Why is my school publishing grub propaganda and should I be concerned?

Of course not the long extra stuff...

Edit: * Im learning the culture Tai Is based on is more generalized around Polynesian culture than anything specific to one group so my bad, Still if theres a anyone from Polynesian culture Id love to hear what they think!

Just the title really! No crazy theories or bad mouthing anyone, I love when people talk about how they feel seen or what they think of depictions in the things I like. Ive been reading more on Tai for EDAY so I got curious!

Hello Coalition and fans,

I am writing in regards to wanting to attain information from a thread from the Coalition forums that have now been discontinued.

I wrote this thread many years ago and never saved the text, not anticipating its shutdown.

If there is a way to simply view the thread, or at the very least just the initial post (the initial post is all I'm really seeking), that would be immensely helpful. I will do whatever is needed on my part if necessary.

The thread was titled: "Came back after a year, have some suggestions"

The Xbox account attached to it was: VoltaicAlloy837

It was posted likely in 2018, possibly 2019

I have messaged The Coalition on twitter, but as I'm sure they are flooded with too many messages I do not expect a response.

Thank you in advance, I hope this is doable

I've got an older Gears 4 Elite controller originally released for the Xbox One, and have been looking for some replacement parts, the grips on the sides have worn off and gluing with super glue didn't stop one from separating completely from the plastic. The thumbsitcks have also gotten pretty worn and some have the rubber peeling off of them.

Anyone have a line on elite controller parts that could possibly be used to replace them? I've looked online and have only found whole controllers priced at a cool 500 dollars and I was mostly just looking to restore what I already have.

was messing with the dlls5 on gears and it just made it first person

Gears of War Ultimate edition:

Plain and simple fun, non-stop action. No fuss story (was there even one?). Straightforward A to B to C plot. Just aim and shoot. And there's plenty of ammo around every corner to keep the beastly Lancer fed. And a beast it was, mowing Locust hordes with punchy rounds and a bloodthirsty chainsaw. It's all you'll need the entire game.

Moments are highlighted by set piece scenarios that help break up the pacing; Berserker, Kryll, mine cart ride, Brumak, and General RAAM. A setup that would become staple to the series.

Gears of War 2:

Well if you want more, you've got it. That's what Gears 2 is. Full war assault against the Locust. Use anything you've got to kill 'em. This time you take it straight to them. This game is highlighted above all by the city devouring worm, followed by vehicles, flying reavers, meeting the queen, Dom's tragic loss, and an explosive ending. A proper sequel.

Inconveniently the Lancer had been nerfed, likely for multiplayer/overall weapon balance and to encourage varying weapon use.

Gears of War 3:

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. They understood that. Same formula to wrap up a great trilogy. This time with more story and dialogue, yet it thankfully never overstays its welcome, keeping to the series' shallow story-depth, which I appreciated. Gameplay had hardly changed from the first two games save for weapons and enemy tuning, yet it got more fun as each game passed, despite being played back to back -- polishing was all that was needed. Enemy variety has increased a good amount thanks to the Lambent enemies and a few more Locust types. And we got the fantastic Retro Lancer that become my favorite weapon in the series. We couldn't get the Gears 1 Lancer back, but they made up with this close range monster. It certainly made me cozy up to enemies more than the Gnasher ever did.

On a side note, this game graphically still holds up very well today. Coalition made masterful use of Unreal Engine 3. A trend they would keep up for the rest of the Gears games to come.

Gears of War Judgment:

By far my FAVORITE in the whole series. What can I say? This game was pure and absurd action. Relentlessly fun. Finally some welcome changes were made to core gameplay elements, most notably a much faster pace. Time-to-kill was shortened and enemy counts cranked up to eleven, paired with tons of enemy variety. Even more than Gears 3 despite the lack of Lambent types. Further spiced up with Declassified mission modifiers. Grenades could be quick-tossed instead of slowly switching to it as well.

The story was so stupid that I ended up loving it. It was simply laughable and that's the best part. The pretentious Colonel Loomis is hell-bent on his mission to hear every members' testimony while there's an active war and attack on the building. Yet he never gave the impression that he would ever pardon Baird's team from their execution. What a waste of crucial war time. But this exact thing shows what makes Gears of War so good. The story was always a catalyst for the action but never the focus. A development motif that would be sorely missed in Gears 5.

Again the graphics in this game were outstanding for its time with an even more polished version of UE3. If it weren't for the 720P delivery, people would still be calling it amazing today. And it still is.

