100 Players Fight To Survive In Project Zomboid

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[@tikimillie]

Are you former lovers?

[@tanelviil9149]

USSR= superpower?` bro wtf are you talking about ? it was a nightmare, people starved , people were killed and made work to death in gulags. Wtf are you talking about superpower ?

[@bobbysanders8715]

This was so cool! Imagine 200 players lmao

[@blueturtle8113]

I would LOVE to join one! Also I’m new to discord and have no idea how to join if anyone could help!

[@herodotus4272]

After watching narrative gaming since online gaming became a thing I can honestly say this was the most well built and watchable community event I've ever watched. Truly brought the best out of zomboid. Little jealous as wen playing zomboid I feel all gamers desire this level of world depth and player interaction. 10/10. Well done

[@TheRebTR]

that court stuff tho "How do you plead on vehicular manslaughter to Rudy?" Rudy : "I'm still alive" "SHUT UP YOU WEREN'T THERE, YOUR OPINION DOES NOT MATTER"

[@johnodarod9629]

its true tho, he wasnt there but also it wasntt rudy who got run over.... which was funny to see

[@vortex164]

"Your Honor, shut up you werent even there" vibes

[@expohshappyhour1460]

So like, I’m confused how him telling them he wasn’t even there didn’t immediately tell them “oh then he couldn’t possibly have been run over”. The USSR is full of actual brain dead morons, all they did was make stupid decision left and right

[@Tony36271]

Better call Saul!

[@GatoEpico]

WAIT , THE RUDY IS DED?!

[@realwhitegxroblox]

Saul Goodman growing a beard in middle of the court has to be the most story impact

[@OP_SKIF]

White wtf

[@Creeperzilla44-2]

i actually was surprised seeing you in this video lol, you did a pretty good job as a medic

[@mattkidroske]

That was my favorite moment lol

[@gio2713]

that was the exact moment saul goodman became abraham lincoln

[@Louis14022]

yo i didnt know you liked pz

[@alric4106]

1:08:56 "Ben, this one's for Emeralds" Drama worthy of an apocalypse show

[@TheOneAndOnlyMooses]

So satisfying

[@FranticHog]

Only if they didn’t execute spider for taking justice into his own hands.

[@Ryuko-T72]

A real human bean

[@Bleideris0]

@@FranticHog yeah.

[@BeccaLynn-r3f]

Wish emerald got shot right when the hostage thing started. Unfortunately the vest stopped it

[@MistereXMachina]

"We only have room for the scientist and 9 others" - train car with 45 box cars

[@deathorlife8703]

Probably supplies and other and they don’t want to take risks of traitor the ones that want the virus to stay

[@Peluceus]

This was like watching an unhinged DND campaign mixed into an off shoot of the Walking Dead and I love it

[@EstherNewell]

that sums it up amazingly.

[@dj_menyo839]

I was waiting for someone to pull a leeroy jinkins running into the train depot.

[@doster6865]

Thank you so much for letting me be the scientist! We all had a great time. Looking forward to season 2!

[@dominion7363]

After all that, did you die at the end, saw you get shot in the epilogue slowdown

[@doster6865]

@@dominion7363 basically after the survivors killed all the soldiers, I was technically part of their faction still so I survived. However at the very end someone deleted all the factions so it just became a battle Royale. Not sure if my character will return in the future or not, I guess that’s up to the viewers to decide.

[@JustShotsForMeh]

@@doster6865 I felt bad when you almost got smoked. I want you to come back, you're a good lad, and a true man of science.

[@Rajacobs]

@@doster6865 I deleted the faction so I could do donuts on the remaining survivors. Aside from the military men, everyone at the train station survived canonically. Boderman's story doesn't end there, even if the character himself is off screen in the next event.

[@DJB10T1C]

theres gonna be a season 2? :O hell yeah, id love more of this!

[@ivan22473]

That "oh fuck I'm too fat" killed me 😂😂😂

[@delugesofgrandeur]

The accent made it even funnier.

[@themightybob]

Old Ben's death is the single most satisfying thing I have ever witnessed

[@Chrisadeth]

On god, the disrespect ben showed emerald when he put her down, it was only a matter of time before his bad deed caught up with him. Spider was just the instrument of it. Shame vanguard put him down for it. He avenged an innocent's murder. If only zoro (i think? Hes the one who killed emeralds partner right?) Saw the same fate for gunning down one hostage despite the group reaching the conclusion to take them both.

