the rule hasn’t been worked out yet, and we are planning to make
this into a club bylaw once we have.
I’m going to answer your questions in stack pop/LIFO order due to
ease of answering.
No, Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion are allowed to play
HvZ.
Yes, that’s still excessive force; this rule is an “including, but
not limited to” rule.
That’s douchebaggery on an extreme level, and you’ll get
(perma)banned for that regardless of excessive force rules.
And now for the hard one. The desired behavior in this kind of
situation is that nearby players pause the game locally until they
determine that the person is OK – specifically, the zombie who
made the tag. If the human gets right back up and says something
like “Yeah, it’s fine, I slipped,” and then walks away,
the human left the scene before the zombie did, implying the guilt
of the fall was on the human, and there’s no problems (unless of
course the human wants to prosecute themselves on excessive force,
in which case they might be guilty of breaking rule #4…)
However, if the humans gets up and is upset about the tag, then
the human, the zombie, and any other nearby players who can act as
witnesses should pause gameplay until a mod/officer shows up to
sort the situation out. If, say, the zombie tagged you off your
feet and then kept on running away (and I mean a long ways
away and never coming back, not “sorry I had momentum going
downhill”), they clearly don’t care about your well being (or just
didn’t notice you fell) and should be warned to be more careful
with tags (and/or more observant when tagging people on a hill).
Hopefully this answers your questions!
~Hiccup Webmaster, Humans vs. Zombies
On 10/14/2012 7:59 PM, Mike Sola wrote:
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 SolaOn 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.
~The HvZ Officers
