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thoadthetoad
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This is a completely serious club, people who make a decent enough plan will be able to comment and review other plans. Here is some zombie info.

run/walk: they walk

scream/groan: they groan

day/night: All da time babey!

what they attack: EVERYTHING THEY HEAR, OR THAT MOVES!

survivors: very very little, like near 100-1000 people on EARTH

guns: This is real time, being your neighboorhood and everything, you have all the resources you have in your house.

cure: there is none.

where to go: so long as you have a plan to get their, go for it.

how much you can carry: AGAIN, THIS IS REAL TIME

family members: theres a high chance they are zombehs too.
able to join: if you didn't read, just make a good plan.

durability: they can take ALOT of damage, worse than playing last stand 2 with just a pistol for the entire game when the zombies have twice as much life.

doors: they can't work a doorhandle for the mostpart of their brain is already rotted
I am still making my plan right now, but I think some of you can do it. Let the zombie surviving begin!

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after almost a YEAR, has finally ended

The virus we are normally using has a heightened sense of smell and hearing, which means that if you fire a gun, most Zomb in the area will know you are there.

If you where to face hungers (the top one is Goliath), you might be okay with the nearest zombies, but since these are more intelligent, you will have problems with the gun again, unless you have enough bullets and is calm enough to shoot them somewhere which makes them die instantly.

Excel will probably throw a car at you...

Yeah > >...
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Stupid copy that didn't copy...

Quote:

But really how will zombies know you are there? :|

Not the other.

And... I am possitive that Thoad does not really like the zombie survival guide...

Other information: The Goliath is more a parasite than a virus. This means the only way to kill them are through a clean head shot.
Other vira might have the trait that it can be killed off easier, like the Hungers, which is still living beings, just crazed and very hungry...
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and wouldn't you want to stay in a place where the zombies will be focused through one point? (hot gates from 300 the movie)


Uh, no. 100 zombies and 40 rounds of shots don't mix, dude. Apparantly, the zombie survival guide is kinda cruddy to me, now.

The Goliath syndrome infects, it travels to the brain and shuts it down. It then restarts it, giving full access to the body. It activates the lungs to bring the oxygen to the new parasite, ensuring that it lives. IT feeds off it's host and it eventually gets eaten and the Goliath dies in about 100 years. It's meant to live for long periods of time.

Common characteristics are on the front page.
thoadthetoad
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WOAH, the mods musta went on a post slaughter in here because there was about 400 pages before, wasn't there?

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Um....Yeah, thosad I think you might be right. I don't think 400.........Ah, who knows. We had about 4,000 posts at any rate.....

Ok, but yeah. CQC weapon, My prefrence is a crowbar. One-handed, or two-handed. It can be used for more then just cracking there skulls (which it could do easily) Tehy can also be used to remove baords, nail, or hammer in nails if you have no hammer. So yeah...use them.

As for fire arms, shot guns are the worst possible thing. for one, they have a very high volocity fire, which will basically blow your shoulder off after a while. Tehy also (unless it has a clip) very slow to reload, meaning that they would get you. Seeing as you also have to be VERY close to get a shot with one, unless you are using slugs, due to the scatter efect of most. Now, pistols, are your best bet. You can get pretty accurate shots, and if you can find a way to compress it, you would be golden. But the BEST gun in my humble opinon, is the .22 rifle. it is pretty small, has no kick, is able to use a .22 or smaller round, which means amunitionwill be abondent. It may not seem very powerfull, but they can be accurate for around a mile. They are also fairly quite without any kick. good for hunting to.

Now, flamethrowers, lets get real. As it is were do you suppose you will find one? Becuse let me give you a hint, you can't get one at wallmart. And they are just plain dangourus. Untill the parisite was destroyed, you would have a flaming (no not gay) zombie comeing at you. Now once it falls, cances are if your i na building you will catch it on fire, and if you didnt, they will. So.....just don't do it, K?


