RULES OF ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

CAN YOU SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE? OR WILL YOU BE A MINDLESS ZOMBIE INTENT ON EATING THE BRAINS OF HUMANS?



Here's how to play:

STEP 1: A "Round" goes until someone has rolled a "00" or a "01."  All rolls are made on a d100.  At the beginning of a Round, the roll is set at 50.

STEP 2: Start the game or round as human.  (Don't worry, that won't last long.)  Roll d100.

STEP 3:
If you roll a 100 or a 01, the round ends.  (See below.)

If you roll less than the person above you, then you are human.  (You either stay human and escape the zombies, or, if a zombie, you have been killed or received a cure and now post as a human.)

If you roll higher than the person above you, then you are a zombie.  (Either you remain a zombie or you have become infected and become a zombie.)

If you tie the person above you, then it's your choice.

STEP 4:
In your post, copy and paste your roll and then ADD A FUN NARRATIVE WITH THE RESULT BEING THE RESULT FROM YOUR ROLL (zombie or human).

(This can create a running narrative or community storytelling with the group of humans helping each other out, and zombies collaborating with grunts or whatever, or it can be an independent post.)

STEP 5(optional):
Include how many rolls you have made and been able to remain human or zombie.  The person with the highest amount of rolls without changing (minimum of 3) is Governor of the humans or King of the zombies.  YOU MUST ANNOUNCE THAT YOU HAVE BECOME GOVERNOR OR KING since this is an optional rule, and you must from then on post your streak number (the number of rolls that you have remained human or zombie).

Overthrow the rule of the person before you by having a longer streak of being a zombie or human.

RULES CLARIFICATIONS:
ROLLING A 100 OR A 01:
This ends the round.  The last roll is reset to 50.

A natural 100 (00) means that the zombies have conquered the world.  Everyone becomes a zombie and the game resets with everyone starting as a zombie.  (If anyone is king of the zombies at this point, he gets his name in the Hall of Fame.  A governor loses his spot as governor.)

A natural 01 means that the humans have ended the zombie plague.  The game resets with everyone starting as human. (If anyone is Governor of the humans at this point, he gets his name in the Hall of Fame.  If anyone is king of the zombies, he loses his spot and starts as human.)

SIMULTANEOUS POSTING
Use the dice roller log to determine what your roll means, even if the post order in this thread does not match the roll order in the dice log.

Results history:
Round 1: Humans win, no Gov
Round 2: Zombies win, no King
Round 3: Zombies win, Athena was Queen
Round 4: Humans win, no Gov
Round 5: Humans win, no Gov
Round 6: ongoing...
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Continued from Testing thread.

The last roll was 16.

14:44, Today: Yoss rolled 1 using 1d100. zombie for reals.

I totally just ended the game on the first post!

END OF ROUND 1
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Great timing!

The roll is reset to 50.

14:47, Today: Yoss rolled 12 using 1d100. zombie game 2.

Yoss is a human (1)

14:48, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 43 using 1d100 ((43)).

Athena somehow managed to remain human

14:47, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Heath rolled 61 using 1d100 ((61)).

Heath gets cocky in his position as governor and doesn't see Yoss approach him from behind and push Heath into a group of zombies to try to take over the governor position.  Heath is a zombie; his reign as governor has ended. (1)

14:49, Today: Yoss rolled 94 using 1d100. z.

Yoss is now a zombie (1).

(The rules should use the dice roller time stamp, not the thread post time stamp.)

You're right. I hadn't thought about that.

14:56, Today: Heath rolled 70 using 1d100.

Heath eats some shrubs that turn out to be a miracle cure.  He is human again.

14:57, Today: Yoss rolled 75 using 1d100. zom

Yoss is human again (1).

14:58, Today: Heath rolled 74 using 1d100. z.

Heath dodges some zombies and shoots some in the head to remain safe.  He is still human.  (2)

15:00, Today: Yoss rolled 64 using 1d100. zom

Still human (2).

14:57, Fri 25 Oct 2013: LuLu Prayer rolled 86 using 1d100
LuLu wantz brainzzz she izz zombie

15:00, Today: Heath rolled 19 using 1d100.

Heath takes the mantle of governor once more.  Remaining human. (3)

I updated the last bit of rules about tracking time-stamps.

15:00, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 57 using 1d100 ((57)).

Athena remains human on this one I think cuz Lulu rolled higher.

15:02, Today: Yoss rolled 65 using 1d100. z.

Zombified (1)

15:03, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 42 using 1d100 ((42))

Athena still humanness! 4 times now

15:04, Today: Yoss rolled 67 using 1d100. z.

Still zombie (2)

In reply to Athena (msg # 18):

If you want to become governor, you can do so, but please announce it in your post or you will forfeit it.

You know, the current game-end rule favors NOT posting once you've gotten King/Gov.  This is a flaw for any ASWOT game.  An ASWOT game should always favor MORE posting.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:07, Fri 25 Oct 2013.

Maybe the rule should be that you track how many times you've been zombie and/or human in total.  That way it always benefits you to keep rolling.

In reply to Yoss (msg # 21):

That was my point in the testing thread.  Except that it is a little counterbalanced by someone taking over your throne and your desire to keep rolling to avoid it.  You can also roll to have a bigger streak.  The problem is that whether you post may be conditioned on whatever the last person's roll will be.  Which is not a problem if the game is active, but might be if it dies down a little.

Your game, your rules.  I will adjust strategy accordingly.

15:32, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 68 using 1d100 ((68)).

Athena just barely gets bitten and zombified.

15:34, Today: Yoss rolled 59 using 1d100. z.

Back to human (1)

15:40, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 11 using 1d100 ((11)).

Athena eez humaney again.

15:42, Today: Yoss rolled 15 using 1d100. z.


zombie (1)

In reply to Yoss (msg # 24):

But if it can be improved, suggestions are welcome

This way is less work per post, it just has the draw back that I already mentioned.  I suppose as long as you're not REQUIRED to roll each time you post then this way is good.

15:46, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 39 using 1d100 ((39)

Zombie again. Lol

I suppose if someone doesn't want to roll, they could just say they are a zombie wandering around aimlessly or a human hiding out in a safehouse, but that kind of takes the fun out of it.

I noticed people are not really adding fun narratives.  That's one thing I was hoping would be more utilized.

15:51, Today: Yoss rolled 3 using 1d100. z.

Human again (1).


@Heath:
For numerical games with rewards and a high posting volume, I've never been much on the RP.  Others, like yourself, are certainly welcome to put in the effort.

From here on out, if you have specific suggestions to change or improve this game, just put them in the suggestions thread, and then everyone can look at and vote on them.  We can reserve this for playing the game or other running commentary.

15:53, Today: Heath rolled 44 using 1d100

Heath converts to the zombie way of life...or death.  (Zombie 1)

15:56, Today: Yoss rolled 8 using 1d100. z

Human (2)

(Maybe I'll put in the effort for RP when I'm becoming King)

16:11, Today: Heath rolled 52 using 1d100.

Heath remains a zombie (2), skulking around in the shadows and sniffing the air for brains to eat.

Now I will choose not to roll since I'm hungry for my 3rd human roll.   :/

17:08, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 49 using 1d100 ((49))

Athena unintentionally falls into a fountain that washed her clean of the Zombie taint.

