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Title: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Kaprika on August 08, 2011, 05:21:19 PM
this...is an age old debate.
the question that at one point...we've AAAAALL asked ourselves. what would YOU do...in case of a zombie outbreak

now im sure everyone has a different plan for the different TYPES of zombie, so ill break it down for you. and you can either answer all of them or pick the one you like most (or think is more likely)

CLASSIFICATIONS

#1 - left 4 dead zombies= genneraly mindless, these zombies stumble and shuffle about.....oh but when they see flesh for the takings..they will BREAK OUT INTO A RUN!! and not just run, they will travel at times in massive packs. they can ascend stairs with ease, will climb, and even bust down doors.

#2 - classic zombies= this is the old fashioned style of litteral living dead. they are flimsy..rotten..and decaying. they stumble and shuffle to and fro, driven only but there desire for flesh brains or whatever he fancies. they have no determinable intelligence and have little drive.

#3 - infected= this is less undead and more diseased. these are people that have succumbed to some form of either airborne, ingested or injected infection. they are ravenous..fast..fairly intelligent, almost feral and rabid in nature. they are similar to the left for dead zombies but since they are started by disease its spreading not only by virus but also by contact with the infected. so caution that YOU dont get this disease yourself.


so go ahead...tell us..whats YOUR zombie plan? and you can either make a plan based of
A) there are zombies everywhere right now...I MUST TAKE ACTION!
B) ive seen it on the news...the zombie outbreak is coming and i have a few days to prepare

(and please nothing mind boggling ridiculous...like you cant say that you go hide with the president in his safehouse, or that you fly a plane to a island. make a plan based of something you could ACTUALY accomplish)
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 08, 2011, 05:43:32 PM
hmmm this would make a good rp   XD

hmm, my plain would be to well go get some guns and ammo, ax's, sludge hammers, knifes ect.... stock up on weapons. Raid wall-mart  XD for all there food and other supply, camp out on the roof of a sky scraper and umm kill as many as i can when i see them. Try to make a game out of it see how you can get in a day, oh yea also look for survivors.  ^_^


Post Merge: August 08, 2011, 05:44:32 PM
Oh yeah, and if its like the resdent evil one or 28 days/ weeks later ones.... umm find Alice... yeah shes hot and deadly as well.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Kaprika on August 08, 2011, 06:04:45 PM
sky scraper...>>
thats NOT a good place to be. cause once your up there there is no going back down. cause the second you leave that roof your gonna have to go through floors of possible zombie hiding places. when ur outta supplies ur done for
D:
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: LyrilaFox on August 08, 2011, 06:14:35 PM
my route has been finallized to this,
1] go to nearest weapon/ hunting store and grab whatever is left,
2] fasten a bunch of sharp things and metal plates to a vehicle, and use that as a safe-ish getaway vehicle
3] take shelter in the nearest stockup stores [cost-co, win-co, ect]
4] create bariers within that big box store and live there
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Ottersmash on August 08, 2011, 08:38:43 PM
Look for someone who seems to know what they're doing, and do my best to convince them to take me with them. =P
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Lunaris on August 08, 2011, 09:40:58 PM
I count, four bullets and 10 000 zombies...

Haste.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 08, 2011, 09:43:31 PM
sky scraper...>>
thats NOT a good place to be. cause once your up there there is no going back down. cause the second you leave that roof your gonna have to go through floors of possible zombie hiding places. when ur outta supplies ur done for
D:

ok how about a para-shoot to jump down ?. I could also use a M-16 or a 50 cal but the 50 cal would need to be mounted to the roof. then again a Ak-47 is a good assault  rifle, when i do have to go through the skyscraper i would take a min uzi or shot gun for close range. a vector would be good  for mid to long range. and if iam out of ammo sludge hammer, pick ax, knifes ( to through), and for transport, a military hummer with a 50 cal mounted to the back. Maybe a few grenades and c-4 ( used as a trap). if i can go to a construction site and use there machines to dig out a trench. to get a cross  use some wooden boards.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Syorean on August 08, 2011, 11:43:44 PM
If l4d zombies then my plan is centered around a laser guided grenade launcher with incendiary rounds
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Kaprika on August 09, 2011, 02:45:39 AM
If l4d zombies then my plan is centered around a laser guided grenade launcher with incendiary rounds

if you read my whole post one of the requests i made what keep it within REALITY
:/
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on August 09, 2011, 02:51:52 AM
My idea would be pretty simple, stay in the farmland and use solar panels, while surviving on vegetation for nourishment, avoid the city and make sure to stock up on ammo, don't worry about the credit card bills either at that point lol. Underground well water as well would pretty much make it impossible to go wrong at that point since that is not exactly accessible by infected people, it's just an underground river.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Syorean on August 09, 2011, 03:04:37 AM
You mean finding a grenade launcher and military grade weaponry every few miles isn't reality :'(


