.

Anyone ignoring the huge castle that's been renovated like some kind of top facility? Clearly German work (in fact, the lower base near the bottom of the picture looks a lot like Griffin Station from Moon). It could be an allusion to the infamous Castle of Wewelsburg.

Castle of Wewelsburg

"In 1933, Heinrich Himmler signed a 100-year lease for the 17th-century Wewelsburg Castle. At that point in time, the interior of the structure was badly decaying, but Himmler saw potential in the triangle-shaped hilltop castle for use as a training facility for the SS, which he commanded.

Many prominent Nazi leaders harkened back to mythology and legend to influence their plans for world domination. Himmler himself was fascinated with prophecy and magical power. Desperately wanting to set up a facility to teach these values to SS soldiers, Himmler began working to turn Wewelsburg into a non-military training facility focused on the occult, pagan rituals and making Wewelsburg the center of the world.

Himmler viewed Wewelsburg as the Grail Castle, and believed that when the Nazis were the rulers of the entire world, artifacts from the castle would radiate magical power. Much work was put into acquiring such artifacts as the Spear of Destiny, which Hitler himself had claimed showed him his future.

Along with artifacts from around the world that the SS were working to acquire, Wewelsburg became the center of a number of pagan rituals led by Himmler. Although the exact nature of the rituals are unknown, it is clear that baptism-like rituals took place, and a former cistern in the castle was turned into a crypt also used for ritual. After the Allies took control of the castle, a round table with 12 chairs was also discovered, an obvious reference to King Arthur and his knights.

During the 12 years that the SS had control of Wewelsburg, the castle was far from finished and the grand plans Himmler had in mind were not completed. Himmler had hoped to design a castle with a circular fortification around the hill, and a gigantic moat. To create the moat, the SS had ordered the evacuation of the surrounding town, and were intending on flooding the entire valley around Wewelsburg.

Due to the massive amount of work, Himmler also set up his own private concentration camp, formed mostly of criminals, prisoners of war and Roma people to use as slave labor in restoring the castle. The camp, called Niederhagen, held 4,000 people of which more than half died. As the Nazis were losing the war, Himmler ordered the castle demolished and a fire was set inside.

Although most of the interior was destroyed, the exterior walls were preserved and Wewelsburg was turned into a museum for reflecting on the horrors of the Nazi regime and Himmler’s bizarre plan for world domination."

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/infamous-castle-of-wewelsburg

At first, the language seems to be Polish/German. But the way the words abruptly flow into the next couple syllables per pronunciation, it does appear backwards.

4 hours ago, Nightmare Voyager said:

Speaking of perma perks, I noticed on the Giant last night that barriers started rebuilding really fast compared to usual and once I finished that game I got in another game, it was definitely slower so is that something?

There's this rumor floating around that Speed Cola displays a faster boarding animation...but the speed of the actual repairing is questionable.

Upgraded swords + running traps down in subway = very good time.

Also, get a shotgun like the Haymaker with Blast Furnace.

You're gonna need it.

If anyone says they don't like The Giant, then they simply don't like Der Riese and anything before that. Plain and simple.

To be honest, I was never a big fan of Der Riese myself...I guess all the overhype killed it for me and [considering I hopped onto Zombies during Black Ops] it was just simple like Kino der Toten, the first Zombies map I truly began playing. But seeing how they re-imagined a classic map to feel at home with slight revisions makes me happy. Gives you a sense of returning back one last time with the new twist of a chilling atmosphere, prolonged storyline, all the works.

Plus if the most recent The Giant trailer didn't make you horny then I don't know what will.

This post gave me confusion.

I figured something was not right when the Player calls himself "Taylor". It feels like Treyarch looked at their twisted scenarios in Black Ops and re-introduced them to create an even crazier plot twist. In the words of Robot Chicken, "WHAT A TWIST!".

After reading several comments across the interwebs about the ending, someone brought up the idea that the Player purging their DNI evidently entangled Taylor's mind with the Player's. And to be honest I would love for that to be the case if the journals hadn't existed. But because they do and explicitly tell of the Player's death, it rustles my jimmies.

Great job breaking my mind, Treyarch.

