which forumers would you want on your zombie apoc team

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who needs you guys i can handle them myselF!

I take this back

Badspot so he can ban zombies

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[Georges]

Whoever created ZAPT, they know how zombies work, as well as Badspot, so he can a) ban them or b) just know how they work as well. And Bushido, cause he's a really good shot and smart. I think.

[AdinX]

None of you
If you can't predict your partners actions, they aren't your partner.

Closest person I would willingly accept into my zombie apoc team would be Thor because we've got plans for it and schematics, GPS coords, runaway spots, ammo plans, calorie count, etc

[Night Fox]

how many can we pick? if one then I pick wynd fox of course. dunno who else though

we've got plans for it and schematics, GPS coords, runaway spots, ammo plans, calorie count, etc

is this a joke?? did you seriously plan for a zombie apocalypse? or do it just for fun

[sir dooble]

AdinX, because apparantly he's prepared for this.


I don't really know who I'd choose.
Big Brother maybe, since I know he's physically fit. Also, he lives in the same country as me so he'd actually be capable of reaching (but I don't think he lives anywhere near me). Having someone used to England would be useful though, since we'd both know the environment.

I like to think I'm fit, but I'm probably not as fit as I think I am.
I suppose if anyone ever had zombie/fear-induced insomnia I'd be able to talk to them to sleep, so that's nice.

[AdinX]

is this a joke?? did you seriously plan for a zombie apocalypse? or do it just for fun

Not a joke
I find it fun to think about, which is why I like mini empires / fort wars so much

On the other hand it's not realistic. I genuinely believe in zombies and I believe that a general threat looms, but I don't believe in spending millions of dollars on a "zombie-proof bunker under-water that can sustain itself for 100 years"

We have schematics for some gas driven custom [L]APCs (dune buggies outfitted with sheet metal, 4 seaters, remove 4th seating area for general storage, back seat is a swiveling gun turret WITH a mount area, high/low frequency radio, tow cables, etc etc)
We have math for the ammount of calories and water a group of people would intake each day
We have GPS coordinates for possible locations where, in the case of an apocalypse, we could meet with whomever we bring with us, and get together
We have some silly stuff like pre-built fortification designs, the possibilities of sea or rail-based forts (both are fantastical ideas and thereby extremely unlikely, but in a perfect world getting a cargo vessel or a freight train would be a massive game changer in a lot of ways)
We have lists of guides and booklets that we plan to invest in for future records (living off the grid, firearm maintenance, books on outdoor cooking, outdoor health, edible plants, signs of danger, etc)
We have lists for how to deal with the undead (shock & awe, distractions, traps, etc)
We have lists for what kind of weaponry we plan to invest in, the kind of ammunition it uses, how much it costs on average, how many magazines we intend to have, etc etc.

I could keep going but I think you get the point.

[Night Fox]

I genuinely believe in zombies and I believe that a general threat looms

good god in heaven, why? it's literally impossible. without a heartbeat your muscles can't move because they're not getting the energy they need. not to mention that they don't drink water or sleep. zombies are physically impossible

[sir dooble]

AdinX, would it be fair to assume you've read Max Brook's Zombie Survival Guide and/or World War Z?
They're both good and interesting books that give some pretty fine info on a hypothetical zombie outbreak.

[AdinX]

AdinX, would it be fair to assume you've read Max Brook's Zombie Survival Guide and/or World War Z?
They're both good and interesting books that give some pretty fine info on a hypothetical zombie outbreak.

This is what sparked it all
yes, yes I did. I plan to read WWZ, however I've only seen the movie, and to my understanding they aren't really that similar.
In all actuality, a lot of our plans are based around his Survival Guide. The cargo vessel? He calls it a "floating fortress." Trains are mentioned as well, but not nearly as much potential as I see in them, especially if you go to a state like Nevada where Santa Fe is headquartered AND they have a rail yard.

good god in heaven, why? it's literally impossible. without a heartbeat your muscles can't move because they're not getting the energy they need. not to mention that they don't drink water or sleep. zombies are physically impossible

I'm not going to argue against that simply because as I stated:

I genuinely believe in zombies and I believe that a general threat looms

Think what you will. I've read into it, and I've read of instances that are just too eery to be any kind of "flu" that involves people losing sanity and consuming the flesh of others.
Maybe read the Zombie Survival Guide? Then you might understand WHY I believe it to be so.

[Benjamin Lopez]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baOlT-1yY4A
Just gonna drop this here. I honestly don't belive that something like the undead could happen, but you never know.

good god in heaven, why? it's literally impossible. without a heartbeat your muscles can't move because they're not getting the energy they need. not to mention that they don't drink water or sleep. zombies are physically impossible

Yeah, it's physically impossible, but what about mentally? There has been forms of mind control, who's to say that you couldn't turn a human into a flesh eating monster by controlling it's mind?

[sir dooble]

This is what sparked it all
yes, yes I did. I plan to read WWZ, however I've only seen the movie, and to my understanding they aren't really that similar.

Definitely give WWZ a read.
The movie is a good film in as much as it is entertaining (if having a few illogical flaws), but it's really not a good interpretation of the book. Max Brooks himself says he enjoyed the film as a zombie movie, but he's kind of annoyed that it's now stuck to his name.

The WWZ book actually follows a very different style, being set after the Zombie War and following a reporter who is travelling the world and recording the tales of different people from different walks of life to hear about how the Zombie War affected them and how they were involved.
Which is massively different to the film, in which Brad Pitt is trying to find a cure to the Zombies and travels the world endlessly causing massive losses of life, as everywhere he goes the Zombies break in.

[AdinX]

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Is it written similar to the survival guide?

[sir dooble]

Is it written similar to the survival guide?

Not really, since the Survival Guide is a list and is instructional.

There's not really a definite style to the writing, because it's designed to be read as if it's a number of seperate accounts by different people, written down as they speak it.
So each report in each chapter can read slightly differently, but they're all read as if it's an interview and that person is recalling their memories.


But the story is based on the rules of Zombies which were introduced in the Survival Guide.
Identical zombies which move slowly (which they don't in the film) and can survive so long as their head isn't destroyed and need no oxygen.
And then some of the accounts in the story actually reinforce the rules/tips that he uses in the Survival Guide.

[Night Fox]

Maybe read the Zombie Survival Guide? Then you might understand WHY I believe it to be so.

I've read that and World War Z. they're good books, but they're fiction

Yeah, it's physically impossible, but what about mentally? There has been forms of mind control, who's to say that you couldn't turn a human into a flesh eating monster by controlling it's mind?

but then they're not zombies. if you cut off a leg it's gonna incapacitate them and it will kill them. shooting them in the head or neck will kill them. shooting them in the chest will kill them. they're not zombies, at all. something like the monsters in 28 Days Later maybe is what you're thinking about. those aren't zombies. but it's also impossible anyway

[AdinX]

Are you seriously arguing about whether zombies could be real or not

does the word hypothetical have any meaning to you