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What would YOU do in a zombie outbreak? As in Left 4 Dead?

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May 4, 2008 04:41PM

 As the description reads above,

I would just get something point it to my head and die. I do not want to become a rabid (flesh if added) person who wildly comes at you to bite your shoulder off, Neither would i want to live in the hellhole world.

May 4, 2008 06:49PM

 What if it was like in the *insert random word here* of the Dead series? Then you WOULD become one of them even if you die because of a non-zombie cause.

In any kind of zombie situation, I would use the classical lock-myself-and-my-mates-into-a-supermall-and-stay-there strategy. Plenty of food and plenty of water. Plenty of stuff to barricade with and plenty of room to outrun those pescy biters! Plus the rooftops are large, meaning that we can create a message by using linen or other stuff to signal airplanes and helicopters of our presence.

May 4, 2008 07:56PM

 I'd use my knowledge of firearms and cult of personality to lead a group of survivors to safety.

Then brutally execute them all, because I hate everyone.
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May 5, 2008 01:19PM

 Cowtipper, Sorry to say but the supermall would be packed with other people with the same ideas, espically if your there first and that...THEN they all come zombies come and you have 200+ Zombies to worry about, LET ALONE FOOD because it'll run out anyway,espically when the Electricity is cut off. you'll be forced to go out because of no food and then you'll have zombies coming at you from the street.

@ Bill's Post

Lol dude are you serious?

May 5, 2008 01:50PM

 lmfao I cannot even post on topic after reading Bill's post xD
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May 5, 2008 02:53PM

 Perhaps not the most original answer here,but I'd do the smart thing and hold them off at a shopping mall.

Plenty of things to use,and lots of room and places to hide. Food is there,shelter,weapons,resources,phones etc.
However since I live in a fairly big village out in the middle of nowhere,I guess my first instinct would be to go to the town hall and hold out there :P
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May 6, 2008 12:03PM

 I try to keep a zombie plan handy for wherever I am in case of sudden outbreak. You don't want to be like, "I'm going to head to X destination in case of zombies" if you don't have (several) routes planned, conveyance, at least some basic kind of armament. And what will you do if you can't reach your intended destination or you get there and find out it isn't the best place to be? You need egress points and backups, alternate plans. A lot of basic survival, bug-out strategies that work in the case of most disasters can apply to a zombie outbreak.

So, everybody who's said "I'm going to the mall! :D," sorry, you're dead. Hope you like watching your intestines ripped from your body and being devoured by the ravenous undead while you watch. You are DEAD if you go to the mall. You're dead if you go to malls, supermarkets, gunstores (you're double-dead, because chances are anyone in the gunstore is going to shoot you to protect themselves/hoard ammo, zombie or not); the most common places you think of? Everyone else has thought of them too. Food, water, and amenities mean NOTHING if you're dead.

Secondly, you don't want to go anywhere it's crowded because in the case of something viral, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE SELFISH MOTHERFUCKER WHO RUINS IT FOR EVERYBODY BY NOT SAYING HE'S INFECTED. And then he bites you in the night, and then what? Then YOU'RE infected. Or he bites someone else, and they bite someone, so on and so on and you wake up in the morning and you're like, "Oh, boned." So stay away from crowded places. You want places where it's just you and maybe five other people TOPS. Preferably people you know. Just make sure the people you're with are responsible, accountable...low numbers means that if I suspect, if I even SUSPECT you of being a zombie, I can kill you before you kill me. Watch the people around you like a hawk. If they start looking sickly, sluggish, jaundiced...kill 'em.

Good places to be are places like hardware stores, tractor supply stores, warehouses. If you get to one of these, you've got it made. Especially places like tractor supply; friend of mine works there and they've got gates, garages, and a metalworking area--perfect for upgrading the vehicle you will need on excursions for resources. 'Upgrading' meaning, "my truck now has barbed wire and a snow blade on the front, with sharpened 3/4in. pipe along the side like friggin' spears."

