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Jacob Mei
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Posted - 2008.10.01 23:38:00 -
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Max Brooks is coming to my campus to do a lecture on how to survive a zombie attack, I cant wait until the 27th.  Wonder if he will do a book signing afterwords...
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Jacob Mei
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Posted - 2008.10.01 23:38:00 -
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Max Brooks is coming to my campus to do a lecture on how to survive a zombie attack, I cant wait until the 27th. Wonder if he will do a book signing afterwords...
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Frankinator
Malevolent Emo Herders
Obsidian Empire
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Posted - 2008.10.05 15:45:00 -
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What campus?!?!?!
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Rawrior
Gallente
Neo Spartans
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Posted - 2008.10.05 17:14:00 -
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omgomgomgomgomgomgomogmomg
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P'uck
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Posted - 2008.10.05 18:23:00 -
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Edited by: P''uck on 05/10/2008 18:23:49
 WTF, now THAT is cool.
Maybe you should get some students to dress up as zombies and invade the stage when he's having his speech, see where it leads to 
On the other hand, this probably happens all the time. If not, DEW IT. (<- strongly emphasized "DO IT!!!")
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Vabjekf
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Posted - 2008.10.05 18:24:00 -
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you tell him hes wrong. In his book he recommends a katana as being a good anti-zombie melee weapon.
But dead bone becomes harder than living bone, trying to cut through dead bone with any sword is a bad idea. A good machete is the best kind of bladed implement to have.
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Xue XinMao
West Wind Waylanders
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Posted - 2008.10.05 18:27:00 -
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 Originally by: Vabjekf
you tell him hes wrong. In his book he recommends a katana as being a good anti-zombie melee weapon.
But dead bone becomes harder than living bone, trying to cut through dead bone with any sword is a bad idea. A good machete is the best kind of bladed implement to have.
A great double axe is even better, assuming u can wield it, i have lvl 50 wielding.
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Vabjekf
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Posted - 2008.10.05 18:32:00 -
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You have to consider practicability. A machete is robust but also not too heavy.
While an axe is a great thing to have, its heavy. I would only recommend getting an axe if you were planning on spending a lot of time in the wilderness. A good high quality machete (not the kind you can get for $10 at a wallmart) can cut down small trees and do lots of other axe-like things.
But anyway point being you need it to be dual purpose, and good at chopping. Using a sword in a zombie situation is highly impracticable, unless its some sort of holy sword that gets +1d6 against zombies.
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Jacob Mei
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Posted - 2008.10.05 18:44:00 -
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Originally by: Frankinator
What campus?!?!?!
Its a community college, Harper College, however we've had individuals and groups such as:
The Grateful Dead
Nancy Cartwright (The voice of Bart Simpson)
Kari Byron and Tory Belleci (from the mythbusters)
and now Max Brooks just to name a few.
I didnt go to see the mythbusters last year but im definitely going to make it a point to see Max Brooks if I can land tickets tommorow. Definitely going to bring my guide even if just for fun.
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Sikander 2
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Posted - 2008.10.05 20:03:00 -
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i guess i need to bring my zombie invasion plans forwards before then...i might have to postpone world domination to make room for it. i hate it when people spoil my plans 
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Jacob Mei
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Posted - 2008.10.05 20:35:00 -
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Zombie Plan
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Nomakai Delateriel
Amarr
Shadow Company
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2008.10.05 21:23:00 -
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Originally by: Vabjekf
You have to consider practicability. A machete is robust but also not too heavy.
While an axe is a great thing to have, its heavy. I would only recommend getting an axe if you were planning on spending a lot of time in the wilderness. A good high quality machete (not the kind you can get for $10 at a wallmart) can cut down small trees and do lots of other axe-like things.
But anyway point being you need it to be dual purpose, and good at chopping. Using a sword in a zombie situation is highly impracticable, unless its some sort of holy sword that gets +1d6 against zombies.
The thing is that most axes that we sell today aren't very good at dismembering people. If you look at the two-handed "viking" axe (used by for example the varangian guard, the saxon huskarls and many more) it has a broader edge, and still requires a lot of skill to hit the right spot. I don't know how good a machete is at dismembering people, but given the length of its blade you probably have to get quite close (not an enviable position if you don't wear armor and where every bite is 100% lethal).
So from a point of not requiring too much skill to make a dismembering blow and giving the user a measure of range against the opponent the katana isn't a bad choice.
Though a longer version of the machete would work quite well, or in fact any type of heavy sabre.
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Vabjekf
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Posted - 2008.10.05 21:58:00 -
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Originally by: Nomakai Delateriel
Originally by: Vabjekf
You have to consider practicability. A machete is robust but also not too heavy.
While an axe is a great thing to have, its heavy. I would only recommend getting an axe if you were planning on spending a lot of time in the wilderness. A good high quality machete (not the kind you can get for $10 at a wallmart) can cut down small trees and do lots of other axe-like things.
But anyway point being you need it to be dual purpose, and good at chopping. Using a sword in a zombie situation is highly impracticable, unless its some sort of holy sword that gets +1d6 against zombies.
The thing is that most axes that we sell today aren't very good at dismembering people. If you look at the two-handed "viking" axe (used by for example the varangian guard, the saxon huskarls and many more) it has a broader edge, and still requires a lot of skill to hit the right spot. I don't know how good a machete is at dismembering people, but given the length of its blade you probably have to get quite close (not an enviable position if you don't wear armor and where every bite is 100% lethal).
So from a point of not requiring too much skill to make a dismembering blow and giving the user a measure of range against the opponent the katana isn't a bad choice.
Though a longer version of the machete would work quite well, or in fact any type of heavy sabre.
A machete is constructed more robustly and designed to take the impacts of 'hacking'.
Trying to cut through hard (been dead for a while) bone with a katana, or any sword, will damage the sword, and eventually break it.
Thats the rout of my criticism, that its actually going to destroy the blade if you start chopping off zombie heads with it.
I mean, it may work out OK right at the start of the outbreak, when all the zombies are recently undead. But as time passes it would become completely useless.
A machete on the other hand is tough enough to keep hacking through zombies. Its also much more utilitarian and can be used for clearing brush or making tools. Multifunctionality is important in a survival situation ^___^
If you wanted the ultimate anti zombie melee weapon it would of course be some sort of spear or pole weapon, because the extra range it gives you. You can just poke the zombies in the head and they die, while simultaniously being able to keep them away from you.
But that's not practical to carry around.
A machete on the other hand, if you really needed good anti zombie melee weapons.. you could even use to make crude spears out of saplings or bamboo or something.
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Jacob Mei
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Posted - 2008.10.05 22:26:00 -
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Id say just use a sniper rifle and perch ontop of a tower. Many buildings, such as old churches, water towers, and what not the only way into the tower is by ladder and seeing as zombies cant climb ladders thats a natural barrier to them. By using a sniper rifle with a silencer and keeping your form concealed the zombie horde shouldnt notice you.
By cherry picking the head you will destroy the brain where the virus controls the body, of course there is the subject of the zombie decompossing however if shot at from a distance the threat of desease from the decomposing flesh should be minimal.
So long as you keep yourself hidden, have an ample supply of bullets, a food supply for during your camp, and can hit a slow moving target you wont have to worry about allowing a zombie to get within a few feet of yourself.
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