THE CALL OF DUTY ZOMBIES ICEBERG 5: An Even, EVEN Deeper Dive...

[@dragonsamurai453productions]

Been listening to these icebergs while playing Black ops 2 zombies, and I'll be honest, I've learnt quite a bit about the lore of COD Zombies through these videos.

[@artick6097]

I listen to these icebergs to fall asleep lol

[@lovescarred999]

​@@artick6097 just as I'm doing now 😂

[@Richtofens_revenge]

🙌

[@shooby4773]

​@@artick6097 GN 😂

[@Wasker20233]

Dude im doing the same but on bo1

[@DiddlePantsFTW]

Shadows of Evil isn’t LITERALLY Atlantis, it’s more of a metaphor for it, with the pocket dimension the city resides in is being “submerged”/hidden from the rest of Dimension 63 by Shadowman/Dark Aether

[@theyluvmatty4198]

I think it’s more of a love craftion map based on the book shadow over innsmouth by hp. With the almost alien features of everything.

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Yeah I agree, I think it is more of a representation/depiction as opposed to being THE Atlantis

[@diemarxistischeliga7983]

@@theyluvmatty4198don’t forget how the lost city of R'lyeh is sunken beneath Innsmouth, in COD lore instead of Rlyeh under Morgue City was an ancient keeper city

[@reneflores8832]

Verruckt’s wall cyphers always gave me chills. Thank you for covering it. Your coverage of the verruckt’s wall writing made me feel like I was 10 years old again looking for the hidden lore on KZbin.

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

So glad to hear, i wanted it to have that creepypasta sort of vibe!

[@ShapBro]

39:44 , so the single shot weapons in black ops 1 feature some kind of trigger stop on them to prevent people of slamming on it with some kind of fast click program. the FAL has the same thing actually.

[@Chris-hs8zd]

My head cannon is that the m14 just be jamming cause it’s a piece of trash just like in real life

[@beefynfn]

59:21 this is because JFK's line got cut, it referenced his assassination and they felt it was a bit too insensitive, surprising for Treyarch in 2010

[@lightinstinct707]

Kinda funny when you think about it, like they actually had us point a gun at him in the campaign of bo1 and the tvs in the background changing to images of his assassination but having a quote is TOO FAR

[@beefynfn]

@@lightinstinct707 well the quote was a joke, in the campaign that stuff is taken seriously, so I can see how they would think one is okay but not the other

[@ARx0xoo]

Yet they use Fidel Castro 😆

[@NZXT_Nomad]

​@@ARx0xoo dictator pos thst brought the country's economy to ruin? Valid.

[@zyvernious]

You know zombies is the most cryptic game mode when theres like 10+ hours of info, the only other iceberg that surpasses cod zombies is the Creepypasta

[@donaldmusteredplays2331]

Game probably tried this shit and gave up in 20 mins

[@zyvernious]

What's that supposed to mean

[@obi1kanob557]

I truly don’t understand how you’re not at least a million sub channel, you put out some of the best zombies content in the whole community, keep up the amazing work bro

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Cheers! Maybe one day lmao

[@johnny-smith]

It doesn't actually "take away" your Juggernog. There are videos on how it works, and it feels practically similar to if it did just do that, but what it actually does is cap your health regen to your health after being zapped by the Wunderwaffe

[@dariusdafigga]

Someone who actually knows 🤝

[@chainsawz5618]

which is functionally the exact same thing

[@JB2FROSTY]

​@chainsawz5618 right? Lmao

[@DiddlePantsFTW]

The rev ciphers are literally impossible to solve. I think they were designed/written wrong or are just completely broken, making them quite literally impossible to decipher.

[@twohause]

not trying to claim this is incorrect information but how is it known that they’re impossible to solve?

