Zombie thread

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: bondboy

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
1. Go to the Bass Pro Shop
2. Get sniper rifle, ammo
3. Head to roof
4. .......
5. profit!

Yay, I saw the South Park episode where this whole 1), 2)...., 3) Profit! thing was mentioned! Now I finally know its origins!

Which ep might that be? I never figurede out the 1, 2, profit origin...

The episode where they were stealing pants, if I recall correctly.

more precisely, it was the underwear gnomes. their plan:
1) Steal underwear
2)?
3)Profit

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: illusion88

Originally posted by: effowe
You need more options on your poll, and who's to say zombies can't learn to swim. I mean, they are undead after all, so theoretically they could just walk along the sea bed to your island without having to breathe.

I doubt they would sink all the way to the bottom. If they could sink to the bottom, lifeless bodies would never turn up on the sides or rivers or on the coast, they would always be at the bottom. I think we can assume the zombies wouldn't think of holding onto something heavy to keep them at the bottom.

EDIT: The poll is a kickback to a famous zombie movie

I would also think that zombies attempting to cross large bodies of water would get eaten by sharks.

This begs the question: If consumed by other living creatures, do zombies pass on their zombie essence to that creature? Does this mean that we would now have hordes of zombie sharks with no fear of invading land? We may have to rebuff our ddefenses for this contingency...

When the zombies do attack you know you are going to be stuck in a lab somewhere experimenting on them.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
I would also think that zombies attempting to cross large bodies of water would get eaten by sharks.

This begs the question: If consumed by other living creatures, do zombies pass on their zombie essence to that creature? Does this mean that we would now have hordes of zombie sharks with no fear of invading land? We may have to rebuff our ddefenses for this contingency...

Consumption of infected flesh is 100% fatal to all creatures, but will only cause reanimation in humans.

- M4H

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: meltdown75
I'd just want to take off. I'd run. Flight FTW. Probably somewhere cold, way up north where it is sparsely populated. I'd set traps for them, maybe hang out on some island in the middle of a lake and set some traps in the ice so they would all fall through and become zombie cubes. It would be good to have some sweet snowmobiles on hand for escape. damn gotta go

the cold has disadvantages also. Zombies do not feel cold. Also the cold slow's down the rate of decay. so you can have a frozens Zombie come back to "life" years later and destroy the area.

Also how you going to eat? only so many canned stuff you can use. hunting? Zombies will eat anything alive. while they prefer human meat they will eat anything.

This got me thinking...I say we lure them into the Arctic Circle. They don't fell cold, but the half-living tissue of their bodies does. It will freeze solid.

Once the threat has been reduced to zombie cubes, we load them onto a space ship. and... :music: Set the controls for the heart of the sun :music:

Now that's using our superior brains.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: hellokeith
Flyback's plan isn't too bad.

Pillaging isn't a reliable plan of action, no matter how tempting it may seem. And stashing supplies OUTSIDE is just plain foolish.

He also seems to be fundamentally unaware of how a zombie stalks its prey. While travel under cover of darkness in all black would be very effective at avoiding brigands and other pillaging humans, it will do absolutely nothing to help you avoid the heightened smell and hearing of the undead.

- M4H

 

[hellokeith]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: hellokeith
Flyback's plan isn't too bad.

Pillaging isn't a reliable plan of action, no matter how tempting it may seem. And stashing supplies OUTSIDE is just plain foolish.

He also seems to be fundamentally unaware of how a zombie stalks its prey. While travel under cover of darkness in all black would be very effective at avoiding brigands and other pillaging humans, it will do absolutely nothing to help you avoid the heightened smell and hearing of the undead.

- M4H

Pillaging within the first 48-72 hours of the outbreak will be the only way you'll likely survive, unless you are already a survival freak and/or have military contacts. After that period, it will depend on your locale as to the availability and success of looting for food, fuel, and survival supplies. If you are in a high risk area, then your goal won't necessarily be to kill the zombies as much as just immobilizing them as quietly as possible. All kinds of traps can be made in most any type of environment. Guns and explosives are for last ditch zombie-is-ten-foot-away situations.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: zinfamous
I would also think that zombies attempting to cross large bodies of water would get eaten by sharks.

This begs the question: If consumed by other living creatures, do zombies pass on their zombie essence to that creature? Does this mean that we would now have hordes of zombie sharks with no fear of invading land? We may have to rebuff our ddefenses for this contingency...

Consumption of infected flesh is 100% fatal to all creatures, but will only cause reanimation in humans.

- M4H

Link to verify? Where is your data?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: illusion88

Originally posted by: effowe
You need more options on your poll, and who's to say zombies can't learn to swim. I mean, they are undead after all, so theoretically they could just walk along the sea bed to your island without having to breathe.

