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Most people wouldnt just happen to have high grade weapons lying around. Every house has stuff like pipes or bats to be used as blunt objects, but not every person has a gun handy. Im not saying it cant happen, but the setting would mean you'd either be totally or almost completely out of any ammo you might have had been the infection hit.
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Yeah I think that'd be fine. I'm still a little, "eh" on the whole nano-machines thing, but it does sound interesting. As long as the zombies dont mutate and do crazy shit like in resident evil then it'll do nicely.
As for the setting im thinking a couple if not several months after the initial infection, most power supplies are on their last legs and running water is all but non-existant. So people'll have to either be stockpiling and holding down or passing through for resources. Gives people alot of room to be there for several different reasons. The location itself its still up in the air, as DC would have been swarming with troops at one point in an atempt to protect the capitol. How bout we start somewhere lower, like in north or south carolina. It gives us the trip to DC to try and get to all the protection that may or may not still be there and possibly further on towards the coast.
As for the setting im thinking a couple if not several months after the initial infection, most power supplies are on their last legs and running water is all but non-existant. So people'll have to either be stockpiling and holding down or passing through for resources. Gives people alot of room to be there for several different reasons. The location itself its still up in the air, as DC would have been swarming with troops at one point in an atempt to protect the capitol. How bout we start somewhere lower, like in north or south carolina. It gives us the trip to DC to try and get to all the protection that may or may not still be there and possibly further on towards the coast.
Definitely need to put this in two seperate threads at this point, way too many people. And I think starting in DC is a much better idea for those of who don't live in America as it's much more of a recognizable area.
Stop concentrating on the word nano-machines and think of the word infection. The Nano-Machines are just a way of grounding the entire are RP and making it more intelligent then most crappy zombie roleplays. Shot to the head and decapitation still works because the nano-machines operate in the brain, they're as fast 28 Days Later zombies but can also be slow like the traditional zombies. If you want, animals can be infected too from the animal trails that took place before the human ones. No mutations for the animals, just undead.
Stop concentrating on the word nano-machines and think of the word infection. The Nano-Machines are just a way of grounding the entire are RP and making it more intelligent then most crappy zombie roleplays. Shot to the head and decapitation still works because the nano-machines operate in the brain, they're as fast 28 Days Later zombies but can also be slow like the traditional zombies. If you want, animals can be infected too from the animal trails that took place before the human ones. No mutations for the animals, just undead.
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So we're talking the "zombies" from I Am Legend? Those things were basically animalistic, 'cept for that crazy one who was getting smarter. Or would it be cool for the zombies to get smarter? More of a challenge. Also crazy as hell.
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I don't really want in this, but i was just suggesting that it should be in Seattle. I know you guys probably already have a city planned out, but Seattle's not too big of a city and it's on the Puget Sound (pretty much coastal) and it has lots of good hospitals. And also, it hasn't been used in many movies, so it's pretty original. So i think it would be good. :D
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Well, in my personal zombie fiction there would be like an alpha male zombie. Like a hive mind that retains some intelligence and amybe even some speech. Though personally I think that's a bit too sci-fi if we're doing a straight up survival story.
Could we do like some sort of chance system on searching places for weapons? Like find some online dice roll thing and use the honor system?
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We're getting way too complicated now for our own good 'hive minds' 'zombies getting smarter' and 'dice systems' is just too much tbh.
Straight up character driven survival stories is what has worked very well in the past. Heck I still remember Rev's Black Medic character from the 28 Days Later RP from awhile back, that was a good RP.
We have our infection and our backstory. Either DC or Seattle for the location. And two threads is a good idea purely because there are so many people.
Straight up character driven survival stories is what has worked very well in the past. Heck I still remember Rev's Black Medic character from the 28 Days Later RP from awhile back, that was a good RP.
We have our infection and our backstory. Either DC or Seattle for the location. And two threads is a good idea purely because there are so many people.
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I was going to suggest the hivemind myself. If not that, at least some sort of working intelligence beneath the decaying flesh. An alpha male or leader that coordinates groups could definitely be fun, I think. It might conflict with Kaeb's nanite theory, but oh well. I think it should be somewhat like ants: the more ants there are in proximity to one another, the smarter the overall group becomes. A single ant, even when presented with a rat body or something, will walk in circles until it dies. A group of ants, however, will begin to pick the rat apart. One zombie won't do much damage, but a 'pack' of them would be extremely effective.
