http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/7.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Ready... set... POST!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639767.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639767.page GMT
Boss Ape died many months ago from the weight of logic.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639772.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639772.page GMT
Boss Ape died many months ago from the weight of logic.[/quote]
Lawl

I think we'd be most likely to survive nuclear fallout. We've already got hundreds of precautions to prevent something like that from happening, and we're not fighting a sapient menace. As for asteroids? Bah, that'd destroy Earth within hours. There'd be nothing to stop it. Fallout, all you need is a sealed, oxygen-filled chamber. Not even that. The radiation wouldn't be far enough spread to devastate rural areas like where I live.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639779.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639779.page GMT

With enough Wovenhand we will survive...]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639809.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639809.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639822.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639822.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639875.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639875.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639999.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3639999.page GMT
I'm in my bunker as we speak.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640016.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640016.page GMT If we take the right precautions, we won't even have zombies
Zomdies are an entire different subject though]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640021.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640021.page GMT I have plenty of guns and ammo.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640235.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640235.page GMT I have plenty of guns and ammo.[/quote]
[img]http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0907/the-zombie-apocalypse-zombies-guns-demotivational-poster-1247669137.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640247.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640247.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640250.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640250.page GMT
your bunker's aboveground?

lol]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640253.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640253.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640257.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640257.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640259.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640259.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640612.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640612.page GMT If they ate [i]everyone[/i] nobody would survive, now would they.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640795.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640795.page GMT If they ate [i]everyone[/i] nobody would survive, now would they.[/quote]

You say that but there are exceptions.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640821.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640821.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640836.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640836.page GMT Are you sure?
[img]http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/G/m/M/3/michele-bachmann-nuts.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640850.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640850.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640855.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640855.page GMT
But perhaps we've seen too much.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640907.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640907.page GMT
But perhaps we've seen too much.[/quote]

[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a2Ac_i7cQNk/TKR63X4ts_I/AAAAAAAAhQo/u7VhTlPaCJE/s400/Justin+Bieber+1.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640923.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640923.page GMT
But perhaps we've seen too much.[/quote]

[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a2Ac_i7cQNk/TKR63X4ts_I/AAAAAAAAhQo/u7VhTlPaCJE/s400/Justin+Bieber+1.jpg[/img][/quote]
[img]http://shymagazine.com/shy/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-kissing.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640924.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640924.page GMT I can see a lock in the future if this gets out of hand.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640960.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640960.page GMT I can see a lock in the future if this gets out of hand.[/quote]

Cute.

As I said, I'm in my bunker. I can take anything on.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640973.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3640973.page GMT
@Trickatel: Not when blackbird's in your bunker, let alone when he has his banhammer with him.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641027.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641027.page GMT
If aliens invade us, most may say were screwed. However, maybe the aliens are just advanced in space travel and only think they are advanced in weapons systems and such? We could blast them right out of the sky. Zombies would kill us though, they always do in the movies. Astroids would tear us to pieces, and through every piece into a fire.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641031.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641031.page GMT
@Trickatel: Not when blackbird's in your bunker, let alone when he has his banhammer with him.[/quote]

He's already in here with me, how do you think he finds the time to ban so many people? :3]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641102.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641102.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641104.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641104.page GMT Alien invasion, robot or ape uprising, if you are enslaved you still survive.

With zombies if it is a global pandemic that causes it chances are no one would actually survive it, as everyone would eventually get infected. In most portrayals of zombies even dead bodies aren't immune...

Meteors as said would decimate the planet leaving survival near non existent. Though its already happened what twice now that we know of?

Nukes..if you aren't in the immediate blast zones would be probably the most survivable.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641113.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641113.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641131.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641131.page GMT
I'd just sit back and let the Military contain the outbreak before it kicks off.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641177.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641177.page GMT
If aliens invade us, most may say were screwed. However, maybe the aliens are just advanced in space travel and only think they are advanced in weapons systems and such? We could blast them right out of the sky. Zombies would kill us though, they always do in the movies. Astroids would tear us to pieces, and through every piece into a fire.[/quote]

Aliens are not going to have faster than light spacecraft without powerful weapons. There would be many conflicts before they got to Type II-III.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641266.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641266.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641269.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641269.page GMT
For the record, lets say it is world-wide, with a bunch of fallout.

