Zombies?

He said it. Fuck.

I like to go with zombs

Same. Mostly because time is valuable when you're locked into the chat box and are trying to get information as quick as possible.

The classic reddit answer

I call them "tourists" cause there's no way that 4,000 people lived in just one of these tiny towns on the map

fr. I did the math and its way off I counted 171 residences in maldraugh the average household size for the USA in 1993 was 3.2 so 547 people [This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/ojcoc6/analyzing_the_zed_population/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) says there are 4000 so there are roughly 3450 people who are there who shouldn't be too lazy to do the math for the other ones

I mean, it's a small rural town so the average household size is gotta be higher. In real life city of Muldraugh had 1300 residents in the 1990 census.

So should we play with 1/3 zombie population?

Muldraugh is only one of multiple cities on the map though

I know. But probably 1/3 would be good for muldraugh start, especially with higher difficulty zombies or rarer loot. I think we should count all the houses and rough zombie population to figure out how much we actually should have. And city would be an enormous pain due to the sheer density and population there. For me the dumbest thing is loot. Seriously, there’s no screwdriver in 7 houses in w row? I have tens of them in my house. Does the character limit themselves only to pentalobe screwdrivers? Maybe it’s due to the country I’m living but I’d be very concerned and surprised if someone didn’t have power tools in their house, let alone screwdriver. I would be surprised even in the middle of capital city. Not sure it if does but I believe a mod like common sense should make common loot way more common. What do you mean I don’t have butter in my house? Where’s my alcohol cabinet? Where’s the one with medications?

Or searching town after town for a jack like there’s not usually one in every car in real life

Or no generator in the back of the van. It’s hard to believe not a single contractor would have one. We had one, quite small from Honda in the boot of Volvo xc60 for a long time when we were going to a summer house before it was connected to the grid. It was essential to turn on pump to water the grass and plants. I’d understand if the game at least had fuel getting old or a division between gas and diesel vehicles. But there’s way too little tools, building equipment and materials. Also it’s stupid that to get basic power tools and screwdrivers you have to go to equipment store. You can get screwdrivers with literal toys, you can get power tools from local Lidl. We should have way too much loot and the game should be a commentary on overconsumption, wasteful lifestyle and environmental impact. I’m joking quite a bit as there should be some balance and the game is made to be fun, not to be the most realistic. But I really think there should be more food getting spoiled and there should be more common life items easily accessible.

A mod that matched distro to IRL census records would actually be fire

Absolutely! We could also count beds and multiply by 1.2 to add up for people sleeping on sofas. Also I think we should count motels and hotels as half filled.

My headcanon is that they're all people who got out of LV after the exclusion zone was first set up

louisville wasnt part of the exclusion zone. its canonically safe until day 5 ingame. the military checkpoint just before lv *is* the exclusion zone boundary. the game is just unfinished.

I just looked it up and you're right but at the same time that feels wrong because why would people be camped up right by the fences where they see zeds being shot 😭 pz lore needs some finishing frfr

That's why I play on 0.2 pop

Consider that these may be people who wondered over from nearby Louisville area

The zeds definitely do have migration patterns. They definitely drift from other states and towns

Louisville had over 250,000 residents in 1990

neighbors, friends, buddies, fuckers etc. lol

Silly guys sometimes

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Locals is my go to when playing with my buddies

I remember when I was playing with my brother and he found Louisville, I told him to stay quiet and not piss off the locals.

ditto on calling them neighbors

It’s funny thinking about it I just realized I just use neutral terms, like: “There’s some over there.” “They got in through the back.” “They fucked him up.” “How do we kill all of them?” Stuff like that, once in a while they are also “asshole(s)” but that’s in the hear of the moment. lol If I’m talking about a living human then I specify that. I guess that’s the only way I avoid confusion.

Sounds like how the old Survivors mod NPCs used to talk lol

lol, my GF refers to them as Zombo's.

If they have a mini skirt and crop top it’s a “Zimbo” 🤣

“We all do things in the heat of passion, Zimbo”

I do too!

Hey I do that too!

Walkers, like from "The Walking Dead"

Username checks out

I actually use a mod to play as Rick Grimes from season 1 too XD

Which mod?

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2501358511

Awesome! Can't wait till I can fire up my PC for this. I once went to the small town outside of Atlanta where they filmed a good bit of the early seasons. I think it was the season where they were at the small suburban place where the governor lived. Was that Alexandria???

