Bolt's PSAs

[Bolt]

Know what instead of telling you guys at the end of my stunt rants I'ma just do some PSAs (Public Service Announcement) and see how this goes better.

PSA Number 1: Fireworks and you.
Alright fokes the 4th of July is fun and all, and after a little firework experimenting, heres a few things you should avoid doing to keep all your limbs, and possibly your valuables.

Lesson 1: Artillery Shells
This should be an easy one to udnerstand. NEVER put these things in ANYTHING but the tubes that comes in the box. That tube is designed for the AS and using anything else may end up with people getting hurt or something blowing up.

Lesson 2: Anything small with a fuse
Sure it may seem fun to hold these till they're about to explode then throw them...well its better to use certain fireworks than others. Crackle Balls, Smoke Balls, M-10s, Water Fireworks, and Lotus Blossoms are a few you can do this with. Using anything bigger and you might end up with a small patch of fire. The lighter the firework the better to throw. The heavier the faster they hit the ground and explode.

Lesson 3: Water
If you're planning on doing stupid things the fireworks aren't ment for ALWAYS spray your lawn once over with water to keep it from catching fire if you got a lot of dry parts.

Lesson 4: Roman Candles
Ok so they're fun to shoot at people. Thing is these things have a bad habbit of not going where you're aiming the. Either aim it in the air or at a person's legs; never towards the face or chest.

And finally Lesson 5: Common Sense
Ok this one is just plain and simple: If you want to try something DON'T do it. Stick to the normal way to use the firework. For instance take an AS and throw it into the air. You WILL get burned.

There you have it folks, a few lessons in firework safety. Hope you enjoyed your 4th and have a plensent day.

If you guys have any ideas for PSAs either send me a pm or leave a note in this thread. Note that it has to be something I can do either on a game or in real life so I can do said things and find the hazards for them.

[Bolt]

PSA #2 : Pranks

Now you may think doing pranks is a funny thing..well make sure the prank is a smart one before you actually do it. And make sure no one can get harmed in it as well.

Lesson 1: Check List
Its always a smart idea to make sure you have a checklist of each item you need for a prank. You may be ready for a prank when you realize you are missing a vital item. Hell make sure you have two (or more) of each item you need before you begin your prank.

Lesson 2: Preperation
Just because seen the prankdone doesn't mean it'll go right when you do it. Practice makes perfect, trust me on this one. Some simple pranks may seem easy to pull off but trust me when I say things can go wrong easily. I seriously mean trust me on that one.

Lesson 3: Fall back!
Always have a fallout plan for when things get bad. When something goes wrong make sure you have a safe place you can get to quickly. Weither that be up in a tree, a get-away car nearby, or simply running as fast as those legs of yours can.

Lesson 4: Alibi
That shoul speak for itself. Make sure someone you trust completely will lie for you if you are suspected. Or just make it seem like you were there and paid off someone. I think you get the picture.

Lesson 5: Date
Always have a set date and time when for the prank. If you choose any random time you may end up missing your target altogether.

Lesson 6: Finale
When it comes down to it, Luck is the biggest factor in the whole prank. Will it go right? Will the target be able to run you down? You never know. Just be prepared for anything.

Personal Note: Leaving an artillery shell in a shoe and leaving it on a door step is a BAD idea. Not only does the shoe explode you leave evidence that it was you.

Till next time folks

[Bolt]

PSA # 3: Zombies and you. (You all saw this coming!)

Well you guys know me and my zombies. Might as well do a PSA as one, since I dressed as a very bad zombie for an anime convention >.>

Lesson 1: GO FOR THE HEAD!
This can't be stressed enough! If you hit a zombie in the body it will not die! You must hit it as had in the head a you can! If you have bad aim take out BOTH knee caps and smash the head.

Lesson 2: Teamwork
Another thing that can't be stressed enough! When you're going against the legion of the undead goign solo will NEVER get you far! I make it look easy but thats completely different! You always want someone watching your back weither it be your best friend, a family member, or a complete stranger. Just remember, if the stranger betrays you they'll die as well.

Lesson 3: Supplies
This goes for BOTH weapons and food supplies. First thing you should do is find a good weapon, perferably a wooden baseball bat or a firearm if you can use it. Shovels work too. When you have a weapon secured you want to find a group of suvivors who you can get along with and work together. Find a place to settle down and fortify, hopefully a Wal-Mart or SAMS Club. Any place with food and water with few entrances and exits is the best spot to camp out.

