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How Would You Survive A Zombie Invasion?

Ritlina
23-01-2006, 02:28
This Isn't Really An RP. Just Give Us A Brief Summary Of How You Would Survive A Zombie Invasion. Beginning Situation Is You Wake Up And There's A Zombie In Your House. You Can Have Any Thing You Want, And The Enviroments Can Be Set Up In Anyway You Want, Just Don't God Mode It Please.
CPT Jean-Luc Picard
23-01-2006, 02:29
lol you fail it

this has been done before
Tweedlesburg
23-01-2006, 02:30
please dont clog up this forum with spam
Gassputia
23-01-2006, 02:30
This Isn't Really An RP. Just Give Us A Brief Summary Of How You Would Survive A Zombie Invasion. Beginning Situation Is You Wake Up And There's A Zombie In Your House. You Can Have Any Thing You Want, And The Enviroments Can Be Set Up In Anyway You Want, Just Don't God Mode It Please.

Well, i would shot the first zombie with my combo style ak-104/car-15 rifle with a 40mm gl

then i would run over to norad, or its russian chinese equal, lock my self in with all the girls from miss teen usa 2005. Nuke the entire world, the waith a month or two, ang go out and repopualte the world
CPT Jean-Luc Picard
23-01-2006, 02:31
Well, i would shot the first zombie with my combo style ak-104/car-15 rifle with a 40mm gl

then i would run over to norad, or its russian chinese equal, lock my self in with all the girls from miss teen usa 2005. Nuke the entire world, the waith a month or two, ang go out and repopualte the world

I would drop teh atom bomb after fingering my arsehole with my tongue.
Wallonochia
23-01-2006, 02:31
If there was a zombie in my house I'd probably shoot it with my SKS. And then I'd collect my Mom, brother, sister, neice, and nephew and go to a friends house in the country about 10 miles south of me. Between my friend, his family and my family we probably have about 25 guns and thousands of rounds of ammuntition. At that point we'd just have to wait it out. I'm not 100% sure what we'd do for food.
THE LOST PLANET
23-01-2006, 02:32
Depends... Shuffling slow traditional zombies or scary fast "holy shit they're running!" zombies?
Neo Kervoskia
23-01-2006, 02:33
please dont clog up this forum with spam

You, of all people, have no right to determine what is spam and what is not.
Kzord
23-01-2006, 02:36
I can have anything I want... then a shotgun with infinite ammo and no recoil would be nice. Or perhaps telekinesis.
Koroser
23-01-2006, 02:37
Give me the HL2 Grav-gun, give me sawblades, I'll clear that infestation right up.
Dodudodu
23-01-2006, 02:38
If there was a zombie in my house I'd probably shoot it with my SKS. And then I'd collect my Mom, brother, sister, neice, and nephew and go to a friends house in the country about 10 miles south of me. Between my friend, his family and my family we probably have about 25 guns and thousands of rounds of ammuntition. At that point we'd just have to wait it out. I'm not 100% sure what we'd do for food.

Eat your toenail clippings. 100% pure Keratin. Not sure what its good for, but trust me, it probably causes cancer.
Ravea
23-01-2006, 02:38
Obviously I'd be one of the first ones bitten, then I would somehow become the King of the Undead.

Graaaaaah!
Gassputia
23-01-2006, 02:40
I would drop teh atom bomb after fingering my arsehole with my tongue.
your sick, u knw that, her i am talking about repopulating with the best looking girls in the world, and you are off to lick your arse with your...
Bodies Without Organs
23-01-2006, 02:40
This Isn't Really An RP. Just Give Us A Brief Summary Of How You Would Survive A Zombie Invasion.

Learn proper use of the shift key first, and then we'll talk.
Ritlina
23-01-2006, 02:41
I can have anything I want... then a shotgun with infinite ammo and no recoil would be nice. Or perhaps telekinesis.

Dude, GOD MODE. Oh, And The Zombies Are The Classic Wow, Even The Fattest Man On Earth Can Run Faster Than Them! Zombies.
Eutrusca
23-01-2006, 02:43
"How Would You Survive A Zombie Invasion?"

Uh ... clone Chuck Norris? Clone Vin Diesel?
Kzord
23-01-2006, 02:44
Dude, GOD MODE. Oh, And The Zombies Are The Classic Wow, Even The Fattest Man On Earth Can Run Faster Than Them! Zombies.

Ok, maybe you've never played Quake, but God mode makes you invincible. It doesn't give you super weapons.
Morellivs
23-01-2006, 02:44
this is an obvious one. id make myself a nuclear shelter, with enough food and DVDs to keep me busy for months. eventually the zombies will get hungry and eat themselves to death. duh.
Ravea
23-01-2006, 02:47
Learn proper use of the shift key first, and then we'll talk.

It does make putting things in acronyms easier.

Example:

This Isn't Really An RP. Just Give Us A Brief Summary Of How You Would Survive A Zombie Invasion.

Becomes:

TIRARP. JGUABSOHYWSAZI.

O RLY?!
Ritlina
23-01-2006, 02:49
Can't We At Least Be SEMI Realistic? Here's My Idea: Shoot The Zombie With The 6-Shot I Keep Under My Pillow, Grab My Car, Head To The Local Mall, Kill All The Zombies In The Mall, Lock Up The Mall, Get Any Living Person In The Mall Or Who Passes By The Mall To Grab A Gun, Then Wait It Out. Im Sure There's Plenty Of Food In The Mall. So What If I Ripped Off Dawn Of The Dead? I'm Not Going To Help Any Ignorant Hick Who Puts Himself In The Gun Store 10 Frickin Yards Away From The Mall. Im Just Going To Sit Nice And Tight And Kill Every Zombie I See. When The Food Finnaly Runs Out Will Be When We Run Like Hell. But By That Time, Alot Of Zombies 'll Probably Be Dead, So We Won't Be In Too Much Danger. Frankly, I'd Think I'd Survive A Zombie Invasion.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
23-01-2006, 02:53
I grab a Pancor Jackhammer (http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh10-e.htm), a backpack full of clips for it and start cleaning house.
Bodies Without Organs
23-01-2006, 02:53
TIRARP. JGUABSOHYWSAZI.

O RLY?!

