Theres a zombie invasion!

[The_Real_Crunk]

WHAT DO YOU DO?! WHAT DO YOU DO?!

Im talking a mix of both shamblers and the quick violent runners.

Frankly Im not sure what Id do if it really did happen. Itd take a while for it to actually sink in that theres an actual ****ing zombie breakout. People would start running, and driving away evacuating, but its in vain as every town they head to also has outbreaks. People would be looting, and fighting over supplies, probably lots of shooting, and fires being set. Crazy people would be free to baracade and horde things into their homes. Those with nothing would be forced to leave, make friends with those that have supplies, or die. Those with supplies would have power. Total breakdown of society.

I dont have lots of stocked up emergency food. I dont have any weapons, exept for a baseball bat.

Id probably hop on my bicycle, pack my backpack with supplies, grab my bat, and head north. Bike because streets are going to be packed with people trying to escape. A bike can weave in and out of stalled traffic with ease. And north because Id figure zombies cant move if they are frozen. Or hell, I could stay right here. Its hot enough in the summer to dry zombies out, and cold enough in the winter to freeze them solid at -20°c. Or I could gang up with people I know and form a small caravan. Who knows.

Yeah I think about this way too much, but hey man, Id rather be seen as crazy now, but be prepared for it when it really happens!

And god help us if the disease/virus spreads to animals that eat the corpses.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/THEREALCRUNK/MUSTCONSUMEFLESH.jpg

[Manji]

yea i guess you would have to go somewhere (extreme climates) unless you planned on manning a stronghold with some friends and family and fighting them off as they would break in. couldnt go out alone either. you'd have to travel in packs to be safe until the plauge was gone. could be a 200 year war or longer.

[gray]

i ***** about the runners being stupid and not actually zombies and poke the slow ones in the face with a stick

[Crimson Knight]

Imagine if the zombies could run like track stars(like in DotD)! Everybody on the ground would be screwed. :lol

[Lord Cohliani]

Oh god... My dad has so many guns in his garage... We would kick serious ass...

[The_Real_Crunk]

i ***** about the runners being stupid and not actually zombies and poke the slow ones in the face with a stick

Im with ya on the shamblers. Wind up your blunt object of choice, and take aim. Then if you get a little overwhelmed you just speed walk your ass out of there, or climb up a ladder. The runners would have my slow ass in no time if I wasnt careful.

Your Harbour Hoppers only going to do so good before it runs out of gas and leaves you stranded! just store a couple jugs of diesel fuel by your front dorr in case the day ever comes when you need to steal it.

[Lord Cohliani]

And you have to remember! NEVER leave the zombie lying there after you impale him! You have to slice off all of the limbs before you leave! Then he can't get up. Id start with the head, then if it still moves slice off the arms then the legs then RUN! And think logically here; once you slice off an arm it won't start walking about on the fingertips! After it's been decapitated there's no brain to control the muscle! So the head would seem logical cut of first right?

Another thing! Don't trust anyone! Not even friends! Look what will happen if you do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPYwmHiseXQ the second he saw his old friends in the window BAM they should have been dead!

And you gotta remember that if someone you know has a disease (See the movie above) KILL THEM!! GET RID OF THE BODY!

[Dusk Raven]

http://campussqueeze.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/zombie-guide.gif

I have it, it's a good book.

And think logically here; once you slice off an arm it won't start walking about on the fingertips! After it's been decapitated it there's no brain to control the muscle!

Exactly.

EDIT: Oh, I thought you said they WILL start walking around.


So the head would seem logical cut of first right? But if something magical is going on the head wont really matter now will it?

I think this is under the "viral zombie" assumption. And even with voodoo, cutting off the head would still render the zombie unable to coordinate it's muscles, or use four of its five senses.

And if the zombies were "puppets", being controlled by an omniscient entity, then there's really no reason why the living wouldn't be affected as well.

[Big Rick Cook]

The omniscient entity might not be able to control things with souls, or with higher brain functions.

[Lord Cohliani]

Dude a arm CANNOT walk on it's fingertips! the fingers couldn't even support it! And there's no brain!

EDIT I changed the earlier post to make more sense... Reread it...

[Dusk Raven]

I know. And you've already said that. Why do you repeat yourself? :p

And I already reread it.

The omniscient entity might not be able to control things with souls, or with higher brain functions.

Granted.

But it depends on if it's using the nerves or just moving the bodies like a poltergeist, in which case it would be able to use anything as a zombie.

[Lord Cohliani]

Exactly.

EDIT: Oh, I thought you said they WILL start walking around.

That's why I restated myself...

[Dusk Raven]

But you didn't need to. I didn't believe an arm could walk, and I was just using your own statement to "contradict" the statement you never made. You don't need to tell me twice.

As for what I would do, I'll do that when I have more free time.