Lesson 4: Searching for a place to bunker down.
This will be the hardest thing you will have to do, besides surviving. When choosing a place to fend off the hordes of the undead you want to think of a few things. First off how many entrances are in the building. These include, but not limited to, doors and windows. The next thing is making sure you have food and water. Water if anything. You may need to hope from place to place untill you find one that has all the needs. Mulitistory buildings are a good thing. Make a secure route to the food/water and keep the first story blockaded otherwise. Use the movie Dawn of the Dead for a reference on how this is done.

Lesson 5: Shifts
You don't want EVERYONE asleep at one time when camping out. Take turns napping and watching for any zombies. I think this one speaks for itself mainly.

[Taterz]

i disagree, camping in one spot will get you killed. you can only hold out for so long until your supplies wear thin. this is why i firmly believe a desert island is your safest bet, since you can live your life peacefully as no zombies will make it there.

water crushes everything. so, i'm on a boat!

[Bolt]

Yeah Land of the Dead kinda crushed that idea ya know xD. The bottom of a river should push everything out of the way yet the zombies seemed to cross the river and easily walked on the bottom. So with that in mind you'd still be screwed. ANd on a desert island you'd STILL need to go back tot he mainland for supplies.

[Divusmors]

Ugh, ok. If we're going to discuss this, lets go over some details..
First of all, the island might work if it's food ratio is proportionate to humans on it. Otherwise, you're screwed. The boat, same deal, only harder since you can't exactly from stray berry bushes on a boat.
Fishing would be bad, any blood entering a river with a delta into the ocean, or a bay that's connected, and the whole thing is thrown into your face hard, may as well be lit up like a christmas tree in the middle of the night, out in the boonies.

I'd have to agree with bolt, but pick your places smartly. Shopping malls are death traps. Too large, too open. One part that they start to slip in through, and you won't even know you have a problem until too late. Shopping centers in a city would be good, but no mall-like. Connected buildings where you can go roof to roof using even home-made kind of tools would be good. But seriously avoid large open parking lots, as you will be stuck.

Try to find a shopping center with buildings all around the parking lot, especially one with a Target as I can tell you from personal knowledge, they have a LOT of useful things if you think about it. Not even just supplies, but the tubs and flatbeds they have itself, with some nails and using the crowner, you can actually make a well armored transport that's too heavy to tip or peel apart. The crowner's battery operate using a wall outlet, that can easily just be ran through the front section of your new super car and driven up to a wall, and plugged in.

Also which, there is always a truck trailer in the port. If given time and resources, I'm sure something useful could come out of it. Especially if it's one that delivered, since it'll have a cab too. Propane tanks, giant freaking rubber bands that can be used to make a catapult of some kind, etc etc.

I'd also suggest starting in a building in the middle of the shopping center, especially right next to a food market kind of place. Use the roof door to go into the place (Lets just call it albertsons, for simplicity), and barricade from the inside, don't even bother trying to make a quick run outside. If they did get inside, you just surrounded yourself. If not, you'll still have to make the roof trip, so you may as well check your escape plan through your entrance plan.

Naturally, move building to building, and secure what you can. If you can't secure the inside of one, nail it shut on the outside roof, and still move onto the next building. Any resources would be useful, at some point, regardless of what it may be. Even a bowling ball could be, as a means to slow any would-be chasers if needed.

Meanwhile, scout out from the roofs for any other possible places of interest. Holding down a place is a good key, but sitting still doesn't help you, either. Staying alive is all great and nice, but pretty damn pointless if you're going to be the last of humanity, and just let yourself die the last of your kind. This is where that gadget car mentioned earlier comes in.
Most kinds of places have an entrance-way, so you can barricade at the doors and then from the wall corners that's just out of the doors. So make both, and when it comes time to send a little team to maybe go across the street, buckle a place down and then make a rope-walk over the street, you have a run back door after opening the front door if you can't get it shut, because god knows you're going to be hammered and sacrificing everyone for a would be hope is just too 'I cause this and no one must know!'-would-be-villain crap, and stupid.

Also problem of interest, I'm sure you'll run into something quite like a zombie, but didn't start human. Flesh is flesh, and when you're brainless, food is food. And I'm sure there'd be a bird somewhere that ate something bad, and started pecking at other birds, or maybe some stray dog named fluffy will run down the wrong alley, don't know. So remember to keep bottom and arial in mind. Securing the buildings may be done, but you're still traveling in open air up top. Fix it. Tear down whatever backroom organizing shelves they have, or the ones on the floors, and jimmy-rig yourself a hallway or several for safe travel, or at least enough of a wall and ceiling to make a noise before being knocked down to let you know now's a time to move your ass quick.

