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Norwalk, Connecticut

Dammit, three way viewing on that movie/miniseries? Seriously, that video was the thing that got me into Stephen King.

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 Swastakowey wrote:
Being in NZ I feel pretty safe from zombies. I feel like I would get to watch the Zombie Apocalypse through youtube and so on.

BUT if zombies did get here, we have so few weapons and a tiny force that I think many of us would be very dead very fast.

Its either watch the world get devoured in my living room, or being slaughtered like helpless sheep by a wave of zombies.

No borders and some of the biggest claimed surrounding ocean sounds nicely safe. If all else fails, we in Paraparaumu have no shortage of boats and a large island reserve right on the coast. We can try live out the rest of our days with the kiwis.


Here in dunedin we deal with zombies every day, they're called university students.

Seriously though, I'll probably just flee into Central Otago, there's enough guns out there to arm the whole country,

We're watching you... scum. 
   
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 Ouze wrote:
 timetowaste85 wrote:
I hope not. Gary Sinese and Molly Ringwald are too old to be the saviors of mankind at this point.


I really enjoyed that series.


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You leave Marshal's dad out of this!!

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Damn, I hope they leave me enough time to complete ordering my Mailed Bresengar and make my plate armour or else im stuck with my leather waistcoat and my trenchcoat.

Still, were sorted for weapons.... Kitchen knives, hunting knives, swords, crowbars, hatchets, hammers, spears......

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 master of ordinance wrote:
Damn, I hope they leave me enough time to complete ordering my Mailed Bresengar and make my plate armour or else im stuck with my leather waistcoat and my trenchcoat.

Still, were sorted for weapons.... Kitchen knives, hunting knives, swords, crowbars, hatchets, hammers, spears......


I heard this one before.
"Wait. Let me get this right. Your wearing full plate armor, longsword drawn, shield at the ready, chain mail hanging loose from various places on your body, broadsword strapped to your back, foot long dirk clipped to one of three belts, eight bags hanging off your back, chain mace in holster on your right hip, solid mace in holster on your left hip, faceguard down so your seeing through two slits, your breathing heavy, the cape your wearing is making you sweat, you wished you wore your padded socks instead of going bare footed in your solid plate boots, you forgot to apply bear fat onto your armor joints, your hugging the wall trying to stay in shadow and your trying to SNEAK LIKE A THIEF...."

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 master of ordinance wrote:
Damn, I hope they leave me enough time to complete ordering my Mailed Bresengar and make my plate armour or else im stuck with my leather waistcoat and my trenchcoat.

Still, were sorted for weapons.... Kitchen knives, hunting knives, swords, crowbars, hatchets, hammers, spears......




No offense, but anyone who is seriously considering going hand to hand with a horde of zombies as a viable tactic is going to get eaten by zombies. If there are zombies coming and your primary weapon is a melee weapon, you need to either 1. Find a better weapon, or 2. Leave the area before they arrive. Preferably both.


   
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 Hordini wrote:
 master of ordinance wrote:
Damn, I hope they leave me enough time to complete ordering my Mailed Bresengar and make my plate armour or else im stuck with my leather waistcoat and my trenchcoat.

Still, were sorted for weapons.... Kitchen knives, hunting knives, swords, crowbars, hatchets, hammers, spears......




No offense, but anyone who is seriously considering going hand to hand with a horde of zombies as a viable tactic is going to get eaten by zombies. If there are zombies coming and your primary weapon is a melee weapon, you need to either 1. Find a better weapon, or 2. Leave the area before they arrive. Preferably both.



Once they break off all their teeth on his armor they're just going to gum him to death

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What's with all the blunt weapons? That stuff is spread via blood and you fools will spray it everywhere when you smash their heads in!
   
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 d-usa wrote:
What's with all the blunt weapons? That stuff is spread via blood and you fools will spray it everywhere when you smash their heads in!


Your not in the right frame of mind




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 d-usa wrote:
What's with all the blunt weapons? That stuff is spread via blood and you fools will spray it everywhere when you smash their heads in!


Yeah, exactly. Melee weapons are the weapons of the desperate, a true last resort in a zombie apocalypse scenario. Sorry, if the infection spreads across the channel, most of you guys in the UK are going to get eaten.

   
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 Hordini wrote:
 d-usa wrote:
What's with all the blunt weapons? That stuff is spread via blood and you fools will spray it everywhere when you smash their heads in!


