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besring wrote:Well I would grab all the metal poles and heavy tublar things in my garage and head to my local tesco. Clear it of zombies and block the doors. Then wait to be saved by the army
then wait to be saved by army
army saved
more like napalm bombed or killed or left to rot or sent to work camps to decreace risk of trasmission
Word.
Take it from someone who had this discussion one day (for the hell of it) for Sgt's Time Training.... If Zombies in any form broke out, Uncle Sam in all his various forms (Army, Jarheads, Chair Force ect ect) will be more conentrated on stopping and isolating the infection then evacuating and saveing civies. I guarantee that if the Army managed to contain the infection in a major city.. lets say New York... We wouldn't even think twice about turning it into a massive parking lot if it ment stopping the infection from spreading across the US/World.
Idk that much about Military vehicles but Don't you have to have special training to be able to drive a BMP or some other mechanized transport?
So, I was in this place people call the mall a while back. And I had the urge to expel some bad spirits. As I went into the bathroom, I chose the urinal closes to the corner so I could have some privacy. So I whip out Lord Pevincy and let him loose the bad spirits. Well, I was looking at the wall as the Lord was expelling the spirits and I seemed to have gotten distracted. Turns out, I missed a little.
SO I'm sitting at my computer right, and I have a Coke, Bottled mind you. But it got warm, so I got a Coffie cup and I filled it with the coke and some Ice and I sipped as I did my internet stuff. So like and hour passed and I hadn't sipped any of it. and when I go to sip it, I notice that something solid is in it. So I'm like, "No, why would there be something solid in my coke?" SO I pull these solid THINGS off my tongue and guess what they are? F ING ANTS! I was like WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so I ran into the Kitchen coughing and what not and I threw those little bastards down the drain with a flood of hate and cold water.......those bastards are lucky I don't have my Nucians yet!!!
BaronIveagh wrote:Why on earth would I want to leave a trail for anyone to follow? I'd be up to my ass in useless deadweights in no time.
*sigh* I completely dissagree, I feel the only thing that would really keep me sane was that if I was with someone I could protect and vice versa.
Oh. So... you need other people to help you maintain sanity?
Huh. I actually get further from sanity the longer I'm around other people. I start picturing what they'd look like... never mind, you'll have nightmares.
On armor: yes, that is preferred. Particularly if you're fixing one in the field. Older gear, such as the willy's MB, is simpler to operate/fix (hell the willy's is 'car' distilled down to only it's vital parts) however, many of these would offer little to no protection in a Situation Z. However, many manuals are available. It doesn't beat real world training or experience, but it's better then nothing.
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Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
Oh. So... you need other people to help you maintain sanity?
Huh. I actually get further from sanity the longer I'm around other people. I start picturing what they'd look like... never mind, you'll have nightmares.
I'm actually quite curious about how that sentence will end....
Well, If I was alone, I'd most likely begin to give myself a valid reason to live. Other than just to survive. I'll do fine on my own, I'd just prefer the company. I'd make me feel more like I had a purpose. Plus, I'm still just a kid, I'm only 17, I don't know that much. Most of ya'll know all this stuff which would leave me in the dust. But If I was alone I'd probably adapt....or just link up with my Military crazed friend.....*Facepalm* but please don't make me travel with him :( Chances are I WILL shoot myself if I have to travel with him.
So, I was in this place people call the mall a while back. And I had the urge to expel some bad spirits. As I went into the bathroom, I chose the urinal closes to the corner so I could have some privacy. So I whip out Lord Pevincy and let him loose the bad spirits. Well, I was looking at the wall as the Lord was expelling the spirits and I seemed to have gotten distracted. Turns out, I missed a little.
SO I'm sitting at my computer right, and I have a Coke, Bottled mind you. But it got warm, so I got a Coffie cup and I filled it with the coke and some Ice and I sipped as I did my internet stuff. So like and hour passed and I hadn't sipped any of it. and when I go to sip it, I notice that something solid is in it. So I'm like, "No, why would there be something solid in my coke?" SO I pull these solid THINGS off my tongue and guess what they are? F ING ANTS! I was like WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so I ran into the Kitchen coughing and what not and I threw those little bastards down the drain with a flood of hate and cold water.......those bastards are lucky I don't have my Nucians yet!!!
Oh. So... you need other people to help you maintain sanity?
Huh. I actually get further from sanity the longer I'm around other people. I start picturing what they'd look like... never mind, you'll have nightmares.
I'm actually quite curious about how that sentence will end....
No, trust me, I've been told by professionals to keep that sort of thing to myself. Though, in this one case, I kept picturing this one employer of mine being crucified, then flayed while he was still alive, and then sprayed with vinegar...
Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
O......ur talking about sacrificing to nurgle in hopes he'll make you immune to his disease........yea....not to be rude but I think I'd follow the professional opinion on that and not let people know what I'm thinking about when I look at them......
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So, I was in this place people call the mall a while back. And I had the urge to expel some bad spirits. As I went into the bathroom, I chose the urinal closes to the corner so I could have some privacy. So I whip out Lord Pevincy and let him loose the bad spirits. Well, I was looking at the wall as the Lord was expelling the spirits and I seemed to have gotten distracted. Turns out, I missed a little.
SO I'm sitting at my computer right, and I have a Coke, Bottled mind you. But it got warm, so I got a Coffie cup and I filled it with the coke and some Ice and I sipped as I did my internet stuff. So like and hour passed and I hadn't sipped any of it. and when I go to sip it, I notice that something solid is in it. So I'm like, "No, why would there be something solid in my coke?" SO I pull these solid THINGS off my tongue and guess what they are? F ING ANTS! I was like WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so I ran into the Kitchen coughing and what not and I threw those little bastards down the drain with a flood of hate and cold water.......those bastards are lucky I don't have my Nucians yet!!!
If we're talking about machines we think we could get....I'd at least have some air conditioning and get to giggle like a trigger happy loon till the ammo ran out.
Dillon happens to be a local company too, and some of the demos Ive got to go to are awesome.
If we're talking about machines we think we could get....I'd at least have some air conditioning and get to giggle like a trigger happy loon till the ammo ran out.
Dillon happens to be a local company too, and some of the demos Ive got to go to are awesome.
Needs a brass catcher, and that possibility of it rolling seems a bit high. Also, a chaingun is a waste of ammo against zombies.
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Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
BaronIveagh wrote:Oh, no, it had nothing to do with diseases or zombies. He was just an donkey-cave.
Ah....well thats cool then...who doesn't think about sacrificing those they hate to the gods...........Imperial Followers.......
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Mistress of minis wrote:
If we're talking about machines we think we could get....I'd at least have some air conditioning and get to giggle like a trigger happy loon till the ammo ran out.
Dillon happens to be a local company too, and some of the demos Ive got to go to are awesome.
Needs a brass catcher, and that possibility of it rolling seems a bit high. Also, a chaingun is a waste of ammo against zombies.
I agree about the chain gun and rolling...but If I don't have a vehicle and you somehow get near me......could you pick me up XD jk jk I'd rather be on foot than in an SUV.
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So, I was in this place people call the mall a while back. And I had the urge to expel some bad spirits. As I went into the bathroom, I chose the urinal closes to the corner so I could have some privacy. So I whip out Lord Pevincy and let him loose the bad spirits. Well, I was looking at the wall as the Lord was expelling the spirits and I seemed to have gotten distracted. Turns out, I missed a little.
SO I'm sitting at my computer right, and I have a Coke, Bottled mind you. But it got warm, so I got a Coffie cup and I filled it with the coke and some Ice and I sipped as I did my internet stuff. So like and hour passed and I hadn't sipped any of it. and when I go to sip it, I notice that something solid is in it. So I'm like, "No, why would there be something solid in my coke?" SO I pull these solid THINGS off my tongue and guess what they are? F ING ANTS! I was like WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so I ran into the Kitchen coughing and what not and I threw those little bastards down the drain with a flood of hate and cold water.......those bastards are lucky I don't have my Nucians yet!!!
If we're talking about machines we think we could get....I'd at least have some air conditioning and get to giggle like a trigger happy loon till the ammo ran out.
Dillon happens to be a local company too, and some of the demos Ive got to go to are awesome.
Needs a brass catcher, and that possibility of it rolling seems a bit high. Also, a chaingun is a waste of ammo against zombies.
Brass falls inside- which means you keep it for reloading. If ya grabbed a Dillon minigun, grabbing a Dillon reloading rig would be stop #2.
And against a large mass of zombies- a minigun would be pretty effective. Also handy against hostile people- one burst would make most people crap their pants and proceed to fallback off the table edge There are better options- but something like this would get you through the first month or so while everything is going crazy-which is when you would most likely need the force multiplier a minigun represents.
The thing is you cant always avoid people. Im fairly isolated in a small town- but is the masses decide to get out of phoenix theres only so many roads.
