After much consideration,i conclude that you should grab all the weapons you can find.
Although,the very best weapon you can have in any situation is your brain

Yorgimiester, I really like the chimpanzee with the SigSauer!
Have you seen the X-Files episode where the corporate stooges are really zombies managed by some really big insect? One of the employees figured it out and came at them with an automatic rifle. I'd like to get that episode and watch it again - sans the implied killing spree. I might find use of it in a class about corporate culture...

I haven't seen that one It sounds cool.

i still say the chainsaw would be the best weapon...

It took some doing, but I found the episode particulars: Season 5 x19

116. Folie a Deux

guests: Mitch Pileggi (Assistant Director Walter Skinner) Brian Markinson (Gary Lambert) John Apicella (Greg Pincus) Cynthia Preston (Nancy Aaronson)

Mulder is held hostage inside an office where a man claims his boss is a monster and has clouded all their minds while he turns them into zombies one by one, which is disbelieved until Mulder opens his mind and allows himself to see it too.

NOTE: As Mulder quotes during the episode, 'Folie a Duex' is a Latin saying which translates into: "A Madness Shared By Two".
# When Scully calls Mulder to tell him about the X-File involving "hiding in the light", she says that the case was from August 9th, 1992. August 9th is also Gillian Anderson's birthday.
# The agent in charge of the hostage situation, Agent Rice, is named for writer Vince Gilligan's girlfriend, Holly Rice.
# Some good use of continuity: Mulder's fingers, which were injured in the previous episode, "The Pine Bluff Variant", are still bandaged in this episode.

back on topic....

a flamethrower wouldn't be my first choice because there are some vital weapons that you need in order to make a flamethrower work. very hard to get items... and it wouldn't be very effective if there were large nubmers of zombies.

p.s. yorgmiester could u p.m. me roberts account name?

or just say it here...

To be completely realistic here, I would grab a shotgun, hunting rifle.. something along that line... if you're near a gun store or hunt you're in much better luck than someone else. I would find the largest supply of non-parishable food I could. Then I would put myself up somewhere high (assuming we're not talking about super climbing genetic mutations here) probably an apartment building with one way in and out of the room and barricade any and all entrances (including windows). I would leave one window and the door with an adjustable barricade to take out anything that could be a threat if it were to get inside or to let possible survivors in (might not last as long but noone can do it alone, whether exhaustion gets you or insanity). After all this, assuming anyone could last this long, it would just be the waiting game. I strongly suggest melee weapons as a last resort do to the probability of infection.

Addition: Bottle as much clean water as you possilby can, weight yourself down if you have to because that is very very important. Avoid anything that needs refrigeration and when I say "non-perishable" for those that don't know or are not sure, it means: something without a "shelf-life", something that won't expire. For the short time you have electricity (if at all) take advantage of it as much as you possibly can to do whatever you might need to before it goes out, Ex: store gas, charge batteries, ect.


Anyone agree with me that this is a pretty good plan?? If I missed anything, feel free to add it. Thanks for reading.

when zombies rule the world... im coming with you (and bringing my chainsaw also)

I'd raise a few of my own zombies to fight against them.That is,if i was a necromancer.XP

Outside, - use a flamethrower.

Inside - definitely go with the 12 gauge shot gun. As a back up - baseball bat; less blood spatter than axe or metal crowbar. You don't know if the blood's going to be contagious so you've got to watch out for that. Also, if you know there's going to be a zombie attack and you have time to prepare, you could slow them down with a moat or ditch in your front yard. Fill the bottom with gasoline (expensive in today's world but worth it) and while the zombies are struggling to make it past your ditch you set them on fire! Either way you get to BURN SOMETHING!!!!!

Or you could abandon your house altogether and run.Abandon neighborhoods,towns,and cities. Bunkering in a populated area is a very bad idea,since the zombies will vastly out-number you,and unless your Rambo,Gladiator,or Spartan 117,you will most likely be overwhelmed and eaten

in otherwords....just come to waxhaw!!!

ok i got it how about you find a base and load it up with shot guns and shells...then put mines....hmmm..... army surpluse!!!

Also if you are in open territory my bet.Get yourself a 50cal. Sniper Rifle to rip them appart before they can even get a half mile form you.TAKE EM DOWN AT A DISTANS. BOO YEH.

i actually meant that waxhaw is like the most empty town in the world and there would be no zombies if there were no people XD

So you are just going to wait it out quietly instead of grabbing a gun and go to have some fun.
BLOODTHIRSTY ain't I.Must have been playing Half Live2 for to long.

lol

go to alaska because the zombies freeze thats why in all movies people live in alaska

Lol euth waxhaw isn't exactly empty.If you absolutely have to be around civilization,like u have a phobia of wild animals or something,then go find some house waaaay out in the country to bunker up in.But it would be better to just abandon human/zombie presence at all costs.But i agree with Neo i couldn't help but find some hill outside town and pick a few of them off now and then

EDIT:and yes if you can go to alaska.if your already in alaska then you have no worries

yeah, not anymore it's not =P

Lol posting at school eh???That reminds me:schools and malls would seem like a good place to bunker up but in reality they're awful,cuz there is probably zombies there already,and if not there will be.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in most (or all) of the zombie movies, the zombies eat human flesh - and nothing else? Except in 28 Days Later, in which event the zombies don't eat at all - they just starve after 30 or 40 days.
So abandoning the cities and towns sounds like a great idea. Just wait until the zombies all starve to death. Then wait another year for the corpses to wither and rot, then ease back into the cities.

still GO ALASKA!!

