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[Strife26]

But at least half of the time, zombism is stated to ward disease away (cuz the virus and bacteria have an instinctive fear of zed-germs). I like Napalm. One can make home-brew versions pretty easily, and you can kill the structural capabilities of a body pretty quickly.

Of course, shooting them all in the head is the preferred manner of disposal. You just get into problems with bullet numbers. This largely depends on where you live. Here in Fargo, I'd safely bet that I could raid ten houses and get at least 150 shotgun shells, 50 full sized rifle rounds, and a fair number of .22 LR.

Seriously, if the dead rise, get your ass to Fargo.

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[Angellus]

I still think the best option is to find a nice large cruise ship, fill it with food and water. Move about a mile off the coast of a country. Maybe hang around in the bay of a city and just watch and wait for it all to blow over. Send out scavenger parties in smaller boats if we have to.

One big oil tanker filled with people and food, that just has to go wrong

But, probably still the best idea

[Itnetlolor]

Zombies might be able to swim though. Why not modify the boat so it can fly? Airships could work better. I don't recall there being any flying zombies.

[userpay]

Zombies might be able to swim though. Why not modify the boat so it can fly? Airships could work better. I don't recall there being any flying zombies.

I think most zombies are unable to swim or if they can make such easy targets (more flailing about than swimming) that its not even worth mentioning. Probably don't want to lay a anchor down incase they can climb but would definetly be safer than land. As to airship theres no practical way to carry a decent load and not have to land to refuel. As I recall there are fliers that run totally on solar power but I think those are pretty much limited to drones and maybe 1 man aircraft with no load. Besides there has to be at least 1 person awake at all times to make sure the aircraft doesn't divebomb itself which doens't lend well to a 1 man crew.

[Vlynndar]

Seriously, if the dead rise, get your ass to Fargo.

Y'know. Moving in with Strife sounds like a good idea to me.

[Micro102]

lets face it, anything other then an uninhabited island is flawed. You need plants to recycle materials.

[Angellus]

Zombies might be able to swim though. Why not modify the boat so it can fly? Airships could work better. I don't recall there being any flying zombies.

I think most zombies are unable to swim or if they can make such easy targets (more flailing about than swimming) that its not even worth mentioning. Probably don't want to lay a anchor down incase they can climb but would definetly be safer than land. As to airship theres no practical way to carry a decent load and not have to land to refuel. As I recall there are fliers that run totally on solar power but I think those are pretty much limited to drones and maybe 1 man aircraft with no load. Besides there has to be at least 1 person awake at all times to make sure the aircraft doesn't divebomb itself which doens't lend well to a 1 man crew.

Fill it with either helium or hydrogen, you can fill up the lost hydrogen by electrolysis (watch out, you'll easily explode ).

Food and other weird things might be a problem, but this will give you the possibility to get around.

[alway]

Ya, the only thing worse than being on land is being on a boat. Because in a boat, there is no where to run. On a boat, you inevitably need multiple people to both run it and keep floaters from climbing aboard or up the anchor chain if you are foolish enough to drop anchor. And the more people you have, the more supplies and prep time you need. And of course, with the additional time and addition people, your chances of one of them getting infected while preparing to leave increase drasticly if you do not detect the zombie plague months in advance. Then there is the factor of having huge crowds trying to get to the docks to the supposed safety at sea if you are still at port when the general public gets wind of the coming wave of death.

Just remember folks: The greatest enemy of a zombie is information. The more people know about zombies and their capabilities, the more effectively and safely they can be combatted. So, do everyone a favor, and inform everyone you know about zombies. After all, if they avoid infection, that is one less zombie you will have to kill.

Oh, and on the topic of knives and daggers: They can be useful, but will be extremely dangerous to the user compared to the alternative weapons. To kill a zombie with one, you need to puncture through either the eye or up through the throat to destroy the brain; this leaves you very open to being bitten or scratched due to the extremely close proxemity required.

Another tip: wear many layers of durable clothing. Don't overdo it lest you fall victim to heat exhaustion, but each layer decreases the chances of a zombie puncturing your clothes and nom nom nomming on your flesh.

[RAM]

Have a cruise ship, slick the sides so that nothing can climb up(with rope ladders to drop if anyone falls off), have at least 3 people watching the anchor at all times and never raise it so quickly that you might not notice a zombie stuck to it.
 Have several remote island farms with deep bunkers, alarms(can be simple rope affairs), and heavily armed troops. If one or two zombies show up, troops dispose of them, if an army walks out of the water, troops get into the bunker and a zeppelin coats the thing in napalm.
 Have zeppelins that can be docked at the ship or islands that fly around collecting supplies, rescuing people, and scouting out zombie concentrations.
 Have a plan for dealing with the zombies, sooner or later your going to want to settle the mainland...(Hmm, that could be a setting for a computer game, like civilisation but with almost no tech, limited supplies, looting, and zombies.)

