Or, if you can somehow attatch chainsaws, even better.
Agreed; but you're likely to harm yourself in the process. Besides, a chainsaw will require fuel, or electricity - both of which will likely be in short supply. Personally, I think you're far better off just driving over top of the zombies (if possible). Adding a chainsaw isn't really going to do much for getting their bodies out of the way, and we're assuming that all zombies are roughly the same height. I'm 6'2 - a chainsaw mounted on the side of most vehicles is going to do little to my head, but I don't dispute that they would potentially cut me in half or whathaveyou.
Another good idea is simply reaching your hand out the window & firing a bullet into a zombie's head than wasting valuable gasoline or electricity on chainsaws that will inevitably be running (almost) the entire time you're driving, though management of ammunition & supplies will always be crucial.
What about stealing a good Suit of Armour from a Museum somewhere. Steal a couple of spears or pole-arm class weapons to use on zombies. I can imagine a scythe easily decapitating a zombie while having range to do so.
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A scythe would actually be one of the best weapons out there for melee, if you had some range between you and the zombies anyways.
Once they came close enough a scythe would become useless, only being able to be used as a blunt object.
I've actually got one outside in the garage, so I guess I've got something to defend myself with ^^.
As for armor, as long as the zombies couldn't tear it off of you, I'd be willing to sacrifice speed to be protected.
Actually, what about one of those bear suits ?
They were made to withstand a fucking grizzly bear, so I think you'd be safe from decaying corpses.
Here is his most recent suit, which he made for the military.
The thing can withstand an elephant gun (apparently). It also features a knife holster, air conditioned helmet, solar powered air system, compartments for emergency salt and morphine, and a gun holster.
And I swear to god, nobody had better be all "ZOMG YOU COULDN'T GET ONE, YOU'RE AN IDIOT !!"
I'm just talking about how well it could protect you, not suggesting that you use one for a zombie outbreak.
But anywho, you'd basically be immune to zombies in that thing, it does weigh in at 40 pounds though. So exhaustion might be an issue.
edit: Just found out he's working on a lighter, cheaper, superior version of it. Apparently it's got the same features and has superior body coverage.
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Actually, what about one of those bear suits ?
They were made to withstand a fucking grizzly bear, so I think you'd be safe from decaying corpses.
I rofl'ed.
I actually saw this guy on Discovery Channel (Canada?)'s Daily Planet. I've thought of this before, and if you were somehow able to get your hands on one - you'd be set (sort of).
Weapons & Ammo to keep zombies from stripping armor from you might be a problem though.
What about getting that glass box that they have for observing bears and stuff in. They are strong enough to withstand bears and big cats so why not. Put a mini-fridge and a computer with d2 installed in it and your set.
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Yeah, only worries I had was keeping them from stripping it off you...
But again, if a bear couldn't tear it off the guy, you'd probably be safe from zombies.
You'd need a way to effectively kill the zombies though, else they'd just pile onto you...
Sure, you'd be warm and safe in your little suit, but the zombies wouldn't be going anywhere.
You'd need some sort of short ranged knife to effectively dispatch them if you ever got mobbed, or dogpiled.
If you didn't have one, then you'd pretty much just starve inside of that suit.
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"One in every 10 million people can potentially have a headache from this pill." God forbid she is the 0.000000001% of having a headache.
You know what, I'm just gonna move to Canada, as we never hear about anything bad in Canada. If Canada was safe from getting bombed, I think they're safe from zombies.
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You know what, I'm just gonna move to Canada, as we never hear about anything bad in Canada. If Canada was safe from getting bombed, I think they're safe from zombies.
I have wanted to live in Canada forever! 2nd best country in the world :thumbsup:
Me & Zhar are both from Canada, actually.
It's pretty decent, but we have our own problems here just like any other country. At the risk of sounding too un-patriotic, I'd say that this country can be a huge sack of crap sometimes... otherwise, we're pretty great.
I don't really think that we're "safe" from bombing, rather perhaps considered less important to bomb than say, America, whose army significantly outmans ours. Not to mention sheer firepower, Americans take the cake there.
However, we are way further north than Pennsylvania - so fleeing to the frozen Tundra wouldn't be so far fetched. The problem with going far north is that if the Zombies are way up there; dealing with them if/when they thaw out may be problematic in and of itself.
And at that, in a very country-ish area, the issue is that the closest big city is Hamilton - about 35 minute drive away. Is that a good enough ways away?
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Me & Zhar are both from Canada, actually.
It's pretty decent, but we have our own problems here just like any other country. At the risk of sounding too un-patriotic, I'd say that this country can be a huge sack of crap sometimes... otherwise, we're pretty great.
I don't really think that we're "safe" from bombing, rather perhaps considered less important to bomb than say, America, whose army significantly outmans ours. Not to mention sheer firepower, Americans take the cake there.