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

I do think they are solvable, but they've got to be encrypted beyond belief

[@twohause]

@@TheExceptionalGamer that’s what i figured the general impression of the community was! these ciphers better have some juicy information WHEN they’re solved

[@zachhenon]

@@twohausenot impossible, and we even have an idea of the exact website Blundell used to encrypt them, but there’s a few issues. we don’t know what method was being used to encrypt them, experts in cyphers looked over them and said they may be encrypted using modern methods which are much harder to solve than the classical ones we usually get. Also side note, the ones we solved on Rev are basic lore stuff and a thank you from the devs, they were designed to be solved easily

[@foomongus2935]

the director being richtofen was one of the most obvious readable things that i remember berfore it was shown most people assumed it

[@liltoad9050]

I think the cursed poster quote means that bo3 is cursed to be the best zombies mode and nothing is able to top it

[@zachary3560]

I thought it was as simple as it looked. Only the cursed survive, the zombies are the cursed and will continue to “live” on forever those who are blessed to be alive will not and will ultimately become cursed or turned into zombies surprised it doesn’t have a definitive answer by now

[@ShavedPotatoes]

Bro the m14 jamming happened to me a lot and I always thought my controller broke shit made me die a few times

[@TheSon678]

Tis’ just a fire rate cap

[@pheonix5556]

I just figured it wasn't registering presses of the button

[@Sarkasuhm-yk9wr]

the aether section turned into a creepy pasta ARG type thing and i love it zombies ARG when

[@Deathwarrior115]

1:58:38 thanks for including custom zombies 😊

[@UnknownErRoRzzz]

u dont understand how long i waited for this

[@ShapBro]

Oh my god, keep it going. Cant get enough of these. You changed so much since the first iceberg in all the positive ways.

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Wow thank you so much!

[@the_jones528]

The Great War map existed, DAMNIT!!! You know what it would've been? Takes place in Agartha again, at the beginning of the cycle, and Primis goes through the loop again, BUT, you play as Ultimus, and the EE would be to help Primis defeat the Apothicons and Dr. Monty. What a better way to end the series than to play as the Original 4 Homies, and have _them_ be the heroes? All while everyone comments on the fact that Rictofen is back from his power-trip, Dempsey roasting him saying "Just like old times huh Kraut? Miss your little fancy pyramid?" And Rictofen being salty that he is powerless again, while Nikolai somehow relates the Great War to an experience with one of his wives, and Takeo stating how the Emperor must hear about all this! The commentary potential would've been PURE GOLD! THE ENTIRE MAP WOULD HAVE BEEN S-TIER!!!

[@Mr.pigeon935]

Been listening to these iceberg videos while playing black ops 3 zombies grinding to prestige master

[@chikinbizkitjr13]

The Waffe doesn't take away your Jug, it takes away your health regen and leaves you with what your health was when the Waffe shot shocked you

[@tylerhartley5031]

No

[@ILoveFood894]

just wanted to watch a video of cod zombies while playing cod multiplayer, and I get hit with “these balls of greatness”😭😭😭

[@VeeHarmony]

Chug-a-bud genuinely rolls off the tongue way better than Who's Who!

[@thebugaboo]

no

[@shrekhoodieguy5449]

​@@thebugabooyes

[@Richtofens_revenge]

🙌

[@jonathandrawdy9818]

you wouldn’t have the absolute banger that is the who’s who jingle if it was called chug a bud

[@MrRedRice935]

Not really

[@Jerrycourtney]

5:49 it’s good knowing that Captain Price and Sam Maxis made it out of the USSR OK after destroying a giant demonic crystalline floaty boy covering up some missile silos with his… well, crystals, back in the 80s.

[@redwiltshire1816]

I’m so glad they changed it back to 4 main characters Cold War and MWZ just have shape shifters

[@GabeDodrill]

Yoooo something that further cements Dempsey being more conscious of everything than he leads on is that in the cutscene of origins once you finish the Easter egg it starts with the “camera” staring into Samantha’s eyes and she turns it around and starts knocking zombies down. Then she sets the “camera” down and picks Nikolai’s toy figure up while Eddie is carrying richtoffen and takeo. Dempsey is who she’s playing with initially and all of that cutscene is seen through his eyes. Not sure what it adds but it’s just a weird feature to choose Dempsey to see through especially since Nikolai takes over for reading the kronorium and leading the crew.

