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Given all the movies lately (in the last few years) on this (Dawn/Shaun of the Dead, Resident Evil 1 & 2, 28 Days later, etc), I was just curious what people would do in this scenario (I know it's stupid but at least this won't get the Liberal v.s. Conservative argument going, I hope). I would go to the gun shop near my house in my parents SUV, load as many guns and as much ammunition as I could into it, and drive to the local mall, lock every door and window, and only let people in if they weren't infected. I know, very similar to Dawn of the Dead, except I wouldn't go into the mall with only a few weapons and limited ammunition. Your thoughts and if you think this is a stupid idea, keep it to yourself because I know they'll be plenty of you who think it is. Also, I can't forget matches and gasoline.

I hope that happens tomorrow, turning into a zombie would be a kickass and cheap halloween costume.

I hope that happens tomorrow, turning into a zombie would be a kickass and cheap halloween costume.



lol and all the free brains, I mean candy, you could ever want.

I guess it would depend on how the disease spread. If it was airborne, I would probably give up all hope and run around the world causing chaos. However, if it was transferred by people biting you or something, then I would do something similar to what you would do... and I'd get a flame thrower. In the mean time, though, I would help out with people working on a cure or vaccine.

I'd go to the general store and buy all the non-perishable rations that I could, and then go to my friend's uncle's house.

He has enough illegal weaponry in that place to take over Kuwait. In one day.

M-79's, AK-47's, bulletproof vests, two Uzis... plus more pistols, revolvers, and machine pistols then you can program into a calculator.

I guess it would depend on how the disease spread. If it was airborne, I would probably give up all hope and run around the world causing chaos. However, if it was transferred by people biting you or something, then I would do something similar to what you would do... and I'd get a flame thrower. In the mean time, though, I would help out with people working on a cure or vaccine.


Mhm, I'd like to have some doctors, chemists, etc with me so while I stand on the roof shooting zombies, they find a cure. I offer protection. Also I'd love to skip rocks along the zombies heads like it was water, if that even could work.

Also, for clarification, the disease can only be transfered through a bite from a zombie and not having an open cut infect with the tainted zombie blood or it being airborn.

Given all the movies lately (in the last few years) on this (Dawn/Shaun of the Dead, Resident Evil 1 & 2, 28 Days later, etc), I was just curious what people would do in this scenario (I know it's stupid but at least this won't get the Liberal v.s. Conservative argument going, I hope). I would go to the gun shop near my house in my parents SUV, load as many guns and as much ammunition as I could into it, and drive to the local mall, lock every door and window, and only let people in if they weren't infected. I know, very similar to Dawn of the Dead, except I wouldn't go into the mall with only a few weapons and limited ammunition. Your thoughts and if you think this is a stupid idea, keep it to yourself because I know they'll be plenty of you who think it is. Also, I can't forget matches and gasoline.
sound good but i'd go down to the supper walmart
they have more guns/ammo and food and bedding

I'm not really resourceful enough to not have been caught in the first wave. Providing I didn't I'd make my way to my friends parents in the hopes to catch them before they retreat to thier claim, which is not very accessable during the summer and almost not at all during the winter where they can sustain (gardens and at least two hunters who would make me a hunter if I wanted to stay.) And then wait it out. I guess.

Hide out in a convience store for the supplies with a shotgun to shoot the undead monsters.

i think that i would try to help out with making a vaccine/cure for the zombiness. but i would also eliminate all the zombies that are so far gone that it would be impossible to get them back to humanity. and if a vaccine/cure is impossible, i would help get rid of the zombie population, to try and keep the uninfected population safe from death/living death. because i dont want them to die. personally, i dont want to die. but hey, i gotta think of people other than myself, right?

-coughs-

i mean...i'm not egotistical, i swear. this post isnt just a cover for how arrogant i am.

just kidding. would save others before myself. yay death by zombie!

sound good but i'd go down to the supper walmart
they have more guns/ammo and food and bedding



In Canada, Walmart doesn't sell guns, otherwise I'd go there but the mall near my house actually has a walmart in it.

