Dark One

I think my favorite line in there was:

Maybe he starts with a picture of a T-Rex and goes from there?

I think the vast majority of the feud stemmed from two people...Jim Vance and that lawyer. If Anse and Randall had done something about them, the thing would've been over before it got to the point of bounties.

There's usually two trains of thought when it comes to riding out the zombie apocalypse.

1) Head north to Canadia-land. Upside? Sparsely populated with lots of hidey spots. Lots of animals to hunt. The cold will freeze the zombies. Downsides? It's Canadia-land. The cold will also freeze the unprepared and ignorant survivors. Short growing season for crops, if any time at all. Vital need for shelter.

2) Head south to more temperate climes/islands. Upside? Little chance of freezing to death. Depending upon style of zombie, hot and humid weather could mean faster decay of the zombies. Longer growing seasons. Downsides? More heavily populated so more zombies along with more survivors to fight with over resources. Insects. It's hot and humid. Diseases are more prevalent.

No, that's Wonder Woman you're thinking of.

You should. It's a pretty good show. The first hour of the first episode was kinda slow, but it's picking up pretty nicely. Yes, there's probably a good amount of dramatic license, but the whole situation was messed up. I find something deeply wrong about a deserter (true or not? I don't know, but he was that in the show) passing frontier justice on others.

Given the whole situation presented by the show, I'd easily side with the McCoys.

"Extra weight" can be useful in certain situations. Such as needing a distraction for the zombies so the useful people can get away. Just be sure to give the extra weight a liberal dousing with steak sau...err...zombie repellent.

Infection would be quick during the first few days as people will assume "zombies" are just a news invention/hoax. The sheep won't recognize it till it's far too late. It'll probably be along the lines of an exponential curve that'll reach a plateau eventually. It also depends upon the countermeasures used and whether or not countries can keep their borders closed. Obviously, places like Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa are boned. New Zealand, Hawaii, Australia, Japan, some of the Phillipines might hold out longer if they can cut off incoming flights and freighters. However, that'll only last till the drifters and the ocean-walkers reach their shores.

Huh...

Always thought Superman would be a top...

Ok, Yogi?

You're not Frank West. You haven't covered wars, you know.

A more important question...

How does he manage to tie his shoes?

Where's the ejection ports?? The top looks to be solid, there's nothing on either side (presuming they are two copies of the same weapon), and who designs a weapon to eject its spent shells right back into the user's face?

Look at the abs too. Those don't look right. They look like a zipper rather than paired muscles.

And those sticks on his back. Are they suppose to be swords? Cuz if so, those would be some mighty short blades given we don't see the tips.

Your siege defense tactics for starters. You are relying on weapons that can do a lot more damage to the user than to the target, especially to the unprepared and amateur, weapons that also have their basis in large part, on causing fear and pain to the target. You're trying to use traditional defensive means to fight a non-traditional enemy.

So instead you're advocating items and tactics that are difficult, if not impossible to get? As well as being more hazardous to the user and his surroundings than to the enemy?

No plan survives contact with the enemy. You cannot be prepared for all contingencies.

No one said anything about being solo. Small groups work best, with there being an equal mix of male/female, preferably married if possible, no children.

Silencers and suppressors are not as silent as the movies would suggest.

Do you know how to make an arrow or bolt? Can you fletch it? What are you going to use as a head, in order to penetrate the skull? Unless you can shoot through an eye socket or the nasal passage, a stick is just going splinter on the skull.

Can you drive a tank? Can you do the required maintenence for a bomber or fighter to keep it in the air? How about the munitions and the fuel?

The thing about siege defense is that it was developed for fighting against enemies that feel fear and pain. A living man is going to fear getting hot oil dumped on him. You see your buddy turned into charcoal and you'll be reconsidering assaulting the castle.

A zombie will not.

Pit traps require work to complete. Where are you going to get the grenades, pipe bombs, and mines? Mines, which BTW, are less about outright killing and more for causing damage (damage that while fatal to a normal human will be shrugged off by a zombie unless the shrapnel pierces the brain) that requires taking other personnel off the line.

Unless the flesh is poisonous and kills off anything that tries to eat it.

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No offense, but you are basing your tactics around fighting a traditional enemy that can feel fear, pain, require a supply train, and can reason. These aren't enemies that feel any of that.

The best defense against zombies is to be invisible. Hide, choose your targets wisely and cautiously, avoid contact whenever possible, and be silent.

IMO, the best hideout would be either a) a self-sufficient underground vault with an aquifer; or b) a treehouse community ala Solace from Dragonlance.

Firearms: make noise. Noise means attracting dead folk. If you can get them from a distance and have a secured base plus the means to reload, you'll stand a chance.

Bow weapons: unless you've had a lot of practice, you probably aren't going to be headshotting them. Plus, limited ammunition and unless you're up against singles, you probably won't be getting the arrow back. Darryl's crossbow seems to be the exception, just make sure you aren't using zombie-bolts for animal hunting.

Heavy artillery: noise plus weight

Incendiaries: useless as it takes time to cook the brain. Time in which that zombie can spread the fire. And with no fire department to put it out... However, good for dealing with re-deaded corpses.

Explosives: chance of blowing yourself up plus unless you manage to take out the head, that zombie will still be alive

Corrosives: take time to work, danger to the user, etc.


Waiting it out...one of the expected things is that animals avoid the zombies as well as there being a preservative effect of whatever is reanimating them. However, as the zombies cannot heal, one could, in theory, wait for them to fall apart from all the little bumps and scrapes that we get every day but fail to notice since we can heal them. They can't. Those bumps and scrapes add up on an entity that cannot regenerate.

Jungle under brush is not really a "big" thing in the majority of the U.S., so not really a concern. Though granted in the swampy areas of the south they may come in handy to an extent, but unless you know how to survive in a swamp, probably not your safest place as there are also wild animals to contend with.

Machetes, in terms of zombie fighting, are not that useful. They dull, they can get stuck in limbs/heads, and they are pretty much a uni-tasker item. There is no immobilizing a zombie, short of severing the spinal column at the neck or using restraints. Everything else, they will keep coming. Plus, you have the inevitable zombie calls, namely the longer the zombie is 'alive' the more moans he'll be emitting to draw in other zombies.

A much better close combat weapon is the ever present crowbar. Doesn't need to be sharpened, is a bludgeoning weapon (but can also be a spearing weapon) so a negligible chance of becoming stuck, and can also be used to open doors, bar said doors, open manholes, other survivors might not see it as an actual weapon so less of a chance of being taken for a threatening figure.

There's a word for those who use machetes on zombies...

Food.

And that at the end, Nick Fury rips off his S. Jackson mask and we find out he's actually Carrot Top.

How many more signs do we need?

Think it's time to go get some more MREs and treadmills for perimeter defense...

Needed time to digitally add tentacles to everything.