Wow, nice post turnout.
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641292.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641292.page GMT
But perhaps we've seen too much.[/quote]

[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a2Ac_i7cQNk/TKR63X4ts_I/AAAAAAAAhQo/u7VhTlPaCJE/s400/Justin+Bieber+1.jpg[/img][/quote]
[img]http://shymagazine.com/shy/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-kissing.jpg[/img][/quote]

I'm just curious why he didn't die of an allergic reaction.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641552.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641552.page GMT
The rest are kind of conditional.

Fallout is survivable if you live outside of the blast zones. I live near a major city so I'd probably be close to the epicenter and survival chances are slim. Those in rural areas would be fine, the most potent isotopes are short lived and would dissipate in a few days.

Meteors/asteroids vary in size from 40 meter wide crater diggers to 1500 mile wide planet breakers. The small ones would do minor damage to their immediate area and little more, the biggest would totally destroy the biosphere and kill everything. You wouldn't even notice a small one unless it hit you directly, an "extinction event" sized asteroid would be noticeable but not immediately lethal outside of the blast radius. The most massive of asteroids would liquify vast swathes of the surface of the Earth and totally disrupt the biosphere, killing everything.

An alien invasion depends on their goals, since I'd probably choose to die fighting rather than be enslaved my personal chances for survival are slim. A coward may live longer.

Zombies that spread via bite aren't a long lived "apocalypse" and would be quashed quickly. An airborne spread would be much less survivable and I'd probably end up a zombie.

Apes are the same as aliens, but probably far more unlikely. Their relative lack of technology also makes resistance more viable.

Robots are the same as apes, they're less advanced than aliens and so more likely to lose. They also have certain weaknesses that I've discussed in other robot/computer uprising threads related to logic and pathfinding that human soldiers could exploit.

Global pandemic depends on personal resistances and location. My location near a population center decreases my chances of not contracting the illness but increases the chances of medical treatment if it is available.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641554.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3641554.page GMT
Ever read a book called World War Z? It's a fantastic "oral history of the zombie invasion". It basically portrays a post-zombie world through accounts recorded by a journalist, giving many takes on the story and the spreading of the virus. But anyway according to the book, surviving a zombie apocalypse, as long as the plague wasn't airborne, is possible.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716446.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716446.page GMT
Survivability; 0%]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716455.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716455.page GMT
Survivability; 0%[/quote]

If we consider becoming a zombie surviving then it's probably survivable.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716468.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716468.page GMT
But where is global famine on that list? Thats another big one that can pretty much kill everyone off. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716472.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716472.page GMT
Survivability; 0%[/quote]

and at the end of the story, apes become geniuses, develop an immunity to the virus, and rule the world]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716595.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716595.page GMT
But where is global famine on that list? Thats another big one that can pretty much kill everyone off. [/quote]

unlikely, most modern countries would be unaffected by a global famine. Besides the only real way that could happen is if all the soil in the world stopped growing plants.

And that reminds me, ever hear of the so-called "Doomsday vault" in Norway? Its a vault built into the side of mountain that contains seeds for thousands of plants in case of some sort of global disaster.

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault[/url]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716602.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716602.page GMT
Alien invasion
[img]http://www.forbiddencheats.net/forum/images/smilies/trollface.gif[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716604.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716604.page GMT
But where is global famine on that list? Thats another big one that can pretty much kill everyone off. [/quote]

unlikely, most modern countries would be unaffected by a global famine. Besides the only real way that could happen is if all the soil in the world stopped growing plants.

[/quote]

Explain how it would be "unlikely" there would be an effect. If there is a shortage of food on the earth then the resulting effect from no food would be starvation. Hypothetically, consider just food markets being closed down and food imports grounded. Are you trying to say there would be no effect on modern life at all? ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716606.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716606.page GMT
But where is global famine on that list? Thats another big one that can pretty much kill everyone off. [/quote]

unlikely, most modern countries would be unaffected by a global famine. Besides the only real way that could happen is if all the soil in the world stopped growing plants.

