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Clan News

Kings Dominion / Paintball Trip

1Arm, JACofallTRADES, and I are organizing a trip to Richmond, VA to spend a weekend doing Kings Dominion and Paintball.

This is an open invitation to all clan members OVER 18 ONLY! Sorry young guns, but there will be other trips.

August 13-15 (Fri - Sun)

The plan is to meet up at a hotel (to be determined) Friday evening. We'll go out to dinner or something as a clan that night and just relax.

Saturday we will spend the entire day at the park. First ones in, last ones out. Be sure to bring excedrin (some of the rides are old and throw you around alot, may cause headaces) and asprin (to help with other pains in the body like the legs for being on your feet so much).

Food can be kept in the car, as many of us will be taking short "breaks" to the car throughout the day.

Sunday we will be up early to hit up a nearby paintball field. As of now the plan is to play early and leave early so that those of us who have to work on Monday can get a good start on the journey back home.

Prices:

Hotel: ?

Kings Dominion: $34.99 (15 Person Minimum)

Paintball: ?

Transportation: ?

Total: $34.99+ Per Person.

If you have any questions, contact me here on our website by sending me a mail message. You can find a link on my profile.

HOME party & clan photo

New Award:

- Know Your Roots:   Play and earn a trophy in Wolfenstein 3D. 

Wolfenstien 3D was the first 3D game ever made, and it was a FPS. As a FPS clan, it a game every member should play to appreciate where game have come from and how far they've come.

Chain of Command:

Awards:

DaOneArmedMan - Earned 24 Month Membership Award:

DOX10462 - Earned 24 Month Membership Award:

homersduffbeer - Earned 24 Month Membership Award:

NaeNae69 - Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

JustDerrick - Earned 24 Month Membership Award:

JACofallTRADES - Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

mattfest - Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

Finewine114 - Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

DOGMAI502 - Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

atlkilla8706 - Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

LOVE48 - Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

DOGMAI502 - Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

JROCK2683- Earned 12 Month Membership Award:

revelent - Earned 6 Month Membership Award:

ALDi__ - Earned 6 Month Membership Award:

splitfire34 - Earned 6 Month Membership Award: 

obad - Earned 6 Month Membership Award: 

Demotions:

DOX10462 - Chief Warrant Officer 4

JustDerrick - Sergeant

RawrNatalieZOMB - Private

Promotions:

NOEYEDEA1 - First Sergeant

homersduffbeer - First Sergeant

NaeNae69 - First Sergeant

LOVE48 - Sergeant

splitfire34 - Specialist

gage100 - Private First Class

New Members:

Tier10

D3MONSNIP3R_89

ALDi__

Website News

Chain of Command under construction, Promotions Delayed 1 Month

Challenges:

Trophy Challenge

New Features

Folding @ Home Team:

You can help scientists studying these diseases by simply running a piece of software.
 Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved.

You can find the PS3 Folding @ Home client within "Life with Playstation" under the Network tab.

Clan 9mm Team #: 187817

Gaming News

Rumors:

'Premium' Version Of PlayStation Network Unveiled At E3

Console News:

PS3 Games Go 3D On June 10 ---- in Japan

April 2010

INDEX

Clan News

Chain of Command:

Demotions:

mattfest - Lieutenant Colonel  

DOX10462 - Master Warrant Officer

boondok_saint - Staff Sergeant

JustDerrick - Staff Sergeant

revelent - Private First Class

splitfire34 - Private First Class

sneeekie - Private

Promotions:

NOEYEDEA1 - Master Sergeant

NaeNae69 - Master Sergeant  

homersduffbeer - Master Sergeant 

Finewine114 - Corporal

LOVE48 - Corporal

Goober19 - Corporal

Website News

Challenges:

Trophy Challenge

New Features

The Info-Bar at the bottom of the page will temporarially be used as the primary chat, comment, and announcement provider for the month of May. A poll will be put up in June asking how well the experience was.

Gaming News

Rumors:

Rumor: Guitar Hero: Red Hot Chili Peppers In The Works

Report: New PS3 Makes Console Cheaper To Run, Build

Is The New Silent Hill A First Person Shooter?

Capcom's Three New Games, Tons Of New Details [UPDATE]

Hacker Claims To Have Linux Working (Again) On PS3

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Unveiling Soon?

Previews:

Red Dead Redemption Gets A 30-Minute Trailer (With A Hollywood Director)

Fallout: New Vegas Adds Hardcore Mode, Weapon Mods & More

What The Hell's Going On In That Black Ops Trailer?

Meet Your New Ops Com for SOCOM 4

Fallout: New Vegas Preview: Meet Sunny, Dinky & Tabitha

Console News:

Might Sony Suggest An Extended Service Plan For Your PlayStation 3?

Sony Launching 3D Games This June

PSN Updates:

PlayStation Store Updates Move To Tuesdays

Supported Games:

Your First Look At Call Of Duty: Black Ops

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Owners Get Medal of Honor Sniper Rifle Early

Subscribe:

March 2010

INDEX

Clan News

New Members:

Member News:

one2win - is back after getting his new PS3. If your a new member, add him to your list. An older member (over a year with us), and def a good teammate to have next to you. Welcome Back!

Magic-Murda - Has no cancer! He has had some tough times (got shot in the eye by a paintball), so not having to worry about this particular problem im sure is a HUGE weight off his shoulders. Here's hoping all his other problems get taken care of soon so that hes his old self again. Keep your head up buddy!

Chain of Command:

Null

Policies:

Null

Website News

Challenges:

Trophy Challenge

Trophy Challenge updated, but can not be posted due to the fuck up with the sites subscription plan. But to give you an idea....

Photo Challenge

Null

New Features

We have a kick ass new infobar on the bottom of the page. It has a poll feature, flash games, a link to our facebook group, scrolling news feed, an announcement feature for me to get vital info across quickly, an integrated and private chat room for members, and the IM feature we used to have. Check it out!

Gaming News

Rumors:

The head of development for Call of Duty at Infinity Ward has quit his job after some problems with Activision. Read the full story here:Report: Modern Warfare Dev Head Leaves Company

Activision's New Plans For Call of Duty Include New Developer, New Genres

Previews:

Waltzing Through Bad Company 2

Reviews:

Null

Console News:

Man Accused of Exporting PS2s to Fund Hezbollah

PSN Updates:

PS3 Error: 8001050F Caused By Clock Bug, Fix Within 24 Hours [UPDATE]

Supported Games:

Activision's New Plans For Call of Duty Include New Developer, New Genres

Tips:

Null

Tech News

New Tech:

600 Million Metric Tons of Ice Found On Moon's North Pole Surface, Could Be Enough to Supply Base

Subscribe:

Febuary 2010

     Welcome to our new and imporoved clan newsletter. I plan to have this become a monthly newsletter related to gaming and gaming cultire, cool new gadgets, gaming tips, and anything else I feel like.

     Website news, clan news, member news, and any other announcements will all be listed here, in one monthly read. At the bottom of every issue there will be a link for you guys to submit anything you want for each catagory.

     Each issue will have a comments section, which I will be reading (gives me something to do when im bored traveling to and from work), so please feel free to write down any thoughts or opinions you have on any part of any newsletter....they really do help in cases of clan management and policies. 

The newsletter will be broken down into the following catagories:

Website News:

• Challenges: Trophy Challenge, and Photo Challenge
• New features and overall changes in structure.

Gaming News:

• Rumors
• Previews
• Reviews
• Console News
• PSN Updates
• 9mm Supported Games (Games we might want to play as a clan on).
• Gaming Tips (in game, and in life)

Clan News:

• New Members
• Member News
• Chain of Command
• Policies (new policies and changes in policies)

Tech News:

New Tech

INDEX

Clan News

New Members:

No News

Member News:

No News

Chain of Command:

No News

Policies:

Tryout Nights:      We will be having a recruting night for anyone wanting to join 9mm. The time and night will be announced soon, and anyone wanting to join the clan MUST attend. Senior members will be on hand to play with and observe the new players to see if they would make good members. At the end of the meeting, any members accepted into the clan will be instructed to register on the website, finalizing their tryout. Any applications to the website will inbox rot until the end of the meeting, and no one will be accepted in between these meetings.

This is to introduce any and all new members witht he senior members, as well as making sure all requirements are met for new members (good sportmanship, minimum age, good quality WORKING mic, etc).

Website News

Challenges:

Trophy Challenge

This trophy challenge seems all but a wrap for all of us since  NOEYEDEA1 entered. We really need some big time trophy earners....so there can be an actual race. This graph tells the entire story:

  Photo Challenge

There has been renewed Interest in this challenge. It's mostly a photography scavenger hunt challenge. The rewards are just awards for your name in the [Chain of Command] for now. But if this becomes popular, other prizes may be given out (physical prizes possibly??)

New Features

[Games] Page: Our clan is vast, and each member plays more than just 1 game. So to help organize ourselves and show what games we are all playing, I have started the [Games] page. This will allow you to 'join' groups within our own website. This feature will be used to show which games we play, so if you play MAG, join the MAG group. There are other features that can be used in that section such as elements and comments, but, for our purposes, these won't be used. At least for now.

Optional Membership Fees:     Soon (hopefully around the start of the summer) we will be giving you the option to "upgrade" your clan membership. For a small fee (to be determined, but less than $15 a year), you will have better awards, more challenges you can participate in, unique swag, and possibly different types of financial clan support (to be determined). The revinue will be used to pay for website fees, challenge awards, funding of official clan events, and possibly donations to charities. All of this will be optional, and all basic perks you get from being in the clan now will be continued even after this is set in place.

Website Changes:

Hall of Shame
 Moved under [Foreign Relations]

Gaming News

Rumors:

No News

Previews:

Alien vs Predator: A new game. And the co-op survival mode is your standard "see how many levels you last" kind of action. It seems to be extriemely similar to Nazi Zombies, but with ALIENS! That alone makes this game a "Must Buy" for me, and if its any good online, could be a fun side game for 9mm. And if the rest of the multiplayer is a fun as this looks, this could easily be a game we completly support like MAG and MW2.

See the video and read the whole artcile here.

Reviews:

Goober19's Review of MAG:

Team Work at its Finest

As we know MAG is a war simulated game that consists of having up to 256 people playing against each other at one time.  The structure is based around the military set up in that you can have up to an entire company of 128 people or a single platoon of 32 people.  As you level up throughout the game you can become squad leaders and from there you can begin working your way up the ranks.  But one has to ask when it comes to the clan: Is this game worthy of 9mm’s attention?

After playing the game I began to respect one aspect of the game right away.  In order to succeed in this game you need to rely on your companions in your squad.  There is no way that a single person can secure the objective and hold it down by himself.  Practically every game I have played to where we have had excellent teamwork we came out on top.  Another great aspect of the game is the ability to choose what you want to work with and improve what is in the class.  When you level up you get a spec point.  Each piece of equipment requires a certain amount of spec points to unlock, thus giving you the option of exploring what you can get and if you don’t like what you have chosen you can choose to respec your character after you have made enough respec points.   By far the most impressive thing about this is that there is little……LAG.  There might be a glitch here and there, but to have 256 people in one arena and have it run smooth is outstanding to begin with.

Now there are some things that I do disagree with when it comes to this game.  The big one that I disagree with is that you cannot make more than one character.  So if you are a trophy hound and want to get everyone of them you will be at it awhile cause you need to get to level 60 for each fraction and in order to do that you have to delete the character you strived to get up to level 60.  Another thing that I have noticed is that being a sniper is hard business when first starting off for it is hard to shoot at something when the scope doesn’t zoom out very far.  Lastly I would say that the graphics do not reach the COD:MW2 level, but that is to be expected since there are so many people in the game.  The last thing anyone wants is lag. 

So do why is MAG worthy of 9mm, the best clan out there? Loyalty, Teamwork, and preparing strategies is what 9mm is all about.  In order to survive and win in MAG you need to have these traits and knowing that 9mm believes in this it is almost a sure fire win once more of our clan joins in on the fray.  So if you were sitting on the fence about this game then get off and get it.  Your buddy needs you out there in the battlefield. 

