ZOMBIE thread.

[phantoma]

Its October and i feel we need to endulge our darker senses with something i call ZOMBIE thread. The purpose of this thread is to discuss, joke, and plan out our Zombie survival plans and Zombie-lore.

Lets start by the "official" definition:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

A zombie is a reanimated human body devoid of consciousness. In contemporary versions these are generally undead corpses, which were traditionally called "ghouls". Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou.
Other more macabre versions of zombies have become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they are brought back from the dead by supernatural or scientific means, and eat the flesh or brains of the living. They have very limited intelligence, and may not be under anyone's direct control. This type of zombie, often referred to as a Romero zombie after the filmmaker that defined the concept.

Take note that by todays popular culture, there are to kinds of zombies, "Romero Zombies"(slow) and "Rage Virus Zombies"(fast).

But lets go on with the theme and on to the activities. First lets start a what-would-you-do-senario:

Survivor breakdown:
10 Survivors.
2 of which are out of shape/old/crippled.
2 have experience firing weapons.
3 are children.
60% male 40% female ratio.


Situation:
You've woken up to find out there has been a Undead Outbreak all around state, and maybe the entire country. You live in the suburbs and thus have seen little to no Zombies but you are aware that they might be on the way. You manage to form a small group within your neighborhood that decide to stay in your home and plan out what to do, in total there are 10. You manage to gather up supplies from your houses, water will last until the end of month, but food will only last until next Tuesday. Power outages are expected if not already happening near-by, footage of cities being rampaged shows the number ghouls are growing and the government is failing to respond. You now that you have little time to stay in the house until you either run out of supplies or you come into contact with the infected.

City Status:
Power is out, highway is packed with traffic. Small pockets of human survivors still exist throughout the area, but your unsure whether their hostal or not.

Local Zombie Status:
Unknown, but news reports show that they maybe in the hundreds if not thousands. Loud noises and swift movements attract zombies attention.
Near-by cities are lost and Zombie population is expected to grow by the millions in the coming days.

Equipment:
Whatever you have in your home. Not what you wish or dream you had, but what you have right now.

This is your situation, now WHAT DO YOU DO?

And for your entertainment here are some YOUTUBE vids i think you might like.

ZOMBIE PRANK -


Warszawa Zombie Walk-


LA Zombie Walk-


Sao Paulo-


~discuss

I'm a HUGE fan of the Zombie Holocaust scenario. I'd write a whole story about what I'd do, but I'm lazy. =D

[phantoma]

Can you remove that picture since it hogs alot of space and really has no purpose, the link doesn't even work.

You don't have to get all descriptive, just basically what would you do? Or you can discuss anything else related to Zombies.

Originally Posted by phantoma

Can you remove that picture since it hogs alot of space and really has no purpose, the link doesn't even work.

You don't have to get all descriptive, just basically what would you do? Or you can discuss anything else related to Zombies.

Christ are you on 800x600?

Oh and it serves a purpose and It can be read. How can you talk down my dream game?

[Cantinflas]

Left 4 Dead?

And I've actually thought about this lol... First off it would not be at my house but my friends house... Since his room is a second floor above the garage, stairs would be easy to destroy thereby cutting off any way for them to get up there... in the back of the room there are like... I call them trap doors but they open and theres the garage. Not to mention the room is huge with extra compartments, can fit at least 15 people... Kind of like the Millennium Falcon.

[antihaxer]

24k That game would truly be awesome. Basically taking that Zombie game from the 360 and making it into a mmo. That would be awesome.

[CrazyGerbilEater]

ok first of all id load up all my weapons and ammo at my house(which is probally enough for a couple months.
Id then take my dads truck(gmc sierra) and plow my way to a large grocery store/somewhere with lots of food. id then leave most fo the people who i found there with most of the weapons, id take myseld and 1 other person exp with guns to come with me, and id go to a hardware store, load up on sheet metal, and a generater, and a nail gun w/ nails. id head back to the store and nail the sheet metal to cover up all openings, and have a rope ladder come off the top of the buildign to enter/exit.

the next stage id go out again with myself, and the 2 most experiance peep with guns, and drive out to a gun store to load up on as much ammo and weapons as possible.
immediatly after id hijack a tanker, load up on gas, then park the tank near the side of the building, so we can use a hose to suck up any gas needed for the generater.

after that if we needed any supplies we'd take the truck with only 2 people. they are not to stop in sight of zombie, if there are zombies in front of store, they are to drive somewhere else, or lure them away, or shoot them. 1 person will enter store for supply's while 2nd waits outside, ready to abandon/lure away/kill zombie

a few more supplies we'd get would be
dog, w/ dog food(alert us to zombies)
heater(for winter)
spare generater(gas powered)
a few lamps
lanterns(propane)
lots of propane
radio(such as a cop radio)
regualer radio
sat radio
lots of batteries
tv
10 decks of cards
100 rubber bands
100 spare propane tanks for fun(chuck and shoot)
10 rolls of duck tape
10 paintball guns w/ co2 tanks and paintballs for training
5 dirt bikes
winter gear/hiking gear

my plan is when we start running out of food to take the 5 bikes, w/ whoever survived(might have to leave a couple) out into the country. and simply hunt for food out there, with our dog to stand guard at night. and the sat radio to keep in touch with any survivers.

[JeweyK]

I would just get eaten, because my survival skills suck. Or I would just be one of the cripples with CrazyGerbilEater.