[/quote]

Explain how it would be "unlikely" there would be an effect. If there is a shortage of food on the earth then the resulting effect from no food would be starvation. Hypothetically, consider just food markets being closed down and food imports grounded. Are you trying to say there would be no effect on modern life at all? [/quote]

I apologize, I worded that wrong. To rephrase, a famine is unlikely to happen. It simply does not seem to likely that the food market would suddenly freeze and global agriculture completely halting.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716613.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716613.page GMT
I might not have a gun but I do have a huge Sepiroth-Style Long-coat/Trench-Coat with collar to protect my neck, chest and legs, Fingerless leather gloves for my hands obviously and to help me grip my weapon better, Camo Trousers and Leather Patrol Boots to walk through anything or stomp on a undead head and I could make and I could put together a Make-shift spear out of a 1.5m Microphone stand next to my desks and my biggest kitchen knife tied to the end tight and securely. In the case that the infection is airborne and I'm the only one left alive in my household I can use our only gas mask with a decent filter on.

I live in the Suburb of a Medium-Sized seaside town where there are mainly fish imports coming in and out and there are fish in the sea. Depending on how many survivors are around food won't be too much of a problem but fresh water will be a top priority (preferably bottled). Guns in this part of the UK are very hard to come by so there wouldn't be any point looking for one.

If it prolongs and there are few survivors left then I would have to break in and camp out in the college (where I work). We can camp out in the tower block after disabling the lift and barricade ourselves on the top floor (5th floor) which connects straight to the roof. The doors in the coridoor could be stripped off and replaced by our Dell Server racks which actually make for a good security door system while the spare doors would go into making a jagged shape to block off the back staircase. There are food and drink machines downstairs which we would be able to ration between a few of us for about a period of 2 weeks.

It depends on how long the crisis goes on for.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716628.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716628.page GMT
Put on your thickest headgear and tape knives to your hands before turning so you can be the best zombie you can be.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716701.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716701.page GMT
In seriousness though, I live just North of the middle of nowhere, so Nukes aren't something that threaten me.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716794.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3716794.page GMT
I might not have a gun but I do have a huge Sepiroth-Style Long-coat/Trench-Coat with collar to protect my neck, chest and legs, Fingerless leather gloves for my hands obviously and to help me grip my weapon better, Camo Trousers and Leather Patrol Boots to walk through anything or stomp on a undead head and I could make and I could put together a Make-shift spear out of a 1.5m Microphone stand next to my desks and my biggest kitchen knife tied to the end tight and securely. In the case that the infection is airborne and I'm the only one left alive in my household I can use our only gas mask with a decent filter on.

I live in the Suburb of a Medium-Sized seaside town where there are mainly fish imports coming in and out and there are fish in the sea. Depending on how many survivors are around food won't be too much of a problem but fresh water will be a top priority (preferably bottled). Guns in this part of the UK are very hard to come by so there wouldn't be any point looking for one.

If it prolongs and there are few survivors left then I would have to break in and camp out in the college (where I work). We can camp out in the tower block after disabling the lift and barricade ourselves on the top floor (5th floor) which connects straight to the roof. The doors in the coridoor could be stripped off and replaced by our Dell Server racks which actually make for a good security door system while the spare doors would go into making a jagged shape to block off the back staircase. There are food and drink machines downstairs which we would be able to ration between a few of us for about a period of 2 weeks.

It depends on how long the crisis goes on for.[/quote]

Sounds like you got it all planned out


[quote]In a zombie crisis you have a 99.9% chance of being a zombie.

Put on your thickest headgear and tape knives to your hands before turning so you can be the best zombie you can be.[/quote]

Lol
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717109.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717109.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717114.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717114.page GMT
lol. I'm sorry to burst your bubble, though, but zombies are technically reanimated corpses. They're still dead.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717116.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717116.page GMT
p.s. Fido? Where have you been lately? [img]http://www.nothingsnormal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/zombie-poodle-6.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717118.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717118.page GMT
Or, being Alaska, we have the guns and weather to survive the zombie apocalypse. Guns are common, small and fast transport in both summer and winter is pretty common. With a lowered population due to death from whatever caused the zombies hunting and fishing for food gets pretty viable. Especially where I live, we have great soil for farming. The only problem is gas after what we already have runs out. Possibly refitting with diesel engine and burning vegetable oils and such. Most people here have more mechanical know-how than me, including my friends and would likely be able to do it.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717324.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717324.page GMT
And there's something dressed in a lot of armor that gores everyone we don't like.

