Alone or Group?

[Wyldwraith]

IMO, Stick to people you know that (if possible) handle things well when the feces hit the fan. Yes there are always interpersonal rivalries going on in a tense survival situation, but thats counterbalanced by the whole united-by-common-enemy thing. Humanity as shown very well that so long as a common enemy remains in existence we can unify quite well. I'll stick with a group. Least I won't die alone.

[Mike70]

i think the loners are really kidding themselves about this one. maybe they are living in some grizzy adams fantasyland but let's get real. not only are we social animals but even people who are "loners" (like yours truely) need human contact to remain sane and to help them survive.

[SRP76]

i think the loners are really kidding themselves about this one. maybe they are living in some grizzy adams fantasyland but let's get real. not only are we social animals but even people who are "loners" (like yours truely) need human contact to remain sane and to help them survive. I'm sure the people who were murdered at the Superdome would agree with that.

[Legion2213]

I'm sure the people who were murdered at the Superdome would agree with that. SRP, like it or not, we are social animals...I'm sure that any of us could survive alone for a year or two...but as time dragged on you would wonder just why you were bothering to survive at all....what would be the point? You'd never be able to exchange an opinion with a fellow human bean, never enjoy the love of a good woman etc. No, Scipio is right, we are not solitary animals, we like a bit of space, peace or tranquility now and then, but that's it IMO. And just for the record I assume that a "group" means a few people, maybe a few dozen, not 10's of 1000's of folks packed into the superdome....none of us here would be stupid enough to go to a "rescue station" we've all seen and read enough of the zombie genere to know what happens to those places.

[SRP76]

Even if you "went insane" from being alone (which is something that isn't proven), you would live a lot longer than with other people. Average time until insanity: 3-5 years Average time until the jealous fat kid blows you up with a shoebox bomb: 5-6 months. People CANNOT be together without attempting to kill each other. At any rate, it would eventually boil down to just you eventually (if you're lucky), due to the rest of your group shooting each other in the back or getting eaten by zombies. One by one, they'll get picked off. Since you will sooner or later lose your group anyway, why bother risking being with them in the first place? And no, nobody would ever, ever go to a "rescue station". They should just name those "Gateways to Hell".

[jim102016]

I'm sure the people who were murdered at the Superdome would agree with that. I don't think they'd agree with anything right now except that Hurricanes suck and New Orleans is for the birds.

[Mike70]

I'm sure the people who were murdered at the Superdome would agree with that. a hurricane is not a zombie apocolypse. this is an apples and oranges comparison. i do not see how your analogy fits. i am not referring to the govt. herding folks into cantonment areas but people finding other people and forming small social groups - for protection, sanity, and just maybe the continuation of our species.

[dracenstein]

I voted alone, simply because I am a 'loner', and it would be easier to survive longer on my own. At work, there is a guy who simply gets get my back up every time he speaks, if he's in that group, or somebody like that, I would definately go my own way. He would drive me nuts! Go nuts on your own or go nuts because of the company you would be forced to keep? It would be a sizable group to pursuade me to stay.

[Legion2213]

I am by nature perfectly happy with my own company for a time, but I know I would be needing a woman sooner or later. So the ideal situation for me would be my own little safe house with a capable female companion (like Babara from night 1990 for example) and one or two other survivors in my imediate area...we could get together for suply runs and a bit of socialising every now and then.

[EvilNed]

People CANNOT be together without attempting to kill each other. Ergh? I fail to see any kind of logic in that whatsoever. I voted group, because that way I'll survive longer. People who are alone will just get cocky or careless down the line. Really, being alone is only an option for a few months or so, after that you're either going to go insane or you're going to get careless. Your survivability rate drops anyhow. With a group you have more knowledge of various situations, you have someone (or several) you can bounce opinions and ideas with. Overall a much more creative and dependable situation. Not all people try to become leader, or kill their brethren. In fact, only a very small minority of the population would fall into the latter category. Of all the people in the superdome who raped, how many people were there not who just sat there and protected their families? There are a few rotten apples, but in situations like these, there's way more fresh ones and even a few golden ones.

[Legion2213]

Good points EvilNed. I have no military experience, I am not an engineer....my best hope would be foraging and just getting by until food ran out, where as if I fell in with a few military types and folks who knew how to set up some power for freezers, proper rock solid barricades, folks who knew how to grow food etc and maybe a few people with medical experience my personal survival chances would be increased. I still haven't voted in this poll yet BTW, it's a tough call, because I would worry about joining up with folks who were as clueless as me or dangerous unstable types!

[SRP76]

Ergh? I fail to see any kind of logic in that whatsoever. The evidence can be found by looking at every single civilization in the history of Earth. And that's with "laws" hindering it. Anarchy (which is what you'd have in a zombie situation) would be open season.

[blind2d]

I chose Alone just because I'm a loner by nature, and if I got attacked, at least only one more Z would be created, instead of several. I'm probably stupid, though, so just ignore me.

[ZombiePrototype]

I think that people would be better off in groups because we as humans would have a duty to preserve and ensure the survival of our species and that would be easier done in groups.

[jsz0]

For any chance of long term survival you'd need a group to share the load. After the gas runs out, and that'll take only a couple months, you will have to travel exclusively on foot which means your ability to scrounge for supplies is limited by how far you can walk and how much stuff you can carry on you. You couldn't last long on that. You'd be forced to wander from town to town which makes you a sitting duck for zombies or hostile human survivors. You would definitely need at least a few people (ideally friends & family who you can trust)