FTFA: "There is a war, a war has started''

shiat just got real, yo!

Att: Mark Petrie - If your friend Ben is still alive you're both needed. It's a whole new ballgame. But I I pray to God you come...
- Steve

Burn the witches at the stake, charge the zombies for a cooked meal.

No matter who wins, we lose!

My money on witches (new window)

I was in Salem on the weekend of October 1st, it was a fun time, but also a total clusterfark. There were at least 6 haunted houses within a 4 block area. There were also ghost tours, I counted 5 of them. They all visit the exact same locations at roughly the same times and then shout over each other.

Some of the guides pull a portable PA system behind them in a wagon so they can be louder than adjacent tours (I found that to be obnoxious).

There is also a segment of the town that really hates the tourists that show up in October. During the tours that I took people drove by screaming insults at the tourists. I thought that was hysterical, because you just KNOW that everyone in Salem has had to suffer at least 1 October working at part of the tourism industry...

Sybarite: The zombie was walking with a group of zombies - "a family of zombies,' Tripoli said

I thought a group of zombies was called a plague.

Herd well Walking dead just said so!

In before 'man, zombies are dumb, that I am compelled to post about how dumb they are in a thread about zombies'.

Meanwhile, Pirates vs. Ninjas at Downtown Crossing.

braedan: There is also a segment of the town that really hates the tourists that show up in October. During the tours that I took people drove by screaming insults at the tourists. I thought that was hysterical, because you just KNOW that everyone in Salem has had to suffer at least 1 October working at part of the tourism industry...

I grew up in Salem so I'm getting a kick, etc....

Just like in any town, you'll find your jackasses. Yeah, it's a little tough to drive around town in October, but that's the price they pay for the city's income. After the Parker Brothers and Sylvania plants closed 20-25 years ago, the city made a conscientious effort to focus on the witch trial and Halloween tourism as its main industry. Generally has worked out ok, but as you found there are always those types of people wherever you go.

Reminds me, I'm actually driving into Salem this evening for a different reason, mental note to leave extra time for traffic....

If the zombies had any brains they'd leave the witches alone.

cbackous: MBooda: Meanwhile, Pirates vs. Ninjas at Downtown Crossing.

Ninjas win. period.

No, zombie pirates eat them every time.

Slaves2Darkness: cbackous: MBooda: Meanwhile, Pirates vs. Ninjas at Downtown Crossing.

Ninjas win. period.

No, zombie pirates eat them every time.

Nope, viking ninja warlocks.

I wonder how this wasn't Situation Normal on the capitol mall, then noticed it's not Salem, Oregon.

Slaves2Darkness: cbackous: MBooda: Meanwhile, Pirates vs. Ninjas at Downtown Crossing.

Ninjas win. period.

No, zombie pirates eat them every time.

Well now, wait a second. What would the Norm be in Boston?

Odd The Viking: Slaves2Darkness: cbackous: MBooda: Meanwhile, Pirates vs. Ninjas at Downtown Crossing.

Ninjas win. period.

No, zombie pirates eat them every time.

Nope, viking ninja warlocks.

People please we've settled this.

I was just there this weekend. The competing Witch Mansion was much easier to find than the Nightmare Factory (mall one) and had a really cool 3-D section, dorky glasses and all. The N.F. was better in other respects.

Hosalabad & I agreed: One was not better than the other. Neither lasted long enough. In combo, they were great!

Walker: I'd pick the witches. They can do a spell and turn all the zombies into dust or something. Zombie dust?


you would think so, but all the witches in salem are all "peace and love"
embrace the light and by our crystals witches.

i avoid salem like the zombie apocolyse during october.

I'd love to see that!! Unfortunately, I'm pretty far away to be a tourist in Salem. I still tremble walking through haunted houses but I have THE biggest smile on my face while doing so. Then again, my first babysitter I remember liked to watch scary movies with me when I was about 3-4 years old. Then when I was older my parents and their friends would do their own haunted hayride/Halloween shindig out in the country. And while most haunted places have a no grabbing policy, its different when all the creeps know your parents. My current boyfriend took me on our first date to a haunted house. We'll be together 2 years next week.

So guys, take your new ladies to a haunted house, guaranteed she will be grabbing all over you. :)

As for witches vs. zombies, Witches can fly and have some pretty great skills. Though if a witch is zombified, I'd think that the time-consuming hunger for brains would render her or him unable to cast spells. Can't witch-ify a zombie though. Witches do have the ability to organize during the day, but there's the possibility of infighting and jocking for top witch; zombies have no hierarchy to maintain. So I think I'm going to have to go with zombies, just by sheer numbers and their ability to convert more zombies.

Walker: I'd pick the witches. They can do a spell and turn all the zombies into dust or something. Zombie dust?

It's called "Turn Undead", and I think you need a cleric. You CAN find Wiccan clerics but they're always a pain to travel with as they're asking questions like "Does this robe make me look fat," and "Is there a vegan alternative?"