This is a reboot of a thread I created a year or two ago that ended up dying out. I'm looking for a set of roleplayers who will be dedicated to writing a great story. Any and all suggestions are welcome and will be taken on board, I'd like to make this roleplay the best it could be!
On January 11th 2017 a genetically engineered virus escaped from the CDC in Texas when the facility became the victim of a terrorism attack. By time the US could send a response team, what was left of the CDC was covered in blood and most of the virus' victims had already left. Soon after 911 calls started coming in, with terrified callers reporting that there were crazy people running about attacking and killing people in the middle of the street. From here things only got worse. Much, much worse.
Within three days, the whole city was infected. Police forces weren't equipped to deal with the infected, and when the army was finally called in they weren't told what they were up against as the government was trying to prevent mass panic. They weren't ready, and they were slaughtered. Three weeks later, every major population centre in the state had fallen to the infected. Panic set in within citizens, and with everyone trying to leave at the same time highways became gridlocked. These gridlocked highways became heaven for the infected, they stormed through the parked cars and fleeing crowds and killed everyone. They carried on up the highways until they got to the next major city, and so the cycle repeated. Within two months, most of the US had fallen to the infected. Mexico had been infected, and the infection had started making appearances in Europe. Washington DC was the last place to fall, and after that, the United States of America was no more. This cataclysmic event would be forever known to the world as The Collapse.
By July 24th 2017, the world was a completely different place. All infrastructure had completely shut down. The lights have turned off. Running water is a thing of the past. Money is only worth burning. The infected roam the streets, joined by survivors who will do
anything to survive. When you live in a world like this, how are you going to get through the days?
Hello! Welcome to
The Collapse. This is a zombie apocalypse role play set six months and thirteen days after the initial outbreak, in New York City. The aim of this role play is for us to tell a story, an interesting tale of survival and Human nature with well developed characters and relationships that we hopefully come to really care about. Things will get dark and gritty, and we won't be skipping over the eventual deaths of some of our characters. I'm looking for a diverse set of characters, so that things wont get boring and everyone can bring something different to the table. Not everyone is going to know how to survive already, some people might have been lucky and have remained hidden for the last six months, not really having to get their hands dirty. And lastly, your not going to have unlimited ammo and amazing weapons. Your going to have to use other things apart from guns, and your going to have to think about when you do. If this sounds like something your interested in, I'd love to have you join.
We all hate rules, but we have to have them.
-No poweplaying/godmoding.
-No controlling anybody elses characters. Ever.
-Always get permission before injuring or hurting another character.
-Swearing, Violence and gore are allowed.
-One paragraph per post as a minimum.
-If your writing smut, skip over it or take it too a pirate/etherpad.
-All standard RPG rules apply.
-Please be able to post atleast ONCE A WEEK. Otherwise the roleplay will become too slow and die off.
The infected: mindless, bloodthirsty monsters stuck in a state of constant anger and rage fuelled adrenaline. They can run faster than us. They can climb. They are attracted by sound. Luckily for you they are only thinking about one thing, which is killing. This means they are stupid, and can be outsmarted if your not too busy running for your life. The infected constantly bleed out of their nose, eyes and mouths due to internal haemorrhaging, and have blood red eyes. They spread the infection through bodily fluids, so if any infected blood or saliva manages to get into your body, even a small amount, and your gone for. The incuation period for becoming an infected after being infected is also incredibly short. After the infected fluids get into your system, you have 20-30 seconds before the infection has completely taken over your body. During this short time, you will begin to vomit blood, bleed from every orifice. Your head will burn, as will your muscles. You will start to spasm, and you will never stop. When the constant adrenaline kicks in, there's nothing left.