Allright, now thoad, seems to like to take credit for my "2 week" rule there. Stay in your home for two weeks. ration what you have if need be....fill your tubs and sinks, and contaniers so you have water. canned gods are ncie, becuse though you might like to, you dont need to cook them. As for baricades, desks, sofas, chairs, what ever you have access to, will work. Just pile them up, and or nail them in front of the window. Unless you have high windows like me, dont worry about it. (there about 7 feet off the ground....go figure)


I think that should cover it for right now.......enjoy.

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Seeing as you also have to be VERY close to get a shot with one, unless you are using slugs, due to the scatter efect of most


Have you fired a shot gun? If you have then you would know that an effective range for a shotgun is 10 feet-20 feet. Just thought you should know. Yea I have one for skeet shooting.

My prefrence is a crowbar. One-handed, or two-handed. It can be used for more then just cracking there skulls (which it could do easily) Tehy can also be used to remove baords, nail, or hammer in nails if you have no hammer. So yeah...use them.


Ah, this is a great weapon, reminds me of half-life 2. But isn't this CQC weapon a little small? why not use a metallic baseball bat? crowbar is about 1.5 feet, or 45.7 cm. while the bat is about 3 feet or 91.4 cm. They both weigh the same and are pretty sturdy.

just a thought though.


Also question on the guns, why not a carbine? they are ok in weight (held a replica, it is about 8 pounds with ammunition (30 rounds = 1 clip), they are a great CQC weapon, the butt of the rifle can crack skulls (U.S. marines train with assault/carbines for CQC sometimes) The only problem would be a somewhat lack of ammunition, which I'm sure could be remedied with non armor piercing rounds (most carbines are supplied with armor piercing rounds, you can opt for regular rifle rounds too).
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canned gods


Vishnu in a can! VERY useful if you need some moral support. Coming up soon, we have Poseidon in a can! Pfffffft! Who needs water when you have the God of the sea at your disposal!?
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A CQC weapon is definitely a must. Skater_Kid has the right idea with a crowbar, if a zombie outbreak occurred I'd never leave home without it. I wouldn't mind having a second option as well, maybe with a little more use in the fighting department. A lightweight aluminum bat would be real handy, basically because of its length, but it'd be a bit difficult to travel with it as you'd have to go most places with it in your hand, or in a bag (not a good place for it if you get surprised) Not to mention in confined quarters (i.e hallways) you'd be hard pressed to swing it.

I think as an alternative I'd take a military style tomahawk. They are extremely lightweight, made out of solid steel, and have one blade edge and one spiked end. Of course you'd be sacrificing significant reach ( tomahawk is only about 14 inches long) but each shot would take relatively little power to produce a kill (conserve strength) and the recovery from each blow would be much less than for a bat.

I'd also love to have some form of grenade, either flash bang or tear gas if the normal are unavailable, the latter would be better to avoid alerting more zombies as to my location.

For guns, I like DDX's choice of carbine. That would be for range and then I'd pack a couple .38 magnums, or even more than a couple, that way I could go longer initially without needing to reload (an old pirate trick)

Total weight comes to maybe 25-30 pounds (including ammunition) so running long distances may be a problem, but if push came to shove, I would probably drop the carbine and its ammo and about 11-12 pounds right there.

I'm also assuming I'm on the move, or in a bad location when the outbreak starts. (which is the reason for the variety of equipment) This stuff would be the optimum set but of course I'd make substitutions based on availability.

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Have you fired a shot gun? If you have then you would know that an effective range for a shotgun is 10 feet-20 feet. Just thought you should know. Yea I have one for skeet shooting.


Still, haveing to feed 6 shots into gun while that close is not alot of fun. An besides, for what the shot gun is worth, just get a diffrent gun. Or just dont use one....

Ah, this is a great weapon, reminds me of half-life 2. But isn't this CQC weapon a little small? why not use a metallic baseball bat? crowbar is about 1.5 feet, or 45.7 cm. while the bat is about 3 feet or 91.4 cm. They both weigh the same and are pretty sturdy.


most metal ones are tin, or alluminium. point being, they dent easyily. you would be going through alot of weapons. And as I said, one or two handed. Ther two handed are longer, but slower. Adn you would have to be close anyways...