OH! And then I become a ghoul and live forever.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717330.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717330.page GMT
[img]http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/002/c/8/the_dealer_by_mistermech-d4l4n5n.png[/img]

[i]Forever[/i]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717336.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717336.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717364.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717364.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717373.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3717373.page GMT
The cards being shuffled.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718136.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718136.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718146.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718146.page GMT
[img]http://d3uwin5q170wpc.cloudfront.net/photo/110632_460s.jpg[/img]

And always remember, those denying the existence of robots may be robots themselves, so you'd better get robot attack insurance, just in case.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718167.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718167.page GMT
[img]http://d3uwin5q170wpc.cloudfront.net/photo/110632_460s.jpg[/img]

And always remember, those denying the existence of robots may be robots themselves, so you'd better get robot attack insurance, just in case.[/quote]

Heh, portal..]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718176.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718176.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718221.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718221.page GMT
[img]http://d3uwin5q170wpc.cloudfront.net/photo/110632_460s.jpg[/img]

And always remember, those denying the existence of robots may be robots themselves, so you'd better get robot attack insurance, just in case.[/quote]
But what if the robots are too stupid to know what a paradox is?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718241.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718241.page GMT

Doesn't matter. If they attempt to solve those, they will find an infinite loop of yes-no-yes-no. Of course if they're smart they'll just respond with something along the lines of "Command is self contradicting. Ignoring."]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718284.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718284.page GMT

Doesn't matter. If they attempt to solve those, they will find an infinite loop of yes-no-yes-no. Of course if they're smart they'll just respond with something along the lines of "Command is self contradicting. Ignoring."[/quote]

lulwut?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718303.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718303.page GMT

Doesn't matter. If they attempt to solve those, they will find an infinite loop of yes-no-yes-no. Of course if they're smart they'll just respond with something along the lines of "Command is self contradicting. Ignoring."[/quote]

lulwut?[/quote]
The former was a dig at people who actually like MLP. The latter was in response to the robot discussion.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718308.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718308.page GMT

Doesn't matter. If they attempt to solve those, they will find an infinite loop of yes-no-yes-no. Of course if they're smart they'll just respond with something along the lines of "Command is self contradicting. Ignoring."[/quote]

lulwut?[/quote]
The former was a dig at people who actually like MLP. The latter was in response to the robot discussion.[/quote]

I figured. Just wanted to specify because i wasnt quite sure wether they were both on one topic or what.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718347.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718347.page GMT
[/quote]

It's enjoyable being a ghoul of this nature.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718549.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718549.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718567.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718567.page GMT
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Fixed.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718582.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718582.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718651.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3718651.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3719253.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3719253.page GMT
(I'm still the master of chain reactions )]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3720183.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3720183.page GMT
For robots, it depends in what ways & how many the robots depend on us (making self-conscious robots entirely independent takes a lot of research & isn't the best move for something powerful).
Due to more relaxed legislation around guns, the USA may be better prepared if they do go berserk.

For the rest of the world, where firearm ownership is less integral to the household, make do with what you have; looting shops is more dangerous, so only try if you're daring.

Whether the raw anarchy opens up oppurtunities, or certain dependenices hinder the otherwise formidable force of them, survival & resolution are both excruciatingly difficult but completeable tasks.

As for apes, I dunno. We have the better technology, but we're swimming in it. A smart enough ape might get his hands on something, & their natural muscle may be reinforced ionce they master said tech (basic tech most likely, at first.)
Apes are easier to empathise with, & if you build a bond, you could either further their cause to your own gain, or lessen their mass aggression move from within.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3720295.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3720295.page GMT
I think i would be best prepared for Robots because the majority are not water proof so just carry a water-gun. (but if their not, carry a tazer.)

Apes, well, they would probably form a little army, and attempt to attack a city and we would shoot them all with tranquilizer darts. (or evacuate and bomb the place)

As for Zombies, the likely hood of a virus capable of mind control is nearly impossible. And parasites try NOT to kill their hosts, the only logical explanation is nano-bots. which could cured by an electrical over load.

Nuclear fall out, well that already happened in japan and were still here so... I'm pretty sure were OK there.

Alien invasion, also this is highly improbable. A: because it's a dumb thing to do on the aliens part because if they can travel from where ever they came from i'm almost certain they can create any resource they want, of harvest them form non populated planets (which would be a heck of a lot easier) the only reason i can see of aliens 'invading' earth is if they were exploring other planets for other life, in that case they wouldn't be considered a hindrance, and would probably be helpful.