[Lord Cohliani]

Oh I see... I misunderstood...

EDIT: What do you guys believe as far as the apocalypse goes?

[Lausen]

If such thing were to happen all that I could arm my self with is like six, maybe seven swords depending on how many I could carry. Nothing like lobing off a zombie head with a Buster Blade replica. For more serious things I'd use my fully functional Katana. I'm pretty decent with it to.

[Lord Cohliani]

Shotgun... That's it... The single most efficient weapon to fight off zombies... Run up close and shred them with it... The bigger the better...

EDIT: You know whats gonna be worse than the whole zombie thing? A war with China. We won't have ANYTHING without them lol... They just stop manufacturing our stuff, then let us starve a wile, then slaughter us lol...

[162]

I would load up with some of the weapons at my house, stock up on supplies, take my pets and family, and head north.

Of course I've been meaning to build a hidden panic room, so...

[Big Rick Cook]

I'd get bitten surreptitiously and then bleed in the water supply at the penultimate moment that I was about to become a zombie in order to masterfully zombify the whole colony of survivors.

I don't know why. =(

[josh]

I point out that, because of rigor mortis, zombies can't really run. then they all disappear.

[Dreamknight]

I'd go to wal-mart. Food, power tools and guns.

Also, you're a wet blanket, Gloomy.

[Big Rick Cook]

It's not like anybody cares about the physics behind zombification anymore.

Go watch OH NO! ZOMBIES! and get back to me.

[Lord Cohliani]

Yes GLOOM I see your point but you shouldn't be laughing at Lausen. That's all that he has to fight with... And I think that most people wouldn't be too scared of zombies to kill themselves... I on the other hand am covered... Like I said before: We have enough guns, ammo, water, food, and other crap to last us a good long time...



BTW: You guys watch too many movies! Zombies (Depending on how long they have been rotting in their graves) can't run...:p

[Sivart]

I'd bunker down in my high school. ...They honestly have blast doors. Along with a nice n' thick metal grating that seals off the entrances. Bulletproof glass, too. It makes me feel safe. Not to mention it's 3 stories high. I'd easily be able to find a place to set up after looting the cafeteria.

[Chuck]

I was chatting with my friend the other day. You know if there was some kinda zombie virus it'd spread rampant through Africa like everything else does. So even if they were the old fashioned shamblers, Nigerian marathon zombies would probably still outrun most of us. I'm just saying.

[Lord Cohliani]

No...

Oh and by the way: Although you think your a genius, fifty-million other "Geniuses" have the same Wal-Mart idea... So no...Just no... Never go into Wal-Mart...

[Dreamknight]

You know I'd kill you even if you weren't a zombie.

Just, for the record.

[Valkysas]

Despite what most teenagers/weeaboos believe, a katana is not the greatest bladed
weapon. You can't effortlessly chop off limbs, and heads are especially hard to cut off.

Very true. While a katana could chop off limbs or a head, you would have to swing it very, very hard to do so. you would get tired really fast, and only be able to take a few out, and then be too exhausted to run away.

Safest things to do, where you wouldnt have to worry about any zombies at all, would be:
Climb up the nearest mountain. even if you were chased, they're just gonna pile up at the bottom. you could be safe only 20 or so feet off the ground. if more come and pile up, just go up higher. most mountains are also home to a variety of plants and animals, so you'd have food.
Go to anywhere with a cold climate. even runners wouldnt pose a threat if they're frozen. towns in many parts of alaska and northen canada would be able to conduct business as usual.

[Lord Cohliani]

^:D^ (This was meant for Knight but Valk posted before me so yea...)

Oh and by the way @GLOOM: I have guns and I'm trained to use 'em well so I don't have to be scared of bashing a zombie up close lol...

[Red Dragon]

Shotguns, lots of bullets, 'nuff said.

[Dreamknight]

OH BUT SHOTGUNS HAVE A LOT OF RECOIL YOU'D GET TIRED> IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT IT YOU CAN BREAK YOUR COLLAR BONE.

The reality is no one is going to be an action hero so let's all just have our stupid dreams.

GLOOMY.

[Seraph]

Safest things to do, where you wouldnt have to worry about any zombies at all, would be:
Climb up the nearest mountain. even if you were chased, they're just gonna pile up at the bottom. you could be safe only 20 or so feet off the ground. if more come and pile up, just go up higher. most mountains are also home to a variety of plants and animals, so you'd have food.
Go to anywhere with a cold climate. even runners wouldnt pose a threat if they're frozen. towns in many parts of alaska and northen canada would be able to conduct business as usual.

Great, now I know what to do when the Zombies decide to invade Canada.

