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[King DZA]

>put on a coat, your favorite hat, and start investigating.

[Bdthemag]

>Quickly make sure your door is locked.

[mcclay]

No, stay the fuck inside and got to your room. Don't panic,everything will be all right.  As you go to your room grab these items if you can.

-Knife of somekind
-flashlight and as many battries as you can
-portable radio or TV
-laptop or tablet
-Phone
-as many non perishable food items as you can fill in two plastic bags
-as many water bottles as you can carry in three plastic bags
-a suitcas full of clothes, a backpack is fine if that is all you have
-backpack full of personal items and survival books
-a Gun if possible and ammo for said gun
- your car keys
-a book of matches and a compass
-fuel or oil if possible, how wlese are we going to fill up a car or latern
-latern if possible
-add onto this list as you want
If worst comes to worst and you have to go you can fill up the car with this stuff. Barrcidae your door well and your room, many people will try looting as the darkness progresses and some will fight you, keep a weapon near you at all times.

[DinosaurusRex_x]

We're an overweight network admin, not a survival junkie.   Most of the non-perishable food items you're talking about are in the form of mountain due, kraft dinner, and eggos.   The weapons that you're looking for are replica katanas and a He-Man toy sword that goes "I HAVE THE POWERRRRRR!!!!!!" when you shake it.

First action:   Check your friend's facebook and twitter feeds.  You have a lot of online gamer friends on these lists from around the world!

[Mr. Doc]

>TO THE INTERNET, someone has to know what's going on somewhere.

[Argonnek]

Horde all food and other resources and barricade the door. A simple blackout causes riots and looting, I don't want to think about what a doomsday portent would do to people.
Silently mock proponents of solar energy.

[mcclay]

We're an overweight network admin, not a survival junkie.   Most of the non-perishable food items you're talking about are in the form of mountain due, kraft dinner, and eggos.   The weapons that you're looking for are replica katanas and a He-Man toy sword that goes "I HAVE THE POWERRRRRR!!!!!!" when you shake it.

First action:   Check your friend's facebook and twitter feeds.  You have a lot of online gamer friends on these lists from around the world!

So your saying this peron does not have any cans of anything, something I find unlikely, or a smpile kitchen knife. Where does it say we are overweight, are you discrminting agianst people who work wiht computers?

[Bdthemag]

We're an overweight network admin, not a survival junkie.   Most of the non-perishable food items you're talking about are in the form of mountain due, kraft dinner, and eggos.   The weapons that you're looking for are replica katanas and a He-Man toy sword that goes "I HAVE THE POWERRRRRR!!!!!!" when you shake it.

First action:   Check your friend's facebook and twitter feeds.  You have a lot of online gamer friends on these lists from around the world!

So your saying this peron does not have any cans of anything, something I find unlikely, or a smpile kitchen knife. Where does it say we are overweight, are you discrminting agianst people who work wiht computers?

He's just saying, that using your Meta knowledge kind of defeats the point of the game. Sure you could go stock up on food and barricade the door. But that doesn't make a good story if were Super Badass man running around with a knife and stabbing people.

Besides, the average person if it was dark out at 8 AM wouldn't immediately think "I better get a knife!".

[mcclay]

No they would think  "Oh crap the city is dark and there might be robbers and looters" which would lead to "I better get a weapon to defend my home and family" whic segways into "Hmmmmmm... that knife there looks sharp."

[Bdthemag]

No they would think  "Oh crap the city is dark and there might be robbers and looters" which would lead to "I better get a weapon to defend my home and family" whic segways into "Hmmmmmm... that knife there looks sharp."

If your a crazed survivalist then yes that would be what you'd think.

[Hubris Incalculable]

Well, in all likeliness, he's played Fallout. He knows the signs of civilisation's collapse. It's (almost) never too late to become a prepper!

[King DZA]

I'm against the idea of staying inside, just for the record. How the hell are we supposed to figure out what's going on if we don't go out and look around??

[Trapezohedron]

No they would think  "Oh crap the city is dark and there might be robbers and looters" which would lead to "I better get a weapon to defend my home and family" whic segways into "Hmmmmmm... that knife there looks sharp."

If your a crazed survivalist then yes that would be what you'd think.

He might be... genre savvy, perhaps? I'd prepare a flashlight and venture out into the outdoors, if possible. Just to know the situation.

[quip]

No they would think  "Oh crap the city is dark and there might be robbers and looters" which would lead to "I better get a weapon to defend my home and family" whic segways into "Hmmmmmm... that knife there looks sharp."

If your a crazed survivalist then yes that would be what you'd think.

He might be... genre savvy, perhaps? I'd prepare a flashlight and venture out into the outdoors, if possible. Just to know the situation.

I think the arguement is that roleplaying as a network admin who might be considering using this as an excuse to stay inside all day brushing up on his Quake skills is more interesting than playing to get into the best possible situations for survival.

Basically do we think he's gonna go look on the internet to read peoples facebook statuses or start stockpliling water whilst the taps still work?

... Look at us argueing over the actions of a fictional character in a forum choose your own adventure game.