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Following a new rule permitting the use of melee weapons, a recent report has shown a\u00a0rise in injuries among Humans Versus Zombies players.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Humans Vs Zombies (HVZ) is a student hosted game that occurs twice a year. An initial\u00a0\u201czombie\u201d player tags a human player, converting them into a zombie. The game ends a\u00a0week after the surviving humans complete an \u201cextraction mission\u201d, or all humans are dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Until now, the human defense against the zombies has been firing nerf dart guns or throwing socks that\u00a0stun zombies on contact. However, a near consensus among the HVZ-planning staff has\u00a0concluded that melee weapons should be allowed, since humans would improvise such tools in\u00a0an actual post-apocalyptic setting.\u00a0The guidelines are that each hand can only hold one weapon\u00a0and that each weapon must be foam-tipped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most players, overcome with zeal for the game and an inability do basic physics,\u00a0 swung weapons with enough force to\u00a0cause light to injuries.\u00a0The adrenaline rush made the decision immensely popular among players. One student,\u00a0who chose to remain anonymous, said that the experience made him feel \u201clike an anime\u00a0protagonist.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Such support was echoed among the zombie players: \u201cI feel like it adds to the\u00a0experience,\u201d says Peter Smith, a long term HVZ player. \u201cI mean my nose is broken, but I felt the\u00a0passion of a man trapped on his last legs fighting of the undead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other \u201czombie\u201d students have\u00a0been left with bruises, black eyes, and minor concussions. In total, about 80% of the players have\u00a0lasting injury.\u00a0Matt Roman, one of the students in charge of HVZ planning, says that they will ignore\u00a0the criticisms and keep the rule for the spring quarter game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s a few bruises compared to a\u00a0week of fun?\u201d he said in a defiant tone, \u201cHVZ is a time-honored UChicago tradition.\u201d\u00a0General students, when asked about the HVZ developments, said a resounding, \u201cWhat\u2019s\u00a0HVZ?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Adam Lowinger Nov. 2, 2018 Following a new rule permitting the use of melee weapons, a recent report has shown a\u00a0rise in injuries among Humans Versus Zombies players.\u00a0 Humans Vs Zombies (HVZ) is a student hosted game that occurs twice a year. An initial\u00a0\u201czombie\u201d player tags a human player, converting them into a zombie. The game ends a\u00a0week after the surviving humans complete an \u201cextraction mission\u201d, or all humans are dead.\u00a0 Until now, the human defense against the zombies has been firing nerf dart guns or throwing socks that\u00a0stun zombies on contact. However, a near consensus among the HVZ-planning staff has\u00a0concluded that melee weapons should be allowed, since humans would improvise such tools in\u00a0an actual post-apocalyptic setting.\u00a0The guidelines are that each hand can only hold one weapon\u00a0and that each weapon must be foam-tipped.\u00a0 Most players, overcome with zeal for the game and an inability do basic physics,\u00a0 swung weapons with enough force to\u00a0cause light to injuries.\u00a0The adrenaline rush made the decision immensely popular among players. One student,\u00a0who chose to remain anonymous, said that the experience made him feel \u201clike an anime\u00a0protagonist.\u201d\u00a0 Such support was echoed among the zombie players: \u201cI feel like it adds to the\u00a0experience,\u201d says Peter Smith, a long term HVZ player. \u201cI mean my nose is broken, but I felt the\u00a0passion of a man trapped on his last legs fighting of the undead.\u201d Other \u201czombie\u201d students have\u00a0been left with bruises, black eyes, and minor concussions. In total, about 80% of the players have\u00a0lasting injury.\u00a0Matt Roman, one of the students in charge of HVZ planning, says that they will ignore\u00a0the criticisms and keep the rule for the spring quarter game.\u00a0 \u201cWhat\u2019s a few bruises compared to a\u00a0week of fun?\u201d he said in a defiant tone, \u201cHVZ is a time-honored UChicago tradition.\u201d\u00a0General students, when asked about the HVZ developments, said a resounding, \u201cWhat\u2019s\u00a0HVZ?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-komono"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions\/2443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}