http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14

Could I? Maybe, I dunno.

Equipment check:

Hunting Revolvers? Check.
Pump Riot Shotgun? Check.
Cowboy Repeater? Check.
Ammo for all of above? Check.

But if they hit the nerve gas stockpiles around 40 miles from here and open those rockets, without scoring a direct hit and annihilating their contents, it won't much matter. If they miss on the far side of the site, I might stand a chance but if they miss by hitting on this side...again, what I've got stockpiled probably won't matter.

Call it a real New Vegas scenario I'm living in- all down to a roll of the dice.

Ummmmm....No.

The 30 odd years military and law enforcement, and 40 years hunting I've done might help...but I really don't consider that playing a couple of post-apocalyptic sci-fi games would equip me to do much, other than to check every crate and garbage can I come across for that extra plumber's plunger perhaps...

And that armoury of ammo and all that scotch buried in the backyard may just help too....

No, I live in London (England), which would be a major target in the event of nuclear apocalypse, if I didn't die in a direct hit or blast from nearby I'd probably stab myself repeatedly with a biro or other nearby slightly pointy object until I was dead.

I don't cope well with change.

@Epona:

I think I just wet myself....

I had visions of an important government official coming on tv and saying "The Soviet Union has just launched a massive global nuclear strike...time to impact is around 20 minutes....God help us, I think we're in for a little change...."

Honestly being able to make friends, cooperate, discuss issues and give/take orders with a minimum of fuzz WAAAAY more important.

Nope. Even if my city survived (which I doubt, too close to London), I have a feeling being a woman would be a major disadvantage when you consider CL and other slavers. I think my first plan would probably be to cut all my hair off and try to pass as a man (Hilary Swank managed to pull it off, right?) until I'd found someone friendly.

Nice

Back to the thread

I wonder that household Fallout shelters that was build back in 50s and 60s in USA are still there or not?
and yep, Scary indeed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VG2aJyIFrA&NR

Honestly, all rather irrelevant if the *ahem* nerve gas rockets upwind of me in the local prevailing weather patterns get ruptured. :rolleyes:



:facepalm:

A little change is all that is needed to feed and clothe a needy child!

er... um... sorry.

If we see a limited nuclear war (as in one small country lobs 2 or 3 nukes at another small country) then global survivability is high.
But, face it, we're all screwed if two of the superpowers start playing ICBM ping-pong.

-Have you got a Geiger counter?
-You'll almost certainly lose the use of all electronics more complicated than a flashlight. (What? No more X-BOX? !!!1!)
-You'll need an underground shelter to hide in during the initial.... festivities? One stocked well enough to last at least longer than the rain of Alpha particles? + Does it have toilet paper?
-Got raincoats, face masks and rubber boots to use for those first several forays outside? AND a walk through shower for when you return? (preferably stocked with a mid 80-s Kelly LeBrock!)
-Do you have a stock of non-irradiated vegetable seeds or freeze dried condiments? Radroach meat will almost certainly require ketchup and onions. LOTS of onions.
-Got a HUGE stock of sunscreen?
-Do you have a chubby person to hide behind during the blast waves? They also work well for snipers. + They work especially well for post apocolypse cannibals. You don't have to outrun the cannibals, just your friend.

Actually they are back in fashion to a point, there are a number of companies that sell pre-fab shelters that will come and do all the work for you.

Scary to some, comforting to others.

We do not know what post-apocalyptic advent would look like. Some of the movies from the 70's and on make it doubtful. Were as the survivalist groups will say hell yea bring it on. :toughninja: If you based it on the game there are to many unknowns to make a chance at survival unless you came upon the right group.

Watch the TV show about post-apocalyptic event were a group of people were classified as survives and had to deal with all those questions. It was very interesting. Wish I could remember the show but old age does have some benefits. All so those questions are dealt with in survivor RSS feeds

Just think of all the US cities that have a military base or a military manufacturing site. Do you remember the panic when a wild fire came close to a military chemical agent storage site. :nuke:

I've read about that too (I'm not in the states, just some random Asian country)
But I mean the one that was really build back then.

GIve me a save and load option, then ill answer your question.. considering i died like 2 minutes into fallout NV very hard/hardcoe :facepalm:

also..what difficulty would the world be in...easy, very easy .... its not like people will be bullet sponges... :whistling:

Well IF I were to survive the initial blast then yes, I think it would be possible for me.
Depends on how many warheads hit Sweden I guess.
But I'd play it cool and sort of go with the flow until I can take control of the rest of the survivors.
Not going to draw unnecessary attention to myself.
Will bide my time with the rest of the group.
And then build myself an army. (That is once I convinced the selfish pricks to stop thinking about themselves and start putting others before them. <_<)


I'm friendly. :shifty:

If i was as nice as i am in the Fallout world to the NPCs then...
Yes i could survive! I kind of feel sorry for the NPCs and help when i can!
But the reality is in real life, Real people can sometimes be a pain in the ass and unpredictable,
and its hard to be nice to "real life people" when they think your being kind because
1. you want something out of them
or in most cases with people its...
2. social/cultural paranoia

Fallout has taught us that a nuclear holocaust can be a lot of fun :vaultboy:

Would I survive? Maybe as a feral ghoul :disguise:

Well.. I have played Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3 and Fallout new vegas not just Fallout 3 and Fallout new vegas, but no.

the problem is you would have to find lots of canned food, unless farms survived in the midwest or anywhere in that country for the matter, the only food we would have is canned food to live off of. If you want to survive an apocalypse head to south america, remote places in canada or parts of africa/ middle east. Civilization would survive a nuclear holocaust but only certain parts.

I actualy researched on how to build a fall out shelter, its not that hard.
In fact, if you already have a wine celler all you need is a little modifcation and that can double as a fall out shelter.
But... and a huge but at that. If there was a nuclear war it would be a few generations before the fall out levels were safe enough to leave.
So.. as a recarnation through my grand kids I would totally kick ass.

If no nuclear bombs dropped near my house then maybe...

Having watched The War Game, Threads, and The Day After, Fallout is entirely too optomistic. I always wanted to leave a shadow throwing both fingers at the mushroom cloud and fireball myself.

no we would all die of food poisoning if we took lessons from Fallout :sadvaultboy: