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4/18/2005 7:00:10 PM

Sorry BigMan157, you don't get more than two.

Snewfs ideas about zombies are moronic and baseless. The overwhelming majority of people will be zombified in the initial waves, and the relatively small groups of survivors that succumb won't pose a significant thread.

Cooperation has always proven itself to be the preferable course of action. There's no counterexample in history. Being a "Lone Wolf" is as sure a way to die as any.

I especially like how Snewf writes off repopulation. Why bother surviving if there's no future for yourself, your line, and humanity? If we don't at least try to preserve our species, we might as well let ourselves succumb to the zombies.

The zombies will starve. They won't even have time to decompose, regardless of the climate. They will not live (at least not in a threatening condition) for more than four months. Take my word on it.

4/18/2005 7:10:13 PM

blah blah blah

4/18/2005 7:14:41 PM

You will die, your line will go extinct. We, on the other hand, will live, and our ancestors will inherit the earth that fools like you abandoned so readily.

4/18/2005 7:16:45 PM

let me ask you this simple question

how many firearms do you have within 20 ft of you at the moment?

4/18/2005 7:17:40 PM

We've already determinded baseball bats to be preferable to guns.

4/18/2005 7:18:36 PM

Your guns will run out of bullets. The hatchet and machete that I have within reach will not.

4/18/2005 7:19:22 PM

hahaha you guys are so gonna die

a crowbar is quite a bit better than a bat

the bat will eventually break

^ I likewise have a hatchet and crowbar

[Edited on April 18, 2005 at 7:20 PM. Reason : thur]

4/18/2005 7:19:50 PM

A bat is not the best melee weapon, but we don't plan on fighting nonstop. Clearly we'll have access to all manner of bludgeoning implements.

If you have a hatchet and a crowbar, you will end up relying on them, and quickly. Guns will only come in handy in the aftermath, if rival groups have them.

4/18/2005 7:22:12 PM

tell me again how my 12 gauge pump is not useful for clearing a hallway?

4/18/2005 7:23:08 PM

Gordon Freeman has already taught us that a crowbar can be very effective

4/18/2005 7:23:57 PM

A 12 gauge will not clear a packed hallway. It'll take out two, maybe three, tops, and that's if you've got the proper shells and it's sawn-off.

Remember, you've got to do more to incapacitate a zombie than you do a human. You have to inflict massive head trauma, or blow parts of them completely off. Perforating the chest ain't gonna take 'em down.

4/18/2005 7:25:08 PM

I'm well aware of this

but buckshot at close range aimed roughly at the head area is going to be effective

and since I'm also packing a .38 revolver and a .308... I'll be alright

4/18/2005 7:27:36 PM

Bullets don't kill zombies.

4/18/2005 7:28:36 PM

^^How much ammo are you gonna have on you and how quickly are you going to be able to reload? Odds are that no weapon short of a light saber will get you out of a hallway full of zombies.

[Edited on April 18, 2005 at 7:29 PM. Reason : ]

4/18/2005 7:29:01 PM

depends

kills Romero zombies

4/18/2005 7:29:04 PM

axe thx

4/18/2005 7:43:52 PM

I would like to mention that I have no sense of smell.

But in a world populated with rotting corpses, that might be a good thing.

4/18/2005 7:54:17 PM

Bullets will kill zombies, but you don't have an infinite supply of them, and reloading's a bitch...

Wraith's right, if there's a hall full of the bastards, you just as well run, because you're fucked.

4/18/2005 8:52:48 PM

i'm gonna get me a gothic mace and a shotty for just such and occasion

also, where is the closest supply of metal cable and what is a human's average height, i have an idea

4/18/2005 9:02:48 PM

THIS THREAD IS ULTRA GAY

4/18/2005 9:03:29 PM

Quote :

"I also liked the point about having a heads-up on people who might be getting ready to crack. What if one of us gets all fatalistic and decides it's better we join the zombies? We need to keep an eye out for that. I'm saying we should go all Big Brother, but there are signals not all of us may catch."

A way around this is to always have a team of two people at all times watching. However switching up the teams will help keep anyone from trying anything stupid and should help give different perspectives on peoples stress levels. As for paring off guy to girls right away I would not do it till after the major threat is gone. I am worried that it helps reduce the feeling of attachment should something bad happen.

4/18/2005 9:05:26 PM

There's really no need to worry about running out of plywood to board up windows. Each room has desks and dressers that can easily be dismantled and nailed up.

