Resident Evil: Discussion Thread [Concluded]

[Splitpersonality]

Wait... I got it! A new serial killer, going around slicing people's jugulars with a pizza cutter and throwing a pizza platter for a ranged attack and use as a shield! Lactose-intolerants beware of his Mozzarella Minigun! Vegans watch out for the Peperoni P90! And Papa John's lovers, dive for cover, when the Homemade Pita-bread Crust Air to Surface missile is headed your way!

This is quite possibly the greatest post I have read in a very long time.

[Askthepizzaguy]

There will be packs of zombified dogs who will rip them to shreds, and they will start with the groin area, and they won't move onto a different area until after their victim is long dead.

[Double A]

Oh, did they just come out of the closet?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Thanks to a rush of orders, I now have enough to reasonably continue the game.

However, Karo has asked to drop from the game due to the fact he's got no time for it. As such I've asked the zombies if one of them would be willing to shed their zombie role and start controlling a live character, while the zombie horde controls their former character. I'll randomly select from those who volunteer.

[Rob_the_Celt]

So one of us gets to get killed horribly again, cool!

[Askthepizzaguy]

Orders have been accepted from everyone except:

Karo- Dropped from the game- Will be replaced by a dead player
Paulus Tertius- Will probably be replaced due to his computer issues
Scottishranger- INACTIVE, probably will be replaced soon... just standing there.
Slashandburn- INACTIVE, probably will be replaced soon.
Tristan de Castelreng- Missed orders this round.

INACTIVE PLAYERS- Since you're going to be replaced, instead of defense mode, I have forced all inactive parties to SEARCH this round. This will assist the player who will be replacing you, as most inactive people are far behind in the item finding race.

What I have done so far:

• I have reminded everyone to send in orders. Nothing more I can do there.
• I have marked down all your orders and they are now filed properly
• I have moved everyone on the map and updated the map
• The zombies have moved the NPC zombies
• I have randomized all item drops.

Next:

• Battle rolls. There should only be a few battles this round, and they will be very easy to calculate.
• Character cards. Should be easy to zip through because a lot of people won't have much difference to report, especially inactive people.

Don't wait up, this process will still take a few days.

[Diana Abnoba]

Here's an idea for all inactive players (esp. if this is not the 1st time) you should put them in jump up and down and yell here I am mode so the zombies can find them easier.

[Double A]

The inactives get replaced by dead people.

I like!

[Splitpersonality]

But then you'd have to resign control of the inactive people over to the zombies, or I don't think the zombies would like it very much having a largely inactive team :P


EDIT:

What do we care what they like!

[CCRunner]

Here's an idea for all inactive players (esp. if this is not the 1st time) you should put them in jump up and down and yell here I am mode so the zombies can find them easier.

I like this idea

[Askthepizzaguy]

The PC zombies will be replaced by identical NPC zombies that the PC zombies can control. The zombie team will remain the same size and strength.

I'm actually concerned with the living players being undermanned due to inactivity. This game will do better with active players controlling both the dead and the live characters, for fairness and fun purposes.

[naut]

The PC zombies will be replaced by identical NPC zombies that the PC zombies can control. The zombie team will remain the same size and strength.

I'm actually concerned with the living players being undermanned due to inactivity. This game will do better with active players controlling both the dead and the live characters, for fairness and fun purposes.

Maybe alive people get a luck bonus or something if attacked by NPC zombies? Or some other balancing effect, I'm sure you'll figure something out.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Maybe alive people get a luck bonus or something if attacked by NPC zombies? Or some other balancing effect, I'm sure you'll figure something out.

Having generally better stats and wielding weapons where you can blow their brains out, and having vigilante mode, are plenty of tools the live people have as an advantage over the zombies. Unless one has terrible combat rating or really bad dice rolls or no decent weapons, living people have significant advantages over the zombies.

The zombies are what makes roaming around alone, in cooperation, search, or defensive mode risky. These are great options that can greatly enhance your chances of living, but running into zombies negates those advantages because they strike first in such circumstances, and if there's a lot of them.... nom nom nom nom braaaaaaainnnnsss......

[Major Robert Dump]

you will all die

[Diana Abnoba]

@ Major Robert Dump

You need to put an evil laugh after that last post, would make it more convincing.

[Joooray]

Thanks to a rush of orders, I now have enough to reasonably continue the game.

