Discussion on the recent UPP/Infection Round

[Potato Masher]

I have got to say, that was an amazingly fun event. The normal HvH segway-ing into infection was a pretty good idea to keep the round interesting even after the UPP got destroyed, as well as bringing back the dead population.

So, how was your time during the event? I feel there could be a good amount of stories to be told about this one.


Here is my round in a nutshell:
My experience was pretty good. I got to play Spec for the first time as Scout, and I did pretty damn well apparently according to D-chat. Someone even gave me a nickname for how well I lined up some of those shots. I assisted in lazing the UPP base to take out their mounted MGs, and racked up some kills by tracking UPP in the dark.

After coming back down from surgery, I headed up with the remaining Charlie folks with the SL, and proceeded to assault the main structure. We had reached the UPP Commander, and he surrendered after realizing his situation was dire. Additionally, the containment chamber for the Bioweapon was open... I got a message saying that there was black goo all over my shoes and pants, and I had begun to feel sick...

The UPP Commander told us something along the lines of "there is no hope for us now" or something, and Sarah (the synth) realized the extent of the virus and told the command to not let anyone leave the planet. Eventually, marines left and right start turning. I myself battled a few off with Incin rounds, and I had realized my time was near. I let my squad know, and then I turned.

I then had an idea. Testing it proved that as long as you are wearing it, Zombies can still use the Scout's Thermal Cloak.
Of course, I used this to scare the crap out of the remaining marines. Time to become a Lovecraftian Horror monster.

I started sprinting through the Nexus, ambushing and running circles around the remaining panicked marines. Eventually, I and my Zombie Charlie bros headed to LZ2 to grab the UPP ICP and Sarah, who were trying to escape. We got a few of the now-allied UPP troopers using the powers of my cloak, but eventually, they took me down and removed my cloak. There was no need; my head got blasted off anyways.


I was laughing my damn ass off at the idea of a Cloaker Zombie Spec. The closest thing we have to special zombies on the server. Might be annoying, but I seriously hope it doesn't get removed. It was fun to play as, and I know I would have fun fighting against it personally.

[Casany]

I took a flamer, walked into hydro and got shot 7 times. Then while limping to the FOB I got mortered after I passed out with no chance to counter or stop it. Then I was revived, tried to light a cig and husked myself. No fighting whatsoever.

[Borisvanmemes]

I was a UPP medic that died via slugs out of the darkness to the head, was salty

[begad]

Sadly,I missed the event.

[Gerald888]

I was the UPP that killed around 14 marines when i manned the south east MG and was only stopped when the scout kept lazing it. I then went one to kill an additional 4 or 6 marines during the last stand.

[Elcheba]

i think i shot twice in the round, i was guarding the UPP "bio lab" and then got husked by delta's spec

then i rejoined as a special UPP force to retrieve the samples and the cure, we secured it and survived c:

Overall a pretty fun round

[zoboomafoo]

I had fun, I killed a UPP with their own smartgun nest. Didn't see that coming did you! Although in the beginning of the round I had to evac because a memer was aiming for hands and shot mine of in 1 shot (thanks rngesus). So I missed a good portion of the mass murder that is HvH. The last little bit was fun, blowing up cornered UPP with CAS in their base and then rushing in. Also got to keep playing after I was dead by being a zombie, but poor Lyla didn't like going through all that and surviving just to die to a bioweapon. Running around whacking people as a zombie is fun though.

Overall, despite missing a lot of the actual fighting I had a good time.

Also sorry not sorry about the slugs from the darkness :^)

[Varen]

All I managed to do was set up a sentry, then get killed because a marine decided to throw a flare under me, just so the UPP could that much easier take a shot at me. Super salty at Marines who HvH as if they're fighting aliens.
Moaned a bit and smashed as zombie too. Could've been more fun, but alas, relying on other marines to be sensible gets you killed.

[RobBrown4PM]

Pretty fun round over all. Really liked the twist at the end with the zombies.

[Madhze]

I was the Charlie smartgunner and got mortared to death outside of hydro within five minutes of landing and then spawned as a freelancer who spent 15 minutes walking around in the caves with no contact, just to get caught out in the open by a UPP machine gun and bleed to death.

When the zombies came I played as like eight different people at different parts of the map trying to infect corpses and meeting up with other zombies before dying a dozen different glorious fire deaths.

It was overall a pretty fun round although I'm a bit disappointed I missed out on the actual UPP base siege, although fingers crossed for being one of the UPP soldiers next time because that seems like a blast.

[Vampmare]

Sounds like a really fun round, sadly I haven't been able to stay up for those US times the last few days.

I was laughing my damn ass off at the idea of a Cloaker Zombie Spec. The closest thing we have to special zombies on the server. Might be annoying, but I seriously hope it does get removed. It was fun to play as, and I know I would have fun fighting against it personally.

I hope you meant "it does not get removed", cause this thing sounds like it could be implemented for some extra event fun.

[Printer16]

I really enjoyed the round. Me and several other zombies all rested on the shuttle and were planning to get up and attack anyone who came in but we crash landed.

[Potato Masher]

I hope you meant "it does not get removed", cause this thing sounds like it could be implemented for some extra event fun.

Whoops, you are right. Lemme fix that.

[Potato Masher]

I was the UPP that killed around 14 marines when i manned the south east MG and was only stopped when the scout kept lazing it.

I love the POs when they follow up on my lazes quickly.

[Sir Lordington]

I had quite a bit of fun as the UPP CO. I was planning on releasing the bioweapon via syringes after surrendering, but the Charlie spec shot me to death even though I surrendered. I did manage to infect the prisoner we had and said spec before going down though, and marines had blown open the containment chamber with CAS so everyone got infected. Then sheananigans happened and the Marine CO executed me even though I had the key to giving them the cure, getting a bunch of Almayer staff infected.

I came back as a UPP private in the last platoon, helped secure the cure and weapon samples from medical and then evacced back to space commieland.

Good stuff.

[Potato Masher]

I was planning on releasing the bioweapon via syringes after surrendering, but the Charlie spec shot me to death even though I surrender.

Sorry about that. I only just showed up at the back of the the UPP base and I couldn't tell if you were armed or not after seeing the prisoner walk out. Not only that but I forgot to swap off of flame rounds which burned you to death.

But, thank you for the early infection of me. Dead chat was apparently quite amused by my performance as the cloaking scout spec zombie.