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Emergency Post

Hi guys. This post is queued to be posted in the event that I haven’t logged on to tumblr to post it forward in over six months. That fact alone means I’m probably not going to return. Based on the car accident I had in May 2016 and Trump being elected I felt it necessary to have this post just in case I disappear. This is not a suicide note, this is just to say that given the length of time it’s been since I’ve visited tumblr, I will most likely not return, due to either physical or mental restraints. In which case, unless I can return in the future, please consider this my last post.

The truth is I’ve been quite ill for quite some time. Despite my best efforts, I haven’t been able to fight my illness as well as I had hoped, which led to my unfortunate abandoning of this blog. I was able to keep up with my main because all I had to do for that one was reblog stuff from my dash. I cannot express how sorry I am that things turned out this way.

If you’re seeing this message, I thank you for the support, and I wish you all the best. I also wish to share my zombies run reference folder, where all of my Zombies, Run! pictures for this blog are stored.

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Jack: So, We’re not…

Eugene: We’re just gonna…

Jack:Play some tracks today. Let you enjoy some, quality tunes.

Eugene: problem with New Years Eve in the Apocalypse is that, everyone’s aware that it, could be their last New Years Eve.

Jack: Play the Track

Eugene: *sigh*

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Eugene: I’ve got one. New Years Eve

Jack: Uh, for those of you who’ve just joined us, we’re talking about things we DON’T miss since the Zombie Apocalypse

Phil: New Year’s Eve does still exist, you know…?

Eugene: Yeah, but it’s.. different. There’s not as much…

Zoe: Fun?

Eugene: STRESS. You know how it was! You’d spend months wondering if you were going to get invited to any parties at all…

Jack:And then you’d get three and you wouldn’t know which one to go to

Eugene: And whichever one you chose, even if you managed all three, you’d always get this secret fear that, there was a much better party going on somewhere else that you hadn’t been invited to.

Zoe: There’s that whole midnight snogging thing too. You know, on the lips, on the cheeks, one kiss, two kisses, it’s a social minefield! And there are some people you definitely don’t want to kiss on the lips, and they’re always the ones who insist on doing it.

Phil: Plus, it’s really annoying when you shell out for a good bottle of bubbly, and everyone else brings Carver, and you end up necking the swill while some other bugger enjoys your thirty quid champagne.

Jack: I uh.. heh… I always bring carver.

Zoe: Yeah

Eugene: Actually, Phil, I bring Carver too.

Phil: Right. *sigh* Well, I know who I’m not spending New Years Eve with

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Eugene: Alright, Alright. Jack: Open it! Ladies and Gentlemen, and runners, it’s Christmas Day, and we thought we’d open our presents live on air Eugene: Well, You thought. Jack:: Have you not opened it yet? Eugene: That’s…. Aw thanks Jack! Jack: It’s a Fawlty towers DVD. I got him a Fawlty towers DVD. Eugene: Thank you so much, Jack! Where’d you get it? Jack: You see, when Eugene was sent to the UK, one of the sub-eds gave him a whole load of British Comedy DVDs to watch on those, lonely hotel nights. And his favorite was, Eugene: Fawlty towers. Thanks, that’s really great.  Jack: So, what did you get me? Eugene: Uh, let’s not do this now. Let’s do it during a track. Jack: No, c'mon. On air is more fun. Eugene: Right. Jack: Oh, it’s heavy. Quite heavy, AHH I’m just going to do it.It’s a brick. In a sock. Eugene: For the zombies, if they get close. You can swing it! Jack: A brick. Eugene: In a sock! Jack: Thanks. Eugene: I’m sorry. I didn’t realize we were doing presents until yesterday. You know, with the apocalypse. Jack: Just play a track.

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Jack: Songs with Christmas in the Title. GO! Eugene: I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas. Jack: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Eugene: Do They Know It’s Christmas Jack: Last Christmas Eugene: AH! All I Want for Christmas is You  Jack: Lonely This Christmas Eugene: Oh, no, Hang on! Jack: I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday! It’s Christmas Time! Don’t Let the Bells End. Wumbling Merry Christmas. Eugene: Now you’re making these up. Jack: Rocking Around the Christmas Tree. Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo. Christmas Alphabet, the Gift of Christmas. Eugene: Hang on! Jack: What? Eugene: Show me. Jack: No, show you what? Eugene: You’ve got them written on your hand! Did you just ROFFLEnet these? The only person you’re cheating, mister, is yourself.  Jack: Father Christmas, do not touch me.  Eugene: No, that’s not real.  Jack: It’s by the Goodies. Should we do presents live on air tomorrow? Eugene: Oh, uh, Yeah, awesome.  Jack: YES! I love Christmas.