[@FlyAwayAcorn]

@@Chrisadeth zorro had died a while before this in another gunfight that he started with another group

[@justjames391]

​@@FlyAwayAcornretribution

[@orafields9591]

I couldn’t agree more lol

[@TheKrakenBoss]

emerald dying was more satisfying

[@sergiv5613]

"We are accusing Extix of murdering our sheriff, Rudy" Rudy: "I was killed by zeds guys, the scien...." "Shut up Rudy, you werent there."

[@sifayun6336]

That poor Cassidy's Caravans group! Everything that happened to them was like the entire run condensed.

[@KalashVodka175]

CC’s group was built upon the theft of an USSR’s van. No clean hands there.

[@ketaminepoptarts]

@@KalashVodka175 she didnt even know that the van belonged to anyone though, and the ussr was fine with it anyways

[@qianlimprice930]

@@ketaminepoptarts nah she definitely knew she had stolen it. when the ussr confronted her at the gas station, her first move was to pull out a shotgun rather than defend herself. She only gave an excuse when they told her they were chill.

[@almostblackbelt]

she died like a dog...but she got JUSTICE 2 men died for her

[@Frw0ge]

stop simping

[@burnflaze2346]

My respect for Spider is beyond immeasurable. Died like a true man seeing his ideals of true justice fulfilled.

[@spudz2186]

mf just decided to pull a abraham lincoln level of assassination when EVERYONE else was fighting the horde. the true epitome of "nothing personnel."

[@spudz2186]

*PERSONAL im stupid af

[@pedroarannozzi]

MVP

[@tipf]

seems to me he was a traitor and a coward.

[@spudz2186]

@@tipf bro hit the fattest assassination tho you gotta agree

[@Tyler-si2rj]

that trial was incredibly frustrating lol, rudy said i was not there, i did not die. no one died. and theyre like HES GUILTY

[@Strideo1]

Yeah, the dude who was supposedly killed actually shows up to the trial as a witness and says he was never run over by anyone at any time. You'd think the court would find that to be VERY interesting but no one seems to actually care which is super weird. I'd definitely want to know what was going on if I was participating in a trial and the manslaughter victim shows up alive and well to testify.

[@Goredom-]

@@Strideo1 It's not that weird, some were playing in-character, some were less serious about what happened and saw things as they were happening within a videogame, therefore someone dying and respawning making perfect sense to them. And even after that fact, in microcosms, people will vote for the results they want to see rather than for what is just. They'll often serve their own interest and just mascarade it as justice. There's not enough people involved to truly be fair.

[@LordTankian0]

​@@Goredom- don't think they responded though.

[@NakaNaideLP]

The American Justice system for you.

[@ElanoreHour]

This is both the most entertaining and FRUSTRATING thing ive ever seen. Killing emeralds like that. And the entire court thing gave me an aneurysm

[@silentshadow725]

I will give the court the benefit of the doubt I was going to make it a lot worse by killing “elastics” in the court, but I really didn’t want people to get actually pissed off over a bit, so we went with community service 😔

[@serine4548]

a glance he looks like abaraham lincoln hahahaha

[@Pashaok.]

They would’ve killed emerald no matter what. If they let her go they run the risk of her stocking up or allying with another faction. It was really a smart move to kill her.

[@dustgraystone9448]

​@Pashaok. I mean... they didn't need to start murdering and kidnapping people, though.... A dumb decision answered with a dumb answer.

[@MistereXMachina]

@@Pashaok. everything about that kidnapping was fucking braindead - there was zero need, zero strategy, zero competence in pretty much anything those guys did lmao they literally invented problems for themselves to solve badly

[@donovanbolton3678]

The murder of Emeralds might have been the most tragic thing in this video. Never leave a project zomboid player alone with an unarmed civilian, also "This one's for Emeralds" hit hard also why is the comment section about to assassinate the arch duke of austria (edit)

[@0hmieowen790]

She was the most annoying player in the server she got on my nerves so fast just by the way she carried herself

[@phx24]

@@0hmieowen790 average youtube commentator reaction when woman

[@dairychoco5603]

@@0hmieowen790 ''most annoying person'' >goes along with roleplay >trys to do something unique rather than just making a base with people >doesnt kill anyone >reminds kidnappers to take her guns haha me shoot i have to win!!!

