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Civilians
are not allowed to wear any military BDUs or camo at all; they must wear civilian clothes. Civilians should also refrain from using plate carriers, SWAT vests, or other highly militarized tactical gear. Shoulder bags, belts with pouches, backpacks, shoulder holsters, hip holsters, thigh holsters, hydration pouches, and small satchels are fine.
-Civilians may only use gas or spring pistols, shotguns, and bolt-action rifles. AEPS are also acceptable if they have the small magazines (no extended mags)
-Civilians may use approved boffer foam weapons. (www.edhellen.com)
-Civilians may use approved rubber knives.
-Only civilians are allowed to use in-game halloween Chainsaw weapons.
-Civilians may NOT use riot shields, AEGs, M203 launchers, or flamethrowers.
POLICE / LAW ENFORCEMENT:
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Police must be in full black BDUS, full navy blue BDUs, or a police outfit/impression. Just wearing black or navy blue clothing doesn't cut it... it has to be a uniform or BDU or some effort has to be put into it so that it is obvious you are law enforcement. Resident Evil impressions that are S.T.A.R.s related are also allowed. Police are only allowed black tactical gear (NO OTHER COLORS ALLOWED!).
-Police may use gas or spring pistols, shotguns, and bolt-action rifles.
-Police may use MP5, M4, and MP7 style AEGs. (NO HI-CAPS)
-Police may use approved boffer foam weapons. (www.edhellen.com)
-Police may use approved rubber knives.
-Only Police are allowed to use in-game Riot shields.
-Police may NOT use M203 launchers, flamethrowers, or chainsaws.
MILITARY:
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Military must be in full ACU BDUs with a helmet or ACU headpiece (Patrol cap, tactical cap, boonie, dew rag, etc) of some sort. Helmets and Tactical gear are NOT required to be in ACU. ACU is the ONLY BDU camo allowed for military. Tan, black, or green tactical caps are NOT allowed.
-Military may use gas or spring pistols, shotguns, and bolt-action rifles.
-Military may use any AEG variant. (NO HI-CAPS)
-Military may use approved boffer foam weapons. (www.edhellen.com)
-Military may use approved rubber knives.
-Only Military are allowed to use M203 launchers.
-Only Military are allowed to use flamethrowers.
-Military may NOT use riot shields or chainsaw weapons.
***Zombies / Infected***
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| Photos courtesy of 28 Weeks Later and Dawn of the Dead. |
Infected players can theoretically wear anything and still be a zombie, but they are encouraged to wear something unique, bloody, or cool when it is their turn to play as a zombie. Bloody shirts, severed limbs, and exposed guts are encouraged! Infected are not allowed to use any equipment or weapons of any sort.
Infected players must put on and wear the appropriate “infected” balaclava. This balaclava will be provided to you during game day.
Infected players WILL take short range shots, so plan accordingly. Infected players should cover all of their exposed skin and wear gloves! They are encouraged to wear a few extra layers of clothing to pad themselves from painful shots. Although precautions are set in place to help minimize the risk of painful shots, do not attend this event if you cannot handle this aspect of the game.
If an infected player comes into physical contact with a survivor, they initiate a grapple. Infected players CANNOT initiate a grapple from the ground... no reanimating and grabbing ankles as people pass by. A zombie player should announce "GRAPPLE" when they touch someone to signal to the player that you have them. When a survivor is grappled, they must immediately fall to the ground with the zombie and pretend to struggle. As soon as the grapple is taken to the ground, the zombie player begins a 10 second countdown. If no help arrives after 10 seconds, the survivor is mauled to death. If a player manages to pull an approved rubber knife (NO STABBING! Just hold the knife) before the end of the 10 seconds, they manage to kill the zombie before they are mauled (see below for knife rules). If at any time a second zombie joins the grapple, the survivor is mauled to death. If another survivor shoots or clubs the zombie to death (a player cannot shoot or beat a zombie until both players are on the ground and the grapple has initiated) before the 10 seconds elapse, the grappled player will survive and can get back up. A grappled survivor cannot use any of those weapons, including boffers.
Any survivor successfully mauled by a zombie or group of zombies will role play being eaten and dying and then put on their Infected Balaclava. After one minute, the newly infected player will rise and join the ranks of the zombies. As soon as this player is downed once, they will pull out a kill rag and go back to the survivor respawn in order to reinsert into the game as a new survivor.
An Infected player takes 3 BB hits or 3 boffer hits to down. A downed Infected player falls to the ground (they cannot stand unless conditions are terribly muddy/sloppy). After two full minutes, they may get back up. Infected players continue to reanimate in this way indefinitely unless they are "mutilated" in one of 2 ways. (1) They choose to, because they are in a hopeless situation or their body is being camped. (2) They are downed by an M203 explosive, a flamethrower stream, or a chainsaw. A "mutilation" requires the infected player to pull out a kill rag and fall back at least 100 feet and out of sight of survivors. Once back and out of sight, they put away their kill rags and reenter the game.
Infected players cannot use team tactics, zigzag to dodge bullets, or communicate verbally (besides growling and roaring). You run directly at food sources (survivors) as fast as you can in order to feast or you may slowly lumber towards them... it is up to you. You are a savage infected human that closely resembles a rabid cannibal… act like one!
Infected players must react to different equipment in different ways.
Chainsaws- An infected zombie that attacks a human wielding a chainsaw from the front should grab hold of the chainsaw and pretend to be cut by it for up to 3 seconds. After three seconds, you are considered down and "mutilated". During this time, if you touch the human they are NOT considered infected or grappled. If the human breaks contact before three seconds, you are still considered alive. Only one zombie at a time can be chainsaw killed. Chainsaws cannot "mutilate" downed zombies.
Riot Shields- If you attack a human with a riot shield, you must continue attacking them even though you cannot kill them without help from another zombie. Hold onto the edges of the shield and push around (gently) the player holding the riot shield, but you cannot break contact with him at all. It will take an additional zombie to grapple the survivor with a riot shield.
Shotguns- Multiple shot shotguns will be able to down a zombie in one shot, so pay attention to what hits you... you should be able to tell the difference between a single spring pump shotgun and a tri-burst shotgun.
Bats / Clubs / Axes- These boffer melee weapons can inflict hits on you, but they must exert a significant amount of force in order to do so. Light taps don't count, and excessively hard hits don't count either, but a medium strength hit with some force behind it is required to wound a zombie. If a player has a two handed large boffer weapon, any hits to you will knock you to the ground... but you still have to be hit multiple times in order to be killed.
M203 Shower Shells- Any zombies hit by the sprays of BBs from a 40mm grenade shower shell are "mutilated".
Flamethrowers- A low powered spray airsoft BB flamethrower downs and "mutilates" a zombie. Also, a flamethrower may be sprayed at other downed zombies and "mutilate" them to clean up the bodies. If you are sprayed by a flamethrower, you should role play being burned alive.
***Melee Combat***
Close combat, or melee combat, is used in Operation Plague in several different ways. Please read and be familiar with how each melee weapon works.
Grappling
Full out tackling or body slamming is not allowed. Any zombie player who touches a survivor initiates a grapple; the survivor must immediately fall to the ground and pretend to struggle with the zombie and call for help. This initiates a 10 second countdown. If no help arrives after 10 seconds, the survivor is mauled to death. If the survivor manages to pull a rubber knife by the end of the 10 seconds, they defend themselves and kill the attacking zombie. If at any time a second zombie joins the grapple, the survivor is mauled to death. If another survivor shoots or clubs the zombie to death (you cannot shoot or beat a zombie until both players are on the ground and the grapple has initiated) before the 10 seconds elapse, the grappled player will survive and can get back up. A grappled survivor cannot use any of his weapons.
Riot Shields
A player with a riot shield cannot be grappled by a single zombie. With a riot shield, it takes two zombies (one on the shield and one on the player) to successfully grapple a survivor and it takes three zombies to overpower and maul a survivor. When a zombie is pressed up against a riot shield, you cannot shoot them with any weapon (within 10 feet) but you can beat them to death with a boffer weapon. Riot shields cannot be used to shield rush or slam people, so be careful when you use one. Riot shields DO NOT block BBs and any BB striking a shield is considered to hit the player.
