I think the world must be going crazy. That or Skye has finally twisted some Dev's arm hard enough to get ideas in. I very well remember him talking first about a Zombie Invasion Zone event for Talos. Then it went to being both a zone event and TF-Spawned thing. Which then was ported to Redside too. It went down hill from there.... Anyway! This is a good idea, nonetheless.
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Edit to add Skye's description of the Event:
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06-23-2008 02:48:16 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Speaking of Zombies?
06-23-2008 02:48:28 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Best suggestion I've -ever- seen for a zone event.
06-23-2008 02:48:35 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Talos Island: The Mists of Astoria.
06-23-2008 02:48:38 [The Legendary]Ankhani: Zombie attack?
06-23-2008 02:48:41 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: There's no zone warning for people in Talos Island.
06-23-2008 02:48:53 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Suddenly, the entire zone is misty, identical to Astoria's misty-ness.
06-23-2008 02:49:11 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Two seconds later, the warning comes up, at the exact same time as the event starts:
06-23-2008 02:49:26 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: ADAMASTOR AND HIS LEGIONS HAVE BROKEN THE WAR WALL.
06-23-2008 02:49:39 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Adamastor rises somewhere in the waters, lurching his way towards the shores of Talos.
06-23-2008 02:49:48 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: As he's going, Zombies rise from the ground.
06-23-2008 02:49:59 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: To prepare the way for their dark god.
06-23-2008 02:50:04 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Imagine it:
06-23-2008 02:50:09 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Mists all over Talos, people in the AH.
06-23-2008 02:50:12 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Suddenly, they look up.
06-23-2008 02:50:22 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Zombies pounding on the ceiling of WW.
06-23-2008 02:50:36 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: For the duration of this event, by the way, Wentworth's and the Hospital's auto-kill zones are removed [as well as debt].
06-23-2008 02:50:46 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: So guess what?
06-23-2008 02:50:54 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Everyone is LITERALLY a zombie horror movie character. >D
06-23-2008 02:51:00 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Take shelter inside buildings
06-23-2008 02:51:05 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Cluster together
06-23-2008 02:51:19 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Fight off the Zombie Hordes, and when Adamastor hits the shore, take his ass down by fighting your way through the hordes.
06-23-2008 02:51:29 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Tell me, tell me, TELL ME that wouldn't be THE MOST AWESOME EVENT.
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And it goes on from there, but that's all the relevant/useful info.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."
>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
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Edit to add Skye's description of the Event:
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06-23-2008 02:48:16 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Speaking of Zombies?
06-23-2008 02:48:28 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Best suggestion I've -ever- seen for a zone event.
06-23-2008 02:48:35 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Talos Island: The Mists of Astoria.
06-23-2008 02:48:38 [The Legendary]Ankhani: Zombie attack?
06-23-2008 02:48:41 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: There's no zone warning for people in Talos Island.
06-23-2008 02:48:53 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Suddenly, the entire zone is misty, identical to Astoria's misty-ness.
06-23-2008 02:49:11 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Two seconds later, the warning comes up, at the exact same time as the event starts:
06-23-2008 02:49:26 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: ADAMASTOR AND HIS LEGIONS HAVE BROKEN THE WAR WALL.
06-23-2008 02:49:39 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Adamastor rises somewhere in the waters, lurching his way towards the shores of Talos.
06-23-2008 02:49:48 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: As he's going, Zombies rise from the ground.
06-23-2008 02:49:59 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: To prepare the way for their dark god.
06-23-2008 02:50:04 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Imagine it:
06-23-2008 02:50:09 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Mists all over Talos, people in the AH.
06-23-2008 02:50:12 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Suddenly, they look up.
06-23-2008 02:50:22 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Zombies pounding on the ceiling of WW.
06-23-2008 02:50:36 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: For the duration of this event, by the way, Wentworth's and the Hospital's auto-kill zones are removed [as well as debt].
06-23-2008 02:50:46 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: So guess what?
06-23-2008 02:50:54 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Everyone is LITERALLY a zombie horror movie character. >D
06-23-2008 02:51:00 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Take shelter inside buildings
06-23-2008 02:51:05 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Cluster together
06-23-2008 02:51:19 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Fight off the Zombie Hordes, and when Adamastor hits the shore, take his ass down by fighting your way through the hordes.
06-23-2008 02:51:29 [The Legendary]Arachnos X: Tell me, tell me, TELL ME that wouldn't be THE MOST AWESOME EVENT.
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And it goes on from there, but that's all the relevant/useful info.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."
>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI