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Right the OT forum is to serious for me so it's

ZOMBIE SURVIVAL TIME

what are your zombie survival tactics, hints and tips

(p.s I Know it's an overused topic, please forgive me)

My plan

1.learn about the zombies particularly if they can swim
2head to motua island (A small island in the center of a large river in the center of the city) there I can hunt or fish for food and head to the city for essentials.

Short sweet and open to change

Why have there been like 10 topics on this lately? Getting antsy are we?

JEB_Stuart wrote:Why have there been like 10 topics on this lately? Getting antsy are we?

ZOmbieland is kindling our spirits of zombie survival.

I go back in time and assassinate George Romero so that we don't have these silly threads every week.

Do you know ANYTHING about how the disease is transmitted? It could be in the water...therefore Island would = Fail.

Survival Plan
1) Get a mode of transport
2) Secure Family (and dogs if possible)
3) Secure Weapons
4) Get the hell out of the city
5) Keep going
6) Keep going
7) ...are we there yet?

Plan:

1. Eat lots of batteries
2. Pee in the faces of zombies
3. Watch their faces melt off from my acid pee
4. muahahaha

Cheese Elemental wrote:I go back in time and assassinate George Romero so that we don't have these silly threads every week.

Instead of killing George Romero, can we just make his villians something else? Like, I don't know....Philadelphia Eagles fans. Then every other week, we'd have, "How would you survive an attack by Philadelphia Eagles fans?" "I'd throw a cheesesteak out the window and run out the backdoor!: Or maybe British Soccer Holligans. "How would you survive an attack by British Soccer Holligans?" "I'd yell out the window, Beckham is the greatest! And while the half of the mob that thinks he is (the greatest) fights with the half that thinks he isn't, I'd run out the backdoor."

yeah, or jockeys.

you know my plan.
Alaska. well mainly cause i want to kill zombie palin.


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dietrich wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:I go back in time and assassinate George Romero so that we don't have these silly threads every week.

Instead of killing George Romero, can we just make his villians something else? Like, I don't know....Philadelphia Eagles fans. Then every other week, we'd have, "How would you survive an attack by Philadelphia Eagles fans?" "I'd throw a cheesesteak out the window and run out the backdoor!: Or maybe British Soccer Holligans. "How would you survive an attack by British Soccer Holligans?" "I'd yell out the window, Beckham is the greatest! And while the half of the mob that thinks he is (the greatest) fights with the half that thinks he isn't, I'd run out the backdoor."

how bout hannah montana fans there kinda like zombies?

Cheese Elemental wrote:I go back in time and assassinate George Romero so that we don't have these silly threads every week.

Well,if your plans are a time jumping assassination,Richard Matheson would probly make a better target than George A Romero,since he (Matheson) was a HUGE influnce on Romero.

garret wrote:you know my plan.
Alaska. well mainly cause i want to kill zombie palin.

To paraphrase the Simpsons, aka the Best Show Evah
"Dad, you just shot Zombie Palin!"
"Palin was a zombie?"

how bout hannah montana fans there kinda like zombies?

Or the Jonas Brothers.

Ya know, honestly, with all the zombie-survival topics that pop up here, I'm pretty sure everyone who reads them is well informed on how to survive the Great Zombie Apocolypse of 2012.

MAybe something IS going to happen soon. Its like a collective feeling or something.
I have to see ZombieLand soon tho. I hope its good

You know, IRL zombies don't actually stand a chance against the military. What, it's a horde of shambling, unarmed civilians against guys with tanks, aircraft, artillery, and machineguns?

The whole 'military can't do anything' cliche is just something thrown in zombie movies to make it more dramatic.

All the zombies need is to have a pidgeon-zombie poop in someones eye though. I would call that a tactical advantage... yes, I think that the military would prove totally useless over time.

Once the nukes start flying were fekked either way... so... umm, maybe we should... run?

Cheese Elemental wrote:You know, IRL zombies don't actually stand a chance against the military. What, it's a horde of shambling, unarmed civilians against guys with tanks, aircraft, artillery, and machineguns?

The whole 'military can't do anything' cliche is just something thrown in zombie movies to make it more dramatic.

what if the zombie were the military?