I, FO, WONZO.
Ritlina
23-01-2006, 02:59
I grab a Pancor Jackhammer (http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh10-e.htm), a backpack full of clips for it and start cleaning house.
Oh















My















Fucking















God
Is That Thing Even Legal? Holy Shit... 240 Rounds Per Minute... 4.57 KG Of Buckshot.... I WANT ONE OF THOSE!
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
23-01-2006, 03:07
Is That Thing Even Legal? Holy Shit... 240 Rounds Per Minute... 4.57 KG Of Buckshot.... I WANT ONE OF THOSE!
There's probably a law against private citizens owning automatic shotguns, but you couldn't get ahold of one anyway. There's only one or two (depending on whom you ask) fully-working prototypes in the world.
Basically, the Jackhammer is the answer for a question that no one has ever felt the need to ask.
Dodudodu
23-01-2006, 03:07
Oh
My
Fucking
God
Is That Thing Even Legal? Holy Shit... 240 Rounds Per Minute... 4.57 KG Of Buckshot.... I WANT ONE OF THOSE!

No way that thing is legal. Did you look at how complicated it is? Lots of pieces.

Still... if you had 240 rounds a second thats a lot of zombies. a lot of freaken zombies.
Kiwi-kiwi
23-01-2006, 03:08
How would I survive a zombie invasion? I wouldn't. I'd start it. With my dying breaths I would inject myself with the zombie virus of my creation, and voila! Zombie Apocalypse.
THE LOST PLANET
23-01-2006, 03:08
<snip> 240 Rounds Per Minute... 4.57 KG Of Buckshot.... I WANT ONE OF THOSE!Sure 240 rounds per minute... if you can change the drum every five seconds. And full auto only? That can get a bit dicey. The risk of collateral damage is too great. Probably why no military of police agency has picked it up.
Ritlina
23-01-2006, 03:12
Sure 240 rounds per minute... if you can change the drum every five seconds. And full auto only? That can get a bit dicey. The risk of collateral damage is too great. Probably why no military of police agency has picked it up.

Ehh, Collateral Damage Is Irrelevant In A Zombie Invasion.
Wallonochia
23-01-2006, 03:18
Honestly, in most weapons I'm really not a fan of either burst or automatic fire. With a machinegun like an M240B or an M2, sure it's fine, but with a rifle I really don't like anything but semi. Just spraying and praying is a hell of a waste of bullets. I acquired a few AK-47's when I was in Iraq and I tried them on auto. Really not worth using. On semi an AK-47 is reasonably accurate at 150m or so, while on auto its just a noisemaker at anything beyond point blank range. And personally, I'd rather engage the zombie horde at 150m than at 5m.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
23-01-2006, 03:19
Sure 240 rounds per minute... if you can change the drum every five seconds.
And the loading procedure looks complex (I think that was the page with the whole process on it), but I have a hard time picturing that sort of thing without the object at hand.
And full auto only? That can get a bit dicey. The risk of collateral damage is too great. Probably why no military of police agency has picked it up.
Dude . . . Zombies. Other people can look out for themselves.
THE LOST PLANET
23-01-2006, 03:19
Ehh, Collateral Damage Is Irrelevant In A Zombie Invasion.Say that while you're trying to keep that ghoul from taking a bite out of Aunt Flo...

Sorry Aunty, I didn't mean to spray you with buckshot...
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
23-01-2006, 03:23
Say that while you're trying to keep that ghoul from taking a bite out of Aunt Flo...
Which is why the man holding the Jackhammer covers the rear, you insure that he won't have any friendlies to shoot so all he has to do is slow the horde down while hauling ass backwards.
Iustus Libertas
23-01-2006, 03:42
What a strange question and one I cannot answer.

Why? Because one's survival depends on the circumstances of the situation at hand. I might not survive at all....
M3rcenaries
23-01-2006, 04:26
There is a very good chance that if I was thrown in one of those situations I would die, due to the fact I am usually oblivious to all around me. On several differant occaisons I was told "You wont survive long in a horror movie"
Preebs
23-01-2006, 04:32
Cricket bat. Spade. Beer. Queen songs.

Duh.
Newtsburg
23-01-2006, 05:21
I'd have my shotgun, my .45 Colt 1911, my boxes and boxes of ammo (1000 rounds or so), and a real Hummer (not the gay-ass H2, but a military surplus Hummer) with a .50 cal BMG on a swivel mount.

Then I'd say screw the zombies--I'm going to go terrorize the populace!
Bobs Own Pipe
23-01-2006, 05:25
If these are classic Romero-esque zombies, my plan would be to remain inside my housing co-op, and as supplies run low, simply smash through the drywall into the adjoining units. Eventually the muscle and connective tissues of the zombies outside will rot and/or dessicate to the point of immobility or collapse.

I'd give it two months, give or take.
The Lone Alliance
23-01-2006, 05:56
Give me the HL2 Grav-gun, give me sawblades, I'll clear that infestation right up. Yeah same here. In actuality, since the only projectile weapon I have is a pistol and a rifle that may or may not still be in the house, (I lose stuff at times) I'll have to use the huge walking stick as a whacking stick, and use furniture to block off the windows and glass doors.
Osoantipatico
23-01-2006, 05:59
I'd get this gun.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=464876
Lunatic Goofballs
23-01-2006, 06:01
I picked up a copy of 'Voodoo For Dummies'. I'll put the zombies to work for me. :D
Minoriteeburg
23-01-2006, 06:07
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=464876

that is how i would survive the zombie invasion.
Nag Ehgoeg
23-01-2006, 20:55
"How Would You Survive A Zombie Invasion?"

Uh ... clone Chuck Norris? Clone Vin Diesel?

ROFLMAO... JIOLUYSCKSXCGTYIK kekeke! Pwnt.

I grab a Pancor Jackhammer (http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh10-e.htm), a backpack full of clips for it and start cleaning house.

Now the Jackhammer is rightly acclaimed. However I gotta go for the Korean Daewoo USAS-12 (http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh16-e.htm). Mostly because it's easier to get a "Class 3 Destructive Weapon" that's actually used in law enforcement than one of a select few prototypes.

How I'd survive

Good luck is important, knowing me I'd be the first to go but hey!

Living in the UK I don't have any guns, and I don't live close to any shopping malls either.

My first point of call is the hammer I keep under my bed. Should be enough to smite my undead familiy members. As a scout I've got a set of endurance clothing and an 80 litre back pack - take all along with the portable TV. and make it to the kichten. I stock up on food, matches, batteries and knives.