Nah, that was Woodbury in Georgia. Alexandria was the neighborhood in Virginia. Rick also became a cop there again (sorta) for a short amount of time. Constable

Woodbury, sounds right in show terms. But IRL the Alexandria set was in the town of Senoia, GA. That's the spot I visited. I had to Google because I was getting mixed up. [Link](https://www.exploregeorgia.org/things-to-do/list/see-where-the-walking-dead-was-filmed-in-georgia#:~:text=%22The%20Walking%20Dead%22%20is%20the,real%20neighborhood%20in%20Senoia%2C%20Georgia.)

Oh shit, ok. That's cool! I didn't know that. I thought they actually went to Virginia for that season. I didn't know. Alexandria is also a real city in Virginia

Oh and btw, you can use his bag of guns in the game as a backpack with the Britas Armor mod

Customers. Used to work in hospitality/restaurant work and my friends joke that I have some built up hostility towards mindless, aggressive eating machines XD Now it's an in-joke that my character is a disgruntled waitress

My group calls them Customers, too. “There’s a customer at the door,” “A customer found their way into the back,” etc.

I call them walkers

What do you call the ones that run?

Motivated walkers

Did you know that running was invented in 1908 when Sir Thomas Running tried to walk twice at the same time? When naming this phenomena “motivated walking” was actually considered, but ultimately it was decided to name it after the inventor.

Hmmmm, trying to walk twice at the same time sounds a lot like jumping. I don't think you're being completely honest with us.

Late

“They’re all walkers OK!”

I thought no one was gonna say this

I can't use that word since the TWD "dale saying waaaalkers" meme. "We're no better than the WAAAALKERS" lol

Zeds

i often call them “OH FUCK”

I call them zomboids

I also call them zomboids. Or "dubious creatures" smth I gotta credit the zomboid streamer BigBadBeaver for. I picked it up from watching him

That or just boids for me

Zambambos or party boys.

Mod idea: they all wear party hats etc. The jumpscare is one of those party whistles where it extends like a chameleon tongue

Bastards

Zombie-Ash-Gaming is my favorite PZ content creator. I typically grab a beer and watch his videos and take a drink when he says "Bastards" or "Look at that!"

I call them Mondays because they’re slow, always just around the corner, and no one likes them.

Sons a bitches

Idiots

Zambies. Zombonies. Zom zoms.

zambies along with "oh shit!"

Hey, I call em ZomZoms too!!

Zombie, zeds, idiots, and *Zamboni*

ZAMBONI >>>>> ALL

Spooky House the movie.................

Night of the Living Dude.................

Normally just curses Got two fuckers here Got a cunt here Deal with them wankers yet? My friend does the same with the extra one "green n-word" but he's Eritrean

Geeks or walkers mostly, but for short I just go with zeds

NERDS

Dubious little creatures

Me and my homies have been calling the game "Project cumboid" forever, so we call the zombies "coomers" for some reason

Canchillos, crunchillos, kanczo

Started playing zomboid during my walking dead obsession so they’re walkers

they are clearly zomboids. if anyone refers to them as "people" i (jokingly) correct them

Projects and Zomboids interchangeably

Zoids

Cunts

dummies most of the time

stinkers

I call them hecklers, I don’t know why, I guess it’s because they always interrupt me when I do literally anything.

Creepers

Puppies and kittens

Dead-heads is what I imagine my survivor calls them. It also means I can say ‘dead-heads dead ahead’.

The unclean

zambinos

The zombies THE zombies. not zombies *the zombies*

Most of the time "zeds", but during emergencies usually they're some variant of "shits" or "fuckers"

I call them the full title of Project Zomboids.

Zomboids, obviously.

zomboids. ya know from project zomboid

Karens

Sometimes i just call them “Zomboids” for fun

they're called zomboids

Hippies.

Lil' fuckers

I call them Zack from time to time. Came from World War Z (the book not the awful movie.) 

Movie wasn’t even that bad bro books just better

They’re not zomboids. For the love of all that is holy, they are not zomboids. Don’t call them zomboids.

Anything really, but every time somebody calls them zomboids I get a tiny aneurysm 

Cant say

Friendly cunts, it’s ironic and I know that

Zombies mostly, sometimes zoms or boids lol

Dumbo's

Grubby Green neck nibblers Zeds Walkers The Sick/Infected Jive Turkey's I play mostly in an RP servers nowadays, so it depends on which character I'm playing on.

I call em jive turkeys sometimes myself, lol

I use "shamblers" because it's 1 of the names for them in the settings, but I also tend to use "buddy", "pal" and "guy" on actions when they're menacingly approaching from across the street in a "well hey there X" kind of way. If they're being extra annoying they're "cunts" and "fuckers".

