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The three types of zombies
What are the three types of zombies, and how common are they?
Zyzzogeton:
There is only one type of zombie in any situation, zombies don't have a particular strategy.
vanrulzz:
I don't believe there are three types of zombies. There may be 3 different variations in different movies and stuff, but there is only one in any given type of situation.
ShotgunMan: True, in any scenario there would probably only be one type of zombie (one cause of outbreak = one zombie type). But this could change, depending on whether or not the nature of the outbreak changes (ie. mutation of virus strain.) or whether there are multiple causes.
One example of changing outbreak nature is seen in the remake of Resident Evil (whether or not this source is considered relevant is up for debate). At first, the zombies infected with the T-Virus are slow and unresponsive, but after they are incapacitated (unless they are decapitated or incinerated) the virus will take further effect; body tissue regenerates; the skin turns red from increased blood seepage, claws grow on the zombie's hands, they become much faster and more aggressive and have an increased resistance to firearms.
While this may not be applicable to any practical scenario (there is no real T-Virus), it still shows that there can be more than one type of zombie in an
outbreak.
Legendery:First of all, I don't think there are going to be three
types of zombies on a single outbreak; I think there's
going to be only one type. I'll Explain what zombies types
will they be. Remember: either fast or slow, either stupid or
intelligent, they are a big threat for humanity
1: Common zombie:The classic old zombie, slow, stupid and
easy to avoid.
How it looks: most times as a normal person but with some
changes, i.e., grey skin; they are sluggish and they are REALLY slow.
How it attacks: it attacks always by bite or by scratching
but they rarely gonna use any melee weapons.
Weakness: they can be killed outright by disabling the brain. By doing
this you stop the brain from sending commands to the body.
By shooting/hitting the legs you make the slower so you can
escape easily.They are slow so you can aim your gun before you shoot.
They can't climb or swim.
Strengths: they won't die if you disable any other part of their
body. They may smell fresh meat from a mile away.They eat anything.
That includes animals as well.
2: Rage Zombie/28 Days/Weeks Later Zombie: Not a real zombie but they are similar. They are much faster then a common zombie and more Intelligent.
How it looks:They are like the common zombies but they have blood coming
out of their mouth and sometimes scream violently.
How it attacks: by biting and by using a melee weapon sometimes.
Weakness: they sometimes die from disabling other parts of their body.
They scream so you may know where they are.They die if you shoot them in
the head.
Strengths: can run(F***).Since they can run, it is a pain in the ass to do a
head shot.They can climb.They can infect you more easily, swim, and kill everything like the common zombies(I say that
because at the movie i didn't see any animal,they were all dead).
You turn to one of them in seconds if they infect you(again f***)
3: John Russo/Immortal zombie: this zombie is the most dangerous of all.
It is much stronger than the previous zombies and it cant be killed.
How it looks: like the previous zombies but can speak and blood doesn't
come out of his mouth
Weakness: THERE IS NO WEAKNESS!!!
Strengths:They are fast and can run.
They are as strong and intelligent as they were in their previous
life, and they can also speak sometimes.
They can form words despite their physical degradation
It appears that injuries to their brains do not have any effect and
the only way to fully destroy them is to cremate their bodies,
although the ensuing smoke spreads the contagious gas.
Note: Instead of hunting humans for their flesh, they hunt for the humans'
brains, stating that only their consumption eases the pain of death
Another note: we are f***ed up if we run into this kind of zombie.
changed basically nothing; mostly spelling and punctuation. Good outline:)
ZEROFLY: OK, first of all I totally disagree with zombie number 3. If you can even call it a zombie. That isn't the undead at all, it's just a crazy cannibal. Still, just shoot it. I think some of us are forgetting what a zombies traits have to be, in order to be called a "Zombie".
Allow me to tell you. First off, the host has to die, and then re-animate. That is the biggest sign that they are a zombie. But we're not done yet. What you have to look for also is lack of speech. Zombies do moan, but they cannot form coherent words. A final sign that shows whether that thing in front of you is a zombie or not, is if it attacks and spreads its virus through blood and other bodily fluids.
This, in my opinion is what defines a true zombie.
Now, in my opinion there are three (3) types of zombies.
1) The original zombie that everyone knows and loves. It walks slow, and can only be killed by destroying the brain. It also will not starve to death and does not need oxygen.