Also question on the guns, why not a carbine? they are ok in weight (held a replica, it is about 8 pounds with ammunition (30 rounds = 1 clip), they are a great CQC weapon, the butt of the rifle can crack skulls (U.S. marines train with assault/carbines for CQC sometimes) The only problem would be a somewhat lack of ammunition, which I'm sure could be remedied with non armor piercing rounds (most carbines are supplied with armor piercing rounds, you can opt for regular rifle rounds too).


Hrm.....not entirly sure you could get a carbine...farily certain you can't buy one of those at a gun shop.....though some sell .50 calls. So who knows.....

O, and going back to the crowbar.....bats may be nice for a while, but were are you gonna put it? Your hand? Well thats gonna be a pain in your @$$!!!!! A crowbar however, can be slipped into your belt...which you should have at all times. Wether to hold your pants up, or something else, better safe then sorry.



I think as an alternative I'd take a military style tomahawk.


think for a minute bro. Can you get one of those? If you can, go for it...as long as it has a sheath as to not cut your self on mistake.


I'd also love to have some form of grenade, either flash bang or tear gas if the normal are unavailable, the latter would be better to avoid alerting more zombies as to my location.


You suicidal friend? Tear gas, or flash wont do s#it to them...but it will blind you, and make you tear up. And a regular grenade...the scatter of them, will send shrapnell at you, and them. Adn you can get hit in the chest, or leg and still die. them, they need a head shot. And the explosion. It it's self can kill you if you are close enough to it. And the noise will make every little dead head within 20 miles come after you...bad idea.



I'd pack a couple .38 magnums, or even more than a couple, that way I could go longer initially without needing to reload (an old pirate trick)


Don't plan on haveing that stuff.

And don't count on being somewere else. you could be at home, school, were ever. My advice at school though....block all entrances, via team makeing, and then divide the teams into diffrent things. Science teachers wouold be expecially helpfull since they can identify plants....XD

So yeah, I tinhk I covered everything.....
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think for a minute bro. Can you get one of those? If you can, go for it...as long as it has a sheath as to not cut your self on mistake.


Yeah they come with sheaths, and I'm pretty certain you don't have to be in the military to get one. Any collector could probably get his hands on one no prob. Not to mention if you could expect anyone to resist zombies with any force, it'd be the military. I wouldn't count on bumping into them and living, but if I got the chance I'd take one without a second thought.

You suicidal friend? Tear gas, or flash wont do s#it to them...but it will blind you, and make you tear up.


Come on seriously? You think I don't know how to use a grenade? Of course I wouldn't drop one at my feet, I'd *throw* it. XD

And I disagree. I thought zombies generally came with heightened senses of sight, smell, and hearing. Like I said before tear gas would be best cuz its quiet. At the very least, it would seriously disorient them and give me chance to escape a bad situation. Not to mention tear gas would effectively stop them from tracking my scent until their olfactory nerves recovered.

Don't plan on haveing that stuff.


I didn't really, I was talking best case scenario. I'd make substitutions where necessary, even if it was just a crowbar and a hunting knife.
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For CQC I would use the SPAS-12 Shotgun. It's semi auto and runs off a clip not by each bullet so reloading would be easy.

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For CQC I would use the SPAS-12 Shotgun. It's semi auto and runs off a clip not by each bullet so reloading would be easy.


It's a better choice than a regular shotty and good if you can't depend on handling yourself in melee action, but it's still loud and would still wear out your body with repeated use.

You really need to pick a full set of equipment or that shotgun choice will get you killed.

And also just throwing this out there, who else thinks the safest place to be on the outset of a breakout would be an aircraft carrier?
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Ok, but yeah. CQC weapon, My prefrence is a crowbar. One-handed, or two-handed. It can be used for more then just cracking there skulls (which it could do easily) Tehy can also be used to remove baords, nail, or hammer in nails if you have no hammer. So yeah...use them.

