Hey HvZ players!

The officers are all recovered from the one-week and we hope you players are too. If you still have a bandanna from the weeklong please drop it off at one of the one-night missions or at the open officer meetings on Sunday (1pm in Commons 318!). If you don’t, we know who you are, and we will find you. If you lost your bandanna, you owe us $10. Bandannas not returned or otherwise compensated for will be considered stolen as per the waiver you signed when we gave it to you.

Also, on a serious note, use of excessive force is not okay. The following has now been implemented: 

Use of excessive force is now defined as knocking someone off of their feet. This is regardless of location of incident.  

Once someone is knocked off their feet, the game pauses. Both players and anyone who saw the incident NEED to stick around. This is very important because;

If any involved party leaves, guilt is assumed, and a warning is given.

These changes are meant to keep players both Human and Zombies safe and having fun. They mean that Zombies will take a little more care to only tag, and Humans can no longer make excessive force claims well after the fact. These are preemptive measures, and they will hopefully not be needed.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, October 15th is a one-night mission starting at 7pm in Lecture Hall 4.

Thursday, October 18th is a one-night mission starting at 7pm in Lecture Hall 1.

Please note, for the missions, we ask that you be sure to sign in for the one nights. If you come in late, that’s fine but please check-in before going out to play to make sure you are aware of any special rules that may be in play. Also keep in mind, that if you miss more than half the briefing, you must play zombie.

Zombie Prom is coming up on November 3rd! It’s at 7pm in the UC Ballroom. It’s our annual Halloween party with an optional mission! This year, the theme is Nightmare Before Christmas and it’s being DJ’d by the Phantom Gentlemen! We just got all the stuff approved (minus the cotton candy machine, but Katy’ll be okay). It’s shaping up to be pretty fun!  Any requests for music can be submitted here.

As always, check the website for dates and times for events. Shameless plug for the code monkey! 

~The HvZ Officers

~Hiccup
    Webmaster, Humans vs. Zombies
    

Hi Officers,

I read the Newsletter (because I don’t suck), and it left me
wondering…what is “knocking” defined as?

Say, I firmly tag a human (as the rules require) who is
running backwards up a steep hill or toward a curb and they fall
on their ass. Does that count as me “knocking someone off of
their feet” or is that simply player clumsiness and the laws of
physics clashing together? 

Oh, and what if I tackle someone, but ensure their feet never
leave the ground by having one of my friends hold the feet
firmly in place? That doesn’t meet the official definition of
excessive force, so I assume that wouldn’t be an issue, yeah?

How about a slide tag wherein my shoulder or head accidentally
stress-fractures someone’s leg, but they don’t fall over due to
being a bad-ass?

What if I make the ladies swoon so hard they fall over in a
fit of unbridled lust? Would that be excessive force?

Sorry about the outlandish questions (that are definitely not
based on real incidents), but the new rule is confusing and I’m
not sure where the line is drawn given the vaguely specific
[sic] terminology. Hoping you guys can help clear things up. ^.^

Thanks!

Mike Sola

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:01 PM, UMBC
HvZ Officers <umbchvzofficers@gmail.com>
wrote:

Hey HvZ players!

The officers are all recovered from the one-week
and we hope you players are too. If you still have a
bandanna from the weeklong please drop it off at one of
the one-night missions or at the open officer meetings
on Sunday (1pm in Commons 318!). If you don’t, we know
who you are, and we will find you.
If you lost your bandanna, you owe us $10. Bandannas not
returned or otherwise compensated for will be considered
stolen as per the waiver you signed when we gave it to
you.

Also, on a serious note, use of excessive force
is not okay. The following has now been implemented: 

Use of excessive force is now defined as
knocking someone off of their feet. This is regardless
of location of incident.  

Once someone is knocked off their feet, the
game pauses. Both players and anyone who saw the
incident NEED to stick around. This is very important
because;

If any involved party leaves, guilt is assumed,
and a warning is given.

These changes are meant to keep players both
Human and Zombies safe and having fun. They mean that
Zombies will take a little more care to only tag, and
Humans can no longer make excessive force claims well
after the fact. These are preemptive measures, and
they will hopefully not be needed.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, October 15th is a
one-night mission starting at 7pm in
Lecture Hall 4.

Thursday, October 18th is a
one-night mission starting at 7pm in
Lecture Hall 1.

Please note, for the missions, we ask that you be
sure to sign in for the one nights. If
you come in late, that’s fine but please check-in
before going out to play to make sure you are aware
of any special rules that may be in play. Also keep
in mind, that if you miss more than half the
briefing, you must play zombie.

Zombie Prom is coming up on November 3rd! It’s at
7pm in the UC Ballroom. It’s our annual
Halloween party with an optional mission! This year, the
theme is Nightmare Before Christmas and it’s being DJ’d
by the Phantom Gentlemen! We just got all
the stuff approved (minus the cotton candy machine, but
Katy’ll be okay). It’s shaping up to be pretty fun!  Any
requests for music can be submitted here.

As always, check the website
for dates and times for events. Shameless plug for the
code monkey! 

~The HvZ Officers

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