[Red Dragon]

Safest things to do, where you wouldnt have to worry about any zombies at all, would be:
Climb up the nearest mountain. even if you were chased, they're just gonna pile up at the bottom. you could be safe only 20 or so feet off the ground. if more come and pile up, just go up higher. most mountains are also home to a variety of plants and animals, so you'd have food.
Go to anywhere with a cold climate. even runners wouldnt pose a threat if they're frozen. towns in many parts of alaska and northen canada would be able to conduct business as usual.

I wonder if that's the explanation they used for Resident Evil: Extiction?

[Big Rick Cook]

It was Alaska. Scarcely populated and isolated was their explanation. Mountains didn't come into it and frozen zombies didn't factor in at all.

Extinction went retarded when they claimed that zombies craved human flesh but didn't need it, and that they could be active for decades subsisting on nothing at all. This is the definition of poorly-planned and nonsensical.

[Big Rick Cook]

But the point is that they went ahead and SAID it in Extinction, rather than just allowing you to suspend belief for a while, they literally shove it down your throat. Which is dumb.

[Red Dragon]

When did I say that would be a good idea? Glass-fronted store that's a maze of aisles? Yeah, I'm all over that.

DK said that.



It was Alaska. Scarcely populated and isolated was their explanation. Mountains didn't come into it and frozen zombies didn't factor in at all.

Extinction went retarded when they claimed that zombies craved human flesh but didn't need it, and that they could be active for decades subsisting on nothing at all. This is the definition of poorly-planned and nonsensical.


To tell the truth all I remember about RE:E is Alaska, Explosions, and Clones.


Oh, and if I ran out of bullets I would Hulk out, turn green and bash em in the face.

'cause that's how I roll.

[simple man]

Id bring a crowbar and my compound bow and a pistol if i had one

[Big Rick Cook]

I own the movie and I don't even remember clones. o_0

Edit: I. am. a. ****ing. retard. Jesus. I should have thought for like... three seconds before saying that one. Do we have a /wrists emote?

[Red Dragon]

EDIT: :lol

[Big Rick Cook]

I am sufficiently abashed. D=

[peachy]

if i could get a hold of a gun, i wouldnt waste any time in killing myself.

[Duel]

But if you "do it" with a female zombie, would that turn you into a zombie too?

[Shard]

No, but your child would be classed a zombie, and it wouldn't be able to hold property or vote.

[Lausen]

Why does every one assume you'd be attacked by millions at a time just because that's the way movies portray it.

I also think you are underestimating human nature. Sure there's no denieing I or anyone else would be scared ****less, but you'd go into fight or flight mode very fast. I know I would at least go down fighting. I don't see why people would kill themselfs.

Also a few swords is all I have unless you want me shooting at zombies with an airsoft gun:| As for functonality it's cut down a decent size tree. More then a foot around so it sould be able to do the job for awhile. When it fails I climb the nearest tree.

[Duel]

Because it makes better movies :sexy

[peachy]

Why does every one assume you'd be attacked by millions at a time just because that's the way movies portray it.

I also think you are underestimating human nature. Sure there's no denieing I or anyone else would be scared ****less, but you'd go into fight or flight mode very fast. I know I would at least go down fighting. I don't see why people would kill themselfs.

Also a few swords is all I have unless you want me shooting at zombies with an airsoft gun:| As for functonality it's cut down a decent size tree. More then a foot around so it sould be able to do the job for awhile. When it fails I climb the nearest tree.
i kill myself because theres enough idiots like you who want to play action hero and end up turning into zombies. theres enough idiots who are going to play action hero and go look for their friends and turn into zombies.

the entire horror of the situation arises not only from what gloom pointed out, that there are corpses trying to eat you, but from all the other consequences, like the entire breakdown of society and civilization. the aftermath would be as much of a nightmare as the zombies themselves.

obviously trying to stay alive in this situation has a negative expected outcome. i waste a lot of physical effort trying to survive a bunch of cannibals so i can come out of it all and live a ****ty life, im wasting a lot of psychological and mental effort or whatever in trying to cope with the obvious absurdity of the situation, having to deal with a very deep and primal fear, having to deal with the rules of the universe as i knew them being broken and stomped on, and theres really no light at the end of the tunnel. i can choose between a remaining lifetime of misery and struggle at the hands of something else, or i can take a stand and choose my own fate, dying quickly at the barrel of my own gun.

[Lausen]

How does fighting for you life make you an action hero?

What's the big deal if you do die to a zombie? nobody can say for sure that your soul or whatever becomes a zombie too. I have no intentions of turning this into a religous debate, but if you are bit by a zombie you still die so who's to say you couldn't be in heaven. Some people cherish life like my self and could never bring myself to do it. Plus this is all hypathetical, so none of us can say this is exactly what we'd do, because chances are there would be outside sercumstances affecting our decisions.

[Duel]

Yeah but it would kick major ass to turn into a zombie.

[peachy]

How does fighting for you life make you an action hero?