-IDH (aka Goober19)

Console News:

No News

PSN Updates:

No News

Supported Games:

No News

Tips:

No News

Tech News

New Tech:

No News

That Is All.

Probation

Chicago94

Demotions

DOX10462 - 2nd Lieutenant

justiniv - Sergeant

sneeekie - Private First Class

coka - Private

JROCK2683 - Private

Promotins

mattfest - Lieutenant Colonel

atlkilla8706 - Sergeant First Class

TylerHandsBro - Staff Sergeant

NaeNae69 - Sergeant

Offshoreplayer -  Corporal

xFRUITY-LOOPx - Corporal

daBEASTIEboi - Specialist

revelent - Specialist

Finewine114 - Private First Class

RawrNatalieZOMB - Private First Class

WIZER91 - Private First Class

splitfire34 - Private First Class

Rockey313 - Private First Class

ZaXxX - Private

mikemadness - Private

New Members

EyeLesS_sNiper

daBEASTIEboi

WIZER91

StickyyRice

daddykid

splitfire34

slade0132

mikemadness

obad

RawrNatalieZOMB

Rockey313

ZaXxX

Demotions:

revelent - Private

Promotions:

mattfest - Lieutenant Colonel

JustDerrick - Master Sergeant

atlkilla8706 - Staff Sergeant

DOGMAI502 - Sergeant

TylerHandsBro - Sergeant

lalo139 - Corporal

NaeNae69 - Corporal

sneeekie - Specialist

Offshoreplayer - Specialist

LOVE48 - Off Probation

New Members:

Chicago94

Adam-Bomb__BOOM

diehrkiller256

JohnJin21

Probation:

LOVE48

Demotions:

DOX10462-1st Lieutenant 

solidsnak666-Specialist

Promotions:

mattfest-Major

justiniv-Warrant Officer 1

Stoney217-Staff Sergeant

TylerHandsBro-Corporal

Offshoreplayer-Private First Class

sneeekie-Private First Class

~It's a short list guys, lets see some more hustle to get playing.

     This awards requirements have changed from only needing a GB account, to now needing to be a leader of a team, able to organize matches. Therefore, from now on, only the current members able to schedule GB matches will have this award.

2. Zombie Challenge updated.

3. Trophy Challenge updated.

4. Promotions and Awards [26]

So.....any thoughts as to what the monkey could be for???

Modern Warfare 2 Controller in Development?

Infinity Ward's resident Twitter fanatic hints at new custom controller.

by Scott Lowe

July 20, 2009 - There still remains much to be known about the forthcoming sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has been kind enough to quietly slip out little tidbits here and there to keep the hardcore fans satisfied. Just last week, Bowling delivered the first look at the Prestige Edition of the game in a Twitter post, which caused a significant stir throughout the gaming industry press. Today in what appears to be an outreach for fan feedback, Bowling made a brief post about a special edition Modern Warfare 2 controller.

In a design meeting for a #MW2 controller. Need your advice - Concave or Convex grips for the Analog sticks? Whats your preference and why?

The post leaves many questions, like for instance: will the controller be a specific console exclusive? Will it be produced in mass quantities or a limited edition? Clearly the product is still in its early development stages, but we expect to hear more about the controller as the game nears release.

AC130 Reward for Modern Warfare 2

Infinity Ward shows off what happens when you get 11 kills in a row.

July 27, 2009 - Infinity Ward revealed the AC130 killstreak reward for Modern Warfare 2 on Monday, marking the first time that the company has really begun to talk about the multiplayer suite in its highly-anticipated first-person shooter. In a video posted to YouTube (and which can be seen below), the company gave the first look at the new killstreak ability.

For the uninitiated, the killstreak rewards are ways of rewarding players if they manage to rack up a certain number of kills in a row before dying in multiplayer. In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a killstreak of three will get you a recon drone, a streak of five will let you summon an airstrike, and a streak of 11 will let you call in the dreaded helicopter gunship. It's not clear if Modern Warfare 2 will keep those initial three killstreak rewards, but according to the video you can unlock and personalize your killstreak loadout.


