History Roleplay / ZOOOOOmmxBIES

%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Lancaster, oh so much. Seeker Vulture also counts.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: In the beginning of season 1, there were more than thirty, not counting non-player characters. Even the lesser populated following seasons have around twenty characters.

* LegalCharacterCopy: Fawyer is one for James "Sawyer" Ford out of ''Series/{{Lost}}''.

[=Zooooommxbies=] is a German [[PlayByPostGames Play By Post Game]] about a group of people trying to survive a [[ZombieApocalypse zombie apocalypse]] in Sydney. The players create characters with different stats for overcoming the challenges the game master provides. The story is divided in different chapters, each featuring unique challenges which require a certain amount of characters to participate. A character´s stats and the game master´s dices decide if he/she is sucessful and can continue the game or fails and has to face the consequences. Which are usually deadly for the character. Fortunately, there are also characters with certain special abilities, that can be used to influence the outcome.

The game started in August 2012 and ended in September of the same year. A second season started in August 2013.

A new, third season has started in september 2015, loosely following the events of the 1st and 2nd season, playing 21 years later. The season ended three months later. It was the most successful season and is the source for most of the tropes listed here.

With a combined wordcount of around 1.507.100 words, [=Zooooommxbies=] is an awesome piece of literature. Season 3 alone has more words than the Holy Bible.

* ActionSurvivor: Pretty much all off the characters who survive their seasons. Special points to Niki and Leo, who've been around since the beginning.
* AnyoneCanDie: And many will.

* BadAssFamily: The [=McAldrins=] and the Millers.

* CharacterDevelopment: Obviously especially strong in Niki, Leo, Fawyer and all other recurring characters. But even if you only look at the seasons themselves there is a lot of development going on
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: The chapterending missions and posts around them are usually a lot longer then the pure RP-posts and a more epic, including music, pictures and sometimes a gruesome death scene.

* GameMaster: Well, somebody has to plan the plot and roll the dice. Daen vom Clan ist the Game-Master for Zooooommxbies

* NoExportForYou: Unless you speak German. In that case you are free to read and enjoy it.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* PutOnABus: Some players just straight up stop posting at some point or just leave the party. Sometimes there is an explanation ingame, sometimes there isn't.
** TheBusCameBack: Happens with Ranger in season 3
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: That's what the herogroup of every season is mostly consisting of
* TheVirus: Courtesy of the ADF

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Chapter 3
* EliteZombie: Fawyer, Alistair and Yuki had to fight one during the climax.
* LegalCharacterCopy: Fawyer is one for James "Sawyer" Ford out of ''Series/{{Lost}}''
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler:Inverted. After Helena killed Nikita at the airport, the two players didn't talk to each other for two years]]
* TeamPet: Machete, Helenas dog.

* AfterTheEnd: The season starts a few month after the outbreak
* CoolBoat: Most of the season our heroes are on sea with the ''Heather''
* IncompatibleOrientation: Shelley and Gabriel
* LuckBasedMission: The raiding missions

* WorldOfSnark: Lexi, Gabriel, Jul, Suparman, Nathan... Even Shelley has her moments
* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler: Ivan]]

20 years after the zombie apocalypse only few people remain alive. Those who survived live in small towns, scavaging the ruins of the old world to survive. Shengs Hope, Texas is one of these towns.

The roleplay started in early september 2015 and it took the players 3 months until they succeeded in their task. It is one of the roleplays with the highest wordcount in Germany, clocking in at around 750.000 words, written mainly by around 10 players and their game master, Daen vom Clan. It not only spawned most of the tropes listed here, it was also surrounded by a huge amount of hype, resulting in a lot of fanart made by some of the players and fans.

* AfterTheEnd: 20 years after it, to be exact
* ApocalypseCult: The Cult of Vision and their love for zombies
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Lancaster, oh so much. Seeker Vulture also counts.
* BattleCouple: Season 3 has a lot of couples, and most of them are pretty badass fighters: Leo & Jackman, Haile & Raoul, Thorn & Kerosa, even Evi & Sheng to a degree
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Toske]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Haile, Leo and Evi, the three sisters of the tribe. Eryn counts as a Brunette, too.
* CentralTheme: Family and Hope. Often invoked by Lancaster.

