Well, I made it. 30 consistent uploads, one every day, for the entire month of November (Even Thanksgiving) and I've reached the final day. I'm considering continuing this, but I probably won't do so every day. But I'm not just going to write about how happy I am that it's all over. Let's talk DvZ.
Dwarves vs Zombies (DvZ) is a minecraft minigame that has been modified so far from vanilla minecraft that it's almost unrecognizable (Aside from the graphics, of course). There are two teams in DvZ. The Dwarves (AKA Jimmies), whose goal is to protect the shrine for as long as possible, and the Zombies, whose goal is to take the shrine as fast as possible. At the beginning of the game, everyone playing is dropped into the map as a dwarf. Their job is to get blocks to create a defence, mainly walls, archer towers, proc halls (A hall where you proc), ect. They also must find lots of gold in order to survive. You see, dwarves have little health and can only die once in comparison with their... relentless friends. As a result, dwarves need a quick way to heal. So, they have their juice. By drinking their juice, they instantly heal to max health and, depending on the juice, can even get boosts. But their juice only stays as long as they have mana. Once they lose their mana, they lose their juice. Mana constantly regenerates as long as their armor stays healthy, and their armor stays healthy as long as there's gold. Hence why gold is important. No gold creates a ripple effect that inevitably causes death. So mine that gold, jimmies.
After a 2 (Minecraft) day build period, someone is killed. When someone dies they becomes a zombie, and their new job is to to kill his friends. There are many different types of zombies, each with their own specialty. Some are good at destroying walls and defence, some are good at killing, and some are good at damaging armor (Called armor damage. This is the most important form of damage. Dwarves won't die because of their juice, so armor damage is the best way to kill them as it depletes their gold and in turn, their juice.) There are boss zombies that come come in and wreak havoc upon the jimmies, and some are great at killing heros.
Heros are on the dwarven team, and they're the power house of the dwarven side. They keep the dwarves alive. There are three of them: Nisovin Illusion- A gnome who specializes in casting spells, Romain the Paladin- His flamethrower kills zombies incredibly quickly, and the most important dwarf of them all, without whom the jimmies would die immediately, BruceWillakers- The almighty proc master. Bruce has a horn that gives a proc to all the jimmies, and is masterful at getting procs himself. What's a proc? A proc is when a dwarf gets green sparkles around him, giving him lots of power. This only lasts a few seconds. When a jimmy is on a proc, he will insta kill most zombies in one hit, and if you have the default kit, you proc will stack, meaning that every time you kill a zombie, you proc will last longer. BruceWillakers can proc off any zombie, unlike your ordinary jimmy.
There are multiple kits, but non of them are worth mentioning here. There's your basic archer, bruiser, and others, but there is the ability to create custom kits which is incredibly useful. At the end of the day, the dwarves won't win. The game won't end until all the jimmies are dead and the zombies take the last shrine. So no, the jimmies will never win. In that sense, what is the point of playing? Well, it's fun. Try it for yourself and see, but before you do check out the Wiki. It will explain how to actually play. Games typically take from 30mins to an hour, so only play if you have time. Here's the IP:
dvz.buffalowizards.com
Enjoy! Thank you for reading, if anyone actually did. I'll try to continue to update this everyday. Until then...
Don't forget to drink your juice!
-GIR