How to survive a Zombie invasion

[Eddie]

If slow shambling Zombies, I'd rely on footspeed mostly and stealth
secondarily. Fortifying my residence, which would be my house, as I know
the area. I'd focus on purging a safe route or safe houses I could use.
Assuming I can.

If crazy a** running Infected, I'd rely on stealth mostly and footspeed
secondarily. I'd focus more on fortification and purging my local area to
reduce the threat as possible, without attracting too much attention too
myself, again assuming I can.

If I'm immune, along with the above, I'd break out the judo in encounters,
as well as close quarters combat weapons, such as knives.
If I'm infected, attract as big a horde as possible and go out with a bang
while I'm still conscious.


Yeah, I've thought it through a bit, I've been playing horror survival
and answering facebook quizes lately. :P
edit: Always remember to doubletap your zombies kids.

Thats the kind of answer I like to see, long and well thought out. However, I would probably suggest this myself:


Hideout:
Superstore such as Walmart or Sainsburies, wherever you guys are from.
- Why? It's a very large place, make sure it has only a main entrance if possible and make sure that the walls are not made of glass (I have no idea what kind of force a thousand flesh eating zombies could put on a glass wall when they're hungry - which is all the time). Make sure you have some friends with you to help guard the doors. Large Superstores are your best place for hideouts. Often enough, they sell bricks and stuff at places like these. USE THOSE BRICKS AND MAKE YOURSELF MORE WALLS. Fair enough if they can get through the first wall, they could burst through your crappy overnight wall, but wouldn't you rather slow them down then have to peg it as soon as the main wall breaks down? An extra wall can give you those added seconds/minutes to your survival.

Before you do anything at the superstore, they will always have taps, FIND THEM. Fill up as many cartons and containers with water as possible, because soon, presuming your town is overrun, you do not want to drink whatever water comes out of that tap... As power runs out, the water cleaning systems will cease functioning and you will have on your hands E.Coli and stuff to mess with too. NICE.

Your in the superstore for one major purpose, it contains EVERYTHING you might need to survive. Food and drink (I do not suggest taking any of the alcohol though, not good when mad zombies in need of your brains start chasing you) is provided, eat the stuff that will not be able to be kept first though. Because when power goes out, you do not want to find that all you have left is now rotting frozen foods - not good for your energy. Crisps, biscuits and all other sorts of horrible goods can be left for a later date.

Reasons why not to pick a mall or shopping centre - Zombies tend to gather where they would have done before they became zombies. Where's the easiest and biggest place to do this? Plus, the amount of corners and shops there is insane, it'd be their perfect jumping point to grab your arms, rip your legs off and eat you for breakfast (or lunch and dinner, whichever time it is).

When you can, maybe during daylight hours etc, go out to your local petrol station and steal some of that there black gold. You will need it later, it is absolutely inevitable. When you're sitting there one night, trying to get your car to start and its not got petrol with either fast or slow zombies tailing your a**, you will wish you took this step.

Legality:
As much as you'd like to stay on the right side of the law and wish to think about repurcussions of your actions, think about this:
IF YOU DO NOT HAUL YOUR a** YOU WILL DIE.
I think that sums up the general point of this statement. It does not matter if assault is against the law, when a zombie runs at you, either shoot the damned thing or hit it with anything long ranged like a washing pole. Do not grab your little pocket knife and expect to shank it to death... this zombie will bite you and you WILL become one of them. Hotwiring a car is probably worth reading about now, just before they come and eat yo' a**.

Friends:
When your friend has been bitten, do not think about how you'd like them to live and how you couldn't hurt them. When they turn rotten and nasty and have your leg in a death lock, constantly trying to rip it off they are not your friend. Do what must be done to survive, put that person out of their misery early, before you both regret it.

