@Remyre: Shotgun is the type to weld a butcher's knife to a metal pole as a pole-arm. I know this lol. And if we find a replica of Masamune you can have it. As much as I LOVE Sephiroth and that sword, I'm better with multiple blades. I'm more like Roronoa Zoro than anyone. BUT if we find 2 replicas, I call dibs on the 2nd! :XD

@chemicalxnova: Don't worry, I got shotgun to join this too...though I didn't threaten him in his sleep.

@ShishaNoKuroNeko: You have a pretty get setup plan. Funny thing with me, I never think about the "After it's over" part. I think honestly after being in constant battle like that, I wouldn't want to go back to peace and would probably just travel around seeing how bad the country/world got jacked up.

Oh and Remyre, 7 pages now in this forum >.< Way to go!

Originally Posted by ShishaNoKuroNeko

I've actually given a lot of thought to this subject, considering my love of horror movies and how often i watch them. I would first have a location just outside of the city. Not too close to any buildings, but not too far. A good view all around. Then I would take any and all measure to ensure said building is impenetrable, save for the entrance and whatever emergency exits, which you can only open from the inside. Second, said building would have to have a cellar or a basement below ground level. There would be an emergency exit. This one would be impossible to locate unless you knew about it, and would have sections you must go through. It would be a tunnel underground. It would have a few surveillance systems, or if there was a lack of electricity, a warning system that would be triggered by a booby trap of some sort. Then, this said basement would be a storage section, hidden from prying eyes of guests. It would have nonperishable food items, water, medical supplies, ammunition, and weapons. I would also need to develop a system that would create these items when supplies run out. For example, like that one movie "waterworld" or something, he filters his own piss and drinks it. It is still liquid. Filter out the chemicals, acids, and whatnot, and you have h2o. Another example would be a contraption that melts metal into bullets. Food, I may have to find a way to grow it. Or farm small animals. Or hunt. As far as medical supplies go, learn from medical books. Steal medical supplies. Steal weapons. Take care of them, because those last. Don't let your weapons go neglected and rust, because these will be mans new bff. Anyway, after that, there would be the lookout and setting up a communication system. Find out from other survivors what the fuck is going on. Find out if there is a cure or a surefire way to terminate all zombies. And after the worst is done and there is some safety with everyday life, procreate with survivors. You don't even have to like them. It is your responsibility to keep the human race alive now. And no inbreeding. Write down who's baby-daddy is who's if ya have to. Anyway, that's what I got for now.

A bullet press and a furnace and a reloading tool are all you would need to make your own bullets tool wise. Making your own gunpowder could be a problem though. Best way for long term survival in an end of the world as we know it situation is to use some low tech weaponry that is easy to make such as crossbows. Best things is if your bolt (or arrow if you're using a bow) didn't bend on impact you can reclaim your ammo quickly. Also using balistas for tower/wall defenses could be done rather quickly. This will buy you the time to find,gather, and process the materials necessary for continued use of modern firearms. :D

All in all nice plan, very well thought out and leaves enough room for adaption should things go even more awry.

I heard somewhere that the Zombie Survival Guide said an oil tanker would be the most optimal place to hole up in a zombie attack. Question then would be how would one get to one and get all the soil and stuff to make the farm on the deck. hmm...

>.> you people type to much. lol

Originally Posted by chemicalxnova

....Time to practice with a sling and a rock. 8D I wouldn't want to be close to them, no matter what.

LOL, you'd end up bashin us all in the head!! You're too clumsy for something like that.. how bout you just our spotter? :p

Originally Posted by ShishaNoKuroNeko

I've actually given a lot of thought to this subject, considering my love of horror movies and how often i watch them. I would first have a location just outside of the city. Not too close to any buildings, but not too far. A good view all around. Then I would take any and all measure to ensure said building is impenetrable, save for the entrance and whatever emergency exits, which you can only open from the inside. Second, said building would have to have a cellar or a basement below ground level. There would be an emergency exit. This one would be impossible to locate unless you knew about it, and would have sections you must go through. It would be a tunnel underground. It would have a few surveillance systems, or if there was a lack of electricity, a warning system that would be triggered by a booby trap of some sort. Then, this said basement would be a storage section, hidden from prying eyes of guests. It would have nonperishable food items, water, medical supplies, ammunition, and weapons. I would also need to develop a system that would create these items when supplies run out. For example, like that one movie "waterworld" or something, he filters his own piss and drinks it. It is still liquid. Filter out the chemicals, acids, and whatnot, and you have h2o. Another example would be a contraption that melts metal into bullets. Food, I may have to find a way to grow it. Or farm small animals. Or hunt. As far as medical supplies go, learn from medical books. Steal medical supplies. Steal weapons. Take care of them, because those last. Don't let your weapons go neglected and rust, because these will be mans new bff. Anyway, after that, there would be the lookout and setting up a communication system. Find out from other survivors what the fuck is going on. Find out if there is a cure or a surefire way to terminate all zombies. And after the worst is done and there is some safety with everyday life, procreate with survivors. You don't even have to like them. It is your responsibility to keep the human race alive now. And no inbreeding. Write down who's baby-daddy is who's if ya have to. Anyway, that's what I got for now.

