Meet the Spring 2010 Puppet Masters.

Another season, another mod squad. Let’s meet them, shall we…

Cody Sumter is the last of the Mohicans. Having brought the game to Truman State with Dale Pahls in 2007, he is all that remains of the original mod squad. He has moderated for every game except the Spring of 2009. That semester, players signed a petition stating that they would boycott the game if Sumter did not take a break and play with them for one semester. His fear of playing was vindicated when he was zombified on the first mission by Kevin McGarrah, after which he hunted down three of his own kills.

He is dedicated to (and some would say obsessed with) integrating a cohesive choose-your-own-adventure style narrative into the game. He believes that each mission should have a direct impact on the story that then changes the course of the game, and that each decision the players make should matter. Ultimately, he is so very proud of what this game has become, and the players that have made it what it is: an experience in leadership, teamwork, social networking, problem solving, exercise, loyalty, self sacrifice, and fun.

This will likely be his last semester moderating, as graduate school beckons. Having been accepted, he will likely be in Cambridge, MA starting at MIT in the fall. He has to make that decision by April 15…

Mike Solomon is returning for his 4th game on the mod squad and we await his full mini-bio, once school stops crushing his soul.

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Annie Froeschner is taking the stage for the 2nd time this semester, having played for many games previous, including making it to the final stand in the Spring of 2008. However, because she is in San Fransisco right now, the rest of her bio will have to wait.

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Mike Bova Conti (or just Bova as he is better known) started playing Humans vs. Zombies in Spring ’08 and has not looked back since.  Rarely missing a chance to be a part of the game, Mike was either standing in the front lines of the Humans, blasting his way through the Horde, or doing his best to run them down to munch.  Every semester he was killed at about the midpoint of the game, giving him equal experience on both sides.  He has also attended a mission at Mizzou as a Human.

Bova is not only an HvZ enthusiast but a Nerf enthusiast.  He has offered his modding services and sold guns throughout much of his HvZ career.  He is frequently consulted about weapon selection and helped to recruit (and was one of) the mod gods of Fall ’09 and Spring ’10.

Finally, he shares Cody’s philosophy regarding missions and seeks to come up with new and creative mission ideas, that are hopefully pleasing to the players.  This will be his only semester moderating, as the real world looms closer, but he may resurface in future games (because HvZ is in his blood and you can never be too old for Nerf).

Spring 2010 will be Jason Marth’s first semester as a full moderator, having previously filled the roles of mission mod, mod god, and player. Other than running the bi-annual HvZ Training Camp, his main foray into HvZ extra curriculars was the co-founding of the failed squad “DPS-Adins.” Despite the group’s predictable decimation, he still holds the team philosophy close to his heart- “play hard, die harder.”

Marth applies the same philosophy to moderating the game. Humans vs. Zombies is not something to be done half way. This is something he get pumped about, and wants the people around him to be just as excited. He wants the players to be engaged in missions, barely slipping into the safety of the dorms, and looking forward to letting more foam fly the next day. He wants war stories. That said, if there’s something you think ought to be in the game, he wants to hear it! The message to get here is, he has fun when players have fun. So go have fun. Yippee-ki-yay, motherfraker.

MOD GODS

Shawn Shawn Shawns
Bobby Shawn Sanders
Michael Shawn Chapman

MISSION MODS

Jocelyn Nebel
Blake Mueller
Eric Bozarth

MEDIA MODS

JW Vineyard