Humans battle zombies on Univ of Wash campus
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Apocalypse86,
Posted on: 2010-10-23 06:00 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Didn't one of ours play in a campus zombie apocalypse a few years ago?
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Tag. You're a zombie now.
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Originally Posted by ObiWan
Didn't one of ours play in a campus zombie apocalypse a few years ago?
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IIRC, that was Mr Squid and his was one of the few schools ever where the humans won.
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Originally Posted by ObiWan
Didn't one of ours play in a campus zombie apocalypse a few years ago?
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Originally Posted by zombie man
tag. You're a zombie now.
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HvZ is actually a lot of fun. We played with about 50 people at college last year and we'll be starting another game in a week or two. I don't know which side is more fun though, our zombies had it good because they were extremely organized.
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Yep! That was me. Have done it the last two years in a row at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Humans won last year and zombies won the year before that.
If I could boil down the experience for the two teams it would go something like this:
Human: "Oh crap, I gotta go to the computer lab...okay...got my vulcan...opening the doorGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!! Where the hell is everyone? Huh, maybe more zombies starved out than I though. Maybe I can even swing by the convenience sto-OH GODDAMNIT ONE SAW ME RUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!! *numerous foam darts sail through the air*"
Zombie: Where the hell are all the humans? Probably still camping out in their dorms...buncha pansies. Maybe I'll call it a day and go work on homewo-oh hello little missy who thinks she can waltz around with only a maverick in her purse. Wait for her to pass those cars...almost...NOWZERGRUSHAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!"
Most of the real action happens in the mission though. There's usually one per day. I don't think I've ever had as much fun as the time I stood at the end of a hallway, mowing down zombies with my vulcan as they rushed down the corridor towards me.
By the way, here are some videos for your enjoyment!
Sort of an overall trailer for the '09 event.
Kinda crappy quality on this one, but that's me with the Vulcan at the 1:00 mark.
This is the mission I mentioned before. We had to defend a courtyard with numerous entry points. My corner did just fine (you can see me with the big green gun and the red shirt at around :12), but they broke through the adjacent corner, as evidenced in the video.
3 most important things in a zombie apoc (or any other disaster):
communication. seems obvious, but i can't tell you how many times people clam up when in the sh!+.
redundancies. just like the breakthrough above, redundancies and fallbacks are your saviours.
goal seeking (short and long). morale is important. short term goal seeking such as making it across a quad without being attacked, locating supplies, or simply treading water are critical to maintaining healthy mindsets.
it's been too long since one of these (types of things) for me, but then college was a longish time ago 
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Found this on the local news wire. I have heard or Rping with Orcs and wizards, but Zombies?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...yndication=rss