Originally Posted by Moon

But but but ... I'd like to see their heads explode.
Then I can die. x'D

I'd say you'd be better off with a machine gun or something. Much quicker. You still have to aim for the head, but you get more chances before you have to reload.
Flamethrower would be a good 'un too, if rather unwieldy.

A machine gun like a SAW would be a very good option, used on semi-auto mode from a good position. The clip is agreeably deep, but the weapon is too heavy for easy mobile aim, so make the most of it by positioning yourself in a secure location, and firing down into the horde carefully and resisting the temptation to go rock-and-roll. You'd just burn all of your ammo with very little gain.

I'd ruyn away and block myself ina room.... Well I work at a resort so I go the 5th floor and just wait it out. Then laugh at all the zombie that fall into the pool or try to climb up to the 5th floor. Its impossiable seeing how its all wierd and off in the middle of nowhere. I have guest who still can't find their way to the 5th floor. XD

If you can get to an upper floor and blow / unpin / otherwise remove stair access, you're set. Flat roofs with ladder access are perfect, or ones with lift-up hatches. A zombie is not coordinated enough to lift a weighted hatch, so just pitch something on top and you're safe and sound.

I actually have a few plans depending on where I'm at. If I'm in city or an active suburban area I would head for a Super Wal-Mart and baricade myself and a few others in. Super Wal-Mart has a hunting section which would most probably meet all of my killing needs, they've got thousands of pounds of canned and packaged food that would last us for months, they have bathrooms, radios, clothing, first aid kits and medicines. If we lost power there's plenty of generators in the camping and automotive section. I'd hole up there and try to make contact to an outside area to see about a helivac. Barring that I would try to have a vehicle barricaded in or near the building so that I could make an escape should things be fairly long term in scope.

Should I be in a rural area and an outbreak occurred, I would use a few of the handy dandy survival guides I've read/bought over the years and make my way into deep forest and possibly mountainous areas (again depending on geography) I would have to make a stop for basic supplies before heading off into the wilderness for a life of nomadic wandering. Get a first aid kit, a couple of knives of varying sizes, perhaps some fishing line and a few hooks for various uses. Super glue should I cut myself deeply, a pack, a compass, a map, a low wave radio pack and some spare batteries, a basic mess kit and clothing appropriate for the region. I'd also get a basic sewing kit for various purposes.

In both scenarios I'd probably have a shotgun of some kind or a blunt weapon to bludgeon said zombies with.

A WalMart is an excelent place to hole up, especially if you have some warning. Closing and locking the doors, then running a vehicle up against them and blowing its tires is a very good way to block them off, and there are usually only a couple of doors that are not steel fire-rated ones. Also, the WalMart I worked in had fire-compartmentalization that in a last-ditch situation would make very a good way of locking off compromised sections of the building. All of them have flat roofs that a heli-extraction could be made from, and they are a natural sniper platform.

@ Komi:

I live about 400yds from a Super Wal-Mart and they recently redid the interior but I know all the entrances/exits and I know where most everything is. The two main entrances I would have to shut of the automatic sensor and then probably make sure that the airway from the outside to the inside was filled with something nasty and large and damned impossible to move. I could probably raid the home improvement section and make a wall if need be. The garden center I would move the rolling trolleys of plants in front of the door and then break off the wheels as well as lock the fenced area for further protection. The garage area is the easiest to lock as the doors are a heavy steel with wire mesh glass and lock from the inside. There's two sets of doors and the garages in the bay area. Then there's the docking area and while I don't know the exact set up I'm pretty sure it's also a steel door with wire mesh windows as well as the docking garage doors which you can close.

TYPICAAALLLL.
You all as well as the first poster have predictable answers.
>.<

During a common zombie invasion, levels one, two, three, or four, populated areas and "Big safe malls" would be where everyone would go.

There would be over population, stress, shortage of food, and people reverting to their brutal natural instincts for survival.

Heres what I would do.

I would detect the early signs of a zombie outbreak.

