Would you survive?
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Well, now that I'm the sexy undead second-in-command, I get the elite legion of zombies. Hehehe.
Well, now that I'm the sexy undead second-in-command, I get the elite legion of zombies. Hehehe.
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Of course they serve you... but there's got to be some perks to second-in-command, so they my special division.
Of course they serve you... but there's got to be some perks to second-in-command, so they my special division.
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If a zombie invasion occurred, I'd carry a rifle(Semi-auto, aim for the heads, don't want to waste any ammo with an automatic.), around 200+ bullets, 2 gallons of water, a backup weapon, and some snack food while riding around on a bike. The bike will grant you speed so that you can flee far away if you see a very large group of zeds, or if your city is entirely over run with them, while the rifle can be used to clear a store from a bit away for your search for supplies to stock up on.
As a backup weapon though, I'd likely go for a crowbar or some kind of axe, as those would be useful as tools as well as weapons in a tight situation and could be used to break locks where I don't have the time to pick them.
Agreed, rifles are the best bet, and it's easy to carry large quantities of ammunition such that you should be generally safe. That, in addition to a bike, will allow you to be mobile and powerful, even when others lose their transportation due to loss of fuel/exhaustion from running.
If a zombie invasion occurred, I'd carry a rifle(Semi-auto, aim for the heads, don't want to waste any ammo with an automatic.), around 200+ bullets, 2 gallons of water, a backup weapon, and some snack food while riding around on a bike. The bike will grant you speed so that you can flee far away if you see a very large group of zeds, or if your city is entirely over run with them, while the rifle can be used to clear a store from a bit away for your search for supplies to stock up on.
As a backup weapon though, I'd likely go for a crowbar or some kind of axe, as those would be useful as tools as well as weapons in a tight situation and could be used to break locks where I don't have the time to pick them.
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As a survivor - Carry my tactical vest, my C7-A2 with either the C79 optical sight, or an EOtech sight, and a forward grip, and a sure fire, and possibly a PAK 4. Then, I'd have my MNVGs, spare batteries, my 15 mags, my camel back full of water, my bayonette, an axe (better than machete because its easier to crush the skull and hence destroy the brain), my TCCC leg bad, few grenades, possibly a shotgun with a few slugs for blowing open doors... and zombie heads. Uhm... that's it for on foot, that's fairly heavy but I'm dropping some shit that I carry in real life.
As the zombie second-in-command... A sword.
And if rape is involved... well then... as the second-in-command I would have a personal harem that was only slightly small than the zombie king's.
As a survivor - Carry my tactical vest, my C7-A2 with either the C79 optical sight, or an EOtech sight, and a forward grip, and a sure fire, and possibly a PAK 4. Then, I'd have my MNVGs, spare batteries, my 15 mags, my camel back full of water, my bayonette, an axe (better than machete because its easier to crush the skull and hence destroy the brain), my TCCC leg bad, few grenades, possibly a shotgun with a few slugs for blowing open doors... and zombie heads. Uhm... that's it for on foot, that's fairly heavy but I'm dropping some shit that I carry in real life.
As the zombie second-in-command... A sword.
And if rape is involved... well then... as the second-in-command I would have a personal harem that was only slightly small than the zombie king's.
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I concur with the idea that rifles > melee weapons in a zombie outbreak. Just set it to semi-automatic so as not to waste ammunition. Personally I'd prefer an Israeli Galil, since they fire the same type of ammunition as the M16 which is much easier to find compared to 7.62 in the US, but aren't horribly unreliable like anything in the M series. If that's unavailable, just give me a .22, never run out of ammo, it's so easy to find in the US and so light carrying vast amounts of it is easy. For melee just give me a trench knife, stabs through bone like tissue paper if you use it right, and takes half the energy of a sword and has no risk of turning on you like a chainsaw, plus it's light, easy to use in close quarters that would make it impossible to swing a sword or machete, and much faster to draw. The rest of my equipment would depend entirely on what I was trying to do (fortify, run, find other people, or eliminate the undead.) though I'd also like some kind of handgun, preferably 9mm as it's also easy to find here, and a lot of the newer police issue 9mm pistols have 14+ magazines because they have to compete with what criminals use.
That's another problem in a zombie apocalypse, other survivors that decide it's okay to turn bandit now that there's no one to stop them. Like the end of the original Dawn of the Dead, if anyone else has seen it.
