Zombie Apocalypse

[PS4H]

Not sure where I should put this... someone had mentioned in another thread about the end of time a la the Zombie.

So what are you plans? Would you want to be a Zombie? For those who play video games: Do you think all those hours of killing them will help you? Do you think your typing will give you an advantage over others?

For me: Hopefully, if I don't get changed, I've scoped out a few places for safe houses (also just in case shiz goes down hill in America). Not sure if all the hours I've spent slaying zombies in games will help, but apparently I should have some good hand eye coordination. I think my typing will help because I can look at a situation for what it is (most of the time) and assess what I need to do to get from Point A to Point B.

How it'll all play out will depend on the type of Zombies

Slow and Dumb
Slow and Smart
Fast and Dumb
Fast and Smart/ Ragers/ Runner


The only ones I am worried about truly are the "Fast and Smart" or Ragers/ Runners kind. If they run like Usain Bolt, I'm done! Since these ones in particular would not have to worry about rest or anything us humans would need, they are practically unstoppable until they are dismembered like how you must do in Dead Space 1 & 2 with the Necromorphs. Still working on what I would do weapon wise since guns would be a good thing until they need bullets or serviced properly.

So how would you handle it?

[Sk8ordude]

I will need more information such as the cause of the zombiedom, what there are after, how they are killed. What organs are shut down or modified upon infection, and how it is spread.

But in general I will need a monster truck, a helicopter, a mounted 50 cal on the truck and one for the boat... Also the boat. I will also need a high powered laser gun that will cut through zombies at a distance of 300 meters with a couple extra power cells. If you can have zombies I can have turbo laser.

Also when did zombies go mainstream? I miss when only the weird fringe talked about zombie strategy.

Also if I'm infected I will probably melt my head with the laser and die human. I'm not sure I haven't really played zombie games, if real life is anything like the original medal of honor or 007 Goldeneye I should be good.

[PS4H]

Still not a mainstream subject, but one I thought that some here would enjoy. It's something I had a friend ask me about years ago, and me being as inquisitive as I am, had to sit and think about it: Just what would I do? And thus started my downward spiral of having to research it.

And the questions you posted, that is stuff that would not be known until the enemy was faced directly.

But here's a few links you can check out:
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[MrSoloDolo]

its kinda sad how much i day dream and think about this kinda stuff. Damn you black ops... I dont really think theres a chance that a zombie outbreak woud ever endanger the entire population with all the mass communication and weapons we have, the only way would be if it was airborn. I think typing would definately give us an advantage, because unlike most of the people who will scream and freak out and try to save there friend who just got bit, we would understand when to cut ties and we would also have a strategical advantage. I personally would stock up on non perishable food items and baracade myself with an exit strategy.

[JDFP]

Good thread choice, here.

Growing up as a fan of the films of George A. Romero (the grandfather of contemporary zombies, at least until they were butchered and turned into sprinting shrieking superhuman creatures that aren't really zombies but sprinting shrieking things) and Lucio Fulci, I absolutely dig zombies.

What's going to be entertaining about this thread will be all the people who have never fired a gun in their life much less a rifle who come on here with all this grand strategy for finding the most high-powered rifle they can acquire and single-handed be able to destroy all the zombies through sheer strategy. I suppose that reality doesn't apply too much to a zombie apocalypse scenario, so realistic options to follow in the event of it happening are just taken off the table for more "bad ass" ideas instead to become a mix between Rambo and Chuck Norris the day after the zombies appeared after working for 20 years in a cubicle.

The most dangerous thing in a zombie apocalypse would not be the zombies at all at first but other people. Especially these "Rambo" types who would be among the first to get other people killed and invariably get themselves killed. The best alternative: Isolating yourself with plenty of food in a secure location to get away from said people.

I'm fortunate enough to live in an upstairs apartment with wooden stairwells outside. It shouldn't be too difficult to secure the stairwell so the creatures could not get upstairs and have lunch on my behalf. The more tricky part would be navigating back and forth from a grocery store with enough food to survive awhile. I'd be more entertained than usual in watching Fox News during the next few weeks.

Invariably, we would all eventually probably die in such a situation. I'd eventually run out of supplies and probably starve to death while the hordes of ghouls roamed the streets looking for left-overs being that all the Rambo-types were dead long before those of us who were more rational about the situation and survived for awhile. Planning after the death of everyone else and the downfall of the government (while all the cabinet and probably most of congress and the president holed up in some underground bunker with 20+ years of supplies to wait it all out) would be far more tricky.