2) The infected from 28 Days Later. They are called the infected because while they are still in the zombie category, they are pushed aside into their own subgroup. Sharing similar traits and qualities, the main differences between a zombie and an infected lie in the virus inside them. One kills and re-animates, the other enrages the person to unbelievable levels of insanity. With this infection form comes an easier kill, but also a drastically lowered survival rate. They run really fast, cannot feel pain, and can infect you with projectile vomit. A direct bite is not needed. They can starve to death though, and they do need oxygen to survive. After all, they are still human.
3) A combination of the two. This one I think is the worst of them all. Not only can they run extremely fast, but they exactly like the original zombie. Head shot kills only, and no need for food or oxygen. It's like science took a zombie and an infection form and created the ultimate killing machine just to scare little children.
Legendery:Dude most of the zombies in this movie were created due to exposure to the 2-4-5 Trioxin chemical in either gas or liquid form, however in a similar way to Romero's zombies, these zombies can create other zombies through biting a living person. This is evidenced by the character of Trash returning as a zombie after being attacked by a group of zombies.That sand the reason the movie is called ''Return of the living dead''
However, none of the other characters who were bitten/had their brains eaten, were shown to return as zombies. This makes it unclear as to why just Trash returned after being attacked and no-one else. Since it seems the brain is not a factor in the zombies being active in "Return", those who have had their brains eaten technically could have/should have returned. Another possibility is that since Trash was naked and died in a puddle of trioxin-contaminated water, she rose as soon as she died.
The victims must die to be re-animated as a zombie so it is technically and physically impossible for the victim become a zombie while still alive.The need to die to become one.
Now to the infected.I know that the infected from 28 days later are not zombies but they react like one of them.They will try to catch their victims,they will kill their victim or pass the virus to a non infected person by biting and will use some times a melee weapon.But they can do more thing than the normal zombie so i got to agree they are not real zombies they are a threat too like the zombies only more dangerous.
Pfc. Nevarez : But you see the infected are not zombies, they aren't dead- they are just filled with primal rage. Yes it is a viral health concern,but they are not a member of the living dead.
The roamers are just some select few, crawlers are dismembered zeds, and lurkers are the "type" that you'll see, but one of my friends brought up a good point, in the early stages of an outbreak isn't it possibly that they can run, before rigor mortis sets in and the blood fully coagulates?
Toomin:
It might be possible that before complete rigor mortis zombies would be able to run. It also might not. But in anything I've seen or read (which is our best guess as to how a zombie outbreak might actually occur) any zombies that are confined to shuffling and stumbling along, are forced to do that from the start. Maybe the cause of the zombification causes early rigor mortis or blood coagulation in order to make the human body suitable for it's needs. We don't and can't know. I'd have to agree with Zerofly's take on the types of zombies.
Bosco5074: Keeping in mind that this is only an opinion from an old school horror flick geek but in my eyes there are TWO basic types of zombies. The first is the Romero zombie that is a slow moving reanimated corpse that over time regains some minute intelligence that is most likely muscle memory from its previous life. Then there are the fast movers who I think are much more fun and sporting unless they have any form of intelligence then any fight against them would be one sided. Unless of course the infection cause them to some how be without opposable thumbs. Then we would be even…those ugly monkeys (phrase is patent pending). Maybe I am just being narrowed minded, but that is how the shoot goes down in my head man.
McSkullcracken: I think the mistake any/all of you are making is that there are only three types of zombies. This is just wrong, as the number of the types of zombies fluctuates as people try to define and redefine what is and isn't a zombie. I have personally come to the conclusion that the number of the types of zombies is potentially infinite, but that more than one type breaking out is not possible (or at least incredibly rare).
Types of zombies seem to range from how they move, how they act, how fast they are, their respective origins, what can kill them, their status as either living infected/undead, the rate of decay. The number of classifications seems endless, and some seem determined to also debate what counts as a zombie and what doesn't.