Post Merge: August 09, 2011, 03:10:31 AM
But being completely serious I'd probably go to the munitions factory 25 miles away with some friends, find an apartment tower, secure and barricade it, and finally live off the food the tenants had. Not very good plan but apartment towers can be Pretty secure
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: on August 09, 2011, 03:40:42 AM
I have a plan set up already. in case of a #3 style outbreak I need to quickly get access to sniper rifles, rations, and an apartment building. Once located at the apartment building I need to destroy the stairs and keep a camera feed on the lower floor just in case any infected wander by. Any infected that wander by the safehouse will be safely and quietly dispatched via sniping (as headshots are the only thing that can kill a zombie) once the state of emergency is over I can just come down from my apartment fortress :D
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 09, 2011, 03:46:00 AM
I have a plan set up already. in case of a #3 style outbreak I need to quickly get access to sniper rifles, rations, and an apartment building. Once located at the apartment building I need to destroy the stairs and keep a camera feed on the lower floor just in case any infected wander by. Any infected that wander by the safehouse will be safely and quietly dispatched via sniping (as headshots are the only thing that can kill a zombie) once the state of emergency is over I can just come down from my apartment fortress :D

if you destroyed the stair case how would you get back down?
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Ares the Ram on August 09, 2011, 03:46:23 AM
Take as many of them out with a baseball bat or golf club as I can before I get taken out as well. For if you can somehow survive with non rotten/infected food, non infected water, and stay alive the whole time without being infected, let alone anyone else staying with you as well, and do all those things until there is a cure or they are wiped out, you'd have to rebuild everything from scratch pretty much.  You have fun with that.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 09, 2011, 03:49:56 AM
Take as many of them out with a baseball bat or golf club as I can before I get taken out as well. For if you can somehow survive with non rotten/infected food, non infected water, and stay alive the whole time without being infected, let alone anyone else staying with you as well, and do all those things until there is a cure or they are wiped out, you'd have to rebuild everything from scratch pretty much.  You have fun with that.

or if its resident evil
you just need to find the underground shelters , where the CEO's where hiding.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: on August 09, 2011, 03:50:42 AM
I have a plan set up already. in case of a #3 style outbreak I need to quickly get access to sniper rifles, rations, and an apartment building. Once located at the apartment building I need to destroy the stairs and keep a camera feed on the lower floor just in case any infected wander by. Any infected that wander by the safehouse will be safely and quietly dispatched via sniping (as headshots are the only thing that can kill a zombie) once the state of emergency is over I can just come down from my apartment fortress :D

if you destroyed the stair case how would you get back down?
easy, wait for an airlift or just rappel down. remember, humans have much more dexterity than your common zombie
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Srgntcuddles on August 09, 2011, 04:10:30 AM
In all cases I think it would be fairly similar. Just more difficult or less.

1) From my place of living go a couple streets over to my best friend's family's house. (If they are alive, take them with me.) Get their truck, a large diesel. Not really car savy but it's a huge pickup truck...
2) With truck drive to antique store located a couple blocks away and load up on the conveniently stocked weapons. As well as the cola table they have, because I love coke.
3) With truck, guns/ammo, (friends and his family if they're alive) return home for my laptop, which I would likely forget due to my nerdgasming over zombies. And my cat.
4) From there go to the belt (Which is where everything is at) and go to the mall. With friends, or survivors, secure the area. Clean out zombies, barricade doors, plot escape routes, pimp out vehicles, get set up, etc.
5) Rebuild...
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Egan on August 09, 2011, 06:28:49 AM
1. Get weapons/ammo/axe
2. Get car
3. Get 4 closest friends
4. Go around until we find a place to rebuild.
5. ???
6. Profit.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: LyrilaFox on August 09, 2011, 07:37:30 AM
whats the '???' for?
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Amber Wing on August 09, 2011, 02:30:44 PM
im the face of #1:
- hoof it to my friend Tom's house
- get him and his supplies
- try to make it to the bluwater ridge resvoir
- stop along the way to pick up other friend and his respective supplies
- get to an island in the resivor, and wait it all out(because infected l4d zombie lack the coordination need to swim)
Reasoning: I could hopefully manage to bring supplies for around 3 monthes of comfortable living, at which point most of the infected will have been killed of or starved.

in the face of #2:
-once again, pick up Tom and his supplies
- go to the Santa Maria River
- Set up camp
- Wait it out
Reasoning: The steep cliffs and sharply sloped hills, combined with a remote location, make it unlikely that any zombies at all would reach the area, and if they did, passing through would be nigh-immpossible for them. and the nearby natural resources would be able to sustain my party for at least a few years.

in the face of #3
- barricade house, after making sure supplies are good
- keep away from windows to avoid infected attention
- wait for a month, then emerge and held with the fight
Reasoning: as normal humans, the infected will not be able to know im in my house, and therefor will not attack it. And after a month, they will have all starved or been killed off, or if they havent, all the possible food sources for them will be swiftly exagushted.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 09, 2011, 03:47:29 PM
get as much food and water and supplies ahead of time. my basement is full of stuff for the 4 of us to eat and stuff for a month. but of course, assuming that they only come out at night, get food/stuff in the day. like in the movie, i am legend or something like that.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: .: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :. on August 09, 2011, 06:42:56 PM
Okay, I have a few qualms with people's answers.

1. what food would you bring? because you cant cook it other than gas tanks, and those are heavy and dont last too long. (no electricity)
2. do you actually know how to use sniper rifles and guns effectively at range?
3. Do you know how to drive properly? (there would most likely be debris all over the roads and abandoned cars.)
4. Can you operate aircraft
5. ammunition and guns are heavy.
6. the more weight you have in your car the more fuel it uses ( no-one to operate the pumps for the fuel stations)
7. cars make noise and attract zombies in the case of #1 and #3
8. You need to know how to maintain your weapons to keep them working
9. There are other survivors thinking exactly the same things as you, so shops may have already have been looted/buildings boarded up etc.
10. think of ways to see and keep watch at night without drawing attention to yourself.
11. Would you be able to cope with the emotional trauma of all your family and friends turning against you, and you having to kill them.

