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Dive into the DerRiese Server in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Learn about accessing it, the users found, and the mysteries within the Verrückt archives. Your guide to Black Ops data.

Hey there! So, you're curious about the DerRiese Server in _Call of Duty: Black Ops_, huh? It's a pretty interesting piece of the game's lore, hidden away in the terminal. Think of it like a digital vault from the past. ## Description This server pops up in files that folks like Dr. Vannevar Bush and others found in the Verrückt archives. They actually referred to it as the Data Servant back then. ### Access If you're looking to get into it, here's the trick: when you're connected to another known data server in the game, you can access DERRIESE by typing `rlogin derriese` in the computer console. After that, you'll need a valid username and password. ### Users Now, here's where it gets a bit tricky. The game files show a list of usernames, like: * `drmaxis` * `sophia` * `samantha` * `peter` * `edward` * `erichtofen` * `nbelinski` * `tdempsey` * `tmasaki` The catch? There are no passwords listed for them. So, any attempt to log in will just give you an "Invalid Password" error. Kind of a dead end, right? ## Empty Server Even though there's a server specifically for DerRiese, players couldn't find any passwords for those users. Digging into the game files further, there weren't many more Zombies-related files beyond what Ludvig Maxis and John "Banana" had in Vbush and Roppen. There was a bit of a stir during the DLC season of Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Jason Blundell mentioned that the Der Riese passwords actually existed. But later, he kind of walked that back, saying there weren't any accessible files on those servers. He did mention that the files might still be with Treyarch and could be shared someday, but that hasn't happened yet, so we're still in the dark about what's in them. ## Trivia * Inside a file on the home directory, encoded with a standard CIA cipher, you'll find a mention of Peter McCain. He's also known as the CIA infiltrator in Group 935 who needed to be extracted by [