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i am using 7zip and everytime i try to extract it just says 'cannot open the file as a [xar] archive', what do i do?

QUICK EDIT: i am arguing for bo7 zombies, this isnt in relation to cold war or bo6

this argument is honestly really silly to me for a lot of reasons (to preface this, since obviously old cod games didnt even have warzone, i will be using multiplayer as a substitute for warzone when referencing those games):

1. the movement system between multiplayer and zombies has always been the same, with the ONLY EXCEPTION being bo3, but even in bo3, the movement is actually LESS advanced and smooth in zombies compared to multiplayer, if you dont believe me you can look at those youtube videos of these multiplayer pros just GLIDING throughout the entire map like a squirrel because of the jetpack and wall running, if anything bo3 zombies' movment is a DOWNGRADE from multiplayer, you cant wall run (aside from extremely specific parts in SOME maps, not even all of them) , the biggest difference between zombies and multiplayer is no cool down or speed reduction on sliding, which i personally believe was an oversight more than anything because multiplayer DOES have both a cool down on sliding and slower sliding speed if you slide too much, so that aspect of the argument doesnt make sense, but either way before people nitpick the fuck out of this, even if you convinced me that bo3 zombies has the best movement to ever exist, bo1 and bo2 both had the exact same movement system in multiplayer copied into zombies and people say that bo1 and bo2 are better than bo7
2. cod zombies has historically always used inspirations (or straight up copied) from multiplayer, all the way back to der reise, which is literally just a heavily modified multiplayer map, HELL EVEN THE PERK SYSTEM WHICH IS A PART OF WHAT MAKES THE SERIES ICONIC IS HEAVILY INSPIRED/COPIED FROM MULTIPLAYER, for example speed cola is literally just sleight of hand from multiplayer, this is not to say that ALL perks are copied from multiplayer, but a lot of them, including the original 4 are either just straight up copied from multiplayer or are modified versions of multiplayer perks, and because they were given a chance it allowed the creative directors to branch out and do their OWN thing, I believe that the armor system is treyarch attempting to adapt a feature from another mode (in that case warzone) to zombies with its own zombies coat of paint and doing their OWN thing with it later on (for example golden armor), but i believe the issue is just that people dislike warzone so in their mind anything associated with warzone is just automatically bad, even if the reasoning is fallacious
3. I'll just say it, people are over exaggerating the armor system in bo7, in fact i would go as far as to say that i like it and think that its good, and in some aspects i like it more than older games that didnt have it, an example of this is turtle shell, I genuinely love the idea of being able to repair your shield on the go, yes i know you cant pull it out in front of you like the old games but be so for real when i ask this, when have you ever willingly pulled out the shield aside from when it's required for an easter egg step or ran out of ammo and needed the shield ability? and even if you nitpick this to hell, lets go back to bo2 (which those same people say is EASILY better than bo7), do you really think it was fun having your shield that feels like its made out of cardboard constantly broken in mob of the dead and having to run all the way back to the table to pick up the shield again? in all reality its just limiting how you play because you either just fully abandon your shield or you force yourself to camp near the shield for quick access to repair it, both of which have obvious flaws and are just straight up bad for QOL, with bo7 while you sometimes might have to go to a bench to craft armor, it wouldnt happen nearly as much as in older games because zombies usually naturally drop armor
4. you cant expect everything to stay the same forever, like devs want to try out new mechanics and branch them out and expand them, an example of this is the scaling enemy damage, increased zombie speed, etc, and the most baffling argument to me is the 'early rounds are too easy' argument, i mean this wholeheartedly when I say that not a single cod zombeis game has difficult early rounds, all the way back from WAW to today, not a single game had actually difficult early rounds (thats not to say that the early rounds werent more difficult, but they still arent difficult in the slightest for experienced players, but for newbies it can be very beginner UNfriendly, i personally tried to ask people to try bo2 zombies and they quickly lost interest because they felt like it was brutally difficult), i dont know if im a god at the game or something but i never struggle in early rounds in literally any cod zombies game ever, its just not difficult, and you know what even if i grant that argument, its such a weird argument because it almost sounds like you want to push away people who are new to the series? like trying to make early rounds easier while making late game rounds fucking insanely difficult seems like exactly the perfect balance for both newbies and veterans of the series,the veterans dont feel left and the newbies dont feel like they are barely able to breath the whole time, and most newbies would usually stop playing after the early rounds anyways because they either felt like they did an achievement by reaching round 15 or they need a break, either way thats exactly how you get a newbie interested in the game, because now they'll think 'i beat round 15, how much higher can i go?', and the difficulty scaled accordingly until they reach a point where they feel comfortable enough to swiftly go through early rounds, but also intrigued by the challenge of the later rounds, like you dont get player retention by throwing them in at max difficulty from the start