LOL
I have to say garret, I didn't see that one coming.

garret wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:You know, IRL zombies don't actually stand a chance against the military. What, it's a horde of shambling, unarmed civilians against guys with tanks, aircraft, artillery, and machineguns?

The whole 'military can't do anything' cliche is just something thrown in zombie movies to make it more dramatic.

what if the zombie were the military?

Zombies can't use guns. Nor are the entire military based in one location.

Cheese Elemental wrote:You know, IRL zombies don't actually stand a chance against the military. What, it's a horde of shambling, unarmed civilians against guys with tanks, aircraft, artillery, and machineguns?

The whole 'military can't do anything' cliche is just something thrown in zombie movies to make it more dramatic.

I'm not so sure about that Cheese,sure the military could handle a few thousand unarmed uninfected humans,as humans would retreat/surrender when there numbers started to drop,but the undead have no fear..their going to keep coming.
Also,factor in that zombies are caused by a virus,thats pretty hard for the military to contain,for example..Bob bites his wife infecting her,together they attack the nieghbors,this group attacks the next house and so on..attacking schools,stores etc in every nieghborhood,in every city,meanwhile,every bite victiam is showing up at hospitals,turning and attacking more people,this would be a dificult situation for the military to contain.
Also,even with excelent orginazation and mobilization,the military dosn't have the ablity to be every place at once,they just don't have the manpower,so despite the effort,many places would be over run,particularly major cities,which of course you could bomb but A) your destroying your own cities and B) it's still not 100% effective.

Then there are islands and remote/rural areas. Without any means of sustaining themselves, zombies would starve just as fast as normal humans.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Then there are islands and remote/rural areas. Without any means of sustaining themselves, zombies would starve just as fast as normal humans.

That would depend on the "type" of zombie,if they are 28 days/weeks zombies(which are not undead,but infected with "rage") then yes,your 100% right,they would eventualy starve and die off.
However,if were talking Romero zombies,then no,as Dr."Frankenstien" Logan explains in Day of the Dead.." I've removed the stomach and major organs from this subject,yet still it wants me,it wants to feed.it has no stomach,it can take no nurishment but it wants me,it wants food...it's working on instict,a deep primordial instict",he later explains that only decay will eventualy stop/halt the undead if left on their own (and this he states will only threaten their mobility,not kill them).
So,basicly the undead don't eat us becuase they need food to exsist,they eat us becuase deep inside their rotted brain they retain a survivial instict....or maybe we taste like chicken.

"They're here"

They're, short for they are.

A few years ago I had a blog and wrote an article regarding Zombies and survival. This thread seems like a good place for a reprint. I hope you enjoy:


The Dead Walk!

If you go outside to get the morning paper and this is the headline;


it’s too late to make a plan. You’re fethed. But in the interest of repopulating (or at least the act of) I’m here to present a rough outline of what you should do, in case of a world wide zombie outbreak.

Admittedly, this post began as a challenge from Tenacious J, to discuss the strategic strengths of holing up inside a Las Vegas Resort Casino during a World Wide Zombie Outbreak. When exploring that question I quickly realized what a short and meaningless blog that would be. So I lumped it in with other places and simple tactics for survival to create an even longer meaningless blog...

Resort Casino Defensibility in case of World Wide Zombie Outbreak


Don’t!

You might think, “Hmm, this place has rooms to live, it has food, water and even entertainment.” And all of this would be true. But, these places are also designed for ease of access. The truth is real zombies (commonly called tourists) populate these structures everyday and all day. With all of the doors, halls, offices, cubby holes, dead ends, cat-walks, meandering casino floor, fire escapes and other hidey holes these places would be a death trap (because cinema teaches us that zombies love to hide and wait for a passer-by). If you were lucky enough to secure one, cleaning it out would take years. Not to mention that if you work in one of these places, you realize how depressing they can be.

“But, Adam, I could just hide up in a suite and watch the carnage from afar.” You say defiantly. Ok, what if that carnage lasts for more than a couple of days? Or weeks? What are you going to do about food? How will you know if the water is not contaminated or even if pressure is maintained? What about a clean set of sheets after all of those attempts at repopulating?