In Canada, Walmart doesn't sell guns, otherwise I'd go there but the mall near my house actually has a walmart in it.
wow no guns in wallie-world but there are walmarts in malls? dose it still sell food

Dig a moat around my house and then build a wall behind it. Then buy ALOT of ammunition and a variety of guns then prepare to the defence.

put on a skimpy outfit, get as many big guns as i can and go kick some zombie butt :mp5:

on the serious side i would probably quarrantine all of the zombies (hopefully soon after the virus started spreading) and let them kill each other off, if they could... if not i'd try and find a cure

I would definitely be the first in line for a zombie bite.

wow no guns in wallie-world but there are walmarts in malls? dose it still sell food


Yes, they sell everything except guns.

I would bust out my Crabclaw Katana and FADBA’GS A’12 DBBS and go out on a spree
:mp5:

I would probably end up losing all of my blades to be stuck inside of various undead. Then I would get bitten in my right hand. Before the sickness would spread, though, I'd chainsaw the hand off and cauterize it. Sure, I'd probably end up in a coma from the pain, but I'd recover. Anyhow, I'd add particular additions to the chainsaw and such. I would purchase ammunition and weaponry and motorcross gear, football armor, and various sports equipment for defense. Then I'd strap the chainsaw onto my stump. I'd buy a motorcycle helmet, a few tanks of gas, and I'd start ripping into zombies.

Wait. I wouldn't go buying anything.

Hell, I'd bust in and take what I wanted. Zombie epidemic. I'd just steal it.

Who wouldn't steal in that scenario, given the cops are either the undead already or shooting at the undead behind some military barricade.

I would purchase ammunition and weaponry and motorcross gear, football armor, and various sports equipment for defense. Then I'd strap the chainsaw onto my stump. I'd buy a motorcycle helmet, a few tanks of gas, and I'd start ripping into zombies.

football armor? sports equipment? ghetto fabulous :0

chicks dig guys with chainsaw arms.

football armor? sports equipment? ghetto fabulous :0

chicks dig guys with chainsaw arms.


Funny, since I'm going to be Ash from the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness movies tomorrow. Bwahahahahaha!

Hail to the king, baby.

Funny, since I'm going to be Ash from the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness movies tomorrow. Bwahahahahaha!

Hail to the king, baby.

Then you can yell at the zombies and say something like "Alright you bunch of primitives listen up. This is my BOOMSTICK!" Then unload a couple shells into some zombies. The rest should fall in line after that. Then...a zombie army to conquer the world! *Laughs evilly*

I'd rally my new Zombie friends (because I do not discriminate against corpses) together to bring down the state.

I'd go to Wal-Mart to buy a couple shotguns.

Then you can yell at the zombies and say something like "Alright you bunch of primitives listen up. This is my BOOMSTICK!" Then unload a couple shells into some zombies. The rest should fall in line after that. Then...a zombie army to conquer the world! *Laughs evilly*

But I would be there. To stop it. Every step of the way.


Groovy.

I'd rally my new Zombie friends (because I do not discriminate against corpses) together to bring down the state.



Even if they continued to try to bite you?

Even if they continued to try to bite you?

Especially if they continued to try and bite me. I would make it clear that I was spoken for. :D

Especially if they continued to try and bite me. I would make it clear that I was spoken for. :D




This does bring up the issue whether or not you would kill someone important to you if they were infected?

But I would be there. To stop it. Every step of the way.


Groovy.

Nah, I wasn't serious with that, even though none of this thread is serious I was being even less so. Zombies are too stupid for self-preservation so I wouldn't be able to get them to fear me. Going the path of Ash and going around killing undead with a shotgun sounds pretty badass though. :D

Id buy all the capitol one credit cards there are to win a private island than Id hide there, surrounded by thousands of feet of ocean and still being able to hear everyone screaming, until they were all zombies than I could finally have some peace and quiet. :)

Nah, I wasn't serious with that, even though none of this thread is serious I was being even less so. Zombies are too stupid for self-preservation so I wouldn't be able to get them to fear me. Going the path of Ash and going around killing undead with a shotgun sounds pretty badass though. :D


Don't forget chainsaw. And with a safehouse (or two) to go to with food and lodging, I could make a living off it.

Having trouble with the unliving? Tired of having your windows shattered and doors smashed by animated shells of former human elegance? Well, come on down and see me, folks. I'm the world's leading undead hunter!