I'd like to see some answers with this incorporated.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: LyrilaFox on August 09, 2011, 09:19:58 PM
Okay, I have a few qualms with people's answers.

1. what food would you bring? because you cant cook it other than gas tanks, and those are heavy and dont last too long. (no electricity)
2. do you actually know how to use sniper rifles and guns effectively at range?
3. Do you know how to drive properly? (there would most likely be debris all over the roads and abandoned cars.)
4. Can you operate aircraft
5. ammunition and guns are heavy.
6. the more weight you have in your car the more fuel it uses ( no-one to operate the pumps for the fuel stations)
7. cars make noise and attract zombies in the case of #1 and #3
8. You need to know how to maintain your weapons to keep them working
9. There are other survivors thinking exactly the same things as you, so shops may have already have been looted/buildings boarded up etc.
10. think of ways to see and keep watch at night without drawing attention to yourself.
11. Would you be able to cope with the emotional trauma of all your family and friends turning against you, and you having to kill them.

I'd like to see some answers with this incorporated.

1] whatever canned food there is
2] my plan does not involve snipers,
3] yes i know how to drive but why properly? theres no hiway patrol and there wont be many abandoned cars where i go
4] my plan does not ivolve that
5] not a question XD
6] my plan does not have heave items until i get to my destination
7] that may be, which is why you keep stocked on metal rods and other items to defend you
8]also not a question but i know how to clean guns
9]i got that but there would be scarce survivors so not all items would be gone
10]big box stores often have large metal doors so keeping watch would not be a large problem unless super zombies come out
11]already done, i sont have a strong connection to my family and therefor they would be easy to take down in my state
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Amber Wing on August 10, 2011, 12:02:57 AM
Okay, I have a few qualms with people's answers.

1. what food would you bring? because you cant cook it other than gas tanks, and those are heavy and dont last too long. (no electricity)
2. do you actually know how to use sniper rifles and guns effectively at range?
3. Do you know how to drive properly? (there would most likely be debris all over the roads and abandoned cars.)
4. Can you operate aircraft
5. ammunition and guns are heavy.
6. the more weight you have in your car the more fuel it uses ( no-one to operate the pumps for the fuel stations)
7. cars make noise and attract zombies in the case of #1 and #3
8. You need to know how to maintain your weapons to keep them working
9. There are other survivors thinking exactly the same things as you, so shops may have already have been looted/buildings boarded up etc.
10. think of ways to see and keep watch at night without drawing attention to yourself.
11. Would you be able to cope with the emotional trauma of all your family and friends turning against you, and you having to kill them.

I'd like to see some answers with this incorporated.

1] whatever canned food there is
2] my plan does not involve snipers,
3] yes i know how to drive but why properly? theres no hiway patrol and there wont be many abandoned cars where i go
4] my plan does not ivolve that
5] not a question XD
6] my plan does not have heave items until i get to my destination
7] that may be, which is why you keep stocked on metal rods and other items to defend you
8]also not a question but i know how to clean guns
9]i got that but there would be scarce survivors so not all items would be gone
10]big box stores often have large metal doors so keeping watch would not be a large problem unless super zombies come out
11]already done, i sont have a strong connection to my family and therefor they would be easy to take down in my state

but you must understand, evryone wont be instantly killed. the stores will be stripped empty almoust instantainiously. how you read World War Z? read its section on the great panic and youll understand what I mean
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: LyrilaFox on August 10, 2011, 12:25:52 AM
i never said everyone would be killed instantly, i said that the population would be dwindled, or evacuated
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ZombiezuRFER on August 10, 2011, 12:46:16 AM
L4D: Conserve energy here, as they most likely can only be stopped by destroying the muscles.  Shortsword should slice through the decayed flesh and bone fairly easily enough, IEDs will take out groups, guns shouldn't be terribly useful unless shotgun, and best of all a bow, for some flaming arrow action.  Take cover in any fortified area, like a castle or somesuch, and you should be fine, seeing as they'll only be able to melee more or less.

Classic: Gun stores will be easily accessible, and energy conservation will be easy with how slow they are.  Obviously, staying beyond their melee range is enough to get by with.  Bow and gasoline, short/longsword, shotgun.  Take cover anywhere you have access to building supplies to make a crude fort, or any fortified area.

Infection: Same as killing regular people.  Guns, guns, and mo' guns.  A great big claymore, a tomahawk, and a bow, Germ-X and I'm set.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Schnutzy on August 10, 2011, 01:34:46 AM
Simple, I have the same plan for any kind of zombie out break.
Grab my go/emergency bag, my camping/survival pack, my rifle, pistol and the necessary things for both, throw them in my truck and hit the road. Head northwest, and make my way to a buddies shop out in Iowa. I am an avid camper/outdoorsman, who believes in being prepared. It just so happens that I have most of my gear ready to go anyways in case of a natural disaster, I figure this applies well to a zombie bug out as well.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Amber Wing on August 10, 2011, 03:40:56 AM
L4D: Conserve energy here, as they most likely can only be stopped by destroying the muscles.  Shortsword should slice through the decayed flesh and bone fairly easily enough, IEDs will take out groups, guns shouldn't be terribly useful unless shotgun, and best of all a bow, for some flaming arrow action.  Take cover in any fortified area, like a castle or somesuch, and you should be fine, seeing as they'll only be able to melee more or less.