However, we are way further north than Pennsylvania - so fleeing to the frozen Tundra wouldn't be so far fetched. The problem with going far north is that if the Zombies are way up there; dealing with them if/when they thaw out may be problematic in and of itself.
Haha, glad to hear you're from Canada too.
We need more Canuck power on these forums ^^.
But anywho, I'm with you, despite how awesome our country is, it can be a shitty place at times. Need I mention french-english relations ? Or white man - native man relations...
The government really need to start sorting that shit out, my god they've been pricks to minorities for way too long.
Heh, are we even worth bombing ? I mean you'd end up flattening a couple of Tim Horton's and maybe the one tank in our military. Aside from that, I think a couple of seniors with WWI rifles could take us down.
Anywho, back on topic.
Canada would actually be one of the best places in the world to be in, in the case of a zombie outbreak.
Think about it, our population density is like.. next to nothing.
33 million people spread out across roughly 10 million square kilometers, or about 4 million square miles. If we were spread out evenly, that would amount to a population density of 3.3 people every kilometer, or 8.25 people every mile.
But in reality, we have mostly large cities spread out over a large area, with the occasional backwoods town with like.. 4 people and a dog. There are massive expanses of uninhabited forest, full of wildlife. So if you decided to retreat into the forest, you'd have a very small chance of running into either people or zombies.
Fleeing farther north would work as well, I guess the inuit's are going to be safe.
And in case anyone is all "WTF IS AN INUIT ?!"
They're basically native canadians who live in the arctic.
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A scythe would actually be one of the best weapons out there for melee, if you had some range between you and the zombies anyways.
Once they came close enough a scythe would become useless, only being able to be used as a blunt object.
I think that's all it could ever be used as. A blunt object. I mean, they're sharp enough to reap wheat, as they were made to do. But that would be pretty hard I think to kill a zombie with a scythe. Only practical use I could think of for it would be to keep a zombie at a distance or thrust it at a zombie to knock it down.
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You know what, I'm just gonna move to Canada, as we never hear about anything bad in Canada. If Canada was safe from getting bombed, I think they're safe from zombies.
Canada still has plenty of major cities. I think they would be just as vulnerable to a zombie outbreak. I also think tons of refugees from the U.S. would pour into there. Many of them infected.
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Canada would actually be one of the best places in the world to be in, in the case of a zombie outbreak.
Think about it, our population density is like.. next to nothing.
33 million people spread out across roughly 10 million square kilometers, or about 4 million square miles. If we were spread out evenly, that would amount to a population density of 3.3 people every kilometer, or 8.25 people every mile.
Admittedly I don't know an awful lot of Canadian geography. I know it's not as densely populated as the U.S., but surely there are still plenty of larger cities in which an outbreak could quickly escalate.
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I live in London so I'd probably do what Simon Pegg did in Shaun of the Dead and run around hitting them with a cricket bat
London seems like a terrible city to be in during an outbreak. With such a dense population and pretty much being a large island, the human problem alone would scare me more than the zombies.
Of course, I think in most situations, humans are to be more wary of than zombies. Zombies are predictable to the extreme. While humans, albeit still somewhat predictable, are potentially much more dangerous in a mass panic.
About the scythe, a bit of sharpening would turn it into a very effective head-chopper.
Possibly a replacement blade, either way the design of the scythe was to chop things up in a wide arc, which basically turns 180 degress in front of you into a kill zone. Assuming you can swing it with enough force to carry onto other zombies.
But once again, either a very effective blade sharpening, or a blade replacement would suffice.
And about our population density, yes we do have major cities, but as long as you avoid them you would have a very small chance of running into others. We're actually the second largest country in the world, and have a very small population when compared to the size of our county.
About geography, the main areas are forests, plains, tundra, and mountains. If you're looking for a place to either hide of set up a camp, they are in abundance.
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"One in every 10 million people can potentially have a headache from this pill." God forbid she is the 0.000000001% of having a headache.
You take the scythe and you lift it up and hold it horizontally. Once you do that you charge the group of zombies and whirlwind them, Barbarian style. This would be the most courageous act ever.
Haha, glad to hear you're from Canada too.
We need more Canuck power on these forums ^^.
But anywho, I'm with you, despite how awesome our country is, it can be a shitty place at times. Need I mention french-english relations ? Or white man - native man relations...
The government really need to start sorting that shit out, my god they've been pricks to minorities for way too long.
Heh, are we even worth bombing ? I mean you'd end up flattening a couple of Tim Horton's and maybe the one tank in our military. Aside from that, I think a couple of seniors with WWI rifles could take us down.
Anywho, back on topic.
Canada would actually be one of the best places in the world to be in, in the case of a zombie outbreak.