22:05 rolled 85

Suddenly, having managed to hide all this time without being noticed, the one that is just a girl, that passes through was found by the zombie Heath...  breainz....

22:10 rolled a 92

FourLegged climbs down from his tree just in time to be partially consumed by Just a girl passing through.  FourLegged rises and staggers away with a powerful hunger for eucalyptus braains.

22:26, Fri 25 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 56 using 1d100 ((56)).

Somehow through the sudden mass conversion of her compatriots Athena remains human this round. Guess she got away in the nick of time.

23:33, Today: FourLegged rolled 97 using 1d100

Stumbling around in a mindless haze, FourLegged still hungers for flesh (2)

18:00, Sat 26 Oct 2013: Amy2 rolled 97 using 1d100

Seeing FourLegged stumbling, Amy lets out a terrified scream and tries to run before getting eaten by a hoard. She then decided that stumbling and hungering isn't such a bad idea and promptly joins FourLegged.

((05:00, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 18 using 1d100.))

Having disappeared from the carnage for a while, this zombie managed to find the cure...  It was lodged in another zombies shoulder?  how odd...  oh wait, time to run!!!

Congratulations on your return to humanity!

16:37, Mon 28 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 100 using 1d100 ((100)).


Uh..... Natural 100. Zombies win!

Heath was Human King when it ended, but since zombies win it doesn't matter.


I really, really don't like the current rules (for the reasons already stated).


END OF ROUND 2
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Well.... We can discuss that with Heath on Thursday when he comes back? But otherwise the dice is reset to 50. Roll

83, zombie (1)

16:43, Mon 28 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 8 using 1d100   Human (1)

2, human (1).

I have recovered!

17:22, Mon 28 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 77 using 1d100

As you recover Athena becomes a zombie

53, still human (2).

No zombie's gonna get me!

08:53, Tue 29 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 54 using 1d100 ((54))

Athena is still... just barely.. a zombie. (2)

2, king of the humans (3).


Yoss is so good at avoiding zombies that the other humans flock to his banner for safety!

09:25, Tue 29 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 30 using 1d100

Thanks to your to Athena is still a zombie. (3)

King of the humans against Queen of the zombies!

13:42, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 12 using 1d100.

The 'still' human girl ran and ran and ran only to live another day...

It's to live for now

21:28, Wed 30 Oct 2013: Athena rolled 32 using 1d100

Athena is zombie! (4)

09:42, Today: Heath rolled 90 using 1d100

Heath remains a zombie (3), moaning and stumbling along looking for his next meal.

Heath, the game restarted.  That was your first roll.


Something to address in the rules: how does a joiner know what the status is?

20, Human (4).

Yoss continues to hunt down the zombies as more and more humans flock to his banner of kingship.

In reply to Yoss (msg # 62):

That's a really good point.  I don't expect anyone (including myself) to go back up through the threads. But maybe when a new game starts, we have a big BIG BOLD MESSAGE that a new game has started; also, in the subject line, we could put what game number it is.  (Like right now, maybe it's game 3 or 4.)  Then you just see if it is on the same game as the last time you posted.

For now, let's do that.  We'll put in big bold letters when a new round starts, and then we'll just post in the Subject line 'ROUND 1' and then go from there.

OK, I went back and edited in the end of round markers and I've updated the subject line of this post to note that this is Round 3.

Yoss is currently King of the Humans (4 rolls).
Athena is currently Queen of the Zombies (4 rolls).
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15:10, Today: Heath rolled 14 using 1d100.

Heath finds a cure and rejoins his human friends, assuming they're still human. (1)

15:26, Today: FourLegged rolled 78 using 1d100

FourLegged sees the newly freshened Heath rejoining his human friends and follows along.  "Gmnnnn..." (AKA Mmmm... a fleshy buffet!)  (3)

18:27, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 51 using 1d100.

Appearing to still be alive for the moment, the one whom is just a girl passing through decides it appropriate to hide inside an airplane for once.

18:33, Today: FourLegged rolled 66 using 1d100

The dead become distracted.  FourLegged stops following Heath and shambles into the plane with Just a girl passing through.  Braaains! (4)

15:09, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 74 using 1d100

The poor girl did not last a moment against the Four Legged, the koala zombie ate on the white haired women till she to was zombified.

15:14, Sun 03 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 86 using 1d100

Athena iz an awesome zombie queen! They are starting to notice! (5)

16:15, Today: FourLegged rolled 85 using 1d100

After consuming Just a girl passing through, FourLegged's head starts to clear.  "Braaiinn- what am I saying?  And ugh, what is that meaty, brainy taste in my mouth?  I need some euacuptus to kill that taste.  As a matter of fact eucalyptus sounds really good right now.  Eeeeuuuucalllyyyppptuuusssss..."

21:00, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 3 using 1d100.

As the one whom had just eaten her brain suddenly healed, the zombie that was just a girl attempted to eat him.  However, she to became human with his blood...

"waaa...  wait, wasn't I just eaten?"

21:08, Sun 03 Nov 2013: FourLegged rolled 22 using 1d100

"You think that you have it bad.  I just got the taste of flesh out of my mouth and...

...and...


...and now I just want more...  ...braaaaiiiinsssss... (1)

22:20, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 57 using 1d100.

For a single moment she realized it was a very temporary cure where ever it might have come from, that was until she to returned to the walking of the deadiness...

11:45, Today: Heath rolled 14 using 1d100.

Heath remains human, and sees the place surrounded by zombies.  He runs. (2)

Yoss is currently King of the Humans (4 rolls).
Athena is currently Queen of the Zombies (5 rolls).

By the way, when FL hit 4 rolls as zombie, he caught up to Athena (who had 4 at the time).  Could he have declared himself Zombie King, or must he have bypassed?

EDIT:
Current rules say "longer", but I'd vote that a tie should be good enough.
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I referenced Catan, which means you always have to surpass, not tie, to take the title away.

13:04, Mon 04 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 90 using 1d100

Athena sees so many yummy human people. She wantsssss to eat them... (6)

13:07, Today: Heath rolled 44 using 1d100

Heath prefers to keep his brains.  He runs from Athena.  (3)

Six in a row, not bad.

13:12, Mon 04 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 74 using 1d100

Athena decides to chance after Heath... more like she instinctually followed them scent of brains. (7)

Seven!

14:55, Today: Heath rolled 62 using 1d100.

Heath sees Athena running and successfully climbs up a tree. Human. (4)

Uh oh.  Heath's tied with me.

Now I need someone else to roll a high number.

Indeed.

15:47, Tue 05 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 100 using 1d100

With my 8th roll as a Zombie and a roll of a natural 100, I declare the zombies win!

Round 3 ends with Athena ruling over the triumphant zombie hoards!

Round 4 ends on the first roll, humans win!

Round 5 START

91, zombie (1)

Yoss is the firsborn of the zombie hoard.

I've added game results by round to the first post of the thread.

15:56, Tue 05 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 79 using 1d100

In some amazing manner Athena is a human. And got away from the now zombified Yoss before she could be bitten.

99, zombie (2)

Yoss continues his quest to dominate humankind.

16:02, Tue 05 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 1 using 1d100


Yoss's attempts fail as humans win!

round 6 start

22, human (1)


Here we go!
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16:06, Tue 05 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 42 using 1d100

I believe this makes me a zombie. (1)

8, human (2)

Yoss runs away from Athena.