Classic: Gun stores will be easily accessible, and energy conservation will be easy with how slow they are.  Obviously, staying beyond their melee range is enough to get by with.  Bow and gasoline, short/longsword, shotgun.  Take cover anywhere you have access to building supplies to make a crude fort, or any fortified area.

Infection: Same as killing regular people.  Guns, guns, and mo' guns.  A great big claymore, a tomahawk, and a bow, Germ-X and I'm set.

Ok. Let me clarify the whole "Gun Store" thing. the closest gun store to you is most likely the the cloest gun store to sevral hundred people, all thinking the same as you. and the next part is assuming that the store hasnt already been locked down by owners or another survivior group. in the case that the store remains open, it will be a frantic mass of people grabbing whatever they can get their hands on, and, in the chaos, "accidents" are 100% likely to occour. and then the pandemonium will attact zombies, who willl feast on the confused, albiet well-armed, and possibly wounded humans.
this applies to all 3 types of outbreak.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 10, 2011, 02:05:09 PM
Okay, I have a few qualms with people's answers.

1. what food would you bring? because you cant cook it other than gas tanks, and those are heavy and dont last too long. (no electricity)
2. do you actually know how to use sniper rifles and guns effectively at range?
3. Do you know how to drive properly? (there would most likely be debris all over the roads and abandoned cars.)
4. Can you operate aircraft
5. ammunition and guns are heavy.
6. the more weight you have in your car the more fuel it uses ( no-one to operate the pumps for the fuel stations)
7. cars make noise and attract zombies in the case of #1 and #3
8. You need to know how to maintain your weapons to keep them working
9. There are other survivors thinking exactly the same things as you, so shops may have already have been looted/buildings boarded up etc.
10. think of ways to see and keep watch at night without drawing attention to yourself.
11. Would you be able to cope with the emotional trauma of all your family and friends turning against you, and you having to kill them.

I'd like to see some answers with this incorporated.

1. perishable canned foods, they last for 2-3 years depending on what is inside
2. sniper? no it's not going o work out, AR, yes, Shotgun Yes, SMG, yes, LMG? only when on a car or mounted on the roof
3. yes
4. no, but im sure ill find someone that does, i mean the airport is most likely to be empty (like the small ones) and we cant stay up in the air forever
5. yes they are heavy but it's better than trying to outrun them on foot, regardless of what type of zombies
6. good point, get a car, dont punch it, loose as much weight as possible but we still need guns to defend ourselves. but dont leave everything at the base. or a pick up, nice to have when you need to go off road, or over stuff
7. they can only hear so much, quiet car, strong muffler
8. know how to take them apart and clean it
9. and they might jack your stuff, dont want a crowd of people, 8 max
10. night vision
11. what has to be done is what has to be done.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 10, 2011, 03:43:45 PM
interesting to see different peoples plans, with some guns you do need to be able to handle the kick back ( shot guns for example). LMG are light they shouldnt be to hevey to carry and most do have solder straps. you could make a game out of killing zombies.... detanin the ones that where your family and friends till you find a cure...
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Schnutzy on August 10, 2011, 05:02:27 PM
interesting to see different peoples plans, with some guns you do need to be able to handle the kick back ( shot guns for example). LMG are light they shouldnt be to hevey to carry and most do have solder straps. you could make a game out of killing zombies.... detanin the ones that where your family and friends till you find a cure...

first off, good luck getting any kind of fully automatic gun.
second, recoil(what you are calling kick back) is more manageable then you think. for example, my 12 gauge is much more comfortable to shoot then my .45
in fact any kind of shot gun is going to be your best option in a zombie out break, they are the easiest things to shoot well, and when you have to obliterate your enemies brain in order to immobilize it, the ease of operation, combined with the damage a shot gun can do, makes it pretty tough to beat.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 10, 2011, 05:15:20 PM
Ok so i wont be able to get a auto, but still i live not to far from a sports store ( out door spots like hunting ) they do sell rifles cross bows and other stuff there. Most shot guns dont hold a lot of ammo, and are best at close range. A rifle on the other hand can hold alot of ammo and you can also attach scopes to them making it esear to  shoot the zombie. The cross bows on the other hand depending on the type of arrow can do more damage, and can be reused also if there strong enough you can impale the zombie.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Schnutzy on August 10, 2011, 05:50:15 PM
Ok so i wont be able to get a auto, but still i live not to far from a sports store ( out door spots like hunting ) they do sell rifles cross bows and other stuff there. Most shot guns dont hold a lot of ammo, and are best at close range. A rifle on the other hand can hold alot of ammo and you can also attach scopes to them making it esear to  shoot the zombie. The cross bows on the other hand depending on the type of arrow can do more damage, and can be reused also if there strong enough you can impale the zombie.

yes, but rifles require skill. it is very hard to hit a head sized target at a distance. it takes a good bit of practice to do it consistently. another thing to consider, is scopes have to be sighted in, you cant just put it on there and expect to hit what ever your cross hairs are on, at any distance. with a scoped rifle, they are sighted in at a certain distance. my current rifle is set in at 50 yards. at that distance, it will chew a hole out of the center of a target, but the second i step out to 100 yards, things start to get interesting. the only reason i would bring my rifle with me in case of zombies is because it is great for things like rabbits, and other small game. you cant always count on food, so having a way to hunt it is always a good idea. not to mention, .22 ammo is light and it is every where. your averaged size shoe box holds about 1500 rounds, and that can last you a very long time. compared to a lot of other rounds, a .22 is also pretty quiet as well.

