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Social Club stalwart and Video Editor all-star FugetSudo created this pretty awesome video of Niko Bellic himself getting in on the November 29th GTAIV PC event fun live from Tw@ cafe.

Thanks to Social Club members worldwide for joining us last month for a stacked set of Multiplayer Events battles across Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption and GTAIV - and those we've seen continuing to fight the fight in the current Winter events calendar with action unfolding well into the New Year. We'll have a December recap soon looking at all of the most recent action including the skulls holiday unlock Max Payne 3 extravaganza that happened this past weekend.

The final month of the Fall Calendar kicked off with November 16th’s intense 6-hour doubleheader of Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3. Our two live-streaming players, RedDeadDev3 and RedDeadDev4, started with a Gang Shootout in which Dev4 took out 3 opponents in the opening duel and then raced to 13 kills for only 6 deaths. However, the opposition clung on thanks to solid work from KALD_KSA_F-15 (PSN ID) and mad2oo8m (PSN ID), leaving only $50 in it with three minutes to go. Dev4's teammate justaway56 (PSN ID) came to life here with a series of quick fire kills to claim the win for Dutch's Gang and come away as top player with 19 kills notched.

RedDeadDev4 waits for the perfect moment to take out Chief_RoYAL_KuSh

Following a spontaneous mass brawl in Free Roam, Dev3 entered a Grand Prix in Carrera Del Diablo with DemonLord B7R, Mazzkulin, AkA x MaFiAzZ, ClaudeSpd, ListeKing, StrappedRuby303 and Samuel4000. Dev3 saw an early lead diminish as weapons went live and DemonLord BR7 immediately put his horse down. It was an uphill struggle from there but our dev almost pulled it back, clinching second going into Chuparosa but ultimately falling just behind the race winner, Mazzkulin. Dev3 fought valiantly in the next two races and was in prime position going into the final race, but wound up falling to a 5th place finish - credit to Mazzkulin. for the overall win.

Our Dev player rides into the sunset during a race around Chuparosa

After two hours of Dead Eye shootouts and dusty horseback sprints, Dev4 retired to the seemingly more tranquil reaches of the card table for an alfresco poker game with The RogeR 1980, CrochingPanda, KDawg50, LegiosSuperOdin (XBL GT) and Too Slow 2 Know (XBL GT). Meanwhile, Dev3 was engaging in a round of Liar's Dice. With rest and recreation both done, Dev4 then braved the Undead Overrun with Karman1908, URAskumk (XBL GT) and MAXIMUN STRESS (XBL GT), while Dev3 was capturing bags in Armadillo. Cheers to everyone who joined us for that front nine on Red Dead, especially those hardcore souls who then stuck around for the Max Payne 3 session that followed straight after...

... MaxPayneDev1 headed into the 2nd half of the double-header in Max Payne 3 Multiplayer on XBL via a baptism of bullets, beginning the event with a Free Aim Gang War in the Docks. Dev1 immediately came face to face with members of some of our most fearsome Free Aim Crews around, including representatives from We Own The Night and the U Got Smacked Clan. Also good to see BrokenWhiskeyBottles rocking their Founder Crew Day Of The Dead Skulls earned at the Halloween event a few weeks prior. With support from Demize505 (XBL GT), Dev1 was able to win a game of assassination for the Comando Sombra, taking out Bl4zin Am4zin using a grenade to stun, before storming into the hideaway with the G6 Commando. Despite rushing a primed bomb site alongside Makaveli and WolfskinKiller, Dev1 was unable to defuse the bomb before Bl4zin Am4zin could get to him. Tropa Z took the round, and eventually the War.

Dev1 comes face-to-skull with Kyle17 just after racking up his 250th Bomb Suit Kill

In the closing stages, our MaxPayneDev1 and Dev2 found themselves thrown together in a game of Gang Wars, playing as the Comando Sombra against the UFE. Fighting alongside them were members of xVx-The-Agency-xVx - a good opportunity to school up on their play styles before our Private Throwdown, which streamed on the Rockstar Games Twitch.tv page a couple weeks later on November 30th. The two Crews went at it in a quick opening round of Elimination but, spawning within a grenade's throw of each other, the round was over quickly - and messily. Dev1 lasted just a few seconds before being picked off by the IA2 AR of seb thc, who went on to score the final kill for his team. Dev1 quickly got revenge in the next round however, picking off seb thc with dual Auto 9mms beneath the bridge in the center of the Favela. The Dev's team took a comfortable lead but, as things turned bloody in the Warehouse where the sole checkpoint was positioned, the UFE clawed back into contention. With help from Dev1's impressive eight kill streak (the highest in the entire War), the Comando Sombra were able to recapture the checkpoint and take the round. From this point on, it was one-way traffic, with the Comando Sombra ending the final Elimination with 15 respawns to spare.