16:21, Tue 05 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 30 using 1d100

Zombie chasing after the fleeing meat sack (2)

Yoss takes to the skies.

Wow, those were the fastest rounds I ever could have imagined.

11:51, Today: Heath rolled 26 using 1d100.

Heath joins Yoss in the human escape from the zombie horde. (1)

It seems only the three of us are interested in this game so far.  And no one wants to INCDEC with me.  :(

((I do like this game, problem: I've been sick for the past few weeks, and since it's finally turning up I am able to return to former glory, problem: I'm still friggin' sick-- As for INCDEC I'll look into it, problem: I think it's a dice game and I'm not all too good at those unless they're simple, problem: I don't really understand how to play-- Alright that was a mouthful, anyway happy thursday everybody!))

[Lulu; 59 with 1d100, Zombie!]

Lulu, now a Zombie by trade, looks across the horizons with hungry eyes, seeing her sister zombie running after two delicious looking meatbags she pushes her tired legs into running She growls and grabs after the running humans, wanting to chew on their bones so badly her mouth started to water

10:58, Today: Heath rolled 56 using 1d100.

It is a very close call. LuLu is quickly approaching Heath as he runs away.  She grabs his pants and tries to bite, but he kicks her away and escapes.  Still human. (2)

Glad for more players!  (And INCDEC isn't dice, it's litterally just vote up/down.)

Yeah, INC/DEC is probably the simplest game.  It was most fun when people were buying other people's votes

I'm talking INCDEC, not INCDEC Questions, but they're both simple.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about the difference

No prob.

Someone roll because I'm tired of being chased down by these zombies.

19:24, Today: Xl2000 rolled 25 using 1d100

Xl2000 walks into the fray unknowing and takes in some air.
"Yuck, what is that smell! It's like the rotten insides of a..."
*outside vents close; air filtration system, online*
Xl2000 narrows his eyes, "Zombapocalypse"

Human life source, stable, for now.

Welcome back, Xl.  I don't think we've met.

11:12, Today: Heath rolled 50 using 1d100.

Heath screams as he is pulled down by the zombie horde and converted to the zombieocalypse.  Zombie (1).

17, Human (3).

As Heath is dragged down by a zombie, Yoss blasts it with a shotgun.  Unfortunately, Heath is already gone.  Yoss runs for the hills to set up a stronghold.  Soon, others see his prowess and make him Governor.

11:19, Today: Heath rolled 53 using 1d100.

Heath sees Yoss run away to become governor and starts to give chase.  Zombie (2)

02:30, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 85 using 1d100.

still wandering about somewhere in the middle of nowhere GPT was nomming on villager brains minding her own business when yoss ran past.  She dropped her current obsession and took chase for something a tad fresher.

21:27, Sat 09 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 53 using 1d100

Athena has somehow found a magical cure and runs off after Yoss with the Humans. (1)

still looking for brains, the ADHD zombie that is just a girl starts chasing Athena and Yoss...  (3)

23:26, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 94 using 1d100.
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2:34, Sun 10 Nov 2013: FourLegged rolled 40 using 1d100

FourLegged shakes his head as his koala eyes lose their milky appearance.  "This zombie business is giving me a headache."

01:08, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 51 using 1d100.

Still chasing Athena...   "me want u brain" she calls after the already dead, but not undead that she chases

[Lulu; 54 with 1d100, Zombie!]

LuLu still chases after the birds, you'd think it slight favoritism, as she completely ignores the humans and the Koala 'Like bird brains, me, now let eat, you!'    ²

00:18, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 78 using 1d100. (5)

In her decay the zombie GPT has collapsed and given up chasing Athena...   she merely grunts, falls backwards and lays there staring at the sky. "bria..."

8, human (4)

Yoss' stronghold continues to gain strength as he welcomes in FourLegged.

22:38, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 70 using 1d100.

begins to harass birds with LuLu...

My fortress is unassailable, for now.

was that a roll?  I don't see any rolls?  am I supposed to roll if you didn't?

I think you have to wait for someone else to roll before you can roll again.  I didn't roll.

09:04, Today: Heath rolled 92 using 1d100.

Heath surprisingly remains a zombie. (3)  Heath is now king of the zombies
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83, human (5 times)

Yoss continues to fortify against the zombie hordes.
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04:18, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 57 using 1d100.

lays down and stared at the stars whilst drooling...   "still her'" The zombie girl says dumbly (7)

In reply to Just a girl passing through (msg # 130):

57 is less than 83, so you turn human?

10:14, Today: Heath rolled 52 using 1d100

Heath finds himself magically cured, and...at least to the zombies...magically delicious!  He begins running.  Human (1).

OOC: Yes, I think she got it wrong.  Too much illness in her house.  She's human now.

You know what...   I saw your 5, and thought that was your roll...   oops

10:37, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 57 using 1d100.

Zombie again!!

11:52, Today: Heath rolled 62 using 1d100.

Just a Girl finds Heath...delicious, that is.  Heath is now a zombie again!  (1)

11:56, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 66 using 1d100.

A zombie like any other, she would follow heath for now...

[Lulu; 42 with 1d100, Human! :(]
For whatever reason time has purged her of the zombie virus and she is now entirely human, she finds this state of existence annoying and quite frankly boring, she sits in the grass leaning back on her hands and watching the birds and the zombies chase each other around

14:25, Today: Just a girl passing through rolled 85 using 1d100.

I wants to nom on LuLu now...  zombiezz like LuLu brainz yezz wez do

Yoss beckons to LuLu from his fortress.

10:10, Wed 20 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 76 using 1d100

Athena sees Yoss beckoning Lulu and runs to hide with the humans.

12:31, Today: Heath rolled 27 using 1d100

Heath returns to the land of the living.  Human (1).

13:04, Wed 20 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 75 using 1d100

It seems that in her not-so-thought-out run to try for safety Athena gets caught by one of the Zombies running rampant and becomes a mindless Brainthirsty Zombie herself. "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaainsssssssssss....." She wanders around in search of someone to nom on.

So much back and forth here.  Yoss continues to guard his fortress.
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I just gotta wait on someone other than me to roll hahaha.

That's true.  I'm scared to roll; I like being human.

09:26, Today: Heath rolled 79 using 1d100

AHHHH!  Heath is bitten.  He iz zombified.  He go now.  eat brainz.  (zombie 1)

See what I mean?

09:27, Thu 21 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 91 using 1d100

Athena continues to run around after having bitten off a chunk of Heath's arm

roll 19, human (6)

Yoss fires a shot into Heath's back as he wanders away looking for brains.

09:33, Thu 21 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 62 using 1d100

Athena runs off after some random brains. She is still sooooooooooooooo huuuuuuuuuungry.....

10:00, Today: Heath rolled 82 using 1d100

Heath eet mor brainz. Yum. (zombie 2)

11:28, Thu 21 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 9 using 1d100

Athena accidentally eats a fruit that looks like a brain and it turns her back into a human. (1)

11:32, Today: Heath rolled 49 using 1d100

Heath takes the crown, organizing the zombies into a group of herding brain eaters who grunt a lot.  (zombie 3 -- king of the zombies (I think))

I had an eight roll streak as Zombie queen. So keep trying.

11:35, Thu 21 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 12 using 1d100

Athena manages to avoid any zombies so far. (2)

In reply to Athena (msg # 153):

But you are no longer a zombie, so you lost the title.  (However, I think there is a "record" for being the King/Queen/Governor the longest, but that is a different matter.)