[@ungface]

@@dairychoco5603 he killed her so she wouldnt steal all their shit and escape. still an entirely avoidable and dumb situation but not a murder with no reason at all

[@dairychoco5603]

@@ungface 'what if they commited crime' is no argument lol

[@hazelox7971]

36:50 The fact that Zoro got away with this with no repercussion is insane to me

[@solid768]

Dude went complete psychopath and everyone else basically just went 'Well at least he's on our side I guess!'

[@hazelox7971]

And they kidnapped and killed Emerald for basically no reason

[@Strideo1]

Yeah, I don't get why they went along with him and his pointless psychotic plan. He sucked.

[@Zorkalot]

Zorros “funny vine moment” ruined the vibe of the video for me. Def needs to be excluded from the next event if he can’t handle talking for more than 2 mins.

[@chasesilva4013]

For sure ruined the vibe for me. Not even going to finish the video lol

[@scionicPH]

50:59 was the best part HAHAHAHAH I KEPT ON LAUGHING "ahhh fuck! I'm too fat!" "Agh, Screw this." LMAOOOOO

[@scionicPH]

Oh God the Twist on 1:08:50 DAYUM

[@Berlinbower]

Spider is the realest one out here 💯💯💯

[@Strideo1]

Spider went out like a real badass. He was too good for those Vanguard clowns.

[@Rajacobs]

Rudeus Danenhower here! Pleasure to be of service. This was an incredible experience, and we can't thank you enough for organizing it. This event sparked a very strange snowball effect, beginning with Crugnor (Ernie) writing an in-character journal. Many of us in the USSR took inspiration from that, and together writing personal journals adding up to over 8 pages of personal lore! There were memes throughout the Five Exes server that popped up based on session events, Gartic Telephone games after every session depicting in-game events, and more! A handful of us even started a DnD group which I'm proud to be a part of. You've cultivated a community that grew far bigger than anyone could have guessed. There's a lot of potential here, and I hope to watch it grow bigger and bolder over the coming years. It's been fun, and I hope to join you again soon.

[@silentshadow725]

Good job deputy🤠

[@Beefstudios_official]

that profile is sus

[@Rajacobs]

@@Beefstudios_official It’s my rock :)

[@MANNERSMUSICOFFICIAL]

This is so wholesome

[@armandpeanutspinou3430]

How confused were you during the trial?

[@marcusguerrero8755]

Man I’m happy old Ben got what was coming to him.

[@TedSh]

Father Ted here. Wanted to say thank you to everyone involved, especially Mossy, as he orginized the whole thing. This was a unique experience, would definitely do it again!

[@salttime1989]

Couldnt participate in the whole event but just being an army grunt was a blast.

[@salttime1989]

I need more bullets

[@Alxrru]

MY! ASS! IS! HEAVY!

[@Yarrdeen]

justice for cassidy caravans! so annoying to watch players get screwed over by people who are acting just random for no reason! that whole kidnap thing was just lame all around

[@williejones6446]

She tried to do a good thing and died for it brah. That last dude is a scum bag to just turn and shoot her.

[@hazelox7971]

There wasn’t even a reason behind it, they just took her back to base and killed her

[@iloveemeralds4622]

@@hazelox7971they where gonna do a Shane reference and I was willing because I wanted to see if my couple hundred hours would help me survive or not

[@TheotherTempestfox]

Ussr and vanguard competing to see who can be most cringe.

[@DaShoopdahoop]

to be fair, in game Cassidy Caravans got burned to the ground as well. But I still feel bad for the PZ version, that wasnt fair lmao

[@vitaenimis]

Cody Danger Donger here! Thank you for the incredible experience and the memories I made along the way. I cant wait for season 2!

[@YTDariuS-my6dg]

Honestly if I was in Rudy's shoes at that trial, the ONE person who more or less knows everything relevant to the case and literally NOBODY wants to hear him out? I'd fuckin go mad, bro. I'd probably start shooting, ngl. I mean, what the hell?

[@B2Roland]

Everyone was just desperate for an excuse to kill someone. People and their trigger fingers

[@silentshadow725]

They cut out this part, but Rudy said that he hadn’t been run over, so I turned to him and said some bullshit along the lines off “you suffered a major brain injury and probably don’t remember” that may have helped explain a little better

[@buffrenekton6937]

@@silentshadow725clowns like you ruined the whole thing sadly it was a cringe fest

[@moodyk3954]

​@@buffrenekton6937 Correct

[@silentshadow725]

Hey guys, Officer Friendly/Judge Friendly here I loved being a part of this server and community and all those who played. I would have loved to submit more clips but I need to configure my recording software. Anyway I cannot wait for whats next and you can be sure I will be causing more mayhem!

