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Zom Def question
Topic Started: Nov 14 2010, 05:33 AM (322 Views)
George K
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Zombie question.

While watching The Walking Dead this week, I saw something that left a question in my mind.

Here's the scenario:
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So, you're running away from the walkers, and you come up to a chain link fence. Your partner and you scale the fence with little difficulty. As you land on the other side of the fence, walkers struggle to climb the fence. Running for your escape, you stop, turn and fire into the crowd of walkers.

Am I the only one that has a problem with this?

1) Don't you need a head shot to stop a walker? How likely are you to get a head shot when firing your pistol into a crowd?

2) There are at least fifty walkers, and your pistol holds, what, 15 rounds or so? Even if you got 15 head shots, you're still facing more than 30 walkers.

3) Why waste precious ammo based on #1 and 2?

I'm just saying….
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George K
Nov 14 2010, 05:33 AM
Zombie question.

While watching The Walking Dead this week, I saw something that left a question in my mind.

Here's the scenario:
Spoiler: click to toggle
So, you're running away from the walkers, and you come up to a chain link fence. Your partner and you scale the fence with little difficulty. As you land on the other side of the fence, walkers struggle to climb the fence. Running for your escape, you stop, turn and fire into the crowd of walkers.

Am I the only one that has a problem with this?

1) Don't you need a head shot to stop a walker? How likely are you to get a head shot when firing your pistol into a crowd?

2) There are at least fifty walkers, and your pistol holds, what, 15 rounds or so? Even if you got 15 head shots, you're still facing more than 30 walkers.

3) Why waste precious ammo based on #1 and 2?

I'm just saying….
It's hard to pass up on a opportunity to shoot fish in a barrel. That's why.

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George K
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Nov 14 2010, 06:03 AM
It's hard to pass up on a opportunity to shoot fish in a barrel. That's why.

Oh, I totally get that, but when it's a question of survival, in the long term, shouldn't a trained professional control his emotions?

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George K
Nov 14 2010, 06:15 AM
Nobody's Sock
Nov 14 2010, 06:03 AM
It's hard to pass up on a opportunity to shoot fish in a barrel. That's why.

Oh, I totally get that, but when it's a question of survival, in the long term, shouldn't a trained professional control his emotions?

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Sure, but look at the scenario. The whole world has turned upside down. Plus, it makes for good tv, bang bang bang!!

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We thought the same thing. He should have just beelined it to the truck, and picked off the one or two who were coming close....
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I can see situations where it could be appropriate use of a firearm. Seeing as how some of the zombies are actually succeeding in climbing the fence, I might put a few rounds into the heads of those that look fresh enough as to be able to climb. The other reason would be just to relieve some of the weight and pressure on the fence. That fence isn't going to last too long under all that combined weight, but 2-3 zombies less could give you precious seconds. Finally, don't forget (as was pointed out throughout this episode), it's a new world with new threats, and he's going to make some mistakes as he learns his way around.

Also, I will add my usual disclaimer. This is entertainment about the zombie apocalypse, and should not be relied on as instruction for zombie defense, but instead should be used for the purpose it was created, as entertainment.
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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George K
Nov 14 2010, 05:33 AM
3) Why waste precious ammo based on #1 and 2?
It's a 2nd Amendment thing ... you wouldn't understand.
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Nov 14 2010, 10:03 AM
I can see situations where it could be appropriate use of a firearm. Seeing as how some of the zombies are actually succeeding in climbing the fence, I might put a few rounds into the heads of those that look fresh enough as to be able to climb. The other reason would be just to relieve some of the weight and pressure on the fence. That fence isn't going to last too long under all that combined weight, but 2-3 zombies less could give you precious seconds. Finally, don't forget (as was pointed out throughout this episode), it's a new world with new threats, and he's going to make some mistakes as he learns his way around.

Also, I will add my usual disclaimer. This is entertainment about the zombie apocalypse, and should not be relied on as instruction for zombie defense, but instead should be used for the purpose it was created, as entertainment.
Like I said, "bang, bang, bang"

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Luke's Dad
Nov 14 2010, 10:03 AM

Also, I will add my usual disclaimer. This is entertainment about the zombie apocalypse, and should not be relied on as instruction for zombie defense, but instead should be used for the purpose it was created, as entertainment.
Fast forward five hundred years into the future, and future archeologists stumble across a trove of zombie movies and determine that they were training films for the primitive civilization that believed in such mythologies...
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George, you're right to question this. In the show, he can make ridiculous head shots while sprinting down the street. That ridiculousness aside though, for each one you shoot on the fence, you make it easier for the next one to try by effectively making the fence that much shorter. While the walkers are analyzing the fence you scram. In this case the one who Alea it over should get an axe to the face. The same axe that shouldn't have been dropped just two minutes earlier.
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I think a better zom def question is:

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The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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ZOOOOOM!
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Nov 15 2010, 10:10 AM
I think a better zom def question is:

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I cite irreconcilable differences.
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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That all being said - I still haven't seen last night's, so I'll have to check it out - though, the above seemed inevitable.
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Kincaid
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I agree with KB.
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KlavierBauer
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Kincaid - exactly - if you can't get along nice - then you can't get along. :)
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Luke's Dad
Nov 15 2010, 10:10 AM
I think a better zom def question is:

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The first thing I thought of -- esp some rusty 3/8" bar...
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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