The Zombie Games

The year was 2012 when the horde was unleashed on the United States.
It began one frightful summer afternoon. Scientist discovered and created the world's first flesh-eating zombie. The test subject was Anthony Griffin, aka Zombie Zero. Amazingly, due to a fluke in Anthony's blood, the effects only went part way, making him crave humans uncontrollably, but not shutting down his mind, making him what the world thought was impossible in zombies, a thinking zombie.
Trouble began when newspapers and the internet started publishing their discoveries. Teens didn't believe what was going on out in the world and were stupid enough to test the experiment for themselves. Unfortunately, the formula to make a zombie was published as well, and the supplies were everyday, find around the house, chemicals. Well, as the old saying goes: "Curiosity killed the cat." Within a month, there were a hundred reports of cannibalistic attacks all over the country, from Maine to California and everywhere in between. In the next month, that number multiplied by ten. The zombie apocalypse had started.
By December, most of the United States had been conquered, as well as southern Canada and Northern Mexico. The only safe havens in the world were in small towns in rural states, like Manhattan, Montana and Elk, Nevada. The only zombie-free states were Alaska and Hawaii. Zombie Zero had escaped months ago, lost in the crowds of zombies gathered over the states.
Then, ZD-Day came. A group had assembled over the late fall from all over. They were the masters at zombie combat and zombie survival. They knew how to take back their land and defend. They were the ZCC, the Zombie Combat Club. On December 21, 2012, the day the Mayan calendar ended and the end of the world was expected, the United States began to regain control. The ZCC began the fight against the horde on that day and continued to take back what was lost. In five months time, they had taken back the United States.
Well, 96% of it. Despite their efforts, they couldn't reconquer all. Most large cities, like New York and Los Angeles, were unconquerable, due to the extreme number of zombies in those cities. Even though they took back every state, they were said to have only killed 75% of the zombie population off. The UCs, or Unconquerable Cities, were created. These cities were Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Denver, CO, Dallas, TX, Houston, TX, Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI, Washington D.C., New York City, NY, and Boston, MA. It is also said that Zombie Zero has hidden in one of these cities, attempting to bring back the zombie nation. The government decided to ignore these cities for the time being until they could find a way to rid them of zombies, inexpensively and effectively.
Five years later, they came up with a cheap, but possibly effective idea to rid these UCs of zombies and kill Zombie Zero...The Zombie Games.



Three teams of two who entered The Zombie Games will start off in three separate parts of New York: Team One will start in Central Park, Team Two will start on top of the Empire State Building, and Team Three will start off on Ellis Island. Each team will be given three articles of protective gear of their choosing per person and two weapons per person from the Armory. Each team will also get three days worth of food and water. The rest, they must find on their own. Each team will also be allowed to bring a gun from home with four clips of ammunition: one locked and loaded, the other three spare, and a melee weapon from home. Again, any other weapon you will have to find on your own. They must fight through the city, killing as many zombies as they can and rescuing as many survivors as they can in the course of two years. While they do so, they must hunt for the infamous Zombie Zero and terminate him. Think of him like a golden snitch in Harry Potter. It is said that defeating Zombie Zero will destroy every zombie that ever existed, allowing the people to fully take the cities once again.
As for scoring, killing a zombie is worth one point, rescuing a survivor is worth 100 points, and killing Zombie Zero is worth 10,000 points. However, there are point deductions. Killing a survivor is a 500 point deduction. Killing a competitor or teammate is an automatic loss for you. The most points at the end of two years or the last surviving team standing is the winner of a million bucks.



Due to many variations of the zombie protrayal, below are the guidelines of the zombies in this roleplay:
1. Zombies can run.
2. Zombies have dulled senses, but used all together make a zombie an excellent hunter.
3. Zombies have high endurance levels.
4. Zombies will use their teeth first and their hands second.
5. Zombies do have an odor, so unless you are protected for such, your character must be affected by the smell while he encounters zombies.
6. Zombies are dumb, besides Zombie Zero.
7. Zombies are uncoordinated.
8. Zombies can only be killed by corrupting the gray matter in the brain, which it pretty deep inside.
9. It only take a minute before a person infected becomes a zombie.



Below is a list of protective gear the competitors start out with. Each competitor can choose three:

Goggles: 2 in stock
Gloves: 2 in stock
Nose Plugs: 3 in stock
Shin Guards: 5 in stock
Night Vision Device(NVD): 1 in stock
Elbow Pads: 2 in stock

Survivors who enter the roleplay will have a max of two pieces of protective gear. (No other NVDs)
*Any protective equipment you want your survivor to have that isn't listed above, PM me about it and I will decide if it's allowed or not.



Competitors bring along one gun and a couple of melee weapons. Survivors can have a max of two of these weapons below. All weapons listed below can be found in the city:
Sidewalk scraper
Sledgehammer
Crowbar
Screwdriver
Claw Hammer
Chisel
Chef's Knife
Frying Pan
Cleaver
Ice Pick
Baseball Bat
*Any weapons you want your survivor to have that isn't listed in the survivor list, PM me about it and I'll decide if it's allowed or not. Guns are allowed, but to a certain extent.
**I do have stats for any of the weapons listed above, dealing with effectiveness, average life span of each weapon, the skill level it takes to wield the weapon lethally, how available they are, and the cost for each. Just ask me and I'll PM them to you.