[@always_failing_at_speed_ru7209]

It was an honor to die alongside you 🫡

[@Enzo_Gaming00]

Haha just watched you die though you did die honorably Hail the USSR ☭ sorry wrong USSR😅

[@Catto_Ninja]

Spider, the avenger of Cassidy's Caravan, shall never be forgotten, may thy soul rest in peace. Also, wtf was that trial? I laughed my ass off in a way I thought I wouldn't today, man, that chaos really made my day better, I was needing some laughs, thank y'all.

[@bobbysanders8715]

9:21 was the funniest part “I’m eating tacos…OH NO I GOT BIT!!!”

[@randyrandom9652]

it was hilarious

[@iloveemeralds4622]

Oh god my voice sounds terrible 😢 But also gotta thank my fellow trader priciey for the wonderful travels together Also good thanks to Zorro for a wonder time being imprisoned, only 2 rape jokes and 1 execution. Also thank you spider for avenging me Edit: ok because some people are worried the rape jokes where “what no we aren’t gonna rape her” type things. It was my bad to phrase it that way sorry Edit 2: uhhh, because someone decided the try and “correct” people on my gender (*cough* elnino sfd *cough* *cough*). I am indeed a girl.

[@eti1687]

I hope you can forgive me emerald, I was just trying to keep my faction safe. You sadly were in the wrong place at the wrong time. - Old Ben

[@iloveemeralds4622]

@@eti1687dang it dude the Shane reference would have been fun. I did make sure to watch the walking dead to try and get it.

[@ramonh188]

Your voice ain’t terrible at all. Also, I was rooting for you the whole time! I loved the short lived Cassidy Caravans, and (spoiler alert) when you got murdered I got sad :( this entire video was so entertaining but your content is what got me invested

[@iloveemeralds4622]

@@ramonh188aww thanks

[@ramonh188]

@iloveemeralds4622 np! I finished watching it and cheered when Spider avenged you haha.

[@EternalDipsy]

Poor emerald spent most of her time in captivity just to be unfairly killed thank god Old Ben got what he deserved

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

She did a good job illustrating why traveling the apocalypse with no group and little self defence capabilities is actually a terrible idea.

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

@@TheGreatMoonFrog it’s not a bad idea if you don’t try to be friendly with everyone, since it leaves you to be vulnerable. You shouldn’t shoot on sight but you should be in a car ready to escape, or have the firepower and will to fight your way out

[@prettyevil6662000]

@@TheGreatMoonFrog Illustrates big groups lead to corruption and bad decisions more than anything. Vanguard started out doing good things (supposedly they say), got bigger and became unhinged, randomly decided they needed to kidnap someone, then decided to murder their kidnap victim because they couldn't free her or she might attack them for kidnapping her.

[@Nikotheleepic]

thats what happens in a state of nature, it makes it interesting, more interesting than people metagaming on discord and playing as if it weren't real

[@LutraLovegood]

@@Nikotheleepic The "state of nature" is a pure hypothetical that doesn't match reality

[@ShadowdaleA]

Spider you were a fucking G. Respect.

[@benbraden9133]

I could feel and completely understand all of Emeralds frustration 😂

[@Bobylein1337]

Yea, especially the "Ok Guys, am I gonna stay in prison till the end of the event now?" part, anyone who enjoys roleplay events in game or real life knows how horrendously boring and bad drawn out kidnappings are, the least Ben should've done is leaving her there alone for her having a chance to escape. Same with the senseless killing of the guy in front of the shop, why not just give of a warning shot and telling him to run if he wants to live? At least some drama

[@corvonics6383]

fr to get taken out like that would be so frustrating

[@jaygraham2405]

Sara Devor(reporter) here despite only being able to make 2 sessions but those were honestly some of the best zomboid (or even gaming) experiences so many fun people and new people to meet! Thank you so much!

[@runpandarun09]

I was heavily invested in ILoveEmeralds story. I can see it happening in a Walking Dead episode.

[@kevinnaits8282]

KevinNaits (or Matthew Legget) here. I would like to say thank you to Mossy for this event. It was my first event in Project Zomboid and my first english event in life! I will join you in season 2 when it's happen, because it was so fun for me to be the part of this crew))!

