[Holiday]

What's your plan for when the Zombie Apocalypse happens?!

[Æther]

Turn off the TV, lay off the caffeine, get some sleep.

[Holiday]

Hilarious. Bravo.


Now, for those of you with an imagination!!

[Rhuen]

We will sit back and watch to see if humanity recovers from the disaster.

It also depends on the extent, if this is a zombie virus that kills plant life, bacteria, and turns all animals to zombies and can linger in innert soil indefinetly, preventing any further life than the only choice is to destroy the planet's surface completly for a total restart of the system.

If it only infect animal life, then genocide the animal life if the virus goes beyond 80% infection.

If it only infects human...see the wait and see policy.

In any case zombies are not a species, they are a symptom of a fatal disease that gives the disease the ultimatly method of spreading, causing the dead victim/host organism to become mobile and attemtp to infect others, as such they are treated like a disease, normally any disease will burn out eventually, and micro-organisms develop an immunity preventing the disease, especially one of this magitude from resurfacing as a general threat in the distant future (possibly tens of millions if not longer years).

But like stated above if the threat remains a constant and this world can no longer harbor life, especially not life capable of generational evolution for complex life forms than the world is of no use, however a planet like this thanks to where it is in space is far to precious to simply shrug off. If the disease can be eliminated via a "natural" disaster then that method will need to be taken, so long as the method needed is something the planet can recover from in a timely manner (given that this planet still has four billion years of usuable time on it this timely manner is a wide birth and allows for some drastic methods to remove the contamination, even including scorching the entire land surface, which will set off a cycle of storms lasting for tens of thousands of years if not longer.

In other words, what do with will depend on the extent of the contimination and at what point an intervention is determined necisary, after all if some good (a bottle neck of enhanced immune to becoming zombie genes in the one species of homo sapien can result or other possible mutations to combat this disease then no action will be taken to eliminate it regardless of the population reduction (so long as the immune populations are large enough for a viable reproductive group).

[WilV]

I will absolutely bend the zombies to my will and conquer the world. Failing that: "when in Rome..."

[Arimak]

Find a Super Walmart next to a Home Depot.

For weapons: Home Depot + imagination = many awesome and creative weapons.

For protection: Home Depot has everything necessary to create barricades that can withstand the most intense zombie attacks. Walmart has a pharmacy section with all sorts of goodies.

For shelter: I'm in a department store where there's enough stuff to build a house and 100% furnish it.

For food: Walmart has a grocery section for initial food needs. Home Depot has a garden center where I can get everything necessary (even soil) to plant a veggie garden. At that point, may have to rely on the pharmacy in Walmart to get protein supplements.

For fun: Take portable generator from Home Depot (a little unclear where gas comes from), hook it up at Walmart, play XBox, PS3, PC games, listen to music, etc.



Who's down for this? :devilsmoke:

[shadowsbane]

I'm in an area not even a 10 minute walk to pretty much everything id need. Survival/sports stores, bulk retail that has pallets of food and generic supplies, food dehydrators if need them, auxiliary generators, propane tanks that can go boom in large zombie crowds, a water facility is close too, etc etc. My apartments are already surrounded by pretty high walls with two gates for entrances/exits and it connects to a main road that already has a lot of distribution trucks passing through it.

So, Id stay home.

[PrinceLestat]

I don't know about the rest of you but I eagerly await the day when the dead rise to consume the living. One can easily survive the zombie onslaught if the proper planning is undertaken. The first step would be to ensure a food and water supply, which you should have on hand for any disaster or emergency. The next item would be weapons. As far as firearms are concerned, a .22 cal pistol and rifle using the same hollow point rounds would be optimal. While a shotgun will work, all you really need to do is destroy the brain, so splattering their heads over a 20 foot radius is overkill. Weight, if you are planning on being mobile or need to travel to your safehouse will be an issue. Bows and crossbows are an effective means of zombie elimination only if you are well trained with the weapons. Unless you can hit a zombie in the eye while you're moving at 50 paces, leave the archery at home. Your choice of hand to hand weapons will take a little longer to figure out in the long run. While just about anything will work in a pinch, you're gonna want to have something handy. Sledges and axes will work just fine. But, do you have the upper body strength to wield one over and over in a hoard situation? Swords and other edged weapons may be too flimsy and lack cutting power. Display pieces and just about anything from a catalog will get your ass eaten. Hatchets and machettes can be used over and over but they require you to get fairly close. Never rule out the trusty crowbar either. You can crush a skull or force your way into a locked room. I'm opting for the custom-made leaf-blade sword and dagger set I picked up. These blades are sturdy and light, having been made for me to use in live-steal competition. I've chosen my clothing carefull too. Forget designer labels, we want function over form. A zombie will still eat you if you're well dressed. Pockets and pouches are handy but don't get anything too baggy. Baggy equals hand-holds. Hand-holds equal zombie food. Special thanks go to Max Brooks for helping me prepare. ;)

[Damious]

Arimak, on 28 September 2009 - 03:17 AM, said:

Find a Super Walmart next to a Home Depot.
For weapons: Home Depot + imagination = many awesome and creative weapons.

That has always been my plan, grab what friends of mine I truly care about and head straight to home depot. I can afford to get my friends first because my family has a power tool fetish so the garage is just filled with make shift weaponry.

Onece we secured the home depot and assessed the situation, I think we'd have to head for the coast, steal a boat and make for a secluded island.

[Ibiza]

My vicious evil pitbull and i will harvest many a sawed off shot gun and plenty of hand granades and then head to the one place on earth no one goes to.
Disneys California's Adventure. We will build a very tall tower and tie a pantsless bill clinton to it to destract all female zombies. This is as far as i've gotten, but it all sounds very promising, i'm looking forward to said apocolyps.

[DoW]

first id have to wait for the zombies to show up here in the desert... then i would just take them out one by one and use their bodies to make a barrier around my house.... then after i got bored of killing them i would venture into town and see what was left alive... and swing by a local gun shop and pick up some new toys and ammo then camp out at walmart for a while... then maybe use random vehicles to travel the acroos the country on a national killing spree then i might migrate across an ocean... i would avoid mexico and central americas due to lack of necessities... and venture the world killing things... :viking:

[Sazza]

I live in a flat so my family and I (I'll take Vore too) can stay up here, there's plenty of water and food in here. We have a lot of canned food. These flats were built by the R.A.F (Royal Air Force) so they're strong enough. The front door (the only door into the flat) can be barricaded easily and we can live upstairs.
-If- any Zombie did get in there's a fuck load of weapons and objects that could be used as weapons but I would probably move us all and my pets to another location as there are 2 graveyard less than a mile away (in different directions) that are both old, one is part of Elgin Cathedral and I think that was built around 1300... Yeah..

I'd probably hide out in the Black Isle (Ross-Shire) as it is so vast and mainly hill so you could hide out in a cabin on a hill and would see everything perfectly. We'd take a mini van so it could fit my Mother, Brother, Vore and pets. It would also be able to take a crap load of food (stop by a huge store and nick a crap load of food and drink/water, any toiletries needed), take plenty of warm clothing as Ross-Shire is a very, very cold place. Look around said store for anything that could be used as a weapon/that we may need. Also whilst helping ourselves in this store we could take some duvets and pillows, a big supply of pet food and go on our way.

My Mother is mean with knives as she was a trained butcher, Duncan is trained with guns through the Army Cadettes, I know Vore can use swords (and goodness knows what else), I'm trained in archery and I can use a sword. Once we have secured our hut/place we will start to find friends who have lived and invite them and make a small community.

Also I'm half Zombie, half Human so I can convince them to leave us alone ;)

This post has been edited by Sazza: 22 October 2009 - 01:21 AM

[misan]

PrinceLestat, on 28 September 2009 - 12:46 PM, said:

I don't know about the rest of you but I eagerly await the day when the dead rise to consume the living. One can easily survive the zombie onslaught if the proper planning is undertaken. The first step would be to ensure a food and water supply, which you should have on hand for any disaster or emergency. The next item would be weapons. As far as firearms are concerned, a .22 cal pistol and rifle using the same hollow point rounds would be optimal. While a shotgun will work, all you really need to do is destroy the brain, so splattering their heads over a 20 foot radius is overkill. Weight, if you are planning on being mobile or need to travel to your safehouse will be an issue. Bows and crossbows are an effective means of zombie elimination only if you are well trained with the weapons. Unless you can hit a zombie in the eye while you're moving at 50 paces, leave the archery at home. Your choice of hand to hand weapons will take a little longer to figure out in the long run. While just about anything will work in a pinch, you're gonna want to have something handy. Sledges and axes will work just fine. But, do you have the upper body strength to wield one over and over in a hoard situation? Swords and other edged weapons may be too flimsy and lack cutting power. Display pieces and just about anything from a catalog will get your ass eaten. Hatchets and machettes can be used over and over but they require you to get fairly close. Never rule out the trusty crowbar either. You can crush a skull or force your way into a locked room. I'm opting for the custom-made leaf-blade sword and dagger set I picked up. These blades are sturdy and light, having been made for me to use in live-steal competition. I've chosen my clothing carefull too. Forget designer labels, we want function over form. A zombie will still eat you if you're well dressed. Pockets and pouches are handy but don't get anything too baggy. Baggy equals hand-holds. Hand-holds equal zombie food. Special thanks go to Max Brooks for helping me prepare. ;)

