Oct 9 2008Human Vs. Zombie Tag A Growing Trend On College Campuses, Having Sex Declining

Apparently Human Vs. Zombie Tag (HvZ) is a growing trend on college campuses.
An HvZ game typically involves hundreds of students and runs 24 hours a day for days on end; dwindling numbers of humans try to fend off and outlast growing legions of zombies.
The rules are fundamentally simple: Zombie tags human, human becomes a zombie. Unlike movie zombies, with shambling walks and undead makeup, zombies in the game just wear headbands to distinguish them from armband-wearing humans. And they are free to sprint.
If you're a human, you can "stun" zombies for 15 minutes by hitting them with a Nerf gun or balled up sock (preferably stuffed with pennies). I dunno about all that, but, for the sake of unbiased reporting, I suppose I'll have to play before passing judgment.
UPDATE: I bit some bitch's arm off! Good times!
Hit the jump for a video of a game that actually made me feel embarrassed for the guy talking.
Dead man on campus: 'Zombie tag' a growing game at colleges [usatoday]
and
hvzsource (for in-depth information on the game)
Thanks to Christopher, who is actually friends with Al Palmer, who is mentioned in the USAToday article, making them both celebrities in my book.

Reader Comments
1. Firsty - October 9, 2008 3:15 PM
fRIST!!!!
Sukaz
2. Sharpie - October 9, 2008 3:15 PM
Being on top is cool, cause I can see what you all below meee, fart!
3. Sharpie - October 9, 2008 3:15 PM
ahhhhhhhh shit!
4. Firsty - October 9, 2008 3:16 PM
Sharpie - FAIL
LOL
5. Sharpie - October 9, 2008 3:18 PM
Ok for real, I'm not even reading this story. The headline was enough to make me want to show all those freaks how china uses their condoms then encourage them to do the same.
6. ZenoZTankof - October 9, 2008 3:19 PM
And my work here is done. Great First win btw...
7. anarki - October 9, 2008 3:20 PM
Why can't you ban the 'first' guys, GW? Why?
8. ouch - October 9, 2008 3:21 PM
damn...the dude talking is a serious f4g
9. Douchie Mc Bagman - October 9, 2008 3:22 PM
Why can't you ban the 'complain about first' guys, GW? Why?
Why can't you ban the 'complain about complain about first' guys, GW? Why?
infinity.
10. Mr Hobbes - October 9, 2008 3:22 PM
What a bunch of losers. You're in college not junior high!! Go drink, do drugs, and fuck as many girls as you can. Stop playing water gun tag you homos.
11. Mr Hobbes - October 9, 2008 3:24 PM
In retrospect, I bet junior high kids are getting more ass than these guys.
12. Sharpie - October 9, 2008 3:25 PM
@10 I agree, they look so foolish. But then again the drugs could of been what drove them to do this, haha
13. Momboelitist - October 9, 2008 3:26 PM
@11, probably more than you as well.
14. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 3:27 PM
Why can't we ban people who
-'s name is daisy
-make never back down comments
-are part of the "photoshop and the fakers! with their hit single, "that's a wrong shadow'" band.
-are nic bacon
-and total trash talking shit-head wannabies
-masturbate to the nude drawing of sarah palin
GW? Why?
15. Jo Mama - October 9, 2008 3:29 PM
We kinda play a game like that at my school. Instead of nerf guns though we use our penis'. The goal is to PEW PEW PEW into as many girls as possible. They don't turn into zombies, they just get AIDS.
16. commentzor - October 9, 2008 3:34 PM
It makes geeks move and interact in (something of) a social way. This can only be a good thing.
Oh, and one of the tags should be NOM NOM NOM.
17. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 3:44 PM
But you know that for the rest of their life, they will never be able to get hit by a nerf gun without falling to the ground for 15 minutes.
18. jumpin_j - October 9, 2008 3:45 PM
OLD! They were doing this at my college 20 years ago.