now of course you can either actually read this and interact with my points or just ignore everything i said in this post and mention something i explicitely explained how it isnt true

I have loved the wonder weapons in this game so far, but I've been yearning for 4 craftable wonder weapons again like the staffs, I really hope the last map has that and not just one wonder weapon (and that each wonder weapon has its own unique craft and upgrade quest)

• Operating System: Windows 11 25H2 (OS Build 26200.8655)
• Controller: 8bitdo ultimate 2 wireless
• Controller Firmware: 1.10 (dongle is 1.06)
• Input Remapper: steam input

the movement isnt smooth, it feels like it just 'snaps' into straight axis, and the movement is quirky, sometimes stops moving in the middle of turning my controller and the movement just not being accurate to how i am actually moving my controller, I have the controller on D-input mode and i calibrated it multiple times on steam, gyro doesnt work on xinput, and nintendo switch mode doesnt work either, this happens on all games, hell even in the steam app in the gyro calibration i can see it just not working properly (not moving accurately to how i am actually moving my controller) this controller is still brand new so i doubt its a hardware issue

its so fucking infuriating, you can literally see something with your own 2 eyes happen and then when you complain about it mfs be like 'nuh uh that didnt happen', i feel like the community is high on shrooms when you criticise the features of the games

I have a shared dualsense controller and because i like to own my own things i wanted to buy my own controller, but i also dont want to get a controller with potentiometer joysticks like a ps5 controller cus i dont wanna deal with stick drift especially cus controllers arent cheap, and then i landed on the 8bitdo ultimate 2, it seemed perfect and it looked really good, i bought it and recieved it today, it feels really comfortable to hold and the dock is extremely convenient, but it has one massive issue, no haptic feedback, this is genuinely the only downside the controller has, the issue is that its such a massive downside that I dont know if i can keep going without it, like i extremely extremely love the haptic feedback on monster hunter wilds, it feels really great and enhances the experience so much, but the complete lack of it on the ultimate 2 just doesnt make the game as enjoyable to play which is a real shame, so is there any similar controller that does actually have haptic feedback? and also it being NOT at an obscene price like the dualsense edge

so from what im understanding so far the bluetooth one is the more 'premium' one and the wireless is the 'lite' version of the controller? like I know I need the bluetooth one to use it on my switch too alongside pc, but are there downsides to the bluetooth one that are only available in the wireless version?

since im a university I am using the university health insurance, specifically for counselling, but my counsellor doesnt charge my insurance directly, i have to manually make a claim, which is fine and i did that, but the claim was audited, and its been audited for almost a week now, i already uploaded the reciept (which is the only document i was given), but it still says its audited

since im a university I am using the university health insurance, specifically for counselling, but my counsellor doesnt charge my insurance directly, i have to manually make a claim, which is fine and i did that, but the claim was audited, and its been audited for almost a week now, i already uploaded the reciept (which is the only document i was given), but it still says its audited