* EliteZombie: The mutations. Huge zombies with some resemblance to intelligence. They don't feel pain and are incredibly hard to kill.
** And then there is the Zombrilla in Chapter 4...
* EvilWearsBlack: The Cult of Vision

* HomoeroticSubtext: Between Will and Howard. At least everyone said so.
* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler: Thats what Georgina did to almost all the men in Shengs Hope.]]

* PortmanteauCoupleName: Shengevi, Derryn, Leoman, Rhaioule and Roumeare.
* PostApocalypticDog: Mary has a dog named November, also Salma has a dog

* TeenageWasteland: The most raider clans seem to be consisting of fairly young people
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Evi and Eryn.
* TrueCompanions: The coregroup of characters and players grows together pretty closely. Haile always mentions how the group is her family.
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 7 as a whole. Also, Chapter 3, when the heroes return to the destroyed Shengs Hope

* AwkwardKiss: Hailes first kiss with Raoul. She has no idea what he is doing, he thinks shes REALLY good at playing coy

* EasingIntoTheAdventure: The roleplay starts a day before [=ADAMs=] coffin emerges and the journey begins. The players quickly fill Shengs Hope with life, though.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Most of the [=NPCs=] get one

* GroinAttack: Evi tries this with the two scavengers in the bar brawl. It's not working.
* IncitingIncident: Blades shooting Sara in the leg.
* LadyAndKnight: Sheng and Evi in the bar brawl. They even act out a little scene!

* ShopliftAndDie: The reason why Floyd-Williams kidnaps Raoul

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Everything that happens at Ol'-Cletus-Farm.
* CoolBike: Lancaster gets one of these.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why Derreck is exiled
* MomentKiller: Lots and Lots between Sheng and Evi.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: Eryn and Sheng talking about how love makes idiots out of everyone. He talks about Evi, she thinks that this is a VERY weird love confession

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Sheng and Evi. Both of them are horrible flirters and there is always some interrupting the moment

* BarbarianTribe: The Road Vultures count as that, with a hint of an aztec-motif and voodoo mixed into it.

* LoveAcrossBattlelines: You Are and Romero. Oh so much.

* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Evi has to kill one to earn the trust of the Vultures
* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: Haile jumps from a building crane into a hoard of zombies to save Lancasters life. He wasn't ready for this.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Vincents]] way of going out with a bang

* {{Fingore}}: Mum Perlmutter loses her fingers to a zombie bite
* MoodWhiplash: Our heroes return to find Shengs Hope [[spoiler: burning and ruined]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Lancaster beating a Buccanear to mash with over 130 punches, one for every citizen of Shengs Hope

* BlatantLies: Fawyers first explanation of the Z-Energy.

* EliteZombie: The Zombrilla is a huge silverback, completely driven insane by the virus
* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Jäger learns this the hard way
* MutualKill: What almost happens between Haile and her father at the final mission of the chapter
* [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My Name is Hugh Jackman]]: Chapter 4 marks {{the reveal}} of our leaders real name.

* WhatTheHellHero: Eryns actions in Fawyers basement [[spoiler: which lead to her infection with the virus]]

* ActOfTrueLove: Sheng really wants to die for Hailes sake. He tells Evi he doesn't want to be saved. She doesn't listen.

* OhCrap: Jackmans reaction to the bomb in the hotel
* RousingSpeech: Jackman holds one in front of the Skypeople. They're ''frantic.''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Several of them. Mostly targeted at Jackman

* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Raoul. [[spoiler: He DOES have a reason for this.]]
* AloneAmongTheCouples: That's how Blades feels in the band of teenagers

* BreatherEpisode: The sole reason for the existence of an interludium. After saving the Love Interests and all the other [=NPCs=], it's time to lighten the mood before the final fight
* DueToTheDead: Frank buries Mary and speaks a few words
* HotterAndSexier: Finally theres a sex scene again! This time between Leo and Lancaster. Seeker Vulture joins the fun later on.
* {{Mangst}}: Jackman has a little breakdown, including some {{Manly Tears}} after finding out about [[spoiler: Marys death.]] Sheng isn't in a good mood either, but his angst is a bit more external.
* MissionBriefing: Provided by Ellen
* RousingSpeech: Sheng gets to do several of these. After all, it IS what he can do best
* ShipperOnDeck: Haile and Eryn are active Shengevi shippers
* WartimeWedding: Haile and Raoul, of all people. It's not really a wedding, but they exchange their amulets the night before the final fight. Kerosa is not amused.

