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The map seems like it is that good (atm) That you will want to complete the EE because it could be the best map of all time. @TheBiggerMuff could you please edit in to the op that video above

That is awesome it can be done! I was wondering if only 1 spike at the Pyramid would work. Man there must be some hard parts to it though like shooting the different wisps let alone upgrading each Bow & then swapping them out during the Keeper ghost step. Whatever amount of players each game has, is the number required to do each step. Every player has to do the same thing. That's why it's called Co-op Mode. A great feature finally added into the game. Thank you Treyarch!

I am on X1 & have not yet played this map. But I was watching some friends stream the EE hunt & they realised what could possibly be done by this mechanic. They were on round 4 & realised that they could activate this "endless round" mechanic to help kick start the EE. So they tried to collect the DG4 piece straight away. I'm not 100% sure but it's got something to do with pulling the switch at the launch pad. About 15-20 mins later, they were on round 6, with ALL Bows upgraded & nearly everything open & active. I don't know how many kills or points they had, but it would have been alot. But, you have to wait until Round 12 for the Panzer to spawn in to collect the piece it drops. This is the game mechanic that is made to be exploited. It makes the EE steps probably a bit easier so it wont be such a high round with the spawns being so crazy during this quest. Handy information for everybody to know. Solo or Co-op modes

After the completion of the Der Eisendrache EE today, just want to give a shoutout to my man @GRILL for posting this thread over 2 years ago. Many had speculated that in order to fix the story the moon would be blown up by rockets. And that happened today. I also didnt realise that you included te BO3 promo poster too! Haha. Relevance. P BRAINS Grillam for posting some real world event information. That's what I love about this story. I think Zombies have finally been Rezurrected!!!

With the completion of the Der Eisendrache EE, I think we need to collect Takeo's soul from Nan Madol, Pohnpei. Pohnpei was under Japenese control during WW2 Black Ops 3 is exciting times for this story.

@SchrödingerAwesome work. Thank you One of those screens show the teleporter at No Man's Land? How the F do they have a camera overlooking Area 51???

Haha. GG @AlphaOmega !!! Why hasn't anyone given you Brains? I hope you continue to post quality threads again like you did during BO2. Brains again mate.

The Campaign mission "Evil Within" is very important to the Zombs storyline. In that mission we see the house that is in Nikolais memory's video, the trees outside of that house are the same as "The Frozen Forest" which is also identical to the Zombs menu screen. You also play inside a church where there is a Tank with the 935 logo on it At the end of that mission you fight Zombies inside a house The final cutscene also has the same type of cinematic as the Explosion @MixMasterNut posted above where there is a huge nuclear blast & everything turns inside out. Edit - I just realised from that this is the same mission where Dr Salim is killed. He is sitting in the same position as the Dead Man in SoE! Full Demon Within mission 41:20 shows the ending cutscene Everything is somehow linked together

The frames that show something exploding also shows some trees which kind of look like "The Frozen Forest"? Are the characters dying & moving into the frozen forest?

I might have to check it out. So so that's what Kevin Sherwood was talking about in this tweet.

I have only listened to the first 10 seconds so far but I have 2 questions already - Where's the sexy voice of last seasons host @Flammenwerfer How did @Tac get a full time gig on the show?

Very well deserved @BlindBusDrivr Hope to see some more epic posts like the old days.

Sorry Mocking, but others have mentioned jumping in the puddles/bomb craters & I must ask this question. In the campaign mission (I forget what it's called, the one that has "Nikolai's house") when it flashes back to the World war battle, there are many bomb craters through this section. It reminded me of the WaW mission where the Ray Gun Easter Egg is. You I wouldnt be surprised if there is the same type of EE by jumping into these Bomb Craters just like in WaW. I have tried once or twice but may have missed some. In the original EE, it had to be done in a specific order I urge people to try this out. The more people trying the better. Video of WaW "Little Resistance" Ray Gun EE

BRAINS! @Matuzz It is all coming together! (kind of) The Almagest ~ Ptolemy's work is a fundemental part of the Celestial Globe Model which I included in my thread ~ http://www.callofdutyzombies.com/topic/181799-the-armillary-sphere-celestial-globe/

Cheers @Lenne Google Translate ~ This is an indication that Richtofen not really malicious. I also think that the letters before look like "S T A"? and either an F or an E afterwards. It's just really hard to make out. Thanks for the info & short translate course Lenne!