Living in suburbia it's then round out into the back garden. Hopefully it's zombie free enough to get to the garage, pick up my cricket and baseball bats.

If the front of my house is clear I put the bike rack and my bike on my car. It's diseal so I won't have to fight off all the people competing for unleaded petrol. I can also take my mini fridge.

If not, I still have to battle to my car.

While I might not a defensiveable possition, I am next to a motorway (think interstate highway). With a lot of luck traffic will be clear enough to make it to my mum's house.

(If I'm already at my mums house then I won't have my large back pack, but should have enough bag space for supplies. I also won't have my bike, which screws me a little - have to loot one later. Will also have a radio rather than TV, and a chair leg instead of my hammer but I'll pick up a hammer when I get the kitchen knives.)

Step one is to pick up the electric saw. While we sold the chain saw for a motorised hand saw, it's still an effective weapon... if I can plug it in somewhere. More knives, more matches, more batteries, more food.

As both parents live in Suburbia I don't expect too much resistance, and I've always wanted to kill the neighbours.

It's unlike that both myself and my car are still intact, but as things stand it's my only hope. However I might be able to make it to my next stop with my bike (or mum's car) if I sacrfice supplies.

Then it's to church. With any luck survivors would have gone to the local church, it's fairly defendable (right next to a school, it pretty much has to be) and is facing a corner shop. Maybe more food can be picked up.

It's not a long term stop. I'll be able to group with survivors. Then comes the hard part.

Two and half miles away there's the closest military fort. It isn't in use any more, but there's one way in and out and it's built as a bomb shelter.

Maybe we could get there.
Maybe we'll have enough food.
Maybe it could be defended with knives and so forth.
Maybe it could withstand the bombardment of the UK to rid the world of the zombie threat.

But I'd probably be the first to go.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
23-01-2006, 21:01
Now the Jackhammer is rightly acclaimed. However I gotta go for the Korean Daewoo USAS-12 (http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh16-e.htm). Mostly because it's easier to get a "Class 3 Destructive Weapon" that's actually used in law enforcement than one of a select few prototypes.
And exactly how many working zombie prototypes are there in the world?
Syniks
23-01-2006, 21:54
This Isn't Really An RP. Just Give Us A Brief Summary Of How You Would Survive A Zombie Invasion. Beginning Situation Is You Wake Up And There's A Zombie In Your House.No Problem.

Escape at home:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/MrMisanthrope/tac7-model-a.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/MrMisanthrope/SPSynik.png

Escape on the Road:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/MrMisanthrope/LEFTFRONT_400.jpg

When I'm far enough away, press the special button on my cell phone.

http://www.dalitstan.org/journal/images/nuclear1.jpg

No more Zombies. :D
Briantonnia
23-01-2006, 22:15
How would I survive a zombie invasion?

With great difficulty! :)
Ifreann
23-01-2006, 22:22
The obvous way to survive a zombie invasion is start eating dead people/zombies. The zombies are stupid to the point of not being able to walk and grunt at the same time, so they'll fall for it. And I can explain to any gun wielding maniacs that I'm not undead, just hungry. Thus I would become some manner of super-human-zombie-hybrid-thingy-OMGWTFSUPERPOWERZ and win the game.



Yup.
Random Kingdom
23-01-2006, 22:33
I would allow myself to be assimilated into the zombie cult; as they say, "if you can't beat them, join them".

Or maybe I'd play some Kraftwerk...
New Rafnaland
23-01-2006, 22:36
I'd simply activate my Phalanx Home Defense System.

Every American has one, with all of our gun-loving cowboys and such forth.
Cheese penguins
23-01-2006, 23:03
i would go get my girlfriend, come back here put on a movie, lie back and relax with her in my arms, the zombies wont notice us if we dont move, and if they do i will just throw her at them :p nah i will erm beat them with my bat (which is there *points*) or my skate deck which is there *nods in direction of board* me kick zombie ass and have nice time too!!:D :D
Minoriteeburg
23-01-2006, 23:20
i would go get my girlfriend, come back here put on a movie, lie back and relax with her in my arms, the zombies wont notice us if we dont move, and if they do i will just throw her at them :p nah i will erm beat them with my bat (which is there *points*) or my skate deck which is there *nods in direction of board* me kick zombie ass and have nice time too!!:D :D


dont forget to put nails in the bait. want to make sure they get a direct hit to the brain.
The blessed Chris
23-01-2006, 23:23
Hmm, probably grab what weapon I could, probably an MP-5, from the armoury where my father happens to work (police station), procure an armoured vehicle, and find a nice high place with food, water, shelter, power and porn...:p
Minoriteeburg
23-01-2006, 23:24
Hmm, probably grab what weapon I could, probably an MP-5, from the armoury where my father happens to work (police station), procure an armoured vehicle, and find a nice high place with food, water, shelter, power and porn...:p


dude you forgot the beer.
The blessed Chris
23-01-2006, 23:26
dude you forgot the beer.

My mistake, and I'd have to secure the pizza, Indian and Chinese takeawya places too, as well as an off-licence.:)
Minoriteeburg
23-01-2006, 23:28
when the invasion comes i'm bringing my nail gun and hanging out with you. you got the best plan yet.
The blessed Chris
23-01-2006, 23:30
when the invasion comes i'm bringing my nail gun and hanging out with you. you got the best plan yet.

Copied it from an old thread really, but anyhoo, the more the merrier:p
Minoriteeburg
23-01-2006, 23:31
Copied it from an old thread really, but anyhoo, the more the merrier:p


stick with the ideas that are good.
The blessed Chris
23-01-2006, 23:33
stick with the ideas that are good.

naturally, like whisky and public firearms:p
Moto the Wise
23-01-2006, 23:34
If it happened during school time it would just be funny. My school has around 200-300 boys in the ccf, all of whom can fire a rifle accurately. I'd just hang around with them (and of course get a gun also, I can shoot straight dispite what they think :sniper: )
Terror Incognitia
23-01-2006, 23:40
sheeit! 300 in a ccf, thats a bit big innit? and you say _all_ of them can shoot? wow...

I'm in the UK also, so I go with the Shaun of The Dead option above (check Queen songs and cricket bat...)
CPT Jean-Luc Picard
23-01-2006, 23:42
I'd simply activate my Phalanx Home Defense System.