Now, the scariest type of zombie I have ever heard of is the type encountered in Stephen King's novel Cell (an excellent read by the way). Those things are created via a signal sent into the brain through your cell phone(how twisted is that! Imagine the ENORMOUS zombie population that would create as people try to use their cell phones and simply get turned!). Once the signal gets a person, they become a fearless, reckless, crazy, furious, violent, and fast killing machine. As time moves on they start to develop a group-think/hive mentality, and eventually some ESP and limited mind control. Those are scary. As much as I hate the thought of the Rage/28 Days zombies, they are a picnic in comparison. March 10, 2008
The_Professional: I agree with McSkullCracken, there can be an infinite amount of zombie types. Slow and stupid, slow with a degree of intelligence that can use tools (The original Night of the Living Dead and Land of the Dead. Which those actually had the capacity to learn.) runners (The remake of Dawn of the Dead) and those crazy b****es from 28 Days Later. Although among the most frightening came from Return of the living Dead they were intelligent, could speak and form complex thoughts and ideas. Even if they are but variants of these types they still posses factors that make them different like any other animal. But, I do believe that there can be just as many of these types in any one outbreak. Though the numbers may be scarce, if a slow stupid type begins an infection in the southern portion of a country while the fast running ones begin an outbreak in the west. I was reading Zombie Science about why zombies eat humans and found a thread from Dmurl5 that points out how such an event could occur. A mosquito. Say that in a certain part of the country a zombie started one type of infection. But, at the docks of some coastal city a shipment from another country comes in with mosquitoes carrying a different zombie type virus and as such a different type of zombie may already be aboard the ship. If not the mosquitoes will spread it themselves once they reach the new city. Thus, you have two types of zombie outbreaks within the same country/state/city etc.
I also believe that if these types are born of a virus, or bacteria, that cross-contamination can occur, as well as possible mutations of the virus. Since they work in similar fashions it is possible that inside the same host they may eventually form into a new strain, like any other virus.
McSkullcracken's point about the zombies from Stephen King's Cell is a great example of how zombies may evolve to become a larger threat. Zombies are basically no different than any other creature in the animal kingdom. They have a genesis and adapt as their situation changes. Such as I pointed out earlier in Land of the Dead. Any creature given enough time will evolve at some point. Being that zombies are created from man they already have the advantage being an advanced creature the moment they come into creation.
To sum up Zombies are an ever changing, ever growing species; with no limit to what they can be; where they can be and what they can accomplish. Forever zombies will haunt our minds and prey upon our paranoia whenever we see a shambling figure at the end of the street, or hear a strange cry that is neither human nor animal.
byates:For a different take on Zombie origins read this comic
http://www.lastblood.net/
DevilMayCrye: There are possibly many variants of Zombies. But most fall into the Shuffler, Crawler and Runners. If we are to believe all the movies, games and books, there are mainly three types but many variants.
13th.Casualty:
I wouldn't really care about the facts if I'm in an outbreak: I'd only want to know how to kill them/how to survive. Personally, I'd classify zombies by threat level.
1.) S-Class Zombie
You gotta treat these like crazy Grizzly Bears with a bad case of rabies and 8 shots of Adrenaline. Think I Am Legend, but without the weakness to UV light. These have superhuman strength, superhuman senses, higher intellect than most undead (making up strategies to corner you, etc.), can jump 30 feet up in the air...in a sentence, I'd stay away from these if they had the whole UN hostage and I had a Vulcan Minigun with 50k rounds. Be prepared for these and you're prepared for anything. You'd be extremely (un)lucky to encounter one.
2.) A-Class Zombie
Think zombiefied mutts from Resident Evil Apocalypse in human(oid) form. They're pretty much a faster version of Max Brook's zombies. They can hear a footstep from 5 miles away and a gunshot from 20. They can see a small ember from pretty far. The keep-shooting-then-back-up-when-they-get-close tactic won't work here. You're gonna have to keep running and shooting at the same time. They also have basic intellect (knowing not to jump into fire or dodge projectiles), but nothing complicated. Just basic survival instinct.
3.) B-Class Zombie
This would be the Max Brooks Zombie. Read his book for info.
4.) C-Class Zombie
Same as a Max Brooks Zombie in terms of combat threat, but they need the things a normal human would need. Just think a dog with rabies in human form.
5.) D-Class Zombie
Doesn't matter if you're on opposite sides of the Grand Canyon. They see you, they come for you. Slow and stupid. Zombie squirrels would be more of a threat.
6.) E-Class Zombie
A zombie that is disabled in some way (decapitated head with no body, disabled human bitten, limbs cut off, etc). Go up to them and stick a machete into their skull with no problem. Not even worth mentioning.