If the person is good with firearms a 22 with hollow points would be fine, but for most people (those who don't handle weapons frequently) a shotgun would be the safest bet. With a shotgun you don't have to worry about your aim being perfect, especially if moving quickly and under great stress.;)

This post has been edited by misan: 22 October 2009 - 02:06 AM

[Putredinis]

I've got no idea really.

I'd call up a few friends and gather up if possible with whatever of our families and friends are left. Seeing as this city is pretty small compared to most major cities around the world (only 250k-300k citizens I think) it should not be extremely hard to move around on foot even.

If the zombies are of the fast running types it might prove to be a problem. But assuming that the tissue is actually dead and decaying this would probably only be temporary.

The best place to hole up in this city would probably be a medium sized grocery store only 5-10 minutes away. I'm guessing a maximum of 30-40 people should only be holed up in here, in case of anyone being infected I would kill them off immediately and dispose of the body. However, the more people the bigger the risk someone goes batshit insane and fucks it all up.

It has only 4 entrances. 2 of which have sturdy metal doors, one is a sturdy iron gate and the other is a glass door but with an iron-grid that can be raised and lowered to block out any attempts at breaking in.

The gate and the grid are the only two potential weak spots. Luckily the gate closes off the storage room with all the pallets and cases of beer/soda. These cases can be used to further reinforce the gate and prevent any zombies from entering. The glass door's grid is however a problem should it fail, but assuming it's installed to prevent any thieves from breaking in, it should be sturdy enough to withstand most if not all of the "tricks" a zombie can pull off.

Furthermore the roof needs to be secured in order to avoid any zombies somehow making it up there as there are windows, but secured with a reinforced steel grid if I remember correctly.

There is a working refrigerator/freezer in the store capable of storing reasonable amounts of food/drink, assuming the power is still on in the city and not yet cut off.

The "fresh" food and canned food storage should last for quite a few years, enough to wait out the walking corpses to decay enough to be unable to move and eventually die out. As with most vira, as far as I know anyway, they should die out once left without any host or the right environment to lay dormant. The zombie virus will need to enter the bloodstream by getting into physical contact and is most likely not airborne, in which case I guess most if not all of the modern world will fall within a very short time.

The store also has enough chemicals to at least create explosives or something similar, not to mention enough flammable materials/liquids to cook/heat up/warm/burn things in case the power does get cut off due to annoying zombie hamsters.

If all non-insect creatures are affected by this virus it is safe to assume that smaller creatures, such as rodents and cats, can easily spread the virus by entering through any holes or breaches in what was originally thought to be a secure barricade. To avoid problems occuring because of thise I'd make sure every small hole in any opening including air vents would be sealed off properly with materials that can withstand chewing and so on.

If insects are also potential disease carriers, I'd say everyone would be fucked.

The only downside to this place is that there are no projectile weapons such as rifles or pistols. In fact, the only places where they sell real ranged weapons (guns/bows) are in 2 shops at the center of town. It would be possible to reinforce a vehicle with the materials from the grocery store, to reduce the risk of getting eaten while attempting to scavenge for weapons. Depending on the amount and type of zombies this may or may not be necessary. However, the windows in the car should be reinforced properly.

If only a bike is present one should consider themselves fucked as far as ranged weapons go.

The police headquarters would also be an option, however the main weapon storageroom is most likely password protected in some way.


Personally, I would attempt to aquire some swords and full metal body armor. Either from the museum or at one of my friends' house where he has several medieval replica weapon and armors. These items are crafted properly and can easily cut through flesh and bone and withstand bites.

The reason I'd use a sword is that it's so much easier to chop off any limbs or heads when in melee combat, than having to shoot a tiny bullet in one specific spot to do any major damage. Plus, you do not have to worry about reload time or bullets. The only real downside is that you would need to get up and close. But a few of my friends own rifles, I guess if I could get them with me, they'd take care of that part for a while.