Last but not least, self defense. First of all, not all places will have a gun supply, so expect close combat. Practice a bit with it. Make some dummies, beat on them for purposes of running through them quickly and get away from them. Lift some weights, find some suitable stuff for protection (thickish cut with a lot of duct tape around all non-jointed areas would be a good start. Doesn't have to be pierce-proof, just make them work forever on it. And don't go weighted, being as slow as a level 20 knight in tote gear is not going to make you ungodly), and especially find some mouth, nose, ear and eye-coverings. If their spit can ruin you, I'm sure a splattering of blood across your eyes would be just as bad, if not worse.

There, enjoy.

[Bolt]

Damn and I thought I had a zombie plan >.> . Luckily for me I aready have a truck with a turrent on the back, mainly used for a SAW type airsoft gun I had custom made so theres my back defense xD . Anywho come on guys I need new ideas for PSA's since the only one I think I might do is How to Survive Silent Hill >.> . Trust me that one'll be an odd one since I never think Silent Hill could happen but I truely beileve some stupid scientist somewhere is going to create such a virus/drug/bio-weapon that can revive the dead. Oh and side note Reap: Resident Evil is the only zombie series to ever inclue undead animals. Every other zombie thing I've read/seen has never had infected animals.

[Divusmors]

That's because they always took the concept of passed on through being bitten. :\ It's a simple concept, really. If you're contaminated with a virus, body fluids will transfer it to another organism when absorbed. If you drink infected blood, you'd be infected too, right? Well, what about any infected spilled blood, and then it rains. That downfall will likely spread it to other things.

I was really taking 28 Days Later into account. Around the middle of it, a drop of infected blood fell into one of the survivor's eyes. Few seconds later, he goes psycho.

Unless all life other than humans are immune to such a virus, I don't honestly see how it's not a very high possibility. The animals in RE is due from them being test subjects. I'm bringing the idea in that they weren't, that they were contaminated the same way we could be.

Which brings another point. Anything not bottled, canned, or that you haven't been with since the beginning, probably not the smartest idea to indulge yourself. if it's been a while since the infection hit the area.

[Taterz]

same way you avoid drinking poo water, you boil anything you try to drink from any water source. and no, i was not talking about a river that could easily be crossed.

first of all, the island in question will most likely be large enough to supply a group of at least 5. there's a high chance this island will have a river of some kind with plenty of plants and wildlife. if humans 10 000 years ago were able to learn how to farm, it wouldn't be very hard for humans today to do the same in a much shorter span of time.

second of all, this virus would need to survive somehow. if this virus survived via live humans or any animal, the virus would die fairly quickly after the body is submerged. virus airborne? no problem, air isn't plentiful enough in water for something like that to survive. contact via blood? same reason with air, the virus wouldn't last long enough for the victim's blood to channel into another fish. i'm not sure if you've ever see wild fish, but they will pretty much avoid anything capable of movement.

but what if the virus survived on the flesh of the dead? what if they fed on it and eventually "ate" the body? with the nature of ocean currents, there's an extremely high chance that dead body will never reach you. dead bodies float, but because it's being eaten away at a rate such that if the body does reach you, there will be almost nothing left. assuming the brain is eaten first (due to the whole "shoot the head" mentality), the body itself won't even be able to function, let alone move.

islands may be small, but just look at all the tribes/people that have been able to live out there with absolutely 0 trouble. i'm sure there's at least one group out there that has never seen modern technology that is today, and has been around for quite some time. if you're gonna camp down, camp down somewhere isolated. but note this, if you do go make sure to bring some kind of plant/wildlife specialist and some kind of doctor.

EDIT: should also add:

bites from humans will most likely not tear your flesh. try biting yourself as hard as you can. the only way you'll be able to break skin is if you pulled on it in a fast, whip like motion. our teeth are made to crush and grind, not slice and dice (like a dog's teeth, for comparision). and if its the undead, i guarantee the decay will not allow them to rip flesh, let alone bite at full power.

[Bolt]

Ok Reap you're talkin to me bout RE. Heres the thing: The only experiments that were made was the Tyrants, Hunters, and Lickers. Everything else was all accidental. Crows, dogs, zombies, Titan, Stalker, etc, etc. Point being nearly everything created by the T-Virus was a complete accident.

[Bolt]

PSA #4 Online Interactions and You!

Now those who are most likely reading this have played online games. Well there are a few things you should alway do and avoid doing so you don't get torched for being a dumbass.

Lesson 1: Read!
When ever you log into a game there is always a mini-walkthrough that tells you how to play the game. 80% of all players who log into a game don't...more like 95% of players who log into a game don't bother reading anything that tells tem how to play and expect people to tell them. Even when told they still continue to ask because...well that can't read. THERES ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT TELLS YOU HOW TO PLAY! LOOK FOR IT!