Speaking of which, you want to have a vehicle that has a lot of storage capacity, and is big enough to throw its weight around. You do not want to be driving around in an outbreak in your Honda Civic. You want a truck, an SUV, or the best possible vehicle: a schoolbus. Mobile fortress, right there. You should also probably know how to service a vehicle (at least the basics) and siphon gas, the latter being extremely important. You will not be able to stop and ask an attendant at the Chevron to fill you up, because he is dead and is trying to claw your eyes out to have as appetizers.

As for weaponry: guns are for fools. Listen to me very closely, here. Guns. Are. For. Fools. Most people with their zombie plans are like, "I'm going to get a glock and a shotgun and a katana!" No, shut up, you're an idiot. Most people have never even fired a shotgun and are unprepared for the recoil. If you're not holding it properly a shotgun's going to knock you on your ass or break your collarbone. In addition, it's not even a good weapon against zombies! Maybe one, or two. But three or more? You're dead, son. And now they're tearing strips of flesh off you piecemeal and you're like, "BUT MY SHOTGUN! Video games and movies lied to meeeeeeeeeeeee!" Pistols don't do enough damage unless you're a crackshot who can consistently put a bullet in a zombie's head every time. Unfortunate newsflash to most of the people who post in these threads: playing Time Crisis has not prepared you for doing this. Sorry. The best you can hope for is to get your hands on ammo designed to break apart and cause a lot of internal bleeding, something like a Glaser safety slug, that deposits lead beads in the target. That way if you put a bullet in a zombie's head the shrapnel/pellets have a higher chance of severing something that'll cut the zombie's motor functions, or kill him (again).

Also going back to things like katanas, they're shit. Bladed weapons are shit. You want blunt weapons. Stabbing, slicing isn't going to hurt a zombie. He's dead. If he could laugh at you he would. But he can't because he's dead and too busy focusing on the smell of sweet, succulent flesh wafting off you. Best weapon, hands down, cold-steel baseball bat. You've got Darkside's word on that, BEST WEAPON TO HAVE. It won't dent, it'll never warp no matter how many skulls you cave in, it's light enough to be swung repetitively without fatigue, it has enough range that you can distance yourself from your target but if you're suddenly set upon in close quarters it can still be effective...best weapon ever. I can almost guarantee that your survival rate goes up like 20 points if you own one.

So as for me, my zombie plan is constantly modified to where I am and what I'm doing. Best case scenario in a city like SF I'm just going to barricade myself in my apartment and collect what supplies I can pilfer in the building. Going outside would be a fool's move. I've gotta say, too, and I brought this up the first day I was here, Wegame's offices suck in case of outbreak. If zombies were to occur right now, we're fucked. We're all dead. A horde of zombies has a clear line to us and there's no side exits or places to barricade ourselves in. We'd basically be funneled into a tight corridor and die. I keep trying to suggest ways to counter this but nobody wants to listen. I'm trying to save lives, here.

So yeah, tl;dr version: don't go to malls, stay in places with few-or-no people, schoolbus if you can, invest in a baseball bat. You will have a much better chance of survival. And for God's sakes have a backup plan. Keep several backup plans.
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May 6, 2008 12:07PM

 Wow...
Just wow...
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May 6, 2008 03:06PM

 Bladed weps r not shit because if you sharpen them correctly you can slice off a dudes head and yell "DECAPITATED ZOMBIE ***** HAHAHAHAHHAHA ******************************* (Omg curse words much O.o **********************"

May 6, 2008 05:15PM

 Only in video games, Keyblock. ;)

I'm a sword practitioner as well, I train with a 6' Scottish claymore, a Chinese gim, and I'm building up my strength to wield a 20lbs. triple-edged cleaving sword one-handed, all sharpened to precision, and even I wouldn't grab those to go into battle with zombies. Baseball bat, dude. Baseball bat.
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