Yeah, exactly. Melee weapons are the weapons of the desperate, a true last resort in a zombie apocalypse scenario. Sorry, if the infection spreads across the channel, most of you guys in the UK are going to get eaten.


They would escape though the Channel Tunnel....wait....running from UK Zombies into French Zombies.....SWIM TO THE US of A

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Don't worry Jihadin. They'll surrender after a little bit of brief resistance They just don't have the stomach for tough food

   
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Nashville, TN

French zombies only eat the rich or the cheesy.

British zombies only eat really bland people.

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"CHEESE!" is the battlecry of the ill-prepared.

 warboss wrote:

GW didn't mean to hit your wallet and I know they love you, baby. I'm sure they won't do it again so it's ok to purchase and make up.


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Biloxi, MS USA

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
French zombies only eat the rich or the cheesy.

British zombies only eat really bland people.


American zombies only eat fat, greasy people.

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Nashville, TN

With ranch dressing!

"Holy Sh*&, you've opened my eyes and changed my mind about this topic, thanks Dakka OT!"

-Nobody Ever

Proverbs 18:2

"CHEESE!" is the battlecry of the ill-prepared.

 warboss wrote:

GW didn't mean to hit your wallet and I know they love you, baby. I'm sure they won't do it again so it's ok to purchase and make up.


Albatross wrote:I think SlaveToDorkness just became my new hero.

EmilCrane wrote:Finecast is the new Matt Ward.

Don't mess with the Blade and Bolter! 
   
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 Platuan4th wrote:
 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
French zombies only eat the rich or the cheesy.

British zombies only eat really bland people.


American zombies only eat fat, greasy people.

'Tis why we need rule #1 and #29:

Live Ork, Be Ork. or D'Ork!


 
   
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brisbane, australia

Australian zombies will actually be giant spiders.

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 the shrouded lord wrote:
Australian zombies will actually be giant spiders.


I thought Australian zombies would be dropping on their victims from trees.

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Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
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 Platuan4th wrote:
 the shrouded lord wrote:
Australian zombies will actually be giant spiders.


I thought Australian zombies would be dropping on their victims from trees.


Your really asking for the spider in the corner pic with all the baby spiders..you know the one.the little sawed off blankity blank blank one that shoots web out that dissolves flesh on contact..



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brisbane, australia

If the zombialypse reaches here, I'm going to wrap myself in tin foil. everyone knows zombies (including spider ones) are allergic to tin foil...

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1. These are far from the strangest resurrection stories in living memory. The story of a fellow named Cheung from Cambodia is stranger still, and while I have never met him I know someone who has.

2. Africa and South East Asia are very different from the western world, people believe different things and this unlocks strange events that havent happened here in a long while.

3. Raising the dead and animating the dead are two different things.

4. Zombie jokes aside its rare that resurrection stories hit the press in any way. I do not know if these two are genuine, if they are they will have a story to tell from the other side. Like most cases the only guy I met who was resurrected was profoundly affected by the death experience, it places mortal life on a whole different perspective.

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Ah, a story that implies nothing about zombieism and every nerd on the i ternet is stroking their e-penis trying to prove how they can survive the zombie apocalypse without any sort of weapons or survival training, let alone basic phywical fitness required of such a scenariom Yep, good luck with that guys.

 Hordini wrote:
 timetowaste85 wrote:
Besides, we all know from the various zombie movies that the military won't be enough. They'll be over run.



It's not that they'll be overrun, it's more that they can't cover all the ground in the US all at once.


Good thing they wouldnt have to. The movie scenario of "suddenly zombies, everywhere" is unrealistic, and not just because zombies themselves are inherently unrealistic, but because of the basic fact that a disease doesnt spontaneously and suddenly flare up across a widely dispersed geographical region. In a real zombie scenario, law enforcemenr and military will have ample time to respond in the early stages while the outbreak is still concentrated in a relatively small area. Beyond that, the base assumption made in just about every piece of zombie fiction ever is that the concept of zombies doesnt exist within the setting, hence the use of alternate terminology to describe them "walkers", "braineaters" "undead" etc. and the almost mandatory moment of exposition wherein its revealed that shooting them in the head is the only eay to put them down. In the real world people know what zombies are and would figure it out pretty quick, meaning thatthe outbreak would be discovered much more quickly and the proper measures to contain it could be put in place much sooner.

