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Topic Started: Oct 2 2009, 02:09 PM (1,052 Views)
Silinrul Darastrix7
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:P I hope the zombies eat you first, so I can make my initial escape from the legions of the undead.
 
Filrena
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Unfortunately using me as bait is a less effective idea when we probably don't live near eachother. D:
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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Or do we? *dramatic lightning background*
 
L.Kaisamu423
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I've got a big truck ... a shotgun ... and plenty of stuff to smash heads with ... oh and a lot of twinkies ... and some Pocky ...
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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I have Grif, scientifically known as "Turdicus Zombiebatius"
 
MountainLynx
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*sigh*

Zombies have excellent hearing and don't feel pain. the best vehicle you could possibly have is a bicycle (NO BELL), while the best weapon is a crossbow (with the largest, razor-sharp blade you can find as a backup). You make noise, and you'll alert every zombie in earshot.

Also, ALWAYS double-tap, and never set a zombie on fire (goes with "they don't feel pain").
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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:P The zombie survival guide had a bit of inaccuracies ya know.

Grif is the best bait I say- Oh.... weapon? But it's more important to watch Grif get devour'd.
 
Filrena
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However, at least they tried to compile tons of info on the walking dead ^^;;;
o.o; no weapon? no good. You can't watch devourings if you get devoured ._.;

Weapon wise I decided to cover myself with a crowbar or lighter end clubbing weapon like a bat: it's not too heavy so I won't get tired as quickly with much swinging, and inflicting respectable damage without as likely splashing blood onto myself is preferable. (It seems like zombies are always either completely magical, or some disease-based parasite thing or something alike.)
That and with a crowbar you can pry stuff open, and furthermore a nice strike to the lower face of a being that is completely uninterested in defending itself is bound to ruin the lower jaw and much of the teeth, making it harder for it to bite, right?
 
Xieveral
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What kind of zombies are we talking about here? Undead? Voodoo? Virus?

I'd think you need to make specific plans for each type.

Undead and virus zombies scare me Q|||Q;

I don't think the undead zombies could hear, being dead and all. How do they move? I dunno might be something like that fungus that makes its way into an ant's brain and sends them to their deaths.

...Then again fungus-controlled count as a virus zombie.

Or maybe undead zombies are implausible since being dead= brain is dead/gooey/rotten= you can't function without a living brain (...yet anyway Ohnoesbrainchipswillreplaceourbrains)

Still, virus zombies are scary and pretty plausible X< it'd be like they're affected by berserk. You can do something like hack off their limbs but they'll still come at you until they bleed to death, bash their heads in, blow them up, FIRE. Or go hide until they die off after a couple days or weeks due to starvation/dehydration/injury/unprotected exposure to the elements.

EDIT: OMG what if the virus is airborne??? Well I guess that's it we're doomed :P

Oh and undo the curse for the voodoo ones or go with the virus plan. Voodoo zombie is the one we'd most likely survive as its more mind control and not icky germy things of apocalyptic doom
 
MountainLynx
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you're thinking of a fluke that takes over the ant's brain, which causes the ant to climb up, say, a blade of grass so that it can be easily eaten by a bird, because that particular parasite can only reproduce in a bird's digestive tract. Same idea, yes.

As for "virus" zombies, it's commonly held that the disease spreads through blood and saliva, thus you have to be bitten to be affected. The fever kills the host, then the disease can start taking over brain cells so that it can spread. The host is usually resuscitated during rigor mortis, and is therefore slow and ineffective during its first 72 hours under disease control. Due to the necrosis, a zombie's non-essential nerve endings are dead. Only the senses nearest the brain are spared, and they only have enough nerve tissue to allow muscles to work. Thus, fire is not the best tactic, as a flaming zombie will still try to eat you until it's completely consumed. These biological processes also imply that, given enough time and some nourishment, a zombie may actually be able to regenerate itself unless its brain, the central location of the disease, is destroyed or removed from the body.

These processes are most readily caused by a parasite of some sort, rather than bacteria or a virus. Typically, the larval parasite would be sensitive to moisture, and would need some form of local nourishment to stay alive before being transmitted to a new host, thus transmission through saliva or blood is most likely. That would also make the desert an ideal hiding place, as any zombies there would dry up within a week or two, destroying the parasite with it.
 
L.Kaisamu423
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what about supplies? what should I bring?
 
Filrena
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I'm going to go on extensively on my own opinions. Sorry if I come off as a teacher or offensively ignoring other posts. ;.;


I'll start food-wise.
The better the lifespan of the products, the better. It should be well contained so that most variations of zombie do not infest their source. (voodoo/necromancy-based is a hit/miss, though. Try to go at small family stores, because they're less likely to be known, and thus less likely the target of a mystical curse of some form.) Proper preservation shouldn't be a particularly difficult thing, because food is likely to be smacked down into a mess, but not often directly breached. If radiation is a cause, avoid cans for a long time: radiation poisoning sucks and metal stays 'hot' so to speak.
After most quantity of zombies are lost to some method or another, you need to look into proper farming techniques to home-grow small quantities of nurishment. There should be plentiful stock of resources to assist this goal from gardening sections of big stores. This hopefully will cover long term survival.