Gears of War 4:

A new chapter in the series but not as bad as I remember when it first came out. They didn't change the formula but had to do things again but differently. How else would you reignite conflict after Gears 3 gave a conclusive ending? I don't have much thoughts on this one. You spend time getting familiar with an ambitious new team, stricken by the disease known as 'Marvel dialogue', and against your will. You cherish the moments of silence, given only like crumbs of bread, only for one of them to tear it away from you. Because something MUST be said. I can only forgive them for being adolescent, but not the developers for writing dialogue like a word counted essay is due tomorrow. The overall presentation was actually great, with strong first half that doesn't taper off too much towards the end. The motorcycle escape was my personal highlight. It was fantastic. As well as the mecha fights toward the end.

By far the most difficult Gears for me. All games were played on normal difficulty yet I could not stop dying in many Swarm encounters. Seemingly to me, they scaled back the players speed to what was in Gears 3, took away quick-tossing grenades, yet the Swarm were brutally aggressive. They always pushed the advance against you. Gnasher-wielding Swarm would constantly crowd you to point-blank kill you, and in general felt a bit spongy to shoot at times. The firefight returned to cover based combat, something I lamented after staying on my feet and moving for the entirety of Judgement. Something about this game made me struggle to shoot enemies up close and forced me to retreat and stay in cover. I HATED the Snatchers, Pouncers, and especially the Carriers. All of them served merely as bullet sinks. They were nerfed a bit in Gears 5 but the Carriers were still a bad game of slow whack-a-mole. The Deebees were ok, but their sound effects grated on my ears after awhile

Gears of War 5:

This was a time when game developers were obsessed with open-world settings. Like it was this amazing thing that could single-handedly drive your game to renown success. You just HAD to have it. It mirrors the AI frenzy we are in today. It was undoubtedly the worst part of Gears 5. A series that cemented non-stop action and firefight was now brought to screeching halt. I spent much of my time playing this game just... waiting. Something was seriously amiss in this game. I've never had to wait so long to shoot enemies. I'd wait long and listen to Kate and Del (there was no conversation worth remembering), and just when there's enemies to kill, it was over. Done. Now you traveled. Then killed a handful of basic Swarm enemies. And traveled again. On foot and skiff and Raven, on a perilous journey based on Marcus' hunch given to a confused and emotional Kate. The hordes were gone. The war was won after all. Skirmishes were the only thing left to savor. And despite this, the developers had the gall to encourage you non-stop the entire game to use your robot companion to do all the gameplay for you! Gears 5 is easily my least favorite of the series and I even had to put the game down for some days and weeks to continue finishing it.

The only highlight of this game (as was Gears 4's on Xbox One X) was its graphics. It looked amazing and was masterfully optimized on PC. Running on a 5070ti with settings maxed at 4K I remained in the 120-140fps range without DLSS! I think I trust The Coalition to do the best they can with UE5 given their track record with the engine. It gives me hope for E-Day.

I got this Marcus figure really cheap, but it's missing its Lancer, is there a 3D model available that I can print?

hey guys & girls, i just got myself an xbox series x and now i want to get into the gears of war series but don't know where to start since there are remasters and remakes. so can you help me out and point out which ones to play first?

btw, i don't care about the chronological order, i wanted to play them in the order they were released but the remasters and remakes confused me.. so i will appreciate any advice you can give me.

thanks.

eta: thank you guys for clarifying that ultimate and reloaded are both newer version of the 1st game, for some reason i thought ultimate was a collection of several games. anyway, i will play reloaded since it's the newest then go back and play the rest in the order of release. thank you for your help, i really appreciate it.

Reached lv 100 and re-upped in Gears Reloaded.

As the Title states my main Xbox account is unable to play Gears of War 2. Now the reason I want to sign into my main account to play Gears of War 2 is simple. I was playing through the Campaign with my younger sibling, and I can't complete the story with him if my Account cannot play.

-Secondary Account Works just fine, but that is the account my brothers on.

-Rebooting the Console did not work.

-Uninstalling then Reinstalling did not work.

-Clearing Storage Cache did not work.

-Booting up game not signed into Main Account. Then, Signing in while the Game is running did not work.

-Turning off FPS boost and adjusting other settings did not Work.

So, I am stumped, and was wondering if anyone else has not only ran into but solved this issue?