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Eugene: So, I don’t think any of us were expecting this. Jack: No, I didn’t even know it was a thing. Eugene: Today is the Mexican festival, the Day of the Dead. And the Zoms are… Jack: Well, they seem to have a slight heightened awareness. Eugene: No, no, no. This is a joke. Someone’s trying to wind us up. Jack: It’s true. Major De Santa told me personally. And when have you ever seen her joke? Eugene: Ok, fine. So apparently they’ve been seen opening doors, sitting, and, (sigh) you read this out. Jack: No, I’m not going to read it, you read it.  Eugene: I’m going to sound like an idiot.  Jack: Look, before, people who believed in zombie apocalypses are idiots, and now look. Who knows what the zombies can do? And what obscure Mexican festival they’re connected to? Eugene: It’s actually not that obscure, it’s a pretty big thing.  Jack: Was a pretty big thing. Eugene: Ok. One of the zombies has been caught having a cup of tea. Jack: With? Eugene: With a saucer. So, we’re not sure what the zoms are capable of today. So stay safe guys.  Jack: (Laughing) Eugene: You made this up, didn’t you!? Jack: A little. Imagine. With a saucer.  Eugene: You said De Santa… Jack: Right. This is me, fishing, (makes casting noise), and here’s me reeling you in, hook, line, sinker. (Laughing) Eugene: Right. Of course, no one fishes anymore. Pike are the only animal that our zombie disease transferred to. Now there’s loads of zombie fish of all sorts.  Jack: Woah. No way. You know, didn’t we have fish the other day? Eugene: Yeah, from a lake. Lakes are like, well, lakes are like some of those Caribbean islands for humans, no way for them to get infected.  Jack: Didn’t we wade through a river? Oh that’s creepy. Zombie fish. Ugh! Eugene: I didn’t even have to try hard Jack: What? Oh, oh ha ha.  Eugene. This next track is for any of our zombie fish listeners. Or for any zoms sitting down to their afternoon tea.

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Jack: Now, Obviously there are some children out there who know it’s Halloween tonight. Eugene: A Holiday we keep celebrating. Jack: Because it’s brilliant! Eugene: I just don’t know if that’s true anymore. Anyway, Major De Santa has requested that, and this should be obvious but, NOBODY is to dress up as a zombie. Just to repeat that, NOBODY. IS TO DRESS UP. AS A ZOMBIE.  Jack: If you do dress up as a zombie, you may well be shot.  Eugene: Which will probably put a damper on your trick or treating.  Jack: Stay safe guys.

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Jack: So, We’re not…

Eugene: We’re just gonna…

Jack:Play some tracks today. Let you enjoy some, quality tunes.

Eugene: problem with New Years Eve in the Apocalypse is that, everyone’s aware that it, could be their last New Years Eve.

Jack: Play the Track

Eugene: *sigh*

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Eugene: I’ve got one. New Years Eve

Jack: Uh, for those of you who’ve just joined us, we’re talking about things we DON’T miss since the Zombie Apocalypse

Phil: New Year’s Eve does still exist, you know…?

Eugene: Yeah, but it’s.. different. There’s not as much…

Zoe: Fun?

Eugene: STRESS. You know how it was! You’d spend months wondering if you were going to get invited to any parties at all…

Jack:And then you’d get three and you wouldn’t know which one to go to

Eugene: And whichever one you chose, even if you managed all three, you’d always get this secret fear that, there was a much better party going on somewhere else that you hadn’t been invited to.

Zoe: There’s that whole midnight snogging thing too. You know, on the lips, on the cheeks, one kiss, two kisses, it’s a social minefield! And there are some people you definitely don’t want to kiss on the lips, and they’re always the ones who insist on doing it.

Phil: Plus, it’s really annoying when you shell out for a good bottle of bubbly, and everyone else brings Carver, and you end up necking the swill while some other bugger enjoys your thirty quid champagne.

Jack: I uh.. heh… I always bring carver.

Zoe: Yeah

Eugene: Actually, Phil, I bring Carver too.

