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Tips on How to Survive Zombie Attacks
(If anyone’s still interested in zombie tips…)
I would say all you really need to do (ie the objective) is to behead or crush the skull of the zombie. True, if they are beheaded they can still live but they aren’t mobile (unless they find a way to walk using their jaws. Yeah, they aren’t mobile). Objective:behead.
Shelter/Hideout:
If you can get to a bomb shelter or a tank, its pretty much sleep and relax until your food runs out, thus, this is the best spot. From their, any building that has strong concrete/stone you can put your back against is good. If you can get upstairs, do it. Bring a bunch of big rocks/chunks of concrete, the biggest heaviest solid things you can carry up. Some people were talking about like lasers and robots, but this is probably the best you will be able to do in terms of defense of your hideout. Find a hole in the floor and push the heavy stuff down on the zombies (crush skulls, eh?).
Group:
Find about 2 or 3 other people. The smallest group you can possibly have with enough people to keep watch while you sleep is ideal. I disagree with alot of people about cheerleaders, they’re athletic so they won’t slow you down too much, and they should be too scared to make harmful noises. Sex is totally off limits. Not only would it distract you, it would drain you physically and it would drain your will power. Moreover, if the girl ever becomes pregnant your in big doodoo (she wouldn’t be useful anymore, and she would be slow and b%^&#$). Psycopaths shouldn’t be to problematic, just make sure they have some object at which to direct any rage.
Armour/Clothing/Sanitation:
Chain mail is too heavy… just wear a good tough coat (I’m thinkin those yellow raincoats) the plastic should be tough enough to ward off bites for a while—definetly move northward at all times; wearing all these coats and whatnot is very hot, and you wouldn’t want to get overheated. Use gloves. Leg wise, get some knee pads over jeans. If you ever get bitten, its pretty much all over, so having plenty of tough clothes is important. About your head IMPORTANT: wear swimming goggles when fighting. The blood splatter will get everywhere, so, protect your openings. [A gas mask with goggles would work well too.] W/o a gas mask that most of us don’t have access to, also wear two of those allergy or scrub masks and have plenty replacements (those things eventually wear out). Wash your hands/goggles/masks all the time. If you’re out in the open, a football helmat would be extremely useful (but usually, have you back against a wall up a story with an escape upward). You should probably be wearing heavy duty fishing boots any time you’re cleaning up or just moving around just in case. (This was already mentioned) cut your hair to a buzz, desperate times etc….
Weapons (best part):
I disagree with everyone about the chainsaw. If you’ve got a place to stay, extra weight is no problem. Sure, don’t give it too much precious gasolinel, but the thing could decaptitate so easily and quickly. Ruin it when you don’t have anymore gas for it. You wouldn’t want it in the wrong hands. A much better alternative would be a strong electircal saw (assuming the grid you’re at has power, otherwise, skip down a bit). I’m thinking about the kind they use to trim hedges. Plug that baby in and get going. Its light, doesn’t use gasoline, and is very effective for decapitation. Unfortunately its not mobile, and power could still go out, so…. You should find a staple melee weapon that doesn’t use ammunition (aside from the fact that bullets take a while to solve the problem) as it will most likely run out eventually. Definetly don’t count on any weapon that brags about how fast it shoots: the shots are less effective and you will run out faster. I’ll get to use of machine guns in a bit. For now, a staple melee weapon for handling small numbers of zombies. For me, it would be a fencing epee in one hand (that thing is deadly) and a steel baseball bat in the other. The epee is effective at punture wouonds, and my aim with it is reasonably good, plus the thing is d$#% fast, so I would go for the eye socket. It’s a very vulnerable location on the skull (between eye and brain is thin, there’s even a small hole for veins/arteries/nerves). Once in, jostle up the brains a bit, and that zombie should be down for a bit. Get them all down and then pound their heads to a pulp with the bat. Thats for small numbers of zombies (alone they’re weak), no use wasting ammo on them. For larger numbers, I would have the cheerleader behind/above me shooting them, and if necessary, I would use some guns too. Earlier someone mentioned WW2 era shot guns. That is such a good idea, and I’m pretty sure I would have thought of it too. The M1 Gerand would be good, but I would go with the Kar. Its rounds are more powerful, and it can be equipped with a scope (that would be a luxury of luxuries). If you can’t find ammo for that old thing, go with a shot gun. True, its slow, but you’re not just ineffectually plugging zombies with bullets. Save more powerful machine guns for emergencies and escapes. [One note about the katana… I don’t think its as powerful as you suppose… I don’t think it could cut through a skull without alot of force… plus I doubt any of you have ever used one before… get a melee weapon you’re comfortable with… a woodsman would use an axe. A massive (ie alot of mass) weapon would be useful as it can have a lot of force/momentum for a decapitation.
Ride:
Obviously go with a tank if you can… but if you can’t (which is much more likely) just use a good motorcycle. You wont have to gas up too much and you’ll be able to move very quickly with a high ability to go off road and extreme mobility capabilities. You’ll need to be a good and quick driver so you can avoid any road blocks that have come down in the chaos, and any groups of zombies that might get in your way. If you need to plow, it shouldn’t be too hard to get through one or two layers….