Humans vs. Zombies: Who will win in 2012?
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Humans vs. Zombies:
Who will win in 2012?
Kate HuntingtonESS 418
Winter 2012
Photo: brokenbiro.blogspot.com
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Take Home: Place your bets on Zombies
• Humans vs. Zombies: live action tag game
• Who will win in Spring quarter 2012?
• Rules favor zombies
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Background: Basic rules of the game
• The game - Start as humans (armed) plus a few zombies
- Humans shoot zombies with marshmallows
- Zombies (unarmed) tag humans or ‘starve’
Photo: wikipedia
• How to win: - Humans survive 5 days - Zombies tag & turn all humans
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Rules favor zombies#1. Humans use marshmallows for ammunition
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• Humans have incentive to eat ammo• Zombies have infinite ammunition
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Rules favor zombies#2. Rule violations are reported by non-player humans
• Humans do not hesitate to report cheating by other humans
(98% of human cheating is reported)
• Zombies intimidate non-player humans (only 55% of zombie cheating is reported)
Rules favor zombies#3. Play continues for 5 days, 12 hours per day
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Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010
Day of Game0 1 2 3 4 5
2
0
6
4
10
8
12
AveragePlay Time(hours per
player)
daily maxzombies
humans: 41 hours: 51 hours
Zombies play more hours per game
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Zombies play more hours/game than humans
Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010
Day of Game0 1 2 3 4 5
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AveragePlay Time(hours per
player)
humansdaily max
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Zombies play more hours/game than humans
Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010
Day of Game0 1 2 3 4 5
2
0
6
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10
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AveragePlay Time(hours per
player)
daily max
zombies
humans
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Zombies play more hours/game than humans
Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010
Day of Game0 1 2 3 4 5
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0
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AveragePlay Time(hours per
player)
daily maxhumans: 41 hours
zombies
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Zombies play more hours/game than humans
Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010
Day of Game0 1 2 3 4 5
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AveragePlay Time(hours per
player)
daily maxhumans: 41 hours
zombies : 51 hours
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Take Home: Rules on cheating & longer hours favor zombies
• Hours of play and cheating probably most important • Lack of temptation to eat ammo helps
If you are a human, give up early!Place your bets on Zombies at kate the bookie.com
Photo: brokenbiro.blogspot.com