CODmas

CODmas is a time that comes once a year, with holiday cheer and the bullets that ring like bells between ears. CODmas is that special time when the new Call of Duty game is released and the Pizza Boys, big and small, young and old, run down the stairs to open their boxes with joy and cheer because this magical day is but once a year. Jumping and clapping, joyous with glee, each Pizza Boy awaits their first CODmas killing spree. From big guns to small guns to revolvers galore, no CODmas is complete until the Pizza Boys are asleep on the floor. Exhausted from war and the liquor of night, each Pizza Boy will dream of their next CODmas fight. To begin on what CODmas is, we must first look into what it means to the Pizza Boys. CODmas isn't about Call of Duty, Christmas, or spreading holiday cheer, it is about the game that has bound these friends together from the earliest days of their friendship. A game series that has singularly held them together when life can pull you apart, that is the true magic of CODmas. Each year our CODmas compatriots Rob, Carson, Connor, Noah, Dan, Craig, and Hannah (and many other guests to boot!) get together and lay waste to the newest edition of the COD franchise. CODmas allows all of the Pizza Pals to reunite over a single banner and showcase their talent is a game they have spent years mastering. From training together to perfecting 360 No-Scopes (when you spin in a 360 degree circle and shoot a sniper rifle without aiming down the sights.) Though, these years of training don't always mean an easy win or a flawless victory. Sometimes hubris can rip a Pizza Pal down from his throne and make him fight in the mud like the rest of the CODmas noobs. Even moments of victory can be squelched by a stray bullet in a CODmas warzone fiesta, forcing yet another Pizza boy to face the gulag despite their collective 100% gulag win rate. Some of the Pizza Pals must fight against themselves during CODmas like local lawnmower racer Craig, who's bad posture must constantly be checked otherwise he may just fall right out of his seat. Even consistent players like Hannah can sometimes slide into a death when victory is so close at hand. These moments show us the true spirit of CODmas, it isn't the winning or the losing. It is the time spent together, making sure everybody is having fun regardless of anything in between.

CODmas also allows for the punishment of the wicked, but instead of gifting these people who cry hacker with coal, we gift them justice, penta kills, and quad kills. Though sometimes we all feel punished in our own lives. This is where CODmas can bring blessings for a new year, by allowing the Pizza Pals to release the burdens they carry with them. To tell stories from childhood that they may have never spoke of before. To even speaking their ultimate truths.

So we lore curators look back on CODmas and remember the good times and the bad times. From Craig leaning too far forward to Connor standing strong and staying up 24 hours even though he has a lunch date in the morning. From Carson hating the newest edition, to kind of liking it, to hating it again to Noah finding his footing and becoming a god at Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War before our very eyes. This is the true meaning of CODmas, that special time of year when we can all come together and enjoy this magical day of fun and joy. Except Brandon, he thinks COD is shit.