[@radicaldadical859]

been working overnights this week at work, and these iceburgs, the 7 hour storyline video by that one dude, and TSP zombies retrospective series have been keeping me going 🙏🏼✊

[@J10KDDR]

I wonder if “beware of the 6” is really just as simple as “watch your 6”

[@lackofreason722]

I thought it referred to the nova 6 crawlers.

[@theloneoutlaw5411]

Of all these five amazing icebergs, I’m quite surprised the Noahj456 sink incident or “is this playable” isn’t on here

[@DatHondaBoi223]

What’s the sink incident

[@WAFFENFABRIK]

Maybe we need a CoD Zombies Community Iceberg. Starting with Lex's forehead.

[@TheSwordofFlames]

The weird dev model that appears on the Shadows of Evil map art is called the "master spawner". It's essentially the base spawn point for all the zombies on the map before they get teleported to their actual spawn point. It's usually invisible or outside the map, but they just forgot to do something about it here.

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

That’s interesting, thanks for the info, seems like they just didn’t care to move it maybe? Or it somehow slipped past the whole team lmao

[@reveriiiii]

i was NOT expecting Eikichi to pop up in a COD Zombies video

[@MyBadCuhz]

Idk how people can cope themselves into thinking Tag was the original, intended ending for BO4. It's pretty obvious when you consider the amount of cut content in the files, and content that was planned by 3ARC but never actually released, that they were unfortunately forced to wrap the story with Tag. We know a that 2 year content plan was intended for BO4, but cut short likely due to Cold War, and that several Aether and Chaos maps were in development that were due after AO/Tag. Not to mention that Factions/Newton's Cookbook/Super EE all got cut when they were supposed to come out right around the time 3ARC were moved to work on CW. I hope we get some kind of official answer eventually.

[@MrRedRice935]

We were gonna get the Great War map but got rev, then Great War was supposed to be in bo4 but bo4 ended up being filler with a retconned ending

[@ipeed]

yes wel allkow treyarch intended for a longer better story but greedy corporations need money asap and cant let good devs make a good game

[@the_jones528]

I remember when I first got the Wunderwaffe on Shi No Numa, hearing the sounds it makes when you equip it and the weight of it in my characters hands, literally going "What the Fuck!?" in complete excitement 😂 Best Wonder weapon forever.

[@Thrasher_d]

COD zombies has the best icebergs, and you make the best of these videos. Every single time I see these it makes my day better

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

I'm glad they do! Thank you

[@dabeltgiver]

My idea of the Only the cursed survive entry is referring to Primis. It could be a nod to the fact that they live through the cycle over and over, and, in a sense... are cursed with survival.

[@HarleyDecker-ff2xi]

The panzer noise immediately sent my anxiety sky high

[@Ktmguy890]

I feel like "the Giant has risen" in the Market Man theory could represent Richtofen starting his grand plan to get power. Think about it, the map the giant/der reise is pretty much where the plan starts

[@danieldunlea4002]

Lets goooo, another banger to watch during nightshift 🔥🔥🔥

[@wonderlust-wl9yf]

Always such a good watch. At 1:34:56 I believe that is a Master Spawner. Glitching Queen has done a few videos on them.

[@TDFAL]

That or its just an out of place default model that you can spawn with mods

[@Ivvilon]

I could have sworn that Dempsey or Nikolai said something when playing solo about being alone on Kino der Toten. Something like, "oh, leaving me alone, I see how it is" or something similar.

[@thepie193]

I've downed more times to my M14 refusing to fire than I have messing up a train.

