Ok gang… I got a funny story for you, that happened just the other night, in fact!

If you didn’t already know this about me, I am an avid gamer, along with my husband and his brother. We play an assortment of differing computer games depending on the mood, or time available. Whatever you wish to call it, we call it family time well spent. About a week ago we decided to bring up a certain Zombie game we play off and on, loading up a local server and diving into some crazy adventures!

Now, something you should know about the dynamics of our trio… my husband is called the squirrel man, my brother-in-law is a wanderer, leaving me to be the runner. I will explain…

The squirrel man means pretty much what it says… let’s go over here and gather all these supplies…Squirrel… gone!

The wanderer means that he is just always mia… wandering off to do things in secret… til you hear him die and he starts swearing… that’s how we find him!

The runner means that at the first sign of trouble, I will dust you and be gone and running in the other direction before you can turn around!

That being said, these two share a singular family trait… LOOT TROLLS!!!! These two can be in a room and clearing loot boxes before I clear the doorway… I swear if I could shoot my teammates, I would tag both of em! Anyway, I have learned to play smart with these two, sometimes having to play a bit dirty, if you know what I mean.

So, we had been playing for several days before I realized that my husband left the CREATIVE button active in settings. I clicked it… and man did my game change… lol! Looking back, I distantly recall my husband saying that we were going to not cheat on this server, but if he left the button active, is it cheating… really?

Technically, it’s the Loot Trolls fault! Do you know how frustrating it is to always be given hand me down weapons or armor, only after they found better weapons and stuff to get upgrades, or have to constantly ask for more bullets since the only drops they leave me are … PAPER!

Well, we were clearing some building and I found myself cornered by zombies, emptying my clip and both hitting the zombie and shooting myself in the foot in my initial panic… most the bullets hit the floor and wall! I went to check my inventory for more ammo, but there was only PAPER… so, ladies and gents, I clicked the little Creative button and reloaded! I didn’t just reload, though, because it was like being in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory! Guns, Ammo, Food, Tools… you name it, it was available! I rejoined the guys and continued playing, all the while, sporting Atilla the Hun Zombie proof armor, Terminator level firearms and unlimited ammo and food… shhhhhhhhh!

This went on for two days before my husband commented about how our base was covered in concrete now, which is hard to find and manufacture by the way, and suggested that his brother was cheating… man, I am sneaky and mean, but couldn’t let someone else take the blame for what I was doing. So I confessed… sort of… by telling him that I had discovered the Creative Button turned on and used it for a few things around the base. I did admit to restocking my bullets, when he questioned me about that part. He has since turned that button setting off, but I don’t really mind… I avoided sharing with him about the armor, food, weapons, repair kits, antibiotics, med kits, water and other sundries that I acquired, while shopping at ZMart… what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him!

Am I a woman of God… absolutely… would I ever do something like this in the real world… absolutely not… BUT… in a post Apocalyptical world, accompanied by two Loot Trolls… you bet your bottom dollar I will … and not even feel bad about it! When you play with the big dogs, you gotta be willing to get dirty… or get left with no bullets!

Not on my watch!