{"id":1586,"date":"2019-07-18T01:30:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T01:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2019-07-18T01:38:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T01:38:26","slug":"the-last-stand-survival-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/index.php\/2019\/07\/18\/the-last-stand-survival-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Stand: Survival Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On the 15th<\/sup> of June, the Facilitation Club of UCSI has organised a fun and exciting game of \u2018survival\u2019, known as The Last Stand. From 4.00pm to 10.00pm, the event was held at UCSI University, South Wing, in Block A, Block C and Block G respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last Stand is basically a game of survival between humans\nand vampires in an apocalyptic world. In order to come out alive, the\nparticipants must \u2018collect\u2019 various resources, work together to \u2018train\u2019\nsurvival skills, and most importantly, \u2018survive\u2019 at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of our friends were in the Program team for managing\nthis event, my friends and I were heavily encouraged to join as a show of\nsupport. Our little group consisted of me, Sue Ann, Ryan and Ben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that day, we arrived early at the MPH, Block A to do our\nregistration. We were given a T-shirt each to be worn and were provided with an\nassortment of food and drinks, buffet style. The event kick-started with\nvarious performances by our own students, such as Kpop dance, solo singing,\nDiabolo and a few more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At around 5.15pm, we had an ice breaking session to get to\nknow the other participants a bit more. After that, the facilitators briefed us\non the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general gist of the game was this\u2014 the participants were\nof groups of four, and they were randomly assigned to either HUMAN or VAMPIRE.\nEach participant was given a wristband that acts as their \u2018life\u2019 in the game,\nand they must prevent it from being snatched or torn by other participants that\nwant to \u2018kill\u2019 them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the game, the participants had to collect as many\nresource cards as they can, as they acted as a currency of sorts in the game,\nnamely Food<\/em>, Water<\/em> and Medicine<\/em> for HUMAN\nand Blood<\/em> and Vaccination<\/em> for VAMPIRE. The resources cards can be traded for\npower cards, such as Revive<\/em>, Shield<\/em>, Transfer Attack<\/em> and Safe Zone\nPass<\/em> at a trading centre located at the Ground floor of Block G, in front\nof GG06 hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game arena was limited to Block C and Block G, and was\ndivided several zones such as Common Zone, Safe Zone, HUMAN Zone and VAMPIRE Zone.\nDifferent rules apply at different zones, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Common Zone: All participants can attack each other.<\/li>
  2. Safe Zone: No participants can attack each other. <\/li>
  3. HUMAN Zone: All HUMANS can attack both HUMANS and VAMPIRES, but VAMPIRES cannot attack anyone. <\/li>
  4. VAMPIRE Zone: All VAMPIRES can attack both HUMANS and VAMPIRES, but HUMANS cannot attack anyone. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Besides that, there were also many station games located\nthroughout the arena. There are 8 station games in total, including 5 hidden\nstations. The participants can join the games to earn points and survival\nskills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Not only that, those participants that had their wristbands\ntorn need not worry because there was a Revival station of high difficulty where\nthey can earn their \u2018life\u2019 back, though it took quite a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also, when we looked into our event booklet a little closer,\nwe realised that each resource card carried a lot of points, which is 80 points\nper card, while the power cards held none. Hence, we deduced that in order to\nwin the game, not only did we have to collect as many resource cards as we can\nand protect our wristbands (which held 1500 points for each member of the\ngroup), we also had to trade only the right amount of our resource cards away\nfor power cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After the briefing, everyone was given approximately 10\nminutes to form their plan and decide on the best course of action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At 6.00pm sharp, the game officially began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Everyone was running, wanting to be the first ones to reach\nBlock C and Block G to collect the resource cards. Our team split up into me\nand Sue Ann for Block G, and Ryan and Ben for Block C. The resource cards were\nlittered all over the floors and some were even taped at the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    During the 10 minutes\u2019 grace period where no one was allowed\nto \u2018kill\u2019 anyone else, we gathered all our resource cards and traded some for a\nfew power cards, just in case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After that, we cautiously headed for Block C, in search for\nthe station games. Along the way, we encountered an all-girls team, and\nsuccessfully snatched two of their wristbands before they escaped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The first station game we found was at located at HUMAN zone\nat level G. For the game, we had 5 minutes to memorize random facts that were\nwritten and taped onto the walls. Then we were given some hoops and were required\nto throw them onto the plastic bottles in a straight line. After that, we had\nto answer several questions based on the facts given in record time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When we got out, we encountered another participant on his\nlonesome. The 4 of us wanted to attack and snatch his wristband, but\nunfortunately for us, we were stopped by the floor master because she thought\nit was unfair for 4 persons to attack 1 person, but I digress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Moving on to level 1, we encountered another team of\nVAMPIRES. Since we were still in the HUMAN zone, they couldn\u2019t attack us back\nand had no choice but to evade us. Here, we successfully snatched another wristband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We were having a bit of trouble finding the next station\ngame when I discovered a hidden station by accident. For this game, we had to\nused wires, lemons and coins to light a lightbulb. Since we finished the game\nunder 3 minutes, we were given double the usual points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After that, we had the dilemma of whether we wanted to move\non to level 2, which was a VAMPIRE zone. After much debate, we decided that it\nwas not worth the risk since we would be at a major disadvantage for only being\nallowed to escape and not attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hence, we headed for Block G in search for the other station\ngames. It was at right outside of Block C that we saw the all-girls team again.\nThis time, they ran away as soon as they saw us but we were not to be stopped as\nwe were having too much fun. We snatched another wristband from them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In total, each of us managed to snatch 1 wristband each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After that, we decided that we shouldn\u2019t waste any more time\n\u2018killing\u2019 anyone since they could always revive at the Revival station anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So, we went to the station game at level 2 straight away. At\nthis station, we had to do basic first aid based on the instructions given,\nsuch as bandaging a head and making an arm sling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    After our 3rd<\/sup> game, it was already almost 8.30\npm. After 8.30pm was a free for all session where no rules apply. Everyone\ncould attack everyone, and power cards couldn\u2019t be used anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Our team wanted to play it safe, so we hid at the car park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    At 9.00 pm, the game had officially ended. When we made our way back to the MPH for the prize giving ceremony, we heard that it was complete chaos during the last 30 minutes of the game. Even the facilitators themselves did not expect the level of craziness that occurred. It all sounded fun and exciting, but we were still glad that we did not take part, since there were people that got hurt too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Even though our team did not win the game, we had a lot of\nfun working together to solve the games and attack other teams. This event had\nmuch room for improvement, but overall I think it was a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    All in all, it was a fun experience and I will definitely\ntry again if given the chance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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