Would you REALLY survive a zombie attack?
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alone, no i could not survive. if i had a crew of at least 4-6 able bodied adults then yes i could. The tactics i would be using get to the country and out of the urban area (were assuming these are only human zombies right?)then make my way north towards the arctic. the country is going to have low zombie population and the arctic will have little to none because you have to use your wits to survive there because pure instinct alone and you are gonna freeze solid. Were gonna need either i heavy duty bus, gas, grenades (lots and lots of em) heavy artillery and food. Raid gun store, raid petrol station, raid transit or auto dealer.
I won't be able to get a gun before I'd get killed, and even if I could, zombies always outlast ammo.
My cardio is actually quite good, and I know how to effectively use blunt/edged weapons.
Still survival depends on what general kind of zombies appeared.
-'Superhuman' zombies (28 days, Resident Evil 4/5 etc); There's not much of a chance here. They'll outnumber and outlast anyone. Unless they starve to death like in 28 days, in which case hiding works fine.
-'slow' zombies (Romero, Zombieland); They're easily taken out, but they vastly outnumber anyone. At some point you will be surprise attacked, grabbed in your sleep, or just bitten while doing something irrational. If you manage to find a lifetime of supplies and barricade yourself in somewhere safe, you win. Until you get bored at least, or until the zombies turn smart.
-'Virus' zombies (Resident Evil 1-3); If it's just humans getting infected, turning into normal zombies, the threat is easily isolated and dealt with. If there's infected dogs/snakes/bugs/crimson heads etc. there is no way anyone survives.
My own chances of survival; above average.
Likelyhood of complete extinction of mankind; over 9000.
My cardio is actually quite good, and I know how to effectively use blunt/edged weapons.
Still survival depends on what general kind of zombies appeared.
-'Superhuman' zombies (28 days, Resident Evil 4/5 etc); There's not much of a chance here. They'll outnumber and outlast anyone. Unless they starve to death like in 28 days, in which case hiding works fine.
-'slow' zombies (Romero, Zombieland); They're easily taken out, but they vastly outnumber anyone. At some point you will be surprise attacked, grabbed in your sleep, or just bitten while doing something irrational. If you manage to find a lifetime of supplies and barricade yourself in somewhere safe, you win. Until you get bored at least, or until the zombies turn smart.
-'Virus' zombies (Resident Evil 1-3); If it's just humans getting infected, turning into normal zombies, the threat is easily isolated and dealt with. If there's infected dogs/snakes/bugs/crimson heads etc. there is no way anyone survives.
My own chances of survival; above average.
Likelyhood of complete extinction of mankind; over 9000.
only if the military would drop guns nearby, and then i wouldn't last long with guns
(i live in the netherlands, in a small city . you honestly can't call it a city, it's too low), and i've yet to meet a person here to own a gun, and i don't own one myself.
kniving zombies in the eye is something that wears you down..
*EDIT*
i can't believe so many of you escapists take zombies so serious!
zombies don't breathe(i think), so they'l die in a couple of minutes, because the brain is starting to rot
if not, they'l die sooner or later because of the lack of energy and needed stuff like vitamins.
(i live in the netherlands, in a small city . you honestly can't call it a city, it's too low), and i've yet to meet a person here to own a gun, and i don't own one myself.
kniving zombies in the eye is something that wears you down..
*EDIT*
i can't believe so many of you escapists take zombies so serious!
zombies don't breathe(i think), so they'l die in a couple of minutes, because the brain is starting to rot
if not, they'l die sooner or later because of the lack of energy and needed stuff like vitamins.