Every American has one, with all of our gun-loving cowboys and such forth.

Way to insert your hate of the second amendment into a place it doesn't belong you terrorist.
Syniks
23-01-2006, 23:42
If it happened during school time it would just be funny. My school has around 200-300 boys in the ccf, all of whom can fire a rifle accurately. I'd just hang around with them (and of course get a gun also, I can shoot straight dispite what they think :sniper: )
CCF :confused:
Moto the Wise
23-01-2006, 23:44
We're in the second school term, and since they do their rifle training in the first term all can shoot. There are three hundred because there are around nine hundred boys at the school. Of couse, Sargent-major Brett (the head of the ccf) could take an army on his own, seeing as he is ex-sas and does one handed pressups as easy as picking up a pencil. A small pencil.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-01-2006, 23:46
CCF :confused:

Christian Children's Fund. :)
Over Obstinate People
23-01-2006, 23:47
I would after aquiring the house shotgun (10 gauge) and the bandolier of shells, would run to the national guard armory which is pretty much down the street. Then I would load a one of those "Deus and a half" trucks with all the M.R.E.'s, arms and ammuntion I could find and drive to... i dunno... Wisconson or Kansas or something...
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
23-01-2006, 23:48
Christian Children's Fund. :)
I can see why you'd need rifle training for that. Some of those children can get pretty rowdy, I understand.
Of the council of clan
23-01-2006, 23:48
And people wonder why I'm decking out my Ruger Mini-14 to be my duty rifle (i've already got the folding stock/pistol grip on order, and the picatinny rail, Also have 2 30 round mags, and 2 20 round mags.haven't decided on which scope to get yet but anyway)

But anyway I'd first go for my Sig 220(very first gun i ever bought) and that .45 ACP Hydrashock round should do a good job of clearing the zombies out of my house and then i'd get my rifle a shotgun, grab my ALICE pack, LBV and maybe wear a set of ACU's or BDU's since i have plenty of both. load up on Ammunition and hopefully MRE's and go driving around looking for a defensible position, Not a mall though, too many entrances or exits, A bank would be best, period. Mostly i'd stay by myself and hide, and since a zombie invasion(or at least all the ones I've seen) have a tendency to burn out, i'd sit tight and wait for it to be over.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-01-2006, 23:54
I can see why you'd need rifle training for that. Some of those children can get pretty rowdy, I understand.

Well, what do you expect? The kids haven't eaten in weeks and the camera crews show up with lunch coolers to film the hungry kids! You have to defend your lunch, dammit! Besides, it isn't just about the chicken salad sandwich you like so much. If the kids don't look hungry anymore, there goes the commercial!

My god, I am so going to hell. :p
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
23-01-2006, 23:58
Besides, it isn't just about the chicken salad sandwich you like so much. If the kids don't look hungry anymore, there goes the commercial!
Exactly, we did everything for their own good. Why should they complain?
My god, I am so going to hell. :p
So am I, so we'll just have to be sure to keep each other company. Maybe we could even orchestrate a rebellion/corporate take-over and turn the place into a tropical resort.
King Lingardo
24-01-2006, 00:01
id giv em all sum free weed, get me guerilla rastafarians to shoot them, then nick their money.
Lunatic Goofballs
24-01-2006, 00:02
Exactly, we did everything for their own good. Why should they complain?

So am I, so we'll just have to be sure to keep each other company. Maybe we could even orchestrate a rebellion/corporate take-over and turn the place into a tropical resort.

With blackjack and hookers!
Of the council of clan
24-01-2006, 00:04
With blackjack and hookers!


good to see another fan of Bender.
Lunatic Goofballs
24-01-2006, 00:04
id giv em all sum free weed, get me guerilla rastafarians to shoot them, then nick their money.

I see you've given your master plan a great deal of thought. :)
Minoriteeburg
24-01-2006, 00:06
good to see another fan of Bender.

<--Fan of Bender
Of the council of clan
24-01-2006, 00:08
We should make a fan club
Of the council of clan
24-01-2006, 00:08
With Blackjack and Hookers
Minoriteeburg
24-01-2006, 00:10
forget the blackjack
Secret aj man
24-01-2006, 01:41
I'd have my shotgun, my .45 Colt 1911, my boxes and boxes of ammo (1000 rounds or so), and a real Hummer (not the gay-ass H2, but a military surplus Hummer) with a .50 cal BMG on a swivel mount.

Then I'd say screw the zombies--I'm going to go terrorize the populace!

hell,i'll join ya..you know for the terrorising bit...i got a .45 auto,a bulgarian sa-93,a mossy 500 with 4 different barrels,and my .270 with a 6+24+50 illuminated scope,for the pesky far away ones.

not to mention about 8000 rounds of ammo...woohoo,probably should hit a bank while everyone is running scared and then chill.when it's all over...count my money and perfect my "who me routine":sniper:
Of the council of clan
24-01-2006, 03:26
hell,i'll join ya..you know for the terrorising bit...i got a .45 auto,a bulgarian sa-93,a mossy 500 with 4 different barrels,and my .270 with a 6+24+50 illuminated scope,for the pesky far away ones.

not to mention about 8000 rounds of ammo...woohoo,probably should hit a bank while everyone is running scared and then chill.when it's all over...count my money and perfect my "who me routine":sniper:


I already said i'd use a bank as a defensible position. Do you think i'm going to be idle in it? ;-)
Jenrak
24-01-2006, 04:19
A tank and some napalm.
Imperial Evil Vertigo
24-01-2006, 04:23
How to survive a Zombie Invasion:
1.) Say "Hey its George Washington! (2 hours later) HOLY FCUK ITS GOERGE WASHINGTON!!!!!!!!!!"
2.) See if he wants to kill me.
3a.) If not, go to his leader, kill the leader, become Emperor of The Undead
4a.) Tell them to kill you.

or

3b.) If he wants to kill me run away in the forest and hang out wit me G's from Compton.
4b.) Ask them if i can borrow some RPGs and AK-47s and that one ownage gun that other guy was talking about.
5.) own them

Most likey I would die before 1.
Zorpbuggery
24-01-2006, 12:01
I'd try reasoning with them. Then, watch as the mental effort of them trying to comprehend my argument causes them to de-compose before my eyes.
BackwoodsSquatches
24-01-2006, 13:54
Depends... Shuffling slow traditional zombies or scary fast "holy shit they're running!" zombies?