As for a meteor strike, the earth is constantly bombarded with them 24-7 but 99.9% of then burn up upon entry. BUT if one significantly large one was going to hit earth we could probably Melt it (if it's mostly ice) nuke it (if its rock) or if is is a mixture of different materials then we could focus light from solar reflectors onto one spot and that would create a crude rocket propelling that poor poor meteor to its demise A.K.A Jupiter/the Sun/the Void of space or some other random place. B.T.W the earth gets heavier by the TONS every day(from meteorite dust)

And a global pandemic if you aren't infected just be the germaphobe you really are. BUT if you are infected than all you need to do is stay away from other people and wait for a cure, or freeze your self in one of those cryogenic freezers until the cure is invented.

And as for the 'Rebbecca Blackopylypse' that is pure silliness and 'the world will end in 2012' is inaccurate because the Mayans didn't have leap years so the Apocalypse would have happened a LONG time ago.

And judging by the unscientifically proven and in all likely hood ineffective 'methods' for surviving or 'reasons' why we wouldn't survive, i deduce that you people play allot of 'Action' video games involving shooting and lots of other forms of violence that would NEVER happen in real life.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3724947.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3724947.page GMT
In this case, the fluke kills its host. A zombie is still up and moving, whether it is dead or not. Look at 28 Days Later or Left 4 Dead for instances of zombies that are NOT dead, but more like rabid humans. That would be far more likely to happen over slow shambling rotting corpses. But all in all it is highly unlikely, I wanna go ahead and say impossible even. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3725031.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3725031.page GMT
And due to the fact that my stockpile of high-tech weaponry is so awesome(we're talking hundreds of M200 CheyTac Interventions, Remington ACRs, Desert Eagles, MOABs and MP-5s) I would set myself up as a warlord, taking control of the surrounding countryside and forcing those affected by the radiation(Ghouls and the like) to become slaves in my mines. I would make the rest of the human slaves builders and farmers, and I would create a military made up of the true Bronies. Oh, and I would force the surviving humans to reproduce and make more workers.

What about the I Am Legend apocalypse? Or the...

OneDirectionopalypse.

I suggest you put the Creeper Apocalypse.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3725323.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3725323.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3727082.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3727082.page GMT
And due to the fact that my stockpile of high-tech weaponry is so awesome(we're talking hundreds of M200 CheyTac Interventions, Remington ACRs, Desert Eagles, MOABs and MP-5s) I would set myself up as a warlord, taking control of the surrounding countryside and forcing those affected by the radiation(Ghouls and the like) to become slaves in my mines. I would make the rest of the human slaves builders and farmers, and I would create a military made up of the true Bronies. Oh, and I would force the surviving humans to reproduce and make more workers.

What about the I Am Legend apocalypse? Or the...

OneDirectionopalypse.

I suggest you put the Creeper Apocalypse.[/quote]
Sorry, there can only be one socialist dictator, you will have to go.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3727091.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3727091.page GMT
How about I rule the Southern Hemisphere, you rule the Northern Hemisphere?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3727499.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3727499.page GMT
Oh God yes, he'd be epic.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3727536.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3727536.page GMT
How about I rule the Southern Hemisphere, you rule the Northern Hemisphere?[/quote]

I'm afraid you can split hemispheres between the three of us.
Well, then there's the 4th one of us....

Deal.

That reminds me though, in the event of some kind of mass apocalypse, the markets will be shattered.

What is left of the economy will have to be assessed carefully & shared a bit, to ensure the maximum number of us get through this new era of a ravaged civilization in one piece.

And if anyone is damaged by the apocalypse, some kind of provision will be required to nurse those peopel back onto their feet.

And if many well educated people died, we'd have to ensure a secure system for passing on knowledge, & raising awareness.

Points in a familiar direction....

edit: Oh yeah, the ape-rising? Probably not gonna happen, but, well....

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Sleeping, eating, spending time with friends and family, and playing videogames.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758645.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758645.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758782.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758782.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758929.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758929.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758934.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758934.page GMT
Begone foul demon!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758935.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3758935.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3759024.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3759024.page GMT
First of all, robots don't have minds. Fwahaha! Beat ya there!

