Raccon City Survival

If you were stuck in the city during the time of the outbreak of the virus, what would yolu do to survive? Note that you either start out with no weapons or you start out with a handgun or Combat Knife.

Well, first of all I'd make sure to have no open wounds or cover the ones I do have extensively, then I'd get the first nice solid blunt object I could find and beat my way to the nearest way out. No worrying about anyone else, no trying to bring the corporation down. I just wanna gtfo.

And gimme a good 3 foot long pipe or a baseball bat, and I'll make sure I do. Zombies are slow and pretty much brainless. A good swing to the head and they're gone, leg if they're too close.

As long as I don't run into a licker or a hunter, I'm good.

Yeah, but that's the problem. You are like;y to run into a Licker, Hunter, or the zombie dogs......

Hmm.. if I knew my way around the city I'd probably head to a gun shop, and try and scrounge up what I could unless the route or store itself is completely over-run. Either way it would end up with me getting the hell out of dodge.

first I would go load up on suppplies and weapons then head out of the infested city...along the way I would try and seek out any other survivors because there is always safety in numbers

Yeah, there IS safety in numbers. I would probably try to keep to the shadows in order to keep the monsters from seeing me and trying to go after me

Is it ironic that there is "safety in numbers" yet squads upon squads of police, military, UBCS, etc. were taken out with ease while nearly all survivors went solo or had like maybe one or two partners? Safety in numbers indeed...

Cerebus wrote:

If you were stuck in the city during the time of the outbreak of the virus, what would yolu do to survive? Note that you either start out with no weapons or you start out with a handgun or Combat Knife.

Hide in a jail cell, easy. Or a mall.

lol. Ummm, ok?

Hide in meh attic. and feed on your delicious fluids.

nekronuke wrote:

Hide in meh attic. and feed on your delicious fluids.

Ok????? How's about no

you can't say no!! im a parasite! its like eating some uncooked beef and saying to the eggs, "nah, i don't want you to hatch in my intestines into tapeworms." so you can say no... but it WILL happen

Cerebus wrote:

If you were stuck in the city during the time of the outbreak of the virus, what would yolu do to survive? Note that you either start out with no weapons or you start out with a handgun or Combat Knife.

I assume its T virus you are talking about. Id go to Iceland and push those mofos down the volcano. Simple enough

Cerebus wrote:

lol. Ummm, ok?

It's very okay. According to my friend who read that book, The Zombie Survival Guide, a jail cell is the best place to hide out. Coincidentally RE2's Ben Bertolucci hid in a cell, before being killed by William Birkin.

And the mall bit, well Dawn Of The Dead of course.

Cerebus wrote:

Yeah, there IS safety in numbers. I would probably try to keep to the shadows in order to keep the monsters from seeing me and trying to go after me

You know, a quote from a book I read said the 'safety in numbers' tactic only works when you have more numbers. Otherwise solo is better as you're less likely to be noticed and there's no extra baggage should someone get injured.

As for lickers, the bat should work if I can move in quick. Just bash in the open cranium.

Hunters and Cerberus would be threats, but I suppose I could try and find a shotgun.

Well lets see.... If it is a RE senario and the city will be hit with a tactical nuke then yep I'm heading out of the city.
Gun stores are a good place to start but think of all the other surviors with the same idea. I would prefer to stay alone and in the shadows. I would prefer to loot the dead and undead of ammo and weapons. Occasionally stopping at small convenience stores and grocery stores for food, water, etc... While there is saftey in numbers, you also have to take into account the human factor. Is anyone in the group infected, about to go crazy and kill you all and take the supplies for themselves, etc.... Also, logistically, the more numbers in your group, the more mouths to feed, more backs to watch and more time required to coordinate movement and travel. Depending on the state of the roads in the city, Im gonna take the first vehicle I can and high tail it out of the city...

Now, if the city wasn't gonna be nuked and the incident was isolated to the city itself, I would go the saftey in numbers route and try to find a secure location such as a warehouse (one that stocks food, drinks, and other necessities), as these are usually surrounded by high fences, have very secure doors, and also have very few windows. You could seal off the office portion of the complex which is sure to have more windows therefore less secure, and just wait out the incident in relative comfort.

BOBLATHON wrote:

Well lets see.... If it is a RE senario and the city will be hit with a tactical nuke then yep I'm heading out of the city.
Gun stores are a good place to start but think of all the other surviors with the same idea. I would prefer to stay alone and in the shadows. I would prefer to loot the dead and undead of ammo and weapons. Occasionally stopping at small convenience stores and grocery stores for food, water, etc... While there is saftey in numbers, you also have to take into account the human factor. Is anyone in the group infected, about to go crazy and kill you all and take the supplies for themselves, etc.... Also, logistically, the more numbers in your group, the more mouths to feed, more backs to watch and more time required to coordinate movement and travel. Depending on the state of the roads in the city, Im gonna take the first vehicle I can and high tail it out of the city...

Now, if the city wasn't gonna be nuked and the incident was isolated to the city itself, I would go the saftey in numbers route and try to find a secure location such as a warehouse (one that stocks food, drinks, and other necessities), as these are usually surrounded by high fences, have very secure doors, and also have very few windows. You could seal off the office portion of the complex which is sure to have more windows therefore less secure, and just wait out the incident in relative comfort.

That's actually pretty brilliant. But, how would you know if the place was getting nuked or not?

Shortwave radios, CB radios and for the first few days you should still have internet access to gather information.... radio stations broadcasting outside of the city would probably give you a source of information from surrounding areas as well. Now barring an extreme cover-up (like with Raccon City) it will be hard to keep that information secret.

Honestly though you have to assume, with the amount of day to day travel around the world, that the virus would spread internationally before anyone could do anything about it. In that case, holding up in the warehouse is the optimal idea as there will be nowhere to run, with the exception of an area with a smaller population. That, however, presents the problem of fewer supplies.

In typing this, I realized that I have put waaaaay too much thought into this....

CB radios would really come in handy at a time like that...luckly for me I would be prepared