What's the big deal if you do die to a zombie? nobody can say for sure that your soul or whatever becomes a zombie too. I have no intentions of turning this into a religous debate, but if you are bit by a zombie you still die so who's to say you couldn't be in heaven. Some people cherish life like my self and could never bring myself to do it. Plus this is all hypathetical, so none of us can say this is exactly what we'd do, because chances are there would be outside sercumstances affecting our decisions.

fighting for your life doesnt make you an action hero. taking your totally *****in' sword and going out to cut off zombie heads does.

[Dreamknight]

obviously trying to stay alive in this situation has a negative expected outcome. i waste a lot of physical effort trying to survive a bunch of cannibals so i can come out of it all and live a ****ty life, im wasting a lot of psychological and mental effort or whatever in trying to cope with the obvious absurdity of the situation, having to deal with a very deep and primal fear, having to deal with the rules of the universe as i knew them being broken and stomped on, and theres really no light at the end of the tunnel. i can choose between a remaining lifetime of misery and struggle at the hands of something else, or i can take a stand and choose my own fate, dying quickly at the barrel of my own gun.

You'd kill yourself cause you're lazy, lol.

[peachy]

You'd kill yourself cause you're lazy, lol.

its hard enough not to kill myself when ive lost the television remote. you throw zombies into the picture and theres no hesitation.

[Chuck]

Assuming this is a massive worldwide zombie outbreak I'd jump off a bridge a drown myself. Why because what's the alternative. Worst case die by being torn apart and eaten. Or manage to survive for a wonderful like of the futile struggle to survive. If it ends up being a veritable apocalypse pretty much none of the stuff I'd want to do in life would be possible anymore so what would be the point?

[Shard]

I don't know that drowning is that much better than being eaten. Do yourself a favor and pick a high enough bridge to really splatter.

[Lausen]

If it ends up being a veritable apocalypse pretty much none of the stuff I'd want to do in life would be possible anymore so what would be the point?

Helping repopulate the world:lol

[Chuck]

Chances are whoever's left would die out long before there was a second generation. Besides I'd have to bone a bunch of chicks. PASS!
I don't know that drowning is that much better than being eaten. Do yourself a favor and pick a high enough bridge to really splatter.
I'm sure drowning isn't pleasant but it can't be as bad as being torn apart and eaten considering how long it'd take to die and how painful it'd be in the process. I'd go for freezing to death or CO asphyxiation if I got the opportunity.

[The_Real_Crunk]

Heading to walmart/malls seems like a bad idea. Theres gonna be ALOT of people trying to do the same thing, and theres going to be crazy gun nuts hoarding all the guns sitting on the roof wanting to be in charge. The thought of crazy people fighting and killing others for supplies almost scares me more than zombies.

Swords and large blunt objects are all fine and dandy for 1, or maybe even 3 zombies tops, but once others start pouring into the area your not going to be able to do much else than run your ass away.

I laugh at the thought of some fat guy in his 20's with a katana in each hand trying to fend off zombies. Sure he might take down one, but then the one beside it eats his face.

[Dreamknight]

As opposed to a fat guy in his 20's hopping on his bicycle and pedaling north.

[The_Real_Crunk]

You laugh now, but when Im living in my treehouse in the frozen forests up north, and your all dead, Ill be the one laughing!

[Kefka Jr.]

I finished listening to the World War Z audio book a few days ago. It's freakin' great.

Also, Boston University proposed the construction of a level 4 bio lab in southern Boston - level 4 meaning bioweaponry production. In protest, a bunch of people dressed as zombies and shambled through downtown. I would've joined, but I had an exam.

At first I thought it would be awesome if they built the lab and it exploded and I could open a can of S.T.A.R.S. on the resultant zombies, but if it did explode, I would likely be in the blast radius...

In any case, I would probably hightail it to Canada and just keep going north.

[Lord Cohliani]

I don't get it... Why does everyone think zombies can freeze solid? Is it from a movie or something? Oh and by the way: Why would a creature raised from the dead bite you and turn you into a zombie? That makes no since whatsoever...

@GLOOM: What would you prefer to be? A guy who tries to fight and save the world or a guy that kills himself an wastes his life for no reason? Think about it...

[Dusk Raven]

I don't get it... Why does everyone think zombies can freeze solid? Is it from a movie or something?

I don't know, but if humans wouldn't freeze solid in cold weather, then zombies wouldn't either, and they don't have a body temperature to maintain.

Oh and by the way: Why would a creature raised from the dead bite you and turn you into a zombie? That makes no since whatsoever...

Of course it does. Reproductive instinct.


@GLOOM: What would you prefer to be? A guy who tries to fight and save the world or a guy that kills himself an wastes his life for no reason? Think about it...