1) Survive past Round 20 without Zombie Shield.

It's because the final gateworm doesn't appear at all.

Source: Two straight days on Solo gone to waste.

9 hours ago, jaxzy said:

I'm pretty sure previous easter eggs have be solved or helped by people file digging. Wasn't Moon done by file digging on the first day?

 

I know its not right or anything and should be done properly but yeah, shit happens haha

But that defeats the purpose of hunting, y'know? It's like no matter how stuck you get, there's some little cheatsheet within the core game to guide you in the right direction. As someone who avidly goes EE hunting whenever a new map is dropped, I love working together with people and finding the next solution through hard work, not file digging.

And the past was mostly found by pure luck. If I recall, Moon was found because someone was told all the steps prior to the map coming out, making Moon the fasted EE ever to be completed. Everything beyond was done by the group that shall not be named (for the most part).

And hey - I'm all for completing EEs haha, so I can die happy knowing SoE was solvable. But at the same time, I don't like the method of finding that last step.

And would you believe that the only reason it was completed was because someone from Reddit dug into the audio files and noticed a peculiar sound file that mentioned a "boss step", and told AB to interact with it and see what happens.

That's the only reason this EE was solved.

While I'm happy he is the first in the world to complete it, I'm disappointed the community resorted to file-digging just to get some kind of hint. It's like having your phone out during a math test.

I'm not saying it was magic

but it was magic.

Welcome to the community, friendo! 

It's always good to have many YouTubers that join our community. As usual, make sure you read the Code of Conduct so you can have the best experience here. As always, happy slayin'! :)

I hit 27/28 yesterday with @Boom trying to do the Easter Egg. Boy, was it tough. :P

I'm guessing you got to that area via train then? Those traps are extremely brutal and are amazing; however the Margwas are unaffected by it so things can get pretty heated if they start showing up.

Gotta try this sometime though!

Sure it wasn't ordinary power ups? If I'm not mistaken, the original Flytrap EE had power up drops in the mix as well.

Y'all are haters - I love this remix tenfold. Not saying the original is lesser than this (as it's just a remix of a classic tune we know and cherish), but it just fits very well with the theme of The Giant plus futuristic weaponry.

I love how they keep using some of the emblems based off the original ones in Black Ops. Brings me back to see certain designs with a little more flavor.

Whoever designs these things needs a raise, amiright @Donald Trump?

@PINNAZ, if I throw some money at you, please send me this. I must have it in my life haha.

Welcome back on the saddle again, friendo! :) Glad to see you once more, and just in time too!

Welcome to the community, my fellow friendo! As being a citizen of this wornderful [zombie] nation already, it's great to have you back slaying meatsacks with us. :)

This is definitely one of our largest projects yet - and couldn't have been done without our community. Your unending support and donations made this possible. 

And a special thanks to Craig for being the mad scientist behind the project. We REALLY couldn't have this beautiful system without you, friendo. 

Cause I'm Obama yes I'm the real 'bama all you others Obamas are just wanna-bamas so won't the real Obama please stand up, please stand up, please stand up?

@Stop mocking me0 We don't know for sure what happened beyond Buried. While the Earth gets destroyed despite which side you choose (or no side if you consider neutrality an option), it seems like Maxis' side is more canon as he passes into Agartha and let's the N4 know that nobody on Earth will survive unfortunately.

The whole Samantha coming into Origins is a bit flaky as well. It doesn't sound anywhere near like the old Sam we know of, and considering she was removed from the MPD during Moon, her being in Agartha would be impossible unless two scenarios occurred:

a) After the events on Moon, something happened and allowed Sam to re-enter but for some reason pushed her back into the timeframe of Origins.

b) It's not Samantha, but the Ancient Evil posing as Maxis' daughter to get him to release it (with the help of Origins 4).

What we DO know in Origins, however, is that since it's canon it becomes linear regardless the multidimensional analysis. Also, the very end of the Easter Egg shows us that the Origins crew used a portal via Aether to teleport in the Crazy Place. That means something happened in between Origins and The Giant which we don't know about; however, will come to know once we progress in BO3.

It's actually 1:15 mate, not 2:15. 

And nope, it was also 1:15 constantly looping.