[@dariusdafigga]

It has a fire rate cap, I know from using a modded controller on 360

[@Villey]

@@dariusdafiggaYou’re the reason I’m forced to have a fire rate cap you bastard! 😂😂

[@User-cl0ckEd9622]

I love these videos. I’ve been playing zombies since I was 6 and started in bo1. I have absolutely loved zombies lord growing up and these videos are just so satisfying to listen to while I relax

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

That's awesome! Glad you enjoy them :)

[@TheTrueMCGamer]

I copped a mini fridge a couple years ago in perfect condition for 300 expensive but it’s really cool and I’m still happy with it

[@SATANICCOW]

The guy hidden behind the soe text is the master spawner, it spawns in all the zombies before teleporting them to their windows on the map Most of them are hidden outside the map on other maps Glitching Queen has a couple videos on this

[@tgsrhoy6619]

Yessssss SIR!!! It's nice to hear from you again TheExceptionalGamer!

[@AstrumKitten091]

Thank you for confirming Der Eisendrache inspiration. The whole time I was like "this is almost exactly like Where Eagles dare". Castle, snow, eagles nest, gondola. On top of what you said

[@ZombiesLibrary]

🧟‍♂️👋 Cheers for the shoutout. I had never noticed the Verrückt spiral text resembles the nervous system. More EE’s that almost nobody knows about - Der Riese chalkboards has the name “DELGADO”, this is referencing 3arc dev John Delgado. The initials “JD” are found multiple times on Der Riese & on the Kino projector Eye image. This same “JD” can be found on the base of the Tranzit Bus Driver. (Nobody knows of that). On Die Rise, in the centre of one of the calendars, 935 is written in Chinese text. Nacht can be seen in the very 1st frames of the Tranzit reveal video. Everyone missed it.

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Thanks for the comment! These are some interesting details and proof that there is STILL more obscure zombies trivia

[@slayparty]

a few gamefaqs threads from 2010 say the M14 actually had a built in fire rate nerf that made it so when you fire it too fast it stops you from shooting as a measure to stop modded controllers and people who have good triggerfingers i guess

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Ohhh that makes so much more sense now. It must’ve been a pretty big deal for it to be as severe as it is in game cos when that gun jams it’s like that for a good 2-3 seconds

[@dariusdafigga]

Like some others have mentioned, the Der Reise wunderwaffe doesn’t take away juggernog. Reason why is because WaW has the health coded differently from Shi no Numa to Der Riese. With the new health system, they never added in a line of code to check for health regen after getting zapped by the wunderwaffe, therefore the player never regenerates their health. This would make you a one hit if you zapped yourself without jugg also

[@jammydodger6932]

Ayyy the legend is back! Loved your other iceberg videos so will definitely watch this one!

[@Texas-FINALMIX-]

Finally some more cold war entries!

[@hououinkyouma6219]

My fav podcast videos to listen to as I drive

[@Not_slammedenuffCRV]

THERES NO WAY, I JUST BINGED WATCHED THE OTHER 4 LAST NIGHT😱

[@gonnnn2]

Amazing iceberg. Thorougly enjoyed watching it. I think the "SOE is atlantis" one is my favourite.

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Thank you for watching! Yeah i loved putting that one together

[@Alex-u2l6f]

I gotta say, I really liked that Atlantis segment as well! I guess SoE having some ancient Greek mythos influence could tie it to MotD, which has Cerberus in it. ( Brutus is Roman tho..) Also never noticed the "Submarine-punk" aesthetic, which could rival/ complement Origins' Steampunk vibes. Like you said tho, can't commit to it being Atlantis, because the Underground City (seen by PaP) is undeniably Love-craftian

[@mrstamin-up]

My favorite zombies content creator 🙌

[@mattv2956]

I was once playing a nice game of Nuketown Zombies. Suddenly, my FAL decided it no longer wanted to fire, and I died

[@ralphlorenzperolino3054]

Bro needs to make an iceberg about Origins

[@Jose-lu7ks]

Been listening to your vids while at work better than a podcast

[@Filollisejmina]

I love these iceberg vids while playing cod zombies I really hope more will come I appreciate your hard work

[@jaidennunez5730]

Your video making skills are getting extremely impressive!

