Zombie Survival

[Smeg_head]

A) Your top three weapons of choice that you actually own or have immediate access to?
I have my brothers metal swords we can sharpen, otherwise, no real weaponry aside from improvised spears and my 20pound bow (although my shoulder isn't in shooting condition)
B) Short term destination (3 months)?
Short term: Friend's place, small house, small lawn, but he has solar panels, so he can still power his fridge and store food and drinks.
Long Term: Any military fortification
C) Mode of transportation?
Bike
D) Method of barricading holdout if required?
We could use sharp wooden sticks planted on the ground on a nice angle to keep them from coming too close
E) Would you lead the group or not and why?
Yes I would, I'm the only one with extensive zombie knowledge
F) Other pertinent aspects of your survival plan?
Hauling up at the local primary school would also be a good choice, although theres no internal power source, the wide perimeters are all fenced in

 

[Wierdguy]

A) Sledgehammer, fuel driven chainsaw (we actually DO have one of those - would be stupid of me not to use it) and a baseball bat (alternativley kitchen knives).
B) In the short term I would attempt to barricade myself at home. I live in a villa neighbourhood and would have plenty of small pockets of food/medecine available in most other houses + convenient stores. As for long term... that depends on what action the goverment takes. If they plan some evacuation I would attempt to make my way there, if their plan is a search and rescue I would either sit tight or go somehwere theyre likely to show up, and if their plan is to blow everything the fuck up - I would make my way away from populated areas that would be incinerated. If the goverment is gone and every man for himself - I see no reason to go anywhere.
C)My Bike.
D)My house's upper floor have only one tight staircase that makes it accesible - easy to barricade. If things get out of hand I can put matresses under the windows for a quick escape.
E)Depends - other likely survivours Id end up with would be old people and families with kids, in that case Id rather be alone - but if I DO have to group up Id probably take the role of advisor or something - leading has never been an interest of mine.
F)To early on search through neighbouring houses for important stuff like food medicine and other potential weapons, find out what areas are dangerous and map up "safe" routes. Locate potential safehouses (due to proximity to a nuclear plant we have a bunker in our town for instance) and generally try to explore while staying put so to speak.

 

[DefunctTheory]

A) Refuse to answer, as I am barred from mentioning the actual Military Hardware I would have access to in such a scenario (Not sure why)
B) Fort Hood and Fort Hood.
C) Again, I refuse to answer, as I am barred from mentioning the heavily armored tracked vehicles I would have access to in such a scenario (Again, not sure why)
D) HESCO Barrier
E) No. Rank.
F) I'm in the bleeping Army.

 

[Maibus]

Nope, not doing it. YOU can go out and fight the zombie horde with no fire arms if you want, but I'M going to head to the armory, check out my weapon and grab some ammunition. At the same time the zombies would freeze outside the barracks, its cold in Alaska...

 

[The Harkinator]

A) Your top three weapons of choice that you actually own or have immediate access to?
B) Short term destination (3 months)?
C) Mode of transportation?
D) Method of barricading holdout if required?
E) Would you lead the group or not and why?
F) Other pertinent aspects of your survival plan?

A) Very big, very sharp spade in my garage, my swingball ( just like in Shaun of the dead!) and a thick chunk of wood lying about in my garage.
B) Short term destination would be the medium sized shop in the supermarket, it has shutters, reinforced doors and lots of non perishable food, it's less than a mile away. Long term would be a massive food distribution factory a few miles away thats very inconspicous. Not many know it stores food, everyone I know thinks its abandoned or for paper.
C) My bicycle, its fast and has that thing on the back to holde extra stuff.
D) I would use the stores own shutters and the shelving units, a few massive fridges should do it.
E) Not sure about this, not many listen to me but they acknowledge I have the best ideas and make the best decisions.
F) Eat perishables first, use the cookers to make food until the power goes down. Just because the places I chose have lots of food it doesn't mean everyone can come and gorge themselves. Water and food rationing right from the start. No going out unless it is neccessary and everyone lives upstairs, board up windows and keep quiet.

 

[Flames66]

A) Your top three weapons of choice that you actually own or have immediate access to?
B) Short term destination (3 months)?
C) Mode of transportation?
D) Method of barricading holdout if required?
E) Would you lead the group or not and why?
F) Other pertinent aspects of your survival plan?

A) Knives, machete, axe, wooden walking stick
B) Short term destination: Dartmoor, Long term destination: I don't plan that far ahead
C) Citroen Berlingo to get out of the city (if I happen to be in the city at the time), after that my legs
D) Discreet defences preventing doors and windows from being broken open and keep quiet
E) I probably wouldn't stick with a large group, at least not to start with. If I link up with one later, I would prefer to be only responsible for specific things.
F) Live off the land.

 

[Aur0ra145]

A) Your top three weapons of choice that you actually own or have immediate access to?
B) Short term destination (3 months)?
C) Mode of transportation?
D) Method of barricading holdout if required?
E) Would you lead the group or not and why?
F) Other pertinent aspects of your survival plan?

A) I live in Texas. AK-47, FNP-9, Remington 870 Express, yes I actually own all these
B) Terlingua, Texas. Terlingua, Texas. Believe me, there is NO ONE out there, I'd end up being safe. There is a managable amount of water and the game is abundant enough to survive one. Though if I ever did move, it'd be to the hills of Colorado. Solitary, has plenty of fishing and game to live off of.
C)Horses. Yep, it's amazing how many people forget the usefulness of these animals.
D)Someplace with high visibility and minimum number of entrances.
E)I would rather lead, I'm just naturally good at it.
F)Radios would be very useful. Aircraft would also be a great help (I'm a pilot) for covering great distances.

 

[StormShaun]

A) Katana, dagger/crowbar and a desert eagle
B) My home for short term or a boat (medium sized) and long term a cruise ship or a abandoned il rig or a air craft carrier/ army base
C) Boat (row if I had to) or that train truck thing from Land of the Dead
D) Board the door up if I can or just chuck or move the biggest and heavyest furni on it
E) I would be co leader
F) Radios, a 4 people or more trusted group (non infected, fuel, rope, torches, a helicopter and a hell load of pepsi max.....and then we would meet up with the Australian SAS barracks and live with them till the zombies starve or get a cure...

 

[Buleet]

A Kitchen knifes,an axe and a bb-gun(wont do much but can catch their attension)
B My home and my roof.
C bike most likely.I wont last long on foot.
D Dont show up at the windows and block off the inner parts of my house.Thick doors and lots of cabinets
E As much i can gather.I plan on having a ladder from the roof to the street for easy acces for other survivors.When they get up though they have to strip all their clothes immeadatly in order to check for bites.
F Mainly wait for helicopter rescue or for the military to come in.Which is the reason i dont really care how many survivors are here.Also even if the military doesn't come the zombies will die soon anyway due to lack of regeneration(Basic stuff like recovering from stubbed toes and papercuts).They will die after a week or so.

 

[CactiComplex]

A) Swiss army knife, hand axe, and there's a machete lying about the place somewhere... but in the case I couldn't find that, I'd take a knife from the kitchen.

B) Short term destination... the military base just outside my town. Long term destination would be exactly the same, unless they were turning people away. In that case I'd head out to an abandoned house (there's one of these about ten miles into the countryside) and hold tight there.

C) Foot and bicycle.

D) Anything, really. I'd be sure to have at least a basic tool kit with me so I could improvise barriers and boardings for doors and windows.

E) Depends on who else I was with. I'd be tempted to say yes, mostly because I actually know about survival and the like, but if there was someone better then I'd opt for co-leading.

F) Stay alive? Don't get bitten? Shot any poor bastard that does get bitten instead of holding out for a cure and having them inevitably turn? If I was at the military base I'd say to watch my back, if not I'd say to know the area I was in well enough to use it for survival and not take stupid risks without damn good reason.

 

[PoliceBox63]

A) Your top three weapons of choice that you actually own or have immediate access to?
A machete, an axe, a spade.
B) Short term destination (3 months)?
My home in the countryside. Few zombies will trek out to my house when they have a large supply of flesh in the town and city.
I'm not sure. Maybe the city.
C) Mode of transportation?
Car? You said no motorised vehicles... so if not, my bicycle.
D) Method of barricading holdout if required?
I have a few large staves of wood outside; I could use them to block doors. I'd pack all the furniture against the doors.
E) Would you lead the group or not and why?
Yes. Tbh? because I'd probably know the most about zombies and survival in the outdoors. (scouts ftw)
F) Other pertinent aspects of your survival plan?
Keeping a low motherf***ing profile...

 

[Eazey Diamond]

fuel driven chainsaw (we actually DO have one of those - would be stupid of me not to

ummmm whatever you say buddy. just cuz its lethal in movies n games doesnt make it a good choice; its essentially the shopping mall 'safe' location of weapons. deafening noise revealing your location, finite fuel supply, infectious gore-fest...youd ultimately do better with a piece of iron pipe. only thing chainsaw could be used for is massive distraction technique to assist in escape or youve been bitten n are goin down with a fight. im not bein funny, mate, it just doesnt sound worth it if you could conserve yout fuel for something else, be quieter and not attract so many more zeds to your location.