That was a few games ago hahaha. I won that game with a roll of a natural 100 on the eighth roll

Oh, that's a completely different round then, and you should get something in the Hall of Fame, but it doesn't count for the current Round.

Hahaha that's still funny to me. :)

I'm keeping records in the first post of this thread.  Tidier (is that a word) that way.

[Lulu; 65 with 1d100, Zombie]
After being chomped by GPT, Lulu began to salivate at the juicy birds, and ghost, and began to chase them happily

08:25, Fri 22 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 57 using 1d100

Athena get's cured!!! (1)

Come to the Human Stronghold!

[Lulu; 90 with 1d100, Zombie] {~1~}

With happiness and feral vigour LuLu went after Athenas' brains

11:22, Sat 23 Nov 2013: Athena rolled 32 using 1d100

Lulu misses Athena, who remains a human as she runs to the safety of Yoss's Stronghold. (2)

12:36, Today: FourLegged rolled 39 using 1d100

Though Lulu Prayer missed Athena, FourLegged was no so lucky.  "Ow!  Did you have to bite the same spot?!  That makes me so angry... and hungry...  mnaaaaaa..." (1)

16:19, Thu 28 Nov 2013: Just a girl passing through rolled 10 using 1d100.

Still laying about, doing nothing but staring at the stars this zombie is utterly useless to either side of this war...

As it lay about here suddenly it merely dies, decay perhaps

A few hours later a new GPT is created in a cloning lab...

18:31, Fri 29 Nov 2013: FourLegged rolled 75 using 1d100

The decaying remains of FourLegged pokes at the rotting mass that used to be Just a girl passing through before shambling off for fresh victims. (2)

08:17, Today: Heath rolled 89 using 1d100.

Surprisingly, Heath refuses to become human again, retaining the zombie crown.  He leads his horde forward against the insolent humans.  (Zombie 4 - King)

Yoss welcomes Athena into the stronghold.  (Still 6)

Did you roll, Yoss?  I can't roll again until someone else does.

I didn't roll.  This gets back to the conversation we had about the rules, if you recall my statements.

But if you want to remain human, all you have to do is roll 89 or less.  Seems an ideal time... *nudge, nudge*

I was tempted.  But a 10% failure rate on a very strong 6-in-a-row seems too risky for me.  Getting to 7-in-a-row doesn't seem worth the risk, especially since no one's even close to catching up yet.  Seems better to just wait for the "01" or "100" to come along.  Meanwhile, I'm basically sidelined, as I said back in posts 21 and 22.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:44, Tue 03 Dec 2013.

Okay, I'll wait for someone else in your stronghold to roll, and then the zombies will attack!

Seems that way.

I was thinking of another optional rule, but I don't want to make this complicated.  (LIKE THE KING/GOVERNOR RULE ITSELF, THIS IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL)

Something like this:

If you are the King or Governor, you roll twice.  (You must become King or Governor first, and then roll twice starting on your next roll.)  The first roll determines whether you remain a zombie/human.  The next roll determines how many followers you attract.  (This incentivizes the King/Governor to keep rolling.)

A 01 or 100 roll still means the humans or zombies win, but that can be trumped if the reigning King or Governor has more followers.  (The 01 or 100 would essentially add 100 followers to the humans or zombies.)

Example:

Yoss is Governor, and since becoming governor has made three "follower" rolls, attracting a total of 153 followers.

Heath is King of the Zombies, and has attracted a total of 40 followers.

A 100 is rolled.  This means the Zombies have 140 followers (100 + 40).  Normally, the zombies would win, but Yoss has 153 followers and they would take down the zombies despite the 100 roll.

OOoooh.  So a way to combat the 50/50 odds of having your "investment" fail?  (Right now, the strategy is to get King/Gov, then just pray that the 01/00 coin flip is in your favor.)

Very interesting.  So, if there's no zombie king, there are no zombie followers and thus they auto-lose if there's a human governor (and vice versa)?  Similarly, even if both sides have a leader, whichever side has more followers will auto-win when the game ends?

I like the ability to alter your odds as an incentive to keep rolling.  However, auto-win seems like it could be demoralizing if one side gets too many followers.  Perhaps the followers could somehow boost chances without making it auto-win, thus leaving the minority team with a hope of winning (other than just catching up on followers).

It's yet more complicated, but perhaps after the final roll comes (01 or 100), a GM (or whoever) makes a final roll to see who wins.  The team who won the flip (01 for humans, 100 for zombies) gets to double their followers, then add up the total followers between both sides.  Say Z is the number of zombies and H is the number of humans, with N equal to the sum of H and Z.  Roll 1dN.  If the roll is greater than H then the humans lose.

So my idea is simply that the side with the most followers wins when a 100 or 01 is rolled.  The followers are gained by the rolls (as in my last post), but 100 followers is added to the zombie or human side depending on if the last roll was a 01 or 100.

If there is no current leader, then there are no additional followers to add to the 100, and then the last roll automatically makes that team (zombie or human) the winner.  So you can lose all your followers too if you stop becoming king/governor.  The question is whether you can transfer your followers to a king/governor who takes the position away from you.  I would say yes.

This rule (like the king/governor rule itself) is purely optional with the individual (in this case, the king/governor), so it doesn't have to complicate the rules for anyone who doesn't want to use it.  If you do use it, just post your total followers in each post.

Someone else needs to roll, by the way.  I can't roll against myself.

Yoss, another potential incentive is to say someone loses their governor/kingship if they don't roll within 3-5 days, and they are automatically switched to the other team (if they are caught).  They would lose all followers.  (Exemptions would be if they can't roll--like me right now.)

Compulsory participation is a non-starter.

Exactly.  The only thing required is to roll and state what you are.

OK, I'll rephrase, make that rule and it ruins the game by making the determination of winner extremely random, rather than by either strategy (which most ASWOT games have little of anyway so no big deal) or even for posting frequently (as most ASWOT games reward).

Perhaps it would be best to go back to my old suggestion of keeping track of how many times you've rolled each thing and that's what determines Governor.  Then you always encourage more rolls, more participation, and you're never enticed to delay for a better pre-roll.

I don't quite understand.  It encourages posting for those who are governor/king so they can get more followers and avoid the randomness of winning or losing on a 01 or 100 roll.

I don't understand your proposed rule.

In reply to Heath (msg # 179):

If I roll will that solve the problem?

Yes.  We need to start rolling again.

29 (can't choppy and past from touch screen)

Charlotteen avoiding zombie attacks as she searches for reassurances

13:54, Mon 16 Dec 2013: Heath rolled 74 using 1d100 ((74)).

Heath remains a zombie and starts looking for new ways to eat brains.  (Still Zombie King. (5 rolls, still Zombie King.)

82

Heath finds charlotteen, they fight but Heath bits her foot as she kicks him. Charlotteen is now zombie

10:03, Tue 24 Dec 2013: Athena rolled 76 using 1d100

Randomly rejoining the population, Athena barely escapes Zombification... (1)

18:32, Today: charlotteen rolled 56 using 1d100.

Charlotteen rejoices as she finds the cure and is now a human

13:50, Today: Athena rolled 95 using 1d100

The cure must have been in Athena's clood or something because she is now a zombie! (1)

that means humans win this round and the dice is set at 50 again

10:22, Today: Heath rolled 10 using 1d100.

