Where would you be if a zombie apocalypse happened?

IzI M V P IzI · March 18th, 2009, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by TheCrazyCat

put my head in the ground, and breathe thru a straw. IF I CANT SEE THEM THEY CANT SEE ME!

I've always liked that theory, I've never been eaten in the dark by shadow monsters because of it.

Dawnrazor · March 19th, 2009, 01:05 AM

I would be in a world of shit. And I bet everyone else here would be there too. Why? Here's a few tips.

1. Many of you would go and raid gunshops. Were you born so stupid or did you have to work on it? Answer one simple question: what thing in common with other shops does a gunshop has? If you don't know, I'll answer: a fucking owner. Probably armed, and suffering from a serious dislike of people that are trying to get his goods for free. In fact, I thing he(she) would dislike pretty much anyone trying to get close. If, by chance, he isn't there, there is another fuck-factor (or fucktor) - gun shops are fortified. They (most) have sturdy walls, heavy, armored doors and bars. Go and try to break in, I don't think any shop owner would leave his goods unlocked, unless he's dead before shit hit's the fan. And the third - while you would be trying to raid a gunshop, what do you think OTHER PEOPLE would be doing? The answer is THE SAME THING. Now, unless the gunshop is the size of a Spanish fotress show in some previous post, I don't suppose it would have enough guns. And when a bunch of people are trying to get a hold of a supply that is too limited - such situation is bound to burst into a fight, or in this case - a firefight. So if a zombie apocalypse is happening - try to condider what I wrote above, before rushing to a gunshop.
2. Ah, the Mall. The same as a gunshop, only if you succeed to get in and use it as a haven, it has one more, rather big, problem: it's big. How the hell would you manage to secure it? Unless you have a big bunch of friends with you, the size of a mall would become a headache. And even if you do manage so secure a mall with all of it's supplies and wares, get ready for the mother of all problems, whitch I will describe a little later.
3. I've read in other similar threads, that many of the posters would get into a car and try to get somewhere. Well, in a case of any disaster roads would be jammed for the first few days. And if it's a zombie apocalypse - guess who would hitchhike

. If you hit traffic, your car is immobilized, and you too. And if you can't move - you're zombie's dinner. Of course, you can get out and continue on foot, but in a middle of a traffic jam whitch is surrounded by zombies... I guess you won't get too far. The only car-option is an off-road capable vehicle, and that works only of you live in a rural area.

If zombie apocalypse would happen, I guess I would try the following:

1. Wait some time, securing my home any way I can (I live in an appartament on a second level, with and armored door, so it wouldn't be a chore).
2. Stay on foot (if zombies are fast - well... I hope they get tired quickly).
3. Avoid mall's, hospitals, police stations, supply stores etc. - any place that a crowd of people would go for the first place.
4. Avoid large groups of people. They may ad up to security, but become less mobile and thus increases the chance of things getting not the way you'd want to.
5. Not try to reach my family or friends, such an attempt has a big chance of rather lethal results.

I don't know where I would go though. I guess I would try to reach my village retreat. It is about 250 km from where I live, but I've walked longer distances, besides, only about 10 people live there.

So what I want to point out that guns and supplies are not key elements of survival. It's your skills that makes the big diference. Skills of surviving (finding food in the wild, starting a fire without matches etc), that you should harness if you want so survive ANY type of apocalypse (won't work for a nuclear one).

O.K. imagine that you managed to survive the initial chaos, you've found some safehouse, you have supplies and some people with you. Now get ready for the "mother of all problems", as I described it above - human greed, a.k.a. marauders. Their greed for your goods, added to your own greed that would make you defend it... Thomas Hobbes once wrote in his "Leviathan": "A law without a sword is nothing but empty words on paper". In case of a zombie hell, the sword would perish, and the law with him. And without any enforcement, the humanity's "everyone's war against everyone" would unmask it's most brutal face. It wouldn't be the zombies to destroy mankind. The mankind would destroy itself, because most of men are greedy, selfish, ignorant, and has an IQ of a shoe (woa, that even rhymes). Romero got really close to this point in his films, but didn't quite got it.

To sum it all up, I will citate a line from "Diary of the Dead": "Survive? Who the hell would want so survive in a world like this!?"

sniped02 · March 19th, 2009, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by eridor0

Why would you keep one as a pet?

i dont know?