Alaska or Northwest Territories sounds like a plan. But make sure to bring some good guns and lots of ammo. Better yet, get inside a U.S. missile defense complex in Alaska or Northwest Territories. That'd be real secure.

Has anyone on this thread suggested a tank or apc? You could just make zombie puree with little or no personal risk except for refuelling.

ok how would u get a tank?

i think that a tank has been mentioned once or twice =P

and i agree wit weregirl...basically impossible to get a tank

Probably the same way you would get, shotguns, flamethrowers, chainsaws or any other weapons mentioned on this thread. Buy them. I just thought how good a combine harvester would be for zombies too:)

http://www.russiantruck.co.uk/list.php?sub_headers=Tracked

But a combine would splatter too much blood. The 28 Days Later variety zombie has highly contagious blood. Just one drop in the eye or on the tongue and good night Irene... You could only use the combine on the I am Legend, Dawn of the Dead, and the Resident Evil varieties.

The Resident Evil varieties.Just don't take that mutated being on from the front.The combine might get a bit of indigestion.

So wear an N.B.C suit.

Hmm i think getting a tank would be hard...seeing as you can't buy one...and unless your an army vet you probably won't know how to drive one.Also I'd suggest not using farm vehicles,since they aren't exactly armored and usually don't have doors.

Of coarse combines have doors.Just look at the latest John-Deere combine.It even has air conditioning a small refrigerator for you to store your six pack of beer as your burn down the interstate,full throttle,mowing down zombies as you go.Now that is what I call saving the day in comfort .

Did you not see my link above to a site where you can buy military vehicles including tanks?

Just one question ?

The problem with buying a tank is just how long does the order take to reach you.Now from what I recall that is not a good prospect when the zombie menace is spreading.Picture it ,here the man is sitting the zombies ransacking the town and all that the guy can say is dont mind me I am just waiting for my Tank to came then Ill help .

trust me.....your not going to be able to buy a tank XD not worth talking baout anymore...

How about a flamethrower that runs on human waste, or better yet blood...Infinite ammo!

And I definitely think crowbars are a solid way to go as a backup weapon.

Good thinking.

BTW Its about time this thread gets some humor into its veins.

Here's my sword. It'll get the job done as long as I don't get overwhelmed by them in a tight corner. Out in the open I should be fairly unstoppable.

Hey Papaver.

Nice sword by the way.Where did you get it from.

http://www.armourclass.com/Data/Pages/Medieval_Main.htm

They are made in Scotland.

I had to wait nine months for mine to be made such is their waiting list but it was well worth the wait.

I think it's a horrible plan to lock yourself in during a zombie outbreak, and especially in a building that has only one way in and out. You're screwed once zombies begin to mass and break into the building. It's just as bad an idea as locking yourself in a basement during a flood. Stay on the move. Never lock yourself in unless you have no other choice. If you absolutely must lock yourself in, try to plan multiple exit points that you could use just in case things get hairy. A one way in and out building is just asking to be trapped.



Sure, if you have a few minutes to spare while you wait for the fire to burn through the zombie's skull. But now, you have a zombie that's on fire walking towards you. It's also a great way to set fire to your environment and limit your potential escape points. Flamethrowers should only be used to burn unactive corpses to kill the disease. You'll disable the zombie faster just by walking up to it and breaking its neck.







Some very wise words.

Lol roughneck something regarding zombies that we both agree upon

Let me also add that when faced with a zombie outbreak the goal is to survive.Though battling the zombies may be necessary at times,it isn't an alternative to running.When cornered,as Cpt. Jack Sparrow so wisely puts it,"We must fight to run away."

XD just get a car and hope that the gas @ the gas station works

Well I can't get the muti-quote thing to work so I'm just going to list off some of the things I have to comment on after my last post. A tank would be highly improbable because the long term survivability in one sucks. Flamethrowers are bad because the fuel consumption is horrible, the range is short, and then you'll just have flaming zombies, not good and I would say good luck to finding one. If you already have one, First: invite me over and second: have at it, just don't die. I would still stay far away from melee weapons unless a last resort. And maybe I did go alittle over board with the whole barricade thing, but completely leaving a town or city is bad as well because fuel and provisions won't last forever. I liked the set-up they had in "George A. Romeo's Land of the Dead" for those of you zombie freaks that watched it, however the whole "zombie evolution" thing they suggested would happen in there, i think thats a load of BS.

ALASKA!!!!!

Truth be told.. zombies wouldn't care about the cold, it would affect you more in the end then anything.. and heaters won't work because there wouldn't be global power if you would have to go as far as alaska in the first place.