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Part of me wants to download the client, just to see how perty the game is on my new computer. But then I remember that every model but the Goblin/Worgen are going to be old and ugly, particularly since Blizz once again passed on revamping them--something that's been high on their to-do list for years now.

I was at a barbecue on Saturday and the host had a lot of stories to share.


Æth, a friend said he'll let me borrow his when I have time... which is gonna be a few months.


Also, last night the BF cooked and then "used his hair as a towel" as he put it to wipe ghee off his hands. Ghee smell is not attractive...

But farmville and pokemon!

Actually I'm enjoying my time away as well, and am quite content not to play. Something to be said for taking a break after almost 5 years.

You don't need to be a warmonger to shoot a gun at a target. It's fairy cathartic, in fact. Just imagine the target as the cause of your stress and pull the trigger.

I sometimes find myself wondering just how close I am to a weapon in civilian hands that is WAY More powerful than they would ever have reasonable cause to possess, even accounting for truly absurd* scenarios. And I'm always, always deeply disturbed by the results of that thought experiment.

*And yes, by the end of this, I've almost always included zombie apocalypses.

A semi-automatic weapon would be your best bet, due to the superior range and stopping power to a simple hand gun, and can be used in both single-shot and three-round burst. While fun as all hell, an automatic weapon's purpose is to use a lot of ammo to hit a lot of people, but more adept at injuring than killing. I mean, you can snipe with one, but that's difficult no matter how good you are, and the biggest issue during the ZA is going to be ammo conservation. Problem with a rifle like that, though, is that you'll have to know and practice how to fire one for it's range to be of any use to you. A good handgun will also be good to have for narrow halls and rooms where a larger weapon will be a little difficult to maneuver, but their stopping power (depending on caliber) is questionable at times. Really, range is going to be your best bet. Like I said, you can also switch to a three round burst in case of crowds. While blood loss an organ failure might not stop a zombie, heavy tissue damage to their legs and such will certainly slow them down so you can back up and take a more precise shot, or approach and eliminate with a blunt/sharp object to conserve ammunition. Also, if we're talking about zombies that detect by sight then the knowledge of how to make simple smoke grenades (and a lot of potassium nitrate) will get you far.

If there's one weapon you really want, it'll be a shotgun. The range is horrible, even compared to a pistol, but you'll pretty much stop anything coming at you with a shot so your aim doesn't have to be impressive. End of the day, having a shotgun, pistol, rifle, and a solid ash baseball bat will keep you going. If it's the noise type zombies, then you'll want a weapon that can cave in a skull without alerting everything for hundreds of yards around.

While I'm at it, before any of that, you'll want some kind of fortification to get back to and keep you safe during your down time. No amount of equipment is going to save you while you sleep. Solid doors and bars on windows for one, means of leaving and entering undetected by both zombies and wandering marauders, things like that.

My roommate and I always joke about how useless I'd be in a zombie apocalypse. I think my only skill would be organizing relief efforts and supply lines. And that demands that there be a sufficiently large group of people willing to coordinate, as well as enough skill diversity that someone else could organize our defenses, because I certainly can't. I think I might have the ability to actually get people to join together, should I find enough, but I would need to have a partner skilled in the martial aspects to instill confidence.

My skills pretty firmly demand a social setting. If I'm stuck going solo, I'm dead.

Yeah, if we are assuming zombies can't feel pain, a flamethrower is going to be a poor weapon.

If a zombie apocalypse breaks out, I'm getting a chainsaw ASAP.

That's what Left 4 Dead 2 has taught me.

Right now I'm re-experiencing the most horrifying thing from my childhood and early teens.
Playstation 2 DISC READ ERROR.

Wasn't that PS1?

Anyway, I haven't ever seen that message on my PS2. You have my condolences.

Could be PS1 aswell, but that has never happened to me, only on my PS2.
Why couldn't they make it so PS2 games could work on PS3, dammit!