Kenny007 · March 19th, 2009, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Dawnrazor

I would be in a world of shit. And I bet everyone else here would be there too. Why? Here's a few tips.

1. Many of you would go and raid gunshops. Were you born so stupid or did you have to work on it? Answer one simple question: what thing in common with other shops does a gunshop has? If you don't know, I'll answer: a fucking owner. Probably armed, and suffering from a serious dislike of people that are trying to get his goods for free.

I has guns...plenty, so no need to raid one. I may try to still head to one, to offer my services in exchange for some additional ammo. While it would be a stressful time, I may be able to bridge the tension gap as another gun owner, rather than a greedy bastard looking to take his shit.

2. Ah, the Mall. The same as a gunshop, only if you succeed to get in and use it as a haven, it has one more, rather big, problem: it's big. How the hell would you manage to secure it? Unless you have a big bunch of friends with you, the size of a mall would become a headache. And even if you do manage so secure a mall with all of it's supplies and wares, get ready for the mother of all problems, whitch I will describe a little later.

I hate malls...now and during the zombie apocalypse...won't be heading there.

If zombie apocalypse would happen, I guess I would try the following:

1. Wait some time, securing my home any way I can (I live in an appartament on a second level, with and armored door, so it wouldn't be a chore).
2. Stay on foot (if zombies are fast - well... I hope they get tired quickly).
3. Avoid mall's, hospitals, police stations, supply stores etc. - any place that a crowd of people would go for the first place.
4. Avoid large groups of people. They may ad up to security, but become less mobile and thus increases the chance of things getting not the way you'd want to.
5. Not try to reach my family or friends, such an attempt has a big chance of rather lethal results.

Would agree with most of that, but I'd have to go try to get friends and family, as they don't have many guns.

I don't know where I would go though. I guess I would try to reach my village retreat. It is about 250 km from where I live, but I've walked longer distances, besides, only about 10 people live there.

So what I want to point out that guns and supplies are not key elements of survival. It's your skills that makes the big diference. Skills of surviving (finding food in the wild, starting a fire without matches etc), that you should harness if you want so survive ANY type of apocalypse (won't work for a nuclear one).

O.K. imagine that you managed to survive the initial chaos, you've found some safehouse, you have supplies and some people with you. Now get ready for the "mother of all problems", as I described it above - human greed, a.k.a. marauders. Their greed for your goods, added to your own greed that would make you defend it... Thomas Hobbes once wrote in his "Leviathan": "A law without a sword is nothing but empty words on paper". In case of a zombie hell, the sword would perish, and the law with him. And without any enforcement, the humanity's "everyone's war against everyone" would unmask it's most brutal face. It wouldn't be the zombies to destroy mankind. The mankind would destroy itself, because most of men are greedy, selfish, ignorant, and has an IQ of a shoe (woa, that even rhymes). Romero got really close to this point in his films, but didn't quite got it.

To sum it all up, I will citate a line from "Diary of the Dead": "Survive? Who the hell would want so survive in a world like this!?"

As for where I'd go, see this impenetrable fortress...

And as for keeping the law, note said guns. I wouldn't be handing out my guns willy nilly. Friends and family only. If you don't like my rules, do expect me to waste rounds for your benefit. To survive, I would harbor a skilled set of individuals who I'd expect wouldn't mind starting a fire for me rather than get ate by some zombie.

*hugs guns*

Dawnrazor · March 19th, 2009, 09:47 PM

You can't fully rely on other people, even if you are bound with them, for two reasons:

1) They simply may not be there when you need them
2) Human nature a.k.a. Human factor. Recalling pshychology, manner of men may change drastically under different conditions.

Injected · March 20th, 2009, 07:15 PM

I would have a boomer eat me and just eat the food he sends down for me and just wait it out. I think i have better chances than all of you

j0rrdyn · March 20th, 2009, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by Kristen__

My boyfriend always asks me this question, and I never know the answer. He works at a prison and says that it would be a great place to go, so I guess I'll trust him.

Totally a prison.
They have fences around them, stone walls, cells you cant break into, riot gear, guns and everything, and tons of food.

In The Walking Dead books, they stay in the prison.

