1. Observe all the Gameroom rules as posted in the Gameroom subforum. They are stickied for easy reference. The major thing that applies to this game is sportsmanship, because unlike most games, there are some aspects of the game I simply cannot police. I need you to be mature and not do things which break the game, as described here.

Please do not grumble about the outcome of the game, or any delays that may occur. Be a good sport!

2. PRIVATE COMMUNICATION outside the thread about the game, and PUBLIC discussion about the game is not allowed unless specified exactly by the game host.

No seriously, this is the biggest rule of them all. Most of you cannot communicate telepathically across a city, so unless you have an item which allows such communication, you cannot talk to your friends or enemies about the game in any way shape or form. You may mention the game in passing to a friend who is not playing if you wish, but do not divulge your current stats, weapons, location, or other sensitive personal information. You never know who your friend might tell that information to... and having your friend communicate this information to other players on purpose is an intentional rule break and it is not allowed, no exceptions.

If someone accidentally breaks this rule, please inform me immediately, and I'll send them a friendly warning. This is the best outcome for that situation. Otherwise, you're on the hook for this rule break as well.

ENFORCEMENT:

This particular rule is so important, that I need to be informed of any accidental rule breaks here immediately, to maintain the game balance. It is possible to keep playing, but there may be a penalty. Depending on the situation, I may have to release you from the game. However I value honesty and you may play other games of mine. Repeated or (In My Opinion) Intentional rule breaks will result in a ban from this and possibly future games.

3. Screenshots or quoting/full revealing your "Role PM" and any other message from the game host is banned.

However, you may tell people your name, your general objective, and what items or weapons you have, at your own peril. Just do not copy/paste my role PM, and do not ask anyone to reveal their role PM. Remember, the above rule (Number Two) still applies... you can't reveal anything to anyone you don't have contact with. (This means you need to have a method of communication, or you need to be in the same grid coordinate or you need to be in adjacent grid coordinates)

4. When you die

You can continue play as a zombie, provided you be a good sport. This is your best chance of scoring well if you die. The participation points and opportunities to score are quite real, and you can still have a wonderful time. If you don't want to be a zombie when you die let me know.

5. PUBLIC DISCUSSION:

I will allow for there being a public thread for commenting. However, the following is strictly enforced:

You are not to discuss any of the following-

1) Who you are in the game
2) Where you are in the game
3) What you plan on doing in the game
4) Reveal any game-related information that you have obtained during the game

What can you do?

A) Comment on how awesome the writeups are
B) Comment on how lousy the writeups are
C) Prod the game host to "GET ON WITH IT"
D) Ask a question to the game hosts which does not reveal private information.
E) Want to say something else? Get permission first, please.

6. Other rules

If I need to adjust the rules or aspects of the game, I as the host have the prerogative to do so. I will attempt to keep my hands off, but if I need to make a final balancing adjustment to the game or add or remove elements of the game, I reserve that right.

However, every change I make to the game (if any) will be logged and made public, with apologies that I did not do my job as a game designer and iron out any difficulties beforehand. If this change affects your character or your play in any way, you reserve the right to protest such an action, and you will get my sincere apologies. If I accidentally made your weapon too powerful, then I have learned my lesson for next time. However, if there is a major problem with the game (such as the LUCK stat being too powerful that it prevented normal combat) I may adjust its strength, globally, and announce that change. Other than that, I really have to leave the game as-is and hope for the best. Any change will be made in good faith and with the best interests of fairness and fun.

7. Phase length

The reality of this game is that my real life schedule will greatly impact when new rounds begin.

You will have a minimum of 3 days (72 hours) to send in Movement Phase orders.
You will have a minimum of 2 days (48 hours) to send in Interactive Phase orders.

You may attempt to send in missing orders after this deadline for an additional 24 hours, and I will attempt to carry out your wishes as best I can, however, if my hosting duties have already progressed too far to fully accept them, your orders will essentially be to either stand still and waste a turn, or arrive too late to your destination to do anything the following phase, depending on the severity of how your late orders would affect the outcome. That's why it behooves you to get your orders in on time.