Chainsaws
Real chainsaws with the blades removed are not allowed... the only approved chainsaws are plastic toy halloween chainsaws. Two hands must be used on a chainsaw for it to be used. If a zombie attacks a player from the front, the survivor may down a zombie by pressing the chainsaw onto the zombie player. A full three seconds of contact must be kept in order to down the zombie... breaking contact means the zombie is still alive. If a zombie is downed by a chainsaw, they are considered "mutilated". If a zombie grapples a survivor from the back or if a survivor is holding the chainsaw in one hand, the chainsaw does not help.
Boffer Foam Weapons
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Any survivor may use an approved boffer weapon such as an axe, sword, or club. These weapons may be used one handed or two, and inflict wounds on a zombie with each hit. Sufficient force (medium strength hits) must be used against a zombie... light hits do not count and excessive hits will get you kicked out of the game. You must also fully extend a swing in order to hit (the boffer weapon should travel about 3 feet before it strikes) or else it is not valid... no machine-gun taps from the wrist. A large two handed boffer weapon will knock a zombie to the ground with a hit, but it does not kill them instantly. A grappled survivor cannot use a boffer weapon on a zombie. NEVER AIM FOR THE HEAD! Foam weapons will be given full contact combat sport testing, if you don't think you can create a passable foam weapon, save yourself the trouble and buy a pre-made weapon from www.edhellen.com
CHEAP FOAM AND NERF SWORDS/WEAPONS DO NOT COUNT!
Rubber Knives
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Any survivor may carry an approved rubber knife. This cannot be used as a slashing or stabbing weapon but is merely a prop that allows you to survive being grappled with a zombie. Normally, a survivor who is grappled and taken to the ground by a lone zombie will be mauled to death in 10 seconds. If the survivor pulls a rubber knife during the grapple, they instead kill the zombie after the 10 seconds. They only win the grapple after the FULL 10 seconds has passed. You cannot be grappled, pull out a knife, and then run off... you must go to the ground in the grapple and only win after the 10 seconds is up. If at any time during the 10 seconds a second zombie enters the grapple, the survivor is overpowered and mauled to death.
***Safety Rules***
At any time a real life emergency arrises, players are to call out "CEASE FIRE, EMERGENCY" as loud as they can and repeatedly until the message is relayed through the entire playing field. Contact an OC immediately. All game actions halt until an OC states otherwise.
All players are required to chrono their weapons to ensure the rules are being followed for different weapons.
All players are expected to follow the rules of the game and the rules of the field the event is held at.
Improvised weapons are NOT ALLOWED unless inspected and approved by an event coordinator.
All players are required to carry and use a kill rag (extras will be available onsite).
Players should avoid head shots at all costs. Continuous/intentional head shots will get you ejected from the game. No matter what curve ball the storyline throws at you, THERE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE A TIME WHERE ZOMBIES MUST BE SHOT OR STRUCK IN THE HEAD! Plain and simple... don't aim for the head! EVER!
All players under the age of 18 (15-17) are required to wear a full paintball mask (ANSI Z87.1 lens) in order to play. All players 18 and older are required to wear full seal goggles (ANSI Z87.1 lens). Players 18 and older are NOT required to wear a full face mask.
***NOTE: Wire mesh goggles are NOT allowed at Operation Plague.
There is NO BLIND FIRING allowed at this event. In order to fire your weapon, you must be able to see down the barrel of it. You can't just stick your hand and gun around a corner and fire. You must be able to see the direction you are shooting in order to fire.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO firing directly down onto people's heads from towers or structures. If people directly below you, please do not shoot them on top of the head.
Cracks in the castle walls do not exist... they are considered solid and cannot be shot through.
If at any time you are on a ramp, ladder, or walkway there may be no melee combat or grappling. Allow the player to come up or go down and then resume.
Due to the CQB element of this game, the minimum engagement distance is 10 feet but there is no "bang kill " rule. Close shots WILL happen even though they are not allowed... this is a game where people are sprinting at other people to try and touch them. Do your best in keeping close shots to a minimum, but please make note of this before attending this event. IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS RULE, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND!
***Referees***
Referees will be available in the game to answer questions and to watch for cheaters. All decisions made by a ref are final; do not argue with a referee. Players who are rude or disrespectful to a player will be removed from the event.
***Hidden OCs***
Operation Plague will utilize hidden OCs. A hidden OC is a referee that is playing the game with the sole purpose of watching for cheaters. When you blatantly ignore a hit, the teammate standing next to you may just be a hidden OC and will call you on it. Keep it simple and don’t cheat!
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