I doubt they would sink all the way to the bottom. If they could sink to the bottom, lifeless bodies would never turn up on the sides or rivers or on the coast, they would always be at the bottom. I think we can assume the zombies wouldn't think of holding onto something heavy to keep them at the bottom.

EDIT: The poll is a kickback to a famous zombie movie

I would also think that zombies attempting to cross large bodies of water would get eaten by sharks.

This begs the question: If consumed by other living creatures, do zombies pass on their zombie essence to that creature? Does this mean that we would now have hordes of zombie sharks with no fear of invading land? We may have to rebuff our ddefenses for this contingency...

When the zombies do attack you know you are going to be stuck in a lab somewhere experimenting on them.

Luckily, my lab is in a basement, with well-controlled exits and entrances. Also, the food supply is virtually unlimited in a zombie-attack scenario, what with all of the pigs, mice, rats, dogs if necessary....This assumes that the animals dont' become zombies themselves . As we know through Resident Evil, this is a likely scenario

 

[Flyback]

Originally posted by: hellokeith

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: hellokeith
Flyback's plan isn't too bad.

Pillaging isn't a reliable plan of action, no matter how tempting it may seem. And stashing supplies OUTSIDE is just plain foolish.

He also seems to be fundamentally unaware of how a zombie stalks its prey. While travel under cover of darkness in all black would be very effective at avoiding brigands and other pillaging humans, it will do absolutely nothing to help you avoid the heightened smell and hearing of the undead.

- M4H

Pillaging within the first 48-72 hours of the outbreak will be the only way you'll likely survive, unless you are already a survival freak and/or have military contacts. After that period, it will depend on your locale as to the availability and success of looting for food, fuel, and survival supplies. If you are in a high risk area, then your goal won't necessarily be to kill the zombies as much as just immobilizing them as quietly as possible. All kinds of traps can be made in most any type of environment. Guns and explosives are for last ditch zombie-is-ten-foot-away situations.

Agreed.

Also, M4H must not see many zombie movies, because as everyone knows the largest threat is not the zombies themselves but the threat of other people. No one is stable under such duress. My number one fear in that situation is other people--zombies come second. Watch any zombie movie.. many times the threat comes from within, whether it be very weak links or people who want to use supplies in other ways or just want to loot. They can turn on you very very fast. Stay away from others, even survivors and only link up after the first 3-4 weeks if only to have a network to secure more resources. Never trust any of the living

Moving during night is to hide from people, stop from creating additional attention, and under the covert of darkness i'll tail it through farmers fields, forests, and dense brush. I doubt there will be that many zombies in those areas during the first 24-72 hours. (they'd likely be in densely populated centers)

I failed to mention that I have long-lasting night vision capabilities at my disposal (part of the "supplies"). I should be good in the darkness with that, a silenced mark23, katana and staying far from roads.

 

[Aquila76]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
I would turn into a zombie and munch on Scarlett Johanssen's succulent white meat, and gnaw on Nicole Kidman's spare ribs.

Don't forget to use Keira Knightley to pick out any stuck chunks of Scarlett's quite firm ass.

 

[krunchykrome]

Walmart is the answer

 

[tasmanian]

I would board up and stay in a walmart super center. Guns, Ammo, Food ftw.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: tasmanian
I would board up and stay in a walmart super center. Guns, Ammo, Food ftw.

Eh... I'd be worried about zombies sneaking in the back. How about a nuclear fallout shelter instead?

 

[Ruptga]

I'm pretty sure I'd get in my car and drive away from the city as fast as I can possibly go, since there's a decent likelyhood of the place being blown up to contain the zombie outbreak. I'd drive west, because then the radioactive clouds would be blowing away from me, and there is little in the way of cities (that I know of) west of Oklahoma City until you get near the state line. Of course I'd bring my friends, and I suppose I could get creative and make a flamethrower out of an old Supersoaker I have sitting in my trunk in case we needed to get past some zombies we couldn't just run over.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: waggy
I have read Zombie survival guide. i am ready to survive.

I need this.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: hellokeith
Flyback's plan isn't too bad.

Pillaging isn't a reliable plan of action, no matter how tempting it may seem. And stashing supplies OUTSIDE is just plain foolish.

He also seems to be fundamentally unaware of how a zombie stalks its prey. While travel under cover of darkness in all black would be very effective at avoiding brigands and other pillaging humans, it will do absolutely nothing to help you avoid the heightened smell and hearing of the undead.

- M4H

We have already stated that a zombies senses are no greater then ours. They can't sense the living outside of a normal humans perception (sight, hearing, and some smell).