And remember QUARANTINE!!!

[Nilocy]

You guys should totally read world war z.

Simple, stay out of cities. Build houses on an island on stilts. Cover the island in shark nets to prevent those under sea zombies. And camp out for all eternity.

[alway]

Yep, World War Z, and more importantly, The Zombie Survival Guide, will be your best friends in the coming zombie apacolypse.

Seriously, if you haven't read The Zombie Survival Guide, read it NOW, before it is to late. It is an excelent book, and even if you go into it with a critical mind, by the time you are half way through, I can gaurrentee you that you will be planning out what you will do when the zombies come.

On a tangential note: the World War Z movie is still moving slowly in production... 

[Strife26]

Yep, World War Z, and more importantly, The Zombie Survival Guide, will be your best friends in the coming zombie apacolypse.

Seriously, if you haven't read The Zombie Survival Guide, read it NOW, before it is to late. It is an excelent book, and even if you go into it with a critical mind, by the time you are half way through, I can gaurrentee you that you will be planning out what you will do when the zombies come.

On a tangential note: the World War Z movie is still moving slowly in production... 

Honestly, both are pretty deeply flawed.

[Cthulhu]

I still think the best option is to find a nice large cruise ship, fill it with food and water. Move about a mile off the coast of a country. Maybe hang around in the bay of a city and just watch and wait for it all to blow over. Send out scavenger parties in smaller boats if we have to.

One big oil tanker filled with people and food, that just has to go wrong

But, probably still the best idea

That's why you go alone, or with a significant other.  That's one of the advantages of the apocalypse.  There are so few people around that if you manage to survive you're pretty much guaranteed to get laid.

[kalida99]

Well as I'm pretty sure it said earlier in the thread it came down to the type of infection. And it's good to have a plan for all cases, along with a good knowledge of common and uncommon types of infected.

Magic Zombies:

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Generally the ones from the old movies, raised with Voodoo or some entity like a demon. Usually not killed by normal means, requiring lighting or some other bull crap. They usually walk really slow, you could just ride a bike to safety. and depending on the cause (Voodoo or demons) it could lead to different endings, demons invading from hell, etc. with the demon thing though, your pretty much screwed...

Shamblers :

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The more susceptible version of the magic zombie, slow and easily killed by normal means. usually raised by some disease or the like. If you had a sword or large knife and a bike, you would likely survive easily.

Speed Freaks:

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The sprinting zombie, characterized by the head-shot kill, and the ridiculous amount of sprinting. One of the more difficult breeds due to their sheer speed and unrelenting behavior. The best option would to be to get where they can't reach, open water, closed off areas.

Mutants:

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Changed through radiation or some supernatural force so many variants I'll only name a few, from your normal fetid corpses, to your weird ones that freak the living hell out of you (poltergeists from STALKER for one). honestly i would rather kill myself than fight these things...

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Seen in some of the more recent zombie games. These zombies can operate complex machinery (Cars, guns, etc). um your pretty screwed with these ones, they can do most of the things you can, only they're a lot harder to kill than you are, and there are a lot more.

Non Standard:

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Zombie types regularly not seen,
skeletons, easier and harder to kill at the same time, because of the material and magical nature.
Enslaved not seen often, enslaved by something of higher power, demons stuff like that, easy to kill but can be saved not really considered a zombie.
Vampires, you should know enough about these guys.
Liches, necromancers who have bound their soul to object outside their body to live forever, nearly impossible to kill since you have to destroy the vessel containing their soul. And they may have more than one.
Ghosts um, no real way to get rid of them, and may posses you, just grab holy water and a cross and run around yelling "THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!"  or you could worship them, but that could have questionable results.

Infection types

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Airborne A: Your screwed unless you have some "no bacteria, perfectly sterilized area" that you can survive in forever, or be "MIRACULOUSLY IMMUNE".

Airborne B: The type that only infects corpses, all you have to do is not die

Contact: Spread through contact with the infected, whether saliva, blood, etc.

None: Magical zombie aren't usually infected with anything, but if you die you may be raised by the necromancer or witch doctor.

Enslavement: Unless you have a REALLY strong will to resist the commands your doomed from the start.

Parasite: Resident Evil, Half-Life, etc, take control of the brain and are killed when you kill the parasite.

This will likely be the cause of the zombie apocalypse. Currently half the world is infected by a parasite (toxoplasmosa gondii [with a name like gondii you wouldn't expect it to be harmful]) that causes the brain to halt most functions excluding minor motor movements, and the natural urge to eat. All this parasite would need is a small mutation to have an effect on humans. you may or may not be infected.