Think about it, our population density is like.. next to nothing.
33 million people spread out across roughly 10 million square kilometers, or about 4 million square miles. If we were spread out evenly, that would amount to a population density of 3.3 people every kilometer, or 8.25 people every mile.
But in reality, we have mostly large cities spread out over a large area, with the occasional backwoods town with like.. 4 people and a dog. There are massive expanses of uninhabited forest, full of wildlife. So if you decided to retreat into the forest, you'd have a very small chance of running into either people or zombies.
Fleeing farther north would work as well, I guess the inuit's are going to be safe.
And in case anyone is all "WTF IS AN INUIT ?!"
They're basically native canadians who live in the arctic.
I am doubting your math skills, no way on Earth (Zombie Apocolyptic Earth or not ), is 1 mile more than 2 kilometers. From what I recall, 1 mile = 1.6km . Plus, why are you converting km into miles for them? let those primitive punks learn how to convert to km themselves, since the metric system is obviously the right one.
And as for Canada's geography - there are 3 places in Canada that are highly dense enough for you to be seriously worried:
1. The Golden Horseshoe
2. Vancouver Island
3. St. Lawrence River
The Golden Horseshoe is by far, the worst. You have many large cities (coughTORONTOcough), Hamilton, Oshawa, etc. However right above them is the Cottage country, which is drastically a smaller population, and seriously - very sparse human population just north of the horseshoe.
Vancouver island contains Victoria - the capital of British Columbia, and thus the same issue arises from the England issue - except Vancouver island is much, much smaller (although a smaller pop density than England as well). However I think the northern areas of Vancouver island aren't as populated? You'll have to ask jetrall or some punk from over there in the West.
The St.Laerence river area in Qu?bec has Qu?bec City, Montr?al and Trois Rivi?res - the 3 largest (and most populated) cities in the province. My geography of Qu?bec isn't that great, so I'm not sure how clsoe these 3 cities are too each other, but I'd still rather not be found there. Again like the other places, just travelling a few horus north by car should get you into a very unpopulated area, albeit very cold. That or travel East into the Gasp?sie area of Qu?bec, that or even more East into the Maritimes - because we all know no one lives there.
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Agreed; but you're likely to harm yourself in the process. Besides, a chainsaw will require fuel, or electricity - both of which will likely be in short supply. Personally, I think you're far better off just driving over top of the zombies (if possible). Adding a chainsaw isn't really going to do much for getting their bodies out of the way, and we're assuming that all zombies are roughly the same height. I'm 6'2 - a chainsaw mounted on the side of most vehicles is going to do little to my head, but I don't dispute that they would potentially cut me in half or whathaveyou.
Another good idea is simply reaching your hand out the window & firing a bullet into a zombie's head than wasting valuable gasoline or electricity on chainsaws that will inevitably be running (almost) the entire time you're driving, though management of ammunition & supplies will always be crucial.
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Once they came close enough a scythe would become useless, only being able to be used as a blunt object.
I've actually got one outside in the garage, so I guess I've got something to defend myself with ^^.
As for armor, as long as the zombies couldn't tear it off of you, I'd be willing to sacrifice speed to be protected.
Actually, what about one of those bear suits ?
They were made to withstand a fucking grizzly bear, so I think you'd be safe from decaying corpses.
Here is his most recent suit, which he made for the military.
The thing can withstand an elephant gun (apparently). It also features a knife holster, air conditioned helmet, solar powered air system, compartments for emergency salt and morphine, and a gun holster.
And I swear to god, nobody had better be all "ZOMG YOU COULDN'T GET ONE, YOU'RE AN IDIOT !!"
I'm just talking about how well it could protect you, not suggesting that you use one for a zombie outbreak.
But anywho, you'd basically be immune to zombies in that thing, it does weigh in at 40 pounds though. So exhaustion might be an issue.
edit: Just found out he's working on a lighter, cheaper, superior version of it. Apparently it's got the same features and has superior body coverage.
I rofl'ed.
I actually saw this guy on Discovery Channel (Canada?)'s Daily Planet. I've thought of this before, and if you were somehow able to get your hands on one - you'd be set (sort of).
Weapons & Ammo to keep zombies from stripping armor from you might be a problem though.
Good job.
Yeah, only worries I had was keeping them from stripping it off you...
But again, if a bear couldn't tear it off the guy, you'd probably be safe from zombies.
You'd need a way to effectively kill the zombies though, else they'd just pile onto you...
Sure, you'd be warm and safe in your little suit, but the zombies wouldn't be going anywhere.
You'd need some sort of short ranged knife to effectively dispatch them if you ever got mobbed, or dogpiled.
If you didn't have one, then you'd pretty much just starve inside of that suit.