Its not lightly armored lol- those things are sold to south american and arabian governments for executive protection duties. Its not the tank that the presidential limo is, but theyre pretty solid. And since the turret hides down- most people will just see a SUV. Your options are both bigger and noisier and are more likely to ask for a rocket :p
It does somewhat shock me that you American types are so easily swayed towards the “get the guns” militarisation. Being from the land without guns, I would be far more tempted to hide than to fight, but even with guns in every house, I don’t see a massive bonus in loading up with a million guns and heading out – you can only use one gun at a time anyway. I’d probably, if I had the choice, take something long/mid range (such as some kind of semi-auto rifle) and then something for close range house clearing/fall back, like some kind of mid sized pistol.
Most of my carrying capacity would be reserved for foods, water and other essential equipment. However, since I am in the UK and guns are not all that common (though they are more common than many might think – I know at least 5-6 places I can definitely get modern guns within a 60 mil radius, and there are probably about 100 others if you count farms etc where people have shotguns, as well as all the places that I don’t know).
Having said that, my first goal will be to out run and out think the zombies, rather than to fight them. I would attempt to hole up in my flat for as long as physically possible with my wife (it will depend on how much food I had in as to how long this would be). I live in a flat, so it is pretty safe. I may also attempt to gather together the rest of the people in the building and attempt to destroy the bottom sets of stairs, but that may attract more zombies than could easily be handled, so straight out hiding may be best.
When I ran out of food, I would head over to the supermarket over the road and load up on tinned and dried food (this step may be skipped if there are lots of zombies). I’d then head to the hardware store next door and get some gas cans, cooker, axe, blot cutters etc and chuck them in the car. Then I would drive to one of the supermarket exchange hubs about 7 miles down the road (it is on a secluded industrial estate, although the estate is quite close to a large town) and hold up in there – all the food and goods I could want. Also near to a big postal office, so it is possible I could get in there and try and find some specialised equipment – but the chances are remote.
I would hold up in there until the position became worse, then I would attempt to head for one of the castles that has been highlighted, possibly either (as it is more likely to have people in it, and a pretty good quality of life), or I would head to the coast and attempt to make it over to one of the mid sized islands there are all over the place, and again which will probably have people on.
When zombies are encountered, my strategy would be to run and/or hide. If I came across guns, so be it, but I will not go out of my way to get them unless the situation is really desperate.
I'm American, and I'm not "Gun Crazy" or going for military.
Tho my plan involves guns, they aren't heavy firepower like some peoples, and they are for defence only.
Also, if anybodies read any zombie fiction or seen zombie movies, the military never solves anything or gets through the outbreak.
The Walking Dead(comic): As far as I know, no one has come into contact with even ex military types. (only on volume 4 tho.)
28 Days Later: The military has survived, but only scattered pockets, and they are pretty messed up too.
28 Weeks Later: Military retakes a small island, but eventually falls to the renewed onslaught of zombies.
I know there are some exceptions (Shaun of the Dead), but the vast majority seems to be they fail utterly.
Golden Eyed Scout wrote:I'm American, and I'm not "Gun Crazy" or going for military.
Tho my plan involves guns, they aren't heavy firepower like some peoples, and they are for defence only.
What else would they be for?
Golden Eyed Scout wrote:
Also, if anybodies read any zombie fiction or seen zombie movies, the military never solves anything or gets through the outbreak.
The Walking Dead(comic): As far as I know, no one has come into contact with even ex military types. (only on volume 4 tho.)
28 Days Later: The military has survived, but only scattered pockets, and they are pretty messed up too.
28 Weeks Later: Military retakes a small island, but eventually falls to the renewed onslaught of zombies.
I know there are some exceptions (Shaun of the Dead), but the vast majority seems to be they fail utterly.
They pull through in The Mist!
Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate.
Golden Eyed Scout wrote:I'm American, and I'm not "Gun Crazy" or going for military.
Tho my plan involves guns, they aren't heavy firepower like some peoples, and they are for defence only.
What else would they be for?
Golden Eyed Scout wrote:
Also, if anybodies read any zombie fiction or seen zombie movies, the military never solves anything or gets through the outbreak.
The Walking Dead(comic): As far as I know, no one has come into contact with even ex military types. (only on volume 4 tho.)
28 Days Later: The military has survived, but only scattered pockets, and they are pretty messed up too.
28 Weeks Later: Military retakes a small island, but eventually falls to the renewed onslaught of zombies.
I know there are some exceptions (Shaun of the Dead), but the vast majority seems to be they fail utterly.
They pull through in The Mist!
Many people are listing police or military grade fire power and plans of keeping constantly on the move, which would put them, constantly into contact with zombies, meaning they are for attack,
where as a .22 is being used for hunting or defnding an area against a small number of enemies.