PS: Sarah Palin is our only defense against a zombie invasion since she has no brains. BRAAAAAAINZZZZ!
19. Daisy - October 9, 2008 3:46 PM
Fake!!!
Its an obvious photoshop job. The artist was trying to reenact the food fight from the movie Never Back Down.
He wasn't very careful, and you can tell the shadows are all wrong.
Its almost as stupid as Nic Bacon PEW PEW PEWing to a nude Sarah Palin painting.
Probably as real though as the bravado of the LSDeisel. He is the kewlest of the geekologists. I think that's something like being the tallest midget, but I digress.
Its a Fake, obviously photoshopped. The shadows are ALL wrong. PEWPEWPEW. Never Back Down!
20. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 3:48 PM
Shit if anyone finds out that I was one of the people involved in this video I'll never hear the end of it........
21. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 3:53 PM
@19, Daisy, I can't tell you how much it means to me that I'm your favorite.
But I still hate you.
22. The dingo - October 9, 2008 3:54 PM
Dude i would so play that game! but i would rock a baseball bat!
23. Sharpie - October 9, 2008 3:55 PM
I'd play that game to but with a custom Chrome S&W 6906 model.
24. Gingersnapz - October 9, 2008 3:56 PM
daisy, I think you're secretly one of those adorable weird girls. I have a crush.
email me at gingersnapz99@gmail.com
25. commentzor - October 9, 2008 3:58 PM
O.o What is with people posting what look to be actual physical and email addresses today?
Have you all MET the internet before?
26. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 4:01 PM
@24, Keep it in your pants gingersnapz. You know if she starts to like you, she'll never back down and tell you that your dick was photoshopped.
27. Ash - October 9, 2008 4:01 PM
Wow nerf come on paintball guns all the way. I remember the last time i had a nerf war. I was 12
28. Douchie Mc Bagman - October 9, 2008 4:03 PM
@27 - so it was last week then?
29. Daisy - October 9, 2008 4:03 PM
ITS ALL FAKE, FAKE FAKE FAKE!!!, photoshop....FAKE! , Cock........FAKE!, me.......FAKE!, Ugh!!!! why is it all FAKE!
30. No.6 - October 9, 2008 4:05 PM
@24 @26(you prick)
On the bright side, when you knock that bitch up with your tard seed, you can just say that her bump is photoshopped and you'll never back down on it.
31. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 4:05 PM
@28, pick on someone your own size.
32. Elmo - October 9, 2008 4:16 PM
hey Sharpie keeps shitting on everyone x)
Not only does this game help preserve the dying number of 40 year old virgins, *but* they'll have less time to drink with all the zombies on crack running around
America's future is saved!!!
33. Right Fury - October 9, 2008 4:19 PM
$100 bucks says these clowns vote for obama.
At least your nerf guns won't get banned.
34. numb3rsix - October 9, 2008 4:21 PM
@33 That comment made everything sharpie and daisy has ever said seem fucking brilliant. You are a moron of epic proportions.
35. right fury - October 9, 2008 4:25 PM
Soooo, you're saying these are McCain supporters then?
36. Ben - October 9, 2008 4:30 PM
I go to RIT(if you've never heard of it, it's one of the geekiest campuses in the country...) and this game is here. They play it 2x a year, and each time we, the sane, normal people on the campus, laugh our asses off. I had a friend who witnessed an out of shape geek sprinting full tilt go straight into a glass door, followed immediately by the "zombie" who was chasing him. That's two people who are one day going to be doing engineering, or critical programming who just slammed into a glass door and quite possibly broke their noses. There was also an incident with a collapsed lung of a "human" searching for the "alpha zombie". Incidents like these make a great case for the game, as long as you aren't playing it.
37. Ollie Williams - October 9, 2008 4:31 PM
I SAW A FISH!
38. My Taint Itches - October 9, 2008 4:33 PM
TAINT!
Clearly these pigs and fuckers are not having sex because they are all queer.
