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Humans vs. Zombies: Who will win in 2012?

Humans vs. Zombies: Who will win in 2012?. Kate Huntington ESS 418 Winter 2012. Photo: brokenbiro.blogspot.com. 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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Humans vs. Zombies: Who will win in 2012?

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  1. Humans vs. Zombies: Who will win in 2012? Kate Huntington ESS 418 Winter 2012 Photo: brokenbiro.blogspot.com

  2. Take Home: Place your bets on Zombies • Humans vs. Zombies: live action tag game • Who will win in Spring quarter 2012? • Rules favor zombies

  3. 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’ • How to win: • - Humans survive 5 days • - Zombies tag & turn all humans Photo: wikipedia

  4. Rules favor zombies #1. Humans use marshmallows for ammunition Photo: media.salemwebnetwork.com • Humans have incentive to eat ammo • Zombies have infinite ammunition

  5. 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

  6. Zombies play more hours per game Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010 humans : 41 hours 12 daily max zombies : 51 hours 10 Average Play Time (hours per player) 8 6 4 2 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 Day of Game

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  8. Zombies play more hours/game than humans Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010 humans 12 daily max 10 Average Play Time (hours per player) 8 6 4 2 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 Day of Game

  9. Zombies play more hours/game than humans Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010 humans 12 daily max 10 Average Play Time (hours per player) 8 6 4 zombies 2 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 Day of Game

  10. Zombies play more hours/game than humans Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010 humans : 41 hours 12 daily max 10 Average Play Time (hours per player) 8 6 4 zombies 2 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 Day of Game

  11. Zombies play more hours/game than humans Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010 humans : 41 hours 12 daily max zombies : 51 hours 10 Average Play Time (hours per player) 8 6 4 2 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 Day of Game

  12. 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

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