That's a very good plan!! We used to sit and plan this all out, we had drawn up a building we wanted to attempt to build. Only we'd have to have a safe place to stay, and go in groups to build, and have people be on watch so no one got hurt. Raising animals for food might not work, since we don't really know what kind of virus or whatever would cause the zombies in the first place... it might affect the livestock! And that just wouldn't be good at all. I think that growing our own vegetables, and whatever fruits we could would be the best. If we did raise livestock, or hunt, we would have to have a way to test the meat before we ate it just to be safe!! I never thought of the procreating though! lol, that one might be a little tough! XD Who knows. Still though, great plan!! It's always fun to hear about this stuff

I figured out my job for the ZA, Imma drive a freaking RV, and y'all can hang out the windows and shoot zombies *nods* Nova can work the GPS for me.

haha, that sounds dangerous!! But I like it!! :D

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Oh yeah, Drizzle, epicly excited that I get Masamune!! XD Now I REALLY hope i can find one!! lol

And yeah, I'm pretty happy that this thread is doing so well!! I never even thought it would get a reply, let alone we're still talking 7 pages later!! XD

We would have to bring our own zombie killing music, cause the radio stations would be off the air.

I'm pretty sure we can find a replica of it, it's not THAT rare lol. We can just raid comic/anime shops lol.

Yep and we are gonna keep it going to lol.

I'm sure between all of us we have plenty of music to smash some zombie heads too!! XD

And that sounds like a great idea!! First thing when the ZA happens... Im heading to Anderson, and raiding The Danger Room of ALL OF THEIR POKEMON CARDS!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... ahem, yep, that just happened. :P

Originally Posted by Remyre

I'm sure between all of us we have plenty of music to smash some zombie heads too!! XD

And that sounds like a great idea!! First thing when the ZA happens... Im heading to Anderson, and raiding The Danger Room of ALL OF THEIR POKEMON CARDS!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... ahem, yep, that just happened. :P

lol! And I will raid Walgreens.

Hey they got some good equipment too!! The only "weapons" the Danger Room has is boffers.. and something tells me that pvc covered in foam and fabric isn't an effective zombie killing tool!! XD

>.> if a zombie has dentures, and they lose them, will they still be able to bite?

hmm, well I doubt it! With no teeth, I dont think it works the same. Sometimes it's just a scratch that can infect you... so they could still be dangerous. I still wouldn't want to be gummed to death by a zombie though! lol

Originally Posted by Remyre

I'm sure between all of us we have plenty of music to smash some zombie heads too!! XD

And that sounds like a great idea!! First thing when the ZA happens... Im heading to Anderson, and raiding The Danger Room of ALL OF THEIR POKEMON CARDS!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... ahem, yep, that just happened. :P

Get the Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering cards for me! lol That's actually a great idea. I imagine power will fail eventually so we will need entertainment or we'll go crazy....well...crazier.

Originally Posted by Gailia

>.> if a zombie has dentures, and they lose them, will they still be able to bite?

That...is a good question. I don't think so but it could gum you I think. If the virus is the like one in Walking Dead, we are all already infected, the zombies just kill you and you come back so blood woulds wouldn't matter.

If it's like that Rage Virus, T-Virus, or G-Virus...well...we would be boned if we got scratched or anything.

So Pokemon, Magic, and Yugioh.. got it!! I forgot about Yugioh.. X_x haha

Crazy? I'm not crazy... what gave you that idea? :p

I never said you were, Remyre. lol. But I am insane lol. It's how I've survived this long XD

>.> What about VOODOO Zombies?

Run. I know some about Voodoo, and I know enough to not screw with it or the people practicing it. lol

XD Crazy is a good thing sometimes!! haha, I'm proud to be crazy.

Hmm.. I don't really know much about Voodoo Zombies honestly. So that's a good question... I'd like to know too.

I think we'd be ok, as long as we don't make their master angry.

It ain't the zombies I'd be worried about with Voodoo, it's everything else lol. The zombies are usually just dead people. They don't crave flesh or anything, but they are sturdy like humans.