Transportation: have a bike handy. Never runs out of gas, gets you to other places, and can be tossed in larger vehicles. A car is secondary because they're quick, can be used to run over zombies, and using it doesn't exhaust you---but the big thing is that they have a limitation of gas, and zombies can rest and hide in its space. I guess golf carts and equivalent vehicles can be just as if not more handy due to its compact size and not being a good zombie's hideout. Motorcycles are good as no-hidey cars but still suffer the gas issue, and they're harder to use. (not to mention you don't want to run into a zombie on one. Ouch.)
If I recall correctly, golf carts do not contain metalics for the majority/entire of its touched interface, and is relatively safe in a radiation-based zombie invasion.

Weapons: Things with reach in some form or another. Although projectile weapons are very tempting, keep in mind their ammo limitation and reloading. They can still be lifesavers, so have both a ranged form of fighting and a weapon hung on the belt that you can pull off and swing at a zombie. Blunt forms, like I said, better because lack of blood splatter. If you can tell that it's not a variant that infects based on blood then bladed weapons may be more optimal to take out limbs and hopefully the head.
I've seen that modern crossbows types seem to generally consist of a rifle-like structuring, which I feel would be effecient for usage and frequently include some form of scope for effective aiming even a newbie can work with.
Remember resourcefullness in many forms, especially for the offense: Baseball bats, crowbars, etc., etc. Be sure it's not too heavy. Zombies are known for fright not just because they can take hits without flinching but mostly because their rediculously overwhelming quantities.
If you have serious connections, go as far as to pistol guns, rifle crossbows, AND blunt swingers. Use the crossbow for smaller quantities due to its reusable ammo, pistols if you're getting "OMFG THAT'S A TON!", and then pull the blunt when it gets too nasty. Never rush in with a melee weapon of any sort because you'll get exhausted too quickly and become overwhelmed.
Guns/bows aren't effective enough to continue fighting when it gets close, because zombies lack the number of vitals that normal humans do, whereas a blunt weapon can crush in their face and hands to make their attempted assault less effective.

Shelter. Secure a shelter ENTIRELY. Be paranoid on this. Go for ones you can activate a security for so that you'll be alerted when zombies are smashing through the windows and doors. If you have luxury in time, having some method to get to the roof is good because they'd have a hard time getting to the roof as well, and you get a great coverage for vision.
Larger houses are a give/take. They'll probably have more methods of getting out of the house, but it's easier for zombies to hold a part or something because you didn't have enough time to get at them.
When escaping DO NOT last minute a through-glass escape. You will severely injure yourself if you try to ram through glass. Instead, use the butt of a rifle weapon or a reasonably sizable object to bash through, and use it to further clear the glass around the edges. This is why I say not to 'last minute' the escape, because you'll need a bit of time to get through this and not put cuts all over yourself.

Wearing things: armor made for LARP, showing off, etc., might be debatably ok. Actual platemails and stuff may be effective for a clearing phase of entering a shelter, but do not have it on 24/7, because you are not some fantasy hero that won't get exhausted by the burden. =>.o;
Bullet proof vests, I'm not sure, but it probably will be a sort of 'well, why not?!' thing. If you're using a bike or motorcycle pay extra attention to being dressed properly against crashing the bike/motorcycle. I emphasize this because it'll be a faint, though unreliable protection against zombies. (It won't do much except for that a zombie may not get through the helmet.) You also don't want to be half-dead if you crashed into a zombie by accident.

Mentality: Look at the back of your book: Don't Panic. In friendly red bold letters ^.^; ...erm..*ahem* You need a clear mind to survive. Pay attention to your surroundings, and hold trust to your friends.

This is all I can think of for the time being.
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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Here's my zombie plan:

I'm goin to da Winchester. :3
 
Xieveral
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There is no zombie virus (yet O_O ) so we don't know how one would affect the host. The dying then being revived by the virus theory doesn't make sense to me since the body requires a living brain in order to function. Resuscitating the brain may be possible but not without outside medical help. Even then there's the risk of brain damage. Rabies might be the closest thing to a zombie virus in its symptoms.
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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You sure it's not caused by a wasp-llookin thing? Like when you grab a queen, squish it, and zombies nearby start exploding? :) That's so much fun to do.
 
Xieveral
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Shou's Mommy
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Bugs AND zombies?!?! T^T I'm gonna go hide under my blankies now.
 
L.Kaisamu423
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you can eat the twinkies ... just got to pull out the buckshot from it ...
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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Can I have those cool hostess pies? Those are good.
 
L.Kaisamu423
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Evil Laura!
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Sure n_n just remember to double tap on your way out of the gas station!
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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<_< You fail. I like blowin stuff up instead. So I'll blow up the gas station... then me too, but that's more stuff blowing up, right?
 
L.Kaisamu423
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Evil Laura!
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Well ... it kinda defeats the purpose of LIVING
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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Naw. You just gotta put yourself back together again.
 
Emrald???
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BORDERLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDS <3
 
L.Kaisamu423
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LoL I am going to build a gun that sucks on purpose :P see how many things I can kill with it before I --- *respawns* that was quick ...
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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Throw bread at them?
 
Valtea
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Brain shaped bread maybe. They're zombies, they might fall for it.
 
L.Kaisamu423
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Nah I'll stick to my orginal plan of a big truck and plenty of ammo and a LOT of gas ... road kill is awesome when it is a zombie :P ... uh oh ... I think I found my inner red neck ...
 
Silinrul Darastrix7
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:P That's funny, I was thinking your inner redneck was the same as your outer self anyhow.
 
Xieveral
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Valtea
Oct 28 2009, 08:42 AM
Brain shaped bread maybe. They're zombies, they might fall for it.

Invite them for dinner?

 
L.Kaisamu423
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I can cook a mean pizza! *preheats the oven and gets out the tombstone* XD
 
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