Supervolcano!

[arturis]

The recent series of tremors at Yellowstone have raised a lot of fun talk. For anyone who doesn't know, the quakes that have hit don't indicate to vulcanologists any trend towards a gigantic humanity-annihilating eruption. For one thing, they've all been too localized in the Yellowstone Lake region. For another, they've been too small. Also,

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[tarq]

My plan is to mooch (or rob) your storehouse. Problem solved for me! Unless you store one subtly labeled can of food that's actually poison. Bad for me!

[ywong]

You really should just be willing to have a gun in your house.

Also unrelated, disaster-planning is why I got LASIK.

[tarq]

You're not serious about the gun thing, are you?

I begrudgingly have three guns in my house, and I'd gladly remove them for the reduction of the chance of a firefight on my property.

[ywong]

No, I'm serious. I don't have a gun in my house, but that doesn't mean I'm not willing to. I think if you lock them up well enough the chance of a firefight goes down to nearly zero, but leaves you with the ability to retrieve firearms in the event of a disaster without going to Wal-Mart.

[tarq]

Well, we already know I'm on the side of the coin that would rather die with dignity than in a fight for my meager meat-life in a post-apocalyptic scenario, so maybe I'm the wrong guy to argue with this. But I think household guns are just another degree of paranoia and insecurity, and if the shit does hit the fan, your skinny butt will need more than a gun and a box of bullets to survive the warzone of Silicon Valley.

[boneal01]

Can you be a banker, a Teacher, or an Anarchist in this Oregon Trail of Terror game?

"Brian has cholera and was shivved by a scavenger"

[scoutinthenight]

Oregon Trail of Terror would be an awesome game. You get to spend time shooting zombies instead of deer and circling the wagons to fend off vampires at night. I would play that.

[arturis]

Yeah, I think you'd definitely select a starting character which would affect the skills you have and maybe starting money, for as long as money is useful.

[boneal01]

Could the title "Oregon Trail of Terror" be used, or is that a blatant copyright or trademark violation?

I'm guessing even elements within the game that are similar or use a similar interface could raise a red flag for people...

[spidertea]

Hmm, I also think about this a lot. Except in my version, most of population has been wiped out by a super virus. (That's what I get for reading Stephen King's "The Stand" so many times as a kid.) So in my imagination, there are rival gangs of survivors trying to restart civilization. I hate guns, but come the Apocalypse, all bets are off. I am a non violent person (vegan, etc) but come zombies or roaming tribes of rapists after the fall of society, I will shoot to kill. And if I fail, I would rather die by my own hand than the aforementioned creeps.
I would also drive up to my dad's place in the middle of nowhere and survive off the wilderness.

[basincitymarv]

yeah, being eaten alive or raped to death are probably two of the worst ways to go

[attickah]

Since I shoot/shot wiley paper targets and hapless clay frisbees for fun, I think we know which side of the heat-packin' debate I'm on.

That said, the only time I've been in a situation where I had concern for my life, one person was armed and one was not. With uneven odds, I tried talking over fighting. And it seemed to work out alright, seeing that I still HAVE my life.

[pzam]

waaaaa?

[attickah]

2005 was an odd year for me; suffice to say I came home one day to find someone in my house, armed and uninvited. I was very glad, then, that all the weaponry I've used for target shooting was at my parents' house, so at least I hadn't supplied the intruder myself.

[pzam]

wow. yikes. glad you came out of it ok!