Here are the character slots open:

Team One: (Taken) Tony Geremo played by holothewisewolf
(Taken) Desmond Mariling played by KILLERZARIC

Team Two: (Taken) Brent Taylor played by mariofox
(Taken) Zachary Conway played by famishedpants

Team Three: (Taken) Zeke Hemming played by Dreamscourge
(Taken) Nyasie Alucard played by Setsugie



Annabeth Humphrey (2) played by Arabella13



Below is the character skeleton you must follow in order to be accepted into the roleplay:

Full Name:
Age:
Gender:
Height:
Weight:
Blood Type: A+, A-, B+, B-, AB+, AB-, O+, or O-. One blood type is immune to the virus. Guess which one.
Skin Color:
Eye Color:
Hair Color:
Hair Style:
Build:
Physical Self-Assessment: Ectocombatant, Mesocombatant, or Endocombatant. PM me for info.
Clothes:
Role: Competitor or Survivor.
Team: Team One, Two, or Three. Survivors don't fill this part out until they are discovered by some team.
Defensive Clothing: See Part IV
^Gun: (Competitors only) The gun you brought from home. Describe it in detail. No special attachments to it please.
Melee: (Competitors only) The melee weapon you brought from home. Describe it in detail. Special attachments allowed, but nothing overpowered.
Weapons: From Armory or city. Keep updated each time you find a weapon you want to keep. I'll let you know when your weapon is rendered useless.
Weaknesses: At least three.
Endurance: From 1-10
Strength: From 1-10
Agility: From 1-10
Speed: From 1-10
Accuracy: From 1-10
(With these five stats, please try to be balanced. If you put an eight or nine for agility, try to put a two or three for endurance or something along those lines. If the stats add up to 25, it's practically perfect.)
Likes: At least 5.
Dislikes: At least 5.
Personality: Be descriptive. The more the better.
History: The most descriptive part. Try to not follow a predictable childhood. The more uncommon it is, the more likely I am to accept you.
Extras: Anything else I'm forgetting or that you want to add.
^It can be any gun you want...just no attachments. It can even be a rocket launcher. But keep in mind that you can only bring four rockets and the rarity for rocket launcher ammo in NYC. The same goes for any weapon.

For each post, copy and paste this and fill it out.

Code: Select all

[size=200][center][b]Name:[/b][/center][/size]
[center][b]Location:[/b][/center]
[center][b]Condition:[/b][/center]
[center][b]Time:[/b][/center]
[center][b]Mood:[/b][/center]

Conditions are either Excellent, Great, Good, Fair, Poor, or Critical. Putting down a military time would be awesome, but it's not a requirement. If you use standard time rules, use A.M. and P.M. Mood can be anything emotion you want. Try to avoid happy and sad and angry. Use a little larger, more accurate words to describe your character's mood at that moment.









The Zombie Games are underway and about fifty minutes passed by.

In that time, team one began killing right off the bat, but so far, only has three kills. Unfortunately, in repelling from the helicopter, Desmond Mariling hit a breach rather hard, the branch snapping as it hit Tony Geremo. Tony is in a Knocked Out state, leaving Desmond to care for both of them in Central Park. Tony woke up and began planning out their plan to Desmond. Then, he began finding his way to the police station Zach, Brent, Annie, and Jet were at.

Team two checked to make sure they were ready before beginning to kill, starting off at the top of the Empire State Building and working down from there. They've fought zombies in the dark and slid down on the elevator cord 104 stories to the sound of a girl in need of help. Brent Taylor was almost out of the competition fro the start, nearly hit by a falling zombie as he slid down the elevator shaft. But they made it in one piece and escaped the shaft. Brent took care of a 5 zombie horde while Zachary Conway went out and saved a girl trapped under a zombie. She thanked him and embraced Zack. It appears that a romance has started there. The girl, named Annie, tells them of a police station and they head there, killing three more zombies as they go. When they get there, they are disapointed to find the place empty on guns and ammunition. Brent goes off to Wal-Mart alone while Zachary and Annie stay at the police station. He killed thirty-seven zombies and got trapped in the bathroom only to find an unknown savior distracting the zombies so Brent can escape, taking a .35 Remington and a couple of shotguns and ammunition with him. In the meantime, Zach and Annie were hitting it off, conversation was happening when the same siren appeared and a voice told them to go to the roof. Reluctantly, they obeyed, killing five zombie followers as they did and extending their lead to 156 points. The man known as Jet began insulting Annie and Zack and conflict was arising. In that time, Brent arrived and tried to sum up the situation. Jet said he knew where Zombie Zero could be located, then jumping across to an apartment complex, asked for them to follow them. Reluctantly, Brent agreed, but Annie and Zach are not across yet.

Team three's Zeke Hemming chose a unique route out of the helicopter, ignoring the repel line and using his experience in parkour to land on top of the building safely. Nyasie Alucard chose the normal route on top of the building. Zeke lays out the idea of heading to a sporting goods store and Nyasie agreed. They finally got their first kills. They still have last with a score of two.

Will Desmond and Tony run into the four people on Team Two? Will Zach and Annie follow Brent and Jet? Will Nyasie and Zeke reach the sporting goods store in one piece? Find out in the next summary installment of The Zombie Games!

I hope you enjoy my roleplay!!!