SilverMK2 wrote:It does somewhat shock me that you American types are so easily swayed towards the “get the guns” militarisation. Being from the land without guns, I would be far more tempted to hide than to fight .
Pah Hiding is for the French. I thought Brits were made of sterner stuff?
Frazzled plan is simple. Go home. Someone knocks on door shoot hole through door with 12 gauge. Wife asks if I have heard about zombie attack and I reply "what zombie attack?"
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Dude the Mist wasn't Zombies! It was Other worldly Monsters.
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So, I was in this place people call the mall a while back. And I had the urge to expel some bad spirits. As I went into the bathroom, I chose the urinal closes to the corner so I could have some privacy. So I whip out Lord Pevincy and let him loose the bad spirits. Well, I was looking at the wall as the Lord was expelling the spirits and I seemed to have gotten distracted. Turns out, I missed a little.
SO I'm sitting at my computer right, and I have a Coke, Bottled mind you. But it got warm, so I got a Coffie cup and I filled it with the coke and some Ice and I sipped as I did my internet stuff. So like and hour passed and I hadn't sipped any of it. and when I go to sip it, I notice that something solid is in it. So I'm like, "No, why would there be something solid in my coke?" SO I pull these solid THINGS off my tongue and guess what they are? F ING ANTS! I was like WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so I ran into the Kitchen coughing and what not and I threw those little bastards down the drain with a flood of hate and cold water.......those bastards are lucky I don't have my Nucians yet!!!
A .22 is actaully a really good gun. When a good enough scope is mounted on it, it becomes a formidible weapon to do damage.
My plan would involve me acting as a sniper for defence, which gives me a commanding field of view on a tower.
Using that view, I can put a round in a zombies brain, either through the eye or the forehead.
Gun Crazy is a pretty loaded term (If you know what I mean :p). In the states we pretty much have rights to own guns, there are tons of exceptions, more then most people even realize but for the most part defending one self is a basic freedom we have and some of us even practice.
What I can't believe is the number of people that aren't prepared for ANY kind of disaster already, and no not for zombie attacks, even for basic natural disasters. Everyone here it seems has stated that WHEN it happens "I will go out..." but if everyone goes out at once... Canned foods can be kept almost anywhere and take up minimal room, generators are cheap and easy to find (when there is not a crisis going on), bottled water, First Aid (training takes like 6hrs, but most people will never bother). The people who never prepare for these things are the ones that turn a disaster into a tragedy as they loot and destroy everything around them in a blind panic because they don't know what to do. I would encourage you keep some kind of firearm at your disposal, the people who care the least about anyone panic the worst at times like these.
Water is no concern cause I have a creek in my garden that I can easily hang a pump with filter in (which I have in the pond).
My garden is very defensible.
I have a compound bow and crossbow with plenty of arrows and bolts. And lots of stuff that can easily be converted to weaponry.
SilverMK2 wrote:It does somewhat shock me that you American types are so easily swayed towards the “get the guns” militarisation. Being from the land without guns, I would be far more tempted to hide than to fight .
Pah Hiding is for the French. I thought Brits were made of sterner stuff?
You can't hide forever. When you have to go out for water or a roll of toilet paper you might have some zombies to deal with.
Commissar NIkev wrote:Dude the Mist wasn't Zombies! It was Other worldly Monsters.
Meh. Horror Genre.
Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate.
Lol if the Mist happened.......REPENT REPENT! THE END IS NIGH! Thats when I'd really loose it! I'd go full blown insane and take the personality of a character I had created and go around as him,screaming and shouting as I shout Dawn of War quotes and charge the nearest monsters.
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So, I was in this place people call the mall a while back. And I had the urge to expel some bad spirits. As I went into the bathroom, I chose the urinal closes to the corner so I could have some privacy. So I whip out Lord Pevincy and let him loose the bad spirits. Well, I was looking at the wall as the Lord was expelling the spirits and I seemed to have gotten distracted. Turns out, I missed a little.
SO I'm sitting at my computer right, and I have a Coke, Bottled mind you. But it got warm, so I got a Coffie cup and I filled it with the coke and some Ice and I sipped as I did my internet stuff. So like and hour passed and I hadn't sipped any of it. and when I go to sip it, I notice that something solid is in it. So I'm like, "No, why would there be something solid in my coke?" SO I pull these solid THINGS off my tongue and guess what they are? F ING ANTS! I was like WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so I ran into the Kitchen coughing and what not and I threw those little bastards down the drain with a flood of hate and cold water.......those bastards are lucky I don't have my Nucians yet!!!
There are better options- but something like this would get you through the first month or so while everything is going crazy-which is when you would most likely need the force multiplier a minigun represents.
