zombie survival test

Cat42 · Post by **Cat42** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:54 pm

Trying:
Official Survivor
Congratulations! You scored 75%!
You scored higher than 48% on survivalpoints

Trying to fail:
You made it. Barely.
Congratulations! You scored 48%!
You scored higher than 2% on survivalpoints

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:12 pm

69% percent...I'd make it out. And everyone laughed when I insisted watching all those zombie movies was actually "training".

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:25 pm

It took some effort and telling the quiz that I was a 95 year old lady at the end, but I finally managed to be eaten by zombies.

Zombie Chow
Congratulations! You scored 3%!
You failed, and failed miserably. Not only did you fall victim where it could have been avoided, you didn't even rise again, since most of you was consumed by your attackers. Talk about a final indignity.

MERBman · Post by **MERBman** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:20 am

You know what I hate the most about zombies?

Yan · Post by **Yan** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:41 am

Official Survivor
Congratulations! You scored 67%!

Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody's perfect, at least you're alive.

Yay! I'm alive! =D

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:33 am

MERBman wrote:Armed and Dangerous.
88%.

Everyone, get behind me.

I'm only behind you if you are facing the zombies.
And by behind you, I mean running away very, very fast.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:50 am

Sortelli wrote:To get "armed and dangerous" you have to stockpile every single firearm and piece of equipment you can get your hands on, including the full set of body armor. So, yeah, I'm behind him!

"It's always the poor sucker in the back who gets killed first so the others don't know he's gone." - Kryten, Red Dwarf, Season 4, "DNA"

Caffeine Boy · Post by **Caffeine Boy** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:10 am

"Official Survivor
Congratulations! You scored 62%!
Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody's perfect, at least you're alive. "

Spiffy! I got a better result than I thought I would. I figured it would be like- OMG, you are ded. A winner is zombies.

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:14 am

I got just a mere 78%

I was keeping in account that since zombies are slow i'm advantaged on the speed part, so i always opted for the best compromise between getting equipment and travelling light.

Also, i'm too much of a do-gooder to leave poor bastards behind, if i see even the slightest chance of success: to the rescue!

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:41 pm

Jops wrote:Also, i'm too much of a do-gooder to leave poor bastards behind, if i see even the slightest chance of success: to the rescue!

That was me too, I was going for the heavily armed mob of zombie survivors.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:40 pm

78%, and I scored higher than 52% of my age category.

I actually own the Zombie Survival Guide; it's a freaking hilarious book.

Unfortunately, all those damn gun laws prevent me from practicing my skills, so that's where I fell short.

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:28 pm

The founders should have included zombies in the 2nd Amendment.

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:26 am

Getting the guns would be the problem for me. In italy it's not easy to find a gun&ammo shop. It'd be better try to raid the local police station.

On the other hand i could get a decent outdoor/survival gear (including kevlar vest and helmet) without even having to leave my room.

ManyWorlds · Post by **ManyWorlds** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:17 am

Sortelli wrote:
Jops wrote:Also, i'm too much of a do-gooder to leave poor bastards behind, if i see even the slightest chance of success: to the rescue!
That was me too, I was going for the heavily armed mob of zombie survivors.

Yeah, that was me, too. Strength in numbers, etc.

Official Survivor
Congratulations! You scored 82%!
Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody's perfect, at least you're alive.

Luckily for me, there's a small gun shop about two blocks from where I live.

I don't think they stock silver-nitrate bullets, though...

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:25 am

Finding guns wouldn't be a problem for me, living within two klicks of an airbase, I know where they store the guns.
Actually aquiring the guns and ammo would be more troublesome.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:53 am

I probably would have scored a great deal higher if I was actually answering the questions according to true zombie movie rules, but I was actually going for what I'd do in a real life zombie attack.

For example, I'm not too much of a do-gooder, and unless there was some evidence of immediate advantage for me and Kat from saving a bunch of folks from zombie attack, we would just keep on moving. Conserve ammo and keep ourselves out of immediate danger. Plus, while there is some truth to safety in numbers, if you're leading around a huge group of people, you might as well go ahead and put up a huge target above your heads and start yelling "Come getchya human heaaah! Fresh human, ripe for the attackiiiiin'!"

The closest gun store of any kind is the Wal-Mart a few blocks away. This is advantegeous and disadvantegeous at the same time . . . Wally World has just about everything you need to help get through a zombie attack, but it'll also be one of the first places other humans are gonna hit and strip for parts. If I get at least a shovel out of the deal, tho', I'll be happy. What I wasn't happy about was the fact that "shovel" wasn't one of the choices in the near-the-end question about what melee weapon you would use. Everyone knows a shovel is the best! Everyone! You can use its sharp edge to hack and slash, it's flat side to smack and whack, it's handle to push back, and it's got good reach. Sadly, I had to take a machete as second best.

Along with that minor disappointment, this test didn't say anything about trying to figure out how to kill the zombies in the first place, which is very important. It should have had a question asking whether you take your time and try to kill a few zombies to see how it's done (destroy the heart, shoot the brain, sever the head, crush the alien device on its back, etc.) or just wade in and start blowing them away. Really, how can you expect to survive if you don't figure this out first?

No, I don't think about this too much. You think about it too little, dammit!

Dburkhead · Post by **Dburkhead** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:58 am

You know, "Zombie Survivor" would be a reality show that I'd watch.

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:35 am

Jim North wrote:If you're leading around a huge group of people, you might as well go ahead and put up a huge target above your heads and start yelling "Come getchya human heaaah! Fresh human, ripe for the attackiiiiin'!"

That's secondary IMHO. If a the group (even if large) is well armed and coordinated the i just pity the poor zombies on the way (at least until we start running short on ammo).
The problems of a large group are:

1) Not enough equipment for everyone:
Assume there are 6 guys and only 4 guns. the 2 unarmed ones could be quite like iron balls chained to your legs if they can't think up of a way to be useful. Also scarce resources and equipment make it eaysier for situation "2" to arise.

2) Leadership questioned:
It's all right if the group follows someone wise who knows what must be done, but what if the gropup leader is too proud to admit he's doing mistakes? What is someone someone in the group, wrongly or not, begins to disagree with the leader? One'd think: easy, split the group and that's it! Unfortunately it's unlikely that either part would accept to let the other go with all the useful gear. They'd probably kill each other off in order to keep all the ammo/food/gasoline/etc. for themselves.

In fact, as much i'm willing to bring my assistance (when possible) to other survivors, if my group is already getting big, i'd try to see other options other than carrying them along with me. Especially those who don't seem very skilled.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:58 pm

Another minus against large groups . . . each new person is another potential zombie you might have to fight later . . .

Dburkhead · Post by **Dburkhead** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:02 pm

Jim North wrote:Another minus against large groups . . . each new person is another potential zombie you might have to fight later . . .

Problem is they are a potential zombie whether they're with your group or not. However, if you set up a competent defense, they are far less likely to be zombified as part of your group than elsewhere.