The official Zombie Apocalypse thread

[Νύξ]

Honestly, by itself it sounds rather pleasant. The problem is it will probably be burned down by the rioting. This proves my initial point that you should stay away from humans during this time. Sure, the possibility for reaching insanity increases, but so does your chance of survival.

i remember watching a movie i think it was called pandora or something like that.you see this guy who survives but is insane and tries carving up the,i guss you could call them,heros...he dosent but he was going to,the minut he gets helpfull another crazy guy sticks him in the eye.or like stross in dead space 2.goes nuts and gets a scrue driver in the temple.and in preditor the crazy guy who survived all those years in the preditors hunting planit got killed(sorry if im spoiling anything for people who like to be suprized by movies but these are to help make a point)its important to atleast have some way to keep your mind intact or you wind up doing something stupid and get yourself killed.humans are soucial creatures by nature.lack of company can mess with a person.even i got my sister and my uncle...oh and my other frend whos naim i cant pronounce and definitly cant spell....even people who ont go out and make frends and stay on there computers look for company on the web.lack of company drives people off there nut,and in a world of dead people and other crazies ,insanity wouldent be a survival trait.

 

[MyLordRobinson]

From a psychological standpoint, let's look at the term "insanity". Insane is not a place; you can't "go" there. Trauma, like what you would experience from something like a zombie outbreak happening, would be severe, obviously. That being said, when you have a disorder, it's other people who seem odd, not you.

For example, someone with a heavy paranoia disorder (which could be caused by being overly suspicious of uninfected) would find no good reason to come with you, help you, or do anything other than kill you.

Insanity, or what we call insanity, is not a switch that can be turned on.

It's a permanent state of mind.

 

[crimcrim]

Ahh... So, the solution, therefore, is to be like Tarzan and learn how to swing from tree to tree...

No. The solution is to shoot anything that even slightly twitches, whether alive or dead. If any of you come to New York I will not hesitate to kill you during the zombie apocalypse.

tl;dr - NY is dead to you..

 

[Samven]

No. The solution is to shoot anything that even slightly twitches, whether alive or dead. If any of you come to New York I will not hesitate to kill you during the zombie apocalypse.

tl;dr - NY is dead to you..

Don't worry. I've seen enough disaster movies to know that, when the apocalypse does finally come, New York is going to be the first place it hits.

 

[Νύξ]

From a psychological standpoint, let's look at the term "insanity". Insane is not a place; you can't "go" there. Trauma, like what you would experience from something like a zombie outbreak happening, would be severe, obviously. That being said, when you have a disorder, it's other people who seem odd, not you.

For example, someone with a heavy paranoia disorder (which could be caused by being overly suspicious of uninfected) would find no good reason to come with you, help you, or do anything other than kill you.

Insanity, or what we call insanity, is not a switch that can be turned on.

It's a permanent state of mind.

Yes i know it is not a place to go to but its how you describe one who is insane you could say he none the less has been to insanity seen the sights and was probably thinking of staying for a few weeks,because going back to the real world would mean seeing dead people.You could say its that part of your brainyou retreat to when it seems to be the only place to go.As for a state of mind it is a state of mind that can think rationaly that will keep you alive.for instance;I wouldent kill my sister id do evoreything to keep her and me alive,for two reasons.One she is family,and you dont go all fratricital because evoreyone elts has become a zombie and you and the person next to you havent,because if you start killing indiscriminitly youd just be helpiung the zombies in ending the human raceand two shed keep me frome going crazy.because its the crazys that do stupid things that get themselves killed.Stross went crazy and atacked people with a scruedriver,the end result being a scruedriver in the side of his head.Insanity as i said is not a survival trait.Oh you may see movies were the crazy guy survives because of his insanity but these are just movies,not the genuine article.Besides that crimson if you did try to kill me youd be nobetter than the zombies.the trick is to kill the ones trying to kill you.most of the badass murderors would die because theyd try to kill back and get biten,the ones with large familys would die because theyd be trying to keep evoreyone alive,the familys who comprize of nomore than 4 or three people would have a chance because theyd have fewer people to organize and mabu only a qurter or so of them would die,the lone crazies would probably lock themselves in there rooms without thinking ad starve or die of thirst over time or would go out get stupid and incidentaly bitten,singular people would probably have frends and go looking for them and a good number of them would get bitten but it would also depend on location,survivors who know what there doing would have a fair chance and a few might be paranoid but a live person and a dead one would be pretty distinguishable i think walking or not,in short only a small handfull of survivors would be insane but not the majority.im not saying give them a hug but im also not saying to shoot on sight eather.id say the real trick is to survive the zombies and not become them(i dont mean dont get biten altho you dont want to. i mean dont help them kill humanity off.)i hope im making sence,besides most people who arent crazy wouldent aproach because theyd be just as shure that you were the crazy person.At any rate crimson your saying kill evorey one,so...would you kill your own mother or father if they were still alive?dispatch with a sibling?i dont thing anyone apart frome the derancged has it in them to do that.