I tend to agree. "Save the world" might be impossible, but still. Gus Grissom once said, "suicide is the ultimate act of selfishness." I wouldn't be selfish enough to try and "escape" without even doing a thing to help others, like firing at the zombies with that gun. At the very least, I'd take out as many as I could and save the last bullet for myself.

But what if being a zombie turns out to be better then being human?

[The_Real_Crunk]

You NEVER save the last bullet for yourself. If movies have taught you anything, you should know that when it finally comes down you it, and you go to blow your brains out, your gun just clicks cause its empty, and you get torn to shreds by whatever monster you happen to be running from.

Dont try to be a hero son. Actually....let people go and try to be heros. The good ones will live to fight another day, while the dumb ones get eaten, and leave more food for the rest of us.

[Dusk Raven]

You NEVER save the last bullet for yourself. If movies have taught you anything, you should know that when it finally comes down you it, and you go to blow your brains out, your gun just clicks cause its empty, and you get torn to shreds by whatever monster you happen to be running from.

That doesn't make much sense. Apparently those movie people are bad at keeping track of their own limited ammo. Besides, I could just keep the "one bullet" separate.

Or a grenade. That works too. Or some other hazardous explosive. Or a fire, I don't care.

[Sivart]

No...

Oh and by the way: Although you think your a genius, fifty-million other "Geniuses" have the same Wal-Mart idea... So no...Just no... Never go into Wal-Mart...

It's not "Geniuses", It's Genii. Ever heard of grammar?

[Chuck]

Geniuses is also acceptable. I think it's another case of them making what was a common mistake into a real word but if D'oh can be in the dictionary then what do the rules matter anymore anyway?

[The_Real_Crunk]

People bickering over proper english are the first ones to get thrown over the edge into the sea of zombies.

[simple man]

Also i dont think zombie would eat us. they would eat there selfs..

Zombies cannot be raised from the dead. But i would only think the attack would happen by a genetic mutation by nuclear or other types of radiation or biotech. :I

[simple man]

I wouldn't kill myself if I could help it. I guess it depends how screwed I think I'm going to be.

I would also be a selfish bastard. No hero here.

No one matters but me (and Porkchop/Charlie if they made it).
I'd be pushing little old ladies in front of zombies and whatnot.

Let's just suspend our disbelief here.



Ok gloomy...

But i would go to the hunting store in town for a desert eagle and expanding arrows :D

Plus id push everyone into zombies also.....

[Valkysas]

Why does everyone think zombies can freeze solid?
Hey, it's winter. if it's cold where you are, go set a hamburger out in the snow and tell me if it's still flexible in a day.

SCIENCE.

[Seraph]

But, wouldn't you just freeze to death? Plus, a zombie would be considered a cold blooded creature, sorta.

[Valkysas]

blood and body temp has nothing to do with it.

meat is meat.

living or not, meat freezes when exposed to the cold.

[The_Real_Crunk]

But, wouldn't you just freeze to death?

Stay in a building, with jackets on, and some kind of heating maybe???

[Wavelength]

Guns? Crowbars? Please! If I wanted to kill a zombie I'd mow it down in my car. I'm sure gas stations would be heavily protected by uncorrupted people, as autos really would be the best defense in the short-term.

The way I envision things, if the outbreaks were to get really bad, world governments would respond by tightening security to an extreme at airports and seaports, and then start shipping everyone (plus small amounts of other creatures) by air or sea to one small area of the world. They'd then use nukes or other large-area weapons to rid the rest of the world of all life.

People would have to live in that one region for many years, and make the most with the resources they've got. Yikes, that would be weird. Eventually, people and societies would be able to to spread back to the other regions of the world.

[Valkysas]

I'm sure gas stations would be heavily protected by uncorrupted people, as autos really would be the best defense in the short-term.
No, they'd be controlled by people who wanted all the gas themselves, or possibly even blown up as a distraction to draw the zombies towards it.

and a car would be a terrible weapon. get a zombie jammed in the wheel well and you're a sitting duck.

[Seraph]

Stay in a building, with jackets on, and some kind of heating maybe???

On top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere?

[The_Real_Crunk]

Cause northern Canada is nothing my icy mountains right?

[Seraph]

Is every mountain populated? We're talking about zombies. there's no reason to get upset.:(

[Duel]

We can't forget pets right? How bad would it suck to have your pet poodle, Chow-Chow, bite your hand off.

[Loki]

Well since everyone's raggin' on Gloomy for trying to think about what conceviable within reason I guess I'll just go along.

First I'd totaly kill all the zombies with my lightsaber because I was total trained in fully functional jedi mind tricks.

[simple man]

only if loki made pavilion zombie comics...

[Loki]

Zoom!

[Jamos]

I would hover over them hundreds of feet in the air thanks to my jetpack. Then I will launch missiles into the crowds blowing away dozens of them. After all of that I will go down into them, launch my hands at them which are attached by a bladed chain, spin around in circles to cut them into pieces, and finally fly off saying some kick ass line.