[@hellajanky1980]

i love cod zombies lore so much. people really have no idea how deep these waters get 😈😈

[@KnifeToMeetYou_]

Ah a nice, short 2 hour video to enjoy on my lunch break. I appreciate the Zombies content, my friend!

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

"just ONE video before i go back to work" *2 hour long iceberg*

[@Wundarrphul]

Morg City always gave me the same vibe Bioshock 2 gave when you got to the small city streets, very worn down Art-Deco style but being worn and ruined away as life went to hell, and the Whole Intro of Richtofen coughing to become the Announcer happens EVERYTIME if you play a local match

[@CidDmon]

U heard the man, I'm selling my kidneys for that mini fridge

[@domzombie9946]

After rewatching the first iceberg again i think you should do a video going over mistakes or things that have changed since you started, ik I'd watch it

[@Jackerette]

This series cannot die

[@some_hilichurl]

everyone knows about Damned playing in the background of BO1 maps, but everyone forgets about the loop of Boldmen's city playing in pretty much all the WaW maps, especially verruckt. press F for Boldmen's city

[@jayrodjr602]

Dude played the dying light music in part 3 and didn't expect us to notice

[@dariusdafigga]

I definitely didn’t notice

[@opossumprime]

*heavy, frantic breathing*

[@quincyandjack3135]

great video love your humor nd jokes , keep up the great work

[@poohwithtimbs7027]

DADDY EXCEPTIONAL BACK!!! ❤❤🙏

[@Based_Stuhlinger]

He came back from the corner shop. 😆

[@techboy04gaming44]

Also a fun fact, the Witches also give claymores to the player too. Ive noticed it when I tried to use it against them.

[@CornusXBL]

My take on "Only the cursed survive" is those cursed to be trapped in the cycle continue to survive. The cycle is only ever broken when those in the cycle die. Look at MOTD and Tag, The 'surviving' doesnt have to be a good thing

[@tricky3187]

Just found your channel yesterday and I’ve been binging everything. You do a fantastic job at making (very) long form content entertaining and engaging throughout. Wonderful work and keep it up!

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Thanks I really appreciate it, glad my videos are binge worthy! More to come

[@tricky3187]

@@TheExceptionalGamer Thank YOU for keeping us entertained

[@FoxInferno13]

Dawg I just got done rewatching the first ones 👀👀👀

[@YVNG_ANT1DOTE]

The dying light background music gave me so much nostalgia

[@hasechoward2928]

If you look at the map descriptions for World at War Der Riese and also Bo3 The Giant, the description talks about the Giant Rising. That's what the entry about the market man is talking about

[@GabeDodrill]

One of the theories I’ve had about the mysterious figure used to market zombies and then the connection between the cursed survive is that if I’m not mistaken it’s richtoffens voice line who says “I learned to hide my curse a long time ago.” And at one point the shadow man considered richtoffen a protege of sorts. Richtoffen is the mysterious figure on the marketing for zombies and he has the same curse as the SOE crew. He also has an incredibly obscure timeline and past history where a future version of himself visited him to give him the blood vials and he has a voice line saying “I never really knew WHO I was but one day I saw a glimpse of WHAT I would become.” Could be a stretch but even the other characters seem to think richtoffen is hiding something throughout the entire series.

[@kalipsa8252]

OK the last entry hits the hardest 😫

[@jp106gti5]

The figure in the Shadows of Evil menu art thingy is the master spawner that spawns zombies before they teleport to the windows in spawn or wherever you are Love these icebergs btw

[@chilliLRK]

I get so excited when you upload a vid. You’re my favorite zombie content creator

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Wow, thanks so much!

[@TheLucarioProject]

28:40 I do think that WAW der riese does occasionally play the jingle in it's "entirety" however if I remember correctly there was originally supposed to be another verse that was cut from the version that currently plays in der riese rather than just the whole PAP jingle not playing in game.

[@spikethewolf9869]

39:15 This is a technical thing, it is a way the devs wanted to prevent modded controller users using single firing weapons to be fully auto, but I think in Bo1 it was extremely strict and even if you shot remotely quickly you get the jamming effect.