Prison Defensibility in case of World Wide Zombie Outbreak


Prison, initially seem like a fantastic idea! They have food, water, high walls and/or fences, kitchens, rooms, weapons, workshops, a huge yard (for future farming). Wow, it’s like heaven.

Well, ok, but what about the nasty element that already live there? If they aren’t all infested with zombies already. Not to mention, prisons aren’t built for their aesthetic qualities. These places would be depressing because they would remind you (a few of the last remaining humans) that you are being held prisoner by the billions of zombies out there.

Admittedly, though, Alcatraz might be a great spot due to it’s defensibility and view!


Shopping Mall Defensibility in case of World Wide Zombie Outbreak


Uh, if cinema teaches us anything, it’s that everyone will want a mall and everyone will think it’s the best place to go (even the zombies). STAY AWAY!


High School Defensibility in case of World Wide Zombie Outbreak


Now we’re talking...

Built like a prison but more aesthetically pleasing (complete with kitchens, workshops, yards, etc.) All you have to do is go on a few hunting and foraging runs and potentially you could set up shop for years! (I never said their wasn’t any risk)

Also, you don’t have to worry about anyone wanting to take it from you because everyone hated high school and no one wants to go back (not even the zombies).

“But, Adam! It doesn’t have those high fences and walls like the prison!”

It’s ok, cinema teaches us that zombies can’t climb very well, especially chain link fences.


On to basic tactics...

When zombie hoards are anything but, just walk around them.


When things start to get a bit more congested, it seems to me that the best tactic is to stick and move, as illustrated here by Simon Pegg.


As the plot (and hence the undead population) thicken. You had better find your place and fast. Cinema again teaches us that the more time goes by, the greater the size of the undead horde.


Have a plan and execute that plan. Stay alive and when not fighting undead, copulate furiously and habitually.

I applaud you GoFenris,nice zombie briefing,when the zombie apocalypse comes may every round you unleash be a head shot and may all your furious copulations be most enjoyable.

Even zombies would need some form of sustenance. If they can't take any in, they would die like any other creature.

If they were essentially walking corpses, then they would be mindless and easy to damage. They wouldn't have the sense to avoid even obvious traps.


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Hang on, are you the people who think zombies as depicted in Night of the Dead exist? Or is this another fun thread?

Cheese Elemental wrote:Zombies can't use guns. Nor are the entire military based in one location.

In Day of the Dead, a Zombie beat the base commander to the draw and plugged him.

1. Grab some Terrorists.
2. Point them at the Zombies.
3. Watch 'em go Plooie!

Problem Solved!

Cheese Elemental wrote:Even zombies would need some form of sustenance. If they can't take any in, they would die like any other creature.

If they were essentially walking corpses, then they would be mindless and easy to damage. They wouldn't have the sense to avoid even obvious traps.


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Hang on, are you the people who think zombies as depicted in Night of the Dead exist? Or is this another fun thread?

Zombies( as in the undead),have no need for sustenance,they are dead and reanimated by a virus,they simply do not NEED to eat us,they just Want to eat us.
Also,even as walking corpses,they retain some rudimentary inteligence,some more so than others,and while they may be "easy" to damage,they are not so easy to "kill",remember,you have to destroy the brain.
As far as avoiding traps,they wouldn't bother,sure your trap may kill one,two, a dozen,hell maybe a hundred if you set off a big enough explosion,but numbers would be on their side,and rememeber,they have no fear,they won't be horrified to see their fellow zombies blown to bitz,they won't be worried that you blew their arm off,so long as the function the only goal they have is to eat you.
And of course I don't think the zombies from Night of the Living Dead are real,but thoose fethers in Dawn of the Dead...yup,they exist,waiting for 2012,to rise...and feed.

dietrich wrote: Like, I don't know....Philadelphia Eagles fans. Then every other week, we'd have, "How would you survive an attack by Philadelphia Eagles fans?" "I'd throw a cheesesteak out the window and run out the backdoor!

I actually survived an infestation of these guys in Charlotte a few ago. It was scary...very scary.

GG

1. Build giant psychic transmitter
2. Take control of zombie horde.
3. Rule world with iron fist. (although I'll still keep off Frazzled's lawn)