I just want to point out that the numbers on the poster are actually ~ I2 29 I7 80 They are not the digit 1 I don't think it says "Star Map" as the R is missing. The letters "TFC" are just below The artists signature is in the bottom right corner Another word in the bottom left which probably says Copywrite/Trademark of Activision On the left-hand side (next to Takeo's Head) I can make out the letters - ZEjCHEN or ZEICHEN? I think there are more letters on either side of this. Zeichen means sign or character in German (sternzeichen = Star Sign?) @Lenne Can you help out at all? (Sorry for the double post, but its a different topic)

These are Posters from the Movie "Where Eagles Dare", which was partly filmed at Hohenwerfen Castle.

Good discussion & ideas going on here. But I've got nothing to add sorry. Treyarch = 3

I don't normally make speculative storyline theories as this could be completely wrong & pointless, but... This idea was sparked by a thread I posted on Celestial Spheres & a comment from @Difintel. It was all there in front of me! So Cheers. Maxis studied Divinium (Element 115) & died from the poisoning Richtofen cut out Maxis' Brain Richtofen made Maxis a Drone Richtofen keeps evolving Maxis Technology Maxis is now a Computer From this computer, Maxis has communicated throughout the whole Zombies story He has only ever communicated through Electronics. (Radio's, Terminal, etc) What did Richtofen do with Maxis' Body? Maxis is a Super Computer! In the Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Video - "Origins" Video there are 4 hidden frames which show this picture when put together ~ Which can be found in this video at ~ 0:13 0:26 0:37 0:51 Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Video - "Origins" Richtofen cutting out Maxis' Brain ~ "Origins" Intro Cinematic, feat. Avenged Sevenfold Origins - Maxis Brain Origins - Maxis Drone Richtofen evolves Maxis - Maxis is now a Super Computer Maxis is the computer. And for most of the storyline so far, he has always been. He is a highly advanced system which Dr. Richtofen created & evolved over time. Throughout the entire storyine, Dr. Maxis' has only ever communicated through electronic devices ~ Radio's Moon Terminal Black Ops Terminal Files Power Poles! TV Speakers He created the Der Riese Datenbediensteter Servant files because he is a computer ~ Maxis Files Mon Oct 31 1955 TO: R. Oppen. FROM: V. Bush SUBJECT: Maxis Files My friend, I have managed to pull down and decypher a hanful of the Servant files from the Der Riese Datenbediensteter project. Dr. Maxis was a man ahead of his time. He was also a man obsessed and bordering on insane. I will forward to you what I have translated thus far. It is frightening material to say the least, but perhaps that is merely my mind making a subconscious association with today's date. How go the recordings? VB ============================== Since Origins, Dr. Richtofen has upgrade Dr. Maxis' Technology & fused him into the Griffin Castle computer. By the time World War II came around (Der Riese radio's), Richtofen has evolved Maxis into some type of physical being or he can control one remotely. (This is why you can hear footsteps as he walks out & slams the Door in the Der Riese Radio) On Moon he talks to us through the Griffin Station Terminal Throughout Black Ops II he says he can only communicates through "Electronic Devices" The Celestial Sphere In these celestial models the apparent motions of the fixed stars and the planets are accounted for by treating them as embedded in rotating spheres made of an aetherial, transparent fifth element (quintessence), like jewels set in orbs. ============================== Maxis puts an Electronic Barcode message in "The Giant" "The Mountain must be searched for the Frozen One" Maxis needs to communicate with "The Frozen One" = Amelia Amelia will locate Samantha for Maxis ============================== But what did Richtofen do with Maxis' Body? Found in Buried is the Book ~ Frankenstein Did Richtofen evolve Maxis into a computer? Part of the Aether? Did Richtofen use Maxis' body & create a Frankenstein Monster? One that is a friendly & remotely controlled by Maxis from the computer? Is the "The Frozen One" = "Amelia"? The missing name from the Kino der Toten wall writing? Does Maxis need to contact Amelia? Is she the only one that can locate "The Children"? Does Maxis need to power the Celestial Sphere so that he can locate the Children? Or is he launching the Rockets at something? (again) Is Maxis a Super Computer who can control his physical body?

I'm not talking about the Summoning Key being an armillary sphere, only referencing the planetary rings in each corner of the picture. Argh, I meant Buried. Accidently wrote MotD. Cheers for correcting. @Difintel Thanks for replying. Your comment sparked a great storyline. It makes perfect sense of everything. Cheers.