Biting Charloteen must have been the cure, because Heath is now human (1).

18:28, Today: charlotteen rolled 36 using 1d100.

charlotteen lost the cure once she is now zombie again (1)

[Lulu; 65 with 1d100, Zombie]
Lulu eats the reddest rawest meats lethargically

14:43, Today: Heath rolled 98 using 1d100.

Heath's cure must have worn off, because now he's a zombie again. (Zombie 1)

[Lulu; 84 with 1d100, Human :(]
No longer hungering for brains Lulu realizes that she hasn't got much to do, after awhile of hiding from the apocalypse and idley watching TV she decides to go outside and try to get bitten-- she was too tired to walk to the store and figured it would be easier to go Zom to get her dinner, especially if it wore off after awhile anyway, it's amazing how cool she is with technical cannibalism

(42 - One for Humanity)

"Erm..." Taz stammers as she watches some straggling zombies feed on an animal carcass. Having heard her they look, but she is already too high in the trees for them to see her. Besides none of them even bothered to look up. "Oh, please, Fates... Spare me those teeth." she whispered breathlessly.

If ASWoT gets active again, we should revitalize this thread.  It was fun while it lasted.

It seems like a really, really amazing thread. If it can be revitalized I will be a very happy human/zombie!

i should be active round here more so will play

also 32

but as she turns round to find brains to eat she tips in to a pool of water infected with the cure. she is now human again (1)
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(72 - GO, GO Zombies! x1)

The fates didn't heed her call, rather, they allowed that simple whispered prayer travel to the teeth that wished to dig into her. The zombies climbed with unexpected velocity, and the change was instantaneous. Oh, how wonderful it was, to be a zombie. Why had she ever been so against it?

15 9human 2)

Char finds a safe place to sleep for the night and when she wakes up is still human

(67 - I must really like brains, zombie x2)

Taz walks around blissfully, enjoying her meal of a Spectre's brain matter ferally as she watched the birds flutter around in the sky. Maybe it was because the zombie virus was attacking her brain and the rise in dopamine that was making her feel this way?

(56)

I am a human!  Perhaps the last human left.

Heath dodges and rolls but is still bit...barely...turning into a zombie.


09:21, Today: Heath rolled 57 using 1d100.

(27)
Jioan begins running away from the newly turned Heath and escapes although he doesn't know how long he can keep this up.

(54)

Believing the thread to be safely dead, FourLegged wanders in only to be bittenand turned by the long passed Raz.

21:21, Today: Tanner rolled 60 using 1d100.  Am I a zombie?

Finally resurrecting from years of pure, unadulterated slumber a zombie pulls Tanners corpse from the ground and begins to turn him in to a zombie through horrible unspeakable methods. He was given a job and told to pay bills and taxes...

DUN DUN!

15:33, Today: Heath rolled 17 using 1d100.

Heath escapes the clutches of Zombie Tanner, parquors up a wall and ziplines down a telephone wire into a window.  He remains human.

20:30, Today: praguepride rolled 28 using 1d100.  zombie.

pp tries to do the same kickass parkour but fails and falls before being eaten by zombies

16:51, Today: Tanner rolled 69 using 1d100 ((69)).

Tanner stares aimlessly in a pond of zombie koi fish circling, and swirling endlessly around each other. His zombie coworker patted him on the back...

HRRGHGGHHHHEEEEEEHHHHGGHGHGHHHHAAAAA

To which Tanner responds,

GGGRRRRRAADDDHAGHHHHAAAAAAGGHHHRRRRR

They both shed a heartfelt tear, and laugh their zombie laughs in to their zombie offices.

---

Oh...yeah...inappropriate joke inserted here.

12:55, Today: Froggychum rolled 17 using 1d100.  zombie apocalypse game.

Froggychum needs food! He has been hiding in his house for moments, and it is all gone, so damn hungry

he brings with him a kitchen knife and runs down to the grocery store! There is no food left, it was all looted!

Oh no!

Wait a moment, there is one aisle left, but... it's

*shivers*

Hot pockets...

Froggychum has no choice, with hot tears streaming down his face, he cucks a box of hot pockets, and finna wokes a microwave from the manager's room.. damn you nofrills! damn you!

Froggo heads back home with his disgusting demon packets

This was a fun one when it started and we had a lot of paricipation. Anyone interested in reviving it?

I'd be up for that.

Here are the rules again (copied from Post #1):

Here's how to play:

STEP 1: A "Round" goes until someone has rolled a "00" or a "01."  All rolls are made on a d100.  At the beginning of a Round, the roll is set at 50.

STEP 2: Start the game or round as human.  (Don't worry, that won't last long.)  Roll d100.

STEP 3:
If you roll a 100 or a 01, the round ends.  (See below.)

If you roll less than the person above you, then you are human.  (You either stay human and escape the zombies, or, if a zombie, you have been killed or received a cure and now post as a human.)

If you roll higher than the person above you, then you are a zombie.  (Either you remain a zombie or you have become infected and become a zombie.)

If you tie the person above you, then it's your choice.

STEP 4:
In your post, copy and paste your roll and then ADD A FUN NARRATIVE WITH THE RESULT BEING THE RESULT FROM YOUR ROLL (zombie or human).

(This can create a running narrative or community storytelling with the group of humans helping each other out, and zombies collaborating with grunts or whatever, or it can be an independent post.)

STEP 5(optional):
Include how many rolls you have made and been able to remain human or zombie.  The person with the highest amount of rolls without changing (minimum of 3) is Governor of the humans or King of the zombies.  YOU MUST ANNOUNCE THAT YOU HAVE BECOME GOVERNOR OR KING since this is an optional rule, and you must from then on post your streak number (the number of rolls that you have remained human or zombie).

Overthrow the rule of the person before you by having a longer streak of being a zombie or human.

Counter resets to 50:

10:14, Today: Heath rolled 15 using 1d100.

Heath sees the zombies multiplying and holes up the house--kind of like he's doing now in real life--

Staying human for now, he begins humming, "Staying Alive," ... "Ah, ah, ah, ah...staying alive, staying alive..."

06:34, Today: Froggychum rolled 36 using 1d100.  zombie apocalypse game. electric boogaloo.

Froggychum was out and about with his pscyhologist practicing agoraphobia exposure therapy, his first appointment he hadn't found an excuse to cancel in months...

Then, suddenly, from the pandemic-filled air, a new type of diseased person attacked! It was a zombie, immediately recognizable at first sight because it was a shambling corpse! Wait a minute... Froggychum knew this corpse! This was the person who killed Epstein, (ow it bit me) whose name is---

'NYUGH, UGH RAA GARGLEGOOK' I say

( Translation: Wow, that's some fast-acting zombosis! )

Heath gets distracted eating popcorn and watching Froggychum's transformation. So much so that he doesn't see the zombie come up behind him, trip to the ground, and bite him on the ankle.

09:33, Today: Heath rolled 57 using 1d100.

Heath's zombification is quick and relatively painful...ZOMBIE time.

21:34, Today: Froggychum rolled 73 using 1d100.  zombones bruh.

Zombie-Froggychum wanders his way through his home province of Ontario, eventually making his way to Toronto, where he decides to go BIGGER

Zombie-Froggychum travels, unseen, but definitely smelt, all the way to NYC... He has some trouble with border control, but he now has immunity to bullets.

