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Welcome, Veterans and newcomers! This is the reconstruction of The Zombie Survival Club.
First off, I'll introduce you to some of our staff.
-SkaterKidWhoPwns- This is the guy who is my 2nd in command. If you cannot get to me, go to him and he'll answer questions/comments/concerns.
...We have no other staff? Well then.
READ THE RULES. IF YOU DO NOT IT'S LIKELY YOU'RE NOT GETTING IN.
1. Do not ask "Can I join?" or any other variation of that comment. (instructions on how to join will come soon)
2. Do not make a "Scenario" (will be explained later) unless you are a member.
3. Don't be stupid, use logic and think as if you were in the actual situation. OF course it's unlikely that it will happen, but we ask that all visitors and members be serious and literate.
4. Do not question mod or my/skater's authority (unless a mod directly opposes it)
5. No overly smart-*ss comments against other members, visitors, or your superiors.
6. Do not make a Virus until you are a member. The sheet for making a virus will be given to you upon asking me or skater.
7. DO NOT. ABSOLUTELY NOT, ASK "CAN I JOIN?". I cannot stress this enough.
Now that all the rules are over with, I'll go over some Jargons (slang terms relating to "work" that we use here.
Scenario - This is a term we use for a situation that is meant to test the user (as well as give you something to do). These are non-linear, and are generally Hypotheticals. Any MEMBER can make a scenario. Scenarios are generally matched with a previous story/situation and they give the supplies you have on hand. As well as the supplies near you. There's also generally a map that goes with it.
Virus, Parasite, Infection - These are the general types of a zombie virus. If there is not a previous virus that is mentioned before a virus or a plan, it is automatically changed to the current dominant virus (Goliath). Goliath will be explained later in the OP.
Zed - Is the common nickname for Zombie. I.E. "Yo dude I just shot up some Zeds!" Or: "Gah! That d**n ZED bit me!"
Well that's it for the terminology! Here's the dominant virus. It's gone through plenty of tweaking, and I think it's pretty much the most realistic virus in the club (aside from hungers). If no other virus is specified before a Scenario or a plan, this is the virus to be used.
Name - Goliath Syndrome
Type - Parasite
Speed - Leisurely walking speed (2-4 MPH)
Sounds - A mild groan, much like a man/woman in pain. No screaming comes from the virus.
Infection - Infection comes from the cells. If so much as a skin cell gets into you, you'll be quickly infected (aprox. 10-160 minutes, depending on strength and immune system of the user). It contracts a lot like AIDS, but it can be ANY cell, be it secretion or meat.
Hunting - It hunts by smell and hearing. It can't see that well, but strong light in the dark will attract it. Best time to attack one is in the daytime. They can't see in detail but they can see blurry instances of light, I.E., a fire or a flashlight.
Other - Cannot swim. Cannot fly, cannot run, cannot climb.
Believability Factor - Goliath was made in a lab (Codename: Anthemia, which is a prototype of the virus. Can also be used for begginers). It hyper-evolved and infected a rat. THe rat got out and began to infect humans (as well as certain birds, causing the infection to be worldwide). What the parasite does is: It enters the body as an infected cell. From there, it infects all the other cells, coating them in a secretion that fends off any form of decomposer (In short, it makes the immune system of the host really powerful). Then, it randomly selects a cell in the body (it is generally a cell in the torso). It grows to about the size of a human heart. IT then crawls it's way into the brain. IT preforms a lobotomy and hooks into the brain, feeding it with a steady flow of required nutrients and oxygen. It shuts down all other systems besides the lungs and flushes out the blood in the body (the parasite provides the necessities for living brain), and spreads long, muscular tentacles across the zombie's body, becoming a puppeteer. The parasite feeds by slowly eating the host. IT'll take a couple of decades in order for the parasite to starve/suffocate.
Best ways to kill it - A shot to the head, killing either the parasite or the brain. A punctured lung will also kill it, but it'd take a couple of minutes for it to actually die.
How to become a member
First off, you need to make a plan. You have everything you would at home. IT would happen the moment you are typing up the answer. So if it happens at night, then it happened at night, happened at day, it happened at day. For the sake of not-cheating, we'll use AG time.
Then, you have to answer a Scenario. The Scenarios come every couple of pages.
Wait for Both the Plan and the Scenario to be graded. Each member has their own form of grading. Once it's been passed around me and Skater will figure out whether or not to let you in.
If you are not initially let in, do not be disheartened! You have unlimited tries to enter, and all members (should) give you tips to get a better plan.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Why the hell am I doing this?
Reasons vary. Some people in the club do think the Zompocolypse would actually happen, and some people (like myself) do it for fun and practice for writing. Others do it because they just like killing and surviving zombies, while keeping it pretty realistic.
Can I make a Virus?
Sure, if you give me a comment on my page I'll be happy to give you the layout for the virus.
Can I Join?
Scroll up and read the OP. Do it.
Can I make a Scenario?
If you are a member, sure. Just make sure it's somewhat realistic. There are no real parameters for it, it just has to be a situation. Try and make it hard, too.
I think that's pretty much it! There are a couple of tiddly bits for you guys, though:
Titles/Ranks - A title or a "rank" will be given to you if you do something outstandingly awesome, stupid, weird, or just plain out there while still keeping it realistic. For a list of the ranks/titles, visit my page.
Members - A list of the members can be found on either my, or skater's page.
