Editorial Note: I did not realize that photobucket does not work on Forgehub. Any help in this would be appreciated, please!

Note: all screenshots are taken off an older version called ZOMG, Zombies! None of the changes from that old map to Hog Zombies are evident by these screens.

Note: I did not hack this map. For some reason only one elephant spawned in the final version of the game. If anybody else encountered this problem, please private message me.

Welcome to a trip down memory lane. Remember the days before Foundry? Before interlocking and geometry merging? I sure as hell do. The first iteration of this map is dated, on my hard drive as September 29th, 2007. Just four days after Halo 3's launch. This is the first map I ever designed, created or played, that completely changed how a level was played. Throughout my Halo 3 career I have spent more time in Forge than anything else (more maps by me are currently being prepared and redone for Forgehub) and I swell with pride for the work I have done on this map, constantly tweaking the gameplay and gametype for the past ten and a half months. Almost everybody who has played this and likes infection is won over by it's simple to do yet hair-raising to play style.

Hog Zombies' original map name was ZOMG, Zombies! but was changed to Hog Zombies, because it had a better ring. You definitely may have played this or a spin off of it. But none of the spin offs I have played have even come close to touching this game. The gametype has always been called Hog Zombies.

In case you hadn't guessed, this is played on Sandtrap, with the humans starting on one side of the map, and one alpha zombie on the other. All humans start with an assault rifle, motion tracker and two frags, alpha zombie starts with a hammer, no tracker, two frags, 300% speed (a little slower than a ghost on turbo), 200% gravity, and all other zombies start with only an energy sword, no tracker, 300% speed and 300% gravity. All infected are unshielded and are susceptable to heashots.

The humans have anywhere from forty-five seconds to two minutes to mount up their vehicles and get outta doge before the Alpha slams into home base. This wasn't really planned out, its just that sometimes they don't develope speed until twenty seconds in. It also depends on player skill.

At the human base, anywhere between 2 and 15 people will spawn and have a variety of options to choose from. They can grab one of the vehicles off of the long list of rides, or head downstairs to find a weapon among the ruble to go on foot. The vehicles list is as follows.

5 Mongeese
4 Warthog
2 Gauss Warthog
1 Prowler
1 Elephant

Note: only 2 mongeese start at the spawn. The others are throw about the map in biles of debris for mostly ascetic purposes.

Although this option is much more risky, a player may choose to head out and find a weapon. Some may call this an armour downstairs, but with only 4 weapons to choose from, I don't. This option wields pretty decent results when a crack shot with a Battle Rifle does it.

The best strategy for any zombie, whether alpha or beta, is to set up a number of ambushes for the humans. Avoiding a convoy when possible and sticking to cover to attack from the sides. When the zombies all work together, they can make quick work of a group of rowdy humans.

Human Spawn with vehicles.

Underneath human spawn.

All weapons in this room are as follows. They all have two spare clips.

2 Battle Rifle
1 Sniper Rifle
1 Shotgun
1 Sub Machine Gun

Note: outside of this area there are only 3 assualt rifles all of which are in the crassed Albatross dropship.

Zombie spawn area.

Alpha Zombie approaches the human spawn area for the first time.

One of two Gauss 'Hogs (one pictured) opens up on a pursuing group of Betas (regular zombies) with the Alpha leading the charge (not pictured).

A lone Beta is caught in between the crossfire of 3 'Hogs. Only one Warthog is pictured, but if you look closely you can see the crossfire from the other two.

Part of an interrupted human convoy is shown here. Convoying with your fellow survivors is proven to extend life expectancy by over 9000.

Me, map creator Jsten419.

Honourable thanks goes out to my three best testers who have been playing this since the first map.

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Hog Zombies Map
Hog Zombies Gametype

Thanks for your time and please, Give Hog Zombies a chance to win you over. Just like so many before you.