Eventually he makes it to time square, but people have already evacuated for his arrival.

he says, "Ugh booguyugh kraark!" (Translation: It's boogie time!) and dances really epic... a couple people join him and then are turned muahahaha

The Parade of the Dancing Zombies begins in NYC!

Zombified Heath finds a vial of what looks like brain juice and drinks it down. It is actually the antidote, and he finds himself cured and back to human.

04:22, Today: Heath rolled 11 using 1d100.

ZOMBIE STREAK: 3

10:29, Today: Froggychum rolled 51 using 1d100.  zom time.

Zombie-Froggychum's dancingfest in NYC Times Square had attracted so much attention, that nearly half the population of the once-metropolis had fallen to the plague, brought on by a canadian frog-kid hisself

Now, in the midst of the LOVELY CHAOS, zombie-froggychum made an announcement:

"For I am the oldest undead present, I declare myself....

KING OF THE ZOMBIES!"

the eruption of nonliving applause was enough to terrify even those with an iron will, and the following rave was enough to coerce even the scarediest cats to join the new wave of ex-humanity!

There, noticably, wasn't any k-pop. because it sux.

Curious, Heath goes outside to hear Froggychum's announcement, only to be promptly bit by a zombie...

11:07, Today: Heath rolled 65 using 1d100.

His final words (as a human) are, "Oh, no, not again."

20:48, Today: Froggychum rolled 42 using 1d100.  i must remain the lord of the undead!

Unfortunately, as Froggychum was leading the Apocalypse Rave in Times Square, a well-meaning but incredibly annoying missionary kidnapped him and forced him to consume the cure to Zombosis, causing him to return to humanity.

He was very displeased and made quick work of his 'savior'... He seeks to return to his position of power, but finds that he has been flown all the way over to the Saharan Desert where a base of survivors lives. He must escape the compound!

--Also 42 is a cool number--

12:24, Today: Heath rolled 66 using 1d100.

Heath had captured the zombie king and made the missionaries cure him and fly him to the Sahara, but what he hadn't counted on was Froggy biting him in the process. He runs away into the crowd of zombies, becoming one of them.

12:07, Today: Froggychum rolled 21 using 1d100.  zombie check.

Poor little froggychum was stuck in this disgustingly alive human body. He just wanted to return to his throne as the Lord of Death-Parties... Perhaps that world would never return to his grasp. He may be stuck like this... forever.

Alas, it was futile to hope. For now he had to keep his mind busy, and what better way to do that then mindless killing of innocent doctors. Froggychum used to believe in vaccinations, but this 'Zombie Cure' had caused him nothing but pain. He was pretty strong as a zombie, but he hadn't been weak before he had been turned either. You see, Froggychum had the power of {REDACTED}!

Soon, he would escape the compound, and when he did, hopefully there would be some walking corpses waiting to spread their filthy disease to him. If they did, he would reward them heavily in electronic music, before he would depart back to The Americas.

11:45, Today: Heath rolled 53 using 1d100.

Heath remains a zombie but has his eyes set on the compound where Froggychum is held. Revenge is on his mind, and it is best served cold...with a side of brains.

It had taken him two and a half months, but Froggychum had locked himself in his Saharan compound, subsisting solely off of the rations that existed there.

He had spent that time using the power of {REDACTED} to both reverse engineer the vaccine into an un-vaccine (read: Bioweapon) as well as somehow managing to barely slip by with preventing the outside world from learning of his meddling.

And at last, the time had come... He had finished his Unvaccine! Now, he could return to his rightful position of Zombie Dance-King! It wouldn't take long for his new superhuman body to make it's way back to New York, and once he was there it would take even less time to hunt down and assassinate any potential usurpers who had stolen his eldritch title!

For the first time in months, he opened the door to the outside world, and took a step out...

08:48, Today: Pluckyribbons rolled 48 using 1d100.  Zombie check.

Reasonably sure there were neither any zombies or debt collectors around, Plucky pushes open the manhole and sticks his head up over the sand.  Some of the gritty stuff slid down into the refuge tube he had occupied for weeks, but that couldn’t be helped.  He scanned the desert horizon for threats, then climbed all the way out.  It was time to steal a camel (living or undead didn’t matter) and find another Ramen noodle merchant.
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...and immediately hit face-first into a disgusting Human!!

Staggering back, Froggychum screams in despair as the inferior living genes crawl down his eyes into his bloodstream, despite his desperate clawing.

Froggychum is (sadly) a human (with two bloody sockets)

[OOC: 20:26, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 32 using 1d100.  zombie or human?]

The Fool on the Hill found a way into Froggychum's lab in the desert and sees how he survived the effects of his own serum as a human. Believing that he just found a cure for the zombi plague, he cheers and celebrates loudly his discovery!

As so many humans around him celebrated over having overcome the threat again them, Froggychum alone stared down at the ground, not making a sound.

'It cannot end like this,' he thinks to himself with sorrow, 'not after everything I've been through!'

An otherworldly gleam of madness fills his eyes... before he remarks, "Yes, that's right... I didn't do anything wrong... I just wanted us all to dance... until we DIED"

Bloody laughter escapes his lips as he throws his brutally-scarred arms (from countless deaths and revivals) into the air exclaims to the world of Man, "IF YOU DONT WANT TO DANCE WITH ME, THEN---!"

Reality itself shudders at his next words, "--- Then, "

D I E

And just like that, as if God Himself had turned off the lights, all life on the planet went extinct in the span of a single heartbeat.

- ROUND ENDS -
This message was last edited by the player at 19:50, Tue 28 Dec 2021.

Wow! What a dramatic finale!

Thanks haha :)

I thought I should flex the ol' RPing muscles since I got that 1% roll at such a good time :)

In reply to Froggychum (msg # 235):

I guess you should restart the game with a new zombie apocalypse... :)

NEW ROUND: target is reset at 50

20:50, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 65 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll.

The Fool on the Hill
sees the sun going down
and the eyes (rolling) in his head
see... that he just became a zombie!!!

He is now in a hotel room in Amsterdam... he doesn't remember anymore what he did the night before while going out and partying, but... something unforeseen must have happened!

RabbitBall sees the Fool approaching a little too close, and using his refined bouncing reflexes, manages to leap out a window and escape. He hears groans from the crowd nearby that sound a little too much like "BRAAAAINNNZZZ" for his liking. "I assume that means I am on the menu, then," he mutters to himself, and rummages through the first aid kit nearby. Taking the syringe that is inside, he pokes himself with it, and realizes just what is going on in the world, and how he needs to stay away from others for a while if he doesn't want to join the moaning chorus.

12:27, Today: RabbitBall rolled 7 using 1d100.  Zombiees!!! RabbitBall is a human. (1)

21:35, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 83 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll.
The Fool on the Hill is still a zombie! (2)

The Foolish Zombie walks around the hotel and zombifies all tourists and personnel, or submits to his will all other zombies that he can find around. Then he finally go to the lobby and strides (in the stumbling way of the zombies) towards the exit.

A small frog bro is chilling out in a pond, playing vidya badly... But just then...



He hears some commotion outside, and so he peeks his head out.

An army of rotting flesh is facing off against a group of desperate-looking armed men and women...

"Huh. Normies really love their re-enactments, don't they?" he mutters to himself as he shrinks away, before picking back up his console and continuing to throw the match.