[Commissar]

I don't have a detailed plan laid out per se, but I have a general idea of how I would try and survive. Ideally I would use a sturdy, reliable melee weapon like a crowbar as my primary killing weapon since you don't have to really worry about accuracy or ammunition, and it could also double as a useful tool for opening doors and crates of food/supplies and all that good stuff. I'd travel lightly and try to make it out to a less-populated area where I would be unlikely to run into both zombies and other people. Best case scenario I would find some small community of survivors where I could stay and either wait for help to arrive or start rebuilding, depending on the severity of the situation. Worst case scenario I go as far North as I can and try to survive out in the mountains in a small cabin (there's gotta be some out there) where I would end up hunting for what food I could and, if I'm lucky, die of old age or starvation instead of brain-eating monsters or marauders.

[Supaslim]

Good one.


Assuming I'm at college when this happens... regardless of zombie type, I would not stay in my dorm room. I'm on the ground floor, with a large, frail window facing the street. Not at all safe, and no safe way to get water or dispose of waste. Instead, I would gather up my food and run across the street to the 3D arts building (leaving a note behind in my room on my monitor or something for my family, saying where I went should they come looking for me). It houses ceramics and sculpture studios, so I'll have water supply (sinks, and lots of containers to store water in in case of power outage) and weapons. There are torches, saws, knives, blunt objects, I could even build a potato cannon and launch shrapnel if I had to- I know how. There are also a number of deadly chemicals over in the glaze-making area of the ceramic studio that would probably kill any virus zombies (although not undead zombies, I presume).I have enough ramen noodles and canned shit that I could survive for at least a few weeks without ever leaving (although I won't be at the top of my game when I do; I'd probably be on the verge of scurvy).

The doors of the studio are also locked with a swipe mechanism- you need a university ID to swipe at the door for it to unlock. This automatically rules out the possibility of dumb zombies getting in, and maybe smart zombies, depending how smart they are. The building is sturdy, with no windows to break or holes to crawl through, so I think I would be safe. Even if they get in, I could hide in one of the professors' offices, which are also windowless and have walls about a foot and a half thick, and doors that lock. I think this building was constructed with zombie attacks in mind.

When I run out of food, I would return to my dorm building and start checking unlocked rooms for more canned/dried food. It's safer than trying to get to a store. I might try making myself some sort of armor out of metal sheeting while I'm holed up, to keep busy and also to protect myself from bites. An of course I would go with some sort of weaponry. Maybe a nice propane torch from the ceramic studio. I could definitely strap the gas tank to my back, it's not very big at all...

Every now and then I would poke my head out to see if there were many zombies about, but I would hold my ground as long as possible. The way I see it, the zombies would eventually run out of food and start dying off, increasing my odds of survival when I venture outside. When the population is low enough, I would try to find car keys (maybe in a dorm room, or a university vehicle, or even off of a corpse) and get home.

If I were at home when it happened, or if I got home from university, I would hunker down with my family (or what's left of it) in or near our house. Maybe in our pole barn. We live in the middle of nowhere, so I think zombie density would be low. Also, both my parents can fire a gun, and we keep multiple around the house. I'm sure they could teach me and my brother. If the neighbors died, we could also raid their houses for guns- I know they have them. We could also take their livestock for food, in addition to what we grow ourselves in the garden and what we have stored. The hardest part would be defending the house, as it's built to be comfortable and pretty, not practical when under attack. There are a lot of windows, and nowhere that could be established as a good sniper's nest. Which is why I was thinking the pole barn, since it only has three doors (a sliding door on the side, a garage-type door int he front, and a man-sized door next to it). Our barn is divided in half, so even if zombies figured out how to open the sliding side door, we could still lock them out of the other half. They wouldn't be able to get in the garage door, and the man door can be locked. The only two windows can be blocked, and there is a water pump we can get water from. We'd have to go out to get food, but that's it. There is electricity in the barn, so it would be like the house, but safer. Also, we keep guard dogs. They'd warn us of approaching danger.

If our home was inhospitable, or if my family found me at college, I'd suggest we go south to Kentucky to band together with our relatives there- hunters and farmers all. They have a cabin on a lake down there that is pretty secluded from civilization, and also suitable for surviving a zombie attack. We could fish for food, or farm, and go out on the lake in the boat if the cabin is overtaken. There is a hand pump for water in the back yard, too, if the power went out. I think we could easily survive there.

And that is my plan.

[Malsqueek]

I would spend about two weeks in my home waiting for all the craziness to die down, and for the possibility of zombie to rot more fully or fall apart from lack of food, then pack up all my camping gear, and head for the sound. Try to steal someone's boat and head out for an island.

Fortunately, the Pacific northwest is pretty temperate and you can grow things year round so I could probably live out my days on the island no worries.

Unless zombies can swim.

[Nonsuch]

LOL you guys better hope that no future zombies are taking notes.

:ugly:

[BellaBianca]

I am preparing for this and I am currently working on an alliance with the local werewolves. I will not go into details, however.

[True Rune]

I took classes and am a certified zombie slayer. Apparently these are trade secrets though.

[Artio]

I've studied the art of tin foil hats. I'm sure I can make a model that keep them away from my brain. See, no need for slaying.

