Mission accomplished: 4K take on 'Outbreak Missions'
MANILA, Philippines - Last Oct. 18 and 19, the roads of Filinvest City and an empty Filinvest Mall became the setting for an epic choice-driven adventure called Outbreak Missions.
Over 4,000 participants completed a course of challenges with special characters and clues while being chased by a horde of four hundred flag-hungry zombies. They ran, walked, and screamed with two clear missions to accomplish— first, to find a rumored cure at a mission called The Adarna Initiative and second, to find a bus that will bring them out of the infected zone at The Narrows.
Outbreak Missions is a separate event series brought to us by the organizers of Outbreak Manila, the longest-running zombie-themed run in the Philippines.
“Outbreak Missions is not all about running- it’s a lot of quick thinking, teamwork and decision-making. If you love zombie-themed movies, shows and video games, then this is your chance to get off the couch and experience the thrill firsthand," says organizer Angelo Cruz.
Participants started their mission by being ushered into a post-apocalyptic army camp where they were grouped into teams of ten. Then, they had to strategize among themselves as they set out a course of dark roads and mall passageways swarming with zombies dead-set on grabbing their life flags. Two thousand people called themselves survivors last Oct. 18 at The Adarna Initiative and the next 2,000 called it mission accomplished on Oct. 19 at The Narrows.
Outbreak Missions is co-presented by Filinvest City, Festival Supermall; presented by Boardwalk, Fox, Summit Natural Drinking Water; in cooperation with Impact High Performance Whey Protein, Smart, Mogu Mogu, Coleman, Booster C Energy Shot, and Makeup Design Academy. It is also brought to you by Bellevue Manila, Cello’s Doughnuts, Berocca, Toby’s, Gino’s Brick Oven Pizza, BROOKS, RUNNR, Symbol Science, Burnwater ArtxDesign, Pelicola.Tv, WheninManila.com, Pinoy Fitness, ClickTheCity, Gala Magazine, Mellow 94.7, philstar.com, inquirer.net and Hyundai Philippines.
