Honestly, Science would kill me during a zombie apocolypse. I'd have to know if it was necromancy or the Virus or parasites making corpses walk. I'd have to know if it can spread to animals or people who are already dead. I'd have to test out whether they go down to the Romero headshot or whether they just need to be damaged out and in that respect I'd waste ammo trying. I'd shoot out the legs and drop crosses on them just to see if it burns, I'd drop weights on them to see if they can be KO'd, and I'd waste ammo and time with my ineffective combat.\
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THIS

Say that the outbreak is caused by an airborne microorganism that reanimated the recently deceased. Then, killing a bitten friend is murder, not mercy. But putting the sheet over the head of a friend that's just died of her injuries should be followed up by a Viking funeral or something before it gets back up. You need to KNOW this stuff!

In all honesty, the answer to 'how do you kill it?' is almost always fire.

Zombies? Fire.

Vampires? Fire.

Unruly forums? Fire.

As much as it PAINS me to say this, that doesn't apply to zombies. Some zombie types require such specific kill methods or simply take too long to burn out, due to a lack of pain sense and an inability to recognize the dangers of being aflame. Usually, a burning enemy is distracted from killing you because it IS ON FUCKING FIRE. It may give over to panic or methodically attempt to extinguish itself, but its priorities change. Burning zombies may, depending on type and fire intensity, continue attacking you while on fire. Which means without a long-range incendiary weapon or a barricade, you've just upgraded the already dangerous Grappling with a Zombie to Grappling with a Zombie that is also on Fire because you Didn't Get Far enough Away when you Lit It.

I think that would depend on the type of zombie. A reanimated zombie would probably be quite dry, and burn down quickly, while the infected wouldn't burn well, but would likely die from asphyxiation rather quickly.

Also depends on your fire source. A straight-up flamethrower gives you a few dozen meters of range, if you've loaded it with napalm or holy promethium or something. If it's loaded with propane or something more civilian, you're talking a short range. Short enough for FLAMING CHARGE if you're not dealing with the slowest zombies.

All you really need to do is be an Ex-Army dude, a White Collar Worker, a College Student or a Jackass and you're good to go.

Failing that, call Ash.

Here's my plan:

It's the zombiepocolypse you say? Well that's wonderful. You plan on surviving you say?

Why?

All a long term survival plan is going to get you will be eaten later when you get over run. There is no way to survive the zombie Apocalypse. That's why it's called a damned apocalypse. Your best case scenario is living long enough to starve to death.

I mean, sure a few zombies show up, and it's contained to a city or two? People start making headway? Then go with your survival plan. Give it a few months to see if this happens. If it doesn't, then fuck survival. A long term survival plan vs a short term one is like the difference between dying five minutes into a video game and getting right to the last boss and then dying when you haven't saved until the end.

And not only that but you get to spend all that time in complete horror eating canned food and trying not to let the despair take you. Sounds like a fun existence.

Man, fuck that.

Instead I say get as many weapons as you can. Grenades, rocket launchers, flame throwers, assault rifles. Anything possible.

Then kill as many fucking zombies as you can.

You know why? 'cause even if they get you in the end, so long as you kill more than one zombie, you've done your good deed. Hell, have yourself strapped with explosives, like a couple grenade belts with all the pins tied together, so when the zombie horde finally gets to you, you can suicide bomb the shit out of them.

Actually, I changed my mind on going with your 'good' survival plans at first, because fact of the matter is that if everyone did this there'd be no chance of a zombie apocalypse because anyone that follows this, even if they've just got a pea shooter, oughta be able to kill at least two zombies. And if there's two zombies dying for every new zombie made, eventually they're going to run out of zombies... Unless it's airborne or zombies are 100% unkillable or some ridiculous shit that just makes surviving even worse/less likely so you aren't really losing out on anything.

Katchem? Did Zombie time just become Pokemon?

Oh, Right. AoD.

Nevermind then.

Actually, I think we should call Ash Katchem! That way every pokemon he summons will get bitten and turned into a zombie. The all the little Zombie Children will have Zombiemon to watch!

I Choose you Zombichu!

How do you kill a Pikachu that's ALREADY DEAD!