while it would be nice to have my dads old deer rifle, i wouldn't use it for taking out zombies. sure, being able to reach out and take down something at 200 yards is nice, but if the zombie is that far away, im more concerned with putting even more distance between me and it, then shooting off something that makes a lot of noise, noise that attracts more zombies.

now a crossbow, that would be great to have, silent, does not have the ammo issues a gun has, and at 25-50 yards, extremely deadly. you would be able to practice with it as much as you wanted, and never have to worry about running out of ammo. the only down side is time between shots. stringing a cross bow is not the fastest thing, where a compound bow may be a little quicker in that area.

while you say close range weapons may not be the best, i say 25 yards is more then enough, and 25 yards happens to be a great distance for a shot gun, depending on the ammo in use. personally, id rather have 6 shots of 00 Buck then 20 or so rounds in a rifle. while i have no problem hitting a paper target at the range, the second you introduce outside factors, like running, going for a moving target, and adrenaline, it becomes much harder to hit what you aim at.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: .: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :. on August 10, 2011, 07:09:36 PM
I agree with shnutzy on this. I'd make sure I had a close range weapon like a bat or a sword (bat probably preffered) and something with re-useable ammunition, like a bow or crossbow. That way, most of my attacks are silent and are effective at slowing down/incapaciting the zombie's.

although most of the time I would try my hardest to avoid them and keep out of sight. Not going into cities and towns, more on the outskirts. Using fighting them as a last resort. also I'd make sure I kept moving. never staying in one place at a time. I'd move at daytoo, where visibility is higher for me allowing me to get around a bit easier. Though I would still keep vigilant and try my hardest to stay downwind from them and out of sight. the only things I would carry are a melee weapon and my secondary ranged weapon, a quiver and a backpack of food and water (food to be placed in socks so it doesn't clang.) after about a year of moving about I would settle down and start trying to farm for crops, using canned food to keep me alive while theyt grew until I had a re-useable harvest of fruit and vegetables, hunting animals for meat.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 10, 2011, 09:04:27 PM
get semi-auto, why cuz u dont want to waste bullets, so i would stick with 9mm bullets, good for close combat and very light. a glock17 can hold 20 rounds in the mag which is good enough. dont need anything high end like an AK47 (7.68mm) or .45 UMP45...

i would rather have a lot of ammo cuz the zombies are probably broken and stuff...
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Chrono Blackwyng on August 10, 2011, 09:19:35 PM
First I would need a close-range weapon, an axe or hammer for head kills.
If I was lucky, I would get a WWI Trench spike as it was designed for fighting in extremely close range combat. (http://arms2armor.com/Knives/m1trench.jpg)

I would only bother with pistols when it's too close for my rifle or there are multiple undead getting close. Beyond that, I would do what I can with a hunting rifle as that ammo is the most common to find beyond 9mm rounds.

As for where I would be going... it will have to be somewhere isolated, like northern Alaska or one of the small islands by Hawaii, Bahamas, or even the Philippines.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: moooncow on August 10, 2011, 09:37:57 PM
Ah, the debates I've in school about this, I actually scared my friend with my plan (You'll see why).

1.Finding out about the outbreak, If the zombie horde is still building up, search for a secure safehouse to live in before it gets too out of control, or if I find out by being attacked and survived get to the nearest Kitchen and arm myself with various culinary equipment.

2.Where I live there is a weapons shop just down the road, so I will head straight there for better equipment, and as a backup, my dad knows a guy that sells them.

3.Find the nearest supermarket and loot supplies, possibly try and setup a safe route to and from it to ease restocks

4.either wait for a government/military solution, or live as long as possible

My policies with who I help are quite dark and unforgiving, if I feel that someone is slowing us down, no matter how much, and no matter who I will most likely leave them for the horde, to slow them, or if not in immediate danger, kill them myself, after all, they could kill me.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 10, 2011, 10:36:16 PM
well i agree, i have played paint ball before and i have shot and ran befor and have gotten hits. yeah i know its not the same as shotting a real gun but the training you get with paint ball can be transferred cant it ?
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Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 10, 2011, 11:00:10 PM
paint balls are balls, so are BBs, they do not represent real bullets which are aerodynamic and stuff

but if u can use the sights/scopes really well and even reload really well, then it would work.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 10, 2011, 11:05:53 PM
yes but iam talking about the skill, the army some times uses paint ball as training .
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Post by: moooncow on August 10, 2011, 11:18:04 PM
I would expect airsoft, at least the more realistic ones, would be a better experience with weaponry, and i would think the skills would be more transferable, as the airsoft guns are basicly replicas of the real thing.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 10, 2011, 11:21:10 PM
yeah the pant ball gun i have is a smie auto with a 14 inch barail. if i can find a gun like that i should do well with it
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Schnutzy on August 11, 2011, 02:55:28 AM
The training really is not the same. there is no substitute for combat, all they can hope to do is train, train, train, until it is all drilled into your head so well that it becomes second nature, and this takes a lot of time and money. besides, there is no training for zombies, so you can train, train train all you want, but you will never be prepared for an enemy that feels no pain, and does not go down unless it is a shot to the head. besides, millitary, law enforcement, and civilians who seek it, are trained to shoot center mass, not for the head. it is to small and to hard a target to for all but the best shooters.

