Dark One

You can't be awake 24/7 right? Someone's gotta watch your back, if only to prevent incursion by other non-infected ATM. I mean, sure, if worse comes to worse, you don't have to outrun the zombies, just gotta outrun your "partner" (the ol' tying the shoelaces together trick works wonders here). That tip also works well for bear attacks, door-to-door salesmen, tax auditors, and mother-in-laws.

Besides, a second set of eyes is useful for spotting the patch of blood or the broken tree branch that you might've missed.

I'm also speaking as someone who will be living alone in the country for the next 70 years...you can only talk to yourself so much before the crazy starts to set in...

I think you missed the joke...

Zombie_Man asking what's going on?

Nope. No such dedicated individual. Town isn't big enough to support one. Might be one in the biggest town in the state, but eh...that's a long drive.

Ya, Dubliner was the name of it.

There was a method of making a soft cheese that I saw on, iirc, Good Eats. Something like take buttermilk, add some lemon juice to it, cook for a bit, then strain through cheesecloth. I know that's not the real recipe, but it made for a decent homemade, spreadable, cream cheese style product.

Gotta look at it from the viewpoint of limited encumbrance. There's only so much stuff one can carry. If you can get multiple uses out of a single item, the better. A baseball bat has only function. A crowbar can do many things.

The pointy bits aren't really for the zombie killin'. It's the curved bit that'll be the killin' bit.


Gotta remember DR...in zombie-pocalypse, there's no more fire department. Granted, riding out on your tricked out zombie-slicing motorcycle while the city goes up in flames behind you is pretty bitchin', it means that a lot of supplies also goes up as well.

Besides, one is more likely to blow themselves up than anything else.

In terms of vs katanas or chainsaws or the like, then yes a baseball bat is second best (for given values of "best"). A crowbar is the best as it also functions as a useful tool (much like how Alton Brown doesn't keep uni-taskers) for gaining entrance to homes, supermarkets, malls, cars, etc. Downsides to the crowbar is its weight along with taking a bit more practice in effective use (anyone can swing a baseball bat).

But of course, the very best melee weapon is duct-taping two chainsaws onto a canoe paddle...

Respectfully, no it's not. Baseball bat assumes that you are in melee range. Melee range means that you are going to get bit at some point. Getting bit defeats the purpose of the exercise.

The smart zombie survivor does everything he can to avoid ANY encounter with the undead.

A baseball bat when you want to be silent and only have single deaders to worry about? Risky, but acceptable.

A baseball bat when facing two or more and you aren't outfitted with a shark suit or hardened leather armor? Go right ahead...just make sure you tell me where your supplies are at, since you won't be needing them any more...

Unless you are a Woody Harrellson-esque zombie fighter, melee is your last resort. The best weapon for house and close range zombie clearing, IMO, is a .22LR Luger-type pistol with several extra clips. Quick to reload, relatively quiet, sufficient penetrating power, the ammo is lightweight and easy to find.

For an OH **** weapon, a bat is sufficient. But if you are getting into an OH **** situation, then you aren't in control. If you aren't in control...

Because anyone who uses a baseball or a katana is not long for this world.

They're fine for OH **** weapons, but should not by any stretch of the imagination, be your main defense.

Guns are pretty much a given. But they probably don't want to be seen to be encouraging the...less reality-based...members of our society.

TRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOONNNN!!!


Edit - Stupid anti-capitalizing thingambob.

Oh great. We get to keep the part that likes the nerfings. >.<

Wait, what? BAB is gone? Granted, his last post was over a year ago, but still. Shocking news even though it's relatively old.

Edit - Gah...didn't know Castle was gone either. Damn, is Positron the only one left?

But would they also wear the scarf and the thigh-highs? Yoko's comes from the Universe of the Rule of Cool.

Sir, I must diagree! Yoko Littner's bikini is on par, or at the very least approaching, the classicness of the Leia bikini!

And he made the trope list innit too!

Not so much wanting to kill him off (IMO), as it is the "classic" happenings of a cop in a tv show stating he's retiring and then getting killed with like a day to go.

Ahem.

Not me it doesn't.

Look at it this way...the perp would have to state HOW Jim caught him. Namely, "This dude like totally tipped my car over! And punched through the door!". And let's be honest, Jim was not all that distinctive in terms of appearance. A slightly overweight, bald, white guy. No real distinguishing characteristics that would pass muster fingering him as the catcher.

Unless he was caught on camera doing something, of course.