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No it wouldnt....

There are distinct differences in types of explosions.

The force from the blast is so strong and quick that there isnt any time for anything to catch aflame...

Actually most explosions dont produce fire, its a byproduct of hollywood wanting to make their explosions look cooler. They actually mix gasoline or some other flammable liquid and detonate it separately to form the fire part of the explosion.

Yes, the average explosion would not set things on fire.

However, Shrike said that he would use SFX explosions (I.E. Fireballs).

I say don't use them because they would make a large noise, and attract nearby zombies.

chowder, that was shivan.
oh and at your avatar, that's one hell of a collateral headshot.

Im gona fit one of these

onto a hummer with a whole lot of masking tape!

And then what you gonna do when you run out of ammunition?

Me.
Grab a roadtrain over here in oz (thank god I live next to a major highway) snap up my NVAs, machete and rifles, plus emergency survival kit from my house, Truck it inland to the middle of nowhere and start living from scratch. or just stay in my apocalypse bunker 3 hours downstate, complete with watchtowers and floodlights. The government actually expressed interest in making it a military installation. I declined.

I live and work at a Mansion House with 3 ft thick walls, outer park walls and an armoury. Friends want to come to me in the event, but not sure I'll let them

So I have thought of a problem with my zombie plan;

Originally, the plan was to hide out in a friends house in the middle of the country, where you can see about six or seven miles out (It's on top of a hill overlooking some plains), AFTER I searched my town to try to find some other survivors. I was pretty sure that my word would be law, since it's my friends house and I would be the only one who knew where it was/how to get there/I saved everyone I would bring out there.

But knowing the people where I live, I would get them in the door and they would immediately challenge my authority. What would I do in such a case? I lazily thought "Just shoot them..... politely", but I don't think that will work.....

do a commissar/witchhunter/claim they're zombies/summary execution.
mine would be to hide in an area like a multi-store car park, and stock it up with ammo, guns and food. Make makeshift walls at each level with a strong door. that means only one entrance, and if you get swarmed you can cut off that level.

Think I'm going to take over Harworth colliery.



A few hundred feet of smooth concrete tower, rain collection tank, a seemingly limitless supply of pigeons on the roof, one easily defensible entrance and, for all intents and purposes, a bottomless pit beneath it.

Slope the sides of the pit, dangle someone you don't like in the lift cage above it and wait for the horde to thin out!

shrike wrote:do a commissar/witchhunter/claim they're zombies/summary execution.

Problem with that would be that everyone else sees that I just shot a guy who disagrees with me, and now they are all plotting behind my back because they think I'm crazy.

In which case slarg you talk things out and arrange for him to have an accident while out zombie shooting.

aye, like getting him to go into a room first and the door "getting stuck"

I've got the best plan:

Shoot myself in the fething face. Why? Because life is a gakky game that sucks enough without kicking me in the balls even harder by resurrecting worthless people who now want to eat me...

feth you, life. I'm not playing your stupid games anymore!

Slarg232 wrote:So I have thought of a problem with my zombie plan;

Originally, the plan was to hide out in a friends house in the middle of the country, where you can see about six or seven miles out (It's on top of a hill overlooking some plains), AFTER I searched my town to try to find some other survivors. I was pretty sure that my word would be law, since it's my friends house and I would be the only one who knew where it was/how to get there/I saved everyone I would bring out there.

But knowing the people where I live, I would get them in the door and they would immediately challenge my authority. What would I do in such a case? I lazily thought "Just shoot them..... politely", but I don't think that will work.....

This is why you don't bother with people who can't wrap there heads around survival situations...
Any group should be rather small,consisting of people who are worth having around ( those who can shoot well,are proficent with weapons/combat,know how to fix/repair vehicles/machinery,can hunt/track/grow food,have medical knowledge...anyone else is just baggage)
Also...anyone in the group should understand that working together =surviving,if they don't grasped that fact...get rid of them.

The Main problems people will face are not going to be Zombies, other people. 1st we have you’re “I’m a Survivalist” type who thinks after watching survival shows on TV they know how to live with the wildlife and find food but then they realize that others will have the same Idea. 2ncd Zealots and other crazy doomsday cultist will start creating new idols and gods in the panic caused by the Zombies and cause Suicides and sacrifices to appease these new idols. 3rd we have our Redneck Looters who won’t realize making allies and working together is a good thing and will continue to act like idiots even when the Zombies turn into an extreme danger. 4th There is the “I’d make a better leader” who is basically some idiot who doesn’t like the current leader for reasons that don’t even involve the Zombies.
I’d only find people I can trust and will not be a problem and find a secure easy to defend area where living space is easy to find and may be near a clean water supply and an area where fruit and veg can be grown.