The most important question.

Are they "Dawn of the Dead" zombies, or "Dawn of the Dead: the Remake" zombies?

Cuz if its the first choice...they dont move very fast, and you can bash em on the head with any blunt object.
A Baseball bat works nicely.

If they are the latter....were fucked.

1. Arm self.
Shotguns are best, but also have blunt object, and decent sidearm, preferably semi-atuomatic pistol of a respectable calibur.

2. Head to the nearest mall, and begin removing zombies inside, and place fortifications.

3. Follow Ken Foree's advice.
"Shoot it man. Shoot it in the head."
Nag Ehgoeg
26-01-2006, 16:28
Fast zombies are teh pwnage.

And I just remembered, there is a place that sells shotguns close to my house.

So as long as the zombies are the slow kind, I can jog to safety.

Kick ass.

With blackjack, and hookers.
An archie
26-01-2006, 16:40
Why would anyone use high-powered guns or bombs?

I would get out my ninja sword and black clothes.
Then I would hide (using my special ninja skills) in the bushes and wait for a group of zombies to pass, secretely, I would trail them and wait for one of them to wander off a bit.....
That way I would surviva AND keep myself entertained, also, the zombies would be starting the get scared of me and eventually run away:D

EDIT: Try to picture me, sneaking up on them, running from bush to street lantern, when they trun, I jump up in a tree or dive in a mailbox, and when one of them is a little bit off, I appear behind him and WOYAAH, off goes his head.
Europa alpha
26-01-2006, 16:46
TutTut.

Solar Pannelling, (for electricity)
Lots of Dvds (to watch)
My GF (for...err...well.)
My best friend and his Gf. (to talk to)
1 years worth of food.
Lots of seeds and crap to grow more food.
a stick with a pointy bit on the end.

Give me all this stuff, and dump it on the second floor of a Mall. (Oh yeh Dawn of the Dead)
The cut off all lower levels and relaaaaax.
(the stick is so you can kill a couple of zombies each day.)

Annnd if you've got time save a couple of other couples so we can make the human race prosper again, cos after 1 generation itd get a bit... wel..
JuNii
26-01-2006, 16:49
This Isn't Really An RP. Just Give Us A Brief Summary Of How You Would Survive A Zombie Invasion. Beginning Situation Is You Wake Up And There's A Zombie In Your House. You Can Have Any Thing You Want, And The Enviroments Can Be Set Up In Anyway You Want, Just Don't God Mode It Please.*keeping it as realistic as possible.* hit the zombie with my alarm clock, then when it staggers back, roll out of bed, grab the 2 foot steel bar (yes... I have a steel bar, I found it near a construction site and took it home) out from under my bed and proceed to fight it untill I can get to my closet. Once I can get to my closet, I will pull out my two short swords (sharpened replicas I bought years ago) and proceed to make Zombie mincemeat.

after that, I don my chainmail armor and helmet (old halloween costume) and then I hit the nearest sporting good store for guns and ammo, find a nice apartment and barricade it. (houses are nice but unless there is a group of you, it's hard to fortify it.) Then hit the stores for non perishable items.

If I find anyone else and hook up with them, then the plan changes accordingly.

why Chainmail? hard to bite through.
Syniks
26-01-2006, 17:06
*keeping it as realistic as possible.*
Well, the OP said "anything you want" without God Modding.

Everything I posted is certainly available, and I have all of it except the Minigun SUV. (don't ask about fissionables, 'cause I won't tell...)
Of the council of clan
26-01-2006, 23:40
Napalm, Lots and Lots and Lots of Napalm


thats how i'd survive.
JuNii
27-01-2006, 11:17
Well, the OP said "anything you want" without God Modding.
well then... I pull out my cross and call upon the power of the Lord God Almighty and force the fell beast back into the darkness from whence it came. Then through the power of Prayer, I consecrate the body, thus insuring that the dark powers will never more inhabit that discarded container. Then with Yeager, Artex, Nodwick and Piffany, we'll go out and rid the world of Icky Dark Nasties, and fill the void with Gumdrops and Fuffy Bunnies. :D

(I'm not God Modding... God is God Modding... got a problem with that... take it up with HIM.)
Potato jack
27-01-2006, 20:49
Remmington 12 guage shotgun and chainsaw combo



(see Evil Dead 2)
The Parkus Empire
27-01-2006, 20:55
I would run. Get anyone who would belive me to come. I would prefer people with brains, if I had a gun, i'd bring it. I would get all the weapons I could from the local store. Go to Wal-Mart and get a bunch of games, a portable generater, and lots trail-mix. I would then procede with my little intrepid band of adventurers, and find some secluded spot, and wait out man-kind's most incredible war in history.
The Doors Corporation
27-01-2006, 21:09
I've read four pages, not many good ideas if you ask me. If these zombies were old school then:
1. Wake up, grab serrated sword at head of bed and kill zombie infested house
2. Check time..hopefully enough to grab friend, his two shotguns, another friend with his three shotguns.
3. Break into Sportsman's Warehouse, grab all gear needed
4. Head to the hills.

Y'see..in Anchorage...all the survivers would just head up to Hillside or out to Girdwood, let it blow over, and the come back. Then again in Anchorage we only have what? like 300k people. So the army could probably take care of the zombie problem pretty quick.

P.S. If the zombies were fast? Hell I'd just break into Sportman's real fast and then move to the hills, screw my friends.
Avika
27-01-2006, 21:09
I would go build some kind of fort in the desert. While the fort is being built, I would stock up on supplies, including weapons and non-perishable food. Once the fort is complete, then I would dig a moat around it. Fifteen-feet wide and forty feet deep. Add wooded/metal spikes and it's done. Also, draw bridges are important. Of course, the fort would be pretty simple. I would have a small army. If we needed supplies, then we would have a team of modified pick-ups and suv's. Supplies would go in the suv's while the pick-ups were chosen for maximum firepower. We would also have a second fort near Lake Mead(a nearby lake created by Hoover Dam) and a pipeline. Let's see the said zombies get us now.
Ritlina
27-01-2006, 21:14
I would go build some kind of fort in the desert. While the fort is being built, I would stock up on supplies, including weapons and non-perishable food. Once the fort is complete, then I would dig a moat around it. Fifteen-feet wide and forty feet deep. Add wooded/metal spikes and it's done. Also, draw bridges are important. Of course, the fort would be pretty simple. I would have a small army. If we needed supplies, then we would have a team of modified pick-ups and suv's. Supplies would go in the suv's while the pick-ups were chosen for maximum firepower. We would also have a second fort near Lake Mead(a nearby lake created by Hoover Dam) and a pipeline. Let's see the said zombies get us now.

