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Round One: The Outbreak (1)
The first Humans vs. Zombies game in Madison. This would start the tradition on the campus. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Round Two: The Outbreak (2)
The second round of the Humans vs. Zombies testing phase. The first three phases would determine the intrest of the Madison students. The photo shows a group of these early testers together. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Round Three: The Outbreak (3)
The final event of 2009. The game of Humans vs. Zombies has very strict rules, such as not targeting non-particpants and not playing inside buildings. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Mini Round (4)
The first round in 2010, which lasted less than three days, starting the concept of a "mini-round". Before this, a "round" was considered a week-long event. The photogapher commented on his regret with only having his cellphone to take pictures of these events. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Humans vs. Zombies (5)
First full round of 2010. This depicts a scene for a promotional video, where a hoard of zombies attack, but the humans take them out quickly. In a real game, zombies would not be able to take action in the game for around 15 minutes after being shot. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Humans vs Zombies: Mini Round - The SCARR Chronicle (6)
The first mini-round of the fall semester. They reach 315 attending members on Facebook. The previous round had 156 members. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Humans vs Zombies: The SCARR Chronicle: 28 Years Later (7)
The first regular round of the fall semester. Facebook users saying they will attend reaches 393. The picture shows that last human's stand against the zombie hoard during this round. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Humans vs Zombies: Spring Round (8)
The full spring semster round. Facebook invites reaches 845, increasing the reach of its popularity on campus. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Humans vs Zombies a.k.a. "Hackers vs Smiths" Final Round (9)
A round depicting the events of "The Matrix" movie series. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Summer Mission 2011 (10)
First miniround of the summer. Picture reveals the "Queen of the Zombies," Abby Schuh, who is one of the founding members of the group. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Second Summer Mission (11)
Summer missions generally have low attendance rates, but people still participated when school was out. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Third Summer Mission "Humanities Last Hope" (12)
This is one of the few pictures taken while filming the promotional video for their YouTube channel. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Final Summer Mission (13)
Picture depicts Maurice, the current president of Humans vs. Zombies. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
The Ark (14)
First round of the fall semester. Only event to have individual missions distributed through Facebook for each player during the week. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Thanksgiving Mini-round (15)
A single day event of humans facing the zombies. For mini-rounds, a special location might be reserved, such as playing at Camp Randall Stadium. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Spring Round (16)
During each round, zombies can tag and turn a human into a zombie during most times, as long as they are not in a safe zone or building. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Fall Round (17)
This picture shows one of the favorite spots to defend against the zombie hoard. It is the connecting point between the fortress of the Humanities building and the steepness of Bascom Hill. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Holiday Mini one day round (18)
Socks are a weapon in the game, and sock monkeys count as well. Nerf blasters and socks can stun zombies, which makes them unable to play for about 15 minutes. Marshmellows were once allowed, but were discontinued due to littering complaints. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
2013 Spring Round (19)
During this round, Nerf guns were banned because of the events of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
HvZ Madison: Quarantine (20)
Event canceled due to the Navy shippyard shooting and an active shooting happening at Missouri State on September 18. This fall semester events were to depict the events of the video game, "The Last of Us." Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
HvZ Madison: Redemption (21)
Only time the humans have won. The zombies have won 24 out of the 25 scheduled events. Since all players are turned into a zombie, it is usually insinuated that when the zombies win, everyone wins. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
HvZ Madison: Reaperfall (22)
This event was based off of the video game, "Mass Effect 3." Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Back to School miniround (23)
This round was meant to give dedicated players a little taste of the games they would experience for the rest of the semester. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
HvZ Madison: Interment (24)
This event reached the highest Facebook invited totals at 1376 participants. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/ -
Fall miniround (25)
Last round that is currently recorded, though more events are sceduled in March and April of 2015. Image used with permission from https://www.facebook.com/groups/HVZMadison/photos/
