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    It's finally happened. The world has ended, and the dead are walking. You find yourself in a motley band of unlikely survivors. What is your role in this group?

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    Fodder

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    Keeping a cool head and making sure the unstable folk don't become a problem.
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    Scout A.k.a. The Red Shirt
    Good for finding that hidden zombie or for checking a corpse. Other uses discovering supplies and handling the unknown.

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    Incidentally, I will be that fellow kicking in doors and clearing the zombies out room to room.

    I'm aware it's not the best of jobs. However, it might be the most awesome.

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    If I could avoid becoming fodder (unlikely ), I might be the ideas-person and mediator, looking towards long-term survival.

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    Awwww...

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    Now that would be interesting indeed...what if just the GiantITPers survived?

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    Hmmm... Letting the moderators retain their powers outside the internet might be the best way to ensure the continuation of civilised society and mitigate the usual fatal bickerings that turn up.

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    I'd probably try to be some kind of strategist or planner. Basically anything that keeps me away from the zombies, since I would be hard-pressed to defend myself or even flee.
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    The guy who went crazy, changes his name to "Kobold", but is useful to the group due to the neat flamethrower he carries around.
    I just want someone to hold me and tell me they love me. Especially when I am sad.


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    I'd probably take a leadership position, and be a designated marksman.

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    Honestly I know how to do a lot of things half-decently so I'd be the 'back up' guy. If the main engineer/builder/killer/farmer is ill or dead I'd join that particular group of people doing that to help out.
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    Now that would be interesting indeed...what if just the GiantITPers survived?
    I've had dreams like this before. We built a giant fortress, with the mods as authority, and were busy doing research into mechanized air-tight suits so we can wander into cities without fear of being bitten and start the cleansing and rebuilding of the entire world.

    Oh, and Rich Burlew would be our entertainment department.
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    Strategist.
    Manager of resources.
    Cook.
    ... or I could just improvise my way out with my golf club and a gun. As long as the zombies are reasonably slow...
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    Probably a medic of sorts.

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    Spellcaster.

    What? They tend to be heavily protected and mostly avoid physical labor. And it would make happy to cast a spell.

    Seriously though (ha!), what role I would fill would be very dependent on the composition of the group, the tactical situation, and any identified strategic knowledge. Group composition may clearly determine if I am the strongest or smartest or whatever and force me into a role. That is, a group dominated by the very old and/or sick or with small children/infants would have available roles that should be very different than a group comprised of young adults with say, military training. Open roles would also be defined by the tactical situation. Such that a group exposed in a mobile situation (running through woods filled with fast zombies) has different roles (ooo, many more openings for ‘fodder’) than one holed up in a defensible position (a mall, ha!). Finally any available strategic knowledge would dictate available roles since that knowledge would direct the longer-term group/individual goals over immediate survival. Like are these zombies going to rot out in a few days or otherwise follow real-world physical laws? Is there someplace to go that is better than where the group is? Etc.

    So really it is hard for me to say in advance. True, if one has a very specific skill(s) like medical or military, you can probably guess that is what you would doing in at some level. But even then the doctor/nurse might the strongest/fittest person in a given group and thus is the main door-kicking fighter or the military person might be the only one with medical skills in a group full of hurt/sick people. For me, I can’t know in advance what roles would be open without more context. But if I get to choose then:

    Spellcaster. Definitely Spellcaster.

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    Sniper, cook, and survival skills expert!

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    I'm the ruthless douche who nearly gets the leader killed, and gets eaten alive by karma in the form of the massing horde.
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    I’m the guy who not there because he enacted his in place plan:
    • Through the contents of fridge and pantry into bag.
    • Throw girlfriend over shoulder.
    • Head down to the marina where i use the emergency code on the gate to steal a boat.
    • head over to greater cumbrae to stock up on supplies and fuel.
    • Keep heading up the coast until i hit the oil rig i picked out.
    • Live off the minimum six months’ supply of food and entertainments.


    Though as serp is currently staying in Largs and has put herself forward as fodder, swinging by Christians to pick her up as a meat shield sounds like a good amendment.
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    Hmm... I would assume:
    A) The nameless one in the background providing support where it's needed.
    B) The one who gets thrown to the horde of zombies so the others can escape.
    C) The one who tells really bad jokes and eventually succumbs to friendly fire.
    D) The beloved, wisecracking medic.
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    I'm a high school freshman, so I'll assume I'm an adult and took the courses I want.

    In that case, I'd be the builder and inventor. Robotics, welding, auto, and industrial tech would be my optional courses in high school, and I took an industrial tech class in junior high as well. Didn't go to college. You bring me old broken down cars, scrap metal, gasoline, and welding equipment, and I'll build a halfway decent fort. An idea someone else posted in another thread that their characters did in one game was to use a spritzer, string, alchohol or oil, and matches to make a homemade flamethrower.

    Also, I know a fair bit about bowmaking. Though it would take a lot of arrows to kill a zed (my nickname for zombies since I played some flash games called Rebuild and Rebuild 2).
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    ^High five that's a fun game.
    On topic. The guy who gets himself killed by being the dumb sort of hero.

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    I'll be the guy who keeps people sane, hits/"takes care of" people who are out of control and need more then a stern talking to, and/or the guy in charge of rebuilding/repopulation planning.

    In any kind of apocalypse scenario i believe some ethics can be lowered on the list of importance.
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    Id be the guy who killed off as many zombies as i could manage, just to do my part to end the wimpiest excuse for an apocalypse since Buffy blew up The Judge with a rocket propelled grenade.
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    I'm the dude with the plan and the ability to keep his cool and think rationally. Seriously, back when Walking Dead started airing I had to drive around 45 minutes every day, and I spent most of that time planning since I had nothing better to do. I have a great place to fortify (formerly a farm, now a LARP place with a few stone buildings, a house, wells, a field and a huge forest). I have a rough idea of what supplies we'd need short, mid and long term, and where to find it within a short drive. Unfortunately, while I'm strong I'm out of shape and I've never fired a gun, and I'm not particularly handy with tools, so I wont be that much of an asset in a scrap for a while.
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    I'm the guy who records other people's Darwin Awards(there'll be a lot of those in the early zombie apocalypse days...) and later publishes it in a both depressing and hilarious book. Judging from typical scenarios, I might reach a readership of maybe a couple dozen people.

    Years ago on this very forum someone said he'd behead zombies with a katana while driving a bicycle, and he was dead serious. That would probably be the winner.
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    Wow, really. That is a bad idea on so many levels.
    Also how would you record mine.
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    I'm the guy who records other people's Darwin Awards(there'll be a lot of those in the early zombie apocalypse days...) and later publishes it in a both depressing and hilarious book. Judging from typical scenarios, I might reach a readership of maybe a couple dozen people.

    Years ago on this very forum someone said he'd behead zombies with a katana while driving a bicycle, and he was dead serious. That would probably be the winner.
    How would he deal with them when the gas stations run out or are all infested with zombies?

    Now if he had a gun or flamethrower to make hit-and-run shots, and had gotten a group of people to fortify a gas station, that I could see. Although it might be better to get a bike with both pedals and an engine, so that he could get to the zombies without wasting gas, shoot a few, then make a quick getaway.
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