Zombies vs. Humans

The first draft of Wesleyan's rules for Zombies vs. Humans are out!

Zombies vs. Humans

Overview:
There are two teams, the Humans and the Zombies. At the beginning of the game everyone is a member of the Human team with the exception of two people chosen as the Original Zombies whose identities remain secret. These people tag human players, turning them into Zombies as well, who in turn must find more humans to eat.

The Zombie team wins when it has consumed the entirety of the Human team.
The Human team wins if the Zombie team starves to death; a zombie starves to death 48 hours after its last tag. Death by starvation permanently removes you from the game. (You can still play next year.)

If you’re with a group of friends and you get eaten, you have to walk away from them and not go after any of them for 5 minutes. You can, however, find another group of humans and proceed to munch on them.

Weapons:
The Humans are armed with nerf guns, rubber band guns, marshmallows, or balled-up socks, which can stun a Zombie for 15 minutes, rendering hir harmless.

Who’s playing?:
Humans must wear a standard issue bandana, tied around the right upper arm, between elbow and shoulder. Zombies must wear a bandana tied around their heads as a headband. The bandana must be prominently displayed-outside of the coat/hat/whatever. As somebody noted, sometimes people wear bandanas at this school without playing the zombie game. Therefore, be careful. However (and this should go without saying), don’t be a jackass and say you’re not playing when you’re just trying to avoid being tagged.

Keeping track:
Each party must report the kill by either contacting Nick Marshall (nmarshall(at)wesleyan.edu) or, preferably, posting in the Facebook group’s thread “Status”. If a zombie reports the kill without confirmation from a human within 48 hours, we’ll hunt you down. After this, both players will be taken out of the game. (We won’t, however, kick someone instantaneously if it’s a time-delay issue. It’ll only be a problem if one party claims to have zombified another, and the other fails to report it. In that case, not knowing who to believe and not wanting to play favorites, both people will be asked to leave the game.)

Updates:
Daily updates will be posted to Wesleying as well as the Recent News box on the Facebook group.

Picking the Original Zombie(s):
We will start by picking two zombies: Nick will pick one, and Xue will pick the other. We won’t tell each other who we picked. The zombie will be allowed to go incognito until we have 15 confirmed reports of zombification (from either source.) Then, both zombies will have to reveal themselves and wear their bandanas.

Safezones/Killzones:
Campus is divided into "safezones" and "killzones." Humans may take refuge in safezones and can only be eaten/killed in a killzone. Humans can shoot zombies from within a safe zone but keep in mind that if, for instance, your arm leaves the confines of a safezone, you can be tagged on that arm. Remember that zombies can lurk right outside the safezones, waiting for you to exit. Zombies can also enter safezones, but they can’t bite while inside.
Also, please don't shoot at Zombies when they're in safezones--That's just annoying.

Safezones

• Any dining hall(including inside Davenport, even the post office)
• Any library (including computer labs)
• Freeman
• Fisk/Exley/Judd/Any of the other academic buildings
• Dorms and houses of non-zombies (but see below)
• If you’re an upperclassman and live in a house/apartment with somebody else who is playing, then the entire structure is safe until one of you becomes a zombie. After that, your individual room is safe. If you have a roommate and ze becomes a zombie, you’re basically fucked. Find a couch to sleep on.
• Anywhere you absolutely have to be for academic purposes
• Weshop is also off limits, although the hallway right outside of it is not

Killzones

• Basically: If you’re outside, you aren’t safe, unless you’re practicing for an in-season team sport.
  
• The hallways of dormitories/lounges/the sidewalks and roads outside houses
• Outside of any of the abovementioned safezones. If you’re smoking outside Olin, you can be eaten. Outside of Davenport’s also not the best place to eat during the game.
• Balconies, overhangs of buildings,
• Anywhere you’re not specifically required to be for an academic or athletic reason.

Common sense:
Don’t hurt anybody. Be careful around stairwells. If someone is, say, studying, and asks you to take it elsewhere, apologize and desist.

Suggestions? Discuss it at the group. Again, you have until the 22nd to sign up, and the game begins at 8a.m. on November 29th!