War accomplished half a million point total on Warzone on 07/09/2008. Rank 5,034 out of 2.3 million+
19,397 kills 500,140 points
18,582 deaths 434 head shots
2,035 matches played 2,227 executions
1,061 won 5,228 chainsaws
974 lost 606 curb stomps
28,192 played 1,593 revives
15,256 won 6,192 downs
12,291 lost 1,919 granade tags
War accomplished 400k point total.
On January, 10th Warxmachine X has accomplished 300k point total. Rank 11,711 out of 1.9 million+ players.
Warxmachine X accomplishes achievement "Seriously..." on 1/7/2008.
Starting the week he added 64 kills to his total of 11,300+ kills.
11,388 kills 291,982 points
11,814 deaths 291 headshots
1265 matches 1,314 executions
647 won 3,792 chainsaws
618 lost 180 curb stomps
17,415 rounds 1,028 revives
9,141 r. won 2,844 knockdowns
7,916 r. lost 804 'nade kills
2007 stats
11,215 kills 287,475 points
11,704 deaths 289 headshots
1,249 matches 1,288 executions
638 won 3,770 chainsaws
611 lost 180 curb stomp kills
17,214 rounds 1,015 revives
9,010 rounds won 2,736 knockdowns
7,849 rounds lost 795 grenade tag kills
51.0% winning pct for 2007
Avg. 11.14 kills/match
Avg. 8.1 kills per match at one point.
34 kills 4 downs 1 revive 819 points first to 17 ravendown round 30 36:17 durantion on 11/14/07
On August 20th, Warxmachine X has accomplished 200k point total for Warzone. Rank: 19,903 out of 1.6 million plus players.
August:
18 kills 1 down 9 revives 515 points
High scores for June:
Goal: First to 17 Raven down (Warzone)
End of match Round: 42 Match duration: 40:37
36 kills 13 downs 901 points
High scores for May:
Goal: First to 19 Raven down (Warzone)
End of match Round:37 Match duration: 43:07
34 kills 4 downs 4 revives 889 points on 5/25/07.
On May 9th, Warxmachine X has accomplished 100k point total for Warzone. Rank: 30,568 out of 1.3 million plus players.
Last week, news hit mentioning a new Gears of War. Among the bug fixes, like more VGA tweaks, word was a new multiplayer game type called Annex.
Well today more details on that game type has come to light. It is a "King of the Hill" variant, that actually appears to be very similar to Halo 2's Team Crazy King game type. The game type will feature respawning, which is a first for Gears of War, every fifteen seconds and also unlimited lives.
A nice addition is that the map's "hills" are going to be located around key weapons in the map. Giving the team controlling the hill access to that weapon. Each map will have as little as 2 or as many as 5 "hills." For more details check
This makes a good addition just in time for next week's Global Tournament.
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April 2nd, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Microsoft Sets Viral Marketing Bar High?
Posted by Patrick McCarron in Gears of War News
Not to be outdone by the Boston Aqua Teen movie fiasco, Microsoft has decided to up the virtal marketing ante by opening an emergence hole in South America.
Just kidding, this is a true story and not caused by Microsoft or Gears of War.
This is actually a story from a few months ago, but I just ran across the story again today. This is just an amazing story where a sinkhole opened in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It resembles almost perfectly the Locust Emergence Holes in Gears of War.
I attached a few smaller photos here, but check out the story for some much better high-resolution photos.
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January 30th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Top 10 Gears of War Glitches
Posted by Patrick McCarron in Gears of War News
TrendPimp has put together an article series of 10 videos that protray what they feel are the "Top 10? glitches in Gears of War. Here is one just for a taste of what they have to offer.
They are very interesting, so I suggest everyone go check them out. Hopefully future updates will make most of these obsolete.
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January 25th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Gears Cracks Japanese Top Ten Sales Charts
Posted by Patrick McCarron in Gears of War News
I found this great news on digg.com today, it appears Gears of War is selling great over in Japan.
"This week's Japanese sales charts are frightening! I can't understand what's going on! There's an Xbox 360 game on the list, meaning this report must have come from the Bizarro World Branch of Media Create or that the Japanese are starting to come around on this Xbox 360 thing…."
So here's a shout out to all of our Japanese readers out there!
[From Kotaku and digg.com ]
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January 22nd, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Minor Gears of War Patch Issued Today
Posted by Patrick McCarron in Gears of War News
Today a minor patch was issued for Gears of War over Xbox Live. According to Mark Rein the patch only addresses "It is a minor compatibility update. No gameplay or functionality changes at this time."
This doesn't fix the VGA display issues that have yet to be resolved since the first update. Hopefully you VGA users will see a fix to that soon!
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January 15th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Map Pack Walkthrough & Game Update Details
Posted by Patrick McCarron in Gears of War News
In case you forgot to download CliffyB's video walkthrough of the new Gears of War Map Pack on the Xbox Live Marketplace, we're here to help. Thanks to Microsoft, we have a 720p HD quality copies of the video for you to download and view. We also have put together an easy to watch streaming format below as well, as well as two copies of the video for the Apple iPod with Video and Sony PSP. We are also putting up a 420p copy, but having problems creating it properly right now.
Easy Streaming Format
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Downloadable Video Formats
(Right Click To Save File To Your Computer)
Also, here is the long list of changes that came in the last patch. The list was posted by Mark Rein on the Epic Games Forums.
Fixed aspect ratio distortion when using VGA cable with 4:3 displays at resolutions higher than 640×480
Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress
Players can now get the Achievement for "Dish Best Served Cold" when using Troika turret to kill RAAM
Fixed rare situation where host could loop countdown and never start match
Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer
Reduced Grenade Tag melee distance
Enabled "Strict" NAT check on host to prevent possible connection issues
Optimized server browser queries to return results more quickly and prevent scroll bars from hiding quality of service icons
Reduced number of possible revives in Execution to match Warzone
Removed host name from Ranked match server browser
Disabled security cameras in Ranked matches
Ranked matches now require balanced teams (3v3 or 4v4)
Increased penalty for quitting a Ranked match to -50 points
Added additional cheat detection code
Additional housekeeping updates
With all these changes I can say that the game seems to play much better because it feels more balanced than before. I still miss some form of "party" system for Ranked Matches so I can play with friends easily. Otherwise I wont be playing many ranked games, and instead favoring Unranked so I can play with friends.
The new maps are a lot of fun, and seem to be making most fans happy. I hope they have more up their sleeves over at Epic Games for us.