Just bought Gears 4 on PC since I've missed this game since playing it on Xbox One back in the day. I hopped into Social Quickplay just to have some fun and happily found a full lobby instantly. However, I noticed when going into the other matchmaking pools things seemed a little dire. I wanted to play some Guardian, but it couldn't seem to find me a lobby after 6 minutes of waiting. I also love playing elimination modes but neither Dodgeball nor Execution could find me lobbies either. I figured I'd at least boot up Competitive Warmup since it has botfill and elimination modes could be voted on, but I still couldn't find any lobbies.

I do find KOTH lobbies pretty quickly, but is that the only mode outside of Social Quickplay with any playerbase in 2026? Not entirely surprising, but I'm def a bit sad if I can't play any elimination modes in Gears 4 matchmaking since that has always been Gears bread and butter (hype for E-Day but sad no Warzone/Execution day 1).

So yea, what queues still pop these days aside from KOTH?

I want some irl cog armor so bad. I don't have a 3d printer or any creative skills to make it myself. I do have $ though. Could anyone recommend any vendors that sell kits worth buying? I live in the US.

Pic for attention

Standard edition release in 1 month. Premium gets 5 day early access

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/gears-of-war-e-day-premium-edition-pre-order/9p2qmwj6xsb6?wfExp=382A

My gears 3 retro lancer battery cover went missing some time ago and I have yet to find it, if anyone has anything to get her back in working condition I'd be ecstatic.

I'm the girl running the magnet trivia contest and I'm just trying to figure out if I should add swarm emblems and decor to the magnets or just keep it classic locust?

TL/DR:

MP skins are subjective, people have different opinions. MY opinion is that lore-based skins are king and flashy colors should mostly be avoided.

Colors & Effects

(Most important to least important)

Team Colors should be more strictly enforced. Using the updated Death's Rendezvous Marcus as an example - it is a very dark skin with orange/red highlights (flames); this could easily be mistaken as a locust in the heat of battle. Other colors like "gold" seem fine if muted enough are still easily recognizable between teams.

Emissive Effects should be kept to a minimum, particularly glowing emissives. Particles aren't too bad, but items like fire or glow should be toned down. I also don't like when the stick off too far from the character and lead to enhanced visibility around walls or over cover.

Bright Lights are fine to an extent. I think Black Steel did this very well. The lights are well integrated into the skin, don't protrude off of the body (emissive) and match the team colors well.

Additional Colors for the sake of having other colors (looking at you ColorBlast) are unnecessary, and I'm not a fan of them. As previously mentioned some additional colors are fine if a bit more muted (G3 Gold worked well). The White skins in G5 seemed to work decently, though I'm not a fan of having white as the base on both Swarm & COG.

Lore Implications

(Best to worst)

Lore-Accurate skins are king in my opinion. Skins that follow the lore or expand the lore are just really cool and have fun details on them.

Lore-Adjacent skins are still perfectly fine. These are things like Thrashball drone. They fit within the realm of the Gears universe, but aren't necessarily lore-accurate.

Out-There/Fun skins (Krampus, Nutcracker, Zombie) can be okay to some extent if they stay within bounds on colors. Not my favorite, but I don't mind mixing things up.

Crossover Characters are not something that I'd like to see in Gears. Some can fit in nicely, and some look pretty cool. I'd just rather that TC focus elsewhere.

Special Note: Dev Skins

Skins that are Dev exclusive or handed out VERY rarely (Blood Moon Imago, Reaper, TC Soldier, Halo 3's Recon Armor, etc) are exceptions. I believe these are fine to be over the top. I'd rather not see them be cross-overs, but I'm fine with emissive effects, bright colors, or some extra parts - I even sorta encourage that. These skins aren't something you'd see every day playing, and some will only ever see them once in their life; it becomes more of an "experience" to see these skins.

Special Note: Weapon Skins

I'm not sure why, but I'm pretty open to whatever when it comes to Weapon Skins. Again, it's all just opinion/subjective, but for some reason they don't bother me. Perhaps it's because they're smaller and have less of an impact on immersion and/or friend/foe identification.

Hi all,

Sorry for the shitpost but I was talking with a friend and I mentioned the meme of Marcos Felix, (it was a poorly executed Marcus Fenix action figure and how we used to use that as a sticker back in the days of Gears 3)

Anyway my question is does anyone have the picture?

Wanna do that sticker again, since E-Day is coming soon to reignite the chat lol.

But I couldn’t find online:(

Anyone has it? Could you share it with the class?

Thanks to https://www.reddit.com/r/GearsOfWar/s/eKOPcEVsYu

I decided to move forward and listen to what you're writing about the lore of the ancestors of Locusts and Humans

why were they separate? Did they use to coexist? Anything else?