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YoungManTime |
Do we help each other or do we look out for our own skin?
Aug 10 2010, 2:30 AM EDT
I just was wondering what people would do. I know that if I was traveling and came across a building with a S.O.S. sign I would contemplate heavily on going and checking to see if people where in there alive, unless there was a sure sign someone was alive.I think that if I were trapped in a building I would spraypaint "S.O.S." or "Alive!" and paint the date below it. If any of you are ever trapped around the southeast paint the date and I will do my best to get you out. But, if it ever comes down to a clear cut choice of you or me. It d@mn sure isn't going to be me. I play by blackjack rules...we're all playing to win and ultimately I'm looking out for my own money. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
182crazyking |
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Aug 10 2010, 4:21 AM EDT
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So you go into the building marked "SOS" with some digging gear and food, etc. You come out with some raiders who tricked you into going into their outpost. Now you have to drive them to your base where they loot the place and put a bullet in your skull.If you are ever trapped in a building, painting SOS or Alive on it would make it a bright shiny beacon for raiders. Never assume people are honest. Becasue the homo sapien DNA is coded to lie... just look at many politicians. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
Roach1 |
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Aug 10 2010, 4:36 AM EDT
I agree with 182crazyking.To be honest, if I saw "S.O.S." painted on a building, I would keep walking. I would assume it is raiders or that the person is dead. Do you find this valuable? |
DevilNuts |
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Aug 10 2010, 5:28 AM EDT
Obviously you want to be cautious doing anything post Z-day. However, I would not hesitate to help a stranger in need. I am not of the paranoid belief that everyone is out to get me, no matter what the circumstances are. Most people are good people. If I am right, I have just added more members to my community - people who will help me survive as I help them. If I am wrong, well that sucks. But it won't stop me from trying. That's what good people do. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. I don't know about you, but I don't plan on living in the dark ages forever. Things must be rebuilt, and society moved forward. And I sure as hell am not able to do that by myself. "You cannot change people. You must be the change you wish to see in them" -Ghandi 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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YoungManTime |
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Aug 10 2010, 5:43 AM EDT
"Obviously you want to be cautious doing anything post Z-day.I guess it really depends on being a good judge of character or not. Do you find this valuable? |
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YoungManTime |
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Aug 10 2010, 5:48 AM EDT
"So you go into the building marked "SOS" with some digging gear and food, etc. You come out with some raiders who tricked you into going into their outpost. Now you have to drive them to your base where they loot the place and put a bullet in your skull.I see your point, but what would you do in that situation? If you were starving or whatever and actually needed help. Or if you seen or heard people screaming and a few zeds surrounding a small building or house. Do you find this valuable? |
Carnack |
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Aug 10 2010, 5:49 AM EDT
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If helping them is possible with minimal risk I'll help. My primary concern is my life and a potential gain of a few people is not worth a high risk.Bad events bring out the worst in people and I refuse to be an idiot for uninsured gain. Do you find this valuable? |
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YoungManTime |
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Aug 10 2010, 5:52 AM EDT
"I agree with 182crazyking.You wouldn't think about all those "What ifs..." later on down the road and knowing that you could've done something? I couldn't do it, personally, I would have to see. Raiders or not, maybe I just don't think of raiders as much of a threat and I know I'm wrong because they are human. But I was raised to not fear any man. Do you find this valuable? |
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YoungManTime |
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Aug 10 2010, 5:54 AM EDT
"If helping them is possible with minimal risk I'll help. My primary concern is my life and a potential gain of a few people is not worth a high risk.I completely get the "play it safe" method. If I had a bad feeling, no, I wouldn't do it. Do you find this valuable? |
PedroAsani |
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Aug 10 2010, 7:25 AM EDT
Hate to say, but it comes down to risk/reward.You are going to be risking your safety, due to zombies, trigger-happy scared survivors, and possible Raider traps. Reward? Spin the wheel and win one or more of these fabulous prizes. Food, water, tools, ammo, nothing, more nothing, dead bodies, zombies, still nothing, and possibly worst of all, hungry helpless survivors who will be a drain on your resources for either a significant, minor or negligible benefit. As selfish as it sounds, there are few things on that list that make the risk worth it. You would need to have a large surplus of supplies to be able to take on the survivors without detriment to your group, which means that you don't *need* any supplies on the list. So as humanitarian as you might be feeling right now, post-Z that will only come from a scenario where you have plenty of supplies and confidence in your skills and your group, because it's only when we have more to spare we can afford to be charitable. Do you find this valuable? |
SGTGerman |
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Aug 10 2010, 7:54 AM EDT
I'm with DN on this as I have a wierd belief in karma - if you turn your back on someone or group you could have helped, why should anyone else help you out?