Please note it may sometimes (or often) take longer than 24 hours to resolve your orders. Be patient, this game is more work than hosting 10 large complicated mafia games at once, or hosting 3 huge sized mish-mash games for you 2+2 types. I have a co-host and a backup co-host and this will still be more work than I can always handle within a 24 hour period.

I reserve the right to add a new rule here, if I need to do so I will announce it. Otherwise, just seven rules to worry about.

Activity:
Each phase you send in a valid order on time, you will get 1,000 points.
Each phase you send in an invalid order, or a late order, you will get 500 points instead.
Each phase you send in no order, I deduct 500 points.

Alive:
Each phase you are alive, you will get 1,000 points.
Each phase you are dead, and sending in valid orders, you get 500 points instead of 1,000.

Removed from play for inactivity:
I deduct 1,000,000 points

• Survivor team (rival: Zombie Team)
• Serial Killers (rival: Serial Killers)
• Zombie team (rival: Survivor Team)
• Umbrella versus SynTech

Team Standing:

If your team is eliminated from play, your rivals get a one-time Team Standing score bonus. Since the Zombie Team cannot be eliminated from play, the last Survivor escaping from Southgate means their defeat, as long as enough survivors have escaped to achieve Team Victory for the Survivors.

Survivor Team Survives Bonus: 20,000 points.
Zombie Team Defeats Survivors: 20,000 points.
Serial Killer outlasts another Serial Killer: 10,000 points each instance.
Umbrella Team Outlasts/escapes before SynTech Team: 20,000 points
SynTech Team Outlasts/escapes before Umbrella Team: 20,000 points
Other teams: Spoiler information contained within. Hidden from public view.

Team Elimination:

If your team (a member of your team) defeats the final member of your rival team, an additional bonus is given to the entire team.

Survivor eliminates final member of any faction: 5,000 points each
Zombie Team slays the final Town Survivor: 10,000 points.
Serial Killer personally slays another Serial Killer: 20,000 points
Umbrella Team slays last SynTech member: 10,000 points
SynTech Team slays last Umbrella member: 10,000 points

Plus a bonus for the player responsible: 5,000 additional points.

Other teams: Spoiler information contained within. Hidden from public view.

Team Objectives:

Survivor Team

• 10 Survivors must "Free" themselves- 20,000 points
• 10 survivors must Escape Southgate- 20,000 points

Zombie Team

• Leon S Kennedy is destroyed- 30,000 points
• Less than 10 survivors escape Southgate- 20,000 points

Other teams: Spoiler information contained within. Hidden from public view.

Primary Objective achievement: 15,000 points for a single instance, 4,000 points for multiple instances.

Avoid primary objective penalty = 10,000 points for a single instance

Secondary Objective achievement: 10,000 points for a single instance, 2,000 points for multiple instances.

Tertiary Objective achievement: 5,000 points per instance.

Personally survive the game: 10,000 points

Slay El Gigante: 25,000 points

Slay Leon S. Kennedy (if not teammate): 10,000 points

Slay Umbrella Operative (if not objective): 5,000 points

Slay SynTech Operative (if not objective): 5,000 points

Slay Serial Killer: 10,000 points

Slay any player: 2,500 per player killed

Slay any NPC: 1,000 per NPC killed.
Open a building: 2,000 points

Obtain very important item: 2,000 points

Chainsaw-wielding Maniac- Awarded for getting the largest total number of player kills- 10,000

Others: To be determined.



Judges Awards
Chaotix, Askthepizzaguy, GH give out these awards.
Limit 10 per type of award per judge.
We do not have to give out all 10. Some can have fewer numbers.


