Zombies: Faster and Headshot Only

[apache25 133]

i think history has so many story lines about how zombies operate, guess we can't end up with one confirmed myth

agreed

[wolfstriked 143]

What about a sort of realistic zombification then.Look up zombie ants in google.A fungus that takes over the brains of these ants and then makes them move to specific places so that they can kill the ant and eat its body inside out.What is kool is the ants sprout branch like appendages out of their heads before they are about to be completely consumed.These branches then shoot spores out to try to infect other ants.Would make crawlers,who are on the final leg of their zombification,get the creepy disgusting branches sticking out of their head and they wait in silence in grass for the unsuspecting players to walk by.Make entering towns just that much harsher.

Pic of an ant with the fungus branches sticking out of its head.

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/328/overrides/zombie-fungus-infects-insects-mind-control-ant-infected_32848_600x450.jpg

[Quaby 93]

If your heart stops (by cardiac arrest, or being shot if your a zombie) you will suffer no permanent damage for up to 7 minutes, Mr. Basic Biology la dee da.

These infected feel no pain, and are NOT going to stop because you tell them they should. Basic Zombie Psychology. Silly Quaby...

EDIT: How do you think people can have a heart attack and be revived in hospital?

EDIT AGAIN: Anyone who ever clutched their chest going, "I'm having a heart attack!", their heart had stopped already.

First, look up cardiac arrest. Getting shot in the chest with a heavy rifle round doesn't cause cardiac arrest, it causes rupturing of the pericardium, aka getting blasted to smithereens. No blood, no oxygen, no movement. Zombie would probably have a very hard time getting back up after it gets knocked on its ass with no blood flow. Pain doesn't factor into it at all. No matter how little pain he feels, he still cant move. Unless, of course, you say the zombie's muscles are self-animating, and the only way that can happen is....

MAGIC! Which is usually the only way to explain zombies in general

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

So.... what's your point?

You can work wikimedicaldiagnosticianopedia? Gold star for you. :thumbsup:

If you stop flow of blood, by stopping/removing/destroying the heart through ANY means. It does not mean instant death.

I trust you conveniently missed my point because you just don't want to have to headshot zombies in DayZ,

No blood, no oxygen, no movement. Zombie would probably have a very hard time getting back up after it gets knocked on its ass with no blood flow. Pain doesn't factor into it at all.

Firstly, a bullet is focussing a large amount of kinetic energy onto a small area and is designed to penetrate. It will not knock anyone on their ass, that only happens in films.

Secondly, your muscles will still function temporarily with the blood that's already in them, they are not hydraulic.

Thirdly, if someone has their heart "blasted to smithereens" IRL they would most likely enter a state of shock until they eventually lost conciousness due to lack of cerebral perfusion. (blood going to their brain)

If you want a bullet in the heart to stop your foe instantly, pain does indeed factor into it.

So you could shoot a zombie in the heart, then run around for 5-10 minutes, or just SHOOT THEM IN THE HEAD

EDIT: for clarity

Edited October 4, 2012 by Chabowski