this shit is so unfair i literally have the dream so many trans girls have within arms reach but i cant obtain it because RNGesus decided i should be born with some of the most transphobic people ever, and no moving out isnt an option i am financially reliant on them, they pay for my college and obviously i live with them, living costs here are stupidly high and i cant realistically move out any time soon and i dont have any friends who are able to let me move in with them

you go through so many lengths to prove ocd wrong but it just goes 'nuh uh' and you start to doubt yourself

so like, one time some food got burnt in the microwave and my mom cleaned the entire microwave with dish soap and clorox, but apparently she used obsene amounts of clorox cus the microwave had a really strong bleach odor to it that genuinely wouldnt go away for days, i ask my mom to use hydrogen peroxide to neutralise the bleach cus this doesnt feel safe, she said okay i'll do it, but then she used baking soda instead to clean the bleach, did my mom create toxic chemicals or are we fine 😭😭😭

anyways im just really frustrated and tired because its genuinely so extremely fucking difficult to find someone compatible with me to be fwbs with, I have genuinely been searching for months (years technically cus the search has been on and off), anyways like genuinely my biggest dream is just finding someone who is really into sex that I can game with and also have sex with, but i genuinely have higher odds of winning the fucking lottery it seems, everyone I find either directly ignores what I said I am looking for (and ends up looking stupid when I ask them about it), or just isnt compatible with me, be it because theyre only into really soft sex stuff that I dont care about, or because I am genderfluid and they dislike that i feel hypermasc sometimes, or really big age gaps which i dislike, or WHATEVER else, well there are also trolls who tell me that theyre down for it but just ghost me and block me instantly afterwards, or people who lecture me about how I am no better than a dog and that my life is worthless or whatever other hurtful shit you can think of, why is it so fucking hard to this? like ik this might be silly but i genuinely feel like crying cus its so fucking hard to find what i am looking for, and i have been looking for fucking ages man, fucking ages, im very sick and tired of this

like whenever i meet someone for the first time i just get negative thoughts about them as people involuntarily (things like oh theyre ugly or whatever else), idk why I do it, and then I feel like its now morally wrong to pursue any sort of connection with them because I had really negative thoughts about them when we first met, this especially applies to like being sexual with others (for quick context I like to hook up/do fwbs), i almost feel like i am sexually assaulting people cus I agreed to be sexual with them when I had the involuntary really negative thoughts when we first met about them that I dont agree with anymore (but i am also like sure this is likely just ocd like usual), how do I deal with the anxiety from this?

I feel like the reason the map is regarded as one of the best is purely because of the storyline of the map, for example the ghost mechanic purely exists as a really unique and cool way to progress the story of the map and it all fits in narrative, but in terms of actual gameplay it just lowers the difficulty level massively, you essentially have a free quick revive (or up to 3 if youre playing solo) every round, its actually one of the easiest maps in all zombies to the point that it rivals cold war in my honest opinion, especially when the wonder weapon is literally a monkey bomb gun pretty much, now you could argue that the map is actually pretty difficult because it's so tight and doesnt have open spaces, and I agree that this makes only the set up difficult because you are forced to navigate those spaces, but once youre set up you can just train at the cafeteria or the pap area and now you have a pretty wide space for training (the cafeteria also has the acid trap which does infinite damage)

edit: my take away from this post (which i literally said in the first sentence but yall missed it somehow) is that the map is regarded as one of the best because of the story, as in the map IS good because of the story, anyone who thinks im saying the map is bad just doesnt get what I am trying to say, I still love the map, but i am also capable of acknowledging the glaring flaws of the map, its literally one of the best written zombies maps of all time, but its still a flawed map

im really frustrated, the millisecond my finger touches my tablet i instantly dont have the motivation to draw anything, even if i was extremely motivated earlier, the second i touch the tablet i am instantly out of motivation and dont wanna do anything

am I doing something wrong? i tried running the patch as admin, I tired enabling and disabling friends only, and removing name change, nothing works it still crashes the game

edit: i just reinstalled the game and now it works :3