SD.Net Zombie Outbreak

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2006-04-24 07:16pm

I'd take bets on who'd be first to feed the Spankster to the zombies.

For double of quits who'd be the first person Shep "accidently" shoots.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-04-24 07:22pm

1. Mayabird
2. Me

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-04-24 07:24pm

What the hell is a gurka knife?

Concerning knives, Brooks says that they're "always useful," and definately fill a utility function. Knives have the advantage of being lighter than hatchets, so there's a plus to mobility, but have a disadvantage of being generally less lethal compared to a hatchet: you usually have to aim for a vital point on the head (temples, eyes, base of the skull) to make an easy one-strike kill. He recommends choosing a blade less than six inches, and to completely avoid serrated and saw-blade combinations.

Mind, this is also only in the role of a last-defence melee weapon and utility.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-04-24 07:28pm

also known as the Kukri knife really long bladed like the american bowie knife, known for being damn leathal chopping blade, and used for excellent decapitation work in the novel Dracula.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-04-24 07:29pm

Lord Pounder wrote:I'd take bets on who'd be first to feed the Spankster to the zombies.

Everyone else can do whatever the hell they want to do, including die together in a chaotic logistics explosion. Fine by me, I won't interfere. Personally I'll be following the Guide and get myself (and maybe no more than four others who care to come with me) up into northern Canada.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-04-24 07:30pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:also known as the Kukri knife really long bladed like the american bowie knife, known for being damn leathal chopping blade, and used for excellent decapitation work in the novel Dracula.

Given the guidelines I summed up above, he would probably reject it totally. A hatchet would be more practical.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2006-04-24 07:34pm

I know where all the gunshops and hunting stores in Toronto are. I'll probably be the guy involved with sending people off to loot the stores for guns & ammo.

Best bet would probably be to hijack a few ferries and use the Toronto Islands as the base of operations, it even comes with an airport for flying in supplies. After that, I don't know, I'll let the guys with military experience plan things out.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-04-24 07:35pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
The Yosemite Bear wrote:also known as the Kukri knife really long bladed like the american bowie knife, known for being damn leathal chopping blade, and used for excellent decapitation work in the novel Dracula.
Given the guidelines I summed up above, he would probably reject it totally. A hatchet would be more practical.

it's actually calsified as a machete type knife, along with the bowie, which contradicts what you already said...

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2006-04-24 07:40pm

The author of the Guide also seems to think that an M249 is a heavy machine gun. Verifying that he knows what the hell he's talking about in any given instance would be far wiser than mindlessly following his every utterance.

The possibilities of a large group outfitted with full riot gear holding choke points and handing off duty as the front line guys get tired doesn't even get touched on, except to mindlessly mutter about armor being bad.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-04-24 07:47pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
The Yosemite Bear wrote:also known as the Kukri knife really long bladed like the american bowie knife, known for being damn leathal chopping blade, and used for excellent decapitation work in the novel Dracula.
Given the guidelines I summed up above, he would probably reject it totally. A hatchet would be more practical.
it's actually calsified as a machete type knife, along with the bowie, which contradicts what you already said...

I don't know, I figured with how fucked up it looked, it was more analogous to a hatchet. Doesn't matter, since it would probably be recommended to use a real machete anyway, over a unique exotic.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2006-04-24 07:49pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
The Yosemite Bear wrote:also known as the Kukri knife really long bladed like the american bowie knife, known for being damn leathal chopping blade, and used for excellent decapitation work in the novel Dracula.
Given the guidelines I summed up above, he would probably reject it totally. A hatchet would be more practical.

It is technically a style of machette. Also it's actually designed for a variety of purposes, woodcutting for example. Think of it as a combat orientated cousin to a hatchet...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-04-24 07:50pm

I see.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-04-24 07:56pm

So... Who is the list of "survivors" as it stands?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-04-24 07:57pm

particularly consider it a hatchet/knife with centuries of practical use in decapitation, and being often forged from truck suspensions or heloblades has a serious hard enough backing that it won't break. infact it was feared by the japanese in WWII more then flamethrowers.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2006-04-24 07:57pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I see.

A machette is primarily designed for the same job, hacking through undergrowth. The kukri also is designed for use as a sort of utility knife too, they usually hold a better edge than a machette and can be used for other tasks such as skinning on top of their use in combat and clearing.

Plus in a pinch they're good for busting open a tin of beans.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-04-24 08:01pm

and many of us have seen Gunn Ermy use one to slice clean through a watermelon lengthwise...

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-04-24 08:02pm

A khukri would go down a treat.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-04-24 08:04pm

well my whole point of bringing them up is that my stepdad has over 3 dozen of them in his house....

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-04-24 08:06pm

That doesn't help us in this scenario however, where we start UNPREPARED in a location which is not home for probably 90% of the participants.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-04-24 08:11pm

So, just to get an idea I want the top 3 items that people think of for each category which could be obtained with ease in Toronto.

Melee:

Ranged (non-firearm):

Firearms:

Protection:

And for the locals - Shelter:

Post by **Surlethe** » 2006-04-24 08:48pm

Okay; first thing we need to do is get organized. The impression the OP gives me is we're in a catering hall of some sort, a big banquet hall; I infer that it'll be relatively formal, and I expect the first hint we'll have of a zombie breakout is someone looking out the windows and seeing the things lurching along the street, if not people fleeing into the building.

The first thing, therefore, is to figure out: who's going to be in charge? As pointed out before, Rob Wilson and Jegs2 are good candidates. Assume, for a moment, Jegs defers to Rob because of superior position on the board (I know, flimsy reason; bear with me). What, then, is the organization Rob Wilson implements onto the group? Would the natural social hierarchy from the boards carry over into real life?

Sephirius · Post by **Sephirius** » 2006-04-24 08:50pm

I'm one of the members within range, I live in scarborough.

I think the toronto island idea would be a good one, holding the airport there shouldn't be too difficult, and odds are that the infection wouldn't have spread to there are not too bad.

That NOS Guy · Post by **That NOS Guy** » 2006-04-24 08:52pm

Technically speaking, everything connected by land is "within driving range"

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2006-04-24 08:56pm

weemadando wrote:So, just to get an idea I want the top 3 items that people think of for each category which could be obtained with ease in Toronto.

Melee: Axes, hatchets, and aluminum ballbats, available at all Canadian Tire stores and lots of other places. Police cars are also a good bet, solid full-size cars with ram bumpers.

Ranged (non-firearm): Molotov cocktail. Firetrucks for hosing down the zombies & running them over. Can also be used to hose them down with fuel before lighting them up.

Firearms: Shotguns. Other than that I'm not sure.

Protection: Hockey gear, but with a full-face helmet and armoured boots.

And for the locals - Shelter: The Toronto Islands are probably the best bet. There's buildings & houses there and the ferry boats we hijacked to get there can also serve as. Last time I checked, zombies don't swim too well.

Pearson airport's another possibility. We'll have to block off a few roads but it shouldn't be too hard to secure the place. Lots of shelter for everyone, plus we can have a few planes standing by to get us out of there fast in case things really go wrong.

3rd choice, don't know.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2006-04-24 09:31pm

Guess I'll be one of the guys there. Load me up on 9mil's and Shotguns...I am teh suxxor at rifles.

And we should have a military-type in charge, Jegs is the senior active duty guy on the board, so it's him.