Injected · March 21st, 2009, 01:32 AM

Originally Posted by j0rrdyn

Totally a prison.
They have fences around them, stone walls, cells you cant break into, riot gear, guns and everything, and tons of food.

In The Walking Dead books, they stay in the prison.

your forgetting the prisoners

nice bait
lol jk

Dentie · March 21st, 2009, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Injected

your forgetting the prisoners

nice bait
lol jk

they can be held in their cells cant they??

Dawnrazor · March 21st, 2009, 08:49 PM

What makes you think you'll be able to put them in those cells?

j0rrdyn · March 21st, 2009, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Dawnrazor

What makes you think you'll be able to put them in those cells?

killl t the prisoners.

Twist · March 21st, 2009, 10:32 PM

I already made a deal with a guy that owns an ammo manufacturing company. He used to live next door to me and although I have quite a few guns, this man is a damn one man army...He has an armory with 4 foot thick concrete walls and over 5,000 guns with ammo to match, and as long as this zombie apocalypse doesn't come this year, he will have an old T72 Russian tank. (He bought a Russian surplus tank, but apparently prep and shipping take forever and shipping costs about as much as the tank itself) Anyway, we used to shoot together and joked around about apocalyptic events and he said if anything ever happens we'll hold down the armory...So good luck to the rest of you...

j0rrdyn · March 21st, 2009, 11:28 PM

shit. youre set.

Injected · March 21st, 2009, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by Twist

I already made a deal with a guy that owns an ammo manufacturing company. He used to live next door to me and although I have quite a few guns, this man is a damn one man army...He has an armory with 4 foot thick concrete walls and over 5,000 guns with ammo to match, and as long as this zombie apocalypse doesn't come this year, he will have an old T72 Russian tank. (He bought a Russian surplus tank, but apparently prep and shipping take forever and shipping costs about as much as the tank itself) Anyway, we used to shoot together and joked around about apocalyptic events and he said if anything ever happens we'll hold down the armory...So good luck to the rest of you...

no fair...

But who makes deals like that? lol

"Hey man if there are any zombie or alien attacks you got my back right?"

"OO hell yea! Hey hand me my beer over there"

IzI M V P IzI · March 21st, 2009, 11:43 PM

For ne thing I don't believe anyone who says that they wouldn't try to reach friends or family. No matter how pekople would like to think they are going to act you never know until it comes to the crunch. It's the same if you ask someone 'could you kill someone?' nine times out of ten people would say yes but if it came down to looking a person in the eyes and taking away their life and destroying a family etc, I'm not so sure. I wouldn't go off what anyone says until I see it for myself.

Injected · March 21st, 2009, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by IzI M V P IzI

For ne thing I don't believe anyone who says that they wouldn't try to reach friends or family. No matter how pekople would like to think they are going to act you never know until it comes to the crunch. It's the same if you ask someone 'could you kill someone?' nine times out of ten people would say yes but if it came down to looking a person in the eyes and taking away their life and destroying a family etc, I'm not so sure. I wouldn't go off what anyone says until I see it for myself.

Wise man.

Very good way of putting it.

TheCrazyCat · March 22nd, 2009, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by IzI M V P IzI

I've always liked that theory, I've never been eaten in the dark by shadow monsters because of it.

My friend killed a Tank like that, he ran to a corner, faced it, and turned off his flashlight, and kept saying the phrase over and over

IzI M V P IzI · March 22nd, 2009, 01:11 AM

I'll try that next time. You never know eh

Kuval · April 16th, 2009, 10:11 AM

I would hide myself in a lighthouse near the sea, and broadcasting best songs ever for the survivors, like in The Fog from Carpenter, i just love this film.

Voodoo Shoe · April 16th, 2009, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by hatchet130

I think i would be in my best friend's junk yard. its gated so it might work.. any thoughts?

the first place i would goto is my shed and start making up some seriously messed up weapons (ive totally had this convosation before like 1million times lol).....

now...if the zombies aint super fast like they are on l4d (2nd zoey calling zombie bullshit on that) i would go straight to the local hardware store where they sell tools bricks and all the kind of foolery and really start making some crazy zombie head busting weaponry

but if the zombies were fast then i will just sit on the toilet and wait for the inevitable