If you wanted to really make it sci-fi, you could make a nest or something and make their alpha male into an alpha queen... Just some speculation on my part. I don't think the RP should be EXTREMELY linear. We should be given some choices in our actions. If we find enough bombs or other demolitions somehow, we could attempt to eradicate the zombies at their source rather than wipe out all DC and any people who might still be alive. I also think the infection should be able to spread with enough exposure/damage taken at the hands of zombies. It would be neat if we could go on playing as zombie minibosses or something.
^ Just some ideas I had.
If you wanted to really make it sci-fi, you could make a nest or something and make their alpha male into an alpha queen... Just some speculation on my part. I don't think the RP should be EXTREMELY linear. We should be given some choices in our actions. If we find enough bombs or other demolitions somehow, we could attempt to eradicate the zombies at their source rather than wipe out all DC and any people who might still be alive. I also think the infection should be able to spread with enough exposure/damage taken at the hands of zombies. It would be neat if we could go on playing as zombie minibosses or something.
^ Just some ideas I had.
That would still work with my NANO-MACHINES (NOT NANITES) theory because they are essentially microscopic machines that could be controlled by a central computer underneath DC or something. But that's away more sci-fi than horror. The Nano-machines on their own as an infection works and plays more into the horror aspect of it because they'd be much more efficient then a normal virus and therefore more terrifying.
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What's your proposed difference between nano-machine and nanite/bot? Nanorobotics is still a hypothetical technology (those closest we've come is that molecular car, isn't it?), so I don't see why there could be any confused terminology.
EDIT: Yeah, I didn't mean to suggest that we have a computer present or anything. However, I do think that there should be a variety of zombies (not insanely different, but a zombie that was a sumo wrestler is going to be slower and stronger than a swimsuit model) and that their "intelligence" should increase in respect to the number of them in any area.
EDIT: Yeah, I didn't mean to suggest that we have a computer present or anything. However, I do think that there should be a variety of zombies (not insanely different, but a zombie that was a sumo wrestler is going to be slower and stronger than a swimsuit model) and that their "intelligence" should increase in respect to the number of them in any area.
It's actually being developed to combat cancer and other ailments.
Nanites are different, think the movie I, Robot. It's what ultimately defeats the villain and what they attempt to kill Sonny with. Where as nano-machines are actually robots themselves used to benefit people and robotics.
Nanites could ultimately be used as a weapon/anti-virus to fight infection of nano-machines, so could an EMP and of course so could most other small arms to defeat them, it's the perfect recipe.
A fat zombie is obviously going to be slower then a skinny or athletic zombie, that in itself provides some diversity.
Nanites are different, think the movie I, Robot. It's what ultimately defeats the villain and what they attempt to kill Sonny with. Where as nano-machines are actually robots themselves used to benefit people and robotics.
Nanites could ultimately be used as a weapon/anti-virus to fight infection of nano-machines, so could an EMP and of course so could most other small arms to defeat them, it's the perfect recipe.
A fat zombie is obviously going to be slower then a skinny or athletic zombie, that in itself provides some diversity.
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Yeah that was probably one of my favorite Diverse RP characters.
I think everyone is looking at this way too in depth. No one should be RPing a character here with any 'special' abilities. I mean a soldier can only go so far. Look at your local National Guard/Friends. I guarantee if you know a Marine who is in the Infantry, unless they've had combat experience they wouldn't be comfortable in a situation like thousands of undead walking about. They'd be trained and ready to kill, but just because they've been trained with an M16 doesn't mean they can shoot their 30-06. Have to remember we're in a civil setting where the chances of high caliber rifles that shoot semi-automatic are going to be rare to come by, let alone a automatic rifle. Pistols/shotguns might be abundant, but matching bullets with weapons would be an achievement in itself.
We're RPing a Zombie Outbreak, no one is prepared for something like that, it just happened. We're a bunch of local settlers, if we're lucky. Some are going to be vacationing and visiting not really knowing the area. That has to affect your character and the setting, if we're in a small city it would be far easier for someone to adjust. If we're in a metropolis that is going to be hard to realize where you're at, especially if you're from out of town
I like the idea of nanites or whatever as a byproduct to the start of this, but that's about as far as it's going to go. Unless you're character is some chemical/mechanical engineer who was a part of the problem, you wouldn't be able to quickly understand how it happened unless it was told. Some would have general knowledge, but being shut out from society is going to kill the media and not give much to the survivors. I think quarantining the situation in a average sized city like Milwaukee or Cleveland where the city is big, but is by no means gigantic is the best scenario.
The survivors are just that, survivors. They're fighting for their lives in an undead hell, that doesn't leave much room to ask questions about why they are the way they are. Bludgeon, shoot, stab, and claw your way out, you're fighting for your 'life' not trying to find out how it all happened.