[Red Dragon]

Cause northern Canada is nothing my icy mountains right?

Sounds like Vermont in the summer. :(

[The_Real_Crunk]

Then the Goon shows up and saves us all wtih help from Hellboy.

"SLACKJAWS!"
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/THEREALCRUNK/GOON.jpg

[Big Rick Cook]

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

[Jamos]

With the unlikely alliance of Killbot, Hellcrunk, and Food Wizard, the zombies are quickly taken care. However, it is odd that Mr. Wizard was turning the zombies into twinkies.

[TheHonorableRyu]

Don't forget the Cyber Samurai Mutant Ninja Turtles!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v29/TheHonorableRyu/3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v29/TheHonorableRyu/4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v29/TheHonorableRyu/1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v29/TheHonorableRyu/2.jpg

[Wavelength]

No, they'd be controlled by people who wanted all the gas themselves, or possibly even blown up as a distraction to draw the zombies towards it.

and a car would be a terrible weapon. get a zombie jammed in the wheel well and you're a sitting duck.

Can't say I've ever had a corpse stuck in my wheel well. Is there actually a good chance of that happening?

I'd also carry around some knives, just in case. Probably not the greatest weapon against zombies, but better than nothing.

I still think the big, organized responses, e.g. that of armies and international travel, would be playing the biggest role in this, not people walking around with crowbars. :)

[Chuck]

But people who aren't near a major city will have to survive until the military efforts get to them, if ever.

[Big Rick Cook]

Chances of survival in a smaller town would actually be increased early on. It would only be after the major city close to you was overrun that your smaller town would suffer an increased risk of wandering hordes of zombies as opposed to just one or two.

[facts]

I'd probably try to pull a Mars Attack method off. Play some loud annoying music around the town and see if their heads explode.

[Dusk Raven]

Well since everyone's raggin' on Gloomy for trying to think about what conceviable within reason I guess I'll just go along.

What?

They're not bashing Gloom for whatever you said he was doing, they're just bashing him for... well, I don't know how they were bashing him except for being needlessly suicidal.

So, I'm going to be serious, even if you guys aren't.

I'd probably head to the zoo. I'd try and take care of them when the zookeepers flee for their lives. And if the zombies finally broke through, I'd set them loose. And maybe try and trick the zombies into going in one of the cages (depends on what the enclosures are, I haven't seen any in a while).

[Chuck]

Chances of survival in a smaller town would actually be increased early on. It would only be after the major city close to you was overrun that your smaller town would suffer an increased risk of wandering hordes of zombies as opposed to just one or two.
I'm not talking about small towns though. But any city that isn't right near one of the dozen or so major cities they'll start with. You've got days to weeks or maybe longer before they make their way to you. Depending on how successful they are in the major cities.

[Dreamknight]

I'd probably head to the zoo. I'd try and take care of them when the zookeepers flee for their lives

And if the zookeeper isn't selfish at all and stays behind for the animals himself and already dies along with his animals?

Guess your bleeding heart would land you in a dead zone filled with zombies.

[Nixon]

The animals would turn into zombies and eat him. :lol

As for me, while I do have some useful weapons handy, I'd try to hit up my friend, who has guns, vehicles, and some land out in the middle of nowhere.

[Dusk Raven]

Guess your bleeding heart would land you in a dead zone filled with zombies.

Considering I'd already be in a zombie zone in the first place, I'll take my pick which one.

The animals would turn into zombies and eat him. :lol

Depends on what kind of zombies they are.

Also, there's the possibility I'd just surrender myself and become a zombie.

[Chuck]

How come all zombies eat people? If human zombies crave human flesh/brains shouldn't animal zombies eat their own species? Wouldn't make much difference, I'm sure they'd still attack people. I was just wondering.

[Big Rick Cook]

A wizard did it. It answers everything. Stop questioning the rationale behind zombies.

[Kefka Jr.]

Of course zombies eat animals. That's how zombie dogs and zombie crows come to be.

It's just that most outbreaks start in urban areas, where people mostly outnumber animals.

[Big Rick Cook]

That's not it happened in the Dawn of the Dead remake.

[Chuck]

In all the movies I've seen zombie animals come from animals biting infected people or eating the corpses when their masters are too busy dying to feed them not from zombies biting them.

[Valkysas]

That's not it happened in the Dawn of the Dead remake.
the remake can go to hell.

[Big Rick Cook]

It's got Ving Rhames, though! And Sarah Polley. VITAL NAMES TO THE INDUSTRY. =D

And how the hell did I miss the word "how" in that sentence? I must be slipping.

[Duel]

In Land of The Dead, that one zombie learns how to use a machine gun.