[@kuntuzik5985]

Хорош!

[@hiendkle]

You were easily my favorite to watch. Finding the scientist was a big moment. All over the video, you explain things to other people well, and your use of language is good. Being too fat to climb the fence was like a cherry on top.

[@corvonics6383]

Do you know if they are working on another event? i cant wait for the next video!

[@the_big_cheese1]

@@hiendklesame

[@Nikotheleepic]

Hey given you are slavic have you heard of lifeweb, I think you will love it, its another dark realistic simulator where all of the mechanics feed back into roleplay very well.

[@Harlequin565]

Brilliant editing and narration. Comedy gold from the various characters involved. From "I need tweezers" to Emerald's last word. I bet everyone had a hoot. This is proper entertaining content. Big thumbs up from me.

[@andreoiyd3289]

I love it that in this game you can see the behaviour and some personally of the other players if they are really competent to be a leader or just a physcopat. Who has the patience of waiting or who has less patience. 😂

[@realsillyyuri]

1:04:58, “SHUT UP YOU WERE DEAD”, poor bro sitting in the corner😭

[@silverghost3063]

Not gonna lie it was really satisfying seeing Old Ben get what was coming to him after what he did to Emerald.

[@rooster6199]

Hi, riggie here. I just wanted to say i am so gratefull to mossy for doing this all, it was the highlight of mine and so many other's summers.

[@militarymann3643]

“They’re marines, it’s understandable.” I’m using that line.

[@adipsia6154]

@51:35 that line delivery on "those things" was so perfect, it felt so much like a tv show/movie. Incredible video, great work from all involved!

[@randyrandom9652]

10/10 all worth the wait and I am glad the tunnel snakes got some screen time and quiet a bit more then we all expected cannot wait for season 2. RAHHHH TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!!

[@dropbois]

TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!!

[@iloveemeralds4622]

Boo fallout 3, new Vegas rules.

[@randyrandom9652]

@@iloveemeralds4622 Fallout New Vegas does not have tunnel snakes automatically making it inferior to Fallout 3.

[@Strideo1]

​@@randyrandom9652Mostly cuz Tunnel Snakes rule!

[@spudz2186]

@@randyrandom9652 idk, yes man makes it up for me

[@nprwikeepa6082]

Bro killing himself in the group photo was hilarious

[@AmVezix]

I really hope we get another zomboid video like this. This was just too good. I never really watch videos that are past an hour long but this had me hooked from the very beginning.

[@iloveemeralds4622]

We’ve already filmed the next one. I accidentally died in a pipe bombing because apparently you can’t throw things thru windows but my opponents tricked mossy into healing them so I died for nothing

[@Peluceus]

43:33 "We are all friendly, yes?" "no" *smash cut to entire faction getting lined up and immediately gunned down*

[@Jericoshost]

The USSR reminds me if when I headed up a group in west point based in the storage depot- I named us the United Persons of Service. We provided medical and quarentine services among other things

[@TelexStar79]

I wasn't involved but watched the video all the way through. Absolutely brilliant and glad ILoveEmeralds got some justice!

[@houyo]

32:17 "There inspiration made little sense, and their plan less so..." had me giggling.

[@reaganmemes6510]

Especially considering Shane never kidnapped anyone in twd 😂, Dumbasses didn't even watch the show or know the character they were referencing

[@burnt_nuggets]

The entire video felt like a whole movie. Really great job for all those people, that were involved in this. I really liked Emerald's story arc and I hope that there will be more zomboid community projects in the future.

[@ButterDog42069]

Vanguard sound like they were mostly a bunch of unorganized bafoons with guns. also 51:03 best clip

[@ReaverSenpai]

Vanguard really said "you're a merchant? you're either getting shot or kidnapped." lol

[@aloneagain3987]

"shut up, you weren't there" yeah, thats his point

[@MacDaddySam]

Zorro would be the type of cop to turn his bodycam off lmfao

[@UN_Banished]

Lmao This is a top tier comment

[@capitolcontroversy5483]

Huge respect for Spider for dying for what he believed in

[@lovesgoodthings6242]

Random vid I found and was happy to see what I’ve been hoping for in the PZ community. survival, groups and factions forming, territory and politics. Ever evolving story by the actions of others and a mid/long narrative to give life and purpose to the unending days of apocalypse. Solid job would love to see more of these in a series.