Since im ranting already, I guess Ill continue. Despite what film media implies, even if a headshot was really the only way to "put down" a biter, bodyshots will still be effective. A bullet doesnt just make a nice hole for fluids to pour out, it tears apart bone and muscle fibers, severs parts of thr nervous system, etc. etc. etc. Making it difficult if not impossible for a zombie to move is beneficial in and of itself. Beyond that, undead humans are still just human. Contrary to popular belief, human teeth doesnt do a very good job of biting through clothing, which makes infection via bite that much less likely due to the fact that in western society were usually pretty well covered up, not that human teeth is that good at tearing off human flesh off a living body either.

Further, the undead status of zombies is more beneficial than anyone realizes. Ysee, being undead means that theirs no cellular reproduction, i.e. they will inevitably decay. Further, every movement and action that a human partakes in damages our cells. The reason your body hurts after a workout? You tore muscle fibers which must be regenerated. That happens even from something so basic as walking. Zombies cant do that, which means their own inherent behaviors of walking around and preying on people will damage their own tissue, which will degrade their capability even faster than a corpse buried in the ground. Dont even get me started on the effects of rain or fire on a zombie. A watersoaked zombie will decompose faster. A zombie on fire...well max brooks was right in that theyd still be mobile for a time, but newsflash, flame destroys cells, first your flesh, then your muscle... flamethrowers burn even hotter than your typical fire which makes them all that much more effective.

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Norwalk, Connecticut

So...you're coming in to piss all over our fun? Thanks for that.

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chaos0xomega wrote:
Since im ranting already, I guess Ill continue. Despite what film media implies, even if a headshot was really the only way to "put down" a biter, bodyshots will still be effective. A bullet doesnt just make a nice hole for fluids to pour out, it tears apart bone and muscle fibers, severs parts of thr nervous system, etc. etc. etc. Making it difficult if not impossible for a zombie to move is beneficial in and of itself. Beyond that, undead humans are still just human. Contrary to popular belief, human teeth doesnt do a very good job of biting through clothing, which makes infection via bite that much less likely due to the fact that in western society were usually pretty well covered up, not that human teeth is that good at tearing off human flesh off a living body either.



I agree with this part at least. More reason that firearms are the superior weapon in a zombie outbreak scenario. If ammo conservation is a concern (and it will be) mobility kills are the way to go.


The problem with the rest is that you seem convinced that the infection will only be spread by bite. That's not an assumption I'm willing to make. I mean really, you make the good point that in zombie films, the idea of zombies doesn't seem to exist (which I'd never really thought about before, but it's a really interesting approach), so are we really going to take content in films that aren't even realistic as evidence that a zombie infection will be spread through bite only? I'd think it'd be more likely to become airborne and spread that way (or at the very least, through contact with bodily fluids, including blood, which is another reason why melee is a horrible idea).


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chaos0xomega wrote:
Further, the undead status of zombies is more beneficial than anyone realizes. Ysee, being undead means that theirs no cellular reproduction, i.e. they will inevitably decay. Further, every movement and action that a human partakes in damages our cells. The reason your body hurts after a workout? You tore muscle fibers which must be regenerated. That happens even from something so basic as walking. Zombies cant do that, which means their own inherent behaviors of walking around and preying on people will damage their own tissue, which will degrade their capability even faster than a corpse buried in the ground. Dont even get me started on the effects of rain or fire on a zombie. A watersoaked zombie will decompose faster. A zombie on fire...well max brooks was right in that theyd still be mobile for a time, but newsflash, flame destroys cells, first your flesh, then your muscle... flamethrowers burn even hotter than your typical fire which makes them all that much more effective.



This also assumes that zombies are true undead, and not simply infected, but technically living organisms.

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 timetowaste85 wrote:
So...you're coming in to piss all over our fun? Thanks for that.


For what it's worth, I kind of find it banal myself. I just wasn't irrtated enough by it to piss on the fun.

Also, I posit that the fun WANTED to be pissed on. Otherwise, wouldn't it have just gotten out of the way?

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 daedalus wrote:
 timetowaste85 wrote:
So...you're coming in to piss all over our fun? Thanks for that.


For what it's worth, I kind of find it banal myself. I just wasn't irrtated enough by it to piss on the fun.

Also, I posit that the fun WANTED to be pissed on. Otherwise, wouldn't it have just gotten out of the way?



And next you're going to say that the fun shouldn't have been dressed so provocatively? Typical victim blaming! We're trying to discuss zombie mobility kills here!

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