Locked in a mall

Beatnik on 2004-07-07T11:03:56

What would you do if you (and 10 other people) were locked in a mall (ignore the zombies outside) for the rest of your life?


I would...

rafael on 2004-07-07T11:58:38

change the root password and keep it for myself.

Re:I would...

Beatnik on 2004-07-07T13:40:22

What?!? Not go onto the roof and play sniper? Or play golf? or go to starbucks naked? Make a huge stack of pillows and jump on it? Dance around in women's underwear? (uhm scratch that last one) Drink all the import beer? Read ALL the Perl books? Sing the national anthem through the PR system? Spraypaint your favorite slogan (JAPH) onto the marble floors? Fill the fountain with milk and swim in it?

Dawn of the dead... It's quite funny actually!

Re:I would...

rafael on 2004-07-07T13:59:13

Are you implying that I'm a geek somehow?

Re:I would...

Beatnik on 2004-07-07T15:26:52

Uhm.... YES?

(build someone a fire|light someone on fire)

chaoticset on 2004-07-07T17:55:57

You say 'rest of your life' as if that's a well-defined space of time. Are we talking normal lifespan here?

Re:(build someone a fire|light someone on fire)

Beatnik on 2004-07-07T20:21:32

Well, that depends how long the zombies outside stay outside... Ofcourse, if you have been bitten, you're not going to live long anymore and probably turn into a Zombie too :)

It's kinda strange how you come up with funny questions while watching a horror movie.

Re:(build someone a fire|light someone on fire)

chaoticset on 2004-07-08T14:31:54

See, I was thinking this was a more abstract thing.

What are my chances of escape? Any?

Re:(build someone a fire|light someone on fire)

Beatnik on 2004-07-10T12:49:00

Well, there are some mall shuttles in the underground parking lot you can rebuild to armoured vans :) Ofcourse, you can try to escape through the sewage systems. The zombies will eventually get everyone on the planet so running away to a deserted island might also not be a good idea :)

Re:(build someone a fire|light someone on fire)

chaoticset on 2004-07-10T15:01:41

Yeah, I might do the mall shuttle upgrade. The sewer system sounds like instant death unless I'm armed somehow. If I'm fairly well armed, then it might be a choice.

If I assume I have no chance of survival, then I guess I'd take the gas and coat the place, then open the doors and let in as many zombies as I could before I torched them. What the hell -- can't hurt to take a few out, right?

If I assume I have a chance, armor one of the vehicles, take the gas from the others and build a improv flamethrower. Time to head for an airport.

Hmmm...I wonder what the difference between a business traveler and a zombie is? Oh, right -- one isn't drunk. :)

Re:(build someone a fire|light someone on fire)

Beatnik on 2004-07-10T15:39:13

You are in a large Mall. You carry : a sniper riffle, a barbecue set, a perl book, a bag of donuts, half a cup of coffee and some riffle ammo. On the north there are glass doors that lead to the parking lot, which is filled with brain-eating zombies. On the south and east, there are shops. On the west, there is a staircase towards the roof and the underground parking lot. What do you want to do?: North

You are now in the staircase. North are the stairs to the underground parking lot, south are the stairs to the root. To the west is the door to the mall. What do you want to do?: North



You are now on the roof. Below you see the outside parkinglot, filled with brain-eating zombies. What do you want to do?: Use sniper riffle on brain-eating zombies

You look through the riffle scope to the brain-eating zombies. You see Bill Gates, Guido Van Rossum, Saddam Hoessein and Dr. Ruth. What do you want to do?: Throw barbecue set towards Guido Van Rossum

You hit Guido on the head. He grabs the barbecue set and turns it into a Python script

Blurgh

Is it obvious that in my pre-zombie (read pre-consultant) life, I wasn't a game programmer?

The only way you'll rate Dawn of the dead as Good is if you turn into a zombie yourself prior to viewing that film.