Herd of Cats

I always know it's Christmas when this shows up in my email

Right through the spam filter this time. Which is odd as since Q-Bert updated his filter everything I get is marked as spam. Even stuff from Guba. Which I assume is not spam but I am too afraid to open.

Really, Stormblade, I don't see the big deal

Okay, fine, so things got a little tricky after Round 32. I'll give you that.

So yeah, Friday we did this

SeanMCR, Blackwalt, Stormblade. It was a game where everything was going well and then it ended. Don't think any of us really know why. We just all died.

Next time zombies. Next time.

Just turn the page!!

Via 9GAG.

This isn't my revenge SeanMCR. That is still coming. This is just funny.

So at the end of one of our "the Giant" rounds yesterday SeanMCR returned to the Catwalk of Hope and Love. Deciding to start the next round he killed the two surviving zombies and returned to his position. Or at least, that is what he tried to do...

The video shows how it really went. Round 6 btw.

We just couldn't ignore our outer Coxxorz

We really, really tried.

Yesterday we only made it to Round 23 on "the Giant." No threat to our Leaderboards but it was memorable all the same because Coxxorz/Pwn Call joined us.

It was a funny start because ranked "the Giant" matches do not allow joining in progress. So...

• SeanMCR had to quit out of his solo game to get Graybush when he came online (Round 19)
• SeanMCR and Graybush had to quit out of their 2 player game to get Blackwalt when he came online (Round 21)
• SeanMCR, Graybush, and Blackwalt had to quit out of their 3 player game to get Coxxorz/Pwn Call when he came online (Round 17?)

So getting to Round 23 before anyone else came online was considered a win.

As part of the Xbox Game Preview program

The preview version of ARK: Survival Evolved will be arriving on the Xbox One December 16th. It's initial price will be $34.99 which is a reduced price for early adopters. This is a Beta version of the game. The full, official release will be arriving later in 2016.

This game was announced previous to Farcry Primal and seems to follow the same themes. It is a multiplayer survival game with dinosaurs.

Check out the trailer after the break to see the bionic 'Tek' T-Rex skin which is one of the early adopter rewards.

The Giant/Der Reise has always been HoC's favourite zombie map

Let's check the leaderboards and see how the clan is doing. This will exclude Thursday Night so it may have changed by the time you read this.

The HoC best for one player is:

Stormblade with Round 31.

We continue with two, three, and four players after the break.

Last night's zombie mode started in an atmosphere of animosity

Before the zombies even appeared!

The above photo is from two nights ago when we had the same four zombie killers and we were getting along. Until Round 5. Last night we were not getting along. Hampered by issues with Xbox Live and the Xbox Party system we were have worse communication than normal. What communication we had crossed beyond our usual lines of sarcasm, rejoinders and abusive remarks. It was getting ugly.

Did you notice that there were five players online during yesterdays' Sega Nite?

Well there were. Four of us in Zombie Mode and then this guy.

"Uh-oh...no treats for You!"

In our attempts at "the Giant" SeanMCR and Stormblade have come up with the plan of always buying the KN-44 off the wall.

"Then you can always buy ammo."

Which made sense. Until last night. Stormblade hit a point where he could no longer buy ammo off the wall. It just wouldn't give him anything. This is video of the second time where it made the purchase noise and took his money but gave him no ammo.(updated).
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Merry Chris Mouse

Since he was just going to send us coal anyway... (2014's coal and 2013's coal)

I will make an effort to turn it into a Christmas card shortly. Not much of an effort but some.

I may have borrowed this message from elsewhere but it was definitely Herd of Cats appropriate.

I had a little extra time today so I thought I would take a shot at The Giant on my own. I traditionally do not like fighting zombies on my own because, although back covering is not traditional HoC modus operandi, there is at least some comfort in being able to blame someone when a zombie chews on my back.

This review does seem a little accurate.

I was almost on board with Star Wars Battlefront until I discovered the season pass cost $69.99. That's a little high, particularly when the Call of Duty series only over charges $49.99. I complained about that price jump when it first happened. $69.99? As far as I am concerned $69.99 is the price of a new game, not the price of add-ons to a game that already cost $79.99. Pass thanks.

Note that Star Wars Battlefront has been spotted at 50% off on the Microsoft Store already. That's a little early for such a big name recent release. Wonder if people are rebelling against the high prices?

Via 9GAG.

I would give him a different name though. The name OXB gives him would fit better for a sloth, I think.