The Zombies Would Continue Falling Into The Moat Until They Eventually Build A Bridge With Themselves. Then They Would Scale The Walls. Then You Would Shoot Them. Then You Would Run Out Of Ammo. Then They Would Eat You.

*In Reference To Page 2*
"Watch, As I, The Amazing Mumbly Wuwbly Makes This Man Disappear!"
*Whips Out Pancor*
*BOOM!*
"As You Can See, The Man Has Disappeared!"
The Doors Corporation
27-01-2006, 21:17
Junii's idea was best of all, man...two short swords that are sharpened...just bad ass....chain mail...bad ass man.
Secret aj man
27-01-2006, 21:38
I already said i'd use a bank as a defensible position. Do you think i'm going to be idle in it? ;-)

great minds think alike i suppose...

i also forgot the probably best and most effective zombie wiper outer....a good old box full of molotov cocktails,just lite,throw at zombie group,watch zobies burn baby burn!
plus the added bonus the flames will probably kill any diseases in their infected zombie bodies.:sniper:

then pick the still stumbling around ones off with my shotgun at my leisure,since all of them wont get completely doused,some will probably flail about at the flames on them i would imagine.
Avika
27-01-2006, 22:01
The Zombies Would Continue Falling Into The Moat Until They Eventually Build A Bridge With Themselves. Then They Would Scale The Walls. Then You Would Shoot Them. Then You Would Run Out Of Ammo. Then They Would Eat You.

*In Reference To Page 2*
"Watch, As I, The Amazing Mumbly Wuwbly Makes This Man Disappear!"
*Whips Out Pancor*
*BOOM!*
"As You Can See, The Man Has Disappeared!"
Hmmmm. What if I let the bodies on fire? I think I should increase its depth to 100 or so feet. Whenever the bodies would stack up high enough, I will burn the bodies and wash the ash out using water from the pipeline. The ash would then be delivered to another location via a pipeline where it would be put into containers and put somewhere. It would take a while for thousands of rounds to be used up. Sooner or later, we'd move to another safehouse.
Of the council of clan
28-01-2006, 01:03
Junii's idea was best of all, man...two short swords that are sharpened...just bad ass....chain mail...bad ass man.


fuck chainmail, i'd wear Interceptor level III, with the shoulder pads, it'd be a bit lighter, with plenty of freedom of movement. I'd put on my Kevlar Helmet as well. As well as my Kevlar lined gloves that I use to search people,(you never know when someone is going to have a needle or razor blade in their pockets)


About the Swords, not bad ass but retarded, do you really wanna get close and fight a CQB at Melee range, not only will all that wear you out with all that frickin armor and using the swords themselves will wear you out, and before your through your 12th zombie, you could be encircled, surrounded and even with the armor they would bite you.


Now if you stand off and pick them off and keep them from getting close, you can keep mobility and prevent them from surrounding you.
Straughn
28-01-2006, 01:11
This Isn't Really An RP. Just Give Us A Brief Summary Of How You Would Survive A Zombie Invasion. Beginning Situation Is You Wake Up And There's A Zombie In Your House. You Can Have Any Thing You Want, And The Enviroments Can Be Set Up In Anyway You Want, Just Don't God Mode It Please.
I'd probably take out a few aggressions on it after i called Punjab the Sane and Verdigroth over, until they arrived, so they could finally cut loose in a fashion befitting so many years of virtual practice.
Bakamongue
28-01-2006, 01:18
Ok, maybe you've never played Quake, but God mode makes you invincible. It doesn't give you super weapons.Boy am I feeling old.

When I think of God Mode, I think of Doom. (The Shareware original 1-episode trial, and long before it inherited sequels.) "iddqd" wasn't it?

Of course, some old fart is going to remind us of Wolfenstein's 3D or take us back to Monster Maze eras... ;)


In answer to the topic, I have previously refused to say what I'd do. The reason is that any of you lot could use it against me (should still-human me encounter still-knowledgable you, in either desperate still-human form or else Zombified and keen for my brains).
Stoned Ninjas
28-01-2006, 01:32
First, I'd bash it o'er the head with my quarterstaff, then I'd wake up my brother, he'd get his katana, I'd get my mom, we'd drive to, um, let's see, a bank, or a mall, and camp out. Then, Zombie-George-W-Bush would attack me, and I'd kill him... :D :mp5:
New Rafnaland
28-01-2006, 01:38
Way to insert your hate of the second amendment into a place it doesn't belong you terrorist.

I'm sorry... I didn't mean to scare you with my humor. I didn't. It was accidental terrorism, I swear!
Stoned Ninjas
28-01-2006, 01:41
That's what Osama said! :eek:
Pure Metal
28-01-2006, 01:48
my friends at uni and i formulated a plan after seeing shaun of the dead... the plan was to get in someone's car, drive down to the castle in the city centre (cardiff has its own castle), everyone get in some suits of armour, nab some big pointy weapons, and let the zombies try and get us :D
i mean you can't be bitten by a zombie when you're encased in a giant medieval metal shell...

then the plan was to get a shopping trolley and go looting! :p
turn the castle keep into unoffical party/babe central ;)
Of the council of clan
28-01-2006, 01:58
my friends at uni and i formulated a plan after seeing shaun of the dead... the plan was to get in someone's car, drive down to the castle in the city centre (cardiff has its own castle), everyone get in some suits of armour, nab some big pointy weapons, and let the zombies try and get us :D
i mean you can't be bitten by a zombie when you're encased in a giant medieval metal shell...

then the plan was to get a shopping trolley and go looting! :p
turn the castle keep into unoffical party/babe central ;)

Does anyone here how much Medieval armor WEIGHS!! jesus christ. There is nothing like Elven chain mail or like that in existence. you simply can't wear it for long periods of time, it'd kill you, you'd have to be CONSTANTLY drinking water.