Green Herb award- Awarded for excellent teamwork
1,000

Red Herb award- Awarded for very clever use of items
500

Yellow Herb award- Awarded for surviving several brushes with death
1,000

Blue Herb award- Awarded for fast completion of the game
2,000

Brown Herb award- Awarded for unlocking key landmarks
500

Black Herb award- Awarded for impressive use of stealth
1000

Purple Herb award- Awarded for detecting infiltrators
1000

Orange Herb award- Awarded for impressive item finding
1000

Silver Herb Award- Awarded for assisting others in victorious escape
2000

Golden Herb Award- Awarded for best overall effort
One per Judge.
5,000

Tyler's Crest- Recognition for excellent participation and sportsmanship
2,500

Manhole Cover- Awarded for victory by sheer luck alone
2,500

Flare gun- Awarded for alerting others to possible routes of escape
2,500

The Striker- Awarded for defeating multiple foes at once
2,500

The Sniper- Awarded for defeating a foe from a distance
2,500

Killer 7- Awarded for going it alone and still achieving victory
5,000

Golden Lugers- Awarded for winning a difficult battle against the odds
5,000

Gatling Gun- Awarded for winning multiple battles
5,000

Cold Steel Dragonfly- Awarded for being the last man standing
10,000

RPG7- Awarded for winning the decisive battle of the game
2,500

Virus Sample- Awarded for successful completion of extraction mission
2,500

Chainsaw- Awarded for most aggressive play
One per Judge.
2,000

Dynamite- Awarded for best explosion
One per Judge.
5,000

Best Survivor
One per Judge.
5,000

Best Zombie
One per Judge.
10,000

Best SynTech
One per Judge.
5,000

Best Umbrella
One per Judge.
5,000

Honorable mention
Three per Judge
4,000

PS- I'm batman El Gigante

August 2010


Mere months after the viral outbreak in Dark Falls, in the nearby town of Southgate, Montana

There is a wave of missing persons reports

Prisoners at the maximum security prison are reported missing, presumably they escaped

Patients at the home for the mentally ill are also reported missing

Soon, terminally ill patients at the hospital begin to vanish, and their bodies are never found

Then, from the streets of Southgate, many ordinary citizens begin to disappear

No one is safe. Even the police report that some of their own have gone missing



September 2010


The tide of missing persons reports begins to ebb

The crimes were never solved, however

Later on, health inspectors shut down the water treatment facility due to code violations

Water is pumped in from elsewhere to compensate

Then.....

People begin to get really sick.



October 2010

The entire town of Southgate, Montana is quarantined by the Federal Government.

An outbreak of the Omega virus has rendered the city uninhabitable

The President of the United States is forced to make the call

The entire town of Southgate, Montana must be sterilized.

Only nuclear weapons are known to be effective in completely wiping out the virus

But Congress is still divided. The Hawk Party of the United States, although normally quite willing to take drastic measures

Opposes the current President and seeks to regain control of the Presidency in 2012

They declare the current President to be soft on global terrorism

Yet too willing to use nuclear arms on his own citizens

The current President gives an address and states that in an emergency such as this

He has the authority to unilaterally make this decision

But that he does not want to proceed without first consulting Congress

Putting the question back to them, and forcing a partisan debate

Meanwhile, the people of Southgate are suffering and dying

And when they die, their bodies do not remain still

Within a week, the bodies begin to rise

Soon, the living who have shown no signs of illness suddenly turn

And the infected begin to attack and consume whatever is in their path

The chaos is unimaginable, and no one is allowed to evacuate

Martial law is declared, and rioting in the streets reaches a fevered pitch

Days later.... the riots end

As the voices of the uninfected slowly are silenced

And replaced with moaning

And gnashing

And chomping

But not all of the citizens of Southgate were affected.

A few dozen people wake up scattered throughout the town

With no memory of the events of the past two months

And find that they are unaffected by the virus, they appear to be immune

They find that escape from Southgate is quite impossible

It is as though someone erected a massive, invisible force field around the city

Which they cannot penetrate

If they try to leave, their bodies become weak, and they lose all muscle control, and cannot breathe

Something is preventing them from leaving.

Or Someone.

It's obvious that the Umbrella corporation was involved somehow, but

Southgate Montana is actually home to one of the largest SynTech Systems research facilities in the United States

And they have been known to operate with the same reckless disregard for human life as Umbrella.

There are definitely other players involved, but it isn't immediately clear how they are involved.

But one thing is clear:

The survivors of Southgate must free themselves and escape the city

Before they are all consumed by the zombie horde.