HellfireRe
Everybody knows the "Classic" zombie. They are slow and stupid. But there wold be a more dangerous version of them. A zombie who has memories of life. This zombie can run, sneak, dig, hide and the worst of all: Open doors. They know where is the weak spot of barricade. They know where survivors would hide. They know how to use melee weapons. They can lead other zombies. You would be extremely unlucky if you would encounter one of these. He would analyze you and may spot that you don't carry any firearms and then he just could attack you mouth open. But also they have weak spot. The other zombies might kill zombie of this type because they don't sense an undead with in it. Also it cant infect others. So it just kills and victim. They are created by the normal style like the other zeds. Only difference is that they don't fully infect. This could happen if the zombie would be bleeding from many spots or by if they just missing a vital limb like and arm. Also these zombies change back into normal person. Except their life wouldn't be never the same. If there would be cure against zombies, using the cure in this zed, it might turn back to a person. Only difference is that they might have lost a big area of intelligence. Also these zombies CAN be killed with normal weapons.
Cylon1994
Voodo Zombies
They aren't really zombies or undead. You see in Urban Legends where people are buried in a coffin but they were still alive and he dies later in the coffin? Well some people used to connect bells to the coffins so if someone was still alive then they could ring the bell and an assistant would dig them out. Well what happened to these select souls is that they became starved of oxygen inside these coffins and began exhibiting signs of the undead. Blurred or lack of speech, stumbling, shuffling, no reaction to pain, that kinda thing. I just wanted to let people know and I'm not sure if it belongs here.
UnUndead: I'd like to direct people here.
Zyzzogeton:
There is only one type of zombie in any situation, zombies don't have a particular strategy.
vanrulzz:
I don't believe there are three types of zombies. There may be 3 different variations in different movies and stuff, but there is only one in any given type of situation.
ShotgunMan: True, in any scenario there would probably only be one type of zombie (one cause of outbreak = one zombie type). But this could change, depending on whether or not the nature of the outbreak changes (ie. mutation of virus strain.) or whether there are multiple causes.
One example of changing outbreak nature is seen in the remake of Resident Evil (whether or not this source is considered relevant is up for debate). At first, the zombies infected with the T-Virus are slow and unresponsive, but after they are incapacitated (unless they are decapitated or incinerated) the virus will take further effect; body tissue regenerates; the skin turns red from increased blood seepage, claws grow on the zombie's hands, they become much faster and more aggressive and have an increased resistance to firearms.
While this may not be applicable to any practical scenario (there is no real T-Virus), it still shows that there can be more than one type of zombie in an
outbreak.
Legendery:First of all, I don't think there are going to be three
types of zombies on a single outbreak; I think there's
going to be only one type. I'll Explain what zombies types
will they be. Remember: either fast or slow, either stupid or
intelligent, they are a big threat for humanity
1: Common zombie:The classic old zombie, slow, stupid and
easy to avoid.
How it looks: most times as a normal person but with some
changes, i.e., grey skin; they are sluggish and they are REALLY slow.
How it attacks: it attacks always by bite or by scratching
but they rarely gonna use any melee weapons.
Weakness: they can be killed outright by disabling the brain. By doing
this you stop the brain from sending commands to the body.
By shooting/hitting the legs you make the slower so you can
escape easily.They are slow so you can aim your gun before you shoot.
They can't climb or swim.
Strengths: they won't die if you disable any other part of their
body. They may smell fresh meat from a mile away.They eat anything.
That includes animals as well.
2: Rage Zombie/28 Days/Weeks Later Zombie: Not a real zombie but they are similar. They are much faster then a common zombie and more Intelligent.
How it looks:They are like the common zombies but they have blood coming
out of their mouth and sometimes scream violently.
How it attacks: by biting and by using a melee weapon sometimes.
Weakness: they sometimes die from disabling other parts of their body.
They scream so you may know where they are.They die if you shoot them in
the head.
Strengths: can run(F***).Since they can run, it is a pain in the ass to do a
head shot.They can climb.They can infect you more easily, swim, and kill everything like the common zombies(I say that
because at the movie i didn't see any animal,they were all dead).
You turn to one of them in seconds if they infect you(again f***)
3: John Russo/Immortal zombie: this zombie is the most dangerous of all.
It is much stronger than the previous zombies and it cant be killed.