[@at-boy]

Bloody brilliant, thx so very much for creating this. You should do something like this over a longer period of time and with episodes. This was so very entertaining and engaging, just left wishing there were more.

[@SaulGoodman306]

TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dropbois]

RAHHHH TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!!

[@bigjohn2441]

TUNNEL SNAAAKES

[@randyrandom9652]

RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!!

[@D1sc0rd-]

I've never properly watched a pz anything before... much less an rp scenario. I've been wanting to do other things all night but it held my attention from beginning to end. Bravo to everyone involved

[@dropbois]

I can’t wait for this to be posted to TikTok in 2 minute chunks surrounded with subway surfers gameplay and family guy clips. Tunnel Snakes Rule!

[@anonymouskraken2427]

Twas I was only looking to trade for normal house keys, but trading for a survivors personal key ring? Now thats what I should have really done. A fantastic vid I was really happy to get in and participate. May the Cassidy Caravan rest in peace

[@JustShotsForMeh]

Ted getting squished by the caravan was comedic genius LMAO

[@Anylessergods]

Yall did emerald and pricey dirty. Do you just not communicate with your faction mates?

[@williejones6446]

Everybody just ignored her death.

[@Strideo1]

​@@williejones6446Spider didn't.

[@MadCowGaminggg]

She was like Meg to family guy…nobody cared 😂😭😂😭💀🤷‍♂️

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

​@@williejones6446not as much as the death of the market leader was ignored.

[@raccioon]

Raccoon here. This event was the most fun I've had in a long time, especially in Project Zomboid. Can't wait for more events to come!

[@Matthias129]

Opinions, viewpoints, and hopes for the sequel: 1) It kinda feels like this was supposed to be a RP event, with having a few semi-scripted events and such and trying to build a story. That said, it's really hard to stay in it when it's constant memeing and cracking jokes, dicking around during RP scenes/events and, even worse, complaining about being bored from RP events happening in an RP event. I've been involved in a number of sim units and am an avid TTRPG player, and while joking around happens there's usually some official (and mostly unofficial) rules that kind of set up the expectations that when the shit hits the fan, whether that be bullets, zombies, or even courtroom drama coming your way, it's time to square up and take it seriously. At least more seriously, it's still a game and all, but hopefully you know what I mean. Now that doesn't mean having demerits and such like sim units had/have, but maybe something set up to encourage people to actually play a role and embody some kind of character, at least during the square up moments of the events. 2) Along the lines of setting some ground rules/expectations/do's & don'ts, I'd hope "no random kidnapping" gets added to that list. I appreciate Ol' Ben trying to set up an RP opportunity, and I really like Shane from The Walking Dead (both graphic novel and show), I don't think just randomly trying to snatch someone up to force it is the way. Especially just to evade the opportunity to play that out at the courtroom. It made it feel like just trying to justify a long, drawn out RDM under the guise of "role playing". -This is just a side rant about point two, please feel free to move on to point three: It felt even more like RDMing when, after they decide to randomly snatch somebody, get two somebody's, have those two somebody's try to include both of them in this event, to just have Zorro just decide to gun one down and go on a rant about "supposed to be a simple job" when it wasn't a job in the first place, it was just a group deciding they wanted to lock someone away from participating in the game. And then they didn't even do anything with locking Emeralds up! Just, "Oh hey, I've got a chance to kill you now! No RPing for anybody else to see here!" I would've loved to see it go down like this; message Emeralds before that session (or even during the game) and be like "Yo, I wanna explore my character having a breakdown about your character and the van thing, that cool? Heads up, could be lethal!" and then (assuming we get the go ahead) then "stumble across them" (from getting their location), talk about the "luck" of finding the thieves from before, skip the Simple Job RDM, and get them both back to base. Then you keep harping on and on about, "They took our van, what else have they done? Etc. etc." Then when it's you and one other prisoner, "Hey, I've got this, go backup the others." And the _moment_ your guard buddy is out the door? "I've got to help the others, I can't take the chance (or something along those lines)" and BLAM BLAM! You got the greenlight *before* ruining someone's participation in the event (the "I could tell from the long kidnapping" and the "Am I just going to spend the rest of the game locked up?" were pretty damning) AND you immediately open up that RP opportunity with guard buddy. Did his character actually overhear? Does he go back to confront Ben? Does he maybe agree with Ben's sentiment (with a slip of the tongue about being glad merced Emeralds when someone with a dissenting opinion can overhear)? Does guilt lead to a confession to someone else later? You've now enjoyed the event your participating in, you make sure that the person you involved is enjoying the event they're participating in, *and* you keep the RP engine running for even more enjoyment later! 3) I'd also like to see some encouragement for these RP style events to at least choose a real name and at least an adjective for the role they wanna play. Jason M., friendly. Alisha S., altruistic. Brian B., aggressive. It's awesome seeing the likes of Cody "Danger" Donger, Patrick Boderman, Rudy, Matthew Leggett, and Father Ted, so it hurts even more when they have to react to their friend being eaten by zombies screaming "Oh God, the zombies got 69BigChungusFeetLover69!" and might encourage a bit more RP if they have an actual name.