Check out the AC130 carnage for yourself.

If you get 11 you can be the gunner aboard an AC130 orbiting above the battlefield. The video is a bit murky as to the details, as most of the footage showed the carnage being inflicted on the ground, but there are a few seconds where the video shows the perspective of the gunner looking through the plane's targeting system to rain devastation on targets below. If that's the case, it's not quite clear what happens to the player's character on the battlefield. Do they transport to the AC130 above?

Fans of Modern Warfare will remember how potent an AC130 can be, as there's a level in the game where you provide aerial support for the troops on the ground. It's armed with 20mm Gatling guns, 40mm cannons, and a 105mm howitzer. While the AC130 is undoubtedly used for the Western side, it's unknown what the AC130 equivalent will be for those playing on the other side.

To counter the AC130, it appears that soldiers will have some sort of access to a man-portable air defense system, basically a shoulder-mounted surface-to-air missile. You can lock onto the gunship by aiming at it, and then fire the missile once you've achieved lock.

Other details revealed by the video include a Buzzkill bonus of 100 points for stopping an enemy short of achieving of a killstreak of their own. And if the video is any indication, you don't want to be on the receiving end of an AC130. Meanwhile, you can get a Stuck bonus for sticking an enemy with Semtex (plastic explosive). And there's a Payback bonus of 200 points for getting revenge on another player, though it's not clear what the requirements for the bonus are. For example, does the other player have to kill you a certain amount of times in a row in order for you to get payback?

With the game's November 10 release date only three-and-a-half months away, it's safe to say that Infinity Ward will pick up the pace on releasing details soon. After all, Activision has made no secret that it wants Modern Warfare 2 to be the biggest entertainment release of the year.

thanks to

1) According to this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBJcOy6iuUc), MODERN WARFARE 2 will allow you to customize your kill streak perks.  Apparently there are different ones that youcan unlock and then assign (if this is fake, the game being played he video looks nice and I want to play it). 

2) Even though MAGICMURDA is the only one with an XBOX, this is an update for an XBOX exclusive title: SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION which was slated to come out this fall has been pushed back (again) to 2010 sometime.

Now for the new games coming out that I am definitely interested in and hope/think the rest of you may enjoy also.

1) HOMEFRONT (created by the people that brought us FUEL OF WAR): This is a beautiful looking FPS game that takes place in America (which is occupied by North Korea?) and gives access to true "modern warfare" utilities/accessories/weapons (like the DRONE unmanned plane for instance).  This link (http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3/homefront/g-2009060417142044030) has a decent write up with screen shots and a game trailer.  This one should go on the "watch list" for everyone.  Release date is 03/27/2010.

2) UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES (this is the follow-up to UNCHARTED: DRAKES FORTUNE, which is an excellent game).  The main character, Nate, is joined by a new character named Chloe this time around, although Elena (from the 1st one) will be in the game also.  This time around, treasure hunter Nate is looking to find the truth about what happened to Marco Polo and the Himalayan valley of Shambhala. NAUGHTY DOG has included co-op multiplayer online this time, and also a multiplayer online game of team death match; along with  plunder which is a "capture-the-flag" variation.  Here (http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/142/14225971/vids_1.html) are some nice videos.

3) RAGE (by the developers of DOOM, WOLFENSTEIN and QUAKE) is an interesting game that takes outside of the dark corridors and hallways that the other 3 games kept you in, and is new for them to go this route.  For those of you who have played FALLOUT 3, you mind find this similar and enjoy it maybe a bit more. The setting of the game is 80 years after an asteroid crahses into Earth and kills off most of civilization (also maybe like an intense video game version of the new TV show THE COLONY) and you are a survivor in this post apocalyptic world thanks to a project, created by the government before the asteroid hit, call Project Eden.  Project Eden placed people cryogenically frozen and placed in Arks underground.  An earthquake breaks your Ark open early and you're on your own to fend against mutated people and God knows what else. Watch this video: http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/idtech5/video/6196417/gc-2008-rage-official-trailer-4?hd=1

4) ALPHA PROTOCOL....if you liked InFAMOUS, PROTOTYPE, and  SPLINTER CELL or RAINBOW SIX, then imagine those crossed with the upcoming game HEAVY RAIN which gives you choices other than "good" or "bad".  Check it out here (http://www.alphaprotocol.com/us/main.php) and more videos available on the playstation store.

