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Post by genocideseth on Jun 1, 2009 22:43:34 GMT
Everyone would like an attractive role, one that they can pick to suit their ego's. I think however the reality(if you can use such words when referring, to Zombies) is that there would be a desperate struggle between individuals and groups. where the strongest would emerge. I think people would be desperate to find larger groups which would offer greater security. With that desperation people would accept whatever role they could get. Initially with the break down in law and order there would be a fairly high turnover of “leaders” . Early groups would have a fairly fluid natures with new refugees joining groups, bringing new mixes of desperate people. Eventually the structures of groups would settle down, with the emergence of strong leaders. With me, it is not about Ego. It is about survival. I would never trust my life into another's, who is just as scared and panicked, hands. Which is why I could ONLY accept a role as a person in charge. I would rather die by my own mistakes then by another's. I dunno, just rambling. I am not usually an unrealistic person, I just choose options one would normally deem "unconventional" to survival. I mean one who actually knows about survival, not your average "left4dead" fanatic.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2009 17:37:02 GMT
Everyone would like an attractive role, one that they can pick to suit their ego's. I think however the reality(if you can use such words when referring, to Zombies) is that there would be a desperate struggle between individuals and groups. where the strongest would emerge. I think people would be desperate to find larger groups which would offer greater security. With that desperation people would accept whatever role they could get. Initially with the break down in law and order there would be a fairly high turnover of “leaders” . Early groups would have a fairly fluid natures with new refugees joining groups, bringing new mixes of desperate people. Eventually the structures of groups would settle down, with the emergence of strong leaders. Which is why the smart people, the vast majority of those who would survive outside of 6 months, would avoid the larger groups as best they could. They would strike off on their own and survive away from others until things did start to settle down. Remember, a lot of those larger groups will be contaminated by people who have contracted whatever it is in the given case that causes them to turn into zombies. And, just as bad, they will be at more risk of more mundane, but still deadly diseases. Most people these days know nothing of field sanitation, for instance. There's a significant portion of them dead just from the single cause of Malaria.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2009 18:00:25 GMT
Taran, that's not entirely true...and field sanitation isn't overly complex; keep it separate and apart from everyone else, burn it in the midden heap. Simple.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2009 23:48:55 GMT
You must be lucky enough to not have had to deal with the large majority of Americans who don't know even that little.
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Post by genocideseth on Jun 4, 2009 0:45:02 GMT
You must be lucky enough to not have had to deal with the large majority of Americans who don't know even that little. That's true. A lot of people really don't know anything, nor do they care to learn.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2009 11:23:50 GMT
I think there wouldn't even be leaders, just a group of individuals trying to survive and can't be bothered with such titles. Outposts, camps, and communities would really only be achievable by military-like groups prepped and ready to kill anything and everything.
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Post by genocideseth on Jun 5, 2009 1:04:17 GMT
I think it would be possible for non military camps to exist. But it would also prolly depend on how long they have been surviving and how many survived.
And there is always leaders, everyone usually prefers to follow the one who knows what he is doing. For example, if he was an ex military soldier or something. Or a survival expert of sorts.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2009 1:17:59 GMT
when it comes down to it...this is just all speculation...whose to say the zombies wont be able to run u down ..or even pick up weapons to use...this idea of being in groups is foolish imo...just adding another thing to worry about...with americas divorce rate...might be best jsut to go lone wolf...cuz if you cant trust your "soulmate"...what makes you think your group wouldnt turn on you in an instant.....for some instant rice or the last swig of water in your canteen...any one hear the story of the mother who strangled her child ...revived it and then strangled it again til it died??...zombies prolly have more compassion then that...why would you surround yourself with natures most malevolent creature??
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Post by genocideseth on Jun 5, 2009 2:33:40 GMT
I would only surround myself with fiends I can trust my life to as they are the only people I consider friends. If they are non existent, then I will go solo possibly. But that is even too dangerous, as you have no one to watch your back, sleeping is not safe, and a mob of people can easily kill one person for his minute rice, water canteen or ammo. Sailing a boat is best done in crews. I am thinking Zombie survival might be similar, depending on the surrounding. But nice observation, +1 for that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2009 3:31:09 GMT
you are right it would be hard to watch your own back..but once again i have to illustrate ..in this world there is really no one u can trust but yourself...and in some cases thats not even true...i know several methods for setting up an alarm system...some as simple as having string and a couple small bells(muffled with not in use of course)...to full fledged traps..where tripping a wire will set off a shotgun shell in a fashion similar to how claymore mines are used....realisticly i cant just abandon all my friends and family.and would do every thing i could to help those that i was able too..but i would certainly be better off by myself...with a small solar powered sea worthy craft(if they arent being made...they need to be)...to say a mob would defeat me..id have to ask how they were equipped..and how they felt about a molotov cocktail(bottled in breakaway glass) thrown into their midst....ps ...i love this thread +1 back at ya for the extra food for thought...(loved the choice to surround yourself with fiends...........)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2009 17:13:33 GMT
I think your chances of survival, and choosing who your group is going to be, would dependent on how quickly things go wrong and how quickly you react.
If we are talking Dawn of the Dead the original, then things are a little slower moving and you would have more time to gather your family and friends together.
If we are talking Dawn of the Dead the remake, then you would have little time to get to your family and friends. And would likely find yourself isolated with a group of strangers.
In regard to reaction times. If you take away the fact that most people have seen a zombie film, so that people were faced with the situation with no prior knowledge. I think most people would be very slow to react, however those who react the fastest would be the most likely to survive.
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