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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!
- 518 Replies
Iko:
Most home made explosives are just noise (with some quite noteable exeptions).
i have 3 weapons in the house i could use. a knife a handgun and an indian tomahawk (dont ask)i would get the tomahawk because im in my room alot and it usually would be easy to get to if it were right there in my room. i would bring the knife just as a backup because a tomahawk could bash the zombies head knife just stabs. not the bast weapon 4 zombies. second i would get the gun and if i encountered any zombies throw the kinfe if missed bash head with tomahawk and take knife again then i would board all the windows and barracade the doors with couchs and chairs and stuff. i have a tool box and lots of wood for the windows. then i would scavenge the house for any other weapons i would use and have the radio close. if someone was rallying survivers i would get all my weapons and pack some supplies and go to my dads house. (i live in small town so not many zeds would show up)at my dads he and i hunt but he keeps all the guns and stuff. i would take a rifle and put it on my back and carry shotgun. (rifle is backup) and we have plenty of ammo. i would give my dad a rifle and shotgun too if he was still alive. then i would rally the rest of the family and get makeshift weapons 4 them. then with all my family weaponed up we would walk to the spot where the survivers are or if possible ride bikes or something but never cars or vehicles except moter cycle.
whattaya think about the plan?
K guys, I decided to come up with a completely different plan. I think that I might add that I am now in possession of a bowie knife, and a desert eagle.
Germany is one of the cleanest places on earth, they even do biometric scans now as you enter any airport. This means the virus is spread, by car/train/meteor into germany. This means that when the virus is discovered, it would be widely known. step 1. assemble supplies. strap knife holster to chest for quick access. get desert eagle w/ all available rounds. leave behind any jewelry/zippered clothing (makes too much noise.) pack watch batteries. Bring dehydrated milk, refried beans, and MRE's. step 2. I have a very sturdy fort built across several trees in the deep woods near my house. it is hidden from sight and is far from smell range. I even have several ghillie tarps over it. Its a good place to hide out untill the people on the bus die/leave. step 3. No zombies SHOULD find me, but if any do, i'll try to stay unnoticed. if that doesn't work, i'll have to knife him. don't want to attract attention. if there's more than two, then gunplay may be required.
step 4. after 3 weeks, I will go back to my neighborhood. if there are any survivors, leave them or loot them, if there aren't I'll carefully search their homes. I'll keep any guns i can carry. I'll also keep perishable food. I'll keep a revolver with one shot in it, so I don't forget what its for. step 5. wait for control of the situation. I may have to continue looting into the surrounding small towns, where there is smaller resistance.
step 6. After a while, if i'm still alive, I'll be the only source of food for the zeds. I'm sure to encounter the majority of the horde after some amount of time. hopefully, i've got my stockpile by then. with my revolver. I'll shoot them with all i've got, knife the climbers, and hopefully survive. I'll just add the only way up to the fort is a rope ladder. i can pull that up. anyway, The largest chances of me dying are: 5% eaten while I'm in my fort, 5% shot while looting, 20%eaten while looting, 20% nuked, 50% myself. so, its really a preserverance plan, but you cant honestly say you think you're goin to make it.
somebody is pessimistic....
and i'll try to review all new plans within the hour ( btw good job in advance for Lathus)
I like the fort idea, but make sure you dress warm/ have alot of blankets or maybe build some walls. Wind would get you darn cold in winter.
LIke Muse said, the desert eagel is a pretty bad move. I'm not sure, you say your dads in the millitary so maybe you have one, but thoer are huge, as are the bullets. And there loud. So your gonn call everything within a few mile radius onto you.
My current Materials:
Car Battery [14], 2 extra+2 from cars
Doubled Garbage Bag full of canned/nonperishable goods
1 gas container [empty]
3 water bottles full of gas
Sharpened Lawnmower blade with rubber/foam grip (glued on duller end)
2 hatchets
! small Luggage bag Clothing/toiletries
small tarp [2], fair condition
Flashlight
Digital Watch [solar-charged battery]
3 1-gallon jugs water
2 1-gallon jugs diesel fuel
6 16-oz water bottles
2 plaatic bags vending machine food
2 bags chips
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Current Vehicle:
2006 ATV [with metal racks on front+back]
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Current Companions: German Shepherd
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Current Shelter: Stacked Insulation w/ tarp roof (sealed with medium rocks)
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Current Location: Wisconsin, USA; unidentified woods
Well now that i have shelter, i will need something to keep me warm, and lots of blankets probably just won't cut it. Using my ATV, i would go search for portable heaters, and i would raid garages in residential areas or auto shops for power converters. Why? Well, if i got my hands on one, i could power just about any elctrical appliance with my car batteries. They aren't too common, but I rckon i would eventually find one. Assuming i find one (eventually after lots of searching), I would bring it back to my camp and hide it; Then i would go back and find a portable heater, which shouldn't be too hard to find, and maybe a radio set (like the kind a radio station would use, and i would just search downtowns and pay attention to advertising/signs until i found a radio station HQ. It would probably be long gone from looters, so i would just keep raiding surrounding towns (and robbing any gas stations for any gas at all) until i found one. Aftera LOT of searching, i suppose i found one. I would then look for roads an take the car batteries out of them, until i have about 10 or so (put them on the ATV rack). Going back to camp, i would attempt hooking it up to the power source, and since my dad taught me how to use one in case the power ever went out, It shouldn't be too hard.