** Leo isn't happy about this either, but for completely different reasons.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: After the final fight there are only few survivors, most romantic pairings have been divided by death and only 7 active players are left alive. And they can't stay together, but have to travel the world to spread the cure. There won't be a Shengs Hope ever again.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: What happened after the first part of Hailes fight against [[spoiler: Georgina]] and the betrayal by [[spoiler: Raoul]] got a different post a few days later
--> [[spoiler: '''Georgina:''']] Good night, sweet sister.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Eryn towards [[spoiler: Derreck]]
* GrandFinale: The whole premise of Chapter 7
* MisfitMobilizationMoment: When the few survivors of Shengs Hope finally fight back
* ShoutOut: One towards Edward Snowden, who is second in command to the Skypeople - which are actually the remnants of the NSA
* SuicideMission: Taking the jeep to [[spoiler: Georgina]] and killing her behind enemy lines. The mission is staffed with Haile, Eryn, Raoul and Kerosa and no one expects them to come back. It's one of the missions with the highest deathrate.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: You Are and Kerosa]]

* EpunymousTitle: The title refers to [[CaptainObvious zombies]] and the forum which hosted this RPG.

* ThePrincessAndThePirate: Haile and Raoul are the EPITOME of this trope.

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Georgina]]

* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Jack [=McAldrin=]

* LegalCharacterCopy: Fawyer is one for James "Sawyer" Ford out of {{Lost}}

* BreatherEpisode: The sole reason for the existence of an interludium. After saving the Love Interests and all the other [=NPCs=], it's time to lighten the mood before the final fight

* SuicideMission: Taking the Jeep to [[spoiler: Georgina]] and killing her behind enemy lines. The mission is staffed with Haile, Eryn, Raoul and Kerosa nd no one expects them to come back. It's one of the missions with the highest deathrate.

* {{Mangs}}: Jackman has a little breakdown, including some {{Manly Tears}} after finding out about [[spoiler: Marys death.]] Sheng isn't in a good mood either, but his angst is a bit more external.

* MudWrestling: The fights in the pit in the Vulture-camp are extremely muddy. Seeker and Leo don't use it that much, bu Thorn and Haile are actively beating the crap out of each other with mud.

-->'''Lancaster:''' "Fuck... fuck fuck fuck... holy... Are you alright, girl?! Nobody makes that jump and lives" \\

* BlatantLies: Fawyers first explanation of the Z-energy.

* EliteZombie: The Zombrilla is a huge silverback, completely driven insane by he pain and the virus

* [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My Name is Hugh Jackman]]: Chapter 4 marks the reveal of our leaders real name.

* RousingSpeech: Lancaster holds one in front of the Skypeople. They're ''frantic.''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Several of them. Mostly targeted at Lancaster

* BreatherEpisode: The sole reason for the existence of an interludium. After saving the Love Interests and all the other [=NPCs=], it's time to lighten the mood before the final fight

* Mangst: Jackman has a little breakdown, including some {{Manly Tears}} after finding out about [[spoiler: Marys death.]] Sheng isn't in a good mood either, but his angst is a bit more external.

* BadAssFamilies: The [=McAldrins=] and the Millers.

* EasingIntoTheAdventure: The roleplay starts a day before ADAMs coffin emerges and the journey begins. The players quickly fill Shengs Hope with life, though.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: What happened after the first part of Hailes fight against Georgina and the betrayal by Raoul got a different post a few days later

* Cliffhanger: What happened after the first part of Hailes fight against Georgina and the betrayal by Raoul got a different post a few days later

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The roleplay started in early september 2015 and it took the players 3 months until they succeeded in their task. It is one of the roleplays with the highest wordcount in Germany, clocking in at around 750.000 words, written mainly by around 10 players and their game master, Daen vom Clan.

20 years after the zombie apocalypse only few people remain alive. Those who survived live in small towns, scavaging the ruins of the old world to survive. Shengs Hope, Texas is one of these towns. One night, a mysterious coffin appears on the shore - in it are the remains of patient 0. A group of heroes starts one of the most important journeys in the history of mankind to bring patient 0 - dubbed ADAM - to an old lab in San Antonio to synthesize the cure against the virus.