I concur with the idea that rifles > melee weapons in a zombie outbreak. Just set it to semi-automatic so as not to waste ammunition. Personally I'd prefer an Israeli Galil, since they fire the same type of ammunition as the M16 which is much easier to find compared to 7.62 in the US, but aren't horribly unreliable like anything in the M series. If that's unavailable, just give me a .22, never run out of ammo, it's so easy to find in the US and so light carrying vast amounts of it is easy. For melee just give me a trench knife, stabs through bone like tissue paper if you use it right, and takes half the energy of a sword and has no risk of turning on you like a chainsaw, plus it's light, easy to use in close quarters that would make it impossible to swing a sword or machete, and much faster to draw. The rest of my equipment would depend entirely on what I was trying to do (fortify, run, find other people, or eliminate the undead.) though I'd also like some kind of handgun, preferably 9mm as it's also easy to find here, and a lot of the newer police issue 9mm pistols have 14+ magazines because they have to compete with what criminals use.
That's another problem in a zombie apocalypse, other survivors that decide it's okay to turn bandit now that there's no one to stop them. Like the end of the original Dawn of the Dead, if anyone else has seen it.
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I was starting to think no one else had read the Zombie Survival Guide. Or are you just a straight thinker?
Though personally I don't go with all this talk of cars are useless due to fuel. Well, depending on the car at least. I know that on average America uses 1.7 the amount of fuel per car other countries use. But anyway, find a good car, fill it up and carry an extra tanks worth in the boot. A bicycle in the back seat, unless you have friends, though they could do the same and have a convoy. You will have at least a days worth of straight driving, and it's not as if fuel is hard to find is it? In the time it takes a horde to catch up that 10 miles to that remote gas station you carefully cleaned out earlier you could refill a hundred times, clean your weapons, reinforce your ride again, and do whatever. All whilst grabbing a snack and last weeks newspaper.
A car allows to carry all the ammo you can find rather than leave it behind and risk running low latter on. And unlike in the movies, a car doing 60 is not an easy thing to simply grab onto, nor do doors and windows fall off like tissue paper. If you can find a vehicle with genuine off-roading abilities not even the densest horde will stop you crushing hundreds in each charge. Otherwise choose a good blend of fuel economy to power ratio, and have a friend shoot while you pull up every 200 meters. If it comes to it, you can always ditch the thing and take your bike. Or, find another of the millions of cars infesting our planet. I seriously doubt the zombies are going to have the foresight to take their keys with them when they leave home. People put them in obvious places. Stay mobile, stay versatile, stay alive.
And don't listen to em Sinful, we need people like you. Zombies cannot bake cookies. We have cookies.
I was starting to think no one else had read the Zombie Survival Guide. Or are you just a straight thinker?
Though personally I don't go with all this talk of cars are useless due to fuel. Well, depending on the car at least. I know that on average America uses 1.7 the amount of fuel per car other countries use. But anyway, find a good car, fill it up and carry an extra tanks worth in the boot. A bicycle in the back seat, unless you have friends, though they could do the same and have a convoy. You will have at least a days worth of straight driving, and it's not as if fuel is hard to find is it? In the time it takes a horde to catch up that 10 miles to that remote gas station you carefully cleaned out earlier you could refill a hundred times, clean your weapons, reinforce your ride again, and do whatever. All whilst grabbing a snack and last weeks newspaper.
A car allows to carry all the ammo you can find rather than leave it behind and risk running low latter on. And unlike in the movies, a car doing 60 is not an easy thing to simply grab onto, nor do doors and windows fall off like tissue paper. If you can find a vehicle with genuine off-roading abilities not even the densest horde will stop you crushing hundreds in each charge. Otherwise choose a good blend of fuel economy to power ratio, and have a friend shoot while you pull up every 200 meters. If it comes to it, you can always ditch the thing and take your bike. Or, find another of the millions of cars infesting our planet. I seriously doubt the zombies are going to have the foresight to take their keys with them when they leave home. People put them in obvious places. Stay mobile, stay versatile, stay alive.
And don't listen to em Sinful, we need people like you. Zombies cannot bake cookies. We have cookies.
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One thing on chainsaws however. Depending on what type of zombie you are talking about, if you are dealing with zombies created by a virus, using a chainsaw would cover you in their fluids and therefore almost certainly infect you. In other words, chainsaws are tantamount to suicide against any sort of infectious zombie. Only use chainsaws against magically animated undead.
