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Humans vs. Zombies:

Who will win in 2012?

Kate HuntingtonESS 418

Winter 2012

Photo: brokenbiro.blogspot.com

Take Home: Place your bets on Zombies

• Humans vs. Zombies: live action tag game

• Who will win in Spring quarter 2012?

• Rules favor zombies

Background: Basic rules of the game

• The game - Start as humans (armed) plus a few zombies

- Humans shoot zombies with marshmallows

- Zombies (unarmed) tag humans or ‘starve’

Photo: wikipedia

• How to win: - Humans survive 5 days - Zombies tag & turn all humans

Rules favor zombies#1. Humans use marshmallows for ammunition

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• Humans have incentive to eat ammo• Zombies have infinite ammunition

Rules favor zombies#2. Rule violations are reported by non-player humans

• Humans do not hesitate to report cheating by other humans

(98% of human cheating is reported)

• Zombies intimidate non-player humans (only 55% of zombie cheating is reported)

Rules favor zombies#3. Play continues for 5 days, 12 hours per day

Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010

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AveragePlay Time(hours per

player)

daily maxzombies

humans: 41 hours: 51 hours

Zombies play more hours per game

Or, better yet, show figure step by step

Zombies play more hours/game than humans

Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010

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AveragePlay Time(hours per

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humansdaily max

Zombies play more hours/game than humans

Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010

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AveragePlay Time(hours per

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zombies

humans

Zombies play more hours/game than humans

Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010

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AveragePlay Time(hours per

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daily maxhumans: 41 hours

zombies

Zombies play more hours/game than humans

Data for UW Seattle Campus, 2006-2010

Day of Game0 1 2 3 4 5

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AveragePlay Time(hours per

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daily maxhumans: 41 hours

zombies : 51 hours

Take Home: Rules on cheating & longer hours favor zombies

• Hours of play and cheating probably most important • Lack of temptation to eat ammo helps

If you are a human, give up early!Place your bets on Zombies at kate the bookie.com

Photo: brokenbiro.blogspot.com