Two contestants are randomly selected as zombies to begin the game. The zombies know their own status, but not the status of the other players (including the other zombie).
The game is played over three 16 hour rounds. In each round, players must "touch" each other by publicly stating the following in this topic:
"TOUCHES [insert player name]"
the response by the touched player must be in the post immediately following the initial post, stating
"ACCEPTS TOUCH BY [insert player name]"
if there are posts in between these it will not count. DO NOT DELETE POSTS, regardless of what was said, touch or not, OR YOUR SCORE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE MADE A ZERO.
If two humans touch, they each score a point. If a zombie touches a human, the human becomes a zombie. (Nothing happens if two zombies touch). Two players cannot touch each other more than once each round, and a player must touch someone else during the round or else they automatically become a zombie at the end of the round. Once each round is over, the number of humans and zombies is revealed to the players. Each player is also given an antidote at the start of the game; if taken within 10 minutes of being touched by a zombie, the human is cured. (Antidotes have no effect on the two original zombies.)
Take your antidote by stating "TAKES ANTIDOTE" within ten minutes of the second person accepting the touch. You may also publicly give your antidote to another player by stating "GIVES ANTIDOTE TO [insert player name]". The receiver automatically takes ownership of the antidote but must still state "TAKES ANTIDOTE" in order to use it.
The zombies win the game, a Token of Life, and three garnets each, if they manage to turn everyone else into zombies, and select the Death Match candidate. If any humans survive the game, the one with the most points wins and earns one garnet for each point scored; and the human with the fewest points loses and becomes the Death Match candidate. If all surviving humans have the same number of points, they are declared joint winners and select a Death Match candidate among the zombies.
As stated, this game will have 3 rounds that last 16 hours each. You can touch multiple times per round but not the same person more than once per round. Here is the round breakdown:
Round 1: 3 pm EST June 12th to 7 am EST June 13th (I will not be online at this time but the round will still advance regardless, I will post the human/zombie count as soon as I get online)
Round 2: 7 am EST June 13th to 11 pm EST June 13th
Round 3: 11 pm EST June 13th to 3 pm EST June 14th
Notice that the main match does not begin until 3 pm EST today, about 40 minutes from the time of posting this.