This shit is cake for people like me and Siben who live in an area where a zombie outbreak would totally happen.
What gear would you have with you?
Handguns/Shotguns. Rifles are too bulky in tight areas and the extra power is pointless, a head shot is a headshot. Unless you're trying to slow a zombie down, then a shotgun to the kneecap or ankle to destroy forward momentum or trip them, then a handgun to the skull and you're done. Close quarters a fire axe or baseball bat. Anything you can keep swinging without much effort. You want something that can either crush of cleave bone easily. Getting a weapon stuck in a body means you're fucked royally. Fireaxes are also great in a pinch for keeping a door locked if there's a handle there.
What tactics would you employ for survival?
First thing first. Picking up Siben, if he's not turned yet. Then we're heading to the local wal-mart and stocking up there for quick supplies. Next to our other friends house which is near a home depot, super walmart and Price chopper. Canned food and anything that wont spoil over time, sweep the aisles and take our time. No loud noises, yelling or anything to attract too much attention. Secondly find an area to hole up in while we take inventory of what we have, someplace with a forced chokepoint or two and multiple positions to fall back to with an escape route to our back that can not be accessed by the living dead. After that, decisions on what to do.
I wouldn't forsee our back roads to be swarmed up here. The major highways sure, but that's a given. Steer clear of that shit. In the event of car failure on the way to destinations we'd have to stay off roads and cut through woodland. Though it sounds counter intuitive, road is easily navigable for shuffling horrors, while fallen trees, mud, and other such environment obstructions will hinder their movements and allow advanced warning of any approach. Wildlife is a great way to tell if something is coming.
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It depends on how bad the outbreak is. Nationwide, global, smallscale. Best thing to do is head north and wait for snowfall, but be sure to prepare for actually SNOWFALL. Not just a camping trip, and a longhaul. I would assume the intense cold would destroy most movement abilities even if a spring thaw came.
For carrion birds, wildlife can probably detect the difference between something worth eating and something that isn't supposed to be up and moving and infested. I wouldnt forsee something like RE1/2 crows but there would sure to be infected wildlife on all scales. Flaming zombies would suck, because they are going to keep coming and now they are on fire too which is just plain shit. I think Mythbusters did a "test" about nitrogen and freezing though and it would require a ton of time to freeze a chunk of them solid.
What gear would you have with you?
Handguns/Shotguns. Rifles are too bulky in tight areas and the extra power is pointless, a head shot is a headshot. Unless you're trying to slow a zombie down, then a shotgun to the kneecap or ankle to destroy forward momentum or trip them, then a handgun to the skull and you're done. Close quarters a fire axe or baseball bat. Anything you can keep swinging without much effort. You want something that can either crush of cleave bone easily. Getting a weapon stuck in a body means you're fucked royally. Fireaxes are also great in a pinch for keeping a door locked if there's a handle there.
What tactics would you employ for survival?
First thing first. Picking up Siben, if he's not turned yet. Then we're heading to the local wal-mart and stocking up there for quick supplies. Next to our other friends house which is near a home depot, super walmart and Price chopper. Canned food and anything that wont spoil over time, sweep the aisles and take our time. No loud noises, yelling or anything to attract too much attention. Secondly find an area to hole up in while we take inventory of what we have, someplace with a forced chokepoint or two and multiple positions to fall back to with an escape route to our back that can not be accessed by the living dead. After that, decisions on what to do.
I wouldn't forsee our back roads to be swarmed up here. The major highways sure, but that's a given. Steer clear of that shit. In the event of car failure on the way to destinations we'd have to stay off roads and cut through woodland. Though it sounds counter intuitive, road is easily navigable for shuffling horrors, while fallen trees, mud, and other such environment obstructions will hinder their movements and allow advanced warning of any approach. Wildlife is a great way to tell if something is coming.
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Quote:Let's talk about time limit here, how long do you think a zombie infestation would last? And here's something I always found odd in the zombie movies: If zombies are dead, why aren't carrion eating animals attracted to them?
And someone mentioned a flamethrower earlier, how about the inverse? Liquid Nitrogen gun, freeze dem zombies! Mostly because I doubt their nervous system would know/care that they're on fire and it'd take a while for the muscles to give out.
It depends on how bad the outbreak is. Nationwide, global, smallscale. Best thing to do is head north and wait for snowfall, but be sure to prepare for actually SNOWFALL. Not just a camping trip, and a longhaul. I would assume the intense cold would destroy most movement abilities even if a spring thaw came.
For carrion birds, wildlife can probably detect the difference between something worth eating and something that isn't supposed to be up and moving and infested. I wouldnt forsee something like RE1/2 crows but there would sure to be infected wildlife on all scales. Flaming zombies would suck, because they are going to keep coming and now they are on fire too which is just plain shit. I think Mythbusters did a "test" about nitrogen and freezing though and it would require a ton of time to freeze a chunk of them solid.
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