[@mikfly]

Wow these are all fantastic points! I actually enjoyed the improvisation and clear chaos of the lack of guidelines, but that may be because I have not seen this kind of play before. Bravo on these insights, well done.

[@corvonics6383]

I think the disconnection from the RP was always funny I would imagine that they were still RPing and they actually would say those things in real life lol

[@Hunter_6601]

I don’t think you need to script every interaction, they are role playing but also still having fun. Getting their location beforehand only to pretend like they didn’t expect the interaction would’ve been lame

[@katowoozy3664]

Honestly, this event was pretty unhinged. I’m glad it stayed consistent with (mostly) letting it all play out by the participants’ hand, and only had the occasional interference by staff for the sake of producing a story. I’ve always been bothered by scripted Sims that push the same generic storyline every time in games like Minecraft and Rust, so I’m glad to see that this video stayed true to the concept, That being said, the amount of conflicting RP was very annoying to watch in this video. The problem was that everyone was trying to push their own narrative on each other, while the Admin was trying to push his narrative on them. It’s just completely messy and causes a lot of disarray and dissatisfaction with the participants. I watched HarvestZ’s video before this one and he did a much better job of things while letting everyone do whatever they wanted. I think that’s mostly because his community is a lot more understanding of one another, where it seems that this guy’s community was very disoriented and did things just to get screen time.

[@user-vf1zw3wn3m]

"While the USSR were attempting to arrest a can of soup" honestly sounds like something that could've happened irl

[@mjtiburon6281]

I was so glad to be a part of this, and the video turned out great! It was super fun to play and to watch!

[@chosenstation]

Lol that suicide out of nowhere had me floored!😂😂🤣 i laughed for a solid 3 minutes straight. The timing and the fact that it was during the most celebratory time just made me burst out. Right after he said lets take a picture.

[@me_frrr]

It was probably a kurt cobain reference

[@chosenstation]

he certainly was a "known memory" after this event.@@me_frrr

[@mcr00kes]

That was some great storytelling and madness there! From the hilarity of that courtcase to the drama of the cold-blooded murder and then that conclusion. Great piece of work to all involved!

[@vvaderr]

‘ he killed you’ ‘ no he didn’t’ ‘Shut up you weren’t even there’

[@saltybomba]

I just started playing the game and wanted to look for some videos and i sat through this video for almost 30 minutes so heavily invested that i forgot i was even watching a game and more of a tv show 😭

[@arbo-u2b]

What’s with all the Fallout references in these factions 😂. The tunnel snakes, Cassidy caravans

[@BloodBullet0125]

This turned out to be a really interesting cool story, despite the plot holes and randomness lmao

[@gavinrichards2656]

Plot Holes?

[@BloodBullet0125]

@gavinrichards2656 lmao couldnt think of any other word but I mean like, there were some parts to there ummmm.....story lol, that didnt make much sense, is what I meant

[@whelperw]

​@@BloodBullet0125 Life be like:

[@Corey_the_zebra]

39:06 you can feel the fear in his voice

[@overtale4516]

"In a zombie apocalypse, zombies are not the biggest threat."

[@SeedlingNL]

1:06 Thats a birchwood floating counter... I only know of 4 of those in the game... 1 in Rosewood, 2 in one house in Muldraugh and 1 in West Point. Anyone know any other locations? This thing is rarer than a sledgehammer.. There's also the trailer version, which can be found in nearly every trailer (usually multiple).

[@niksin9941]

Hes the birchwood floating counter enthusiast

[@eatingpeppermint]

Sharp eye.

[@videobeast5548]

Lets go!! I've been waiting to watch this for so long.