How it looks: like the previous zombies but can speak and blood doesn't
come out of his mouth
Weakness: THERE IS NO WEAKNESS!!!
Strengths:They are fast and can run.
They are as strong and intelligent as they were in their previous
life, and they can also speak sometimes.
They can form words despite their physical degradation
It appears that injuries to their brains do not have any effect and
the only way to fully destroy them is to cremate their bodies,
although the ensuing smoke spreads the contagious gas.
Note: Instead of hunting humans for their flesh, they hunt for the humans'
brains, stating that only their consumption eases the pain of death
Another note: we are f***ed up if we run into this kind of zombie.
changed basically nothing; mostly spelling and punctuation. Good outline:)
ZEROFLY: OK, first of all I totally disagree with zombie number 3. If you can even call it a zombie. That isn't the undead at all, it's just a crazy cannibal. Still, just shoot it. I think some of us are forgetting what a zombies traits have to be, in order to be called a "Zombie".
Allow me to tell you. First off, the host has to die, and then re-animate. That is the biggest sign that they are a zombie. But we're not done yet. What you have to look for also is lack of speech. Zombies do moan, but they cannot form coherent words. A final sign that shows whether that thing in front of you is a zombie or not, is if it attacks and spreads its virus through blood and other bodily fluids.
This, in my opinion is what defines a true zombie.
Now, in my opinion there are three (3) types of zombies.
1) The original zombie that everyone knows and loves. It walks slow, and can only be killed by destroying the brain. It also will not starve to death and does not need oxygen.
2) The infected from 28 Days Later. They are called the infected because while they are still in the zombie category, they are pushed aside into their own subgroup. Sharing similar traits and qualities, the main differences between a zombie and an infected lie in the virus inside them. One kills and re-animates, the other enrages the person to unbelievable levels of insanity. With this infection form comes an easier kill, but also a drastically lowered survival rate. They run really fast, cannot feel pain, and can infect you with projectile vomit. A direct bite is not needed. They can starve to death though, and they do need oxygen to survive. After all, they are still human.
3) A combination of the two. This one I think is the worst of them all. Not only can they run extremely fast, but they exactly like the original zombie. Head shot kills only, and no need for food or oxygen. It's like science took a zombie and an infection form and created the ultimate killing machine just to scare little children.
Legendery:Dude most of the zombies in this movie were created due to exposure to the 2-4-5 Trioxin chemical in either gas or liquid form, however in a similar way to Romero's zombies, these zombies can create other zombies through biting a living person. This is evidenced by the character of Trash returning as a zombie after being attacked by a group of zombies.That sand the reason the movie is called ''Return of the living dead''
However, none of the other characters who were bitten/had their brains eaten, were shown to return as zombies. This makes it unclear as to why just Trash returned after being attacked and no-one else. Since it seems the brain is not a factor in the zombies being active in "Return", those who have had their brains eaten technically could have/should have returned. Another possibility is that since Trash was naked and died in a puddle of trioxin-contaminated water, she rose as soon as she died.
The victims must die to be re-animated as a zombie so it is technically and physically impossible for the victim become a zombie while still alive.The need to die to become one.
Now to the infected.I know that the infected from 28 days later are not zombies but they react like one of them.They will try to catch their victims,they will kill their victim or pass the virus to a non infected person by biting and will use some times a melee weapon.But they can do more thing than the normal zombie so i got to agree they are not real zombies they are a threat too like the zombies only more dangerous.
Pfc. Nevarez : But you see the infected are not zombies, they aren't dead- they are just filled with primal rage. Yes it is a viral health concern,but they are not a member of the living dead.
The roamers are just some select few, crawlers are dismembered zeds, and lurkers are the "type" that you'll see, but one of my friends brought up a good point, in the early stages of an outbreak isn't it possibly that they can run, before rigor mortis sets in and the blood fully coagulates?
Toomin:
It might be possible that before complete rigor mortis zombies would be able to run. It also might not. But in anything I've seen or read (which is our best guess as to how a zombie outbreak might actually occur) any zombies that are confined to shuffling and stumbling along, are forced to do that from the start. Maybe the cause of the zombification causes early rigor mortis or blood coagulation in order to make the human body suitable for it's needs. We don't and can't know. I'd have to agree with Zerofly's take on the types of zombies.