I'll kill 'em, /real/ dead. You wanna see it? I've got a camcorder! Follow me around and watch the man at work!



P.S.: If you agree to coming and seeing me in action, I will not be held responsible if you are turned into a zombie, or if I'm forced to kill you because of it.

Zombies are too stupid for self-preservation so I wouldn't be able to get them to fear me.

:mad:

It is precisely this kind of thinking which is holding both the living and the Zombie societies down, brother. Just because they're dead and they crave brains, it doesn't make them lower beings. Have you ever considered that they only attack us because we show them such hatred? Well, have you?!?!

i dont hate zombies :fluffle: i think they're hawt :D

an AK-74 permanently welded to semi-auto fire mode, ammunition, football pads, food, and an XM-148 welded to semi-auto

I'd take it as just the excuse I've been waiting for to firebomb my old HS, National Cities, and a few old acquaintances' houses.

First off, I don't think that the world would be in a position to be "finding" a cure. The disease would spread much too rapidly, and most likely by any scratch, bite, or bodily fluid transfer. The best thing to do would be to run. Get a Ford Bronco, preferably lifted a few feet off the ground, and take the shell off. Head down to the local sheriff's department and load up on pump-shotguns, shells, body armor, and mag-lites. Then drive around town, running over the zombies and picking up people from whereever they are. The "safe-house" would be the local jail (which would also serve as a handy holding tank until we can be sure that newbies aren't infected. I also think that the zombies would have to move a lot faster in order to be as large of a threat as this scenario requires, so they'd probably overwhelm a lot more people than we realize. Shotgun blast to the head. RaWR!

That would be so fun if there were zombies! At least, if they were the slow kind, which I'm assuming they are. I would grab a few guns (Beretta, S&W, SKS, Mossberg 500, and probably a Mosin Nagant 91/30), get in the truck and go pick up any cool people who had lots of food or guns/ammo, or boobies (you can't have a decent zombie hunt without boobies), and we'd go around blasting the fuckers away 24/7, taking shifts driving, shooting, and trying to catch some Z's. This wouldn't be too hard, since I live in a fairly rural area, so there wouldn't be as many zombies around as in some places. However, I honestly don't think the slow kind of zombie would ever pose a real threat to humanity. Mostly they would get killed before they got far from the cemetary, and since most people in this country own guns, I think we'd be pretty safe, except maybe from ourselves. So if the zombies were getting off to a poor start, I'd head to the nearest cemetary I could find, and start blasting away. :)

I would do nothing.

Since these diseases alway originate in the Northern Hemisphere, on one of the continents up there, living in New Zealand I would be safe. Zombies can't use planes, so no fear of transferring diseases through nasty bites. And such diseases tend to be only ones that infect and do not lie dormant in carriers.

The only way to get the disease here, is if it were brought over in a test tube type scenario by some mad scientist...or in a monkey...and according to the movies, that type of scenario only seems to occur in the Northern Hemisphere.

So I'd sit and watch all the media coverage of zombies eating people, safe in the Pacific. Yay.

Now, the real undead zombie...that's another story. Chain mail and swords...and a flymo all come into the equation.

I would go off into the northwoods, away from everybody. Not that that would be particularily effective, I'd just be fun. A better thing to do would be to set up a bunch of boats tied together in the middle of a medium sized lake. Not too big, but not too small either. Though, a few of Great Lakes ore frighters would be awesome tied together, especially with speedboats and stuff for going to shore on supply runs. I'd of course want a buch of people with me (40-70) with guns and lots of survival gear. and ammo and food and fishing gear. Another good idea would be to go to an island, and build a wall so the zombies can't walk across the lakebed to you.

Eventually, people in isolated situations will run out of food, such as in my scenario and will have to go out in search of it, which will likely lead to an increase in "deaths" although, eventually the disease will wear itself off or they will starve to death if the remaining living are smart about how they protect themselves.

I'd rally my new Zombie friends (because I do not discriminate against corpses) together to bring down the state.

I, for one, welcome our new zombie overlords.

Down with our outmoded ideas of vivicentric politics! - and sure, there is a long and noble tradition in Northern Ireland of the dead voting in elections...