I just came across this texture in the Buried DLC3 folder.

Cheers @MixMasterNut Looking through some of the diagrams on astrology - Somehow reminded me of the Aztec Calendar found in Call of The Dead. Real Image Yeah that's a great theory. Brains. In that Origins trailer there is the frame that shows Richtofen cutting Maxis' brain out. What if Richtofen kept & has rezurrected Maxis' body!? Maxis Brain/Soul now lives within the computer inside the church! This is how he has communicated with every map so far (Radios, Moon Terminal, all electronics. etc) This is why there are computer files from Maxis - Black Ops Terminals Data Servant. This is how he know's "Where & When you are" & is trying to locate the Children. All from this computer! Maxis' technology (& the body that he lives in - computer) just keeps advancing over time! He just keeps evolving from this Brain in a Jar To being housed in a highly advanced for it's time (WW2) supercomputer! (In the Black Ops Terminal Oppy & Bush even state that -"Dr. Maxis was a man ahead of his time") All from inside this Castle! And then you have this creature that is Maxis' Body walking around helping you!!! Literal Walking Dead! I've always wondered what this book in Mob of the Dead meant? I also think he is the prototype for what the Campaign story ended up being. He is the Pioneer of that Technology

Now this isn't much but I think it's pretty cool & will probably be used in the Side Quest Easter Egg & have an awesome animation to go. The big ball (spherical) looking object at the top of the picture below is what I think is an Armillary Sphere or Celestial Globe. Armillary Sphere An armillary sphere (variations are known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of objects in the sky (in the celestial sphere), consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centred on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial longitude and latitude and other astronomically important features such as the ecliptic. As such, it differs from a celestial globe, which is a smooth sphere whose principal purpose is to map the constellations. With the Earth as center, an armillary sphere is known as Ptolemaic. With the sun as center, it is known as Copernican. Celestial Globe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_sphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_spheres The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus and others. In these celestial models the apparent motions of the fixed stars and the planets are accounted for by treating them as embedded in rotating spheres made of an aetherial, transparent fifth element (quintessence), like jewels set in orbs. Since it was believed that the fixed stars did not change their positions relative to one another, it was argued that they must be on the surface of a single starry sphere. Spherical Astrolabe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe An astrolabe (Greek: ἀστρολάβος astrolabos, "star-taker") is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time given local latitude and vice versa, surveying, and triangulation. It was used in classical antiquity, the Islamic Golden Age, the European Middle Ages and Renaissance for all these purposes Video's showing how the Armillary Sphere works ============================== Ptolemy's Geocentric Model The astronomical predictions of Ptolemy's geocentric model were used to prepare astrological and astronomical charts for over 1500 years. The geocentric model held sway into the early modern age, but from the late 16th century onward was gradually superseded by the heliocentric model of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler. Although the basic tenets of Greek geocentrism were established by the time of Aristotle, the details of his system did not become standard. The Ptolemaic system, developed by the Hellenistic astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus in the 2nd century AD finally standardised geocentrism. His main astronomical work, the Almagest, was the culmination of centuries of work by Hellenic, Hellenistic and Babylonian astronomers. For over a millennium European and Islamic astronomers assumed it was the correct cosmological model. Because of its influence, people sometimes wrongly think the Ptolemaic system is identical with the geocentric model. The basic elements of Ptolemaic astronomy, showing a planet on an epicycle with an eccentric deferent and an equant point. The Green shaded area is the celestial sphere which the planet occupies. ============================== This is the texture for the discs that the Maxis Drone collects in Origins. I have always thought this to be some type of Planetary Rings. Perhaps this is related? ============================== The Giant Blueprint Paper Scraps Picture also shows these Rings & Spheres with planets orbiting Credit to @LiamFTWinter for the complete picture Speculative theory All throughout the church looks to be computer screens Dr. Maxis has only ever been able to communicate with us through electronics At the end of The Giant "Flytrap" side quest, Maxis says "That's it. The Beacon is lit. I know where & when you are" The Electronic Device looks like it's going to power the Armillary Sphere/Celestial Globe so that Maxis (or Richtofen) can locate the Children (Or it launches the Rockets causing the "Fallout" maxis also speaks of in The Giant Radio) Awesome Website - Museo Galileo ~ http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/section/ManAndTheStars.html

It is known officially that DLC1 Der Eisendrache is a Castle But where is the fun in Leaks??? What's the point of enjoying the game?