Bosco5074: Keeping in mind that this is only an opinion from an old school horror flick geek but in my eyes there are TWO basic types of zombies. The first is the Romero zombie that is a slow moving reanimated corpse that over time regains some minute intelligence that is most likely muscle memory from its previous life. Then there are the fast movers who I think are much more fun and sporting unless they have any form of intelligence then any fight against them would be one sided. Unless of course the infection cause them to some how be without opposable thumbs. Then we would be even…those ugly monkeys (phrase is patent pending). Maybe I am just being narrowed minded, but that is how the shoot goes down in my head man.
McSkullcracken: I think the mistake any/all of you are making is that there are only three types of zombies. This is just wrong, as the number of the types of zombies fluctuates as people try to define and redefine what is and isn't a zombie. I have personally come to the conclusion that the number of the types of zombies is potentially infinite, but that more than one type breaking out is not possible (or at least incredibly rare).
Types of zombies seem to range from how they move, how they act, how fast they are, their respective origins, what can kill them, their status as either living infected/undead, the rate of decay. The number of classifications seems endless, and some seem determined to also debate what counts as a zombie and what doesn't.
Now, the scariest type of zombie I have ever heard of is the type encountered in Stephen King's novel Cell (an excellent read by the way). Those things are created via a signal sent into the brain through your cell phone(how twisted is that! Imagine the ENORMOUS zombie population that would create as people try to use their cell phones and simply get turned!). Once the signal gets a person, they become a fearless, reckless, crazy, furious, violent, and fast killing machine. As time moves on they start to develop a group-think/hive mentality, and eventually some ESP and limited mind control. Those are scary. As much as I hate the thought of the Rage/28 Days zombies, they are a picnic in comparison. March 10, 2008
The_Professional: I agree with McSkullCracken, there can be an infinite amount of zombie types. Slow and stupid, slow with a degree of intelligence that can use tools (The original Night of the Living Dead and Land of the Dead. Which those actually had the capacity to learn.) runners (The remake of Dawn of the Dead) and those crazy b****es from 28 Days Later. Although among the most frightening came from Return of the living Dead they were intelligent, could speak and form complex thoughts and ideas. Even if they are but variants of these types they still posses factors that make them different like any other animal. But, I do believe that there can be just as many of these types in any one outbreak. Though the numbers may be scarce, if a slow stupid type begins an infection in the southern portion of a country while the fast running ones begin an outbreak in the west. I was reading Zombie Science about why zombies eat humans and found a thread from Dmurl5 that points out how such an event could occur. A mosquito. Say that in a certain part of the country a zombie started one type of infection. But, at the docks of some coastal city a shipment from another country comes in with mosquitoes carrying a different zombie type virus and as such a different type of zombie may already be aboard the ship. If not the mosquitoes will spread it themselves once they reach the new city. Thus, you have two types of zombie outbreaks within the same country/state/city etc.
I also believe that if these types are born of a virus, or bacteria, that cross-contamination can occur, as well as possible mutations of the virus. Since they work in similar fashions it is possible that inside the same host they may eventually form into a new strain, like any other virus.
McSkullcracken's point about the zombies from Stephen King's Cell is a great example of how zombies may evolve to become a larger threat. Zombies are basically no different than any other creature in the animal kingdom. They have a genesis and adapt as their situation changes. Such as I pointed out earlier in Land of the Dead. Any creature given enough time will evolve at some point. Being that zombies are created from man they already have the advantage being an advanced creature the moment they come into creation.
To sum up Zombies are an ever changing, ever growing species; with no limit to what they can be; where they can be and what they can accomplish. Forever zombies will haunt our minds and prey upon our paranoia whenever we see a shambling figure at the end of the street, or hear a strange cry that is neither human nor animal.
byates:For a different take on Zombie origins read this comic
http://www.lastblood.net/
DevilMayCrye: There are possibly many variants of Zombies. But most fall into the Shuffler, Crawler and Runners. If we are to believe all the movies, games and books, there are mainly three types but many variants.
13th.Casualty:
I wouldn't really care about the facts if I'm in an outbreak: I'd only want to know how to kill them/how to survive. Personally, I'd classify zombies by threat level.
