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Welcome sir!

I'm sure you'll find plenty of folks looking to play and talk zombies 'round these parts.

Let us know if you've got any questions about using the forum!

@DeathBringerZen link? Not that I don't trust you, I'd just like to see it for myself. My recollection was otherwise, but I'd be interested in reading what was exactly said.

Misinfornation is rampant in the zombies community, and it's important for us to fact check.

3arc never said that nuketown would be expanded upon (I.e. The famed "underground" section) for zombies, that was a rumor/fake leak in the BO2 build up. 

@Lenne I disliked NTZ at the time partially because it didn't feel like a full fledged offering. TranZit was awful, and I did not like th split up half assed survival areas. NTZ is yet another small survival area that had an extremely limited ee & seemingly slapped together cannon.

but yeah, not getting jugg within 3 drops is a game killer too lol

it was on par with a custom map - except I think custom map makers are way more creative.

aka Shotgun City

They have had 3 years to make this game. Why are we getting any remakes or reimaginings? I can understand the Der Riese remake to tie in with the zombies storyline but come on... surely they could just make a newer, more imaginative close quarter map than could become the new Nuketown in the eyes of fans.

i actually thought Combine (from the beta) was a solid close quarters map. Nothing super imaginative about it, but I think it's designed pretty well. I feel good starting from either spawn, and usually am engaged in a gunfight within 10-15 seconds after spawning.

@RedDeadRiot I think they spelled the promotional wording wrong, it should read like this:

"PR3-ORD3R AND G3T TH3 NUK3TOWN BONUS MAP3"

Good to know that 3arc has resorted to internet speak akin of a 16 year old.

Nuketown 2025 was pretty bad, as was NTZ - I'm skeptical about this.

hopefully we can just get the word of mouth thing going. When the Destiny LFG was created, Bungie themselves gave it promotion. I don't think 3arc would give us a shoutout, but some of our members have had interactions with 3arc through social media.

we also do have some prominent youtubers around the site, and we would never want to outright ask them to promote it on their channel - but if the LFG works then perhaps they will help spread the word.

We should also reach out to other zombie communities like NGT, Activision Forum, CODZ reddit and others - letting them know this is not a gift just for codz, but for the fan base as a whole.

Lastly it couldn't hurt to crank out a press release and send it off to the likes of CharlieIntel, Kotaku, Polygon and other gaming news sites.  I've written press releases before - and could probably make one with a lot of the content I wrote in the OP.

Regardless, made my $48 donation last night - and will make another in 2 weeks time. Really want to see this project through, about 6-8 months ago I came to Craig with this idea. Covy also independently wanted to do this as well, and it's clear that if we don't make this happen - someone else will.

A lot of people are experiencing an issue where entering your code will come up with a screen saying that the code couldn't be found.

There is a workaround:

• log onto xbox.com
• sign in
• mouse over "xbox live", click "redeem code"
• When on the redeem code page, look to the bottom left of the page where it says "United States"
• Click on "United States"
• Click on "Brasil"
• The page will redirect to the redeem code page, but it will be in a different language.
• Click the green button
• enter 25 digit code
• Click green buttons until the pop up window is gone
• Click bottom left "Brasil" and select "United States"

voila.

Doesn't this whole "Misty is Tanks daughter" thing stem from all the misinformation James C. Burns was spreading prior to BO2 launch? Was there ever any facts or something found in game eluding to this?

Awesome! This is why I love 3arc.

to be honest though, not sure it really means anything. Remember on the movie set map of BO2 there was a bunch of zombies weapons, they even had the Scavenger from CotD (iirc) but it was never featured in any zombies map (on BO2).

regardless this is pretty cool. I loved the wave gun, and would adore to see it return.

This topic is now locked, and although I don't think I can top @Lenne's comment - all I really want to say is: love is love, it goes all ways. If we accepted that and moved on from trying to define what "love" actually is, then maybe we could actually progress as a human race.

It's basically like a real time team mate finder. You'll be able to adjust custom filters towards how you want to play, and instead of waiting for someone to respond - you'll have options ready immediately (ideally).

at first it may be a little slow. I guarantee though this is something the entire zombies community could benefit from.

Well, you didn't see this coming - did you? 

Searching for randoms can be extremely frustrating, especially after a game has become several years old.  What if there was a way to find the exact crew you want to play with on codz, right away?  With CODZ's new Looking For Game feature, we think the community can truly rally behind something created specifically for them.

CODZ.LFG is our vision for a superior search engine in which you can either use various filters to search for a crew matching your preference, or browse through crews as they are posted in real time.

Ideally it would work similar to the LFG sites created for Destiny.

