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2013-10-18, 06:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Dangers of City Living
Am I the only person here who would never live in a city due to the devestation a zombie apacolypse would cause to the area?
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2013-10-18, 07:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dangers of City Living
Yep, despite having around 120.000 inhabitants I'd feel pretty safe here.
Due to my city being on a island with only 5 ways of access, three bridges and two tunnels, it's pretty easy to barricade off any walkers.
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2013-10-18, 07:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dangers of City Living
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2013-10-18, 08:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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I have lived in cities my whole life, albeit small ones.
The thing is, cities are fairly defensible (especially against zombies who won't be taking cover in the buildings) and have more supplies. Lay low for a bit, let the initial mobs pass, then either fort up or move as the situation dictates.Last edited by rs2excelsior; 2013-10-18 at 08:38 AM.
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2013-10-18, 09:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dangers of City Living
In this day and age, a zombie outbreak in a city is best case. Why? Lots of people who have watched way too many horror films just ITCHING for the time to arrive when they can go rambo on the undead. Sure it sucks in movie universes, but thats because genre savvy characters are rare and in general they tend to act like they have never even HEARD of zombies before, let alone what to do when they appear.
"Oh my god! What are these things!? Why arent they dying when I shoot them in the torso? Dont worry about that bite, we will tend your wounds later."
Meanwhile irl,
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Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
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2013-10-18, 09:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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There was a pretty good article on Cracked-com (I think) where they broke down the reasons why a Zombie breakout wouldn't be as bad as a lot of people seem to think.
Most of it deals with the fact that the zombies themselves would be very suboptimal at 'surviving' in the real world and the way of transmitting the infection (biting) isn't a very efficient way of doing it.
I'd just sit tight, board up the place and keep some golf clubs handy for if they managed to get through the barricades.
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2013-10-18, 10:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-10-18, 10:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dangers of City Living
My inlaws live in the country. A good snowstorm will put their power out for a week. This happens two or three times per winter. Take the low probability high risk chance of a zombie outbreak over the high probability high nuisance chance of now power any day.
Plus I'm not convinced I'd be safer out in the hills. Sure the zombies won't get me, but some survivalist will probably shoot me, either thinking I'm a zombie or I'm carrying supplies. I can outrun zombies, but not bullets.If you like what I have to say, please check out my GMing Blog where I discuss writing and roleplaying in greater depth.
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2013-10-18, 10:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Personally I'd far rather be in the country in case of zombie outbreak. Were I home, the population density is much lower, many people have significant stores of preserved food, and generators to run the well pumps. In the event that fails, we can always boil water from the creek on the gas stove, although that would be extremely inconvenient. Were it winter, we can heat our house using only a woodstove in the country, while in a city I'd be in real trouble if the power went down.
Plus the country place's got most of the necessary zombie killing supplies. Chainmail, shotgun and a machete should be a pretty good kit for defending the home against undead.Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,
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2013-10-18, 10:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dangers of City Living
Yes. Im not saying it wouldnt be chaotic, it would. Im just saying it wouldnt be a total massacre on the side of the living. The attackers being zombies would be quickly figured out, and considering the number of armed individuals there are, head shots would quickly become the norm. It would be a blood bath, depending on what type of zombie we are talking about, and how the outbreak starts. Patient 0 is a total nonstarter. Wouldnt even make it out of the hospital before being ended. Dead rising from the graves, every grave, at the same time? That could cause a mess, but only if they are fast. A slow zombie mass rising would be so stupid and quickly shut down that it would boggle our zombie movie soaked brains. It would ruin the genre forever.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2013-10-18, 11:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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I think you misunderstood me. I'm not disputing your position on the city versus country in case of a zombie outbreak. I'm just telling you that there are in fact not 'a lot of people... just ITCHING for the time to arrive when they can go rambo on the undead'.
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2013-10-18, 11:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-10-18, 11:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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I'm not saying there aren't any. But they are simply a dangerous, flamboyant minority. And even then, they aren't looking forward to it.
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2013-10-18, 12:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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I love the city. All my stuff's here.
Anyway, what about a Mira-Grant-style zombie apocalypse, where any mammal of a decent size can reanimate as a zombie? I'm saying away from the cows and sheep!
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2013-10-18, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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baaaaaaaah-braiiiiiiiiins...
Something I never really got about non-graveyard-rising outbreaks is how so many fictional people suck at killing just one zombie. Get one zombie, you broke even. Considering how pathetic the average walker is, and how packs of hundreds don't keep each other in arms reach to protect each other from a smashed face, humanity ever getting into a situation where they're so drastically outnumbered always felt ridiculous to me. I accept it as the plot's premise, but assuming incompetence and hysteria on the parts of almost everybody is a bit much.Last edited by Mutant Sheep; 2013-10-18 at 12:39 PM.
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2013-10-18, 12:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Doesn't bother me in the slightest. A zombie apocalypse is the scenarion in which problems can be solved by bullets. Basically any other disaster is more troublesome.
Additionally, as I prefer a strategy of taking on the zombies rather directly, being in a higher population area is preferable. Target rich environment. More efficient that way. Shots would lure additional ones in.
Seriously, it's an enemy armed only with a single really close range melee weapon, who is literally unintelligent. If that were a problem for humans, we'd never have made it out of the jungle.
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2013-10-18, 12:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, something that can be stopped by a couple of hungry crows is not exactly the ultimate disasterror.
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2013-10-18, 01:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-10-18, 01:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, it's less horrifying and more "oh dear god why did they do this?", but there's an old 80s cop flick called Dead Heat that features a re-animated butchered cow carcass attacking someone.
Moviebob did a show on it for his Tuesday show on The Escapist. It's...something else
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2013-10-18, 01:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Meh. Its only americam sub-urban houses that have thin doors and panoramic windows. Most city apartments are quite zombie proof. Just bolt the door and lay low for a while.
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2013-10-18, 03:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2013-10-18, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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And a very ineffective close range weapon at that. A rabid house cat is probably more dangerous.
As for the matter of being in a city or the country, either or, makes no difference. I'd just fort up in my house, or with one of the neighbours so we can pool our food reserves and save on our electricity bills at the same time, and wait for the military to deal with it.Mauve Shirt, Savannah, Gnomish Wanderer, Cuthalion and Smuchmuch get cookies for making me avatars. (::)
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2013-10-19, 10:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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The city should provide more supplies, more weapons, more buildings. And, ok, more dead walking bodies. However, if we are talking about the classic fictional zombie outbreak, thus intending a social breakdown and lack of government, I think the most dangerous threat is posed by crazy scavenging humans patrols rather than slow stupid zombies.
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2013-10-19, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Couldn't link to the article with the scientific reasons a zombie apocalypse is doomed to fail when I first mentioned it since I was at work, and then I forgot about it until now.
Anyway. Here it is.
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2013-10-19, 05:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-10-19, 08:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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I actually think that in case of a Zombie attack, zombified rats would be the most dangerous, if they were driven to seek out the living. They can get into almost any building, are small, thus easily overlooked, and there are many. And one bite and you're done.
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2013-10-19, 09:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, we live with and around zombified rats every day. (toxoplasmosis, anyone?) The danger comes when the virus the rats are carrying begins to become deadly for humans, rather than cause the barely noticeable symptoms that it causes today.
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2013-10-20, 06:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-10-20, 08:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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That was more the fleas on the rats than the rats themselves wasnt it? The rats werent biting people, they were carrying plagued fleas which would jump off in peoples homes, nibble on them, and bam, black death. Zombie rats would truly be terrifying. Especially if they formed swarms.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2013-10-20, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Zombie Mosquitos.
That's gonna end badly.