1.) S-Class Zombie
You gotta treat these like crazy Grizzly Bears with a bad case of rabies and 8 shots of Adrenaline. Think I Am Legend, but without the weakness to UV light. These have superhuman strength, superhuman senses, higher intellect than most undead (making up strategies to corner you, etc.), can jump 30 feet up in the air...in a sentence, I'd stay away from these if they had the whole UN hostage and I had a Vulcan Minigun with 50k rounds. Be prepared for these and you're prepared for anything. You'd be extremely (un)lucky to encounter one.
2.) A-Class Zombie
Think zombiefied mutts from Resident Evil Apocalypse in human(oid) form. They're pretty much a faster version of Max Brook's zombies. They can hear a footstep from 5 miles away and a gunshot from 20. They can see a small ember from pretty far. The keep-shooting-then-back-up-when-they-get-close tactic won't work here. You're gonna have to keep running and shooting at the same time. They also have basic intellect (knowing not to jump into fire or dodge projectiles), but nothing complicated. Just basic survival instinct.
3.) B-Class Zombie
This would be the Max Brooks Zombie. Read his book for info.
4.) C-Class Zombie
Same as a Max Brooks Zombie in terms of combat threat, but they need the things a normal human would need. Just think a dog with rabies in human form.
5.) D-Class Zombie
Doesn't matter if you're on opposite sides of the Grand Canyon. They see you, they come for you. Slow and stupid. Zombie squirrels would be more of a threat.
6.) E-Class Zombie
A zombie that is disabled in some way (decapitated head with no body, disabled human bitten, limbs cut off, etc). Go up to them and stick a machete into their skull with no problem. Not even worth mentioning.
HellfireRe
Everybody knows the "Classic" zombie. They are slow and stupid. But there wold be a more dangerous version of them. A zombie who has memories of life. This zombie can run, sneak, dig, hide and the worst of all: Open doors. They know where is the weak spot of barricade. They know where survivors would hide. They know how to use melee weapons. They can lead other zombies. You would be extremely unlucky if you would encounter one of these. He would analyze you and may spot that you don't carry any firearms and then he just could attack you mouth open. But also they have weak spot. The other zombies might kill zombie of this type because they don't sense an undead with in it. Also it cant infect others. So it just kills and victim. They are created by the normal style like the other zeds. Only difference is that they don't fully infect. This could happen if the zombie would be bleeding from many spots or by if they just missing a vital limb like and arm. Also these zombies change back into normal person. Except their life wouldn't be never the same. If there would be cure against zombies, using the cure in this zed, it might turn back to a person. Only difference is that they might have lost a big area of intelligence. Also these zombies CAN be killed with normal weapons.
Cylon1994
Voodo Zombies
They aren't really zombies or undead. You see in Urban Legends where people are buried in a coffin but they were still alive and he dies later in the coffin? Well some people used to connect bells to the coffins so if someone was still alive then they could ring the bell and an assistant would dig them out. Well what happened to these select souls is that they became starved of oxygen inside these coffins and began exhibiting signs of the undead. Blurred or lack of speech, stumbling, shuffling, no reaction to pain, that kinda thing. I just wanted to let people know and I'm not sure if it belongs here.
UnUndead: I'd like to direct people here.
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| edcalaban | "3" Types | 3 | Oct 6 2008, 7:08 PM EDT by The.Mad.Badger | |
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This system is similar to the D&D alignment system in that it has multiple axis. It operates on the assumption that the important zombie divisions are speed, detection capabilities, and thinking ability.
Axis 1 (Speed) Type 1 - Slow. Someone would need to lose all leg function for these to catch up. Type 2 - Medium. They can keep up with you unless you run. Type 3 - Fast. They could pace a car. Axis 2 (Detection Capabilities) Type A - They can't find you without direct line of sight. Out of sight, out of mind. Type B - They can hear/smell you. You need distance to break away effectively but they won't be tracking you far. Type C - ESP. They know where you are, period. They only way to escape is to kill them all or find a natural (or manmade) barrier they cannot cross. Axis 3 (Brains) Type i - Braindead. Runs repeatedly into that glass door in front of the store. Type ii - Animal intelligence. Think cat or dog. Type iii - Average intelligence. Can probably open doors and equivalent level tasks. Type iv - Human level intelligence. Type v - Bonus intelligence. When they were bitten they got SMARTER. Classification is written like 1Ai (Slow, line of sight, idiots). |
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| Pfc.nevarez | the three types of zombies (page: 1 2) | 28 | Aug 23 2008, 12:32 PM EDT by woody100 | |
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The first type is part of a horde known as " lurkers" which will follow the a sound for days until it loses contact. This is the most common zombie.