[@dimox115x9]

The "Only the cursed survive" zombie strange man is the one we see on the walls, i mean the figure with blood shape in BO1 Kino map and other maps if u look at it well and compare.

[@kisterdrums]

i know a crazy amount of zombies trivia from these videos lol

[@mysticalman8208]

The heyyy you from the bo1 poster made me chuckle 😂😂

[@ember_Matic]

So on that visual glitch post, it’s actually possible on Cold War zombies, specifically on outbreak, I don’t know if it was something on my end or assets, but when you play on outbreak the visuals on the zombies and hellhounds will actually glitch and make them completely black and only show their glowing eyes, along with the hellhounds having glitched textures, it’s actually really cool

[@cillbipher2613]

That "Dr wants the ultimate power" easter egg being on Dempsey's character bio too. Mans truly been smoking some of that shit Monika has.

[@jamesfedheld1051]

I WAS NOT PREPAIRED FOR A WHOLESOME MOMENT AT 23:30😭😭😭

[@TitoTooThrowed]

The featureless person on the SOE menu preview is a master spawner for the zombies in that area.

[@HawaiianMaugaMain]

1:28:21 actually you can get him to say it again by doing the victus super ee, it treats it like a fresh start

[@MusicZomB]

I really love your long-form content. It's been fun listening to these videos on the background while playin a game or doing chores. But I just wanted to jump in and say the terraria music that started playing behind your explanation of the broken world and the apocalypse was a jarring juxtaposition and was really funny. It made it a little hard to take seriously - though maybe that was your intention. Keep creating big man, enjoying your hard work

[@chrislemieux6838]

Love the dying light music in the background 30:02

[@alonzohedgehog]

Finally another exceptional gamer video

[@TankDempsey2244]

I love listening while high rounding

[@donutdog1937]

Yea my favourite custom map that never got finished was a bo3 version of Malibu drive

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

what was the map like?

[@donutdog1937]

@@TheExceptionalGamer well it was supposed to be just an updated version of Malibu drive brought over from waw to bo3

[@Ashrune_]

Beware of the 6 probably means beware of the nova 6. Since this was the first zombies map with nova 6 crawler's.

[@knightdriven4202]

Me and my mate used to hear Eddie coughing all the time. I had all the DLC but my mate didn't have the internet at the time. So we would play co op offline, and Eddie would cough every game

[@mouse5318]

ddlc music +10 respect

[@fdog6599]

The blank figure you see in the SOE menu icon is the master spawner that they forgot to edit out

[@doubleupdown7654]

I know you're a zombies channel but if you did iceberg videos for other games you like, i'd genuinely watch them from beginning to end. Maybe a Killing Floor iceberg might be a good way to test this out as it's the main inspiration for COD Zombies (i think? I'm pretty sure I heard that somewhere at least) either way, keep up the good work 👏

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Honestly I'm glad to hear it! I would love to make an iceberg on a game like killing floor, dying light, elden ring, etc as i think it would be really fun to make and hopefully to watch, and knowing you'd support it is good to know. Thank you 🙏

[@leonidas6064]

Thinking of shadows as atlantis, it always kind of reminded me of the underwater city in bioshock, guess that could be why

[@0kaythen]

Gonna be honest, I found you via lex a year back, and I’m quite glad I did. I Love your stuff, especially these long videos, and I hope that you make more stuff either on cod or even other games because we need more of it. (also this video inspired me to get a juggernog fridge so thanks for that lol)

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

Thanks for taking the time to check out my channel! I’ve gotta ask, what other games would you wanna see me make videos on?

[@0kaythen]

@@TheExceptionalGamerS.T.A.L.K.E.R. Might be cool to see you review, truth be told, you can make a video on whatever you want and I’d probably watch it (also, I apologize for the late response lol)

[@TheExceptionalGamer]

@@0kaythen it’s all good, thanks for the feedback