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: illusion88

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: hellokeith
Flyback's plan isn't too bad.

Pillaging isn't a reliable plan of action, no matter how tempting it may seem. And stashing supplies OUTSIDE is just plain foolish.

He also seems to be fundamentally unaware of how a zombie stalks its prey. While travel under cover of darkness in all black would be very effective at avoiding brigands and other pillaging humans, it will do absolutely nothing to help you avoid the heightened smell and hearing of the undead.

- M4H

We have already stated that a zombies senses are no greater then ours. They can't sense the living outside of a normal humans perception (sight, hearing, and some smell).

right. they're dead. their brains are essentially non-functional. how could their olfactory, temporal centers be heightened? If anything, zombies have only one advantage: they're already dead and so have no fear.

 

[soydios]

Zombie survival guide indicates that a garbage truck is the ultimate anti-zombie rampaging weapon. Put a couple friends on top with single-shot rifles (don't waste as much ammunition as automatic weapons, and more accurate for headshots, which are the only way to truly kill a zombie).

 

[I Saw OJ]

I want M4H on my class 3 outbreak survival team. :thumbsup:

Remember, a maul/mace or hatchet can be a more effective tool since all you need to do is destroy the brain not necessarily cut the head off. A blade can get dull, a maul won?t.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
I want M4H on my class 3 outbreak survival team. :thumbsup:

Remember, a maul/mace or hatchet can be a more effective tool since all you need to do is destroy the brain not necessarily cut the head off. A blade can get dull, a maul won?t.

I'm telling ya, you will get tired very easily crushing human skulls all day. You need something the help ease the burden (ie. a blade that will cut through the bone). The real problem with a blade will be when they swarm you. Also, if the blade doesn't cut all the way through, it might get stuck inside the zombies head. I think you will get awefully tired swinging a heavy maul (you need a heavy one to crush skulls).

 

[erickj92]

Snu Snu if AWSOME!!!!

 

[IEC]

Equipment:
Crowbar
Two Beretta 92F specials, custom with 9x19 Parabellum (backup to go "Two-Hands" style)
Silenced, scoped .22 rifle
Hidden knives
FAK (First Aid Kit)

Playing hero is stupid. To survive a war you must first realize that you are already dead. Of course, sending the "other" kind of dead to their Maker would be necessary.

 

[Nerva]

what about a tank...

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
Equipment:
Crowbar
Two Beretta 92F specials, custom with 9x19 Parabellum (backup to go "Two-Hands" style)
Silenced, scoped .22 rifle
Hidden knives
FAK (First Aid Kit)

Playing hero is stupid. To survive a war you must first realize that you are already dead. Of course, sending the "other" kind of dead to their Maker would be necessary.

Why hide the knives? You should keep them on the outside of your clothes for quick access. Zombies know no fear or suprise.

And people are less likely to fvck with you if you look like a badass with a bunch of steel strapped to you.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Flyback
Agreed.

Also, M4H must not see many zombie movies, because as everyone knows the largest threat is not the zombies themselves but the threat of other people. No one is stable under such duress. My number one fear in that situation is other people--zombies come second. Watch any zombie movie.. many times the threat comes from within, whether it be very weak links or people who want to use supplies in other ways or just want to loot. They can turn on you very very fast. Stay away from others, even survivors and only link up after the first 3-4 weeks if only to have a network to secure more resources. Never trust any of the living

That's because a movie is entertainment. Drama between human co-stars makes for good entertainment - see Dawn of the Dead. The boring reality of "okay, everyone take up your place at the window and pop a dozen heads" doesn't. Your lack of trust for humanity will be your downfall.

Moving during night is to hide from people, stop from creating additional attention, and under the covert of darkness i'll tail it through farmers fields, forests, and dense brush. I doubt there will be that many zombies in those areas during the first 24-72 hours. (they'd likely be in densely populated centers)

All of which will make a great deal of noise, especially if you're "hightailing" it; in turn, attracting any zombie within earshot.

I failed to mention that I have long-lasting night vision capabilities at my disposal (part of the "supplies"). I should be good in the darkness with that, a silenced mark23, katana and staying far from roads.

Long-lasting isn't permanent. Zombies aren't using night-vision, they're using smell and hearing to hunt at night. If you stand outside on a quiet night, you can hear things from a good distance away.

Regarding the "zombie sense" - the brain is only "dead" in the human sense. It becomes a new organ of its own regard, which is more more sensitive to sensory input. A human eye seeing a small object move at great distance would likely disregard it completely and never let the brain "see" it. The Solanum-mutated brain is alert to all input, and will recognize a swiftly-moving figure in the distance quite clearly:

BRAAAAAAAINS

- M4H