Not to burst your vehicular bubble, but not everyone will have super-filled their cars with gas. Likely you will have all the streets filled with empty cars. Also, their is no gaurantee that an infected person didn't get ahead of you before dying and starting up a new horde at your secluded gas station.
One thing on chainsaws however. Depending on what type of zombie you are talking about, if you are dealing with zombies created by a virus, using a chainsaw would cover you in their fluids and therefore almost certainly infect you. In other words, chainsaws are tantamount to suicide against any sort of infectious zombie. Only use chainsaws against magically animated undead.
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Beat it in, like, 5 minutes. Way too easy.
But yeah, the people in this game are fucking stupid.
"Durr, let's hit the chick and attack the zombies with a bat!"
"LOL LET'S DRIVE EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ZOMBIES EVERYWHERE OMFG ROFL"
"oh noes i br0ke mah leg falin down stairs dont leeve com bak!"
Beat it in, like, 5 minutes. Way too easy.
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But yeah, the people in this game are fucking stupid.
"Durr, let's hit the chick and attack the zombies with a bat!"
"LOL LET'S DRIVE EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ZOMBIES EVERYWHERE OMFG ROFL"
"oh noes i br0ke mah leg falin down stairs dont leeve com bak!"
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What kind of idiots are they? when that guy went outside, I wanted the thing to pause and ask me if I wanted to close the door on him.
And come on? Going to go drive by yourself, in the middle of the night, right through a zombie horde? How did he even survive long enough to be in this flash thingy?
I survived, after a few tries, at first I died a few times(Because I assumed the others weren't stupid, and thought they actually knew not to go off by themselves like any idiot would know)
After that, well, fuck them, evolution at work.
What kind of idiots are they? when that guy went outside, I wanted the thing to pause and ask me if I wanted to close the door on him.
And come on? Going to go drive by yourself, in the middle of the night, right through a zombie horde? How did he even survive long enough to be in this flash thingy?
I survived, after a few tries, at first I died a few times(Because I assumed the others weren't stupid, and thought they actually knew not to go off by themselves like any idiot would know)
After that, well, fuck them, evolution at work.
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If for some reason I decided to try and survive the outbreak, I like Tassadar's ideas for equipment regarding ammo. Though to be honest the M series isn't that unreliable, my M-4 never jammed once while I was in Iraq. As long as take proper care of it it's fine. For melee I would probaly take my Marine bowie and a hatchet because they have many uses outside of fighting, plus I know how to use them if I end up having to fight with them. Not sure on vehicles, but I would probably use one as long as possible. Wouldn't waste my life for it though. Considering the armament I already have in my house i would be fairly set.
However since I plan on leading the zombies, none of that matters. We have cookies as well despite what Squid has tried to convince you of. I baked them myself. Now come on join my zombie army, you know you want to.
If for some reason I decided to try and survive the outbreak, I like Tassadar's ideas for equipment regarding ammo. Though to be honest the M series isn't that unreliable, my M-4 never jammed once while I was in Iraq. As long as take proper care of it it's fine. For melee I would probaly take my Marine bowie and a hatchet because they have many uses outside of fighting, plus I know how to use them if I end up having to fight with them. Not sure on vehicles, but I would probably use one as long as possible. Wouldn't waste my life for it though. Considering the armament I already have in my house i would be fairly set.
However since I plan on leading the zombies, none of that matters. We have cookies as well despite what Squid has tried to convince you of. I baked them myself. Now come on join my zombie army, you know you want to.
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Currently I'm in a bit of a debacle, join Ronny and the horde as Queen... or become a survivor with people who may or may not listen to me. So far the undead are doing a better job of luring me in.
My C7 (very similar to an M-16) hasn't jammed yet here in Afghanistan, so I'd take that. Very simple to use, simple to maintain, and lots of the 5.56mm rounds about. For a sidearm, the hi-powered browning, just because that's the pistol I have the most experience in, and its a 9mm. Though a Sig-sauer would be nice too... just not a glock.
Anyway
Currently I'm in a bit of a debacle, join Ronny and the horde as Queen... or become a survivor with people who may or may not listen to me. So far the undead are doing a better job of luring me in.
My C7 (very similar to an M-16) hasn't jammed yet here in Afghanistan, so I'd take that. Very simple to use, simple to maintain, and lots of the 5.56mm rounds about. For a sidearm, the hi-powered browning, just because that's the pistol I have the most experience in, and its a 9mm. Though a Sig-sauer would be nice too... just not a glock.
Anyway
