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Title: Zombie 5k race
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 06, 2012, 07:20:59 PM
My sister just did a 5k race complete with crazy obstacle course and chasing zombies.

http://runforyourlives.com/locations/boston-massachusetts/

Anyone here ever done this?
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Jaron on May 06, 2012, 08:12:09 PM
Sigh. Something is seriously fucked up with the Ortiz genepool.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: 11B4V on May 06, 2012, 09:44:13 PM
Ah....No
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Josquius on May 07, 2012, 03:00:49 AM
whats with the zombie mania in america these days?
Its bizzare. I read about this being predicted ages ago and then it came...it feels so manufactured.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: 11B4V on May 07, 2012, 03:01:56 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 07, 2012, 03:00:49 AM
whats with the zombie mania in america these days?
Its bizzare. I read about this being predicted ages ago and then it came...it feels so manufactured.

We have some wacked out mother-fuckers here.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: 11B4V on May 07, 2012, 03:03:46 AM
 :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faccurateshooter.net%2FBlog%2Fzombiemax02.jpg&hash=657ca5989615a097aea6b215d0bdfb0e0c399901)
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: 11B4V on May 07, 2012, 03:06:06 AM
For fucks sake
http://www.zombiesurvivalcourse.com/

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zombiesurvivalcourse.com%2FZSC%2520TEAM.JPG&hash=8b589369f90b56ddaf42be0dfab409be49a038e6)
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: 11B4V on May 07, 2012, 03:08:40 AM
Them some saggy tits on the one second from the left.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 07, 2012, 03:15:27 AM
Wouldn't think crossbows would do much against zombies.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Martinus on May 07, 2012, 03:24:52 AM
Quote from: Jaron on May 06, 2012, 08:12:09 PM
Sigh. Something is seriously fucked up with the Ortiz genepool.

No kidding.  :lol:
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 07, 2012, 03:28:07 AM
She got caught by the last zombie right before she crossed the finish line.  :cry:
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: 11B4V on May 07, 2012, 04:48:14 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 07, 2012, 03:15:27 AM
Wouldn't think crossbows would do much against zombies.

You dont watch the Walking Dead....? :angry:
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: grumbler on May 07, 2012, 06:58:51 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 07, 2012, 03:00:49 AM
whats with the zombie mania in america these days?
Its bizzare. I read about this being predicted ages ago and then it came...it feels so manufactured.
Is there a zombie mania in the US these days?

I don't see it, though I admit that I live here and so my imagination isn't as unfettered as yours.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Josquius on May 07, 2012, 07:30:05 AM
Quote from: grumbler on May 07, 2012, 06:58:51 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 07, 2012, 03:00:49 AM
whats with the zombie mania in america these days?
Its bizzare. I read about this being predicted ages ago and then it came...it feels so manufactured.
Is there a zombie mania in the US these days?

I don't see it, though I admit that I live here and so my imagination isn't as unfettered as yours.
Fucking hell :rolleyes:

Lots of stuff like this keeps being reported. Never once did I say people were going mad in the streets on a daily basis saying "we love zombies!!". Nonetheless this definitely seems a big modern geek trend.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: derspiess on May 07, 2012, 01:03:01 PM
Quote from: grumbler on May 07, 2012, 06:58:51 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 07, 2012, 03:00:49 AM
whats with the zombie mania in america these days?
Its bizzare. I read about this being predicted ages ago and then it came...it feels so manufactured.
Is there a zombie mania in the US these days?

Yes.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Brazen on May 07, 2012, 01:08:35 PM
I've been following this race for a while and signed up to the Facebook group for when it comes to the UK. For now I have to content myself with the Warrior Dash.

I am wary of zombie events. Last time I went to a zombie walk I got bitten by a zombie lesbian. I had a bite-shaped bruise on my arm for weeks.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: The Larch on May 07, 2012, 05:39:40 PM
Some guys are organizing similarly zombie themed runs over here as well. I signed up for info as, miraculously my hometown sneaked by in the top 3 cities shortlist and a run will be organized.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: grumbler on May 07, 2012, 06:29:11 PM
Quote from: Tyr on May 07, 2012, 07:30:05 AM
Fucking hell :rolleyes:

Lots of stuff like this keeps being reported. Never once did I say people were going mad in the streets on a daily basis saying "we love zombies!!". Nonetheless this definitely seems a big modern geek trend.
Fucking hell :rolleyes:

"Lots" of this stuff doesn't keep getting reported.  There was a bit of a "zombie craze" a few years back, what with some TV shows, a few books, a movie or three - but that was in Britain as well as the US (Shaun of the Dead was a British movie, in case you hadn't noticed).  There's always been a few people trying to push that market, and there still is, because there is a small but steady market for that kind of stuff (see Brazen, who is hardly American, for evidence that this isn't a US thing even now).  But there's no "zombie mania" here of which I am aware, and not even when we had a "zombie craze" at least the US did have not people "going mad in the streets on a daily basis saying "we love zombies!!"" like you apparently experienced in Blighty (from your definition above).  There's going to be a US-British film released in the next year or so, but that's been in the works for a decade, and even that's been repeatedly delayed because the backers don't think the genre is still viable.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Jaron on May 07, 2012, 06:37:34 PM
If a zombie horde attacks grumberville, hes going to yell at the young'uns to stay off his lawn.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Tonitrus on May 07, 2012, 06:40:30 PM
Quote from: Jaron on May 07, 2012, 06:37:34 PM
If a zombie horde attacks grumberville, hes going to yell at the young'uns to stay off his lawn.

I always did peg grumbler as a lich king.  :P
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Josquius on May 08, 2012, 03:25:45 AM
Quote from: grumbler on May 07, 2012, 06:29:11 PM
Quote from: Tyr on May 07, 2012, 07:30:05 AM
Fucking hell :rolleyes:

Lots of stuff like this keeps being reported. Never once did I say people were going mad in the streets on a daily basis saying "we love zombies!!". Nonetheless this definitely seems a big modern geek trend.
Fucking hell :rolleyes:

"Lots" of this stuff doesn't keep getting reported.  There was a bit of a "zombie craze" a few years back, what with some TV shows, a few books, a movie or three - but that was in Britain as well as the US (Shaun of the Dead was a British movie, in case you hadn't noticed).  There's always been a few people trying to push that market, and there still is, because there is a small but steady market for that kind of stuff (see Brazen, who is hardly American, for evidence that this isn't a US thing even now).  But there's no "zombie mania" here of which I am aware, and not even when we had a "zombie craze" at least the US did have not people "going mad in the streets on a daily basis saying "we love zombies!!"" like you apparently experienced in Blighty (from your definition above).  There's going to be a US-British film released in the next year or so, but that's been in the works for a decade, and even that's been repeatedly delayed because the backers don't think the genre is still viable.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwtfiswiththis.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fwtf4_things_that_make_you_say_wtf-s352x351-17805-580.jpg&hash=c91e6be81b890b6aa6742ea3d69e62d65a71ca1d)

So much wrong there and all about nothing....
Never mind replying I'm not even sure what the argument you're wanting is.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Brazen on May 08, 2012, 05:23:12 AM
Quote from: grumbler on May 07, 2012, 06:29:11 PM
see Brazen, who is hardly American, for evidence that this isn't a US thing even now
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1139.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn541%2FBerenice67%2FZombieberry.jpg&hash=68f149e1b38ac14172cde12d9ba122a7b650f493)
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: grumbler on May 08, 2012, 06:21:24 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 08, 2012, 03:25:45 AM
So much wrong there and all about nothing....
Precisely.  Bumper stickers aside, there is no "zombie craze" in the US.

QuoteNever mind replying I'm not even sure what the argument you're wanting is.

I replied anyway, to let you know that, now that you have reversed your position and conceded your point was "all about nothing," you should feel good about yourself.  Of course, i would urge you to resist the compulsion to make totally bogus claims about society in the US, but I know it is a compulsion and therefor nothing you can control. :console:
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Josquius on May 08, 2012, 06:23:50 AM
 :lmfao:
You're a good troll.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: grumbler on May 08, 2012, 06:35:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 08, 2012, 06:23:50 AM
:lmfao:
You're a good troll.
:lmfao:  I knew you'd get to the ad hominim in the end!  Well-done.  You have gone through all twelve Stages of the Weasel.  You can start over again in your next thread.  :lol:
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Ed Anger on May 08, 2012, 07:47:26 AM
Poor Grumbles. He rolled around with a Geordie and got their shit all over him.