Before our team can go north, we have to get batteries for ADAMs life support. In the area south of Shengs Hope live two possible trading partners: The clan Vulture and Sabals Keep - both factions are at war and the heroes have to decide who earns their trust.

* BadassFamily: The [=McAldrins=] and the Millers.

** The first glorious NearDeathExperience happens before the game even starts, with Vincent almost dying because he swallowed some cork.

** Leo isn't happy about this either, but for completely different reasons.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: What happened after the first part of Hailes fight against Georgina and the betrayal by [[spoiler: Raoul]] got a different post a few days later

* BadAssFamilies: The [=McAldrins=] and the Millers.

With a combined wordcount of around 1.507.100 words, [=Zooooommxbies=] is an awesome piece of Literature. Season 3 alone has more words than the Holy Bible.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler:After Helena killed Nikita at the airport, the two players didn't talk to each other for two years]]

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Jäger and Haile use one to get into the Alamodome. Jäger doesn't take it well.

* BarbarianTribe: The Road Vultures count as that, with a hint of an aztec-motif and voodoo mixed into it.

* BlatantLies: Fawyers first explanation of the Z-energy. Also, Eryns way of...getting her way with Sheng.

* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Jack [=McAldrin=]

* CoolBike: Lancaster gets one of these
* CurbstompBattle: When Leo and Jackman confronted the BigBad, both of them rolled an 1 on the dice. The battle was over... very fast. [[spoiler: Leo cuts of Toskes head with one swift strike, while Jackman shoots him between the eyes. They are both completely flabbergasted how EASY that was.]]
-->'''Jackman:''' That's it? He just kind of...died. \\
'''Leo:''' Shut up and run.
* DecidedByOneVote: Lancaster has one vote more and becomes the leader. He's not really into it.
* DoesntLikeGuns: When Leo, Evi and Haile find a perfectly fine hunting rifle, they don't use it and just kind of awkwardly take it with them, because all three of them rely on melee combat.
-->'''Evi:''' We're too Vulture for this.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Most of the [=NPCs=] get one

* ExploringTheEvilLair: Jäger and Haile in Chapter 6. Eryn and Lisa join the fun later on, disguised as zombies.
* FakingTheDead: Will acts like a dead body in the church in Chapter 2
* {{Fingore}}: Mum Perlmutter and [[spoiler: Derreck]] lose their fingers to a zombie bite

* HotterAndSexier: Finally theres a sex scene again! This time between Leo and Lancaster. Seeker Vulture joins the fun later on.
* GeekyAnalogy: Jackmans plan for saving Sheng, Raoul and Wingman
-->'''Jackman:''' ...That's the best plan since that werewolf thing I did in Van Helsing! \\
'''Evi:''' That's a horrible plan.\\
'''Jackman:''' Yeah, and Van Helsing was a terrible movie!
* GrandFinale: Chapter 7
* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Jäger learns this the hard way
* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 3, when our heroes return to find Shengs Hope [[spoiler: burning and ruined]]
* NearDeathExperience: Because of the players love for drama, this happens a lot. Almost everyone had one of these
** Lancaster getting surrounded by zombies and saved by Hailes jump from the crane

** Eryn almost falling from the float in Chapter 4 and almost died in her fight in Chapter 6

* OhCrap: Jackmans reaction to the bomb in the hotel in Chapter 6
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Most of the raider clans. Raouls tries to invoke this with his crew, but fails miserably.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Everyone loses their shit when Haile starts to talk.
--> '''Eryn:''' Shiiiiiiiiiiiit.

* ShipperOnDeck: Haile and Eryn are active Shengevi shippers
* ShoutOut: One at the end towards Edward Snowdon, who is second in command to the Skypeople - which are actually the remnants of the NSA
** Romero and You Are are one giant ShoutOut to the classic play by Shakespeare. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well, too.]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: You Are and Kerosa]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mostly targeted at Lancaster
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Lancaster beating a buccanear to mash with over 130 punches, one for every citizen of Shengs Hope
* WartimeWedding: Haile and Raoul, of all people. It's not really a wedding, but they exchange their amulets the night before the final fight. Kerosa is not amused.
--> '''Kerosa''': But you're not married now or some shit like that, amirite? You didn't even have sex!
** Leo isn't happy about this either, but for completely different reasons.

* WhatTheHellHero: Eryn's actions in Fawyers basement [[spoiler: which lead to her infection with the virus]]