[@Bilbomentum]

Top quality edit, commentary and effort from all players, really enjoyed all of it. But god damn, Old Ben did Emeralds dirty. Please do more!

[@Just_Some_Dude73]

no matter in what game Cassidy Carvans always ends in disaster

[@hunterrose3136]

This was an amazing introduction to youtube. Great first vid. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to seeing more vids by you. :D

[@MFPofficer1983]

5:11 my favorite book of all time! 😃

[@CobraCommander117]

So bad Zorro didn’t get clapped

[@solid768]

Old Ben too, just straight up lying about executing a prisoner. In court too with no one to be like "Hey wait we left the prisoner with old ben and when we left there was gunshots and then no prisoner when we came back" ???

[@solid768]

Oh nvm he got what he had coming to him

[@TheRandom_Emu]

@@solid768you decided to make a comment before finishing the video?

[@solid768]

@@TheRandom_Emu Yes

[@TheJZKguy]

Killing Emeralds was like suddenly killing off a beloved main character 😕

[@thothmark]

Jeez guys. You had a lord of the flies moment, on a female no less.

[@williejones6446]

Its like everybody is ignoring that weird behavior.

[@thothmark]

@@williejones6446 It might be a left leaning thing? I don't know.

[@williejones6446]

@@thothmark Look im stupid. That was strange behavior. Its more strange to go "Anyway in the news." Thats just me.

[@thothmark]

@@williejones6446 agreed just expressing myself

[@williejones6446]

@@thothmark Ohh I understand I mean nothing by anything I say. Im sure youre a cool guy.

[@blurrednoise]

Hey, im Mayumi. This project was the most fun I've ever had playing Zomboid! Mossy and Five Exes really put a lot of work in, so this project would go as smoothly as possible. I hope everything comes across well on the video!

[@joshuafurlong5270]

I'm roughly a little under half way through the video, but I had to pause and write this. Seriously well made video man. Wow. The fact that you were able to put all of this together, and edit it so seamlessly had me thinking this was a big channel or something. Here I am flabbergasted that you have 4.3k. Still a lot dont get me wrong but this type of quality deserves more support! good stuff. Subbed and liked homie.

[@douglasheath1812]

Everyone in the video is so concerned with being the funniest person in the game and it ended up just being hard to watch at times.

[@gabrielfernandes3580]

This should have way more views, one of the best Zomboid videos I've watched.

[@JonJohJameson]

30:53 I must say, dying surrounded by your friends, having a proper mad sesh with the lads and celebrating the death of a notorious scoundrel, I'd end it there too. Because in the apocalypse there's no guarantee that this large group of friends would stay together or alive for long. I'd rather die having the best night of my life than live through the horrors of the apocalypse.

[@alaas1041]

Just imagine that IRL. Everyone celebrating and you just kys with a revolver without elaborating

[@Vexoj-i3z]

this is where project zomboid truely shines, loved every second of this. hope to see more (: thanks for the work on this

[@helpmii215]

Man I wonder why the [REDACTED] faction wasn’t included in the video?

[@Spoomguy]

LMAO fuck thoses 🤡

[@A_Shadow87]

My god, every line from a survivor is gold. From the moment that Hungry Hungry Caterpillar turned into 1984, I knew this was going to be one hell of a video.

[@Tango142warrior]

That ending was the greatest thing I ever seen 😂😂😂 "here what's left of 100 players from a zombie apocalypse. Here's 9 seats to escape" 😂😂 I loved that split second of butter chaos and gun against gun 😂 security soldiers didn't stand a chance in that

[@australiatime9818]

The story telling is fantastic. Can’t wait to watch the next one.

[@mikfly]

Wow, just wow! Will you be making more? The work to make this must have been mountainous, but this had my attention for days. I was always looking for free moments to watch an extra 10-15 minutes here and there. The story, the drama, even the unexpected shoot-out ending. What a show everyone!

[@niksin9941]

My boy spider a real one

[@TheKingreiko]

These people can't listen. and have literally no chill. Spider is best.

[@degtyarev6208]

Dude this is amazing. I wasn't part of this but it looks so good. I love this type of survival game videos that show people doing stuff from scratch and then organising. I hope you get more views Because you just gained a new sub :)

[@generallyupset4172]

Just the kind of content I've been dreaming of, this was an amazing video! Hope to see more

[@brandbird]

That was excellent storytelling. I bet it was a great experience taking part in this.