Discussion - Discussions will be held every now and again, as a stand-in for a Scenario. There will be a topic in BOLD (BOLD, MEMBERS) to let you know what the Discussion is about.
and that is pretty much it.
Now then, have fun everyone!
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have you ever read the Zombie Survival Guide??
Yes, i possess it, By Max Brooks. It has very much refined my zombie survival skills, along with my resourcefulness and non-stupidity.
The Zombie Survival Guide is a very good book. Even though I've only read the first 10 pages...
I should get it.
tl;dr the whole thread, but by the sounds of this thread it looks pretty well constructed.
i like that.
I didn't like the zombie survival guide honestly. I didn't find it all that good. Though I can see why people like it, they need others to think for them.
xtacox. At least go read the first post, and the last few paages, so you know whats happening
Materials at home:
*Snowboard
*Snowboard Helmet
*8 water bottles
*Binoculars
*Watch
*Fishing pole and full tacklebox
*3 bananas
*50 carrots
*5 apples
*ReZigs
*30 sets of clothes
*Light jacket
*Winter coat
*Small pack
*
Weapons
*Shotgun
*Hand Bibi gun
*Rifle Bibi gun
*Aluminum Bat
*
Transportation
*Mountain Bike
*Van
*Truck
I can't drive so I don't think cars should count. Unless I can add family brothers...
PLAN:
First, I would ride my bike as far as way as possible, taking all the supplies in my pack. While on the bike trail, an elevated building is what I would look for. Once found, I would barricade all the entrances, and get to the top floor. I would ensure multiple exits, at least four, in fear of the worst. Then I would camp out, and wait. If for some reason I could not hold off the zeds, I would take one of the escape exits they couldn't reach, like a ladder, or free jump. Then I would ride towards a flat forest, and I would make sure I new how to navigate through it well.
Dammit, I thought I was logged in. Anyway, that is my new revised plan.
So your going to go to a bus station where other people are going to go to try and get to this base.....I can't beleive I'm savying this, but go watch the begining of I am legend where everyone is trying to get Evaced. It's madness. They are checking people for bites, and infected people are showing up. Thats what it would be like, and what if they didn't have space for you after taking women and children?
Okay, let me add something. German marshall law will be in effect. That means: screw you, america, this is our turf. So, I'd say, they'd run the riot busses. These are what they use to evacuate Americans when the Americans are being protested. I've been on one of these before, in the Middle-East. They have two armed guards at the door. You show your ID you get on, you don't... you're strongly suggested to leave. This basically means, I'd have to go, anyway. NATO would be the ones exterminating people, since this country has only a small army. Our base is off-limits to NATO. You don't know how it's done over here. It's a totally different world.
Ok this is what i would do in a zombie apocalypse.
I live in a 2 story house with a basement, attic, and garage.At home, I have no guns, so i would go to my garage and get a few metal bats and an axe. Plus a shovel, hammer and nails, and wood. I would also make sure my bike was ready to be used if i needed to quickly escape. I would then go to my kitchen and grab all the food and other supplies and bring them up stairs. I would then fill both bathtubs up with water, in case the water stopped running.(it would be impossible to get water) Then, would go up stairs, making sure no one else was up there,(family), then i would use the axe to destroy the stairs. (WOO go zombie survival handbook) Then i would nail boards to make sure it was impossible to get up the stairs. Then i would store the food away and sit tight. If the sh** hit the fan o would escape on my bike and try to find a diffrent, and permenant hiding spot.
Dily,
I find your plan OK, just some points that were wrong, in order of importance:
1.Your food will not last you forever. Camping inside your own home will only work for the initial stages of the Apocalypse, also know as the 'anic phase', and for that phase you should have enough food to survive up there...
But after that? Once your food runs out, you are forced with either leaving your home to find food or starving to death (never underestimate what a starving man would risk to get food). In the former, you need to state where you would loot+possibly why that place ( as the panic phase is over, almost everything would have been looted already). Also: do you live in or near a large city? if so, the chances of raiders and widespread fire increase greatly, so you couldn't depend on living there forever if so....
2.....And with the stairs destroyed, how will you get down??? I recommend using a rope ladder or other retractable ladder if you have one, which i assume you would, as zombies are incapable of climbing ladders (or at least the kind i am talking about), and it gives you a safe way up and down.
And by the way... so you just plan on ditching your family? what if they're already upstairs?? Have you no compassion :O ????
Honeslty, as much as I love my family, I would have to kill/leave them. why? There loud. My family is almsot unbearable on a daily basis, and if I where to try and take them to get supplies, it wouldn't work. I don't think it would be in my best intrest to stay with them.
Same with me. All of us would have a better chance of surviving alone, edcept for my little brother.
Honeslty, as much as I love my family, I would have to kill/leave them. why? There loud. My family is almsot unbearable on a daily basis, and if I where to try and take them to get supplies, it wouldn't work. I don't think it would be in my best intrest to stay with them.
Exactly. My mom would jump and scream at everything. This would be like the sound of dinnerbells to the undead.
Exactly. My mom would jump and scream at everything. This would be like the sound of dinnerbells to the undead.
But yet, your walking toward a bus, where other people are going. Potentially like your mother.
I'm not sure I could kill me family, so I tihnk I'd just......well leave. Pack up my guns and hit the road. We aren't close anyways, so that won't be ahrd.
But yet, your walking toward a bus, where other people are going. Potentially like your mother.
Point taken. Did I tell you about the guards? Or the fact the bus is armored? I must have left out the armor part.
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