I think I might leave the actual nuts and bolts of the zombie army over throwing their fascist still living masters to RPP, and concentrate on the agit-prop side of things. Just how kewl would a punk band with yourt actual real zombies be?

I would do nothing.

Since these diseases alway originate in the Northern Hemisphere, on one of the continents up there, living in New Zealand I would be safe. Zombies can't use planes, so no fear of transferring diseases through nasty bites. And such diseases tend to be only ones that infect and do not lie dormant in carriers.

Your safety depends on how long the incubation period between being bitten and transforming into a zombie is - shorter or longer than a long haul flight?

I'd go borrow my friends copy of "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From The Living Dead." and follow that.

Or, go buy your own copy:
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/zombiesurvivalguide/

Well duuuur. Everybody'll be doing that. They'll run out of copies at all the major bookstores and libraries. I'm glad I already have one ;)

Your safety depends on how long the incubation period between being bitten and transforming into a zombie is - shorter or longer than a long haul flight?



Well, it depends on the bite, where it was on the body, etc but generally the transformation from bite to zombie takes 20 to 30 seconds. So, if the pilot and crew were bitten, the plane would crash and all the zombies would die.

It's all about The Zombie Survival Guide (Brooks, Max. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2003). It says, right on the back cover, the Top 10 Lessons for Surviving A Zombie Attack (summaries in italics are my own):

1) Organize before they rise!
Prepare yourself with weapons, materiel, and a defense plan before a zombie outbreak occurs in your neighborhood. Coordinate with your neighbors and civil authorities for maximum effectiveness.

2) They feel no fear, why should you?
Most casualities to zombies are caused by people panicking and getting themselves into inescapable situations through fear, such as allowing themselves to be cornered. The zombie is an unthinking adversary, just another problem to be dealt with rationally.

3) Use your head: cut off theirs.
Zombies don't work very well when their mode of transmission (biting) is gone. Decapatation and outright destruction of heads can make any zombie a non-threat.

4) Blades don't need reloading.
Too many zombie survivalists have fallen into the trap of Use The Bigger Gun, only to find themselves out of ammunition. Keep a machete handy; remember, the Romans fended off zombies in Caledonia in 121 CE with nothing but their spears and gladii.

5) Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
Don't give the living dead anything to grab! While they may be slow, they are strong because they are not limited by pain. Making yourself difficult to grip and pin is the key to survival in close-combat situations.

6) Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
Zombies are none too intelligent. Put obstacles between you and them that their deficient mental faculties cannot adapt to.

7) Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
Motorcycles are fuel-efficient, fast, and maneuverable. Dirt bikes especially have all-terrain capability if roads are blocked; all of these advantages make them superior for escaping zombie hordes rather than cars which can be stalled or that run out of gas. Be sure to ride safely.

8) Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
Any survival situation in hostile territory demands this simple axiom. If you do not get noticed, then you are not threatened. If you find the zombies before they find you, you can avoid them or turn the fight to your advantage.

9) No place is safe, only safer.
The zombie infection can spread rapidly thanks to modern globalized transportation infrastructure. Anyplace in constant communication is at risk, and, as zombies can "live" three to five years before completely decomposing, anything within five year's running distance is also at risk. Those places that are safest (offshore oil rigs) are also the least likely to have the infrastructure necessary to maintain life for extended periods.

10) The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.
[i]If Hollywood has taught us anything in its fallacious dramatizations of zombie-related incidents, it's that the problem re-emerges when it is least expected...

...Be Prepared!

when in a zombie infested world guns = stupid because there are just too many goddamn zombies to kill! the ideal weapon is a shaolin spade, a long, 6 foot staf witha broad head shaped like a fan, super sharp, and at then end a pair of scythe likd blades. This will let you keep the zombies at bay, and it is an effective decapitation and amputation weapon, the kind of wound you try to inflict on a zombie

never stop moving, allways be going to different places, zombies WILL find you, or if they dont disease or starvation will

stay out of places with places to hide, because that means there are too many dead ends

remember that zombies are extremely dumb and slow moving, their brain is gone, along with most of their motor skills, so you wont have to worry about gun or knife weilding zombies

they dont know how to open doors, nor can they climb ladders, instead they will simply beat at the door/ladder untill thier muscles atrophy or the ladder / door breaks