Check out the recording of Dev1's stream during our Social Club Event

On PSN, Dev3 was glad to get some game time in with longtime fan Transporter-K96 and saw a lot of unfamiliar PSN Crews getting down and dirty, including Kansas City Shufflers, Pain Crew and Dusky German Elite. Respect to Liquid_Snake518 and Zedd.. of Comando Do Elite Crew who finished 1 and 2 in a Deathmatch against Dev3. We also enjoyed the sarcastic commentary of hippybojangles and the Gallic enthusiasm of Corgijulien. Other notable players on the day included little_jacob, xo-_GaMeOveR_-xo, , brriiiiaan, Kauffmann, sayhitoyourmom, and drewhagan. Finally, a huge shout-out to Hot_kimera, go4live and jbxjurassic for topping the event leaderboards - don't miss the list of all our event participants at the bottom of the page.

The fall season of events deserved a thrilling finale and we weren't disappointed by the three hours spent in the company of the gun-toting residents of Liberty City on November 29th. First up, our dev player PlayRockstar joined  SlayNasty and Ray27 for a game of Cops and Crooks on PSN. On the way to the getaway vehicle, PlayRockstar spotted an RPG and a SuperGT sports car sitting on opposite sides of the street. Sensing an opportunity, we took a quick exit from the car to pick up this manna from heaven. Shortly after, Brenosa (PSN ID) and Ak-41 (PSN ID), playing on the side of the cops, came screaming around the corner with sirens wailing, but Dev1 was ready to light a fire beneath them, and make a quick escape in the SuperGT. Once at the docks, our PlayRockstar hooked back up with SlayNasty to take to the skies of Liberty City in a Maverick helicopter and escape the clutches of the LCPD.

PlayRockstar looks desperately for cover as x-bloke rains death from above

Later, in a three-way Team Deathmatch with SMGs, FuLR3c0rS_GB (PSN ID) was able to take out PlayRockstar three times in quick succession to start off the game. This was the first of a series of awesome kill streaks that took FuLR3c0rS_GB straight to the top of the leaderboard. PlayRockstar rallied with a stoic performance, tracking FuLR3c0rS_GB at every turn with more than one face-off resulting in a double KO. Assistance from teammate KillaQuan82 (PSN ID) couldn't help PlayRockstar, and FuLR3c0rS_GB took the win with a superhuman 39 kills for just 9 deaths.

On Xbox LIVE, our GwRockstar3 went out hard against the bloodthirsty masses and a helicopter race around the islands had carnage written all over it. What could have been a serene flight around the bay to check out the sights of Liberty City turned into a dogfight of death as players struggled with the uncompromising controls and the whirling blades of their opponents’ choppers. After flying too high over the very first checkpoint, we had to double back, immediately falling behind the pack (a position from which GwRockstar3 would never recover). Although Slackumm (XBL GT) was the first casualty, GeeLockOTA (XBL GT) later sideswiped us in the airspace above Funland and sent GwRockstar crashing to earth. While GwRockstar recovered, OvErDoSe661 and illyaillya jostled for the lead on the other side of the island. illyaillya finished first, while GwRockstar was still halfway through lap 2. Congratulations on the strong win.

Thanks to DerNetteMannLP aka MuXu96 for uploading their stream from the Nov 29th GTAIV event

In the second hour of the event, our GwRockstar3 began a nitro-powered joyride through the streets of Star Junction in supercars. Despite the performance vehicle’s delicate handling requiring a masterful conductor, a confident GwRockstar3 opted for the Bullet GT. After a tire blowout within the first minute, GwRockstar3 was forced to take the slower and steadier Tampa, made slower still when its tires also blew out less than a minute later. Fried alive inside, our GwRockstar3 sensed the day was not his and stuck with the humbling Faggio scooter to take on the Banshees and Infernuses and see out the rest of the race. Our Dev stood no chance, crawling over the finish line in an uninspired 7th. Well done IITONYSOPRANOII for prevailing and taking the checkered flag.

Stay tuned for the December events recap and we hope to see you all in the 2013 Winter Calendar events beginning with a Max Payne 3 Triple XP session on Friday January 11th. Here's some more highlight images captured during the November events and scroll down for a roll call of attendees according to our records.