Once all of this has been done and the weapons and such aquired, I'd probably stay in the grocery store for as long as the zombie infestation remains. Only moving out when necessary to get whatever materials are needed. I would not care for survivors nor would I care for the world.

Oh yeah, If there was still internet I'd steal a laptop and play World of Warcraft with any surviving geeks out there.


I would only do all of the above if I was not shitting my pants the moment I heard people were turning into zombies and I went slightly insane. There is a good chance I'd go crazy enough to not care much. However, in any case, I would still be playing World of Wacraft, but, I would only be able to do so until my payment runs out, seeing as either the online payment systems will fail or my account will simply run out of money sooner or later. When this does happen, I will massacre everyone inside the grocery store and loot them for epics.

edit: The wall of text means I probably had a slight idea anyway..

This post has been edited by Putredinis: 22 October 2009 - 03:34 AM

[Kaddam]

Holiday, on 28 September 2009 - 01:09 AM, said:

What's your plan for when the Zombie Apocalypse happens?!

My theory is if a zombie exists it is a virus that can transfer through air. It touches you, the left over zombie dust from the decaying specimen it will literally turn your living tissues into zombified dna. In other words-No One Will Survive.

Me-however, I be special. Everyone else maybe zombie, but me. I'll prolly play duck hunt.

[PrinceLestat]

misan, on 21 October 2009 - 11:05 PM, said:

If the person is good with firearms a 22 with hollow points would be fine, but for most people (those who don't handle weapons frequently) a shotgun would be the safest bet. With a shotgun you don't have to worry about your aim being perfect, especially if moving quickly and under great stress.;)

True enough. But if our hypothetical zombie plague is spread via a virus then using a shotgun (which are optimal at close range) would potentially splatter infected tissue/blood over an area where you or your fellow survivors could be exposed to it. Better to use a smaller caliber weapon if possible. In a do or die situation though, fire at will with whatever you've got handy.

[Ibiza]

Sazza, on 22 October 2009 - 02:19 AM, said:

I live in a flat so my family and I (I'll take Vore too) can stay up here, there's plenty of water and food in here. We have a lot of canned food. These flats were built by the R.A.F (Royal Air Force) so they're strong enough. The front door (the only door into the flat) can be barricaded easily and we can live upstairs.
-If- any Zombie did get in there's a fuck load of weapons and objects that could be used as weapons but I would probably move us all and my pets to another location as there are 2 graveyard less than a mile away (in different directions) that are both old, one is part of Elgin Cathedral and I think that was built around 1300... Yeah..

I'd probably hide out in the Black Isle (Ross-Shire) as it is so vast and mainly hill so you could hide out in a cabin on a hill and would see everything perfectly. We'd take a mini van so it could fit my Mother, Brother, Vore and pets. It would also be able to take a crap load of food (stop by a huge store and nick a crap load of food and drink/water, any toiletries needed), take plenty of warm clothing as Ross-Shire is a very, very cold place. Look around said store for anything that could be used as a weapon/that we may need. Also whilst helping ourselves in this store we could take some duvets and pillows, a big supply of pet food and go on our way.

My Mother is mean with knives as she was a trained butcher, Duncan is trained with guns through the Army Cadettes, I know Vore can use swords (and goodness knows what else), I'm trained in archery and I can use a sword. Once we have secured our hut/place we will start to find friends who have lived and invite them and make a small community.

Also I'm half Zombie, half Human so I can convince them to leave us alone http://forum.darkness.com/public/style_emoticons/darkness/wink.gif

I retract my previous statement. In the ivent of a zombie apocolyps i would kidnap Sazz and use her as a human shield seeing as how she is half zombie.

[Infernal Hearts]

Well, I would LOAD UP with shotguns, get my doggy, and my family and drive to somewhere isolated! YAY!!! >.>

[Praetorean]

In the case of a zombie apocalypse, i would finish my design for an armored car, take it to the nearest "Cabela's", after picking up a few good friends, then i would clear the building. Lock down their heavy doors. Take equipment to the roof such as gasoline to tents, establish some kind of post. Have guns and flares around you.

In this situation you would be completely safe. you would be on top of a 3-4 story building, with pretty much any gun you could want with plenty of ammunition. As well as shelter and something to eat (Cabela's does have resturants inside.), so, you would be good.

[CultHero]

I would develop a taste for brains.