not to mention the ballistics between a paint ball gun and a real rifle are completely different. hell, they way the behave are completely different. ill tell you now, shooting a paintball gun is really nothing like a rifle.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Habbadax on August 11, 2011, 04:23:23 AM
In the event of one, two, or three, I reckon I'm fine where I'm at, being in a rural area and all
Any zombie that did manage to make it out here would be in truly sorry shape by then

And since this place is pretty much a farm, food needs are pretty much taken care of
Got ponds for water
Ingenuity and tools for any other needs

And of course, an assortment of firearms, blades, and ammunition, and the training and balls to use 'em

No plan, really, just wait it out
After a while, you've got starving zeds, sun baked or frozen zeds, zeds accumulating more and more damage due to their own bumbling zombie ways

And that's just assuming there wouldn't be military intervention

With military intervention, it would all be over in a manner of days, there's an awful lot of men and materiel just laying about Stateside waiting to be useful, Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard
And the police forces, they're practically a miniature military force these days

Of course, if just coolin' my heels on the farm and waiting for the military to sort it out isn't an option, just head for the coast collecting supplies on the way and commandeer myself a sailboat, cruise along coastal settlements and occasionally put in to shore for resupply

And if, for some reason, that isn't an option, disappear into the harshest wilds I can find, nature provides

Most of my plans all just boil down to keeping in constant motion, none of that safehouse nonsense, that's the surest way to die

The training really is not the same. there is no substitute for combat, all they can hope to do is train, train, train, until it is all drilled into your head so well that it becomes second nature, and this takes a lot of time and money. besides, there is no training for zombies, so you can train, train train all you want, but you will never be prepared for an enemy that feels no pain, and does not go down unless it is a shot to the head. besides, millitary, law enforcement, and civilians who seek it, are trained to shoot center mass, not for the head. it is to small and to hard a target to for all but the best shooters.

not to mention the ballistics between a paint ball gun and a real rifle are completely different. hell, they way the behave are completely different. ill tell you now, shooting a paintball gun is really nothing like a rifle.

What, exactly, is supposed to be difficult about killing a zombie?
I dunno about you, but I'm okay with an enemy that feels no pain, has no emotions, and is hellbent on killing me, makes things an awful lot simpler
No emotional conflict, no wondering if I was right in killing them, no wondering what I've done to their family, none of that, just "That was a zombie, now it is dead"

Won't go down unless it's a head shot?
5.56x45 is an interesting round, rather than simply making a large hole and damaging whatever happens to be behind that hole, it leaves a tiny entry wound, breaks apart as it passes through the flesh, tears up whatever happens to be in the way of each fragment as it passes through, and can leave an exit wound you wouldn't believe if you saw it with your own eyes
The 7.62 family is a family of brutal murderers all, it shatters bones, tears flesh in its wake, and oh so much more, depending on if you're firing normal lead, jacketed slugs, hollow points, etc.
And don't even get me started on the mass of pistols and pistol calibers there are to be had, and the wonders that they hold

You shouldn't have to worry about killing each and every single zombie, just taking them out of the fight, thinning their numbers enough to make an escape easier

The only time firearms would be relatively ineffective and a head shot is your only chance is with rotting flesh risen-from-the-grave style zombies, but L4D style, infected style, still very much human in the physical sense, are S.O.L

Maybe I've just spent too much time on the range, but the average distance you're going to be shooting zombies at is between 20 and 65 yards, and that's not very far at all
The head is rather a large target, all things considered, hardly a target for all but the best shooters, anyone who knows just the basic fundamentals of marksmanship could do it, it's not nearly as hard as you think

This post ends now, it's really gotten out of hand, I never meant for it to get so large
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Dessum on August 11, 2011, 10:01:07 AM
It's harder for us Brits as it's very, very difficult to legally acquire any kind of firearm!

I have actually had a plan for a while though.

Step 1: Gather what supplies I can from home - canned/preserved foods, bottled water, wind up torches, weapons such as golf clubs etc
Step 2: Make a stop down the road - someone I work for legally has 2 magnums and a hunting shotgun. The magnums are completely illegal in England but
he is allowed them because of the nature of his work (emergency veterinary).
Step 3: This one I have known for a while - go to my local Squash Club! All the windows have reinforced glass with metal bars over them, and the door is a good 3-4
inches of sheet steel. This is because so many *cough* "youths"  try to get in and destroy everything. Inside there's snacks, phones, and running water.

Of course, step 3 would not last very long, but it's a temporary place to stay.
Other than that my Dad could fly us out of the country - he works at an airfield.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 11, 2011, 03:12:05 PM
just metal bars would be fine for the windows, unless they spew infectant gases
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: moooncow on August 11, 2011, 03:34:27 PM
What if they reach through the bars and catch you unaware, could be fatal, so I would prefer bulletproof glass, if available.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: .: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :. on August 11, 2011, 07:28:52 PM
or a treehouse :D
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy on August 11, 2011, 07:33:58 PM
i have swords, which i am more than proficient at, 22 years of martial arts, and knowledge of some of the biggest weapons caches out here, as well as the knowledge and ability to shoot them. couple that with an easily accessible garbage truck. 'nuff said.
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Post by: moooncow on August 11, 2011, 07:34:36 PM
or a treehouse :D

