Oh no! The plague/infection/mutation is about to finally happen and Ball State University will become a zombie incubator!
Humans vs. Zombies is a crazy games of grown-up tag and more than 350 students will soon be running around campus wearing green scarves and brandishing modified Nerf dart guns and (hopefully) clean, balled-up socks to throw at each other. Some will be zombies; others will be humans. At the end only one side will remain.
For the 17,700 some-odd students who aren't signed up to play, here's your 30-second explanation. Zombies create more zombies by grabbing human players, and they have to "feed" on humans every 48 hours or they die. The humans throw socks and shoot Nerf darts at the zombies to immobilize them. The game ends when there are either no more zombies or humans. Humans wear green bandanas on their arms; zombies wear them on their heads. For an in-depth explanation, go to ajketrow.iweb.bsu.edu/hvz/.
If this sounds interesting, sign up by midnight. It could fun for anyone who misses playing hide and seek or tag. It's a real-life role-playing game that has the potential to suck players in, and students at schools such as Goucher College (where the game was first played) take it very seriously. This is the second half of Fall Semester and most students need something fun to brighten up these dreary days of school work.
However, players must keep in mind that they aren't little kids playing a neighborhood game. They are adults wielding dart guns and chasing each other around a busy college campus. Don't involve students who aren't playing. Hitting an unsuspecting person with a dart or a sock (no matter how clean) probably won't elicit a positive response.
By the same turn, it would be really unsettling for students to look down and find "zombies" attached to their legs while hurrying to class. It could lead to a few assault or harassment cases. If something like this does happen, students should contact the game organizers at humansvszombiesballstate@gmail.com.
Humans vs. Zombies players should have fun playing, but also be responsible and think before chasing another player down crowded McKinley Avenue at noon. It'll only be fun if everyone plays by the rules.
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