However, Karo has asked to drop from the game due to the fact he's got no time for it. As such I've asked the zombies if one of them would be willing to shed their zombie role and start controlling a live character, while the zombie horde controls their former character. I'll randomly select from those who volunteer.

I have sent you a pm about this, but my pm center says you haven't read it yet. I just want to make sure, it has not drowned in all the pms that must flood your inbox.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Those battles were more involved than I thought. But all battles are rolled. Next is character cards, which I'll start on today.

There's far more death this round than any other round prior. I also have to select from the dead who gets to be a living player again due to the inactives.

Karo- Will be Replaced By Greyblades
Paulus Tertius- Will be Replaced by Crazed Rabbit
Scottishranger- Will be Replaced by Double A
Slashandburn- Will be Replaced by Joooray

Assuming they all accept.

[Greyblades]

crud...

[Rob_the_Celt]

Boooo, I'm still dead. That makes me a saaaaaad panda.

By the way,

Pfff. TWC

Thats rich coming from a lad who pitches up at TWC for games, then goes AWOL after 2 posts and comes back months after the game is finished to see what happened.

Anyway had me stuff sorted for this game, just got access to post now tho. So this is the dark side? The org! Wow, fancy that!

tehe. that never happened...

Seeing as I was right and he does indeed need replacing I'd like to say "I told you so"!

[Askthepizzaguy]

Seeing as I was right and he does indeed need replacing I'd like to say "I told you so"!

Unfortunately so.

That's a shame too, I'll explain after the game. He had a good part.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Okay, Crazed Rabbit has declined to be resurrected. That means I'll go with the next most enthusiastic candidate: Rob_the_Celt.

You're resurrected as Paulus' character.

[Double A]

Hey Rob, how'd we get in these bodies?

[Sigurd]

Unfortunately so.

That's a shame too, I'll explain after the game. He had a good part.

Double A has now a good part?

[Backwards Logic]

Thanks to a rush of orders, I now have enough to reasonably continue the game.

However, Karo has asked to drop from the game due to the fact he's got no time for it. As such I've asked the zombies if one of them would be willing to shed their zombie role and start controlling a live character, while the zombie horde controls their former character. I'll randomly select from those who volunteer.

Whoa, don't you think this is just a little game-breaking?

You're taking a zombie, with access to our QT and has knowledge of all of our inner workings, and sticking him back out in the city again as a live character again? Surely you see the issue here...

[CCRunner]

Check our QT, he addressed it. I'm not 100% sure it'll work perfectly, but I would trust most people to at least pretend they don't know everything.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Whoa, don't you think this is just a little game-breaking?

You're taking a zombie, with access to our QT and has knowledge of all of our inner workings, and sticking him back out in the city again as a live character again? Surely you see the issue here...

Yeah I covered that in the QT, several points just so everyone knows:

• The old QT will be shut down (it has been)
• The new QT will not involve said resurrected people
• Everyone knows who the dead (zombies) are anyway
• Only those people getting res'ed know who the Omegas are, and as a caveat of their being resurrected, they are not allowed to discuss with anyone who they are, under penalty of being tossed out of the game.
• In a turn or two, they won't know where the zombies are or who else has been transformed
• The zombie team is strong and will continue to grow for the rest of the game
• The living team won't present much of a challenge unless they are all active
• The zombie team doesn't actually lose anyone because you guys can control the formerly PC zombies as NPC zombies.

It isn't 100% perfect, but under the circumstances, this is the best way to retain the intended (as in, everyone is playing the game) balance of power. We won't have a game if a large chunk of the living townspeople go inactive.

If anyone has any suggestions, concerns, or comments about this GM decision, please don't hesitate to PM me or even state them here. I am concerned for the fairness of all parties.

[Double A]

Pizza, what happens if we end up in a group and one of the known Omegas is either pretending to be part of it, wants in, or is near-by?

Do we wait till he attacks us, or do we just tell him to go away, we don't need the game to be more complicated?

[Greyblades]

Wait are the omegas those super zombies? How would they be able to get into a group in the first place looking like a lovecraftian horror?

[Askthepizzaguy]

No, they look human enough.

I couldn't make things TOO easy on you now.

[Greyblades]

Still you would think after a while the smell, the gaping bodily wounds or the missing limbs would be a bit of a giveaway.