The Walking Dead (Ooc)

First lets establish an important fact. You do not have to have read the comic or have watched the television series to participate in this rp. Basic zombie knowledge is all you'll need (they're dead, if they bite or scratch you, you turn. If you die, you turn). The zombies will be NPC (unless you really want to create a zombie but otherwise they'll be NPC). This will be non-canon and non-powers. If you want to make a new account feel free, or you can use your normal account and establish a new persona just for this rp. The current timeline takes place six months after the zombie outbreak, everything is in shambles but whether or not your character knows this already is up to you. You can play any personality type you'd like, but I'd really like to see some diversity. Everybody cant be the leader, everybody cant be the badass. Guns and especially ammunition should be extremely rare. I'd like to see a sense of being overwhelmed developed in the beginning. If you start off easily killing a group of zombies on your own it kind of under sells how lethal/dangerous they are. A single zombie should offer a moderate level of threat but their real strength should rest in their numbers. These zombies do not run but the move efficiently.

Location: You dont have to start off in or around North Carolina, but keep in mind if you're all the way over in Europe the chances of meeting up with anyone in the US are slim to none.

You can treat this thread as both a location thread as well as an event thread. Meaning if you want to do the rapid @ reply style posts you can. Or if you want to do the longer styled posts you can do that as well. I will try my best to keep track of where everyone is as well as updating the status of events. Any question feel free to ask.

• Don't Be A Hero!: NOT Everyone in the apocalypse should be a zombie killing badass, Ash-Knock Off. While it's okay to have one try to give your character depth, Maybe you have a character that is an incredibly strong pit fighter, But wouldn't know how to hold a gun or knife for his life?

• Don't be a jack of all trades!: THIS Is really important, Balance your characters out with just a handful of skills, Take Glenn from the comics and series for example. He can't fight extremely well, but he's an amazing runner and navigator.

- shadowknight -

You can stretch the fabric of realism to a certain degree, it doesnt have to be die hard realistic. Just be careful not to crossover into the realm of cheesy. Beyond that have fun and lets see what happens.

Rpg Here:

@The_Walking_Dead:

Good Luck with this!

@The_Walking_Dead:

Good Luck!

@Saukerl said:

If you are a female, I warn you, DO NOT be a badass who should be cut out for this situation. That means you, Melissa, Sam Heller, people like that, do not! Kidding.

It's very true. The film Starship Troopers is another good example.

@Gambler:She is not a beauty queen, but she is still built like a model.

Guess I could throw up a post.

(Props to who guesses who this is.)

Sweeeet, I'll have a post up later

Damneet the last two died and yet I gota join lol. Revisit my last idea and maybe drop another alt in as well

I want my character to be a pro wrestler returning back to the USA from his gig in Japan

Uses steel chair picked up from expo as anti-zombie weapon, runs most of the time

very effective (+10) against renegade humans at close-mid ranges

@Surkit: Tyrese was a favorite of mine from the comic....It's sad that he's not in the show.

If I get in on this I am just going to write characters that die in horrible ways, and then you guys can kill them later on, or forget about them. lol

I will just start thinking of different ways people would get devoured by Zombies.

@Meticulous: Thinking about writing a couple of disposable villains for it honestly...

@Gambler: Claps! Gambles approves!

I got myself a look. And a rough character idea. Gonna try to put it to paper when I get home from school tomorrow.

@Gambler: Ya gotta fear the living more than the dead.

@Surkit: I wonder how there going to work him and his family into the show. He might be like Michonne, ya know how they introduced her at the end of S2, he might pop up at the end of S3.

@Surkit said:

@Grift3r True, I see them bringing in his daughter and her boyfriend though, or maybe a son and that other daughter of Herschels will hook up, and you know how that went in the comic.

@Arcadian said:

@Surkit said:

@Grift3r said:

@Surkit: Tyrese was a favorite of mine from the comic....It's sad that he's not in the show.

Mine too, so damn original. I wish he was too, heard talks of it before season 3 but they only took on Michonne. They say he might be in s4 though

Dude haven't you heard? Chad Coleman is playing Tyreese and is appearing in either the mid-season finale or the season finale - unconfirmed on which. Chad Coleman was awesome in Left 4 Dead 2 and the Wire :)

NOYCE! Excited as hell now thanks.

@Gambler I just typed up a mean post and it got body required -__- I'll have one tomorrow this has me wanting to write.

Now I'm really excited!

@Arcadian said:

@Surkit: Actually they'll probably kill off Daryl to make room for Tyreese :(

And now I'm sad..... I wonder how that's going to play out. If Daryl does take his place then what's going to happen to the Governor's right hand man Merle? You really think he'll continue to stand alongside Gov if that happens? I don't....