The Walking Dead

[Pharmacology]

War hammer?  Nah, all that swinging gets you tired fast

This is more like it:  http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/sircookiethepurevideo/P1060477.jpg


If anything, I would probably use a pole axe: http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/sircookiethepurevideo/CS%20pole%20Axe/P1060007.jpg


EDIt: Jeez, I can't believe how much younger I look in those photos.  What a difference a couple years the stress of a doctorate program makes.

[erictank]

Cool to hear! I've really been liking it.

Though I am trying to figure out why in the last episode neonazi biker didn't use the hacksaw on the 1/4" bolt his handcuffs were attached to.

He thought the zombies were JUUUST about to break through the door, I'd guess.  Didn't realize the door was securely chained and padlocked.

[Ben]

Didn't realize the door was securely chained and padlocked.

By George I think you've got it! I don't remember butterfingers telling him he chained the door up.

[seeker_two]

Just started watching my DVR'd episodes....in the middle of ep. 2 now....I'm hooked so far....


Now I'm motivated to make the leap into supressed firearms....just in case.... 

[Jamisjockey]

By George I think you've got it! I don't remember butterfingers telling him he chained the door up.

Plus he was getting a little loopy by then.

[RocketMan]

By George I think you've got it! I don't remember butterfingers telling him he chained the door up.

It looked to me like whatever the chain was looped through was gradually breaking down.  Every time the zombies were shown whanging at the door, it was open a little farther.  Hence the, shall we say, "sense of urgency" on the part of the a**wipe biker.

[Jamisjockey]

Pure win tonight!


Spoiler alert!

Apocolypse poll:

Where would you and, say, a dozen survivors, choose to hole up?
Tonight defintely showed the suck of actually camping.  Indefensible position and no sentry combined for the double whammy.

I would probably go for a warehouse in a semi-rural setting.  Something that had a fence around the perimter.  Hack back any heavy vegetation to the perimeter.  If possible, hack back another hundred yards from the fence line. 
Depending on the size of the property, create an inner perimiter by using cars.

[Ben]

Definitely a building with strong walls. The gangbangers did a good job with theirs, other than that they were in the city. So yeah, something outside of populated areas. Two secure entry / egress points from the building, as well as two from whatever perimeter you erected around the building.

If I had to camp like those guys, I'd build myself a treehouse or even strap myself up in a tree at night to sleep. Or anchor a raft or the canoe in the lake at night and sleep there. Tents are not Zombie proof.

[Harold Tuttle]

World War Z teaches us that walkers stumble about upon the lake bottoms and can climb anchor lines

[Ben]

World War Z teaches us that walkers stumble about upon the lake bottoms and can climb anchor lines

I knew some wiseguy was gonna bring Brooks up. Don't you have a zombie escape bicycle to ride or something?  

Zombie barrier on the anchor line.

[kgbsquirrel]

I knew some wiseguy was gonna bring Brooks up. Don't you have a zombie escape bicycle to ride or something?  

Zombie barrier on the anchor line.

New use for rat guards.

[MicroBalrog]

It would also help to organize zombie hunts to reduce zombie density in a specific are. There are obvious easy ways in which the zombies that exist in TWD can be hunted and killed by the hundreds by teams of 2- 3 people.

[gunsmith]

plus there campsite is within view of the city, like a park in suburbia or something-pretty dumb.

I knew when they're all around the campfire relaxing and laughing that the shaving creme would hit the fan.

[Jamisjockey]

It would also help to organize zombie hunts to reduce zombie density in a specific are. There are obvious easy ways in which the zombies that exist in TWD can be hunted and killed by the hundreds by teams of 2- 3 people.

Fire.  Lots of fire.

[HankB]

It would also help to organize zombie hunts to reduce zombie density in a specific are. There are obvious easy ways in which the zombies that exist in TWD can be hunted and killed by the hundreds by teams of 2- 3 people.

I'm thinking the use of a 'scoped and suppressed .22 on a rooftop in the city with a case of ammo would help . . . one person can easily carry a case (5000 rds) of .22, and headshoot a LOT of zombies in a couple of hours.

Supply issues?

Somehow, unlike the TV show, I don't think the survivors would be those who started with little or no ammo . . .

[Lee]

i finally watched this last night.  Compared to all the other crap on TV, it's actually pretty entertaining.  Usual TV/Movie logic lapses...but overall, pretty entertaining.  How can you go wrong with zombies eating people alive - and other people shooting the zombies in the brain.
It's a no-brainer.

[41magsnub]

I'm thinking the use of a 'scoped and suppressed .22 on a rooftop in the city with a case of ammo would help . . . one person can easily carry a case (5000 rds) of .22, and headshoot a LOT of zombies in a couple of hours.

Supply issues?

Somehow, unlike the TV show, I don't think the survivors would be those who started with little or no ammo . . .

I'm ready...

[Iain]

[seeker_two]

I'm ready...

I need to get me one of those......Savage or Marlin?.....

[41magsnub]

Savage MkII.  This is the one I had PTK shorten and thread for me.  Stuck my Tactical Innovations Stratus suppressor on it.  I've only put 20 rounds through it after I got it back 2 weeks ago.  It took me 10 rounds to get it zero'd and then I put another 10 rounds in a ragged nickel sized hole at 50 yards.  When it is warm enough that I'm not shivering uncontrollably I'll give it a serious run trying a variety of rounds for accuracy.

[gunsmith]

I'm thinking the use of a 'scoped and suppressed .22 on a rooftop in the city with a case of ammo would help . . . one person can easily carry a case (5000 rds) of .22, and headshoot a LOT of zombies in a couple of hours.

Supply issues?

Somehow, unlike the TV show, I don't think the survivors would be those who started with little or no ammo . . .

not only that, but what? you tellin me that all those military vehicles and gunstores are empty of guns/ ammo? & cars- if it really is indeed the zombie apoc then there is guns/gas/ammo all over the place.

[charby]

not only that, but what? you tellin me that all those military vehicles and gunstores are empty of guns/ ammo? & cars- if it really is indeed the zombie apoc then there is guns/gas/ammo all over the place.

First thing I would do it go to a hardware store and promote a gas powered quickie saw.

[Ben]

not only that, but what? you tellin me that all those military vehicles and gunstores are empty of guns/ ammo? & cars- if it really is indeed the zombie apoc then there is guns/gas/ammo all over the place.

Yeah, that's another nit to pick if we're picking nits. Besides cop stations, I doubt Georgia is low on guns. :)

If I didn't have any, I'd hit the suburb / rural areas and do a house to house.

[Pharmacology]

I just don't understand how those dudes in the tanks went down. 

[Jamisjockey]

Ran out of gas would be the obvious answer. 

Wasn't it after hurricane Ike that a bunch of states ran out of gas?
All it takes is for the refineries to shut down, and then the trucks to stop moving it.
Couple that with high demand of massive evacuations of cities.  Anyone who's not affected is running. 
As far as guns and ammo, yeah, it should be everywhere. 
Plot may not be bedrock solid, but its a whole hell of a lot better than the movie I watched last night.  Avatar.