Gearheads of War

Hope you guys are all doin well.  Was just wondering....any of you looking to get the GoW PC version?

I'm going to try hard to make it to this one...I'm preeeeetty sure I'll be able to but there's a slight chance that I'll just be too drunk and passed out in some corner.  

In the case that I do make it, or not...I'd like to propose that we run some Assassination game mode for our event tonight.  I've had a chance to do a few games of Assassination lately in ranked as there are far less players and far greater chance you encounter assholes in this ranked mode.  But anyway, the point is, the mode is actually quite fun and really encourages a somewhat different style of gameplay.  I figured I'd put this out there so as to not risk making our events stale and by sort of trying out different options every week or something.  

What do you guys think?

This one ran MUCH longer.  We all seemed to be well ready for this one.  Damn Boris, myself, Corpse Grinder, fr33climb, Zozo Fan, MDK, DieNasty, Mel o Rama, and probably one or two I'm missing right now.  *It's friggin late -_-)  

All I can say is; MAYHEM!MADNESS!HYSTERIA!CHLAMYDIA!SPIDERS!ROCKETS!

My favorite moment of the night, as I'm sure most who played would agree, was when Tyler papi literally took the head off of some random chodejockey named Carnage with a boomshot.  Literally, the guy didn't even blow up, his head just latched on to the rocket and flew into oblivion.  The dead folks chat turned into boisterous laughter as it literally sounded people were about to piss themselves from so much cackling.  Carnage of course didn't think it was so funny, and proceeded to call me a fag lol.  At which point I laughed even harder because it became that much more ridiculous.  

Then of course Papi yet again made the highlights tonight.  (He was on a roll of hilarity tonight folks) Me and another random named GrimReaperr had downed Papi with our pistols.  I was certain Reaper had gotten the down so I stood over Papi waiting for Reaper to execute him.  He apparently was expecting that I was going to execute him. Well, due to failed communication, hilarity ensued.  Papi got up, blew me into 4 pieces with a shotgun blast, booked it backward and proceeded to win the round all by himself.  

There were some insanely hysterical moments as one would expect as I already explained.  The night definitely belonged to Tyler papi, he most certainly stole the stage of mirth tonight.  These matches have become the highlight of my GoW gaming experience and I can't thank these folks at Gearheads enough for making such a great community with great people.  

Until next time!

Anyway the music video director in me thought recently about applying music to Gears of War scenarios.  I came up with a few I'd like to share, and I encourage you guys to do so as well.  The plethora of remixes the GoW trailer inspired is a good testament to how fun this can be.

--- When I'm sniping with the Longshot I can just always hear Tool - Vicarious playing in the background seamlessly.  The song's content matches this action so well.  "'Cause I need to watch things die, from a good safe distance.  Vicariously I live while the whole world dies."  

You know those moments where you feel like you're unstoppable in the game?  Something clicks and you just go on a rampage with your Gnasher.  At least I do, being that the Gnasher is my weapon of choice.  You're the only one left, and your opposing team has 3 left, and you just feel it click and you just go poppin' fools left and right like a waterballoon with your Gnasher.  God I love that.  A few songs come to mind when this happens to me:  
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The Quentin Tarantino in me hears the perpetual surfer rock: Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout or even the other side of the Tarantino in me hears the old Sinatra song like High Hopes.  "Next time you're found with your chin on the ground, there's a lot to be learned so look around[can you see the curbstomp reference here?].....Oops! there goes another rubber tree plant."
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Then there are the surreal moments for me when I play the game.  This is usually in those rare times I've decided to smoke out and at times I hear the Radiohead songs like Optimistic or Knives out as I play in a haze.  "This one's optimistic" "So knives out...squash his head, put it in the pot."  Yeah kids, I have a dark side too.
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Then of course when I play with papi blez, I can't help but think of Primus - Too Many Puppies.  The way Les Claypool says 'puppies' actually sounds likes 'papi's' and I couldn't help but think of those lyrics when I was playin with papi blez last week lol.  "Too many ppaaaappiii's, with guns in their hands.  Too many paaaapii's, from foreign lands.  Too many paaaapii's, i'm gettin' shot in the dark..."

Anyway...lol.  Now that you all see I'm a total weirdo, I encourage you to reveal your weird/geeky/creative sides in this post as well.  Thanks for your time folks.

All I can say is tonight was some of the funnest Gears matches I've ever had.  Up until today basically I had put up with a lot of ranked match bullshit.  I just couldn't put up with the complete unfriendliness and lack of teamplay on there so I was really close to giving up on the game entirely.  

Well out of no where I ended up playin' with some of the great folks here at Gearheads and my faith has been fully restored as now I feel I can get some consistently fun matches in, and dodge all that randomness that ranked and even unranked offers.  Man did we have some close games...this is the reason why we need team ranked matches!  *Prays to the Update Gods*

Big thanks to papi blez, Zozo fan, and the others I missed cause I forgot your names... I know there were twins involved lol.  You know who you guys are...matter of fact ya'll should post up in here because I'm forgetful and I missed some of your names.  I was Bunrei by the way.    See you guys on the battlefield!

Is there any good reason why anyone would use a Locust Rifle?  

I figured in single player..okay whatever, they drop off the locusts and are placed randomly in the map but I never understood why anyone would want to use it.  It didn't bother me as much though until I played multiplayer.  Every map has the weapon spawns, and so far, every weapon has its own use.  But there are spawn points in multiplayer maps that have the Locust gun, and to me it just feels like a waste of a weapon.  What are you trying to do with this gun, Epic?  Is there any chance you can replace it with a more USEFUL gun?  I don't see why I'd use this gun over my Lancer, as they are both midrange, but the Locust gun is burst-fire and has no chainsaw, whereas the Lancer is mid-range, fully automatic, and has a chainsaw slapped on it.  

Please enlighten me, am I missing something here?  Or is this gun just a filler for something yet to come?  Maybe I haven't realized the true usefulness yet but I am yet to see anyone else boast about this gun or even use it.