#**WORLD WAR Z – ROTATIONAL HORDE CHALLENGE**

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hybrid stag
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LIVE SETUP & ORGANIZATION

1. Streaming

  • Every run is played live
  • Allowed platforms:
    • Discord (VC1 – General)
    • Twitch
    • YouTube (YouTube Live)
  • The team must inform the referees in advance which platform will be used
  • Stream link must be sent at least 30 minutes before start
  • At least one player per team must stream
  • All interested users may watch live

2. Referees / Observers

  • 1–2 preselected users
  • Responsibilities:
    • Monitor class rotation
    • Enforce all rules and bans
    • Confirm scoring
  • Referee decisions are final

3. Team Registration

  • Registration until Day X
  • Teams must provide:
    • Team name
    • Player list
    • Time window for their run
    • Streaming platform

ONE ATTEMPT ONLY

  • Each team has exactly one attempt
  • The run counts from the moment the horde is started at the scheduled event time
  • No restarts, retries, or aborts
  • Technical issues after start do not invalidate the run

TEAM SIZE (IMPORTANT)

  • Teams may consist of fewer than 4 players
  • Playing with fewer players is allowed, even though it increases difficulty
  • All rules still apply without exception
  • AI-controlled bots are allowed

Scoring with fewer players / bots

  • Scoring rules do not change
  • Bots count as team members
  • If a bot dies, it reduces the bonus points accordingly

RULES

CLASS ROTATION (MANDATORY)
Fixed order:
Gunslinger → Hellraiser → Medic → Fixer → Slasher → Exterminator → Drone Master → Vanguard → back to Gunslinger

  • Only the starting class may be chosen
  • Starting classes are team strategy
  • Start classes may remain secret until game start
  • Multiple or all players may choose the same starting class
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Example (valid):

  • Wave 1: 2× Gunslinger, 1× Slasher, 1× Drone Master
  • Wave 2: 2× Hellraiser, 1× Exterminator, 1× Vanguard
  • Wave 3: 2× Medic, 1× Drone Master, 1× Gunslinger
  • Wave 4: 2× Fixer, 1× Vanguard, 1× Hellraiser
  • Wave 5 (XL Wave): 2× Slasher, 1× Gunslinger, 1× Medic
    and so on...

WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT

Allowed:

  • Tier 2 weapons
  • Tier 3 weapons
  • Pistols
  • All Heavy weapons
  • Weapon swapping:
    • During waves
    • Between waves

STRICTLY FORBIDDEN

  • Bug or glitch exploitation
  • Buying or using any defensive structures
  • All traps, (Turrets, Grids, Fences, ecc.) including:
    • Oil barrels
    • Explosive barrels
    • Gas traps
    • Fire traps
    • Map-based environmental triggers
  • Defense XL
  • Stationary weapons (e.g. mounted MGs)

CLARIFICATION: PRE-PLACED DEFENSE FROM AREA UNLOCKS

  • Unlocking a new area may spawn pre-placed defenses
    (e.g. auto-turrets, fences, traps)
  • These must NOT be used
    • No activating
    • No repairing
    • No reloading
    • No deliberate luring of zombies into them
  • Allowed: entering the area normally, unavoidable passive interaction
  • Active use → immediate disqualification

SANCTIONS

  • Any rule violation (bugs, forbidden defense, traps, exploits):

    • Run ends immediately
    • Disqualification
    • No score counted

  • Incorrect class rotation:

    • If any player does not switch to the correct next class or selects a wrong class:
      • Run ends immediately
      • No disqualification
      • Only the points earned up to that moment are counted

SCORING SYSTEM

  • 1 point per completed wave
  • +1 point per surviving player or bot
  • Maximum: 5 points per wave

Special case:

  • If all players and bots die during the same wave, but the game continues:
    • Only 1 point for that wave
    • No bonus points
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  • Runs must be recorded
    • The recording must be publicly accessible on Twitch or YouTube
    • The VOD must remain available after the run for referee review
cosmic hull
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This activity looks super cool! catwow Thank you for posting it, @hybrid stag! 🙏zombieheart

I will also be giving Discord roles to help out with the challenge rewards, which include:
🏆 A special Discord role for the winning team.
🏅 The extra 'Horde Watchman' role, if there are teams that manage to record the run from all participants’ perspectives.

I hope you have fun, you all! love✨

compact shadow
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I love this, can't wait to push the limits and try to learn something new along the way, and ofc amazing memories

hybrid stag
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after talking with some players following additional rules:
ADDITIONAL RULES

  • MGL exploits are forbidden

    • No perk abuse that allows constant / infinite MGLs
    • Applies to Hellraiser and Exterminator

  • Vanguard invulnerability perk is forbidden

    • Any perk that makes the Vanguard temporarily invincible is not allowed

  • Anti pre-recorded video check

    • Before the first wave starts, a referee will ask the team leader
      to open the in-game chat and type:
      • a 4-digit number or
      • a specific word
    • This confirms the run is live and not a pre-recorded video
    • Failure to comply → run is invalid
undone zenith
compact shadow
compact shadow
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@dim spade