Phil: Right. *sigh* Well, I know who I’m not spending New Years Eve with

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Eugene: Alright, Alright. Jack: Open it! Ladies and Gentlemen, and runners, it’s Christmas Day, and we thought we’d open our presents live on air Eugene: Well, You thought. Jack:: Have you not opened it yet? Eugene: That’s…. Aw thanks Jack! Jack: It’s a Fawlty towers DVD. I got him a Fawlty towers DVD. Eugene: Thank you so much, Jack! Where’d you get it? Jack: You see, when Eugene was sent to the UK, one of the sub-eds gave him a whole load of British Comedy DVDs to watch on those, lonely hotel nights. And his favorite was, Eugene: Fawlty towers. Thanks, that’s really great.  Jack: So, what did you get me? Eugene: Uh, let’s not do this now. Let’s do it during a track. Jack: No, c'mon. On air is more fun. Eugene: Right. Jack: Oh, it’s heavy. Quite heavy, AHH I’m just going to do it.It’s a brick. In a sock. Eugene: For the zombies, if they get close. You can swing it! Jack: A brick. Eugene: In a sock! Jack: Thanks. Eugene: I’m sorry. I didn’t realize we were doing presents until yesterday. You know, with the apocalypse. Jack: Just play a track.

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Jack: Songs with Christmas in the Title. GO! Eugene: I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas. Jack: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Eugene: Do They Know It’s Christmas Jack: Last Christmas Eugene: AH! All I Want for Christmas is You  Jack: Lonely This Christmas Eugene: Oh, no, Hang on! Jack: I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday! It’s Christmas Time! Don’t Let the Bells End. Wumbling Merry Christmas. Eugene: Now you’re making these up. Jack: Rocking Around the Christmas Tree. Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo. Christmas Alphabet, the Gift of Christmas. Eugene: Hang on! Jack: What? Eugene: Show me. Jack: No, show you what? Eugene: You’ve got them written on your hand! Did you just ROFFLEnet these? The only person you’re cheating, mister, is yourself.  Jack: Father Christmas, do not touch me.  Eugene: No, that’s not real.  Jack: It’s by the Goodies. Should we do presents live on air tomorrow? Eugene: Oh, uh, Yeah, awesome.  Jack: YES! I love Christmas.

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Collected a sports bra.

Where did the bra come from? Who’s was it? Did they take it off and lose it? Why would they take it off if they were likely on the run? Did they die in it? Did the Zombies eat round it and leave the bra behind?

So many questions.

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Eugene: So, I don’t think any of us were expecting this. Jack: No, I didn’t even know it was a thing. Eugene: Today is the Mexican festival, the Day of the Dead. And the Zoms are… Jack: Well, they seem to have a slight heightened awareness. Eugene: No, no, no. This is a joke. Someone’s trying to wind us up. Jack: It’s true. Major De Santa told me personally. And when have you ever seen her joke? Eugene: Ok, fine. So apparently they’ve been seen opening doors, sitting, and, (sigh) you read this out. Jack: No, I’m not going to read it, you read it.  Eugene: I’m going to sound like an idiot.  Jack: Look, before, people who believed in zombie apocalypses are idiots, and now look. Who knows what the zombies can do? And what obscure Mexican festival they’re connected to? Eugene: It’s actually not that obscure, it’s a pretty big thing.  Jack: Was a pretty big thing. Eugene: Ok. One of the zombies has been caught having a cup of tea. Jack: With? Eugene: With a saucer. So, we’re not sure what the zoms are capable of today. So stay safe guys.  Jack: (Laughing) Eugene: You made this up, didn’t you!? Jack: A little. Imagine. With a saucer.  Eugene: You said De Santa… Jack: Right. This is me, fishing, (makes casting noise), and here’s me reeling you in, hook, line, sinker. (Laughing) Eugene: Right. Of course, no one fishes anymore. Pike are the only animal that our zombie disease transferred to. Now there’s loads of zombie fish of all sorts.  Jack: Woah. No way. You know, didn’t we have fish the other day? Eugene: Yeah, from a lake. Lakes are like, well, lakes are like some of those Caribbean islands for humans, no way for them to get infected.  Jack: Didn’t we wade through a river? Oh that’s creepy. Zombie fish. Ugh! Eugene: I didn’t even have to try hard Jack: What? Oh, oh ha ha.  Eugene. This next track is for any of our zombie fish listeners. Or for any zoms sitting down to their afternoon tea.