Even the chicks they hang out with are fat.
and all fat chicks have a stinky juice box.
39. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 4:35 PM
Speaking of which, where the hell is smoking girl
40. No.6 - October 9, 2008 4:35 PM
I'm saying that your calling these fine individuals clowns is appalling and you should be ashamed. Look at them up there. Powerful, svelte, intimidating. These are words that describe this legion of warriors. How dare you call them clowns. Did you even watch the clip. Did you hear that guy in the beanie. That is a real man. Good day to you sir. I SAID GOOD DAY!
41. boredom - October 9, 2008 4:45 PM
ok so thanks to work which SUCKS by the way I can't see the damn video but the 4 guys in the picture say more than enough. People like this are just pathetic and makes me upset to be a geek.
Ok so Daisy I hink you secretly are a hot geek chick and might be goth or emo unfortunately. You'll show yourself one day and it'll be fun
anarki it's really hard to ban anonymous comments, really hard.
My Taint is just funny and I really enjoy starting a sentence with My Taint
Deisel, you and Daisy should just hook up finally and get it over with.
42. My Taint Itches - October 9, 2008 4:54 PM
Fuck that, as much as I like LSD, I want to bang Daisey if she is an emo or goth chick.
thats my fetish.
Hey Daisey, wanna cyber?
I've been told I got a pretty big dick, but I fuck a lot of hookers, so it must be true, right?
43. DrNecropolis - October 9, 2008 5:00 PM
Hey, they may be geeks, but at least they're getting ready for the impending Zombie Apocolypse. Remember, you need your human shiel..err...fodde...err comrades (yeah that's the ticket!) to be in decent enough shape to be able to run just slightly slower than you.
44. My Taint Itches - October 9, 2008 5:03 PM
One time I watched this porno where a chick banged a bunch of zombies.
Does that count?
i think it was some kind of snuff film.
45. boredom - October 9, 2008 5:04 PM
@43, I tend to think the robot take over will happen well before the zombie apocolypse rendering the need for excercise null
46. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 5:09 PM
Well, technically it's pirates vs. ninjas, and I think that pirates would totally win.
Wow, did it just get geekier in here? I'm sorry....open a window
47. commentzor - October 9, 2008 5:13 PM
LSDiesel, I thought better of you.
Pirates? Really?
48. lunchboxx - October 9, 2008 5:14 PM
um....wtf?
thats no HvZ!
the HvZ my school likes to play is the real thing! only a few of us humans, with limited ammo/objects, and a bunch of slow walking zombies.
this is no HvZ!!
FAIL!!!
49. Sarah - October 9, 2008 5:21 PM
The picture (but not the video) are from Goucher College, and it's actually a really fun game to watch. The Goucher version has a documentary which is pretty entertaining to watch (I can't remember the url). The people involved know its dorky, its just fun to get intensely involved in a game. Also, our school is pretty anti-school spirit most of the time, so this is the only thing a lot of people actually get involved in.
That said, a lot of people do get way too into it, apparently some of them used to take the Military Strategy poli sci class to get HvZ tips.
50. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 5:26 PM
@47, I know man, I know. Sorry. My penis and are officially on a "break" and I'm pretty distracted at the moment, so pardon me if I've been a captain bummer.
51. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 5:28 PM
See? I can't even use grammar anymore. What esle is going to go? Fuck this. I'm gonna go snort some cobain.
52. vegetable lasagna - October 9, 2008 5:35 PM
@36 awesome. just awesome.
My Taint Itches -- you should change your name to "Tries Too Hard"
53. Thumperchica - October 9, 2008 5:37 PM
Add in drunkeness, and this would be hilarious!!!!
54. anthony edwards - October 9, 2008 5:40 PM
reminds me of the opening of the movie "gotcha!"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089222/
55. Elmo - October 9, 2008 5:41 PM
aww, this site is so fucking fun
...do you guys ever go to work? or do you play extreme HvZ all damn day?