plus your mobility would be fucked, and that armor would probably come off if you got surrounded by zombies, chain mail is doable but a full fledged armor suit, ain't going to happen. Ok, i've gone on Road marches with my web gear, (M-16, M-9, Load Bearing Vest, 2 canteens full of water, gas Mask, Kevlar helmet) and a 30-35 Pound ruck and everything altogether weighed nearly 60 pounds. That shit ain't easy to move in. let alone fight in.
Quaon
28-01-2006, 02:05
What I would want? A Necrotech Syringe, (http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Necrotech_syringe#NecroTech_Revivification_Syringe) of course.
New Rafnaland
28-01-2006, 02:12
Does anyone here how much Medieval armor WEIGHS!! jesus christ. There is nothing like Elven chain mail or like that in existence. you simply can't wear it for long periods of time, it'd kill you, you'd have to be CONSTANTLY drinking water.


plus your mobility would be fucked, and that armor would probably come off if you got surrounded by zombies, chain mail is doable but a full fledged armor suit, ain't going to happen. Ok, i've gone on Road marches with my web gear, (M-16, M-9, Load Bearing Vest, 2 canteens full of water, gas Mask, Kevlar helmet) and a 30-35 Pound ruck and everything altogether weighed nearly 60 pounds. That shit ain't easy to move in. let alone fight in.

The difference between medieval armor and the modern combat load:

The armor was spread all over your body. Contrary to popular opinion it wasn't difficult to fight in.
The Doors Corporation
28-01-2006, 07:55
of the council of clan..lucky for you you have all those special things. me? I have a higher chance of inherting chain mail then I do body armor and weapons like you. me? I have a higher chance of getting another sword then a gun. soo since I am applying this realistically to me...two swords is bad ass.
Bobs Own Pipe
28-01-2006, 08:03
Blend in.
Andaluciae
28-01-2006, 08:04
Lock myself in my room with a lot of food and water, and hope they starve to death sooner or later. (let's face it, they cannot survive forever, zombies, if real, would not be supernatural, but a person driven to madness by a diesease, and espescially if the diesease has deteriorative effects, they'd have a limited lifespan.)
Of the council of clan
28-01-2006, 08:09
The difference between medieval armor and the modern combat load:

The armor was spread all over your body. Contrary to popular opinion it wasn't difficult to fight in.


ok, and you know this?

I understand that isn't Difficult to fight in, but then again the common foot soldier was not plated head to toe like the Heavy Cavalry, for that very reason for greater mobility and less weight was desired for the foot soldier.


If we're talking about a Knights armor, they had to have someone help them put it on, and that took time, as well as they needed helped up onto the horse by attendants. That was the whole purpose of a page.

now what level of armor are you wanting?

And trust me a Flak Jacket or Interceptor Body armor, or even just a good ol Second Chance vest would be beneficial.
Of the council of clan
28-01-2006, 08:11
And Doors Corporation, what do i have that is so special?

Pistol? Sig Sauer P220, $500
Rifle? Ruger Mini-14, $570

Oh my TA-50 gear(the military shit) you can go to a surplus junk store and get pretty much all of it.
The Doors Corporation
28-01-2006, 08:17
And Doors Corporation, what do i have that is so special?

Pistol? Sig Sauer P220, $500
Rifle? Ruger Mini-14, $570

Oh my TA-50 gear(the military shit) you can go to a surplus junk store and get pretty much all of it.
yeah..i'd say that is pretty special mate. now if you want to buy me the stuff?
New Rafnaland
28-01-2006, 08:20
ok, and you know this?

Because history is a hobby of mine. Particularly medieval history. And I know many people who own their own armor, which they made using "Ye Olde Techniques".

I understand that isn't Difficult to fight in, but then again the common foot soldier was not plated head to toe like the Heavy Cavalry, for that very reason for greater mobility and less weight was desired for the foot soldier.

That would actually be because it was too expensive to have every one of their fighting men armored to the same level as a knight.

Light cavalry lacked armor for the reason you mentioned. And because heavy armor tends to get in the way of using a bow.

And trust me a Flak Jacket or Interceptor Body armor, or even just a good ol Second Chance vest would be beneficial.

Any armor is better than none, ne?
New Rafnaland
28-01-2006, 08:22
And Doors Corporation, what do i have that is so special?

Pistol? Sig Sauer P220, $500
Rifle? Ruger Mini-14, $570

Oh my TA-50 gear(the military shit) you can go to a surplus junk store and get pretty much all of it.

SiG Sauers are more expensive, now. A Glock (excepting a G17L or something along those lines), a more affordable pistol, has a retail price in around there, though.
Of the council of clan
28-01-2006, 08:27
SiG Sauers are more expensive, now. A Glock (excepting a G17L or something along those lines), a more affordable pistol, has a retail price in around there, though.


more expensive now? I bought it 7 months ago

the Rifle, i bought a month ago.
New Rafnaland
28-01-2006, 08:29
more expensive now? I bought it 7 months ago

the Rifle, i bought a month ago.

Hmm... I guess the older SiG Sauers are cheaper than the newer ones. I was thinking of the SiG Sauer P226 which costs around $700.
Terrorist Cakes
28-01-2006, 08:33
Get so fat that the zombies couldn't possibly drag me off, let alone consider consuming me.
Milesists
28-01-2006, 08:36
Cricket bat. Spade. Beer. Queen songs.

Duh.

AMEN! Who needs all the fancy-ass weaponry, just do what they did in Shawn of the dead. Although I'd lean towards an aluminum baseball bat...
The Lone Alliance
28-01-2006, 08:58
What I would want? A Necrotech Syringe, (http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Necrotech_syringe#NecroTech_Revivification_Syringe) of course.
But it's useless without Lab Experience!
Gargantua City State
28-01-2006, 09:10
Is being a zombie forever considered surviving? Because I was thinking that I'm a pretty heavy sleeper... so if the zombie's in my room, I might not wake up in time to stop it, at which point I would get my brain devoured, and become one of them. Dunno what I'd do with myself as an undead freak... I guess convert my fiancee first... :P "Hunnnnnyyyyy.... braaaiiiinnnnnzzzz...."
"Quit goofing around. Hey, why are there bite marks on your head? Uhhhh..."
"Braaaaiiiinnnnnzzzzz"
Shotagon
28-01-2006, 09:17
I Think I'd Hole Up In The Local Bar With Some Abysmally Stupid Friends Who Try To Play Pinball That Makes Loud Noises That Attract Zombies And They'd All Get Eaten Except For Me, And Then The Army Will Show Up And Save What's Left Of Us. :D