If there have been sudden strange reported murders, a sudden shortage of the homeless (The homeless are the first to go due to being an open target on the streets), or any other strange assurances, I would plan my location and be on my toes.

When choosing a location before departure you have to consider the following things:
-buildings in poorer, inner city neighborhoods have better physical defense, such as barred windows, high fences, and any other anti crime features that make them extremely dependable. Nice neighborhood home's security depends on law enforcement, alarms, and other security systems that might not be much help when the feds are dealing with all the other pandemonium or being eaten alive...For these reasons, run for the intercity if things get out of hand.
-Avoid heavily populated areas. (Suburbs)
More people=More infected=MORE ZOMBIES.

When choosing the ultimate fortress,
Is there good security?
How many exits/entrances are there?
Can your group defend each exit?
Are there secondary defense positions, multiple
floors, an attic?
Can it be secured?
What is the supply situation?
If planning to spend a long duration in that fortress for as long as possible, can food possibly be grown and replenished?
Is there a water line?
Weapons and tools; are they available?
Are materials present to enforce exits?
Communication? Phone? RADIO!?
Given all the factors, how long could your group last at this location?


God theres too much I could say.
Entirely too many factors and things to do.

Theres correct safe transportation methods, proper group sizes, weapons, supplies, zombification processes, how to defend, how to survive physically as well as mentally, how to stay stealthy, how to keep up a proper means of energy...

Sorry, I'm a zombie freak/enthusiast/expert.
xDDD

Pm me if you want to discuss scenarios or ask me any questions.
I'm a guru.
D;

Yeah, the TLE section has all hard doors and mesh-reinforced windows. Drop and lock them, the autosensors just switch off on the doorframe. Grab a fork truck and park some pallets of soil in front of the garden center doors and the main doors, and move racks into continuous isles to help direct any break-through to an area you can contain and eliminate with direct fire. There is also, in most of them, a large freezer compartment that I would immediately disconnect and open the doors to, then pallet-jack out all the frozen stuff and pack it with non-perishables and water to serve as my emergency fall-back if EVERYTHING else failed. It has walls fully a foot think of steel and insulation, and is vented so you won't run out of air. With enough food and water packed inside, and a chemical toilet from the camping section, you'd be good for a week or more inside.

i would laugh to my arse goes red. becuase i mean WTF
Zombies dont exit. ?!! hehe

and i would try to have a fight with zombie.........as long as its not real..


i mean this topic is just ... hahaha

actually me and a friend put a LOT
of thought into this...

- first we got to our friend tylers house(he has katanas,shuriken,MANYMANYMANYMANYMANY guns [most of which are shotguns],throwing knives,sai,senbon,and various other weps,)get the weapons
-then we mod his neighbors truck to the point where is has a sort of gunners area in the back...
-drive and pick up friends(9-10or 11 in all) and give them guns
-find bikes,atvs,quads,dirtbikes,trucks,suvs, and vans.
mod them to be zombie killers...
-drive as a convoy to a church. and pray...take some crosses,stars of david ANY holy sign...
-drive again to a grocery store satsh food in convoys trucks...
-drive to pentagon and various ammo depots.pick up weps and as much ammo as possible...
-get to a secluded road. out on the middle of nowhere where there arent many people(less zombies)
-set up order(night shifts,jobs,groups and other of the sort...)
-and protect ourselves as much as we can...
-(by this time wed have killed or left our parents because they will
a-slow us down
b-say no to our plan
c-be the leaders(not gonna let that happen)

and i see where some people got the idea of the mall(dead rising)[/u]

@ Komi: That sounds like a good idea. With a Super-walmart you could easily hole up 20 or so people and not have to worry about running out of food in a few days or weeks. I'd eat through all the perishables first (meats, veggies, fruits) and then go for the stuff that lasts forever.