Lesson 2: Communication
In most games you need to communicate with the game's community. Make sure you are polite to some extent and know how to take a joke. If you constantly be an asshole people won't want to play with you and will most likely ignore your pleas for help and whatnot. In MMORPGs this is more commonly seen so people will know who to party with and who not to. In games on a console like the Xbox 360 or the PS3 if you're playing a team game that allows teamchat THEN USE IT! Don't just be an idiot and go into a game and not speak. It will greatly reduce your chances of winning the match.

Lesson 3: Trash Talk
Heres the thing with trash talk; Don't do it if you can't back yourself up. If you're going to trash talk someone on the other team for using a certain weapon/technique then bash your own team for doing so, don't complain just on the other team. Also if you get trash talked then take it. If you can't deal with trash talk then don't do it yourself ya damn hypocrite. Take this one from me, I do it plenty.

Lesson 4: Good Sportmanship
Like with the trash talk you need to show good sportmanship. If you had a really good match and boh teams did equally well then be honest about it. Don't get all pouty because you slightly lost. If you can't even show good sportmanship then how can you even play sports and the like? The same concepts in this PSA can be used there.

Come on guys throw out some ideas and I'll see what I can come up with.

[Joker The Royale]

Then, how come you do not do any of those things, Bolt? ;p

[Bolt]

What you think I do what I preach half the time >.>?

[Joker The Royale]

I thought you did it to cure boredom like everyone else does.

[Bolt]

Ok I'm bringing you this PSA from a hospital since my stupid ass...well the PSA will speak for itself. I'll be out in the morning but god damn this one hurt.

PSA #5 : Why you shouldn't play with fire...or electrity

Lesson 1a: Fire Safety
Ok if you're reading this PSA and don't know what fire safety is you need to be burned right now. I mean come on! I have no room to speak but I'm doing this for the good of the people! Back to the topic: Make sure you can keep a controlled fire while you have it going. Lettin it get out of hand...Well you've seen forest fires right? Yeah...

Lesson 2a: How to put out a fire SAFELY
If its time to go always make sure the fire is COMPLETELY out before walking away. If it isn't...well you get the idea. Bring a jug of water or a shovel to pu the fire out. After you douse the fire stomp on it for a bit to make sure everything is completely out. You leave an ember you could be facing disater.

Lesson 3a: What to do if a fire gets out of hand
Run. Thats really it just run and find a phone. Call the fire department and stay as FAR away as possible. Keep the fire within view. If there is more then 2 people then send one to the nearest town to alert them of the fire incase the fire department comes too late so they can prepare.

Lesson 1b: Electrity
Like with 1a if you don't know how to be safe with electrity you need shock therapy. Two steps to this one really. Step one: Use rubber when handeling anything that has an electric current. Step Two: Don't have metal in your hand when you touch electrity.

Lesson 2b: Things not to do with high voltage
If theres high voltage things nearby don't mess with it. Don't even take a piss on it. Trust me, it'll just be a very bad feeling when the current travels up ya piss into ya...well you get the picture. Don't even go near high voltage things. Its that simple!

Lesson 3b: Never do this
Even if you have a rubber suit on NEVER grab a downed powerline. Leave it to the pros to move it. How my friend managed to live is a miracle. Oh and never take those hospital thingies to your chest and yell "Clear!" loudly while having a watch on. It reall...Wait I did this one a while ago didn't I?

Throw some ideas out >.> . I only have so much time to pull stupid shit before I head off to college soon x.x

[Joker The Royale]

How long do I have to think about it?

[Bolt]

September. I'll still do it if my friend and I can get the internet workin in our dorm

[Joker The Royale]

Alright, I will have something before then, gimme two days tops.

[Bolt]

Hello folks. Its been a while but I think I finally got a good idea for a new PSA seeing as...well it'll...yeah...

PSA#6: Do's and Don't's of dealing with police

Lesson 1: Be polite
Now this should be common sense. But there are those people outthere *coughcough* who don't know when to keep their temper under control. Even when given an unreasonable ticket or being pulled over by an asshole be polite or you'll end with a worse ticket or a ride to the station >.> .

Lesson 2: Don't make excuses
Everyone will try and do it. Regardless of the excuse they will pull you over. I mean after my last stunt the hospital said they won't send out anyone if I inflicted it by my own stupidity, which they reversed when I nearly bled to death, the cops still pulledus over, saw my wound, and kept us sitting there for 20 minutes while I kept bleeding. The cop, who is fired now...well you get the point. They'll pull you over and keep you pulled over as long as they want regardless of what they see. Hell even seen them keep a woman in labor for 22 minutes while they wrote shit down with the hospital 3 blocks away.

