Jump to content
  • entries
    1,919
  • comments
    16,140
  • views
    594,232

From: Humans Vs. Zombies

Bfahome

Entry posted by Bfahome

474 views

 Share

scumbag_hvzer.png

 

 

So has anyone else played it before, and what were your experiences?

 

(press enter

 

"hooray your topic has been posted"

 

AUGH ABANDON SHIP

 

hang on this post isn't done yet)

 

(OKAY I think we're good now)

 

So Humans vs. Zombies is like this giant game of tag played on college campuses and other such places. For about a week, usually, two teams (humans and zombies) run around trying to catch or avoid each other.

 

The humans get to use Nerf guns and socks to defend themselves against the zombies. If they hit one, the zombie is stunned for ~15 minutes. If they get tagged by a zombie, they become a zombie for the rest of the game.

 

It starts out with one or two "alpha zombies", but soon enough a bunch of humans get tagged and the zombie team steadily grows as the human team shrinks.

 

The game ends when all the humans become zombies or all the zombies are "dead" (a zombie must tag someone every 48 hours or they "starve" and are out of the game completely).

 

Rule variations abound, but that's the general sense of it.

 

I've played one game so far, last semester, and this semester's game starts on Monday (oh god oh man).

 

I kind of failed last time because I missed some of the opening meeting and I didn't know the alpha zombies would be unmarked for the first hour (humans wear yellow caution tape bands, zombies wear red caution tape bands). So I was zombified within the first hour of play and spent the remaining week chasing after people. It was embarrassing but it was oh so fun.

 

I even joined a large group in staking out one of the dining facilities' late-night meals, and it was awesome.

 

 

Source: Humans Vs. Zombies

 

(haha bfa fails at posting topics)

 Share

13 Comments

Recommended Comments

Eeko

I've played a version without Nerf.

 

It was in downtown Alexandria VA, with about 500 people.

The humans wore blue glow-sticks, and the zombies wore red.

It was totally awesome because there were like, 80 parkour enthusiasts.

Link to comment
xccj

I didn't play it, but I saw a bunch of students playing it a few years back. Then I participated in the assassin game, and lost very quickly.

 

:music:

Link to comment
Ektris

You can't walk around PSU without seeing a few HVZ players right now. (And other similar games every few weeks.)

 

I've been tempted quite a lot before, but just haven't brought myself to do it.

Link to comment
GSR

I don't play it, but it's real big on my campus and my roommate goes nuts over it. His Nerf collection is truly impressive.

Link to comment
Bfahome
Question: Were you able to get the Grenade thingy you posted about before?

No, and I changed my mind about getting it. I got socks to throw so a dart grenade probably isn't necessary. Plus I've already spent enough money for this semester (Alpha Trooper, Flip Clip, Bandolier, 100-dart Ammo Box) that I can't really justify it beyond "ooh that looks cool".

 

Maybe next time. Maybe I'll buy a couple.

 

 

Also I don't want to be that guy decked head to toe in ridiculous gear that gets tagged the second day, because I honestly have no idea how long I'm gonna last this time.

 

Also all the people who don't play should totally play it's a blast.

Link to comment
Bfahome
Also, is that dude in the photo you?

No, it's a meme. I don't have a Stampede.

 

Also I'm not sure the scale and time of BrickFair would be enough to play a game, or at least a good one.

Link to comment
Guest
Add a comment...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
×
  • Create New...