JEEEZE! That was really, really hard to type. Come on, what's up with the capitalization mate?
Newtsburg
28-01-2006, 09:51
I'd get myself infected with BSE. Then my brain would become unappatizing to zombie-folk, and I'd be safe.
JuNii
28-01-2006, 11:01
I've read four pages, not many good ideas if you ask me. If these zombies were old school then:
1. Wake up, grab serrated sword at head of bed and kill zombie infested house
You'd kill your house? :D
Bodies Without Organs
28-01-2006, 11:05
Does anyone here how much Medieval armor WEIGHS!! jesus christ. There is nothing like Elven chain mail or like that in existence. you simply can't wear it for long periods of time, it'd kill you, you'd have to be CONSTANTLY drinking water.


plus your mobility would be fucked, and that armor would probably come off if you got surrounded by zombies, chain mail is doable but a full fledged armor suit, ain't going to happen. Ok, i've gone on Road marches with my web gear, (M-16, M-9, Load Bearing Vest, 2 canteens full of water, gas Mask, Kevlar helmet) and a 30-35 Pound ruck and everything altogether weighed nearly 60 pounds. That shit ain't easy to move in. let alone fight in.


Whereas a suit of full plate weighs about 45 pounds...
JuNii
28-01-2006, 11:09
fuck chainmail, i'd wear Interceptor level III, with the shoulder pads, it'd be a bit lighter, with plenty of freedom of movement. I'd put on my Kevlar Helmet as well. As well as my Kevlar lined gloves that I use to search people,(you never know when someone is going to have a needle or razor blade in their pockets)


About the Swords, not bad ass but retarded, do you really wanna get close and fight a CQB at Melee range, not only will all that wear you out with all that frickin armor and using the swords themselves will wear you out, and before your through your 12th zombie, you could be encircled, surrounded and even with the armor they would bite you.


Now if you stand off and pick them off and keep them from getting close, you can keep mobility and prevent them from surrounding you.obviously you didn't read my post. I said keeping it as realistically as possible. in other words, yes, in my closet I do have two sharpened short swords, under my bed, I actually do have an Iron rod. and yes, in my closet is chain mail. and I've worn it so often that it's light to me. Anyone doing a standing melee fight with the numbers against you deserve to be surrounded.

besides, two slices to the knees and zombie is crawling... can't crawl very fast, one slice, head is gone... any place else is a waste of motion.

and then there's the fact that i've never heard of a sword running out of ammo or taking time out to reload a sword. (heck clips need to be refilled.)

then there is the psychological aspect. anyone with a gun will try to fight em off... yes even when one doesn't have to. while if you got a sword, (and are proficient with them) you don't, unless you have no choice.

Besides, after getting out, I also do mention hitting the store for guns and ammo.
JuNii
28-01-2006, 11:15
Whereas a suit of full plate weighs about 45 pounds...
gotta admit, full plate isn't the easiest thing to move in, if you got the full Helm, visibility is also cut down... meaning one mis-step and you're a turtle. Chain mail is ligher and more flexable. think extreamly thick (and heavy) sweater.

and the only thing you're worred about is scratches and biting...
Cute Dangerous Animals
28-01-2006, 11:18
Maggots. Lots and lots of maggots.

And in the interim hide somewhere safe. With lots of food. And water. And the chicks from Hustler's Barely Legal :D
Of the council of clan
28-01-2006, 11:27
obviously you didn't read my post. I said keeping it as realistically as possible. in other words, yes, in my closet I do have two sharpened short swords, under my bed, I actually do have an Iron rod. and yes, in my closet is chain mail. and I've worn it so often that it's light to me. Anyone doing a standing melee fight with the numbers against you deserve to be surrounded.

besides, two slices to the knees and zombie is crawling... can't crawl very fast, one slice, head is gone... any place else is a waste of motion.

and then there's the fact that i've never heard of a sword running out of ammo or taking time out to reload a sword. (heck clips need to be refilled.)

then there is the psychological aspect. anyone with a gun will try to fight em off... yes even when one doesn't have to. while if you got a sword, (and are proficient with them) you don't, unless you have no choice.

Besides, after getting out, I also do mention hitting the store for guns and ammo.


the guns are realistic for me(as i own them and they aren't ever far away), as is the Mil-Spec Gear since I'm National Guard and its issued to me, so I guess thats a tad of an advantage.


So your saying you don't have a Shotgun or something like that in your house?

Shotguns are good for close range and if you run out of ammo they are pretty decent CQB weapons, Can we say Butt stroke to the head.
JuNii
28-01-2006, 11:39
the guns are realistic for me(as i own them and they aren't ever far away), as is the Mil-Spec Gear since I'm National Guard and its issued to me, so I guess thats a tad of an advantage.


So your saying you don't have a Shotgun or something like that in your house?

Shotguns are good for close range and if you run out of ammo they are pretty decent CQB weapons, Can we say Butt stroke to the head.Nope, no guns... got lots of knives tho. Got more knives in my apartment for other functions than I have for cooking. :D

and shotgun butts (most rifle butt for that matter) are not made for combat. so after a short while, they'll be splinters.

so we'd be better off teaming up, you handle them from far, I'll take care of em when they get close. ;)
Quaon
28-01-2006, 13:39
But it's useless without Lab Experience!
Ha! My main character (Byrant Dilstar) has lab experience!
Bakamongue
29-01-2006, 03:50
Lock myself in my room with a lot of food and water, and hope they starve to death sooner or later. (let's face it, they cannot survive forever, zombies, if real, would not be supernatural, but a person driven to madness by a diesease, and espescially if the diesease has deteriorative effects, they'd have a limited lifespan.)I'm currently listening to "I Am Legend" on the radio, a reading of a vampire-book from the 50s (apparently going to be filmed), probably one of the earliest and non-derivative.

Very much like the Charlton Heston "guy living amongst the undead" thing, which might have been inspired by this. At the point I've so far got to, he's worked out that the 'dead' Vampires (which are essentially zombies) are 'powered' by the baccillus that causes the disease... i.e. as the body (initially alive but crazed and blood-lusting) dies off, the disease runs the system (up to, but not beyond, severe trauma, sunlight or variants (not exact) on the vampire-killing theme.