[LordRaiden]

Why does no one buy condoms?

[JeweyK]

need those definitely to make some crazy zombie pr0n without the risk of pregnancy.

[phantoma]

Originally Posted by LordRaiden

Why does no one buy condoms?

Thats just sick...

As for the Zombie MMORPG, kojima was actually thinking of making a game like that but he was going to go further into the extreme. Where if you were bitten by a zombie and then became one you would have to play out the rest of the game as a Zombie and try to kill everyone else. Left4Dead is more of a Counter-Strike mod than a real game. Personally, i think it would be a great game but you would need to go into alot of detail, like allowing the player to find radio transmitters and try to communicate with the outside world or host a radio station. Have the game focus on resource management, like the stamina meter in MGS3, create somekind of medical treatment minigame and have lots of weapons.

However the greatest problem would be in how you would enter the game, cause the Zombie invasion starts out at a certain date and other player starting afterwards would need a special way of entering the game world, like coming awake from a coma or something. Another thing that would need to be a key factor is the cost of entry, this type of game would need to be free, as in no monthly charge, the main source of profit would be in customization and collection of resources for the character. Where you would go a "protect city" and buy a car or body armor/weapons from "formal dealers" you can also "trade" with other players but this may not always be in your advantage.

The trick is to make the gameplay as realistic and detailed as possible. Allow the player to now only control where he or she goes but alway what new way of life to take, this can be done by creating a job system based on what you may have been before the Zombie invasion, thus using your old skills in new ways. For example, Police Officer, Doctor/Nurse, Trucker, Journalist, Engineer, etc. This would allow the player to have certain skills to survive and help other. Finally, the last proble would be is what happens when you log out? The basic answer is that you enter something like "sleep-mod", where you fall alseep in a "safe-house", the problem is when you in a party and you have "go to sleep" and the others decide to leave you.

You can solve this problem by creating travel routes, or creating mail boxes/billboards for the players to leave messages to you and vice-versa. Radios can also be used as other methods of communication but this is only for players who invested more time in the game. The ultimate goal would be to allow the player to invest so much time in the game that they have virtually already made a small town.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As for my survival plan, i would hot wire a near by car and go into an abandon air-force base. There i would find all the material i need and have access to long range radio/satellite communications.

The problem would be avoiding the large Zombie hordes or running out of fuel. If they're slow zombies then i'll have no problem, but if they're runners, then i'm f*cked. I'd just clear out my neighborhood and armor my home/supermarket. If not then i'd go to a hotel, fill it with supplies and blow up the stairs....

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As a follow up question, If you found out you were infected, what would you do?

[han_han]

We should arm up and form a caravan then search for more survivors and supplies while trying to find long range communications to aid in retaking the world. It's a fun idea, I'd love to just sit and think about this sometime, but it's hard when you're distracted.

[Pete_Zahut]

Greatest source for zombie survival is the Zombie Survival Guide everyone needs to go grab a copy now!

Originally Posted by antihaxer

24k That game would truly be awesome. Basically taking that Zombie game from the 360 and making it into a mmo. That would be awesome.

There have been rumors that Dead Rising will be ported to PC. Multilayer Mod Anyone?

As for Left 4 Dead. I don't consider it 'survival horror'. More like Serious Sam, tons of enemies and constant shooting. I'd rather have to hide out with my team and barricade a building while desperately trying to survive. And sooner or later someone has to go outside for food and water.

[CrazyGerbilEater]

i would not head toward any type of police or military area. think, thats the first place all the idiots will go to. and so thatll be where all the zombies go, and people who are infected. filtering possible infectees in all those masses will be impossible, so eventually theyll get super pwned and overrun. and avfter their overrun, the zombies will stick around to chew on bodies. the best plan would be to escape to a deserted island, or go into the wilderness. my skills are good enough to survive in the wilderness with only a gun and a knife. maybe only i knife 6 inches at least so i can defend myself, and gut animals i kill.
id go to the grocery store because i will need food, and since i have so many guns at my house, i should be able to fend off and kill any....liabilities. ive thought this out MANY times, one of my freinds helps me create plans too. i have a dozen complete plane. after you hit the grocery store you need to stock up and leave to an area with no zombies, that you can continue getting food, cuz that grocery stuff will rot in 2 months, and the rest youll have eaten along with your 10 or so comrades.

or i could stick at my house, 8 foot chain link fence, 2 gods, plenty of ammo, brick house. sturdy door, crap load of tools, and i can just run and get some 2x4's and ill be set, and i got huge freezer with crap load of venisen in basement.

and the zombie game should be like a grandtheft auto setup, only in the first person. so your on like an island, and you need to find one of the dozens of items to leave, where you enter a larger island, and you have to get like the ONLY helicopter, which is manned by spec ops forces from some mercanary group that flies into the island for supplies, so you ahve to eliminate the entire team, and have som1 in your group with 1337 hijacking and piloting skills so he can fly the heli. then you need to have a commander or somthing with 1337 navigation skillz so you can reach a final world, filled with random resident evil type ultra zombies. and the goal then is to build a complete fortess, with comendeered tanks, and a steady supply of scavenged food.

and simply have hordes of zombies around the items needed, and the places where they try to escape, and make it nearly impossible, in a way you need major luck to get through to item much less escape even with allies, 9 max i should think. and make them enemies with any other bands, since their competition for food and supplies. I think itd be a kick ass mmorpg, simply have them maturing from some super fortress underground in the middle, they become ad