[Big Rick Cook]

I kept waiting for him to say something other than a grunt or roar. Like "Make love, not war."

Cause it would have been so absurd that it would have made the movie. As dumb as the premise was, that zombies were relearning things like working complex guns, it would have been excellent and over-the-top for Romero to have them quoting memorable lines because it's all their brains were capable of remembering.

[Jeroak Nelave]

Wow...you guys think about this stuff WAY too much!

[Valkysas]

it's fun.

[Stormy]

... As dumb as the premise was, that zombies were relearning things like working complex guns...

Guns aren't very complex, they're just point and click.

[Jeroak Nelave]

Okay, i'll try...

I would assume to go to a cold climate. As once they turn into zombies, they dont have blood running through their veins (since they are dead), which means they would freeze to death alot faster than a living human would...

Wisconsin sounds like a good place to start! (hehe, j/k)

[Stormy]

Whats wrong with Wisconsin!? The problem with your plan is that the Zombies are already dead, so they can't freeze to death. But they could, theoretically, just plain freeze. Problem is they would thaw out in the summer, which we do have here in Wisconsin. In July the temp gets up in the 90s and even the triple digets. But at the same time, two weeks ago our weatherman said "Starting next week we'll be getting temperatures in the teens, so we'll have a bit of a heat wave there." And he said it with a strait face, not a chuckle, not a giggle, not a smirk, not even a pause. :|

What were we talking about? Oh yeah, Zombie hordes.

I would make my way to the Rocky Mountains. Most of the land between where I live and the Rockies is sparsely populated, and elevated ground is always a strategically sound option. Along the way I can gather a following of people to help build a zombie free society in the mountains.

[Jeroak Nelave]

oops, didnt mean "freeze to death", because that would be an oxymoron, but i mean they would freeze, and whatever kept them going would probably deteriorate before they thawed...but, that would only work if the outbreak was in winter, so yeah, i'd probably head for some mountains.

[Jamos]

Honestly, I would steal a couple of pistols, a rifle, and a weedwacker from Wal-mart or where ever I can get a hold of them. Unfortunately, there isn't much high ground here so going up wouldn't really be an option. And I sure as hell won't be going below ground where I can be torn to pieces without seeing them coming. So I would probably be ****ed, anyway. However, I can drive to the least populated area around and set up fort there. This would hopefully give me some time to re-enforce whatever house I "commandeer." My death would be inevitable, but this is about the only way for me to shortly lengthen my life. At least I can live out my fantasy of using a weedwacker to mow down some of the undead like in Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Those zombies are going to have to work for this ****ing meal!

[Chuck]

Okay, i'll try...

I would assume to go to a cold climate. As once they turn into zombies, they dont have blood running through their veins (since they are dead), which means they would freeze to death alot faster than a living human would...

Wisconsin sounds like a good place to start! (hehe, j/k)
I was thinking about that earlier. If zombies are able to move without oxygenated blood flowing to their muscles then I can't figure out how their amublatory system works. But if they can move their limbs when their muscles are nonfucntional or even rotted, it stands to reason they could move even when they're frozen solid.

I know, I'm putting way too much thought into it. But like Valk said it's fun.

[The_Real_Crunk]

But what if it becomes like Resident Evil type ****, and they start evolving extra long arms, and pointy teeth/claws, tentacles, and crap. We'd be screwed!

[Dreamknight]

Well if that happens it'd only make sense that ammo would be laying everywhere, we could all use guns like experts and that any wounds can be healed by chomping down on some plants!

[Chuck]

I'd hideaway in some highly secured location that I'd get into using my skills as a master of unlocking.

[Jamos]

Good thing that you come with a lifelong guarantee... because once you find out that the area you just snuck into was where the virus originated your life is over. :p

[Lord Cohliani]

What so lets just say you guys go someplace that can freeze the zombies, wont it freeze you?

[Jamos]

Well, if you are a dummy and don't try keeping yourself warm then yes.

[Lord Cohliani]

So lets say you hide inside a big building. What happens if the zombies get inside the warm building? "Oh ****!"

You better hope the zombies freeze solid before they get inside your "Warm Area"...

[Big Rick Cook]

I don't like you.

[Lord Cohliani]

Good for you... Your such a baby that when proved wrong you proceed to hate the other person...

[Denmo]

Is it really an accomplishment to prove someone wrong in this discussion about zombies?

[Dreamknight]

This is quite possibly the worst topic ever.

[Lord Cohliani]

Is it really an accomplishment to prove someone wrong in this discussion about zombies?

Yes...

@Dream: Amen :p

[Denmo]

Why is negative rep removed again?

[Lord Cohliani]

MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!















:p

[Valkysas]

Good for you... Your such a baby that when proved wrong you proceed to hate the other person...
You proved no one wrong.

a living person can have the common sense to wear the proper clothing for the climate, or even use a heated car, making travel through a cold place to a warm place (like a town, city, or even a simple hunting cabin) easy. zombies don't have that luxury. they stumble around, slowly, with no consideration given to dressing for the weather. before they get to warm place, they freeze.

[Lord Cohliani]

Yea see that's just what I said: "You better hope that the zombies freeze solid before they reach your warm area..."

[Valkysas]

Yes, but you PROVED NO ONE WRONG.

[Big Rick Cook]

Yeah, and you weren't even "up against me" in this particular issue. I just stated that I didn't like you (for reasons I very likely won't have to post), which I still don't.

[Nixon]

Good thing the ignore feature still works.

[Chuck]

Yea see that's just what I said: "You better hope that the zombies freeze solid before they reach your warm area..."
Yeah. I'm pretty sure that's the point they were all making by going to a very cold climate. You go far enough into the cold that anyone not compensating for it with clothing and heat sources like Valk said, would freeze before they got there.

[Denmo]

BUT OH, WHAT IF THE ZOMBIES HAVE JACKETS ON?

[Lord Cohliani]

^:lol^

[Jamos]

Your chances of survival are much more likely with that strategy than staying in a large populated warm climate. So get out the hiking equiptment. :p

[Armored]

What if there was this guy, lets call him Joe. Joe was in a motorcycle accident a while back while not wearing a helmet, completely caved in his skull but he lived. So they throw some thick metal plates in there and he's back out doing his thing.

Joe is also an avid camper, so he's out in the middle of february up in canada doing some ice fishing wearing his parka and whatnot. All of a sudden, BAM! ZOMBIE INVASION! Joe takes a bite and is quickly transformed, now you got a SUPER ZOMBIE that can withstand cold temperatures and headshots roaming around canada. GOOD ****ING LUCK.

[Red Dragon]

What if there was this guy, lets call him Joe. Joe was in a motorcycle accident a while back while not wearing a helmet, completely caved in his skull but he lived. So they throw some thick metal plates in there and he's back out doing his thing.

Joe is also an avid camper, so he's out in the middle of february up in canada doing some ice fishing wearing his parka and whatnot. All of a sudden, BAM! ZOMBIE INVASION! Joe takes a bite and is quickly transformed, now you got a SUPER ZOMBIE that can withstand cold temperatures and headshots roaming around canada. GOOD ****ING LUCK.

Gasoline.
Match.

[Jamos]

Weedwacker.

[Dusk Raven]

Assuming, of course, the fellow doesn't lose his parka.

Also, you could just shoot his neck, and that could sever the spinal cord. Or right through the back if you aim it just right.

Also, no zombie will be able to function if it sustains enough damage to the muscular/nervous system.

[Seraph]

Also, no zombie will be able to function if it sustains enough damage to the muscular/nervous system.

I wonder what could.

[Jamos]

I kind of doubt anyone is going to waste the time and ammo/weapon durability to do that. :p

[Dusk Raven]

Eh, not unless there was no other option.

that can withstand cold temperatures and headshots

I don't think it could withstand head shots for too long. Metal isn't completely bulletproof. Might take a high caliber gun to do that without wearing it down first.

[Lord Cohliani]

Why don't zombies eat other zombies? And how do you make zombies?

[Jamos]

Zombies do eat other zombies and anything with flesh. A simple bite or scratch is usually all it takes to make another zombie. However, the possibility of an airborn virus would also cause it to spread this way.

[Seraph]

and anything with flesh.

Not true! This one time, zombies ate my neighbors...

[Lord Cohliani]

How do you make the first zombie though? You gotta have the first one before it can infect others...

[Jamos]

What? You planning on something, Lord Cornholio?

[Dusk Raven]

Same way any disease is made, the virus mutates from something else, that was very similar but not exactly the same as the zombie virus.

[Chuck]

In most movies zombies don't eat others zombies because they're only attracted to living flesh. In 28 Days/Weeks Later the "infected" were attracted to perfumes, soaps, deodorants and other artificial fragrances. And since they just ran around funky they didn't attack each other. As stupid as that is.

[Denmo]

Your chances of survival are much more likely with that strategy than staying in a large populated warm climate.Yeah, especially if it's in the middle of a desert in a hole in the ground. </RE:A>

[Lord Cohliani]

http://mazeguy.net/fantasy/zombie.gif

[Duel]

What if instead of eating us, Zombies use us as slaves for their new society?

Or what if most of the human population is gone by some virus that mutates us into zombies?

And yes...

This is a set-up for someone to post the I Am Legend movie poster. That person will gain +rep.

[Lord Cohliani]

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EDIT: Wheres my Rep?!?!:shakefist

[Chuck]

Yeah, especially if it's in the middle of a desert in a hole in the ground. </RE:A>
Did you mean RE:E?