AM STILL HUMAN (FROG)

17:42, Today: RabbitBall rolled 31 using 1d100.  Zombification?

After finding a place to hide from the zombies, RabbitBall finds nomination papers for Governor. Seeing this as a chance to make something of himself, he fills them out and begins petitioning online for the job. Will he get it? Time will tell.

STILL HUMAN (2).

After rage-quitting his game after spending an hour losing elo, the froggiest of chums decides to follow the advice of his toxic teammates who had flamed him and "Touch Grass"

Unfortunately, the millisecond he steps outside he is attacked by an escaped mental patient!

After a brutal scuffle that lasts several minutes, the froggy friend is victorious!

"Worst. Advice. Ever." he remarks in a nasal voice before retreating to his gamer hovel.

Due to the fact that he doesn't really smell any different, Froggychum does not realize he has become a rotting corpse infused with unholy vitality.

09:58, Today: RabbitBall rolled 53 using 1d100.  Zombie check.

RabbitBall finds a large number of humans on the Zombie Killfest server and makes his pitch to become Governor. He finds a  campaign manager who agrees to run the campaign for free. Soon signs are up all over the place reading "RabbitBall for Governor, Ears to you, mate" and the message seeps into the human consciousness. The polls place his approval rating at 88% and all the other candidates concede the race without an election.

RABBITBALL IS NOW GOVERNOR OF THE HUMANS (3).

20:45, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 26 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll.

Suddenly, the Fool looks around and realises that he is surrounded by zombies, and he realises as well that, for some reason that he doesn't know, he's now human again!
He yells and runs away in panic, followed by a multitude of zombies.

Froggychum is still gaming heinously, not noticing that his legs have atrophied... more than before

ZOMBIE (2)

20:18, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 34 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll.
Human (2)

The Fool, in panic, manages to run fast enough to put some distance between himself and the crowd of zombies. He trias to reach the hill as fast as possible, as he hopes he will be able to find some shelter there.

Just as he dies for the eighth time in a single 4v4 match, all without getting a single kill nor an assist, Froggychum slams his fist through the computer in an epic gamer rage!

"DAMN IT!" he yells, "IT'S ALL MY TEAMMATES' FAULT!"

Huffing and puffing, the frog slowly notices that his hand is bleeding! "Ah! Blood!" he cries out in a high-pitched and trembling voice, going (even more) pale in the face

"P-p-p-p-po-po-poli-ce-ce !!!" the panicking man-phibian exclaims as he yeets himself out the door.

He runs up to a stranger, which is the first meat-space person he has spoken to in five months, and asks frantically, "GIVE ME YOUR BLOOD!!" before weakly adding, "...um, please..."
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With the office firmly in place, RabbitBall takes to the airwaves, assuming that only other humans would comprehend and act:

Attention fellow humans! RabbitBall, your kind and friendly governor, is offering a safe place from the zombie attack. Please report to the West Covita dandelion shop where our managers will take care of your every need.

23:52, Today: RabbitBall rolled 38 using 1d100 ((38)). Still Human, Still Governor (4).

21:34, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 6 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. (3)

The Fool hears the announcement made by rabbittball and rushes to the Hill, where is the West Covita dandelion shop, and shakes his fists in front of it, like a madman: "I am the Governor!" he shouts!
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(zombie x4 - i am zombie king!)

After getting his blood donation, Froggychum thanks the mangled flesh ball - i mean generous fellow - whose name he did not get.

Eventually, he begins to hear an annoying noise blaring over the city streets, which are strangely empty except for lots of red liquid. Did somebody spill kool-aid?

He traces the noise, because he thinks it may be an anime convention, in which case he needs to show up and prove his mettle as the smelliest fat-ass on this side of the galaxy!

Unfortunately, it just turns out to be a dandelion shop! This is disappointing, so Froggychum musters up his social skills and speaks up "Ah... i ... i h-have a c-c-c-c-c-complaint...?" he hardly even whispers under his breath, his eyes only staring at his feet.

Fortunately, a nice woman and her child come over to hear him out, and they converse by exchanging DELICIOUS BLOOD polite words

21:46, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 8 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. (Human 4)

Seeing the zombie plague coming forward to the hill and the shopping centre on it, the Fool, with his bare open palm, stops the horrible undeads saying: "STOP! I am the Governor Fool and this is a no-zombie zone. All zombies in this zone will have to pay a fine or they will be clamped!"

The Froggy Zombie Chum King stops at the words of the Hill Fool.

However, after listening to his remarks, he becomes enraged!

"Huaahhh!?!? How DARE you??!! THIS IS DISCRIMINATION!" he roars out

Then, one zombie whispers something into his royal rotting ear, and Froggychum looks a little embarrassed, "Ah sorry... I forgot that zombies are not legally considered people, since they are not Homo sapiens. This wouldn't be covered by any discrimination laws."

Calming down and a little flushed, "I'd prefer nobody has to be clamped today, so please excuse my outburst. And, what is the toll fee?" he pulls out his wallet, which is covered in anime girl stickers

RabbitBall pokes his head out from the dandelion shop.

"You fool! Your Zombie Vaccination Card is out of date, and you have negative support in the Governor Polls. You will have to wait your turn to be Governor. And if you try to sneak a zombie into the palace to bite me, I will personally hunt you down and bite you so hard your children will start screaming for brains!!"

19:32, Today: RabbitBall rolled 40 using 1d100 ((40)). 5th consecutive human roll, beating the Fool for Governor status.

22:26, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 66 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. (1)

The Fools turns back towards RabbitBall to contest his claims, but a zombie takes the chance to bite him right when his focus on keeping the zombies at bay drops momentarily.
"I will bite you instead!!" he says, as he's already a zombie now!

16:47, Today: RabbitBall rolled 28 using 1d100.  Zombie Check Human (6, still Governor)

"Not if you can't catch me!!" RabbitBall closes the doors to the dandelion shop and boards it up to prevent the horde of zombies outside from entering. The guards are told to keep zombies out but if they find a human out there, to let the Rabbit Response Team know so they can sneak the human in through the hidden tunnels. Meanwhile, RabbitBall forms a group of humans to work on a vaccine.

09:12, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 47 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. (Zombie 2)

The most Foolish zombie on the Hill runs (at a zombie speed) to the Dandelion shop boarded up window and start pounding them.
"Get out and face me as a Man! Hem... I was meaning that you should behave like a man.... while you are still a man... of course..." then the Foolish zombie pauses "...and I should behave like a zombie.... of course... as long as I am a zombie... of course..." he pauses again "...I mean: let's all behave as we should... as long as we are what we are... of course... and we are now what we are not... and... hum..." these philosophic thoughts seem to confuse the Fool.

RabbitBall gets reports from the vaccine department that they have made progress, but no one inside the compound wants to test it. So, being the good governor he is, he takes the vaccine and wanders out into the field ahead of him, giving the guards a complicated tongue twister as a password to let him (or other humans) back in.

He walks up to the first zombie he finds and lets the bite happen. He starts chanting, ""I'm Jorge, the Unhangabe Hobgoblin, I'm Jorge the Unhangable Hobgoblin, I'mmm Horrrhay the unnnnnnnnhhhh..." When he tries to wander back, the guards try to get him to recite the tongue twister but all he can muster is grunts and is denied, have clearly been turned into a zombie.

