Infection discussion

[Erik-El]

This is where you can discuss my Infection story that was inspired directly from the Outbreak RPG here that I had lost interest in, due to the inactivity of the thread.

If you have questions, feedback or just want to tell me how crappy and uninteresting my story is, lay it all down here. If there is something that 'fans' would like to see in the story, I would take the suggestions here as well.

If you notice errors or inconsistencies, I would have you post them here as well so I can address them. I am hoping that no one posts in the Infection thread itself though. Posting is what I made this one for.

I will be writing it in novel format. The chapters usually will cover one day at a time with sections separated by the time of the day until later.

[Erik-El]

Here are the characters created so far and some information on them.

Name: Preston
Age: 30
Gender:Male
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour:Blue
Height:5'10''
Weight:Athletic
Occupation: Coffee Shop Guy

Best Friend:
Name: Tony
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 6'4''
Weight: Muscular
Occupation: Retired MMA fighter

Ex Girlfriend:
Name: Lizzy
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'1''
Weight: Voluptuous
Occupation: Legal Secretary

Lizzy's boyfriend:
Name: Brandon
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 6'1''
Weight: Average
Occupation: None. Rich boy.

[Supreme Marvel]

These are the luckiest guys in history. They have pretty much anything and everything they need. All expect the antidote. I think a lot of people are getting ideas from The Walking Dead series and that's inspiring more. I've always liked zombie stories. Mainly because you know what there isn't a plain evil enemy bent on taking over the world. Just people that are involuntary fucked up. Liking the story. Its always good to get the whereabouts of the people in a zombie series because you wanna know where zombies can come from.
Nice work.

[Supreme Marvel]

Also, I can tell Brandon's gonna die.

[Erik-El]

Nov 11, 2010 15:39:11 GMT -5 Supreme Marvel said:

These are the luckiest guys in history. They have pretty much anything and everything they need. All expect the antidote. I think a lot of people are getting ideas from The Walking Dead series and that's inspiring more. I've always liked zombie stories. Mainly because you know what there isn't a plain evil enemy bent on taking over the world. Just people that are involuntary flarked up. Liking the story. Its always good to get the whereabouts of the people in a zombie series because you wanna know where zombies can come from.
Nice work.

That is kind of the thing I always noticed about most zombie stories. It seems that whenever a zombie infection happens, everyone forgets about all their toys. They always end up walking or driving some POS car. To me, if someone has a tricked out ride that happens to be well equipped for zombies, it made sense to use it.

I went to a car show once and saw that exact Jeep I have in the story. When the owner was describing how his speakers are enough to shatter his normal windows, so he had them switched and did the balloon test (putting a balloon in the vehicle and popping it with sound) I always thought that would be handy in a zombie event (the windows, not the impressive sound system).

The weapons are inspired from the collection I am starting. That is the list of guns I actually want. I only own the tomahawk so far.

As far as the characters go, I wanted a character that was already broken. Preston is that guy. It had been years and he still cannot let go of his ex. I thought there might be some readers that would sympathize with that. As well as his blind, stubborn determination.

Someone said in the Outbreak thread that every zombie story needs the token black guy, Tony is that guy.

As for Brandon, I have plans for him that might surprise you.

[Supreme Marvel]

He's going out with the main guy's wanted woman. And he's rich. All points to horrible death.

[Erik-El]

Nov 11, 2010 16:36:12 GMT -5 Supreme Marvel said:

He's going out with the main guy's wanted woman. And he's rich. All points to horrible death.

True lol. The rich always seem the first to go after the overweight people.

[Supreme Marvel]

Zombieland hit the nail on the head with the fat people.

[Erik-El]

Nov 11, 2010 16:45:42 GMT -5 Supreme Marvel said:

Zombieland hit the nail on the head with the fat people.

That was what I thought too. Get your cardio in.

Do you feel as though my characters have it too easy?

I want to write a story that I enjoy but I also want people to be interested in reading it so if they have it too easy, I can make future events happen. Hmmm.... I feel a bit like god all of a sudden.

[Supreme Marvel]

Lol.
Dance puppets dance!!!
You can have all the weapons in the world, but you can't carry them all, you need food and someone else alls think they have a better idea. So no matter what they have something will always go wrong. Unless there on there own. In a group, look at the red neck in Walking Dead, he went with the group and now look at him. However I think we'll see him again. So you can give them anything you want, and surround them with epic story lines.

In my zombie book I was writing years ago before I got distracted by other stories, I had them in a huge coach like tank. Idea from Land of the Dead.

[Erik-El]

@ Supreme Marvel:

That is true. Oh and I got a new post up for Infection.

[Supreme Marvel]

It's always the loved ones that are alive. Cloverfield was a big one. They went through crap loads of places and that girl was still alive. I was like come on!!! Real life the main people will be dead. They were lucky all the way. And once the end came they had no need for the camera guy and to which his demise was inevitable.

[Erik-El]

But how long the loved ones get to live is the question.

[Supreme Marvel]

Ooooooooohhh, twists and turns from "god".

[Erik-El]

New post went up yesterday.

[Painkiller]

Awesome, I read all of that. Good stuff.

[Erik-El]

Thank you Painkiller. I will work on getting the new post up here as soon as I get time. Anything you would like to see with the characters?

[Painkiller]

Whatever you do will be awesome...

[Erik-El]

Dec 2, 2010 16:56:07 GMT -5 Painkiller said:

Whatever you do will be awesome...

Thank you. New post is up.

[Painkiller]

Quite alot to read. I got through it all though, nice work!