 

[Samven]

... *Cough*

So. I just thought of an idea for a weapon: the combine harvester. Oh, sure, it requires you to know how to drive it but they're relatively high up, so they get you off the ground by a fair amount, and when they're in motion they can shred zombies like nobody's business. The only issue I can think of would be refuelling it...

 

[Νύξ]

You could rig up a basket on the back to hold a gass container.and theres the issue of when you have to drive on concreat.Those blades are going to be scratching on the concreat wich will dull them and make all kinds of noize atracting more zombies.Its a good idea but it requires conditioning to work the way you want it to.If i had a choice in what weapon to use id use a scilenced hand gun.Eazy to cary,no noize eazy to manuver with,and ,provided you can aim well enough to know were the head is' a pretty to the point way of dispaching with zombies.

 

[Samven]

We play the Xenoblade soundtrack. All of it. Everywhere. At all times.

That isn't really going to stop the zombies. I just want to make sure that, if we all die in an apocalypse of the undead, it's to some kickass tracks.

 

[Νύξ]

I got aim and a triger finger you wouldent want to laugh at.Solong as I got enough magazines(not the reading material)I think I could make my way to somewere safe.If it were a matter of someone saying"lets use melle weapons.I got an axe and a sword at home"I'd say that he was stupid.You dont want them to get close.Melle alows them to get close.As for the sound track,I'd say thanks for drawing there atention away frome me.Hope you get out alive,but I'm not placeing any bet's on that....

A pistol might not do much in a"video game"but in the real world its a pretty good way to put a bullet in someones head and with a scilencer I'm making less noize when I shoot wich will keep my fireing frome drawing the zombies attention to me.

 

[Nathanial]

A pistol might not do much in a"video game"but in the real world its a pretty good way to put a bullet in someones head and with a scilencer I'm making less noize when I shoot wich will keep my fireing frome drawing the zombies attention to me.

I think you fail to realize how loud guns are. Even with a supressor. At least most guns. They aren't as quiet as they are in movies. Not even close.

How do you expect to get all these weapons, btw? Do you already have guns in case of an outbreak, or do you expect to magically get to a gun shop without getting hurt realistically? And I'm not talking about just the zombies. The chaos of people, etc.

 

[crimcrim]

Agreed. Silenced weapons still make a considerable amount of noise, especially when you take into consideration that most likely you will be facing foes who use sound to track you. Granted, they do work however, but are useless in this situation.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

Suppressed pistols are still in the 100dB range. From a really long distance, that makes a difference, and at close range, you aren't going to be causing hearing damage just from it going off, but beyond that its not what its cracked up to be.

 

[Νύξ]

Yes I know that a supressed gun is still loude,but not all that loude,And definitly less than it would be if it wasent supressed.At any rate its a pretty simple way to keeping them frome biteing you,or for that matter anyone elts.

@nathanial b.