4/18/2005 9:06:02 PM

that shit is particle board

even a little girl zombie would bust through one of them

4/18/2005 9:06:42 PM

don't worry

I'll come rescue you guys

4/18/2005 9:22:10 PM

appreciate it

4/18/2005 9:26:54 PM

I was being facetious

I don't want to die in Raleigh

but you're welcome to come to Gunsville, USA and do some killing with me

4/18/2005 9:34:25 PM

If zombies ever invade I'm with Snewf.

4/18/2005 9:38:01 PM

i'm with me

and if me is with someone else than so be it

4/18/2005 9:47:28 PM

Quote :

"If zombies ever invade I'm with Snewf."

A. you will never make it out of the city. the roads will quickly jam, and you will be fucked.
B. you will die.
C. you will not be able to get us, because we will be in UT properly sealed off from the mayham.

4/18/2005 10:08:53 PM

ok how about a Terminator invasion

liquid metal terminators = game over

4/18/2005 10:12:35 PM

some of us would manage to crawl in a hole somewhere and tough it out

but not many

4/18/2005 10:13:17 PM

tchenku, really, what are the fucking chances of THAT happening?

4/18/2005 10:14:24 PM

let's be realistic here

4/18/2005 10:16:13 PM

my overall plan will be to make it to an oil rig out in the atlantic

i'll move from safehouse to safehouse with my mace, my shotty, and my bitches

[Edited on April 18, 2005 at 10:18 PM. Reason : i swear to god of one of you breaks a heel while running i'll shoot you in the fucking head myself]

4/18/2005 10:17:58 PM

actually i am a terminator

4/18/2005 10:18:13 PM

^^I don't wear a lot of heels.

4/18/2005 10:27:40 PM

that's good

4/18/2005 10:28:16 PM

UT is kind of a crap choice

seems difficult to fortify

4/18/2005 10:33:13 PM

it's the best out of everything on campus

4/18/2005 10:34:24 PM

that may be true

those glass doors are a liability though

4/18/2005 10:34:59 PM

Baricading yourself inside a building is suicide. Its only a matter of time before someone fucks up,
(and someone will fuck up), and lets a zombie in. If one gets in, more will get in. Besides, You're all banking on the fact that they can survive at most a couple of months. You're also using human physiology to support your claims. Is it so hard to believe that any thing that might reanimate dead tissue simply doesnt need to feed, or need nourishment to survive? But they instead do so simply out of basic instinct.

Secondly, guns are your friends. Rifles and shotguns specifically. I understand the advantage of melee weapons in that there's no ammo to worry about, but the last place you want to be is within arms (or baseball bat's) reach of one of those fuckers. If you're close enough to hit one with a bat, you're close enough to get bitten. Ideally, you'd be carrying both. Use guns to drop them at range. (A single shot to the head is usually sufficient to put one down for good). And break out the bat/machete/sword/hatchet/board-with-a-nail-in-it to beat the ones you're unfortunate enough to get that close to.

4/18/2005 10:41:00 PM

that glass is fairly solid, and zombies don't know how to use objects to break the glass. they will break it eventually, but not before we can construct a solid barrier behind them.

and even if they DO breach it, they won't be able to get above the first level once we fall back and barricade the stairwells.

4/18/2005 10:42:01 PM

Quote :

"Baricading yourself inside a building is suicide."

one cannot stay out on the streets in constant battle for the rest of his life. period.

4/18/2005 10:43:51 PM

So when they do break in, you're going to fend off dozens, if not hundreds of zombies in a stairwell with baseball bats?

4/18/2005 10:44:33 PM

no... the stairwells will be locked and barricaded solidly, in advance (except for the one we planned on using). they would not be able to get through.

4/18/2005 10:45:50 PM

4/18/2005 10:50:05 PM

No. Zombies tend to gather in groups, and avoiding large groups wouldnt be all that difficult for a few decently armed people on foot. Being decently armed, taking out stragglers would be simple. The object being get as far away from population centers as possible.

Think about it. You guys are planning on fortifying a position with a dozen or two people....in a building that houses hundreds (hundreds of potential zombies already within your fortress), in the middle of a major fucking college campus? You will have Ten thousand zombies in the immediate area, many of which will be trying to break into your building. Sorry, but the zombies will win that seige.

4/18/2005 10:50:23 PM

I saw some blacks eating dogfood once, it would work, and large quantities are easily transportable

4/18/2005 11:00:11 PM

^(some sort of large number)
I don't own any heels.

If I was at my parents house at the time of attack, we would be set. My brother collects swords and they're all "battle ready" sharp. We actually about sliced my friend's thumb off one day.

4/18/2005 11:01:32 PM