Allways be training, you want to be at a high level of physical readiness, but dont let this stop you from eating whatever you come across, as you wont know the next time you will find food. cities will be the most dangerous places, try to go into the countryside and lie low, but dont stop moving

Vehicles are great... untill they run out of fule, and now you are stuck with zombies all around, as the vehicle will attract them.

you can outrun zombies, hell you can outwalk them, they are extremely slow and akward, you can easily push them over and keep them down

This is from the same book zero one is quoting from :D

Or if you have a big city bus, you canjust drive around and run them over until you run out of gas.

remember that zombies are extremely dumb and slow moving, their brain is gone, along with most of their motor skills, so you wont have to worry about gun or knife weilding zombies

Counter example: Bub from Day of the Dead.

thats not how real zombies work

I'd prolly go kick some zombie ass in a Gundam.

thats not how real zombies work



Exactly, most zombie movies portray that they don't have the motor skills to pull a door open, they just push and punch it in hopes it opens.

thats not how real zombies work

If it makes you feel safer believing so, then so be it, but don't say I didn't warn you.

If it makes you feel safer believing so, then so be it, but don't say I didn't warn you.



If your brain's only function is to kill and feed, then how do expect to operate a fire arm or open a door?

Create my own cure or vaccine for the zombie disease then go around with all the weaponry I could find and vaccinate/cure other mowing down as many zombies along the way as I can just for fun...

If your brain's only function is to kill and feed, then how do expect to operate a fire arm or open a door?

Evidence suggests that not all the zombies are as limited as you make out.

Well, yes, if a person was strong in life, thier body will make a strong zombie

Evidence suggests that not all the zombies are as limited as you make out.




Still, if I've got a sniper rife pointed at his head and he has a sniper rife, pointed in my general direction, who do you think will win?

I would have such a field day in a zombie attack. I would put on a leather jacket, some nice jeans, snakeskin boots, and some pimp sunglasses. I would drive down to a karate dojo and get a nice solid katana then kill the infected black belt with it. Then it's off to the gun store to buy a 12 Gauge and .44 Magnum. Since zombies don't feel pain, you need to the biggest caliber to do the most damage. Get a six pack of beer, a nice car, and kill as many zombies as possible.

It's off to a nice carribean island.

i'd go on a hunting spree and get my little mints on any weapon i can.

Learn.

How to make Zombies: :headbang:


Or a nuke for that matter.

I forgot to mention the copius playing of Black Sabbath during this zombie attack.

You MUST set the mood.

Depends on a lot of things... but basically arm myself to the teeth... actually if I could I'll arm my teeth. and get the hell otta Dodge.

One weapon I would most definetly have... a sword, machette or something nice, long (not a knife) and sharp. never heard of a sword running out of ammo.

Depends on a lot of things... but basically arm myself to the teeth... actually if I could I'll arm my teeth. and get the hell otta Dodge.

One weapon I would most definetly have... a sword, machette or something nice, long (not a knife) and sharp. never heard of a sword running out of ammo.



Only problem with swords is that they are close range and if the zombies get in that close, you'll have to be quick.

erm... Vote republican?

Of course! If we vote republican they'll be so confused so as to forget exactly what they were doing! In their confusion, we could beat them to death!

:headbang: voting while a zombie attack is going on is asking for trouble though.

See? It's possible to politicizzzze anything.

Oh my God, no read the first post, did they?

Run away with my family. Load up on ammo. Get food supplies and try to avoid combat at all costs,and wait for the scientists to figure something.

Given all the movies lately (in the last few years) on this (Dawn/Shaun of the Dead, Resident Evil 1 & 2, 28 Days later, etc), I was just curious what people would do in this scenario (I know it's stupid but at least this won't get the Liberal v.s. Conservative argument going, I hope). I would go to the gun shop near my house in my parents SUV, load as many guns and as much ammunition as I could into it, and drive to the local mall, lock every door and window, and only let people in if they weren't infected. I know, very similar to Dawn of the Dead, except I wouldn't go into the mall with only a few weapons and limited ammunition. Your thoughts and if you think this is a stupid idea, keep it to yourself because I know they'll be plenty of you who think it is. Also, I can't forget matches and gasoline.

I think I would get a video camera and make a movie. :)

...probably become a zombie...