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Jack: Now, Obviously there are some children out there who know it’s Halloween tonight. Eugene: A Holiday we keep celebrating. Jack: Because it’s brilliant! Eugene: I just don’t know if that’s true anymore. Anyway, Major De Santa has requested that, and this should be obvious but, NOBODY is to dress up as a zombie. Just to repeat that, NOBODY. IS TO DRESS UP. AS A ZOMBIE.  Jack: If you do dress up as a zombie, you may well be shot.  Eugene: Which will probably put a damper on your trick or treating.  Jack: Stay safe guys.

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Zombies, Run! Halloween 5k 2017

Ok, so, what the heck did I just listen to? I went out for a fast-paced walk and did the run, and I have so many thoughts on this.

First off, how can they kill off everyone like that? I know that the virtual races and the Halloween episodes are very AU-ish, but even so they've always left a believable storyline. Even the season 2 Halloween side missions, while unusual, were done in a way that would have allowed all runners to carry on the story, regardless of the weird supernatural stuff. However, this mission did none of that.

Right out of the gate they killed Jody. And we know that Jody doesn't die, or at least I do up to where I'm at in the storyline. We're then introduced to a member of New Canton, and the way he talks makes it sound like this is pre-season 3? It sounds like this mission takes place before Abel and New Canton team up. So if I'm right on that, then where I'm at in the story nullifies this plotline, because, as I pointed out, Jody doesn't die. Or if she does, not as far as I'm up to. In addition, Janine starts to go all OOC on us and nearly kills Sam.

Which brings me to my next point. Sam apparently summoned an "old one", a typical name for a lovecraftian eldritch creature. In doing so, he winds up possessed and everyone who had seen the light gets their minds altered. Livestock and the environment is affected, it's a whole mess.

And then, to top it off, in the final clip Maxine tries to destroy the crystal powering the spell and ends up possessed by the old one, and explodes with a very disgusting sounding blast. After which runner 5 is turned themself into a eldritch creature, and the story ends. No retconning of the deaths, no depossessing of sam, no fixing of runner 5, nothing. it just ends. The "mission completed" voice comes on and I'm like, O_o WTF?

It was a good mission, don't get me wrong. But there's no way to retcon the deaths and the mess of the spellwork. And when stuff messes with the continuity of a story it loses some of the magic for me. So I wasn't overly impressed with the mission. I kept asking, after the story kept getting worse and worse for them, how are they going to retcon this? Can they even do so? and then they didn't even try. So, personally, I wasn't so fond of this one. The level of WTF I achieved kind of spoiled that.

I did make good time though. Just over 12 minutes per mile, walking. Which is kind of impressive because my usual walking speed is around 16-18 minutes per mile, and my typical 5k speed, when I was in running shape, was just over 10 minutes per mile. So even though I walked it I'd still say I did pretty good.

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So my friends getting his leg amputated today, and he’s texting me and he goes “This sucks! I’m losing all my tattoos.”

I’m like “That’s what you’re worried about? What about your leg?”

He goes “I DIDN’T PAY FOR MY LEG!!!”

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I literally have NO IDEA what I’m doing and feel completely lost and frustrated. I need help, plzzzz! The idea of Zombies, run sounds so great and fun. But I feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to start. Like today for example. I just want to go for a run right now and try the app out. But no idea how to.

Hi Anon, 

sorry it took me so terribly long to answer, I failed you!

Now, I guess starting with Zombies, Run! now can be a bit … intimidating and overwhelming. Like starting to watch a TV show you’ve kind of heard a lot of stuff about, and it already has 200 episodes, spinoffs, lots of lore, and so many different fan groups!

I’m also not totally sure what it is that overwhelms you. But I’ve figured, why not make a short “Beginners Guide to Using the ZR App”, with pictures and all. Maybe that will help you navigate the app and the huge story and all the features of the app a little better. So I hope it helps…

A Beginner’s Guide to Using the Zombies, Run! App

1. The Membership

I can’t show you a screenshot of that, because I am already a member. But right in the beginning on the main screen, the game will offer you to get a Pro Membership, or keep playing with a free account. I’m sure either way you have to get an account so you can use ZombieLink. But it’s totally fine if you don’t want to pay money right now, and if you’re unsure about the ProMembership. Just sign up for a free account for now, you can always upgrade.

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