Zombie Invasion?

by **Mekem** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:54 am

Are we going to have another zombie invasion like last year? It was so fun, but I can't find any information to confirm or to deny the possibility of another assault. If anyone knows anything about it, please respond.

by **Rangila** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:55 am

Yes, I think we will.

by **Sedgistan** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:03 pm

Confirmed.

by **We Are Not the NSA** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:16 pm

Sedgistan wrote:Confirmed.

BOOOOOOOO! Don't ruin the surprise! (that we all saw coming)

by **The Forsworn Knights** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:19 pm

The NSZ invasions started out as an april fools minigame, and basically just got converted into a Halloween holiday event.

by **Reploid Productions** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:16 pm

It is kinda fun to see the long term trends in survival rates. XD

by **Lockdownn** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:18 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:It is kinda fun to see the long term trends in survival rates. XD

You guys should make a badge for survival.

by **North Campbell Nation** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:14 pm

Mekem wrote:Are we going to have another zombie invasion like last year? It was so fun, but I can't find any information to confirm or to deny the possibility of another assault. If anyone knows anything about it, please respond.

Yep, it's an annual Halloween thing. As others have said, it started as one of Max's famous April Fool's schenanigans, and was decided afterwards, since it was coded into the game anyways, to make it an annual thing on Halloween. (give or take a few days days, for balancing time zones and all).

So far, each year it has gotten longer, and harder to resist, in order to keep it challenging for veterans.

Lockdownn wrote:
Reploid Productions wrote:It is kinda fun to see the long term trends in survival rates. XD

You guys should make a badge for survival.

If memory serves, there's already a banner.

by **Flanderlion** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:17 pm

Question with Zombies. Do embassies increase the spread of zombies into a region?

by **North Campbell Nation** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:19 pm

Flanderlion wrote:Question with Zombies. Do embassies increase the spread of zombies into a region?

As far as I'm aware, they never did before.

by **Reploid Productions** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:23 pm

North Campbell Nation wrote:
Flanderlion wrote:Question with Zombies. Do embassies increase the spread of zombies into a region?

As far as I'm aware, they never did before.

We've made some suggestions to the techies for adjustments to change things up like that, but I suspect our limited programmer time isn't going to make any of those suggestions happen.

by **The Commonwealth of the South Pacific** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:25 pm

Excuse me what is this 'zombie invasion' thing, I like quite alot of others I assume have no idea what this is so, what is it please?

by **Kaboomlandia** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:28 pm

The Commonwealth of the South Pacific wrote:Excuse me what is this 'zombie invasion' thing, I like quite alot of others I assume have no idea what this is so, what is it please?

It's a limited-time event (I think last year it lasted 36 hours) where the zombies try to take over the world, and the nations try to fight them off.

by **Flanderlion** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:37 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:
North Campbell Nation wrote:As far as I'm aware, they never did before.

We've made some suggestions to the techies for adjustments to change things up like that, but I suspect our limited programmer time isn't going to make any of those suggestions happen.

I've seen this a while back, but given I'm going to be doing a bit of 'extremely basic' coding in Uni, what coding language does NS use? This games been around for far more than 10 years, it'll be here in another 5.

What sort of other ideas were there for zombie spread, or is this 'sooper sekrit' mod knowledge?

by **Halloween Zombie Apocalypse** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:19 pm

Sedgistan wrote:Confirmed.

Woo-hoo!
Get your best teeth ready, folks! We're chomping!

by **Frenline Delpha** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:19 pm

Halloween Zombie Apocalypse wrote:
Sedgistan wrote:Confirmed.

Woo-hoo!
Get your best teeth ready, folks! We're chomping!

Our cure missiles are ready. And so are our plasma weapons. Come at me, zombies.

by **Ballotonia** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:29 am

Flanderlion wrote:
Reploid Productions wrote:We've made some suggestions to the techies for adjustments to change things up like that, but I suspect our limited programmer time isn't going to make any of those suggestions happen.

I've seen this a while back, but given I'm going to be doing a bit of 'extremely basic' coding in Uni, what coding language does NS use? This games been around for far more than 10 years, it'll be here in another 5.

What sort of other ideas were there for zombie spread, or is this 'sooper sekrit' mod knowledge?

The game is in Perl, the forum in PHP.

Ballotonia

by **United Virtues** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:23 am

So how do I join and how does it work?

by **Frenline Delpha** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:26 am

United Virtues wrote:So how do I join and how does it work?

You don't join. You survive! :lol:

In all seriousness: it is just an event the happens around Halloween. You can either choose to cure, kill, or join the hordes.

by **Araraukar** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:33 pm

Frenline Delpha wrote:In all seriousness: it is just an event the happens around Halloween. You can either choose to cure, kill, or join the hordes.

Or like what happened to me the first time around: forget to log in for a couple of days and then, coming in, find that 90% of your nation citizens are dead and the rest are zombies, and you're wondering wtf happened.

by **New Axiom** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:55 pm

So, do you lose population? Or no? Or what?
(Will be my first zombie event, I'm a bit worried)

by **Frenline Delpha** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:00 pm

New Axiom wrote:So, do you lose population? Or no? Or what?
(Will be my first zombie event, I'm a bit worried)

I believe everything reverts to normal after the event has ended.

by **New Axiom** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:07 pm

Frenline Delpha wrote:
New Axiom wrote:So, do you lose population? Or no? Or what?
(Will be my first zombie event, I'm a bit worried)

I believe everything reverts to normal after the event has ended.

Whew! Okay, I feel better :lol:

by **Reploid Productions** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:26 pm

Frenline Delpha wrote:
New Axiom wrote:So, do you lose population? Or no? Or what?
(Will be my first zombie event, I'm a bit worried)

I believe everything reverts to normal after the event has ended.

Yup, the "damage" is purely cosmetic, everything goes back to normal after the event's over.

And yes, during the event, the Zombie Emergency Command Center will be unlocked and moved back out of the Archives.

by **TestIsland** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:31 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:Yup, the "damage" is purely cosmetic, everything goes back to normal after the event's over.

And yes, during the event, the Zombie Emergency Command Center will be unlocked and moved back out of the Archives.

Will it be only during the event, or could we have it a couple of days before it begins? It would allow new players time to catch up on the details regarding the event and allow veterans to build strategy.

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