The second is a "crawler", a zombie that has been cut in half. These to are fairly common in an undead world because of idiots that use automatic weapons. The final type is the "roamer", which roams a particular area. These are uncommon for most zombies follow their prey |
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| Zyzzogeton | MY version of a zombie | 0 | Jul 1 2008, 10:57 PM EDT by Zyzzogeton | |
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Here is how it works...
The person would be infected just as usual. The difference is that the person would turn more slowly, because nature doesn't do things instantly. Now lets suppose where the virus for a moment... We would want to be able to out-travel the humans, so lets take away our need for food. We need to fuel ourselves by something so instead of eating food we will take the humans already processed fuel(AKA were going to suck their blood). This means we can do the same for animals to. We also eliminated our need for oxygen. So we take away the lungs. We are going to need a secondary source of food in case we don't see humans for a while. So instead of destroying the lungs we close of the air tunnel and use the air sacks as incubators for chlorophyll. We can now inject it into our blood stream nd transfer it to our skin. We now can be powered by sun. We are also green now. We don't want to feel pain so that we can travel longer and battle longer. We don't need feelings either, our ultimate goal is to spread anyways so who cares if we die. We can now turn parts of our brain into house holds to control our zombie instincts. We need to control The persons movement though so lets convert there cranium. Now so far, we have a zombie that can be fueled by combat and take advantage of the supernatural powers that we all have, we just don't use them untill we need to. Zombies use them ll the time because they don't have a sense of survival. Anyways, we hunt at night s why do we need eyes? Pop those out. Instead we want to have a better sense of smell, we destroyed the lungs so we can just convert our saliva glands into air sacks. We need to spread our virus, so lets convert the remaining saliva glands into virus breeding grounds. We need to make the humans bleed to inject the virus, so lets but acid into our spit and sharpin our teeth. that is basically my version of a zombie! Questions? |
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| Jeremyhall | beleivable Zombie | 0 | Jul 1 2008, 10:09 PM EDT by Jeremyhall | |
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we all know for a FACT the dead is just dead. now out of all of the Zombie movies ive seen, the ragers from 28days, seems the most proabable, GIVIN A FEW RESERVATIONS.
#1 the virus or whatever that turns the person doesnt work that fast, i mean come on, nothing is that fast except shelfish poison. (im a poison expert *2 levels shy from actual expert but you get what i mean*) #2 no spitting up blood, since they are still alive only rageaholics, then that much lost blood would either weaken or kill a live person #3 the red eyes, that would say the blood vessels are broken and they would either have a hard time seeing if at all. so no eye bullshit. #4 cannibalism, sure it might be ok for the movies, but running with a chunk out of your arm or leg, you fill in the blanks, maybe once the bleeding stopped or something. or maybe its an adrinaline thing but even then it would eventually run out. #5 strength, maybe a ragelike state promotes strength but that goes back to adrinaline, its gonna run out. #6 endurance to run 20 miles...... see #5 #7as for a virus, the most logical thing it would do is numb or kill off the common sence, emotions, etc, creating a emotionless lump of instinct. eat sleep screw repeat would be the agenda for a true animalistic state. #8(dead zombies) headshots, i dont care what it is, if you take out the heart, lungs liver whatever, the organism is going to die PERIOD. this can be either the coherant essay of a genious preparing for a true problem or the ravings of a madman. i really dont care. but one of the best weapons one has is his/her mind. use your head and youll survive, dont and youll winde up just as dead. |
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| Zombie_David | "Runners" | 0 | Jul 1 2008, 3:50 PM EDT by Zombie_David | |
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I dont think taht the undead would be able to run because wen they die if they do not re-animate very quickly they would come back with immense brain damage due to the lack of oxygen enriched blood flowing to the brain. So a zombie would most likely only have the mental capability to barely sustain an upright walkin motion, the running would require too much coordination for the extremely damaged brain. The zombie would get worse and worse without oxygenation. And how would a zombie move once the extremely damaged brain wouldnt be able to send or recieve electrical impulses to and from the brain, thus making the zombie doomed very quicly :o
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