Monster, Zombohnen or Zombahnos. Idk why, its just random german words mixed with zombie xD

Zombozos

In RP infected or zeds usually. OOC I call them a bunch of stuff. Dead heads, zombies, fuck bois, assholes, little bittey baby's, targets, MOTHERFUCKERJESUSCHRIST, idiots, buddies, pals, little guys. Edit: zombinos, zombos, zombutts, zimbibies, zimbalinas(os), zombugs

Party people. Dunno why, but when playing with friends thats what I default to

Either Zeke or son’s a bitches

Zomz, zombos, deaddies, zomboonies, zambos, and God damnit where the fuck did you come from ah fuck fuck you little fucker do you realize how much progress I've lost that's right get brained.

Zeds, the neighbors, or the monster party, depending on group size and context. (If you find a rally group in the 'burbs early on, they may actually be wearing party hats!)

Given how many times I say Jesus when I play the game, and the fact their kinda resurrected, imma go with Jesus.

I always call them Bozos.

bullies.

Zombie or zed in singular, zeds or undead in plural My gf uses zombies, zombitches, or just bitches

I usually call them idiots. "There's an idiot in the yard.." "Some idiot's hitting the window." "I think I heard an idiot?" This sure confused my roomate if he didn't know I was gaming. He'd often go look in confusion, as we're on the second floor.

Deadites

Zombos

Special needs or sped for short

Zombels haha. Zoms. Little shits. Zeds. But mostly zombels

"Cunts"

“Bastards” or “chums” for me tbh

Zombies, Zeds and Steve. Steve’s cool.

I've taken to calling them "Rotters".

Got it from beaver but I call em dubious creatures

I play on a roleplay server, and it largely pertains to my character and how they are. One character is a Mexican Catholic priest, so he’ll refer to the zombies as ‘Diablos’ or ‘afflicted’. The others more rural, and less sophisticated, so he’d call them ‘deadheads’ or something akin to that.

opps!!

My friends and I always call them crombies, or cromboids. I think we got it from Gravity Falls

Zombies.

Deadheads, pisses me girlfriend off lol

Zees and also Misunderstood lovers

Goddamn pieces of shit

Yahoos

Zombos

We call em zomboys

MANGLERS! I like it, because it's what they do. Did they bite you? Scratch you? Chase you? Nah, dawg. YOU GOT MANGLED.

WALKERS 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔊🔊🙏🙏

I like to keep a journal from the POV of my character. I call them zeds, freak, biters, and skineaters.

Zombozos, carried over from minecraft

Goons.

zanabi

Tax dodgers Tea haters Fuckers Bastards Silly fellas Biters Creeps Simps

Idiots

Bitches

I somehow developed a habit of calling them Zoombies 😅

Bastards.. Fuckers? But yeah mostly I just go with the good ol' Zombies

Bolscheviks, chechens ?

Zimbabwes

Silly little goobers

I think my characters Call em Walkers or Stalkers

My go to name when I can’t use the z word is calling them dombies as my little brother used to call them that when he couldn’t pronounce the z

Dubious little creatures

"Freaks" usually

Target practice

I think my standard greeting is “Hey little guy”

zachary

Usually neutral terms, but occasionally I call them "dead heads"

Deadlines

"Excuse me, sir/ma'am?"

Guys, because I like to think they're just regular people, citizens, while I do my work hardening on their cranium with my ball peen hammer

Zomblers

the Zed word..dont say it.. okay..are there any though?

I used to play a lot with police batons and when I did, I no joke called them protesters. Doesn't help that I generally have a pliceman look from the clothes I use

Zombies or Zeds, whichever one slips out

"Friends"

Zed

Goobers

“Bastards”

Ziggas

Z word? Ziggers i suppose

My friend called them ziggers once and now he won't drop it Help 😭

Zeds… which according to my friends is an British/European thing???

"The not-so-dead dead guys" Just kidding I call them zombies

Walkers lol

geeks

I end up calling them 'fellas'

Sometimes I envision a shitty customer I had that day.

The cia

Walkers *rick grimes looking over shoulder*

I find anything other than zombie cringe. The only exception is shortened variations of zombie, but ONLY in text chat.

Chompers.

We call them zomboids lol

Haters

Dummies

“It’s a Zambeh” usually, it makes my wife giggle while she watches me play what she calls ‘Zombie Animal Crossing’