To make this vision work, we need to raise money for some outside help.  We've been trying to think of incentives, and have a few ideas - but we'd like to hear what the community feels about the LFG function in general, and what would entice you to donate.

The donations would be a minimum of $10.

Because I know this will come up, yes we have discussed a rare one time only usercolor for those who donate.  I know you all are thirsty for new colors, but we are reluctant because we feel there are too many colors.  Anyway, "please don't make this topic about getting a new color" is what I'm trying to say.

When discussing this idea with Craig, and the rest of the staff, I basically said that I want something that I/we would use.  We want an LFG site that makes playing zombies more efficient, a site that makes meeting new players an easy experience.  This LFG site would be a public service to the zombie community (inside and outside of CODZ).

Let us know what you think.

Regardless of what anyone attempts, the evidence is clear - the video starts up on round 1.  The guy already has the hades, he's already at the cabin.  To me this is the nail in the coffin, totally fake.  Modded somehow.

Honestly the fire doesn't look too convincing either, looks like someone just used Adobe After Effects.

Sad that people put so much effort into fooling a community hungry for content.

Okay so, just kind of came to a revelation in a skype chat w/ @FatedTitan and @MrRoflWaffles  -

"Only the Cursed Survive" poster Chicago skyline is a picture from 2014.

SoE is set in 1940.

The Giant is 1945.

3rd game mode? 2014? I'm actually starting to think this could be legit.

yeah @Boom filled us in on the clothing brand. I like how you sound like a grandpa when you say "the kids" (dont worry I do it too).

And as I said above, "Only the Cursed Survive" poster is absolutely related to SoE: the bottom of the poster is a Chicago skyline (we figured this out within days of the poster being revealed), and SoE is set in 1940's Chicago.

NVM

Man, a 3rd map would be epic. 

We can rule out the "Only the Cursed Survive" poster as SoE, because of the Chicago skyline on the bottom. Shadows of Evil is set in Chicago:  http://mp1st.com/2015/07/09/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-zombies-shadows-of-evil-the-giant-revealed-includes-new-returning-cast/#.VcgOQXBHaK1

Edit: NVM

i honestly don't know how I'd feel about seeing the N4 again. They just don't have the charm factor of the O4 (and celebrity characters). I get they were going for the "regular people" vibe, but I'd imagine they are distancing themselves from that storyline.

hoping to see more on this. Loving the responses in this thread, too.

Yes, this terrifies me - honestly.

I'm just waiting for the UNLOCK A CAN OF MOUNTAIN DEW AS PLAYABLE CHARACTER incentive.

C'mon @LiamFTWinter you know an apple a day keeps the zombie away.

I agree though, apples was just the first thing that came to my mind.

But I mean, their target audience comprises a VAST amount of different people from around the world.  Surely some care about not shoveling garbage into their gobs?

And it's not that I don't like having a junk food snack every once in awhile.  But like, copious bags of Doritos and bottles of Mountain Dew, is that really a way to foster a fanbase?

I dunno just getting philosophical here.  Sorry for the granola rant.

I completely agree with @Matuzz

tactics like this are incredibly low brow, I'm surprised 3arc allows them.

"eat 10 bags of Doritos and get a new EE step!"

I know I probably sound like some granola hipster, but why does it always have to be junk food?  How awful would it be to add an incentive for eating healthy? Humans these days ingest so much crap, especially Doritos and Mtn Dew.

partner with a f***ing apple company, I don't know!

i hate this bullshit.  I don't mind extras, but not when it adds to the mass of our society eating chemicals.

It's actually worth mentioning that zombies mode technically is referred to as "co-op campaign" by the developers.  There is even a part in the interview where one of the guys refers to zombies as "co-op campaign", and then quickly implies that he means zombies.

The fact that the actual regular BO3 CoD campaign has a co-op feature makes this infinity more confusing and hard to explain, so sorry if this sounds like gibberish.

Yeah seriously, that guy seemed clueless.

Good interview though, wish there was more DJ Vahn cheesin'.

On the whole "zombie campaign mode" thing, I don't think the person who wrote the youtube description knew what they were doing.

Also just gonna leave this here, screenshot from the playstation network site.  Good job TreyArch!!! (lol)

Okay, you guys are definitely right.  Just finished the video, was interesting but literally 0% talk on any sort of zombies campaign.

Literally the only thing said that could remotely compare:

"There is a dedicated narrative built specifically for an all new enigmatic, zombie-loaded experience." - Wheatman

I think it's for sure a mistake in the youtube video description.  Gonna include a screenshot in case they change it:

I'll watch the video, post the transcript here, and then we can figure out if it truly is confirmed or not.  In the meantime, I'll change the title.  Don't want to be misleading.  Thanks for the input @Kill_All_Monkeys