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Am i the only one that would love Infinity Ward to turn this into the idea for a level? Mission 4353 RESCUE THAT DAMM CLOWN! | |
Either that or they could hide a clown in every level, either a random civilian or some graffiti etc. | |
This story keeps getting better. I hope IW is laughing at this. | |
I can see IW sitting there now thinking "maybe we shouldn't have got our lawyers to write that snotty letter" | |
Hahahah I really like these guys. It all seems in good fun. I hope infinity ward plays their little game. Might be some good PR. | |
They made a bad choice of hostage, didn't they? Clowns are scary! | |
I think this is a funny situation. You really hope IW wont be jackasses and do something cool. But at the same time we all love a little drama! Gonna be funny to see what happens. | |
I wish more developers would put those kinds of easter eggs in their games, like inFamous having "mule transportation" (A suggestion from X-Play), that'd be hilarious wouldn't it? | |
Wow, I guess the shit just got real. I want to see IW's reaction to all of this. | |
This is pretty funny but i predict IW wont think that as much | |
We shall have to wait and see.. :) I've just fed the clown again today. He's looking tired. He wishes to thank you all for your continued support - although I did tell him there was none, but he didn't believe me. | |
Hah! If I was IW I would at least give them a little souvenir of sorts to the community just for brightening up my day. Maybe an in-game gun of choice with a colorful clown texture, or an in-game costume with a red afro. | |
Ya! but it has to be a hidden or bonus level other wise that would be pretty weird | |
If you do wind up killing him I have some advice for you, do not eat clown meat, for it is usually the wrong colour and tastes funny. | |
This would have ben so much more entertaining to do to Valve, but hopefully IW gets in on the fun instead of releasing the lawyers. I still want IW to heed my previous suggestion, though. | |
Welcome to the Escapist! I still think you should try and make Activision as angry as possible for the entire gaming community to laugh at. | |
Anyone else considering that Infinity Ward could simply get the domain modernwarfarefour.com? | |
I am issueing you a cease and desist on you. You are currently ruining the fun. However, since you are new here I shall leave you with a warning and the words 'Welcome to the Escapist'! | |
right on jess, flog that clown for all he's worth ;) | |
The reason IW didn't say anything is probably they too busy laughing their asses off. | |
Love it. This man deserves a promo copy. As ive said before, Any man that can hijack a plane with a pair of tweasers Deserves the plane. Its the same thing. | |
Wtf, I used to be part of this clan for PR, rofl. | |
They're F@cked if it has a subtitle. | |
Damn you, Chicago Ted! How did you figure out my Powers of Domain-Standoff Unfunness(TM) were susceptible to cease and desist orders? In all seriousness (HA! Seriousness, the opposite of fun! I have not begun to fight!) I appreciate the official welcome. | |
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Or maybe they could make a clown skin purchasable online, with a free action figure of it :D | |
I could imagine a Tie-In that involves the main characters of MW4 invading a small sub-urban home only to find a stereotypical computer geek at his desk, hilarity ensues. | |
Hey! I resemble that remark! :P | |
This sounds like a dastardly brilliant scare tactic to get clowns off the street... | |
Hm..like the CoD4 Intel? Not a bad Idea =3 | |
Both awesome ideas...IW should definitely pay homage to this event somehow. I'm leaning more towards a bizarre bonus mission reminiscent of "mile high club." | |
Remember - A real clowns life is on the line here. We've decided to let him express a few words on the website today... | |
Actually, the guys at Infinity Ward have fantastic senses of humor. I'm guessing they're getting quite a kick out of this. :) | |
I think IW should insert "Ziip the Clown" into MW2. He could just be a clown that threatens his audience with physical harm. They could put him on a TV somewhere in one of the levels. The name ZiiP sorta sounds like it could be an eastern-european accented pronunciation of "Zip," anyways. And you know that IW loves Eastern European accents. I'll bet IW has a great sense of humor, by the by. There're bikes in like every game (and possibly in every level in CoD2, though I didn't have the patience to confirm it) purely because one of the level designers likes bicycles. I mean, come on, they definitely don't mind jokes. | |
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Breaking: ModernWarfare4.com Kidnappers Speak Out
In an interview with The Escapist, the group behind the modernwarfare4.com hostage taking details its nefarious plan to extort millions, destroy Infinity Ward and bring a gaming empire to its knees.
It was revealed yesterday that a previously unknown group calling itself the ZiiP Gaming Community had taken control of the modernwarfare4.com domain and threatened to kill a clown if its outrageous ransom demands weren't met. While Modern Warfare 4 likely won't be seen for several years - Modern Warfare 2 isn't being released until November, after all - gamers around the world nonetheless held their breath as they awaited Infinity Ward's response to this callous and chilling act.
Okay, so maybe it's not quite that dramatic. In fact, according to the ZiiP Community member known as Jester, the domain was actually purchased months ago and then forgotten until now. "Infinity Ward released Call of Duty, then COD2, then something went sort of awry and they released COD4:MW - I guess it was very late in the night by this point and something jokingly inside my head made me think that maybe IW were superstitious about the number 3 and that they'd miss it again with the Modern Warfare sequels," he said. "So I checked for the '4' domain - and was surprised to see it was available."
"There was nothing malicious or any serious intent to make money out of owning the domain," he continued. "When I placed the message on the site asking for a copy of a game for all of my members I did so because I didn't want to make any actual cash from the domain. I just figured that IW would have promo copies of the game lying around the place and I was trying to do something nice for my little community that has stuck together for the past 4 or 5 years and paid hundreds and hundreds of pounds out to software developers."
He was also apparently naive about what would happen when word of the "hostage taking" got out. "I woke up to what I thought would be a bog standard Wednesday, and it has turned out to be one of the funniest of my gaming history," he said. "I don't think I could have put the ZiiP name around more globally if I had tried! All for a £6 domain name!"
Ultimately, Jester and the team at ZiiP are only in this for a little bit of fun and he said that if Infinity Ward wants the domain back, he'll give it up. "This is all very tongue-in-cheek. We are not holding IW to ransom. If they really want the domain, they can have it - hopefully without snotty letters from lawyers," he said. "We hope they see the funny side... One of my members said to me today that we should organize a match/scrim with the IW developers, and whoever wins gets the domain! A good idea... although knowing ZiiP, we'd probably teamkill each other and get thrashed."
Infinity Ward still has not commented and its silence becomes more ominous with each passing hour. Will they give in to the ransom demand? Or will they send in the QA department to clean house? Stay tuned!
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