I don't know, I would be worried that, should enough gather, they would have the cumulative strength to uproot the tree, not to mention the fact that they would wait at the base for you to descend to resupply, and worst of all, what if they can climb? :O
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: .: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :. on August 11, 2011, 09:25:43 PM
Well if I was to build a tree house I would make it so it is attached to more than one tree, with a big overhang to prevent climbing, also I would make sure I had an escape/resupply route before going up. also it would be out of the city, away from the majority of zombies. also I'd make sure there are no zombies on my tail when I return.
For entrance/ exit I would use a padlocked hatch. and leading up to it would be a ladder split across the three or so trees  that hold up the house, so that it requires some acrobatic skill to ascend to the top.


but in all honesty it was a joke suggestion and I wouldn't actually do it.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 11, 2011, 09:54:48 PM
a trench 10-15 feet deep should be good to defend your self from them make it wide enough so you cant jump it
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: .: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :. on August 11, 2011, 10:44:29 PM
then how would you get across for re-supply?
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: icy wolf on August 12, 2011, 02:24:45 AM
wooden planks used as a make shift bridge ... nail em to geather tie ropes to pull it up
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Dessum on August 12, 2011, 02:55:59 PM
What if they reach through the bars and catch you unaware, could be fatal, so I would prefer bulletproof glass, if available.

The glass behind the bars is several inches thick and has metal wiring inside it to prevent it breaking. Don't think it's bullet proof though.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 12, 2011, 06:23:16 PM
electric fences, solar powered with batterys at night
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Aoren Deringer on August 12, 2011, 09:30:53 PM
Mine is to use the various children living in and around my new neighborhood as a tantalizing distraction while I make my escape down the interstate. I plan to reach the Sierra Nevada range where there are many isolated places untouchable by the undead due to natural defenses.
Its... Its kinda also my Terrorist and air raid plan...
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Shadis on August 13, 2011, 02:05:23 AM
lolz, very good Aoren! you will definatly survive! (So long as you don't have a consious, but i doubt you do  :P ) I dont really need a plan as I live out in the country near the woods. I live on a farm with cows and crops so my family and I can gather our own food, as well as a well for our water and many natural bodies of water. We can hunt in the woods for meat as well as butcher a cow. We have two safes full of guns, ammo, and swords so we can fight off any zombie (or survivor) who dares wander near us. And we have a "Shoot first, ask questions never" attitude.   B)
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 13, 2011, 05:23:52 PM
a moat, like with spikes that are half way as tall, that would work B)
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Octavia on August 13, 2011, 11:25:55 PM
Go to my local Tim Hortons. :P
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Alison Marie on August 17, 2011, 09:04:20 PM
well the national guards armory is at the airport soo i would go down there from there i do know how to fly a plane and there are like 8 different hangars there so i would take the plane to some were really friken cold. of course thats after i take all the meds i can and then documenting them for future reference. now that i think about it a fursuit would be really usefull. cuz those things are really worm. :P  then i would setup a government and new suciaty. just to keep sain.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Alexei on August 25, 2011, 03:49:17 AM
Where has this topic been all my life?


Well, if an apocalypse were to break out this is how I would act, step by step


1. Grab all nonperishable food, bottled water, extra clothes, weapons (Baseball bat, Crowbar, Hatchet) in my house


2. Change into dad's old coveralls, steel-toed boots, and wielding mask. (A precaution so I prevent all infected fluids from reaching any open wounds)


3. Get in SUV, load mountain bikes in back in case of road blockage or running out of fuel, and drive to my friends house, pick him up and go to the gunsmith across from his house to get some weapons.


4. Get on the Trans-Canada highway and drive to my grandparents cabin out of town.
The community is incredibly small so if they are infected than they will be simple to take out, if they are not infected then they all know my family and would likely be hospitable. The town is also a hunting/fishing community so food would be plentiful if we could harvest it


5. Hold out until rescue.
Shouldn't be hard considering the town is nearly 100 km in any direction from a major settlement.


I have a much MUCH longer list and every single book by Max Brooks so I'm pretty sure I'd be prepared if zombies existed.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: maggintons on August 25, 2011, 10:00:30 AM
All three types ?


BUZZSAW MASSACRE B)
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Shadis on August 25, 2011, 01:22:03 PM
Where has this topic been all my life?


Well, if an apocalypse were to break out this is how I would act, step by step


1. Grab all nonperishable food, bottled water, extra clothes, weapons (Baseball bat, Crowbar, Hatchet) in my house


2. Change into dad's old coveralls, steel-toed boots, and wielding mask. (A precaution so I prevent all infected fluids from reaching any open wounds)


3. Get in SUV, load mountain bikes in back in case of road blockage or running out of fuel, and drive to my friends house, pick him up and go to the gunsmith across from his house to get some weapons.


4. Get on the Trans-Canada highway and drive to my grandparents cabin out of town.
The community is incredibly small so if they are infected than they will be simple to take out, if they are not infected then they all know my family and would likely be hospitable. The town is also a hunting/fishing community so food would be plentiful if we could harvest it


5. Hold out until rescue.
Shouldn't be hard considering the town is nearly 100 km in any direction from a major settlement.


I have a much MUCH longer list and every single book by Max Brooks so I'm pretty sure I'd be prepared if zombies existed.

Dang dude, THAT is a plan!  :D
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 25, 2011, 04:07:54 PM
you know, chances are the military will be the kings
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: x on August 25, 2011, 05:08:08 PM
I would raid wal-mart, grabbing everything off of the shelves that I could fit into my jeep. I would raid houses and the gun store, stealing weapons and other nessacary supplies. I would steal lots of gas. I would drive up into the mountains and stay at our desolate family wilderness cabin near the river. And I would leave everyone else behind except maybe my bf and family XD screw them all at that point. I'd use the wood stove, the forest for wood, kill any zombies that come near (not gonna be many in this place), and boil water to get out any germs.

