Mr. Jay

Thanks wolf, and many others who sent in their hopes and wishes for me to get better. I may be Rudy Ruettiger, but that doesn't mean i can't have fun with it. There are millions of us that play the game in search of excitement we don't normally find in our daily lives. Only one gets to be Superhand, or a Chopper, or a Tom. Thats why we buy their posters and sub their videos. I get emails and praises from things I do really well that someone only wish they could do. Unfortunately it isn't zombies. Meanwhile I will continue to be pleased to be able to reach round 20 on five.

Sitting in my office today in sunny Pennsylvania, stocks are down so I started fantasizing being Sam Worthington in that MW3 commercial, I decided to do a piece on "Randoms and Etiquette". We have all been there, how to assess randoms? In a room with three others we never encountered. First we check their high rounds, then points and kills. Deciphering the three numbers we make assumptions who they are. Which number is most deceiving? Which is more telling? Personally I believe points are the best indication of who you are. A kid ridng hot teammates can reach round 30 with 200 kills, but a noob like me will accumulate 100 thousand point by round 30 in an even contributing team. We have all been there, young guys with mikes or mature selfish guys? A young guy singing lady gaga throughout the game is nowhere on my Christmas wishlist. Yet I found young guys are generally more passionate and helpful. A 10 year old will go on a suicide mission to save you because "that's what teammates do". A nine year old once took the time to demonstrate the glitches on Five and which way claymores should face. On the other hand, for every good young teammate there are 10x the "revive me now or I curse your mother" and lady gaga wannabes. Mature teammates are generally more refined, no one sings poker face and mothers are rarely criticized. But good luck asking them to guard the window or open debris. They worry about their points and kills and will let you die if you have the thundergun not them. Before anyone flood me with hate mails and arguments I would like to add that the above assessments are in general, and how each groups are normally received. Everyone on my PS3 friends list are legit unselfish players who were at some point randoms in my eyes. After many battles and survivals together we became band of brothers. Next time you are given the chance to team with randoms, ask them if they are gaga lovers or point whores. If you are lucky, neither. BTW my three favorite YouTubers not only read but replied my posts, so one less thing in my bucket list. If Michael Flatley come watch me dance and Paris Hilton makes a "home video" with me, I can die happy.

I can't believe all the big guns are not only reading my posts but also replying and offering help. It's like having celebrities coming to my birthday party and watch me dance!!! I have to tell somebody!!!!

I thank everyone for their support. This post was written to express my own peace with being lousy. I enjoy zombies despite being mediocre. I am in awe by some of your achievements and can only dream of reaching someday. But I am fully aware that not everyone who worship David Beckham gets to be one. I can watch his tapes and practice hard but only he gets to sleep with Victoria. Meanwhile I continue to be featured in silentcrisis' "worst people you ever pkayed with." Peace out zombie nation.

I thank you for your offer and looking forward to following your lead. I do suggest you read my "worse game play ever" to get a feel of what you are signing yourself up for.

After listening to my boss babble for two hours on tax season and company budget, I headed back to my office to do a piece on "Execution and strategy". Its ok, he doesn't know and he likes me. After another fail attempt on NML last night, I realized no matter how many Superhand's guide I read or Tom's looping videos I watch, I am still the lousy player I was before. Watching them ease through zombie spawns and tricking zombies AIs with their nifty moves I tried to do the same and made it to round 11. Just because I idolize Tom or have a poster of Superhand doesn't mean I can pull the moves they pull. The more I fail from their guides the more I realize their true greatness. A football player once said "to score a touchdown you just run faster than the guy chasing you". Strategies are helpful but executions are essential. With each strategy there is a good deal of execution required. Players refine their games by minimizing their weaknesses, practice practice and more practice. I have seen many many videos on NML, yet I have not been able to reach 100 kills. Watching Tom explain the intricacies of zombie looping again isn't going to net me another 30 kills either. I need to simply accept the fact that I am good at finances, not zombies, no matter how many Superhand videos I favorite.

In the first few minutes you had mentioned the dogs being problematic, I see almost all of my fail attempts to being dog related. Either that 2nd grenade being absorbed by the dogs, or too close and end up killing myself, or MS being absorbed by dogs too close and dying that way. Any advise for the lesser players? Anything will help.

Good observations as always.

I also joined today but been reading posts here for a while. Some of the very best zombie players reside here, Superhands, Tom, Chopper, and many many more. (Can't name everyone). Here you will find forums to help your game play, theories if you are into gossip, and many other interesting points. Find what suits you and enjoy being a member.

Something for higher rounds. Most maps become incredibly repetitive and boring after 30. Maybe a second PAP or something to strategize around other than traps. Something to make round 50 different than 30, other than more zombies and tougher to kill.

I personally prefer the side strategy because the faster spawning and escape routes but Superhand once again proves anything could be done.

I love five, especially with randoms. There are so many different strategies leading to round 30 then it becomes a big survival fest. Managing your ammo past 25 is a major issue, traps on the top floor are so inconvenient. The war room is designed for ONLY one person to run, leaving others fighting to survive. I love five, it requires so much team work that you feel the guys fought with you to round 35 are closer than your siblings.

By no means taking shots. Left the name off the post on purpose. You know I read and watch all your posts and vids. Just good to know that even the very best have games they wish hadn't exist. Which led me to create this post, on company time may I add.

Five is my favorite. Especially with randoms because five requires team work. That guy next to you can get you killed, or be your best friend. Other maps everyone can run their own train.

Sitting in my office watching a certain individual's fail attempt on YouTube helped me realize that even the best of the best zombie players can have "bad days at the office". I recall some of mine failures to cause my teammates cringe, some I have yet to play with since. So I dedicate this post to share my most dreadful game play. 1. After defeating the pentagon thief in five, a bon-fire sale was awarded. Rushing into the PAP room allowed me to upgrade my M1911 to Mustang and Sally first. Excited to be able to do so for 1000 points I stood by the door waiting for the Defcon to countdown. One of my teammates knifed me to signal my turn to run the war room to attact the zombies. Then ALL my teammates knifed me. After running two laps in the war room I realized I forgot to pick up the Mustang and Sally, losing it to the PAP machine. As an added bonus, none of my teammates were able to upgrade because of it. 2. After reaching round 31 in another game, I received an invite to join another game. Instead of replying the invite, I accidently hit the button next to it, join. Being the host joining another game abruptly ending our three hour game. Two of the three teammates that day removed me from their friends list. 3. My worst game was when I had the fortune to hit the triple crown of "don't be that guy", the guy with most downs, the guy getting your teammates killed trying to revive you in a suicide mission, (upper war room, PAP moon....etc), and ending the game accidentally killing yourself with explosives. My fellow CODZ teammates, what were your worst moments?

Boring new guy intro: Recently got addicted to zombies, hoping to join the elites one day. Catch me on PS3 Jay-F2008.