56. Chase - October 9, 2008 5:48 PM
hey cool i have that same system of a down shirt
57. fat ugly goth girl who wears black and eats rats - October 9, 2008 6:04 PM
system of a down. they are armenian.
58. claire - October 9, 2008 6:11 PM
SOAD=TERRORISTS?
discuss.
59. olurbaserblongtous - October 9, 2008 6:21 PM
its cool, it seems fun so i wont bash
60. GreatBazunka - October 9, 2008 6:25 PM
This is funny....
In highschool they used to play a game called spork, but i dont remember it cause it was stupid. All i know is that kids would run around and tag each other by stabbing them with a spork. yeah.......
good times.....
61. Christopher - October 9, 2008 6:39 PM
Booya, you rock geekologie poster dude.
62. Colin - October 9, 2008 6:41 PM
These dipshits need to go to class.
63. Christopher - October 9, 2008 6:48 PM
You Colin, need to go back to Europe..
Or get a less gay name.. like Brock. Or Awsome Fucker..
64. Zombine - October 9, 2008 6:51 PM
Is sex with a zombie still considered necrophilia?
65. ahha - October 9, 2008 6:52 PM
@58. negative. you are a terrorist with your ignorant comments. ass clown.
66. Colin - October 9, 2008 7:04 PM
@63. Ellipses consist of three (3) periods, you twit.
67. 67 - October 9, 2008 7:27 PM
67
68. Christopher - October 9, 2008 7:29 PM
Gasp...
There you go.
69. BK - October 9, 2008 7:30 PM
HVZ is actually pretty old, but i'm glad to see it get some more recognition. just a hint for the college players out there, stock up your minifridges. oh, and go buy a microwave.
70. spencer - October 9, 2008 7:31 PM
Yay !
It was only a matter of time b4 Geek/Gossip/Movie got invaded by the Perez Hilton Commenter Rejects. Good times for all.. time to find a new sites!
71. spencer - October 9, 2008 7:57 PM
Found it... assclowns.com -- I fit right in!
72. Antonio - October 9, 2008 7:58 PM
@66
I love ellipses. :-)
73. LSDiesel'sBabyarm - October 9, 2008 8:30 PM
I once cocked a zombie. Rigamortis makes it nice 'n tight so I had to use a whole bottle of lube, but still got chaffed raw. Good times... except for the rash.
74. jonar - October 9, 2008 8:30 PM
as nerdy as it is, the sense of camaraderie is kinda cool.
Although the overdramatic speech givers need to be shot.
They should take to paintball guns.
75. LSDiesel - October 9, 2008 8:56 PM
@70
Yeah, this site has gotten pretty lame recently.
@73
Not funny, isn't it your bedtime?
76. Gmoney - October 9, 2008 9:58 PM
Fucking dorks! None of these kids are getting laid. They should be doing beer bongs like normal college kids.
77. Sheth - October 9, 2008 11:32 PM
Yea, this ran on my campus at RIT for a week not long ago. It was actually pretty damn epic, we had a total of 500 people playing and serious shit was going down man.
-In retrospect: nerf guns are for big kids. No srsly.
78. Believer - October 10, 2008 12:56 AM
It looks pretty fun. The guy with the beard got way too into it though.
Speeches in a game with nerf guns aren't really necessary
79. omg - October 10, 2008 1:06 AM
this is my school! I recognize like half the people in the video... how embarrassing :/
funny I've never actually heard of this game, though... I don't think it's as popular as advertised!
80. HvZSource - October 10, 2008 1:19 AM
That video is painfully awkward. You might check out this video about the Goucher College game: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-327449080137316177&hl=en
81. Imposterer - October 10, 2008 3:39 AM
I am back for some more imposturing today!
82. Imposterer - October 10, 2008 4:17 AM
me too!
83. smon - October 10, 2008 4:49 AM
Zombies. reminds me a bit, kinda, of sexylosers. God I miss that comic strip.
Fap !
84. Ginormagantuan - October 10, 2008 6:04 AM
#26 FTW!
85. Ginormagantuan - October 10, 2008 6:13 AM
Yeah i can't believe that fucker posted his e-mail address
86. Ginormagantuan - October 10, 2008 7:27 AM
also, I love cock
87. Sheth - October 10, 2008 7:28 AM
yeah, I say that kind of stuff to girls, they love it
88. LSDiesel - October 10, 2008 7:33 AM
This imposter is starting to get on my nerves. If he does NOT go away, I WILL pull the tip of my penis so hard that, it will hurt.
PEWPEWPEW
89. LSDiesel - October 10, 2008 7:35 AM
@75
That is the imposter.
This is the real me.
But weirdly I do agree with #75.
also, I love cock
90. LSDiesel - October 10, 2008 7:37 AM
@88, 89
I think everyone has guessed that this is not me.
also, I play "who would I do" at night in my bed
91. LSDiesel - October 10, 2008 7:37 AM
@88, 89
I think everyone has guessed that this is not me.
also, I play "who would I do" at night in my bed
92. LSDiesel - October 10, 2008 7:58 AM
Prick, why did you double post?
also, I love little fluffy bears, they're cool
93. commentzor - October 10, 2008 8:10 AM
Damn, looks like this is another "avoid Geekologie comments on account of the rampant stupidity" day.
*sigh* The good money says I love cock within three posts. See ya Monday.
94. RandomD - October 10, 2008 8:21 AM
I would like to point out that as a chick, I'd be more likely to fuck these guys (the HvZ players) than the douchebags in the comments here.
Nerd sex is hot.
95. ~zeus~ - October 10, 2008 8:24 AM
y don't they just play paintball... cheap bastards!
96. commentzor - October 10, 2008 9:41 AM
What is sex RandomD?
97. commentzor - October 10, 2008 9:54 AM
/sigh, not me @96.
I agree though 94, minus the non-applicable fucking bit. HvZ > us here :o) I'd definitely play.
And to everyone saying that this should be done with paintball guns on a college campus, you've either never played paintball, or I would never want to play with you. There are very good reasons for masks, cups, chronoing, and barrel condoms. If you hit a passerby with a paintball gun on a campus you'd most likely get arrested for assault or worse, and rightly so.
Okay, now I'm done for day, had to clear up that it wasn't me at 96 because my impostor didn't use the trademark genital reference.
98. commentzor - October 10, 2008 10:01 AM
also, I like cock
99. commentzor - October 10, 2008 10:05 AM
There he is!
I missed him so much that little naughty boy! I wish he would stop being so naughty and pay more attention to me...
Anyway, last message of the day.
also, I would like to make love to you RandomD, on a bed covered in roses.
100. RandomD - October 10, 2008 10:08 AM
Are you serious commentzor? I mean you are so strait foward. When I said I would prefer to have sex with nerds than with the imposter, I did mean that but you, I mean you, you are just plain gay.
I mean come on! "I would like to make love to you on a bed covered in roses?"
How gay is that.
Nerd love <3
101. YAY! - October 10, 2008 10:12 AM
This game looks fucking awesome, I know all of you saying it looks shit want to play really.
102. YAY! - October 10, 2008 10:15 AM
also, I like to dangle my balls in front of the mirror
103. kingcobra - October 10, 2008 10:16 AM
To all the people saying these guys are losers and need to get laid more... get a fucking life. Life is more than have sex and doing drugs. This is nothing more than a bunch of people playing a cheaper version of paintball.
104. kingcobra - October 10, 2008 10:19 AM
also, I have a small cobra
105. Farva's Twin - October 10, 2008 10:22 AM
@103 - please don't tell the hosebag that. She thinks life is all about sex and drugs, and she doesn't even like the drugs all that much. If she finds out there are other things I'll be screwed.
Actually I'll be non-screwed, but at least for once I'll get a chance to heal up from where her molars scrape on me, if you know what I mean. But I'd rather have the battle scars than have to go without her almost insatiable lusts.