It is across a river, so people can't just walk over or drive over unless they're good swimmers, especially in the deep season when walking across is impossible.

I'd wait unil we were about a month from running out of supplies before driving back to nearby towns to see if it ended or what's going on while restocking on all I could find. Rinse and repeat until it's safe to come back, when the zombies are mostly dead. But at that point life sounds really lonely.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: maggintons on August 25, 2011, 06:15:16 PM
I would raid wal-mart, grabbing everything off of the shelves that I could fit into my jeep. I would raid houses and the gun store, stealing weapons and other nessacary supplies. I would steal lots of gas. I would drive up into the mountains and stay at our desolate family wilderness cabin near the river. And I would leave everyone else behind except maybe my bf and family XD screw them all at that point. I'd use the wood stove, the forest for wood, kill any zombies that come near (not gonna be many in this place), and boil water to get out any germs.

It is across a river, so people can't just walk over or drive over unless they're good swimmers, especially in the deep season when walking across is impossible.

I'd wait unil we were about a month from running out of supplies before driving back to nearby towns to see if it ended or what's going on while restocking on all I could find. Rinse and repeat until it's safe to come back, when the zombies are mostly dead. But at that point life sounds really lonely.
that part at the end sounds a lot like the plot of I Am Legend



Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 25, 2011, 07:52:55 PM
raid walmart, i would raid costco!
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Alexei on August 26, 2011, 01:04:13 AM
Where has this topic been all my life?


Well, if an apocalypse were to break out this is how I would act, step by step


1. Grab all nonperishable food, bottled water, extra clothes, weapons (Baseball bat, Crowbar, Hatchet) in my house


2. Change into dad's old coveralls, steel-toed boots, and wielding mask. (A precaution so I prevent all infected fluids from reaching any open wounds)


3. Get in SUV, load mountain bikes in back in case of road blockage or running out of fuel, and drive to my friends house, pick him up and go to the gunsmith across from his house to get some weapons.


4. Get on the Trans-Canada highway and drive to my grandparents cabin out of town.
The community is incredibly small so if they are infected than they will be simple to take out, if they are not infected then they all know my family and would likely be hospitable. The town is also a hunting/fishing community so food would be plentiful if we could harvest it


5. Hold out until rescue.
Shouldn't be hard considering the town is nearly 100 km in any direction from a major settlement.


I have a much MUCH longer list and every single book by Max Brooks so I'm pretty sure I'd be prepared if zombies existed.

Dang dude, THAT is a plan!  :D
You haven't seen half of it, I go into so much more detail.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Shadis on August 26, 2011, 02:14:34 AM
Go ahead! No one's stopping you!  :D
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: maggintons on August 26, 2011, 08:38:49 AM
about my buzzsaw plan....i would also get fuel to keep the buzzsaw running
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Shadis on August 26, 2011, 11:22:51 AM
Ahh, you may want that!
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 26, 2011, 03:30:44 PM
raid everything, since there will no longer be production of these products
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Shadis on August 27, 2011, 04:45:29 PM
Also need solar power/ wind power if you want power. And LOTS of gas!
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: Buddywolf on August 27, 2011, 04:53:10 PM
1.  Grab a chain saw and cut em down till they get me.


2.  Run those zombies over with a big truck


3. Run, hopefully have a shot gun and lots of ammo, blow some zombie brains out, Hope to find a military armory some time.




Those would be my plans of action.  Hopefully I get told there are zombies before they trap me somewhere.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: karmasleeps on August 30, 2011, 02:33:33 AM
Put on my most nonchalant face, grab a smoke and a shotgun, and wait. Inside I'd be flipping a shit, but hey, if I'm going to die I need to die a badass, right? xD
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: guest7107 on August 30, 2011, 08:51:46 AM
Hide under a table all day eating muffins to make me feel better.
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on August 30, 2011, 07:11:51 PM
*drink lots of pop and ill burp my way though this crisis
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: .: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :. on September 03, 2011, 10:24:23 AM
revised plan, do what I do in minecraft when zombies are everywhere. dig a 3x1 hole, then put a block on top, and put a torch in the wall :3
Title: Re: what is YOUR zombie plan?!
Post by: flames on September 03, 2011, 10:39:25 PM
Well, seeing as its pretty doubtful that I'll have weapons stashed away, let alone on me, when it all happens, I guess I can't realistically plan on using weaponry or maybe even vehicles for that matter. I wouldn't make it if I fled and melee attacks will do little good considering my physical strength (or rather, lack of).
For these reasons I'd say the best cause of action would be to defeat the zombies with logic, calmly pointing that each zombie likely only receives on average a fairly small quota of human flesh/brain and thus regardless of whatever virus or radiation or whatever zombified them, they don't consume enough to produce the energy they need to move. Any other plot holes and whatnot specific to the attack will also be pointed out and hopefully cause the whole disaster to collapse on itself and be erased from the timeline.

Of course, assuming that this isn't some dream, I haven't just started seeing things/gone insane(r) and that the above didn't work, I'd locate anything that could be used as a decent improvised weapon, retreat to a fairly defendable location and preferably spread the word of the invasion. I mean, if other people who aren't affected yet are alerted they can better prepare themselves and potentially reduce the damage done.