You know, I had a daydream of being in a zombie room with nothing but a crowbar, and you could easily f**k up a brain by shoving a correct crowbar into their eyes.
But isn't this CQC weapon a little small? why not use a metallic baseball bat?

Crowbars can pry many a thing open.

And it would be EXTREMELY lucky if you could get the outbreak outside of school while in school. Since channel 1 is there, I'm sure that it picks up the EBC (Emergency Broadcast Channel) as well. They'd call the parents, and everyone is gonna bolt to the schools as well. They all have relatively sturdy gates (some with barbed wire) and solid brick walls. There's a reason why kids think it's a prison, ye know.

There's several fallback options if 1 classroom or 1 area is lost, and they normally have backup generators. Desks would be perfect for barricades, and you could probably make a wall with them. The only thing that would get you killed would be loss of food (even though most schools I know are right next to grocers, etc. etc.) and there's a large amount of people. Not to mention that the jocks (although idiotic) could do a lot of the heavy lifting and go out in a blaze while you actually plan.

Not to mention, I'm sure the science labs will have several different chemicals, allowing for use of EXPLOSIVES. Which, in fact, would be very nice if you're throwing them from on top of a building. There's safety equipment, there's even vehicles/bicycles. You'd have recreational activities (Gym, Basketball, Swimming if your school has a pool) and an easy sewer transport in case the school gets trashed. The biggest part of survival in schools would be the food, but I'm sure a whole bunch of the kids (I'd say somewhere near 50-75) would leave in search of their parents or in panic.

It'd be very, VERY lucky if you could be in school. Though water would be a problem if droughts are common in your area.
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For CQC I would use the SPAS-12 Shotgun. It's semi auto and runs off a clip not by each bullet so reloading would be easy.

Shotguns = bad.

Also, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO FIND A MERCENARY/NAVY SEALS GRADE SHOTGUN?!

Use your brain dude! You're not gonna find one lying around.
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O, and going back to the crowbar.....bats may be nice for a while, but were are you gonna put it? Your hand? Well thats gonna be a pain in your @$$!!!!! A crowbar however, can be slipped into your belt...which you should have at all times. Wether to hold your pants up, or something else, better safe then sorry.

slip it through your belt... just like a crowbar.

Hrm.....not entirly sure you could get a carbine...farily certain you can't buy one of those at a gun shop.....though some sell .50 calls. So who knows.....


since you are 14, I assume you have not had the luxury of being able to buy guns/ use them (unless your dad hunts or something), getting a carbine is actually really easy, it is just a little expensive, they sell them in L.A. if you look hard enough. They also distribute them to police personnel in Nevada.

Don't plan on haveing that stuff.


I always carry a double set of throwing knives (6 inches, weigh about .5 pounds, when thrown they spin a 10 revolutions per feet), When going on trips, I carry a hardened plastic composite knife in a sheath strapped to my right foot. I do this to prevent being mugged, so in a zombie situation as presented in this scenario I can safely say I will always be somewhat adequately prepared.

Still, haveing to feed 6 shots into gun while that close is not alot of fun. An besides, for what the shot gun is worth, just get a diffrent gun. Or just dont use one....


an automatic shot gun is about 2600 dollars and holds around 4-7 shells depending on the type, though I would prefer using single action army (doesn't jam, decent caliber holds 6 shots, comes with second reel, so basically like 1 clip from a regular handgun).

For CQC I would use the SPAS-12 Shotgun. It's semi auto and runs off a clip not by each bullet so reloading would be easy.


ou... bad choice, the semi auto, in fact makes you waste a lot of ammunition.

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO FIND A MERCENARY/NAVY SEALS GRADE SHOTGUN?!

ahahahha, well you could find it on a navy seal... >.>

you can also buy it from the (censored as it is illegal (in the forums) and 15 year olds shouldn't know about where to get guns 4 cheap lulz). They generally have older versions of the current military weapons. Nonetheless this is not possible if you live no where near L.A.
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