Zombie Defense Coalition Cure Board 2: Electric Boogaloo

[Die Erworbenen Namen]

While I feel conventional cures are necessary, we should be prepared for unexpected things, as well as violence.

[Len Hyet]

Actually, like I said in AM's RMB, we should heavily consider some catastrophic what ifs, some potentially devastating curveballs, so that we're prepared in case they come up. Two of the biggest changes I can think of, which would absolutely devastate us if we're unprepared for them, are if there's no actual cure, and if interregional attacks are allowed. Max is a devious devil, and I would not be surprised if he decided to throw us a curveball that would totally fuck up our strategy if we do the same thing we did last year.

I think we can rule inter-regional attacks out just on principle. Max wouldn't do that, the ZA is supposed to be a fun event and I think that would piss a lot of people off.

Now no actual cure would throw us for a curve, but I don't see any way of pre-emptively dealing with it. Our objective is to have an extremely high surviving population. If we go with extermination from the beginning, we end up with billions dead, win or lose. Our only option is to have the largest nations do cure research and the smallest do extermination, trying to limit that option as much as possible.

My biggest fear is that he upped the infection rate. If Max doubles the infection rate we could be looking at an overwhelming number of zombies from day one, forcing us into extermination procedures to stay abreast of the rapidly expanding infection rate.

[New Pyrrhius]

I'm gonna wait a while before starting up Ex-Ops. I for one found extermination to be completely nerfed.

[Hurdegaryp]

I'm gonna wait a while before starting up Ex-Ops. I for one found extermination to be completely nerfed.

So the one thing that actually got result at the expense of many poor civilians has been neutered?

[Shadoke]

I will join this. Im not letting a zombie take a region that could e a raider victory!

[Slenderman The CreepyPasta King]

i'll help cure

[Slenderman The CreepyPasta King]

I will join this. Im not letting a zombie take a region that could e a raider victory!

watch, you'll be one of the first regions taken over or dead, i guarantee it, can't you guys just put aside your raiding habits and help defeat the zombies? and by hat i mean no joining other regions and bombing them with zombies. If you do, everyone in your region is on my list.

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

As a nation of mad scientists (never mind that we are velociraptors), we are willing to research a cure for something that is totally not our fault this time.
*hides BioTech storefront*

[Shadoke]

bring it, pass is going up asap

I said i was researching a cure

[Slenderman The CreepyPasta King]

bring it, pass is going up asap

I said i was researching a cure

do you REALLY think you can survive unkillable creepypastas? And i must have missed the cure part

[Shadoke]

bring it, pass is going up asap

I said i was researching a cure

do you REALLY think you can survive unkillable creepypastas? And i must have missed the cure part

Time to call in my favor with Jeff the Killer

[Dakran]

Embrace me, it's my time to rule at last.

Is that a sabaton reference?

[New Pyrrhius]

Zombie Hitler ruined my tea party last year. Now, it's personal. He eats brains now, but soon he'll eat lead.

[The World Health Organisation]

Let's get a cure going! Cure FTW!

[Bearon]

Zombie Hitler ruined my tea party last year. Now, it's personal. He eats brains now, but soon he'll eat lead.

*Mexican music* Why not both?

[Ainin]

Signups should be done at the ZDC main thread linked in the OP.

[The Campbell Nation]

So, any progress so far on the name for the new strain?

[Ainin]

So, any progress so far on the name for the new strain?

Any suggestions?

[New Pyrrhius]

My name for the strain is Hugely Invasive Viral Entity (H.I.V.E.).

[Aksun]

Greetings from Zombie Defense Coalition. If you are members of the cure board let me know so I can add you to the list.

[The Campbell Nation]

So, any progress so far on the name for the new strain?

Any suggestions?

I'm not good at Latin, but perhaps something to the effect of "continuing zombie disease"?
Were there any ideas in a similar vain from last year that were discarded?

[Zombie Adolf Hitler]

What? I was here last year. And my jaw won't be falling off this year, either.

You again!

I've been waiting for this moment, Lenny dear.

[Luziyca]

Ainin, may I join the board?

[Slenderman The CreepyPasta King]

Any suggestions?

I'm not good at Latin, but perhaps something to the effect of "continuing zombie disease"?
Were there any ideas in a similar vain from last year that were discarded?

How about ConZombian

[Grenartia]

Actually, like I said in AM's RMB, we should heavily consider some catastrophic what ifs, some potentially devastating curveballs, so that we're prepared in case they come up. Two of the biggest changes I can think of, which would absolutely devastate us if we're unprepared for them, are if there's no actual cure, and if interregional attacks are allowed. Max is a devious devil, and I would not be surprised if he decided to throw us a curveball that would totally fuck up our strategy if we do the same thing we did last year.

1. I think we can rule inter-regional attacks out just on principle. Max wouldn't do that, the ZA is supposed to be a fun event and I think that would piss a lot of people off.

2. Now no actual cure would throw us for a curve, but I don't see any way of pre-emptively dealing with it. Our objective is to have an extremely high surviving population. If we go with extermination from the beginning, we end up with billions dead, win or lose. Our only option is to have the largest nations do cure research and the smallest do extermination, trying to limit that option as much as possible.

3. My biggest fear is that he upped the infection rate. If Max doubles the infection rate we could be looking at an overwhelming number of zombies from day one, forcing us into extermination procedures to stay abreast of the rapidly expanding infection rate.

1. This is a guy who allows raiding because he thinks its neat and fun. I don't think we can rule it out.

2. Last year, in AM, we had some of our nations use extermination to hold off the Zacks while the rest researched cure missiles. Not enough to significantly bring down the surviving population, but enough to keep on researching.

3. That would be a big fuckup of plans. Another thing I fear is if he includes an option to send out trojan cure missiles, where instead of distributing the cure, they actually kill survivors and infected, or worse, infect survivors.