I say the zombies from L4D or Dawn of the dead. B)

Good point. We, as the forum members, need to decide what is a "Zombie" to us. I, for one believe it should be defined by these characteristics:

• Infection is caused by bites
  
• No one is immune to the infection
  
• Once infected, the person only has a few hours left before dying
  
• Once dead, the corpse will shortly reanimate
  
• The reanimated corpse is now a "Zombie"
  
• Zombies can only be killed by destroying the brain
  
• The zombies are only capable of what their body is
  
• Zombies do not have any form of intelligence, and can not "think"
  
• Zombies can't swim, and can barely climb
  
• Zombies do decompose, which is our advantage

At least, that's what I think of a zombie.

I'd go to some rural area out west in the US, and farm for a living, or look for a farm to work for. Population density is really low, so the threat of a zombie is going to be low, and if one shows up, it'll be in the distance.

If I am stuck in my area, I'd try to go south in my state, where there is plenty of agriculture. Gotta stay away from where zombies populate, but also eat.

Are they shamblers or sprinters?

I like this one. And as they decompose they can't run as fast and then resort to walking, then lumbering, then crawling, then complete death?

If something bad happens on the Oil Rig though, you are out in the middle of the ocean with no escape...



No, they would not. Zombies dont breathe, sleep, drink, ect. All they do is eat...



This.

My plan would be to stay completely mobile; Instead of barricading myself inside some building/town, I would be on the move, and head towards Mexico or even further south. For transportation I would use my car, and for weapons I would use my Ak47 (I actually own one, legally), Sig Sauer P226(Also own one of these), and 2 Crowbars (never know when I might need a second one). But, thats only if they are shamblers. If they are sprinters, then I would try and barricade myself and hope to god they dont break in and eat me.

They're not zombies in 28 Days or Weeks later. They've just got a virus, that makes them very, very, very angry. Rage and what not. They don't die by getting it, and then reanimate to become the walking dead, the get it by how anyone could get an STD or some sort of contagious virus. They're just a screwed up Flu/Rage Virus person.

Indeed. That's why I won't be going to an oil rig. I'll be going...Well...Best keep that to myself. Again, I have literally spent years planning how to survive a zombie invasion...I don't want someone doing the exact same thing.

...You can stop laughing now...

When I get bored all I think about is general "what if" scenarios. Like sometimes at work I think about "What if a crazed gunman attacks" and what I would do if that happens.

Yes, but I go to the extreme. I draw diagrams, write it in notebooks, go for specific scenarios like "What if there are people there?", etc. So, yeah, either I have no life or I am extremely well prepared for a zombie invasion.

Well prepared

You sir, may be one of the last people left in such an outbreak :celebration:

I have read the zombie survival guide, I am prepared. :grad:

I would take what food and supply's I can load up and pick up my other friends who are also ready for the outbreak.

I figure we have a good plan for how long/short the outbreak will last, if its a short term I think we could hold up in my second story apt, and make due for a few days or a week.

if its going to be longer we have a good spot already ready (no joke) pretty far out, at least 35 miles from any one else in the country. In total about 15-20 people live there, and its at least 30mins drive at 60-65 from the nearest town.

My uncle lives that far out, he raises a garden and has a well, as well as plenty of fire wood and tress, as well as tools to build a wall and fortify the house.

The well can be manually operated in case of long power outs that far in the country, the hills and forests are thick enough to slow healthy people, let alone slow zombies.

Plenty of guns and ammo, as well as the cattle he raises.

I've got 37 different zombie plans.

If it only spreads through bites,chances are it would be eliminated rather quickly.
If it spreads through the air,chances are we're all screwed.
Why are the nerds the ones who think they'll become action stars? is it because they watch movies about mythical monsters?

Magic.

In the movies, it passes through bite, scratch, and any sort of flesh tearing contact with a zombie and current non-zombie. (At least, in the reliable George A. Romero Zombie movies it does.)

And to answer your third question... Yes, yes they do.

Actually know how to use their brain unlike most people.

Also, it would not be eliminated rather quickly if it only spreads through bodily fluids. Why? Because most people will not even believe an outbreak is unfolding, until its too late.

Lets say there the slow walking zombies who have a virus that makes them zombies, anyway zombies can't swim they would drown

Yay!


Does Griff somehow end up dead in all of them?


I'm a nerd, but there's no way I would be an action star. If my survival plan goes accordingly, I might only have to kill three to six zombies, and a couple people...Depending on certain variables.


Once again: No they wouldn't. Zombies do not need air. They don't breathe. Simple as that.

where i am, create traps in the farm fields that are simple, in the creeks and ditches place spike traps which can go for about a mile in any direction, cut down all tress in the area, and create several bunkers at tactical positions, one watching the road west, another watching the field to the north, one watching the road east, and one watching the field south.

dig trenches that are also designed to detereorate over time, do not add reinforcing wood to them to conserve supplies. instead have spike traps. or connect them to creeks to have water running through them similar to a moat, erosion from rain over a long period of time may be a factor, but thats if they are made poorly or not lined with concrete.

loot houses at random though, if anyone is surviving in them, its best to catch them off guard and to simply appear to be a random looter. if they catch you looting a group of houses, they will prepare for when you arrive, this is not good.

create farm fields at different places to create the effect not that theres is a person at this one spot, but that someone was growing plants in their yard before they were killed, i think the farm fields should be at houses that have been looted, and to make the houses look like they have been looted already.

find weaponry all over, houses might have them, but count on it, stay away from cities because those places will be warzones. as time goes by, one could travel toplaces where construction material and machines are, and drag them back to home, but hide them and keep gas as a different place.

mking traps with weapons could really be tough, have them in passable condition, but not to where someone could use them well after they disarm a trap, have a failsafe on them..and keep the best weaponry for yourself.

another great defense is fire, make gas traps, some are simple, but others can be complex.

find renewable energy, the sun, the wind, anything.. its important..

"The best laid schemes o' Mice an Men." Am I right?

The funny thing is, that most you probably don't realize, is you can make all the plans you want and build all the things you'd like. But if history has told us anything, it's that when you make a plan for something, and then that something actually happens; the plan goes right out the window with everything else because it just didn't go down the right way, and you're sitting there on your ass wondering why it didn't work.

So I suggest that you don't make too many plans for something that probably won't ever happen. And if it does for some weird reason, you just make plans as you go along. (Whether they're good or bad, doesn't matter until you've done it.)

You can never really plan, but you can always prepare.

I want to know this, why south towards Mexico?

Hey all the people going to Haiti we, after we become sorcerers we should go to Hawaii and take over all the islands and start a new civilization

I'd eat a zombie, and in doing so retain my mind, becoming a super zombie and king of all undead.

Then the fun starts...