Go to College, Fight Zombies With Nerf Weapons
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I've had a Nerf Chainsaw made especially for an upcoming game of NVZ
Probably going to borrow a Maverick as a sidearm as well
Probably going to borrow a Maverick as a sidearm as well
they already did at my school. And it is crazy fun to participate. People get some crazy shit going on.Jkudo said:
I think this is dumb. They do it at the college in town. I think it's a huge waste of time and money. Plus, it really helps perpetuate geek stereotypes. And zombies are stupid. Just like pirates and ninjas, geeks really need to get over them.
We just got done with a game at my school. Out of 1400 players, I was one of the last 27 humans standing after the final battle. Not bad for a dude who never used his nerf gun once, and switched completely to socks about half way through to allow for better stealth. What's even better, is that out of those 27, 4 of them were members of my team. The other major team of survivors only had two members by the end of the final mission.
I've been doing it for the last 5 years here at RIT. It's great.Slash12 said:
And one of our students made a similar video last year, but I can't seem to find it anymore. Ah well.
I wish my university would do something like this. The interior just begs to be made into a horror movie.
Oh yeah, Purdue University has been doing this for 2 years now. They even have factions and campaigns that each person or zombie has to go through. They are so legit that they have an office in our union. I think it's pretty cool that it's so popular... it makes it more fun to go to class when there may be 10 people with neon orange nerf guns running by chased by people dressed up as zombies.
One of my friends was in the "Order of the Silent Blades" group. But yeah, there are tons of different alliances and factions to try. And Purdue lets us use guns
Then again, we are a top engineering university so it doesn't surprise me.
One of my friends was in the "Order of the Silent Blades" group. But yeah, there are tons of different alliances and factions to try. And Purdue lets us use guns
Then again, we are a top engineering university so it doesn't surprise me.
My teacher and her husband helped Whitney Metzger organize Survive Norfolk [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Fx27cB3D0]. It took place in one of the neighborhoods up there, Ghent [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_cMVTs1sd0&feature=related]. It was originally going to be about 100 people playing, over 6000 showed up. They had to get city permission, close off roads, get officers to patrol, and some news channels even reported on it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_cMVTs1sd0&feature=related]. Rumor had it that the starting zombies were the Norfolk parkour (free-running) team.
Unfortunately I wasn't old enough to attend. :-(
Unfortunately I wasn't old enough to attend. :-(
The music and the whole video was pretty cringe-worthy. Sorry, it had to be said.
However, the concept of this kind of activity sounds fun. Pity the video made it look awful.
However, the concept of this kind of activity sounds fun. Pity the video made it look awful.
We totally already did this earlier this year at my College, and are about to start it again next week! Yay ^.^
Former HvZ moderator at Truman State University here (now off being a grad student).
This video = awesome. Glad to see it getting a good amount of press as of late.
AND, if the week long game isn't your style there are several Invitational games throughout the year which only last for a full day (typically Saturday). I know of at least two taking place in the spring. The first is in Missouri at Truman State University on April 2nd (http://forums.humansvszombies.org/index.php/topic,2018.0.html) and the second is at Penn State a week later (http://forums.humansvszombies.org/index.php/topic,1695.0.html). Both require signing up in advance.
This video = awesome. Glad to see it getting a good amount of press as of late.
Hey TimeLord, there actually are a couple games in the UK. They've been a little slower to start and the first couple were day long games (in a park) since they weren't specific to a university. Several of the players and organizers are active on the main HvZ forums. Here's a link to a recent thread (http://forums.humansvszombies.org/index.php/topic,1731.msg20199.html).TimeLord said:
Because campuses would ban that in a heartbeat if they haven't already.Skullkid4187 said:
This.Skorpyo said:
If you're interested in starting a game check out http://dmg.humansvszombies.org and http://forums.humansvszombies.org for tons of advice. If you don't/can't start a game but want to play, check to see if there are any schools that play in your surrounding areas. Many will allow you to register as a guest and play.
AND, if the week long game isn't your style there are several Invitational games throughout the year which only last for a full day (typically Saturday). I know of at least two taking place in the spring. The first is in Missouri at Truman State University on April 2nd (http://forums.humansvszombies.org/index.php/topic,2018.0.html) and the second is at Penn State a week later (http://forums.humansvszombies.org/index.php/topic,1695.0.html). Both require signing up in advance.
I hate being the lone voice, but... We had this at my college, and it absolutely sucked. Bad leadership, no mission, zombies could have shields (they were supposed to be the size of a paper plate, but the refs turned their heads at one guy who had a fricking TOWER shield made out of cardboard), etc. We even had one case where some friends of a zombie who were survivors snuck up on other players and physically restrained them for their friend to tag. Not cool. The leadership just went along with it and said it wasn't against the rules (who would write rules for 'in case a few players are major jerks who go against their own team for lols?' It never says in Football that you can't deliberately score on your own team, after all.) Just so you guys know, make sure that the group leading yours is interested in the game and does missions, rather than just saying 'oh, yeah, run around, final battle in... a week... uh... in the commons.' When they realized the game was boring like that, they implemented the 'strong suggestion' of going outside at night for no reason other than letting the zombies have a good chance of tagging you. Just go and hang out in the middle of the commons and let the zombies have a go at you. You know, to make things fair. In their own words "but if you wanna be a wimp and just hide in your room all night, you'll 'win', but we'll laugh at you".
Likewise, if you're gonna start it up on your campus, make sure you have a plan. Do a small-scale 2 hour event to start, if you have to, but don't do like the group at mine did at make the game a total farce. Plan missions, make rules, and for god's sake ENFORCE THEM! Keep with the spirit of the game and not the letter of the law. If people are playing against their team, ask them to switch teams or quit rather than playing the 'but we like our friend better than our team' game.
Likewise, if you're gonna start it up on your campus, make sure you have a plan. Do a small-scale 2 hour event to start, if you have to, but don't do like the group at mine did at make the game a total farce. Plan missions, make rules, and for god's sake ENFORCE THEM! Keep with the spirit of the game and not the letter of the law. If people are playing against their team, ask them to switch teams or quit rather than playing the 'but we like our friend better than our team' game.
Champlain College's HvZ ended last Saturday. It was a student run activity, being run by my roomate, which was hilarious because I always knew what we were looking for in the missions (usually he borrowed something of mine to use as the item we were looking for).
EDIT: Also, smacking people with Socks (the melee weapon) was funny... especially when you stick things inside the socks.
EDIT: Also, smacking people with Socks (the melee weapon) was funny... especially when you stick things inside the socks.
I agree.The Rookie Gamer said:
The entire history of human endeavor, every ounce of technical, social and artistic progress, all of it did nothing more than lay the foundation for that video.
Not really. Enormous packs of the stuff is only a few dollars and, I assume people are kind enough to pick up the litter when they're done since the University would probably frown upon an activity that left hundreds of non bio-degradable foam pieces around.s0m3th1ng said: