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Post by static anonymity on Feb 20, 2005 12:29:11 GMT
Due to the number of films I've seen on this, and my stumbling onto a LJ community (ie this one) on it (ye know how you just follow links and random journals sometimes? No? Just me then? ok...), it got me wondering. Now, here in Britain we're slightly screwed, mostly in that there isn'ta multitude of automatic weaponry at hand, like there so often seems to be in the States. Furthermore, I doubt that any of those currently members of this 'ere board are that well trained in either hand-to-hand combat nor in fire-arms, so really, what is your plan of action should the highly unlikely occur? Any little strategies you have? Anything at all? Cos quite frankly, I think that if it should occur, we're all f**ked.  |
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Post by distortion on Feb 20, 2005 12:46:52 GMT
hide  i'd try to fight i spose.. rock in a sock type set up. swing it about a bit.. woohah! |
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Post by static anonymity on Feb 20, 2005 12:55:33 GMT
You have no idea how much that made me laugh!  Hmm, I realise I'm turning into a wee bit of an obsessive now, but from reading zee LJ, at least, I'm thinking, clothing-wise, layers are the way to go. Unzipped, in case of grabbification. Also, I didn't know you could load rifles with anything, ie nails/rocksalt, etc, if ye desperate, so that's something to think about... Hmm, but I'm thinking find all the large knives/bats/long hitty things as possible. And fortress up a place I know well (although my local area is rather sh*tty, so I don't tink I'm going to last long - there's nowhere I can really hide, and I'm sh*t at physical stuffs - ie running, hitting, climbing, being inconspicuous. So mebbe you should avoid me if this occurs, cos I'm either going to be a zombie meself, or get ye killed ) |
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Post by Luco El Loco on Feb 20, 2005 13:54:32 GMT
What about water pistols laced with poison/pepper... some kind or irritant? Also... molotov c*cktails... Metal garden canes... Garden tools! The ones with long handles would be quite good as you would only need the strength to hold/swing/or chop down with them, and the leverage would be quite an asset... A ring of fire made from finely poured out flour and matches... would only work on a windless day though... Booby traps with nets and things hanging off trees. Don't forget traps. They would also alert you to tresspassers outside.  |
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Post by static anonymity on Feb 20, 2005 14:04:52 GMT
What about water pistols laced with poison/pepper... some kind or irritant? Nopes. Taken from the official Zombie Survival Guide site: "Zombies have, literally, no physical sensations. All nerve receptors throughout the body remain dead after reanimation" The only sure-fire way to kill them is destroying the brain/severing the spinal cord. So lopping off their head is the best way, as simply thwacking the frontal lobe may not kill them, just as it wouldn't a normal human. Yes, I know... I'm taking this far too seriously now. However, traps are good ideas... although they may alert more zombies to your whereabouts... Tools are good, yups. Although they'd still have to be within quite close range in order for you to thwack them, which could be scary. And you'd need to keep momentum on them, or else they wouldn't do that much damage, methinks. (Yes, I have read too much on that LJ... ) |
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Post by Luco El Loco on Feb 20, 2005 14:16:11 GMT
Chainsaws sound a good option then. Make friends with a member of the Forestry Commission/whomever uses chainsaws, hehehe.
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Post by static anonymity on Feb 20, 2005 14:40:01 GMT
Make a lot of noise though... might alert others... which is why so many "experts" at the LJ thing seem to favour melee weaponry, or silencers... Also, I figured that as seen in 28 Days Later, they starved to death eventually, but apparently not. So if ye don't kill them, ye left with them roaming the streets indefinitely. Great. |
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Post by Luco El Loco on Feb 20, 2005 15:15:18 GMT
Far East Asian weaponry sounds a good choice then.
Perhaps those people with ornamental swords adorning their bedroom walls are on to something...
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Post by static anonymity on Feb 20, 2005 15:26:18 GMT
"Melee" I think was meant to mean hand-to-hand combat stuffs in that community, methinks, as they often used it to cover hammers/axes/shovels/katanas. But me in my buriedness in it kinda forgot to translate to non-community-speak. Sorry... I will stop reading it eventually... once i've used it to help formulate my plan. |
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Post by Luco El Loco on Feb 20, 2005 16:04:17 GMT
"Melee" I think was meant to mean hand-to-hand combat stuffs in that community, methinks, as they often used it to cover hammers/axes/shovels/katanas. But me in my buriedness in it kinda forgot to translate to non-community-speak. Sorry... I will stop reading it eventually... once i've used it to help formulate my plan. Yeah, I figured... but talking in depth about garden tools and ornamental japanese daggers is slightly more fun.  |
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Post by static anonymity on Mar 3, 2005 18:48:08 GMT
*resurrects* Yes, I am officially an obsessive now... *ahem* Just a quick survey, I want to know how well yous lot did on this test. Personally, I got a 57. (mine was a "Official Survivor
Congratulations! You scored 57!
Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody's perfect, at least your alive. " type jobby.) But that was probs because I took everything, and was inconsistant in how/who I saved and who I didn't... Also, am formulating my plan of action... Just have to find somewhere I could use as a fortress... Hmm *thinks* |
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Post by Graham on Mar 3, 2005 18:53:00 GMT
You made it. Barely. Congratulations! You scored 48! Whether it was the fact that you could run faster, or were just plain lucky, you made it out alive. Even you aren't sure why. But you're sure as hell not going back, or risking your ass for anyone else from now on. well, i'm alive...probably as i just grabbed most things, and went light with the clothes front |
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Post by Luco El Loco on Mar 3, 2005 20:36:01 GMT
You made it. Barely.
Congratulations! You scored 51!
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Post by distortion on Mar 9, 2005 22:39:45 GMT
You made it. Barely.
Congratulations! You scored 51!
Whether it was the fact that you could run faster, or were just plain lucky, you made it out alive. Even you aren't sure why. But you're sure as hell not going back, or risking your ass for anyone else from now on.
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Post by static anonymity on Mar 11, 2005 1:34:55 GMT
Haha! I pwn yous!  Tip: light clothing; pick up as much as you can carry - you can always dump it later; hand guns are best for the amateurs, I think; take as many with you as you can - you may need the man power. Also, it means more of them to get chomped through by the zombies before they get to you. You should also arm them, to cover your arse. There was other stuff too, but I can't remember - was so long ago. |
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