RE: Grixis

Alright. More details.

1. Gears 2 is having 12 days of Gearsmas ATM.

"On the first day of Gearsmas Epic gave to me, a concussion from a smoke grenade." Bringing the concuss back for day - Dec 22 - 12 x XP multiplier.

2 Flaming Bloodmounts (2 Bloodmounts with Flamethrowers every wave) - Dec 23 - 13 x XP multiplier.

3 Extra Clips (3 extra clips of ammo in every weapon) - Dec 24 - 14 x XP multiplier.

4 Frag grenades (Frag grenade pickups have 4) - Dec 25 - 15 x XP multiplier.

5 Torque Bow Tags (Many rifle creatures carry Torque Bows in Horde) - Dec 26 - 16 x XP multiplier.

6 Melee Monsters (All melee creatures Horde) - Dec 27 - 17 x XP multiplier.

7 Sires a storming - Dec 28 - 18 x XP multiplier.

8 Old School Gears Heads (4 v 4 MP) - Dec 29 - 19 x XP multiplier.

9 Boomers Booming (Boomer squads on every wave) - Dec 30 - 20 x XP multiplier.

10 Waves of Tickers (all Ticker Horde) - Dec 31 - 21 x XP multiplier.

11 Wretches Wretching (Wretches with Shotguns) - Jan 1 - 22 x XP multiplier.

Some of the above (1, 3, 4, 8, 10) - Jan 2 - 23 x XP multiplier.

Bonus: Golden Lancer and Hammerburst for the duration of the event

(thanks to xbox360achievements.org for the list)



2. Until tomorrow Team Fortress 2 item drop rate has tripled on Steam. If you have it, you should probably play it.


3. Christmas has temporarily cut connection to EA's servers due to the amount of people getting Bad company 2. Stats can't be updated for probably another week.


4. Still testing Vietnam. It is good so far but you seem to die easier then in BC2 (which I didn't think was possible). Attackers have a stupid amount of advantage over defense it seems. Oh and vehicles have radios again, like BC1. Full review in probably a month.

5. Survival Saturday is New years eve this year. All night, a mix between Bad company 2 and Halo Reach Firefight. Be there for the last clan event this year.

6. Gears 3 will have epic unlocks apparently, and everyone will get them. You'll only understand them if you've played other Epic Games' Games before (I.e. UT3, Shadow Complex Etc.). Smells like Easter Eggs.

7. Bullet Storm "Epic Edition" will come with a Gears 3 beta (because Gears 2 didn't have one obviously). So you'll be spending $70 to essetially get Gears 3 beta since, hint: the game will probably suck ass, but if you are a hardcore Gears fan you might want to check it out. Unfortunatly I won't because I could not care less about Gears of War matchmaking.

It's beginning to look a lot like Grixis

Points for the reference.

News, News, news.

First, we have a new clan member. Everyone say Hi to Reyoleon.

Since we got a new member we are going to have to start having events again. Half of the lack of events was my fault for not planning them, but planning for playing isn't fun. Instead of planning set events (seriously, no clans have challanged us recently. Other clans, we need competition!) we are probably going to have practice matches regularly.

2 free games hit marketplace a few weeks ago. Harm's Way and Crash Course are both free and Harm's way is fun to play. Can't say the same for crash course, but at least it is worth it's price.

Vietnam hit yesterday. In case you need to spend MSP on something this week.

2011 Avatar Glasses are free for a limited time in the avatar marketplace.

I've got to wrap this up so I can't get into further details. Expect another update in a few days. See ya!

December week 2 update

Wow haven't updated this in a while.
Not much has happened since but a few things have, such as the Noble Map pack release.



Anchor 9- Very similar to the Pit from Halo 3, but not too similar. Probably one of Reach's best maps. I'm not sure if I like Countdown or Anchor 9 better actually. Definately going to become a Reach Classic (Think Guardian, or The Pit in Halo 3 style favorite. Yeah, awesome.) The only thing that may be a problem is infection, but not as big a problem as some of the current maps (Sword Base, that is a dig on you.)

Tempest- Reminds me of Infinity for Halo Pc. Like Infinity ate Valhalla. There is a lot of open cover (as much of an Oxymoron that may be) and is well suited for both 4v4 and 8v8. We asked for bigger maps and they delivered. It's an Infantry Big Team style map. It even reminds me of an original Blood Gulch in the vehicle set, One Warthog and Two Mongoosen per team.

Breakpoint- To be fair, I haven't played much Breakpoint where the game wasn't so one sided it felt playable, let alone on Invasion. I'm not impressed by what I've seen so far, and Honestly can't compare it to another map. If I had to I'd say Halo 2's Containment mixed with Halo PC's Icefields. Neither were very good and so far Breakpoint isn't either. Too many Power weapons and always seems to be one team dominating the other. Then again it is ment to be played Invasion.

It's a good map pack, but not a "Must buy". Wait for it to go on sale or something.




And now for something completely different.

Next week GOW2's Snowblind Map pack is on sale for 160MSP ($2USD). If you don't already have it, Spend your money on the All-Fronts Pack instead, because that is still a better deal.



Battlefield Bad company 2 Vietnam (henceforth called BC2:V. I am NOT typing that out every friggin time) Will be available for download December 21st for 1200 MSP ($15 USD) and is an Expansion, not a map pack. It adds new weapons, multiplayer, campaign missions and achievements. I'll review this whe it comes out too.




Survival Saturday Should start up again soon. Me and Phoenix have almost finished Beta testing all the varients. Here's what we got so far:

Siege- To be played on Beachhead, Glacier, or Overlook. You've got 15 lives to share and 3 sets to complete. You get no bonus lives. Custom Skulls allow for unique challenges. a swarm of Skirmishers may seem easy, but how about when they are immune to headshots and damage resistant? This is the gametype that earned the Needle Rifle the title "Rail gun" to me and Phoenix.

Lemmings- More of a fun relaxed game type. 3 sets to see who has the highest score at the end. How doesn't like to punt some Grunts?

Beta Generator Defense- Just like it was in the Beta.

Shad0wclan Versus- Firefight versus tweaked for Shad0wclan rules.

ODST Firefight- As close as possible to the original varient.

ODST versus- The previous two combined. Elites are usually players so watch out.