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RUPREPARED |
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Aug 10 2010, 9:22 AM EDT
Distress call or Ambush unless I know its safe I plan to stay away, think Zombieland...Leave a message for the survivors to meet at (some place close) at (some time) and leave to set up a safe meeting location. If it turns out to be Raiders their the ones that will be walking into an abush, if not assess the threat and help out your fellow survivor to the best of your abillitys. Do you find this valuable? |
Madurjafro |
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Aug 10 2010, 9:54 AM EDT
I agree with RUPREPARED's Ideas of setting up a meeting point, but I'd only consider helping out survivors if its not to much of a drain on my resources, like give them a gun or two and some ammunition a little bit of food and water, and maybe some tools. If they have Items themselves worth trading, then we will trade.Any houses with S.O.S on, I'd get a group to check it out, If theres Zeds Kill 'em and move on, Survivors then I'll engage in conversation etc. and if there are Raiders, Then they will be dealt with. Do you find this valuable? |
JunkCollector |
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Aug 10 2010, 10:40 AM EDT
I would scout it out for a couple of hours, from a distance with binoculars. If it looked real I would try to contact them, and aid them. Possibly joining with them, they may have skills that I don't and I may have skills they need. If it doesn't look good, take a different path and avoid the possible bad situation. Do you find this valuable? |
timberrattler |
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Aug 10 2010, 11:43 AM EDT
We don't know how many people will survive this. If everything has truly fell apart and the population is dangerously low, every man woman and child will matter. I'll admit that I will view every survivor as a threat until proven otherwise. Its part of my makeup.If I see an SOS sign I will be cautious but I will not walk away. My concious would most likely not allow that. I'd keep an eye out for a trap and help my fellow human beings any way I could. They might be some of the only survivors in my neck of the woods and it would be foolish to walk away from that. Do you find this valuable? |
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knifethruster |
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Aug 10 2010, 11:52 AM EDT
I would be cautious of any building like that. I might help out if I saw a date right next to the S.O.S. signal.Just like others have said, I need to be careful of raiders and trigger happy survivors. If the survivors in the building are alive and spot me walking past their fortress, they might intercept me and I would have to make decisions based off of the current criteria. Do you find this valuable? |
Duton1 |
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Aug 10 2010, 11:55 AM EDT
I believe in the Mafia's Code: Trust No one.. But your family.
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Maricely |
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Aug 10 2010, 11:56 AM EDT
I imagine many buildings will be marked "SOS" or "Help" post-Z day. No, I'm not going to walk into all of them. My life and the life of my son are much more important to me than any stranger. If it's a situation where I can easily help them and it poses little risk to me or my son, I'd help. Otherwise, I'm protecting my family and staying away.
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Duton1 |
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Aug 10 2010, 12:03 PM EDT
"I imagine many buildings will be marked "SOS" or "Help" post-Z day. No, I'm not going to walk into all of them. My life and the life of my son are much more important to me than any stranger. If it's a situation where I can easily help them and it poses little risk to me or my son, I'd help. Otherwise, I'm protecting my family and staying away. "Didn't I just say that XD 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Maricely |
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Aug 10 2010, 12:10 PM EDT
I can't share my opinion because it's similar to someone else?
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