Lesson 3: Don't be an asshole.
You threaten a cop you end up in cuffs. They threaten you and well, you can't do a damn thing. Hell don't even be a smart alic cause they'll just slap another couple bucks on the ticket for no reason.

Lesson 4: Know how to trick cops
When you film like I do you always carry a camera everywhere, regardless of the place, so you can use stuff to your advantage. Heres the good thing: if the cop does somethin he shouldn't and you catch it on camera you're safe. There isn't a damn thing he can do.

Lesson 5: Never do this
Play songs refering bad things towards police. Trust me if you get pulled over with that playin...well you can think.


Story time:
Well my latest injury happened while I was screwing around on a trampoline with bat. I tried doing a flip, messed up, and broke my leg where the bone popped out. Now the hospital laughed when I told them this and told me to meet the ambulance at a certain address. So my friend tied about three towels around the wound, grabbed some duct tape and duck taped it to my leg. Very, VERY painful with a bone out of place when this happened.

Well we're about 2 miles from the meeting point, I agreed to a meeting point mainly because it takes them 40 minutes to reach my normal stunt place so its 20 minutes for each party to meet up, and we get pulled over.

Now the cop says the normal, "Did you know you were doing 'Blah blah' in a 'Blah blah' zone?" Well we told him that we were going to an address, which we showed him, where an ambulance was waiting since it was a 20 minute drive for both sides rather then 40 minutes waiting for them to get to us, (still 40 minutes but I had 20 minutes of morphine), and like most cops he figured the story bullshit even after looking at my leg. So the cop asked for license and registration.

Of couse my friend, pissed at this point that we're so close so his temper is a little high. He unbuckles, reaches for his registration, pull his wallet taking his ID out, and thrusts them into the cop's hand. The cop (at this point I had my camera on) said in an angered tone, "Sir you need to calm down."
Friend, "Well when I got someone in the backsea bleeding with a broken leg with a stupid cop pulling me over even though he sees the injury and won't let us get to the ambulance so we can deal with it after he (points to me) is in the ambulance so I know hes ok; you don't tell me how to act officer!"

Like most cops he didn't like being yelled at so the cop said more pissed off-like, "Listen here you little shit! I am an officer of the law! You will show me respect! Now step out of the car before I arrest you!"

At this point I just rolled down my window and said out, "Well if I bleed to death Mr. Officer then it'll be your ass who goes to jail, not my friend here. And THAT is irony. So I suggest just handing my friend the ticket and let us be on our way so I can stop bleeding all over his back seat. You know how hard blood is to get out Mr. Officer." I said officer in the rudest mannor I cold think of.

Well that pissed him off even more (guy must of been having a bad day to begin with or somethin) so he reached for the handle to my door and opened to no avail since it was locked so he tells me to get out of the car. I simple tell him that my leg is broken and I'm bleeding so I can't get myself out of the car. He then reaches his hand over the driver's window unlocking the driver door then unlocks mine. He open mine and tries to drag me out like I was some druggy or someshit. Have to admit I did look drugged. And yes I had a few too many pain killers.

Anywho; after I showed the officer I had a camera that was recording the whole time, and called the hospital bout 3 minutes before pissing the cop of myself, they drove over and...well it was funny I'll just say that. There was another cop with the ambulance who arrested the cop harassing me, and helpped me get to the hospital. My friend paid no ticket either. So it all works, expect I'm on pain killers again >.> .


The morals of this stupidity:
1. Don't piss off cops
2. Cops don't care about reason regardless of the situation even if they see the "excuse"
3. Cops abuse their athority
4. I'm a smartass even to cops
5. This is the third time I've neary bled to death by a bat (Don't know why thats a moral just a fun fact.

I would upload the pictures of my leg but I blew up the scanner in another stunt involving lots and lots of old compter stuff and gasoline. I didn't know the damn thing still worked!

[Assailant]

Was that idiot cop young by chance? The only reason I ask is because young cops (20-30) tend to think they can change the world (no offense to anyone that is an officer or has a relative that is one). Older cops are more real. He really tried to drag you with all that wrapping on your leg? What was he blind?

That lesson 5 is pretty good advice (though obvious). My friend got pulled over once when he had "F*** the Police" by Rage Against the Machine playing once when he got pulled over for speeding. He got one hell of a ticket.

[Bolt]

Meh he looked mid-twenties. I still mouth off to cops. I mouth off to anyone within reason >.>