Now the hard part: the transistor itself. I would need a really really long pole, So where would i EVER go? Wel to the neighborhood school, of course! I would chop through the flag pole with my lawnmower blade (make sure the pole i very long also, and if not find a different school), and then transport it back to base by balancing it so there is an even amount sticking out the frontand back of ATV. The trip will be long and tedious this time as my mobility will be severely lessened because the pipe is sticking out, but i would make it (eventually). I would remove the rope from the pole and bring down Old Glory (oh i'm so unpatriotic boohoo), then attach the transistor to one end of the pole, then anchor it in the ground by digging a small, deep hole, inserting the pole then crefully adding the dit or better yet sand if that is available. Well now i have a working radio, a shelter, and a food supply! I would attempt working the radio, which won't work clearly, so i would go back to the radio stationsand see if anyone was still alive and non-zombieish. After chopping my way through a few radio stations, i'm bound to find one person who knows how to work it. We would go back to the camp, he/she (preferrably she but i'll take what i get) will work the radio; we will set a channel and establish a pickup point in the message to be broadcasted, in mid-afternoon around 4 at one of the nearby towns' major landmarks. Well now i need a gun.... look around for one and i'm bound to find one (let's say a hunting rifle as those will be common seconded by pistols). Every day i would go to said landmark before the pickup time and find an elevated position and observe from afar (radio dude watch my back), and if anybody shows up we observe them to make ure they're not evil and not stupid/useless. If they are useful-looking and not evil, we take them in. Repeat this process till we got about 5 people. Make a makeshift silencer from a few soda cans and attach it to the hunting rifle to make some kind of silencer.
Moar later.
@silenceikullu:
Well, first off, throwing your knife at a zombie is the worst attack i have ever heard. Unless you are well trained in throwing knives (and even then certain knives don't cut through the air right), you might kill the zombie with a headhit, but then you are down a knife for combat and for other more practical uses (there are many). bashing with a Tomahawk.... Not the Ideal weapon, but an effective weapon nonetheless. If i were you, i wouldn't solely depend on a melee weapon until you got to your dad's, i'd find a ranged weapon like a pistol so you don't need to get close. Speaking of which, assume your dad/family are all zombies already or have fled. Do you know where he stores all his guns and ammo, and do you know how to access it? Well without a party and using a shotgun as a primary weapon ( the rifle is preferrable for its range), you won't get very far unless you have some good transportation.
I'm still for mele weapons. I don't really see a large group of zombies standing so close together you can't fight one at a time. As it is, guns are loud. If your fire one, your ringing a dinner bell.
I still say the crowbar is the best choice of melee weapon. It has pratical uses, hammering nails, removing boards, opening doors/windows, as well as being nice and solid so you can smack stuff i nthe head wtih it.
I would saw a longer weapon that a crowbaw would be better. If you had a large hammer that would be great. Especially a battle-hammer, but those are very heavy.
Is there a new scenario?
No scenario yet, we're gonna have one soon hopefully. Once my brain stops being dumb.
A battle hammer is large, and heavy though. Your not gonna be able to swing that many times, and then you have to carry it with you at all times, being vry heavy, that wouod suck
Hmm i don't know if i joined or not, but lets say i am.
Its is like 11:30 right here btw
I'm playing armor games etc. when i hear slight groaning sounds from the other room. When i walk in there MY MOM IS A F****** ZOMBIE! So i run into my room, grab my approved tottaly real sword, and have war with my mom. I end up slicing her head clean off. I go to my room and sob for a while in my bed, when i remember there are other members of my family. so i quickly grab my supplies (food, few blades of mine, zombie survival guide, laptop etc.) and run into my dads room. I see he is not a zombie, but at close look there are plenty of bullet holes through the chest. So i go in the closet and grab a shotgun and two pistols (yes i have that in my dads closet, im serious. then i grab the jeep keys run out and start the car. When i get to town its overun with zombies. In the large zomne of angry zombies, i crash into a preschool. atleast my car bloacked the entrance, but on closer look there are hundreds of insane 5 year old zombies in there!!! I grad my shotgun and start blasting them to bits, but one of them eventually bites me. I knew the virus wont affect me for atleast 15 minutes, so i go and kill all the zombies i can find and make a barricaded house for any other survivers. Before i get infected i shoot myself through the heart. leaving this note. My name is Trent. If you knew me, i just wanted to let you know, i probably saved your life.
ok, desert eagle, bad idea
so i'll only use it if i have the better half of a hoard in front of me.
I'll keep in mind the bit about blankets
so is there nything else i should note?
HAHAHA!
ELECTRIC CAR PWN!
Have fun when this actually happens and theres no gas for your stinkin gas guzzlers while im zooming by watching your *** get eaten by zombies (and your brains too)
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