Originally Posted by The Shotgun Ninja

A bullet press and a furnace and a reloading tool are all you would need to make your own bullets tool wise. Making your own gunpowder could be a problem though. Best way for long term survival in an end of the world as we know it situation is to use some low tech weaponry that is easy to make such as crossbows. Best things is if your bolt (or arrow if you're using a bow) didn't bend on impact you can reclaim your ammo quickly. Also using balistas for tower/wall defenses could be done rather quickly. This will buy you the time to find,gather, and process the materials necessary for continued use of modern firearms. :D

All in all nice plan, very well thought out and leaves enough room for adaption should things go even more awry.

I heard somewhere that the Zombie Survival Guide said an oil tanker would be the most optimal place to hole up in a zombie attack. Question then would be how would one get to one and get all the soil and stuff to make the farm on the deck. hmm...

Ah, I forgot about that. I would probably have to learn archery or how to make those explosives out of simple household ingredients. It's in the anarchist cookbook. I'll be sure to have a copy with me.

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Originally Posted by Drizzle Vision

@ShishaNoKuroNeko: You have a pretty get setup plan. Funny thing with me, I never think about the "After it's over" part. I think honestly after being in constant battle like that, I wouldn't want to go back to peace and would probably just travel around seeing how bad the country/world got jacked up.

Well, I'd definitely like travel and see what damage there is, but I like the thought of waiting until the fatality rate is lower. Travel might be inevitable in this situation, anyway. Maybe travel like they do in resident evil. But then you have the problem of always looking for fuel.

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Originally Posted by Remyre

That's a very good plan!! We used to sit and plan this all out, we had drawn up a building we wanted to attempt to build. Only we'd have to have a safe place to stay, and go in groups to build, and have people be on watch so no one got hurt. Raising animals for food might not work, since we don't really know what kind of virus or whatever would cause the zombies in the first place... it might affect the livestock! And that just wouldn't be good at all. I think that growing our own vegetables, and whatever fruits we could would be the best. If we did raise livestock, or hunt, we would have to have a way to test the meat before we ate it just to be safe!! I never thought of the procreating though! lol, that one might be a little tough! XD Who knows. Still though, great plan!! It's always fun to hear about this stuff

Lol. Well, I figured small animal farming would be good. Find something unaffected by the virus. Maybe rabbits. They breed fast and make for a good meal. And you could breed them indoors and isolate them.

Originally Posted by Gailia

>.> if a zombie has dentures, and they lose them, will they still be able to bite?

Depending on the strength of the jaw, it's possible that a zombie could still break the skin without its teeth. And if it can break the skin, it can infect you.

I generally follow the theory of science zombies. A disease that gets in the blood stream, works its way to the brain, kills the body and then takes over its basic motor controls from the brain stem. Between this limited control, and the decaying body, we get the shambling, non-sentient, zombies with (to some degree) working senses. Seems the most probable scenario.

And following its logic, one would need to consider that a zombie would probably be covered in bodily fluids, infected and otherwise. Any cuts or scrapes you have that a zombie makes contact with are a threat. Not just bites.

Of course, if Resident Evil-style zombies come around, we can throw that theory to the wall. We'll have bigger problems.

Originally Posted by Winged Newt

Depending on the strength of the jaw, it's possible that a zombie could still break the skin without its teeth. And if it can break the skin, it can infect you.

I generally follow the theory of science zombies. A disease that gets in the blood stream, works its way to the brain, kills the body and then takes over its basic motor controls from the brain stem. Between this limited control, and the decaying body, we get the shambling, non-sentient, zombies with (to some degree) working senses. Seems the most probable scenario.

And following its logic, one would need to consider that a zombie would probably be covered in bodily fluids, infected and otherwise. Any cuts or scrapes you have that a zombie makes contact with are a threat. Not just bites.

Of course, if Resident Evil-style zombies come around, we can throw that theory to the wall. We'll have bigger problems.

eww... bodily fluids... I never thought about those... lol thanks newts.

Didn't mean to gross you out, but I think a wee bit too in-depth on some of these things. Personally, I'd rather be a little disgusted but prepared than unsuspecting.

The main concern is blood, particularly if you're relying on melee weapons, which is a good plan. But people have a tendency to...burst. Dead people included. Best to keep your extremities covered. Long sleeves, gloves, masks or something on your face that doesn't restrict vision. Maybe a hat.

And on the point of gear, tight clothing is best. Nothing loose or hanging off of you. Too easy to grab for wandering zeds if they do get close. Hair should be held close to the head by some method or cut short.