Event/Calendar System overhaul (Slated for release end of next month);

• An improved user-friendly structure for finding, viewing and adding events
• Ability to charge a fee for someone to register for an event that will be paid directly to your PayPal account
• Better RSVP options where a member can select that they will be attending, not attending or might attend.
• When posting an event their will be an option to set if an event is personal or public.
• An area that lists events you or your members have RSVP for.

Wiki/Content System (Slated for release end of next month); (Replacement to the current knowledge base system)

• Completely page based system where you can allow your members to add pages and edit pages.
• Ability to roll back or approve page changes
• Unlimited page depth, meaning new pages can be created within other pages and so on.
• Full tag support, content searching and new elements to show top authors, editors, and so on.

Member Points System (Slated for release around October 1st)

• Customizable points for rewarding member site activity
• An option to name points whatever you would like. Thus points could be EXP, or whatever
• Points will be based on activity recorded by the member activity site features. Thus anything that would normally appear in the member activity feed could have a point value attached to it.
• Points position system so that members can see how they rank against other members on your website.

The points system sounds particularly interesting....

Big Thanks to Offshoreplayer for the find!

Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 further expands the awesome COD multiplayer experience with four brand new maps. Fight for ocean territory in "Battery," an armored island surrounded by anti-ship mines and shore to ship cannons. Watch out for sniper fire as you defend Russia's most coveted resource in "Revolution," and keep a sharp eye out through the dense, overcast city streets in "Breach," set at Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate. Zombies return in all their undead glory with "Der Riese" (Zombie Factory), a Nazi research facility featuring the weapon upgrading Pack A Punch Machine. Use the teleporters to escape in an instant and fight to the death in pursuit of the map's 10 new Achievements/Trophies

Overwhelm the enemy in "Breach," set in Berlin's overcast and crowded city streets surrounding the historic Brandenburg Gate. Only the fittest will survive in this fast-paced, dense battlefield!

An armored island surrounded by anti-ship mines and shore to ship cannons, "Battery" places soldiers on a mid-sized map based on Fort Drum (El Fraile Island) in the Philippines. Expect plenty of areas to hide and heavy close quarters combat!

"Revolution" pits soldiers against each other in Russia's cold city streets and large factory environment. Keep your fingers warm, your gun loaded, and your head low through this sniper-friendly territory!

I recently learned of the edition types for MODERN WARFARE 2.  There is, of course, the standard edition which consists of only the game itself ($69 or $59 USD). 

There are also two other editions (a special collectors edition was already anticipated by many), and they are labeled: (1) MODERN WARFARE 2 Hardened Edition ($79 USD)  which contains the game disc and a steelbook case of custom art,  hardbound book of art "Behind the Lines", CoD classic (1st CoD game) download and to be enjoyed for the 1st time on a console  and in HD. ; 

 (2) MODERN WARFARE 2 Prestige Edition ($149 USD) which will consist of the same contents as the Hardened Edition, but will also include fully-functional, wearable, adjustable Night Vision Goggles with indiviually numbered and engraved Collector's Stand. Custom-designed and painted goggles allow sight in absolute darkness up to 50 feet in black & white or night vision green.  It is also said (by GAMESTOP employee) that you will be able to transfer your CoD 4 Prestige and that once you reach a certain prestige level in MW2, you will be able to carry some special weapon with you at all times in addition to the Primary and Secondary weapons (not specified if for use or just to make your character look cool).

This is all the information I have accumulated so far, and the info was found @ Kotaku.com and Amazon.com  (there is also a video available on youtube.com.....just search for Prestige Edition).  I have included a picture showing all the contents, and I also found two pictures showing what the Prestige Symbols may look like. I hope you all enjoy and look forward to this as much as I do!  ~Rick (aka Da_One_Armed_Man)