01:17, Today: RabbitBall rolled 94 using 1d100 ((94)). Zombie check (1)

[OOC: 14:42, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 94 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll.
Oh, my! I don't remember what happens if you roll exactly the same roll of the previous player... let me check!]

In reply to The Fool on the Hill (msg # 259):

[OOC: by the way: Zombie (3)!!!]

The Fool gets casually vaccinated by somebody that apparently is called Jorge, the Unchangable Hobgoblin, and.... he turns into a particularly powerful and influential Zombie (maybe someday) King!!!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:55, Wed 26 Jan 2022.

The attempted zombie vaccine turns out to be a cure, but on an extremely long delay. As he recovers, he realizes he's being turned away from the human camp. Well, that's why we test. So he starts shouting to the guards, "I'm Jorge the Unhangable Hobgoblin! I'm Jorge the Unhangable Hobgoblin! I'm Jorge the Unhangable Hobgoblin!!"

The guards then administer the test he prepared beforehand specifically for him. They hand him a pair of ropes which he wraps around his waist. One guard stands at each side and pulls on the ropes while he chants about being the Unhangable Hobgoblin. Instead of tightening around RabbitBall's waist, they fly off him, one in each guard's hands. This was the sign that he was free of zombie toxin, and they let him in. Because of the delay, they keep him in quarantine just in case.

13:05, Today: RabbitBall rolled 42 using 1d100 ((42)). Human (1)

OOC: On a tie, you decide the result. And I think Froggy is still on his 3-streak as a zombie, so that makes him king until someone beats the streak.

22:23, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 51 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll (Zombie 4).

The would be Zombie King for a day and Fool for a lifetime leads the zombie assault to the Dandelion shop, groaning mischievously.

A new vaccine attempt is given to RabbitBall to test out. He exits and lets himself get bitten. Unfortunately, the vaccine fails and he is too confused to get back.

12:30, Today: RabbitBall rolled 82 using 1d100 ((82)). Zombie (1)

18:46, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 37 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. (Human 1)

The Zombie-Fool bites RabbitBall and the experimental vaccine that is in his blood works on the Zombie-Fool! He's now a scared and confused human, trying desperately to get to safety! He tries remembering the name of that unchangeable hobgoblin...

RabbitBall searches for other humans to bite, but is confused by the fact they were all sent to the dandelion shop.

13:03, Today: RabbitBall rolled 40 using 1d100.  zombie check Zombie (2)

19:49, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 28 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalipse roll. Human (2)

The Fool approaches the dandelion shop and its guards mumbling: "I am <cough> the unhangeable Hobgoblin!" hoping to get some salvation despite his forgetfulness.
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RabbitBall's efforts to infect others are getting frustrating, and he wanders toward the only thing that moves faster than he does. "Hooooo Haaaayyyy," he mutters in an effort to remember the pass phrase into the dandelion shop.

19:04, Today: RabbitBall rolled 38 using 1d100 ((38)). Zombie (3), on the verge of Zombie Kinghood
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20:34, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 67 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. (Zombie 1)

Suddenly, the effects of the vaccine seem to fail, and the Fool goes back to his previous Zombie-Fool, still trying to say the same phrase that he can't remember right: "I'm... Hoooowwwwl... de-hoooowwwl.... Howl...."

A stray needle in the ground near the dandelion shop stabs into RabbitBall's foot. Due to his zombieness, he doesn't notice until the fluid goes into his leg and up throughout his body. When the first drops hit his brain, RabbitBall realizes that he's standing outside the dandelion shop and it took a rogue injection to cure him.

Seeing the Fool babbling about near the entrance, RabbitBall realizes that he needs to draw this interloper away before trying to enter. He waves at the fool and shouts keeping just out of range of the Fool and other zombies. Once they're away, he identifies himself as Jorge the Unhangable Hobgoblin and passes the rope test to once again enter the shop.

20:29, Today: RabbitBall rolled 16 using 1d100.  zombie check Human (1).

07:53, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 81 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. (Zombie 2)

The Zombie-Fool notices RabbitBall just outside the heavily barricaded dandelion shop and sprints to catch him before he's extracted, but zombies' sprint is quite lousy and misses him by a thousand whiskers...

RabbitBall gets on the internet to try to find even more humans to save and finds something called The TimeWasters Lounge. After a few phone calls and emails, he is invited to come there and speak, but once the interview ends, he's bitten by a former barista and wanders around trying to infect the staff.

12:39, Today: RabbitBall rolled 92 using 1d100.  zombie check. Zombie (1)

21:08, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 68 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. Human (1)

At last, the Zombie-Fool remembers the password: "I'm Jorge, the unhangeable Hobgoblin!"
Oh! Surprise! He managed it!!!
That was because the weak vaccine effect came and went and now came again!
The Fool, human again, is in front of the dandelion shop, with a crowd of zombies behind! he runs to the shop, repeating over and over the password, expecting the human barricaded inside the shop to give him salvation.

After a brief bout of brain fog and an appetite for human flesh, RabbitBall shakes out of it and returns to the dandelion shop where he sees a Fool trying to get in. He flags down the guards, steps in, and takes the two ropes in front of the potential interloper. He shows the Fool that the two ropes are tied together at their center by a black thread. Folding each rope at that point, he wraps them around his waist and hands one rope (both ends) to each of the guards. To an outsider not paying attention, it would look each guard was given one end of two different ropes and the part where they are tied together is hidden behind his back under his jacket.

As they pull, RabbitBall repeats the "I'm Jorge the Unhangable Hobgoblin" line until the string breaks and each guard just has one rope. They then hand another pair of ropes done similarly to the Fool.

18:30, Today: RabbitBall rolled 29 using 1d100 ((29)). Human (1)
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19:59, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 89 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. Zombie (1)

RabbitBall makes a long explanation and demonstration to the Fool, but the unbalanced dose of the vaccine fails again to keep him as a human... he turns again into a Zombie-Fool and cuts the lesson short by attempting to bite him!

There's a reason the test is hard; it's to keep flighty people out. In response to the Fool's attempt to bite him, RabbitBall ducks underneath, picks up the Fool safely, and drops him outside the dandelion shop, pointing him toward a newly turned zombie that looks a bit like a human, hoping it will distract him away from the entrance.

17:51, Today: RabbitBall rolled 62 using 1d100 ((62)). Human (2)

23:12, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 33 using 1d100.  Zombie Apocalypse Roll. (Human 1)

The uncertain effect of the scarce dose of vaccine once again turns the Zombie-Fool into the Fool. He realises that he's precipitating down from the dandelion shop into the hard floor, surrounded by freshly-transformed zombies. While he falls backwards, he realises that RabbitBall is pointing at one of the freshly transformed zombies, as if challenging the zombie to eat the Fool.
The Fool instead, while he's falling, points at RabbitBall and swears... until the hard floor suddenly stops his fall and his swearing.

Anybody willing to play the Zombie Apocalypse?

21:50, Today: Snakesssz rolled 24 using 1d100.  Zombie check.


What a great day to be a human! Snakessz, who is somehow a human and not a snake, sees Fool land hard on the floor. "Need help getting up, Fool?" Snakesssz hold out a hand to help Fool up.  (Wow, look at that!  Hands!)

20:48, Today: The Fool on the Hill rolled 39 using 1d100.  zombie check. (Human 2)

Ouch! I felt that.