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4/22/2005 1:50:18 PM

I strongly recommend the Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

read it

4/22/2005 1:51:44 PM

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"Which scientists have proven that Zombie brians don't evolve?"

I don't know any zombies called brian, but I am pretty sure that evolution takes THOUSANDS of years. I am also pretty sure that Charles Darwin would agree with me.

4/22/2005 1:56:36 PM

zombies don't evolve. and neither does brian.

4/22/2005 1:57:15 PM

In order to evolve you have to be reproducing. Individuals don't evolve, species do.

Zombies cannot breed. They cannot have sex. They cannot conceive. They cannot bring babies to term. They cannot give birth. Zombies cannot and will not evolve.

4/22/2005 2:07:20 PM

oh crap I did spell brain that wrong.

I concede. But what would you do if you were by yourself? (Think Andy DOTD '04)

4/22/2005 2:30:23 PM

Well, let's see, as long as the dead chicks were still warm...

um, I mean, I would probably just chill out and read a lot. Not a hell of a lot else you could do with the power out and all. Probably pull a Tom Hanks in "Castaway" and start talking to some sort of inanimate objects. Push heavy things out of windows to smash zombies. You know, nothing special.

4/22/2005 2:33:01 PM

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"They cannot give birth."

Well some can. They did in Dead Alive, but that was more of a comedy/horror so I don't think it counts.

But yeah you could pass the time by picking out a random zombie and trying to throw a chair at him from the roof. There would probably be plenty of books although it would be limited to daytime (unless you had some candles, but I doubt there are many in UT). You could go into random rooms and shuffle through people's things and read their diaries and stuff. Sleeping would help pass the time. If it were possible, it might be a good idea to set some kind of alert system or something from the bottom floor so if the zombies broke the barricade it would wake you up/get your attention.

[Edited on April 22, 2005 at 2:49 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2005 2:48:39 PM

and here i thought i was the only psycho with an entire plan laid out in the event of a zombie attack............. anyways, how are zombies able to differentiate between fellow zombies and non-zombies. would you say it's possible to blend in with them (think Shawn of the Dead)?

4/23/2005 2:02:42 PM

In 28 Days Later, the zombies seemed to operate largely on sound -- they didn't attack unless you gave away your position by speaking or making some other non-zombie verbalization. The human olfactory sense being so poor, I can't imagine that it improves with zombification, so smell's probably right out.

It may be possible to blend in with them for a while, but it'd be highly risky -- any slip-up would give you a way, even a cough or hiccup.

4/23/2005 2:23:17 PM

i don't think you could ever blend in with them. i've never seen anyone get away with trying to act like a zombie.

4/23/2005 3:13:33 PM

The theories of how zombies tell the difference between them and their living counterparts are few and far between.

In DOTD '78, the zombies automatically knew if someone was human or not.

In Shaun of the Dead, you could blend in with them.

In DOTD '04, the zombies automicatlly knew if someone was human or not.

I'd say it be too risky.

4/23/2005 3:24:15 PM

AGAIN for the record

there are no "zombies" in 28 Days Later

kthx

4/23/2005 3:40:16 PM

^exactly how do you support this idea. Zombies were clearly present in 28 days later.

4/23/2005 4:21:45 PM

afraid not

they were human beings infected with a virus
while they BEHAVED much like zombies they were NOT the living dead

4/23/2005 4:24:25 PM

So, Snewf, which one would you rather be confronted with--the human beings infected with the Rage virus or the living dead?

As for me, I'd go with the guys infected with the Rage virus. They would eventually starve to death, at which time I can go about the process of recivilizing the world and eventually be crowned 'King of the World'.

4/23/2005 4:55:41 PM

wow, I sound like an idiot online.

cool

4/23/2005 4:56:11 PM

I'd rather deal with the living dead

because I'm paraphobic

4/23/2005 5:15:08 PM

living beings spurt more blood too

4/23/2005 5:21:29 PM

what does paraphobic mean?

4/23/2005 5:23:36 PM

I'm terrified of it but inexplicably drawn to it

4/23/2005 5:36:23 PM

i fear death more than i fear the undead

4/23/2005 5:37:19 PM

I dunno, it'd be easier to just kill someone than try to friggin' stab them through the brain with a blunt crowbar or something. Just cut em and run the hell away till they bleed to death. Or slap em around for a bit. Plus, with people who are still alive, it's less of a freak-out. If a guy with half his face gone just walked up on me and tried to eat me, I'd be slowed down in my reaction by having realize I'd just pissed myself, whereas you just punch the crazed guy and then beat him to death with the first thing that comes to hand.

4/24/2005 3:04:08 PM

what the fuck are you babbling about?

4/24/2005 3:15:26 PM

crowbars are heavy enough that you can smash a skull up good

4/24/2005 3:16:55 PM

^i concur. I like crowbars better than baseball bats because they're lighter. I also just feel deadlier with a crowbar in my hands. Bring it on.

4/24/2005 4:57:03 PM

Baseball bat has range over most crowbars, and in general its built to be wielded in the fashion that will be necessary.

Of course, there's shit all over here that could be used. Pipes, pieces of railing, fucking street signs -- all possible weapons.

4/24/2005 9:30:35 PM

wouldn't a fallen streeet sign be hard to use? I'd still go with the stree sign.