Yeah, because I can break contact with anyone, human or otherwise, and proally just hide in my attic with some food for a while
I would probably run away from a large group into another large group, or run as fast as I can, run out of energy and get mauled
If we're talking "Rage" infected hordes of angry, fast, cannibalistic folk, then I'm exercising my will to live by the "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" mentality. I've read through the play Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, and the main character misses his chance to join the rest of the village as a Rhino (it's an Absurdist play, not meant to make literal sense) and spends the last moments of the play whinging about his loneliness. I'm too social to be the sole survivor, and while fat kids are harder to kidnap, fat adults can't run for their lives, and why slowly meander away when I can slowly meander towards 'em and live on as a psychotic??
On the other hand, if we're talking classic re-animated corpse, stupid loner zombies, I have a shovel, a handy unbreakable and remarkably well-weighted-yet-hefty torch, and I'm happy to bash my way through those morons to fetch supplies and meander off to a "safe" house while I plot how best to clear the place of people who don't understand the meaning of "die".
Besides, I don't have access to any guns to handily commit suicide, and why should I, when it turns out that Death isn't quite as final as it used to be? What if even after committing suicide whatever it is still reanimates you? Waste of perfectly good bullets someone COULD have used on you after you turned, if you ask me.
On the other hand, if we're talking classic re-animated corpse, stupid loner zombies, I have a shovel, a handy unbreakable and remarkably well-weighted-yet-hefty torch, and I'm happy to bash my way through those morons to fetch supplies and meander off to a "safe" house while I plot how best to clear the place of people who don't understand the meaning of "die".
Besides, I don't have access to any guns to handily commit suicide, and why should I, when it turns out that Death isn't quite as final as it used to be? What if even after committing suicide whatever it is still reanimates you? Waste of perfectly good bullets someone COULD have used on you after you turned, if you ask me.
and you think the plane is infection free?SirDerick said:
come on.. everyone who goes on a bus/plane/boat is doomed. atleast one infected human will be there, and it'll eat everyone
I'm not especially athletic, I've never fired a gun in my life and I'm not exactly great in a crisis. So no, probably not long for me. I do read up a lot on Zombies though, so maybe I'll be OK for a little while.
they arnt zombies so my plan is going off traditional zombies. Anywho Iv recently read maxbrooks zombie survial guide, and his follow up worldwar Z. Im pretty educated in the zombie ins and outs. The thing is though I live in the uk, so firearms are not standard issue for every man, woman, child and dog. So getting hold of firearms would be problematic.SUPA FRANKY said:
On to my plan, so my first choice would be to find a decent Melee weapon preferably a hand hatchett or crowbar (from the shed). then call my best friend and zombie plan buddy to see if hes ok, if so, set up a meet some where on the outskirts, if hes seiged I will not atempt to resue him(sounds bad but this is the apocolypse), then emptying my house of enough useful medical/food stuffs/water, then finding a detailed OS map, torch(flashlight), compass, and my binoculars. After that, sice my town is medium population, I would head on out. sticking to allyways behing houses with jumpable fences/walls (real zombie cant climb). If I run out of cover, I will stick to open areas where zombie presence is minimal. Once reaching the borders of town and possibly meeting my survival buddy. I will head on out on foot along the motorway. checking abandoned vehicles for more food. once far enough away from any towns. I will then mark a far away, isolated farmhouse (theres lots of them in the uk) and set off towards it. Checking the hotizon every once and a while for incoming or idle Zombies.
After arriving at the farmhouse I will search the perimeter for undead, then check for any broken entrance points (bashed doors/broken windows), if the pervious owners car is still present and finaly listen for any moans/people talking inside. If quite/people talking knock lightly and slowy open the door, exlaiming "im not infected". If I hear moaning I walk away (running will casue too much noise and alert the undead) and find a new location. after settleing an agreement with any occupants (if any) I will begin to (help) fortify the house (its a farm theres bound to be some wood and tools), Check for food/seeds/meds, search the Horizon for near by undead. I will finaly goto sleep.
Once suppys are low (providing I live through the nights) I will pack my things and head out for the next farm and repeat the process, until government sanitze the country/die of age/die of starvation/die of zombie attack/or die from a noose around my neck.
How do you think I would do?