Second of all, might as well use their own strengths against them. I could ask Tony Stark whether I could use his suit for a while.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3759449.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3759449.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3760630.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3760630.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3760640.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3760640.page GMT
But even the most failsafe is going to have a delicate part. Obviously not glaring, so think smart.
Even then, some metals potentially used in the robots will be sensitive to acidity.

But, depends what you're fighting.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3760716.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3760716.page GMT
Boss Ape died many months ago from the weight of logic.[/quote]
Lawl

I think we'd be most likely to survive nuclear fallout. We've already got hundreds of precautions to prevent something like that from happening, and we're not fighting a sapient menace. As for asteroids? Bah, that'd destroy Earth within hours. There'd be nothing to stop it. Fallout, all you need is a sealed, oxygen-filled chamber. Not even that. The radiation wouldn't be far enough spread to devastate rural areas like where I live.[/quote]Um, excuse me? They have a global defense system working detect and get rid of any meteors that come our way. I would know, since my uncle used to work in it.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3770602.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3770602.page GMT
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[/quote]

Gives a whole new light on small guy syndrome. (pun intended)]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3771160.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3771160.page GMT
Replicants are like any other machine - they're either a benefit, or a hazard. If they're a benefit, its not my problem.

(Please tell me somebody gets that. Please. Just please.)]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3771353.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3771353.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3771385.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3771385.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775254.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775254.page GMT


If by global defense system you mean a few telescopes and a bottle rocket. Right now we have no official asteroid deterrent plan, if we were to identify a likely collision a year or two in advance we'd be able to prepare an effective response.

If we don't spot it until it's bearing down on us there's not much we can do about it, there are no deflection systems standing ready for such a thing.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775263.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775263.page GMT


If by global defense system you mean a few telescopes and a bottle rocket. Right now we have no official asteroid deterrent plan, if we were to identify a likely collision a year or two in advance we'd be able to prepare an effective response.

If we don't spot it until it's bearing down on us there's not much we can do about it, there are no deflection systems standing ready for such a thing.[/quote]

Has no one learned from RAGE? simply make huge bunkers and bury them miles below the surface.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775494.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775494.page GMT
But I doubt it didn't somewhat help not to be out in the open all the time (i.e: being able to retreat into the ground).

The world population is more of a task, if not a lot more, but anything goes when you've got a meteor too big to handle hurtling towards your beloved home planet.

But no doubt, bunkers have been in use for all kinds of sticky situations.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775528.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775528.page GMT
If you nuke an asteroid, it might split up, but you can just nuke it some more.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775563.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775563.page GMT
Though let's be honest, I don't know what'll happen if we launch nukes, irradiate an asteroid & then split it into loads of irradiated carcinogenic boulders. Danger much?

After the USSR dissolved, at least two propositions for removing the nukes & curing our worries were out there. But, both were declined.
Of course I'd understand distrust of post-USSR eastern Europe, but we still had loads of nukes around, the accumulation of which led to a squeeze on the coffers for both sides.

In all honesty, our next major threat may well be man-made. And, all those nukes we built? Money could've been way better spent.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775714.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3775714.page GMT


If by global defense system you mean a few telescopes and a bottle rocket. Right now we have no official asteroid deterrent plan, if we were to identify a likely collision a year or two in advance we'd be able to prepare an effective response.

If we don't spot it until it's bearing down on us there's not much we can do about it, there are no deflection systems standing ready for such a thing.[/quote]

Has no one learned from RAGE? simply make huge bunkers and bury them miles below the surface.[/quote]

That depends on the size of the impactor. Even a K-T size monstrosity can't actually damage most of the surface, it's the lingering biosphere collapse that's the issue.

If you're dealing with an asteroid large enough to destroy a significant portion of the crust then even a bunker won't save you. Some impactors are so massive that they puncture the crust entirely and the entire surrounding landmass collapses into the "hole" left by ejected/displaced mantle.

The Valhalla crater is one of these, and the ringed structures left from the collapse are still visible:

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Though with the collapsing biosphere & the affects of the dust thrown up, desertification may occur depending on how well plants fare.

We already have many bunkers full of seeds form endangered plants, so annexing that into something bigger could preserve a lot of human lives if we're lucky.
Or what about the huge variety of crops grown by Africna farmers? We could use their help feeding us while we're in the bunkers, ensuring both increased survival chances & great irony.

Depending on what we're dealing with.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3776389.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/76424/3776389.page GMT