I can't believe this thread reached 13 pages.

4/24/2005 9:31:55 PM

i still like the idea of a machete the best

4/24/2005 9:32:06 PM

the crowbar has the wonderful added feature of being able to pry shit open

like boxes and doors

4/24/2005 9:35:03 PM

^lol added bonus

4/24/2005 9:37:29 PM

extremely useful

4/24/2005 9:39:20 PM

Just thought of something. In the event that the mgr cities were overrun how long would it take before the govt started to drop nukes to neutralize the problem. Raleigh would prob be low on the list but the Big Cities would more than likely go up.

4/24/2005 9:51:05 PM

why would the government do that? the zombies will EVENTUALLY be under control, and when that happens, it would be nice to have cities still.

4/24/2005 9:56:43 PM

I could see it hapening but just the big ones like LA, NYC, etc... It's hard to control that many undead

4/24/2005 9:58:02 PM

fuck a crowbar. You need what we in the construction trade call a tanker bar. 6 foot long, 1 inch thick, with spike on one end and a flat pry bar tip on the other. Plus as i work int he elevator trrade, i cna simply get on top of an elevator, rig it so the outside doors cannot be opened without explosives or a battering ram, and park the elvator wherever i want. Thus as long as i have power, I would rule any high rise building, letitng zombies shamble into an elevator, rigging doors to stay open so zombies could be pushed into them to fall to their second deaths, ect. Plus there is always taxing folks who need to get away form the zombie infested floors.

Also, if you are worried about ammo, go buy a few cases of the cheapest #8 or #9 shot trap loads walmart has. They will kill something jsut as dead as buckshot or magnum loads, plus are low recoil and thus easier to keep gun on target with. Go buy a cheap lee load all or similar shotgun press, a few 10 pound boces of powder, and some 20lb bags of shot. You now have enough suplies to fire 500-2500 rounds depending on how many cases of cheap ammo you bought, and then reload all of this amunition dozens of times. If properly holed up, the only use for amunition is for defense while on supply runs and the like.

[Edited on April 24, 2005 at 10:10 PM. Reason : added gun info]

4/24/2005 10:02:15 PM

^Power isn't gonna last long.

And why buy ammo when you can loot?

4/24/2005 10:34:58 PM

a good stockpile is always a smart idea

4/24/2005 10:39:58 PM

you can't assume that you will have time to loot. you should always keep zombie emergency supplies accessible in a moment's notice.

4/24/2005 10:42:05 PM

who said anythign aboiut power? i can get anywhere in an elevator hatch with the power dead. I can even run the elevators up to the top floor witht hem about 39% of rated laod with supplies with 0 power. Elevators have a counterweight that weighs whatever the weight of the elvator is plus 40% of the rated load of passengers oor freight, ect. Thus with 39% laod i cna pick the brake by hand and let it run itself up to the top floor. Also its not that hard to get around in an elevator hatch, movies non withstanding.

4/24/2005 11:53:22 PM

sounds sketchy to me. i'd be fine with the stairs.

4/24/2005 11:55:07 PM

Sometimes, I think I would enjoy a good zombie outbreak.

4/25/2005 1:30:02 AM

That thought occurs to me far too frequently.

I mean, OK...so yeah, your whole family is dead, and so are most of your friends, and all that...but after it's all wrapped up, you basically inherit the Earth. Well, a big-assed chunk of it, anyway. And if your friends are dead, that means the assholes are all dead, too. If you're really lucky, you'll find them zombified and get to crack their skulls open.

Infinite free shit. Take anything you want. Move around with no restrictions or shack up in the nicest house in town. Do whatever: read all day, build something, tear something down, learn some now-useless subject, drink yourself blind, do drugs (how long do drugs last, anyway?), shoot stuff, explore everything. This is one of those areas in which the Id would like to get out like Snewf implied earlier. You lose all of society's limitations without losing much of the infrastructure.

And it's all good if you're with your survivor buddies, too. Sure, you still have to follow the "Don't fuck with other people" rule, but there's so few people that it's a lot easier to do something without fucking with someone.

...and looking back at that I'm gonna go ahead and think maybe I should've shut up by the word "me"

[Edited on April 25, 2005 at 1:48 AM. Reason : ]

4/25/2005 1:47:34 AM

we should do something like this: http://www.zombiehunters.org/main.html

And heres a zombie attack generator: http://zombies.insertdisc.com/mattcordes/

4/25/2005 2:09:05 AM

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"Thus as long as i have power"

Quote :

"who said anythign aboiut power?"

4/25/2005 8:37:20 AM

haha

4/25/2005 8:34:19 PM

THE TIME HAS COME

4/27/2005 11:18:35 PM

Yeah i worked at a steel mill that tanker bar is no joke, i just liked swinging the damn thing around, it has added weight but damn you could fuck up some zombie mahfuckas
on another note the rage virus pplz off of 28 days latter were a lil to fast for my tasted ill take slow moving zombies on any day( im not a sprinter)

4/27/2005 11:31:26 PM

I don't think I'm the 1st, and I prolly won't be the last to say I'd start looting

4/28/2005 12:23:19 AM

and while you are looting, that band of zombies will converge on your location and absorb you.

4/28/2005 12:28:41 AM