@Click: Our answers may be typical but I wouldn't head for a poor neighborhood for several reasons. They have less supplies and resources generally speaking, most poor or homeless make their homes in poorer areas where their existence is tolerated, these areas would succumb to zombies in large numbers first. A super Wal-Mart may be typical but if nothing else I could load up my car with supplies from said super wal-mart and head out of state assuming the highways are clear. If highways aren't clear I can comandeer a boat from one of the thousands of boat emporiums and head out for various islands or for open sea. If that were to be the case I would defer back to my rural survival plan.

@elisha: A form of zombiesm does exist, there's been 16 documented cases in Africa. It's a bacteria that sends signals through the nervous system and for a short period of time brings the basic body functions back to life (heart, lungs, basic nerve reactions, random muscle spasms) Technically the body is alive again though there's no control of any sort and there's no desiring brains or food of any type.

There are two other forms of zombiesm and they're both found in Haiti within the voodoo culture. The first is a person who has gone into a trance to receive messages from the Loa and they've gone insane during this trance and are unable to revert back to normal. The second is when someone is made a zombie using rituals and zombie powder. In this ceremony the zombie has their soul ripped out of their body and placed in a physical object (often a jar or some other container with a top but it can be anything) the person is made a zombie as punishment for a crime or several crimes. The zombie is then made a slave and is often sent to work in fields or does household chores. Should the zombie have good behavior the soul can be placed back in the body and the person would be allowed to resume their life. If the container holding the soul is broken then that person is considered dead and the zombie is cast out from the society or killed.

oh god no! I'd panic so much because if there's anything I fear that's really not excisting, it's ZOMBIES!:shock:

I mean come on, they're dead, they attack you in a biiiig group, they try to eat you alive and they bite you and scratch you and I bet they smell bad too D:

I'd get a bunch of shot guns ( yeah I've been planning this) And me and my friends will have swords and other misile weapons. Work our way up to our tree fort and fight our way (4 miles) To the nearest gas station with our swords and stuff then climb to the top of the pumps where it's all metal and stuff :D Safety for me, then just flank them off I guess we could go down and whoop em with swords, but it'd be good to have a contractable ladder so you have a good place to rest a few hours and recover.

Step One. Gather all weapons I can find.: This includes anything that can be used as a weapon. (This includes Canes, bats, small lamps, Keybords, Large rocks, shovels, rakes, hoes, dog leashes, cricket bats, printers, cds, dvds, recourds, chair legs,Sizzers, staple gun, nail gun, saws, forks, Knives, and basicly any thing that has a sharp or blunt edge.)
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Step Two. Gather all the best fighters in town and anyone you can't live without.

Step Two. Go to the grocery store and move some shelves to reinforce the door.

Step Four. Relax and wait for things to blow over, make and eat all the ramen.

Step Five. Hope to dear god help comes before we starve to death: Canniblism Is an option near the end.

Melee weapons are far down my list of options, mainly because the zombies will not react to any but a killing blow, and can quite effectively kill you with a single strike. They will also be in very large numbers, meaning you will be surrounded in an instant. Far better to keep falling back and picking them off from range. Leave it to the military to actually wipe them out, just take out the ones that are actively pursuing you and try to avoid contact all you can.

Well..I'd take as many weapons as I could find, dash to an iscolated, secure place..probably hide out in my secret attic. :3
Thus everytime a zombie pokes his head through the hatch, I'll axe-to-the-face him or shoot him. :3
Hopefully I'd remember to bring food and water...
And a cup..for..reasons. :3
Well..thats what I should do but knowing me I'd not only be running around frantically panicking, but I'd be trying to gather all my loved belongings and hit the road, which takes time mind you, and the zombies would probably reach me halfway through and eat my intestines. o3o
If my family and friends have already been eaten, turning into a Zombie wouldn't be so bad. It could probably be totally fun! >;D
If my family and friends were still alive I'd take them and do the plan I first talked about, but if that werent an option, take them and the car and drive like hell O.O
Probably to Antartica. >D
Bet those darn zombies can't stand the cold. :3

EDIT: OH SHIZZ WAIT!!
Zombies are dead people..
And if they're dead axe-ing or shooting them probably won't do much. D:
CRAP
Then I'd go with my Antartica plan. ;D

A strike that destroys the brain will stop them, Teeth, so your axe-to-the-head bit would work just fine. Be sure that you have the ladder destroyed, possibly WITH said axe, and you should not even have to do that.