As I've said throughout this thread...removing ones self/group from large population areas is essential to surviving..
The further you are away from potential looters (though I don't know that it will be Red Necks) and crazies the better..
Anyone who's "survival knowledge" comes from watching TV programs rather than actual experiance will more than likely be dead with in the first few weeks...
And anyone who'd opt to get into a pissing contest over "Leadership" is a liability .

Good points, all around.

Haven't seen this on the thread yet, everyone is telling that you need a medic/handy man/...

But what about someone who can speak different languages, wouldn't that be of any value?
(Especially in Europe, don't know about america. Talking your way out of trouble, seems like an ok skill to me...

It depends how much you travel silly.

In mainland Europe it is far more likely to be useful however even then it is unlikely you will see many nomadic tribes.

sillyboy wrote:Haven't seen this on the thread yet, everyone is telling that you need a medic/handy man/...

But what about someone who can speak different languages, wouldn't that be of any value?
(Especially in Europe, don't know about america. Talking your way out of trouble, seems like an ok skill to me...

Having a translator of sorts could come in handy...even in America.

@corpses

yeah, but you guys have forest and bunkers and stuff.... We don't, hell we dont really have anyone who knows how to survive in the wild.

IMO Western europe would be filled with Nomadic groups, travelling everywhere...

FITZZ wrote:

sillyboy wrote:Haven't seen this on the thread yet, everyone is telling that you need a medic/handy man/...

But what about someone who can speak different languages, wouldn't that be of any value?
(Especially in Europe, don't know about america. Talking your way out of trouble, seems like an ok skill to me...

Having a translator of sorts could come in handy...even in America.

"Yo gangsta, you willing to rock the funky farm and peep up some skirts?"

"....... Ok, what did he just say?"

Slarg232 wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

sillyboy wrote:Haven't seen this on the thread yet, everyone is telling that you need a medic/handy man/...

But what about someone who can speak different languages, wouldn't that be of any value?
(Especially in Europe, don't know about america. Talking your way out of trouble, seems like an ok skill to me...

Having a translator of sorts could come in handy...even in America.

"Yo gangsta, you willing to rock the funky farm and peep up some skirts?"

"....... Ok, what did he just say?"

... ..That's funny,but actually having the ability to parlay with gang members (who will most likely do much better surviving than an ordinary citizen) would be an asset.

I have little need for a linguist, my maul is fluent in communication to all.

someone to communicate with gangsters?
sorry, but my zombie survival dream team:
-Axel Foley (beverly hills cop)
-John Connor (terminator)
-Dr Who (Dr Who)
-the fifth element (Fifth element)
-van helsing (Van Helsing)
-mason (COD black ops)

I guess I'd just go out,steal all the food and junk I can get,and just lock myself in the basement,using the internet and radio to try and wait it out untill the troops arrive.

Funny thing is if they find a scrawny guy in his basement on the internet,they might think I'm a zombie too and shoot me.

shrike wrote:someone to communicate with gangsters?
sorry, but my zombie survival dream team:
-Axel Foley (beverly hills cop)
-John Connor (terminator)
-Dr Who (Dr Who)
-the fifth element (Fifth element)
-van helsing (Van Helsing)
-mason (COD black ops)

While I doubt you'd find any of those folks wandering about in a hypothetical post zombie apocalypse wasteland...your almost assuredly going to encounter gangsters.

And gangsters can be given explosives as a sign of goodwill.

You can remote detonate them after.

corpsesarefun wrote:And gangsters can be given explosives as a sign of goodwill.

You can remote detonate them after.

...well that's one idea...
...or...they could be used as loose allies..

In a zombie filled world...the "idea" of what modern society considers "criminal" goes right out the window...those who know how to shoot/fight/follow command structure /break and enter/hot wire cars...etc...become assets.
A group of Hell's Angles are going to be worth a lot more than a group of " Joe suburbs" rushing about with their hunting riffles...

Plan?
Remington 700.
One shell.

I'm not kidding bro.