106. commentzor - October 10, 2008 10:31 AM
@Imposter behind 99:
Go fuck a woodchipper.
Thanks,
Management
107. Imposterer - October 10, 2008 10:34 AM
Wow you get really offensed, I guess I speak the truth then : p
108. commentzor - October 10, 2008 10:40 AM
Nah, but apparently today isn't a patient day.
109. ahha - October 10, 2008 10:43 AM
@65
Wow, you really are trying to steal my identity. I didn't even post on this thread and my impostor showed up without me. That is sad man, why don't you just establish your own identity and join the conversation like the rest of us. Quit hiding. Quit posting in my name. Please.
110. imposterer - October 10, 2008 10:47 AM
Lol that wasnt even me
111. LSDiesel - October 10, 2008 10:54 AM
Wow. Looks like I was busy on this site last night.
Either I was really drunk, or someone was using my name.
But most likely both. Nothing like a friday morning hangover.
112. Nikki - October 10, 2008 11:44 AM
Eh I like the game
113. Sly - October 10, 2008 12:04 PM
We sometimes play game called zombie in Call of Duty (2,3,and sometimes 4, though now the hip game is micheal myers... kinda the same concept. ).
The first rule of zombie: don't talk about zombie... but rules are made to be broken (except the rules of zombie (minus that pesky first rule(parenthesis FTW!!!)))
Ahem.
The rules of zombie in FPS games:
One person is the designated zombie. He can only stab the humans, who are all on the other team. Humans can shoot zombies with pistols only. When humans are killed, they turn into zombies by switching teams. The last human can use any weapon at his disposal.
114. LSDiesel - October 10, 2008 12:21 PM
@113, Um no one cares. This is about REAL life, not some fucking video game. Keep your posts relevant you shit sucking fiend.
115. Amaranth - October 10, 2008 12:56 PM
u call them "Larpers" but in this case they are not using the Dungeons and Dragons theme. We used to have them all around our campus walking around with swords made out of sponges slapping each other yelling out random spell phrases.
Poor guys didn't see the paintball gun comin lol
116. Gourmet Vagina - October 10, 2008 1:29 PM
This makes me want to pee on Sarah Palin.
117. Gourmet Vagina - October 10, 2008 1:30 PM
117th!
118. GW - October 10, 2008 1:44 PM
Gents/Ladies,
We have recently been receiving numerous e-mails about creating a log in for users due to impersonating. This is an idea we are thinking about executing for everybody's sake. Lately we have noticed that the devoted users that come to visit the site and comment are getting off the topic listed. If you have any questions or comments please let us know at TIPS@GEEKOLOGIE.COM. Please understand we are working on ways to clean up the insults in each feed and get back to the main purpose of the site.
Thanks guys!---GW
119. BlackSamTX - October 10, 2008 4:39 PM
This shit looks like fun.
120. Thugnifficent - October 11, 2008 8:21 AM
NIIIIICE I AM SO HONORED TO HAVE AN IMPOSTOR TOO!!!
121. airwolf - October 11, 2008 1:05 PM
That video really is terribly nerdy. The goucher game is fun, unironic, and a good time for everyone who doesn't take it too seriously (and shouts really cheesy action movie speeches to their comrades).
And no real HVZ player uses shields or pool noodles. It's nerf guns, socks, and nothing else.
122. No way - October 12, 2008 1:24 AM
None of the students in that picture have ever had sex.
123. yeah they do - October 12, 2008 2:27 PM
nerds just bang other nerds, there are girls playing too, and I can guarantee they are better in the sack then most.
Popular chicks suck, nerds rule!
124. GEOFF LEPPARD - October 13, 2008 5:32 PM
I'm beginning to feel more at home.
125. clintoris - October 14, 2008 11:16 PM
that almost looked fun...then the dude in red lamed it up....alot
126. i7y - October 16, 2008 6:38 PM
sex