I'd get the hell out of dodge.

I'd grab as much food and water as I could, any ammo and weapons I could find, and as much gasoline as I could carry. I'd grab a redneckified big ol' truck and put one of those caps (or are they called cabs?) on them so that passengers could be in the back without the zombies jumping into the truck bed and eating them. They could open those little windows on the side and start shooting if they needed to. Hmm...I wonder if I could hook one of those snow plow things on the front so I could just run over most things in my way. The truck would also have to have four wheel drive so I could take the back roads. No way I'll be getting close to any cities. I have no clue where I'd go though...I'd mainly just try to get as far away from the zombies as possible.

I'm convinced that anyone who barricades themselves in their homes will die. Not necessarily from the zombies or starvation, but from the government bombing the hell out of the infected area. Do you really think they'll sit around and wait for the zombies to take over? Don't think so. They'd send in the military to shot them and when more people are getting bitten than saved, they'd panic and drop a bomb on any place where people had been reported to be infected to try and stop the spreading. That's exactly what I see happening. Now whether it will actually work or make things worse, I don't know. That's why I'd try to get as far away from the infected area as possible in the shortest amount of time.

Hm. I'd freak out of course.

But let's say I wouldn't, what would be my plan?
I think I'd hide in the basement (we have lots of food there and this very handy lock).
Screw my loved ones, it's already too late for them. C:

-I'm egoistic like that-

First. Freak and run away~~
Second. Get a gun and shoot as many as I can.
Third. Learn how to use a gun, so I wouldn't accidentally shoot myself. xD

I <3 zombies x'3 Some of my favorite movies are the 28 Days/Weeks Later ones.

Well, if the zombies were the very slow variety... i wouldn't be too terribly worried. And if they were fast and can run? Yikes!

I would grab my boyfriend and hole us up in my apartment. It's on the third floor, and my bedroom is quite safe. The door is strong, and can be barricaded by a lot of furniture. There's a window in my bedroom, but it's inaccessible from anywhere but inside- it's separated from the walkway by about eight feet of empty air, and there's no ledge on the outside. We could last pretty long on our supplies, but... rescue would have to come fairly soon :'o

Failing my apartment, the top floor of the University Hall on campus would be a viable option. You can only get to it by elevator, which would be shut down, and it's got food and stuff there, too :'3

Originally Posted by Mei

Zombies walk really really slowly, right? I guess I wouldn't feel too threatened by them because it would be easy to run away from them unless they surround you. I'd probably grab some things that I might need to defend myself (the only thing we really have are shovels. We have some wood I use for making canvases. I suppose I could use those.). Then grab as much canned and nonperishable food and bottled water as I can and go down to the basement (it has a tv down there so we could watch the news). And bring along phones too.
We'd also need some things to help better secure and baracade the door down to the basement. Like maybe stack up a bunch of furniture behind it (on the side we're on).

Zombies don't walk slow until their body rots, but when they first turn into zombies, they can run. So I wouldn't count on their speed as an advantage. However, I'd skin an animal and put it over every inch of my body and pretend like i was an animal. They tend not to harm animals for some reason.

D:
But I'm just hoping that would work otherwise Id be dead. The safest place is a mall though, cuz of the food and weapons there. Just figure out a way to decapitate alot of heads at once for zombies, and do it until they all die, insures your survival.

• Plan one: Find chuck norris.
  End on plan one. :D
  Nothing can kill Chuck Norris!
  
  Plan two Grab a bazooka.
  Steal a boat.
  Bring food.
  Boat out into the middle of the sea.
  Survive.
  :D
  
  Zombies are so too stupid to swim.
  

I would run to the convenience store, gather up all the knives and other such make-shift weaponry, gather some food, and build a fort made of shelves and pillows. Buahaha.