People....

Havent you learned from all the Zombie movies youve seen?

Dont hide in small buildings.

The zombies will overwhelm you.

First..get guns. Lots of em. and all the ammo you can possibly carry.

Then, proceed to the nearest mall.

If at all possible...bring a large black guy with you, he will likely know how to shoot, due to his Police Training.
Particulary, if his name is Ken Foree.'
Although, Ving Rames will suffice.

Many Malls also carry sporting goods, such as backpacks, canteens for fresh water, survival gear, and MORE BULLETS.

And above all......shoot them in the HEAD!

If you can find a military outpost, then hide there. It'd be perfect for keeping zombies out because of the massive fences and base lockups and stuff. It'd have military rations and weapons if you need them. The hardest part would be a) getting there and b) killing all the zombies that are present at the base. Also you would need some type of self-defence weapon along the way. I have no real firearms so I would use my double-edged fencing sword (it's Chinese alright. It's not thin and it hasn't got a ball thingy on the end) and plenty of hardware tools from my garage. Also you'd need to get a car with heaps of fuel (a V8 would be out of the question). Luckily I have a copy of the anarchist's cookbook and would be able to stockpile some explosives in the back of whatever vehicle I use to get to the military outpost.

A necrophilliacs Ultimate fantasy!!

:D :D :D :D :D

Just how kewl would a punk band with yourt actual real zombies be?

You read my mind!

option 1
I would turn into a zombie and bite all you fools.

Option 2
go into the fetal postion and cry till I was infected and then I would bite all you fools

Option 3
one that I havnt see in a movie or anything yet, I would grab my sword go to a petrol station most have plenty of food and reinforced windows/doors, from there I would lob petrol and gas bombs from the roof into the waiting crowd of zombies

Option 4
drive... refuel... drive... refuel... etc kinda mad max style

Option 5
If it was a basic hollywood setting I would run around find some survivors (preferably black people or women as they usually die first), we would hid for awhile slowly losing people one by one, I would fall in love with someone, we would think of some elaborate plan to escape, the person I fell in love with would get infected just as we are able to escape and get left behind.

Option 6
all other options exhausted I would shoot myself in the head

I would see if it wasn't possible to make some sort of pheromone spray that makes the Zombies think each other are living humans. Then I'd go round spraying them and sit back and watch the (very) bloody chaos ensue. It'd be cool.
If that didn't work, it'll be tough to cope with the zombie hordes when I'm living now. HK. ie. China. There's 1.2Billion of the buggers. Even the most gun-obsessed nra nut-job doesn't have that many bullets. So I figure I'm screwed, so I'll go out in a blaze of glory.

I would see if it wasn't possible to make some sort of pheromone spray that makes the Zombies think each other are living humans. Then I'd go round spraying them and sit back and watch the (very) bloody chaos ensue. It'd be cool.
If that didn't work, it'll be tough to cope with the zombie hordes when I'm living now. HK. ie. China. There's 1.2Billion of the buggers. Even the most gun-obsessed nra nut-job doesn't have that many bullets. So I figure I'm screwed, so I'll go out in a blaze of glory.

You forgot Poland. :D

I would solve the problem with quarantine and napalm.

As no disease can infect all major nations of the world in a single day (even the plague wasn't capable of that) it would be no problem to retreat to a secure zone of the world, close all borders, guard them and shoot on sight and bomb the infected parts of the world. After that you could "recapture" the "lost areas" step by step.

I would solve the problem with quarantine and napalm.

As no disease can infect all major nations of the world in a single day (even the plague wasn't capable of that) it would be no problem to retreat to a secure zone of the world, close all borders, guard them and shoot on sight and bomb the infected parts of the world. After that you could "recapture" the "lost areas" step by step.

well im stuffed, my petrol station just got bombed with napalm, atleast I go out in a BLAZE of glory

As no disease can infect all major nations of the world in a single day (even the plague wasn't capable of that) it would be no problem to retreat to a secure zone of the world, close all borders, guard them and shoot on sight .
Here's where all those jokes about New Zealand being in the middle of nowhere come back to haunt the rest of the World.

Shoot myself in the head. Knowing my luck I'd die anyway, and that'd be the least painful way to go.