I'll get the water hose.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Josquius on May 08, 2012, 08:08:13 AM
Quote from: grumbler on May 08, 2012, 06:35:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 08, 2012, 06:23:50 AM
:lmfao:
You're a good troll.
:lmfao:  I knew you'd get to the ad hominim in the end!  Well-done.  You have gone through all twelve Stages of the Weasel.  You can start over again in your next thread.  :lol:
:lmfao:
Continuing.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: 11B4V on May 08, 2012, 09:14:47 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 08, 2012, 08:08:13 AM
Quote from: grumbler on May 08, 2012, 06:35:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on May 08, 2012, 06:23:50 AM
:lmfao:
You're a good troll.
:lmfao:  I knew you'd get to the ad hominim in the end!  Well-done.  You have gone through all twelve Stages of the Weasel.  You can start over again in your next thread.  :lol:
:lmfao:
Continuing.

:D Def something mental going on there.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: grumbler on May 08, 2012, 09:19:44 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 08, 2012, 07:47:26 AM
Poor Grumbles. He rolled around with a Geordie and got their shit all over him.

I'll get the water hose.

I got what I wanted from that (Tyr to back down and then to ad hom), and presumably he got what he wanted (whatever that was).

Sure, making Tyr adopt even more stupid positions after he says stupid shit isn't hard, but it can still be fun.  :bowler:

Plus, Marti hasn't make those kinds of silly sweeping generalizations about the US based on single data points lately, so I have to engage with Tyr to find out what the US is really crazed about, unbeknownst to us Americans.  :ph34r:
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Josquius on May 08, 2012, 09:39:11 AM
Yes...I backed down from my stupid position on the topic of I don't know what (my position being : nothing),  and adopted the even stupider position of "I still have no view on whatever it is Grumbler has a view on but it's amusing to see him get so worked up about it". Stupid, I know that, but amusing nonetheless.

I shan't be biting the sweeping generalisations troll ta very much. :p
Anyway. I'm busy tomorrow so probally won't be here to keep goading you into arguing against a wall.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: 11B4V on May 08, 2012, 09:42:11 AM
Arguing about arguing an entertaining languish pastime. :)
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Grey Fox on May 08, 2012, 01:15:35 PM
Unbeknownst to grumbler. There is a zombie craze in the US.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Barrister on May 08, 2012, 03:11:00 PM
Wife and I went out to the trndy party of town a couple of weekends ago.  Just enjoyed being kidless for a bit, did some shopping followed by supper.

Anyways, as we're walking, we see a big group of zombies walking down the street.  50 or more.  Just going for a stroll.  Towards the back there were several people wearing other costumes, but it was 80% zombies.

What amused me however is how well these zombies obeyed the traffic lights. :D
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: lustindarkness on May 08, 2012, 04:20:27 PM
I hope I don't find a zombie walk when I am driving my truck. I have the Zombie Outbreak Response Team sticker and I will have to do my duty as a ZORT member.

In other news, I wish there was a Run For Your Life 5k closer to me, gonna have to wait 'till the next one in ATL next year.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: Syt on May 09, 2012, 03:08:02 PM
If the Yanks are obsessed, so are the Limeys:

http://mashable.com/2012/03/24/zombie-apocalypse/

Or, as Caracked.com puts it:

QuoteAs far as experiencing the kind of adrenaline rush that only exists in the aftermath of a devastating horror movie apocalypse, it's as close as you can get without moving to Detroit.
Title: Re: Zombie 5k race
Post by: grumbler on May 10, 2012, 07:52:36 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 08, 2012, 01:15:35 PM
Unbeknownst to grumbler. There is a zombie craze in the US.

That is entirely possible.  As I have said, I don't know that there is not a zombie craze in the US; I only know that, if there is such a craze, no one knows about it.