And then I'll rule the world of zombies with my pretty little tin foil hat.

[Nemesis]

LOL you guys better hope that no future zombies are taking notes.

:ugly:

*snickers*

I do have a survival plan that I've outlined in many similar threads before, but I would likely join the zombies instead.

[True Rune]

I've studied the art of tin foil hats. I'm sure I can make a model that keep them away from my brain. See, no need for slaying.

And then I'll rule the world of zombies with my pretty little tin foil hat.

Well, that's significantly less awesome.

[Artio]

Well, that's significantly less awesome.

No, you're misjudging. You'll have to slay and hide. My plan is much more effective. Aaand... I don't have to care about bad hair days anymore.

[PS4H]

LOL you guys better hope that no future zombies are taking notes.

:ugly:

That would be a BAD situation, if Zombies could remember.

I would spend about two weeks in my home waiting for all the craziness to die down, and for the possibility of zombie to rot more fully or fall apart from lack of food, then pack up all my camping gear, and head for the sound. Try to steal someone's boat and head out for an island.

Fortunately, the Pacific northwest is pretty temperate and you can grow things year round so I could probably live out my days on the island no worries.

Unless zombies can swim.

Good idea. I think the jury is still out on whether they can swim, float, walk under the water, etc.... I was assuming they have an aversion to water, so an isolated island would be good.


And a few people mentioned the "Rambo" warrior--- *sigh* Hopefully they all will go first. They actually scare me more than Zombies.

[Nemesis]

That would be a BAD situation, if Zombies could remember.


I keep these things written in Zombinese on cue-cards in my pocket at all times.

[Deacon J]

unlike the movies the heroes would get it too especially since no one has the weapons that you would need to even have any chance

[Opressoliber]

I think that it depends on how the apocalypse spread. Does it spread all over the world at once, or only in my city, then spread outside? Is the infection fairly advanced or not?
Where am I? Is my city big? Small? Am I in the country? Are there many chokepoints?
Too many factors to consider.

The military is likely to contain the epidemic by setting up machinegun fields at choke points.

WW1 has indicated clearly that a few machinegun teams could contain several companies of 100 men +) so I find the premise of a small zombified town zombifying the nation or the world to be unrealistic (and certainly World War Z). Fortunately, early ROE would forbid indiscriminate shootings on civilians, but if advanced, I would try to procure a white flag before attempting to cross military lines.

I would try and make it to the outskirts of the city.
I would jump in my car and run for the secondary roads/bridges. I would grab at the minimum a baseball bat or golf club. I would bring my bike in case my car got stuck at a chokepoint and the zombies were coming. Food would be good,guns would be good, water tablets and all other survival items would be good, but I would really try to reach behind military lines before anything.

[PS4H]

I think that it depends on how the apocalypse spread. Does it spread all over the world at once, or only in my city, then spread outside? Is the infection fairly advanced or not?
Where am I? Is my city big? Small? Am I in the country? Are there many chokepoints?
Too many factors to consider.

....

I will say that this is a wide spread issue. Cause is probably unknown, possibly something like The Happening or maybe a virus similar to influenza. Probably an advanced, fast spreading disease.

[miguel]

Damn, i created a big text but i got an error.. I'll just sum it up: (dumb and slow zombies)

Make a group:
- no old people
- no animals
- no slow people, unless they have something really good to offer

Find a place:
- Somewhere protected (big walls, strong doors/windows)
- Near a farming zone

Get material/equipment/food
- I'd break into super markets and get everything i needed (food, some durable clothes/boots (even tho i already have, but oh well), armory, books on agriculture and everything that could help me in a world dominated by zombies)

And that's what i would do in the first weeks... What i do after, really depends.

[Nonsuch]

I keep these things written in Zombinese on cue-cards in my pocket at all times.

Haha I'm taking notes on a piece of paper and if I ever feel I'm becoming a Zombie then I'm going to tack them to my forehead.

Then I'll start hunting everyone down, one by one.

Can you imagine a Zombie walking around stalking humans with a piece of paper tacked to his forehead ?

[Zombicide]

Euthanasia.

Perhaps cursed to live your late prophecy always, relative to my person it is regrettably not a hypothetical, and without the faintest admiration, I have longed to be of the horde, now several billion strong, for everyday of my mortal course.

Though I haven't the luxury of confirming, I know even without experiencing but only observing the fact, that ignorance is bliss. Ah, to not know your own fucking fault, and cannibalize your fuckin neighbour as the masses have done all my days unto me and so many of the few misfortunately immune.

No.

This typing, at least, has offered no protection against mob rule, neither has life or game. We live this circumstance since yesterday and the day before, so on and sadly long after this one, I with the poor luck to be a survivor desperate to confirm others on the roof tops.