If you must know I go hunting and have a colection of three hand guns,one rifle,and two bows.I would have no problem in way or being armed if there was a zombie apocolypse.Its only a shame that there arent as menny bullets in the world as there are people.The trick is to be as quiet as you can and so if you used a pistol supressed would be a better choice than to go without.But ofcorce if youd like to pick up an axe or a lump hammer and risk getting bitten then be my guest.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

uh, 100 dB is like a Jackhammer going off noise wise. It isn't quiet by any stretch.

 

[Νύξ]

Like I said,If youd rather go at them with something that puts you in biteing range please,be my guest,and see how fare that gets you.

As far as comparative sound I can definitly say spressed is alot better than to go without,and a jack hammer is a bit of an overstatement and realy depends on the hand gun in question.For instance of got an oakwood revolver that sounds like a tunnel caveing in and a then i got a smaller hand gun the sort that jamm on ocasion that just sounds like someone slamed a chair against a wall.But at any rate its a better choice versis trying to atack three zombies with a knife or hammer,dont you think?

 

[RATED-RKOFRANKLIN]

Why do people think Zombies will use sound to find people? Zombies are rotting. Eventually they will be unable to smell and hear. Since their lungs will eventually die then they will be unable to move.

Our nerves do live after death. However, in winter conditions Zombies will rot much quicker then they are kept for study. The heat will help increase the rotting. Winter will be awful for Zombies as their bodies will freeze and meet the almighty force of frostbite.

 

[Νύξ]

Because there reanimated.All the sences back online without the smarts.You might as well ask how a zombie knows to get up walk about and eat people,or for that matter how they see the humans around them,or even why they bother stading up to find people to bite.

 

[RATED-RKOFRANKLIN]

Because there reanimated.All the sences back online without the smarts.You might as well ask how a zombie knows to get up walk about and eat people,or for that matter how they see the humans around them,or even why they bother stading up to find people to bite.

That's in the games and movies. The media doesn't take reality into showbiz. Zombies will lose their hearing, mobile, and vision abilities sooner than later. Their teeth will rapidly fall out to the point that they are harmless.

Biting is a bad way to spread any virus.

We really have no idea what a real zombie wants to eat. Zombies do not need food. Thus by the rules of nature real zombies are less likely to eat anything. Animals only use needed resources. Zombies do not need any resources. It is a possibility that zombies may only attack when protecting their territory.

 

[Νύξ]

Biting is a bad way to spread any virus.

Tell that to rabies.Transfered by a bite by racoons squrels and so on.Anyways you still got a fundamental problem with killing zombies with something like a shotgun.If its transfered by a bite than its in the saliva and if its in the saliva than its in the bloodso anything that can get blood on you would be a bad move.cross contamination.wich is another reason i discurage anything that means to get close like melle weaponsThis is about surviving a sombie apocolypse.To need to survive an apocolypse would imply a danger so if were going to have a danger it might as well be a simple idea of a zombie wich walks about looking for people to bite and or eat.

 

[RATED-RKOFRANKLIN]

Tell that to rabies.Transfered by a bite by racoons squrels and so on.Anyways you still got a fundamental problem with killing zombies with something like a shotgun.If its transfered by a bite than its in the saliva and if its in the saliva than its in the bloodso anything that can get blood on you would be a bad move.cross contamination.wich is another reason i discurage anything that means to get close like melle weaponsThis is about surviving a sombie apocolypse.To need to survive an apocolypse would imply a danger so if were going to have a danger it might as well be a simple idea of a zombie wich walks about looking for people to bite and or eat.

You're not understanding what is being said. It is possible to transfer a virus with a bite. However, bites are one of the worst ways to infect someone. Nothing can always infect someone 100% of the time. For example if you have unprotected sex with someone who has aids does not guarantee you will get aids. In the movies and games people will get infected 100% of the time because it is not reality. It is showbiz and they are building the suspense. Stop mixing the showbiz with reality.

Why are you thinking about Zombies in an unrealistic manner? Zombies don't need any resources. It is very unlikely they will try to bite or eat.

It is best to use melee weapons. Your bullets won't last forever. In the early stages during the outbreak the zombies will be able to hear gun shots. You could attract more zombies.