 

[The Afrodactyl]

A) Your top three weapons of choice that you actually own or have immediate access to?
A baseball bat, a hatchet and I guess I could use a guitar
B) Short term destination (3 months)?
I'd hop from house to house, spending no more than 3 days in each one before moving on a street or two until I arrive at a predesignated location (probably a block of flats)
C) Mode of transportation?
On foot
D) Method of barricading holdout if required?
Move all heavy non vital object and pile them up at entrances (if in in some flats, it'll be the ground entrance, and the stairs that lead up to the flat I'm hiding out in. If they get past the stairs, then I won't last very long anyway)
E) Would you lead the group or not and why?
I would for the most part, but the group dynamic would be largely based on mutual decision making, but they all know that I end up making the final decision if it comes to a stalemate
F) Other pertinent aspects of your survival plan?
Get as many weapons as possible along with any and all medical supplies and food you find as you make your way to the safehouse. Weapons DO NOT take priority over food and medical care.

Anyone that is wounded and infected goes on main watch over the primary barricade.

 

[Creator002]

A) I have a baseball bat in my closet, as well as a metal pole on the laundry closet. As for a 3rd weapon, the kitchen has multiple, VERY sharp knives.
B) Short term, friends' and cousin's houses. To group up and to have somewhere to stay for a short time. For long term, we'll make a discuss the best possible place to go.
C) If we can't use our cars, I guess we're walking.
D) The heaviest stuff we don't need goes in front of entrances and pathways to us.
E) Our group would have to rely on mutual decisions, finalised by a vote. If there's an equal amount of votes for a certain thing we try to make a comprimise.
F) Aquire as many weapons, medical supplis, food, water, other survivors as possible. Strength in numbers.

 

[spartan231490]

Zombies; we're practically all gamers so an overwhemling majority of us appreciate zombies one way or another. Rather than the classic question "what would you do in a zombie apocalypse?" which is a far too open question allowing for too many belligerent, poorly thought out answers, how about we use some structure.

Keep in mind that when answering these questions you CANNOT use guns, chainsaws or motorised vehicles (not including water transport), have your safe destination be "a mall/shopping centre" or your plan involve just going outside and kicking arse. What I mean is no macho, gun/buzzsaw crap or B-movie stereotypes...plan to survive...

A) Your top three weapons of choice that you actually own or have immediate access to?
B) Short term destination (3 months)?
C) Mode of transportation?
D) Method of barricading holdout if required?
E) Would you lead the group or not and why?
F) Other pertinent aspects of your survival plan?

I'm hoping to get an interesting intelligent discussion from this despite it being a total hypothetical. The minus guns/malls aspect is to make the American contingent think beyond the barrel of a gun and the safety of a mall for protection and for us British to be on an even keel. It's all well and good to be packing enough heat to be a one-man-army but for so many people in my country firearms are just a no go.

Discuss

A) Just three? Machette, compound bow, and a .30 caliber rifle(I would get that from a nearby gun-shop whose owner is a friend of mine, I would prefer a .300 ultramag, but he rarely has any in stock, so I'd probably be stuck with a 30-06) I might swap the bow for a .38 revolver if I'm limited to 3, but more likely I would take all 4.
B) Little crooked lake area. It's 15 miles from human habitation in every direction, so there should be relatively few zombies, and more importantly, there are less idiots running around firing rifles randomly, and fewer thieves ect. Long term: Depends on what I see and hear about any possible rebuilding societies.
C) Truck, then canoe, then on foot.
D) Build 15-20 feet up into the trees of the forest, keeps you semi-hidden and even if the zombies can climb/jump, it'll slow them down and make them good targets.
E) Yes I would because I have the plan and I know how to get the supplies I need that I don't.
F) Bring planting seed and try to get my hands on fencing material so we can grow our food and keep the zombies from contaminating it as much as possible.

EDIT: I had assumed your saying not to use gun or motorized vehicles was telling us not to just say something stupid like "grab some guns and drive around", if we cannot use firearms or motorized vehicles though, I can change some of my stuff.
For weapons, it's my longbow and two golf clubs, prolly my 4 and 5 iron, for the extra stiff shaft and reach.
short term destination becomes south until I reach crooked lake, which would prolly take several weeks.
Transport become on foot, A non-motorized vehicle would take me longer cuz I couldn't take it straight through the woods, but still a canoe for the river parts. I would hope that the generally low population density in my area would act as a bit of protection, especially in the beginning, but I would also sleep high up in trees until I reached my destination.
My group might also be a little smaller without motor vehicles, prolly only 6-10.