[peppersasen]

So what are you plans? Would you want to be a Zombie? For those who play video games: Do you think all those hours of killing them will help you? Do you think your typing will give you an advantage over others?

I don't play zombie games, I've never even played one. But I do play FPS and I think that polished up my shooting/aiming skills. What I would say helped a lot was watch The Walking Dead. I've learned that in times of crisis, it won't be the walkers we should be most concerned about. It'll be human behavior of the living.

[Allie]

Base camp to camp I and II at Mount Everest. I can slowly acclimate my body to the high altitudes, while they all can fall off the cliff, whatever types they are, if they dare to approach. No games.

Come and get me. :devilish:

[MadBomber]

So what are you plans? Would you want to be a Zombie? For those who play video games: Do you think all those hours of killing them will help you? Do you think your typing will give you an advantage over others?

For me: Hopefully, if I don't get changed, I've scoped out a few places for safe houses (also just in case shiz goes down hill in America). Not sure if all the hours I've spent slaying zombies in games will help, but apparently I should have some good hand eye coordination. I think my typing will help because I can look at a situation for what it is (most of the time) and assess what I need to do to get from Point A to Point B.

How it'll all play out will depend on the type of Zombies

Slow and Dumb
Slow and Smart
Fast and Dumb
Fast and Smart/ Ragers/ Runner


The only ones I am worried about truly are the "Fast and Smart" or Ragers/ Runners kind. If they run like Usain Bolt, I'm done! Since these ones in particular would not have to worry about rest or anything us humans would need, they are practically unstoppable until they are dismembered like how you must do in Dead Space 1 & 2 with the Necromorphs. Still working on what I would do weapon wise since guns would be a good thing until they need bullets or serviced properly.

So how would you handle it?

Possible plan #1: I'll preface this by saying that I was a firefighter for two years after high school. I would go to my old fire station and collect turn out gear, tools and equipment (by force if necessary, I left on bad terms). The general plan is a convoy, led by an engine or ladder truck rigged up with a cattle guard of sorts or possibly a plow truck from the DPW. The chief car, an impala, would take extreme lead as a scout, and since each vehicle is equipped with walkie talkies it would make communication much easier. The engine has a 750 gallon tank that could either be used for water (which could be taken out of the tank and treated to drink), or could be used to hold diesel for the vehicles. The engine compartments hold tools and essentials and the hoses aren't needed anymore so the hose bed is more room for storage. Behind that, the ambulance is equipped for a paramedic level response so it'd have a solid kit if we need it for first aid and would have room for more storage or injured people as long as they're not at risk of infection/ a risk to the group. Behind the ambulance would be up to two more vehicles if we come across any worth adding. For the sake of space I'll skip the weapons and planning breakdown unless anyone's interested. I will say two last things, though. First, my ideal melee weapon is the halligan bar. It's a firefighter's tool and very useful, look it up. Second, a firefighter's turnout gear is made to withstand a lot of punishment and would be very useful in close quarters work. Added to that is the fact that you'd have access to the SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus) and you'd be off to a good start. A bonus feature of the SCBA is that after a certain amount of time they start shrieking to alert other firefighters, or in this case survivors, of a possibly downed person who needs help.

plan #2/ possible end goal of plan #1: I've tossed around the idea of somehow getting to an off shore oil rig. I realize that finding one would be damn near impossible, and getting to it would be even harder. I wouldn't go out expecting this one to work, it'd just be an ideal ending similar to the prison setting in The Walking Dead. The only real way to or from the rig would be by boat and that seclusion is my primary concern. Ideally I'd want to keep the peace with those on the rig already since they know how to operate it. The oil is a valuable commodity that I could barter with for supplies if society wasn't completely lost. It's also usable in offensive and defensive applications. There'd be almost no way for a zombie to get to the oil rig, getting on it would never happen. People could live relatively peacefully here. The boat would pull double duty and be used to go fishing or back ashore to go hunting or trading if there were still pocket communities. Fishing would only require materials to make nets or baskets, not a source of ammunition. I think you can get the gist of it from that.

All of that is assuming they're walkers. Slow and dumb would be the best, slow and smart I could live with if my plans worked, fast and dumb would suck but I'd at least give it a shot, and if they were fast and smart I'd honestly probably just kill a few for pride and then kill myself to be done with it. I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life feeling like a hunted rabbit.

I think about these kinds of things a lot with my buddy Kyle to kill time. Our plans revolve around us piecing a group together of people with skills worth having or who we think could handle their shit. People who can't add anything to the group aren't welcome, friends family or otherwise. We'd have no sympathy for anyone stupid enough to get bit, and that would be made clear from the beginning. The key to survival is finding the balance between adaptability and strictness with sticking to plans and established rules.

[Ad Infinitum]

Being the sword enthusiast that I am, I'm not too concerned. Plus, I have a few apocalypse plans always ready, just in case.