Barricade with teh sharp and teh pointy:
No matter what happens, teh sharp and teh pointy will never let you down. If there's anything wooden and long and can be made pointy, snap it and then use your knife to cut it up. You can make spikes around your inner walls to keep yourself safe. I don't care how slow and stupid or fast and intelligent the zombies are, the slow and stupid ones will walk into them and get stuck, the fast and intelligent ones will burst through doors at the same time and skewer themselves on them. Plus, think of the hilarity, a moaning and groaning zombie falls through the doors onto spikes, and they all get impaled. They can see you, but they can't get to you. Such a win.


Hopefully this helps you all in your next zombie encounter. And i'll remember magnamancy to let you double tap dem der zombies for me. I like brute force and cracking heads open personally... but thats just me

[Reaper]

I definitely agree on the superstore part. You'll need a hideout where you can stay several weeks without starving to death. If you're capable of flying a helicopter, I'd suggest finding a military one that has enough fuel capacity to fly a bit longer. Also remember that there is almost no possibility for the zombies to assault you on a big airport.

As a long-time solution, it might be best to find an Island with enough water and food on it to survive. If zombies start to haunt you at the end of the day and you haven't made sure that you got enough weapons to stay in the superstore yet, you should probably go into a hospital. Why? Because they have emergency generators (light) that should keep you save at least 3 nights or so. That should be enough to plan your next hideout.

The most important part is though, that you'll need some good weapons. Bricks, crowbars and the like might be useful, but they don't help you against 10 zombies or more. Best idea might be to search police stations for that. You might as well want to take a police car with you. If you have to flee once, the light could be the small distraction you need. When you feel armed enough, you should go to search for a military base.

Other than that, as Eddie said, Oil can be very useful. Not only for your car, but also for burning the zombies down. A lot of firecrackers might be worth a try as well. Flashlights are also essential. But keep in mind that you don't want to attract any attention.

Guess that's it for now.

Btw: Keep in mind to find something distracting you, being alone will make you insane after a while.

[Eddie]

Just realised, thanks to the help of the reaper with 'firecrackers' as a key memory jog. Find some fireworks and keep them a fair distance away. When too many zombies are around, set the damned things off. Zombies get distracted by it and give you the few moments, even minutes to run. It could well save your life.

[Lauli]

Barricade with teh sharp and teh pointy:
No matter what happens, teh sharp and teh pointy will never let you down.

Also, barricade with teh sharp and teh pointy and teh electrified.
Nothing's better than some spastic zombie muscles caught in a electric circuit.

Oh, I'd also say Schools are the right way to barricade.
Because these are always closed when some dangerous stuff happens. So, after the infected began to transform (?), everyone would gather in large shopping-malls, because that's the common and most widely-spread idea.
Schools however are likely to be nearly empty.

There's no flaw in my logic!

[Eddie]

Also, barricade with teh sharp and teh pointy and teh electrified.
Nothing's better than some spastic zombie muscles caught in a electric circuit.

Oh, I'd also say Schools are the right way to barricade.
Because these are always closed when some dangerous stuff happens. So, after the infected began to transform (?), everyone would gather in large shopping-malls, because that's the common and most widely-spread idea.
Schools however are likely to be nearly empty.

There's no flaw in my logic!

Electric fences - great thinking.
Schools are however unlikely to be empty, even during an outbreak, schools would remain open for students. Highschool jock zombies for the win, throwing american footballs at you to take you down. :P

[dubbleD]

cower under the might of chuck norris! he shall save the day!

[sadbhav]

I have teh Solution !!!! I'D tear my clothes randomly, paint myself greenis-grey and start wandering in a drunken fashion yelling "BRAAAAINSSS"

[SirisRhazael]

I'd hide in my garage and kill the nearest zombies. With a screwdriver.

[sadbhav]

I'd hide in my garage and kill the nearest zombies. With a screwdriver.

Good plan. But I still think mine's best.

[LutiChris]

licking stamps...don't know how but anything is possible if u put ur mind to it

The Dangers of Licking Stamps (Click to View)

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