[Operation: Return to the Fallen City - Mission Failure]
I cannot express enough how amazing and wonderful it was to be able to put on this game and have so many great players in it. You all made this 3-Day game one of the best we've ever had! Though the final mission was a catastrophic failure for Humans at 100% infection rate, our 15th anniversary celebration was a major success. Despite all the back end mod chaos that ended up happening, this was one of my favorite games I've ever written with a mod squad I'm very proud of.
In 2010 Meagan (the Assistant) had planned on continuing the storyline from the first few games (2 prequel games and 1 full weeklong), but ended up not being able to before leaving HvZ. And ever since I became a moderator in 2013, I thought how great would it be to eventually make a sequel to the very first game I played. So when we came up on our 15th anniversary I knew what we needed to do. We needed to return to the fallen city and try again.
This was a year long labor of love to write and build, and a gift to my real life best friend who helped start the game that's been such a gigantic part of my life. The tears I shed during briefings were very real, as strong and in character as I tried to be, but that's just a testament to how important the time I've spent in this game has been to me. HvZ brought me my best friends, my loves, and a whole lot of joy in my life I can't quantify.
When I was a freshman in fall of 2009, playing my very first game of this weird and wonderful new thing called Humans vs. Zombies, if you had told me then that I would spend the next 15 years of my life playing, creating, and nurturing this game and the people in it, I don't know what I would say to that.
Right now, though, I say thank you. Thank you for giving your time and energy to this thing I love so much. See you next time.
Brains! - Shannon