It's pretty decent, but we have our own problems here just like any other country. At the risk of sounding too un-patriotic, I'd say that this country can be a huge sack of crap sometimes... otherwise, we're pretty great.
I don't really think that we're "safe" from bombing, rather perhaps considered less important to bomb than say, America, whose army significantly outmans ours. Not to mention sheer firepower, Americans take the cake there.
However, we are way further north than Pennsylvania - so fleeing to the frozen Tundra wouldn't be so far fetched. The problem with going far north is that if the Zombies are way up there; dealing with them if/when they thaw out may be problematic in and of itself.
And at that, in a very country-ish area, the issue is that the closest big city is Hamilton - about 35 minute drive away. Is that a good enough ways away?
One becomes strong when they are fighting to protect someone close to them... - Shiro Haku
Haha, glad to hear you're from Canada too.
We need more Canuck power on these forums ^^.
But anywho, I'm with you, despite how awesome our country is, it can be a shitty place at times. Need I mention french-english relations ? Or white man - native man relations...
The government really need to start sorting that shit out, my god they've been pricks to minorities for way too long.
Heh, are we even worth bombing ? I mean you'd end up flattening a couple of Tim Horton's and maybe the one tank in our military. Aside from that, I think a couple of seniors with WWI rifles could take us down.
Anywho, back on topic.
Canada would actually be one of the best places in the world to be in, in the case of a zombie outbreak.
Think about it, our population density is like.. next to nothing.
33 million people spread out across roughly 10 million square kilometers, or about 4 million square miles. If we were spread out evenly, that would amount to a population density of 3.3 people every kilometer, or 8.25 people every mile.
But in reality, we have mostly large cities spread out over a large area, with the occasional backwoods town with like.. 4 people and a dog. There are massive expanses of uninhabited forest, full of wildlife. So if you decided to retreat into the forest, you'd have a very small chance of running into either people or zombies.
Fleeing farther north would work as well, I guess the inuit's are going to be safe.
And in case anyone is all "WTF IS AN INUIT ?!"
They're basically native canadians who live in the arctic.
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Canada still has plenty of major cities. I think they would be just as vulnerable to a zombie outbreak. I also think tons of refugees from the U.S. would pour into there. Many of them infected.
Admittedly I don't know an awful lot of Canadian geography. I know it's not as densely populated as the U.S., but surely there are still plenty of larger cities in which an outbreak could quickly escalate.
London seems like a terrible city to be in during an outbreak. With such a dense population and pretty much being a large island, the human problem alone would scare me more than the zombies.
Of course, I think in most situations, humans are to be more wary of than zombies. Zombies are predictable to the extreme. While humans, albeit still somewhat predictable, are potentially much more dangerous in a mass panic.
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Possibly a replacement blade, either way the design of the scythe was to chop things up in a wide arc, which basically turns 180 degress in front of you into a kill zone. Assuming you can swing it with enough force to carry onto other zombies.
But once again, either a very effective blade sharpening, or a blade replacement would suffice.
And about our population density, yes we do have major cities, but as long as you avoid them you would have a very small chance of running into others. We're actually the second largest country in the world, and have a very small population when compared to the size of our county.
About geography, the main areas are forests, plains, tundra, and mountains. If you're looking for a place to either hide of set up a camp, they are in abundance.
I am doubting your math skills, no way on Earth (Zombie Apocolyptic Earth or not ), is 1 mile more than 2 kilometers. From what I recall, 1 mile = 1.6km . Plus, why are you converting km into miles for them? let those primitive punks learn how to convert to km themselves, since the metric system is obviously the right one.
And as for Canada's geography - there are 3 places in Canada that are highly dense enough for you to be seriously worried:
1. The Golden Horseshoe
2. Vancouver Island
3. St. Lawrence River
The Golden Horseshoe is by far, the worst. You have many large cities (coughTORONTOcough), Hamilton, Oshawa, etc. However right above them is the Cottage country, which is drastically a smaller population, and seriously - very sparse human population just north of the horseshoe.
Vancouver island contains Victoria - the capital of British Columbia, and thus the same issue arises from the England issue - except Vancouver island is much, much smaller (although a smaller pop density than England as well). However I think the northern areas of Vancouver island aren't as populated? You'll have to ask jetrall or some punk from over there in the West.
The St.Laerence river area in Qu?bec has Qu?bec City, Montr?al and Trois Rivi?res - the 3 largest (and most populated) cities in the province. My geography of Qu?bec isn't that great, so I'm not sure how clsoe these 3 cities are too each other, but I'd still rather not be found there. Again like the other places, just travelling a few horus north by car should get you into a very unpopulated area, albeit very cold. That or travel East into the Gasp?sie area of Qu?bec, that or even more East into the Maritimes - because we all know no one lives there.
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