Home Depot death match!
 

So you are chosen to compete against 9 other people. All 10 of you are locked in a standard Home Depot, that is dark except the emergency lights above the exits. The goal is to kill one another to become the last man standing, last person alive gets to leave.

You are allowed to choose 3 pieces of equipment to aid you. Anything with a barcode counts as one piece of equipment, for example, if you choose a nail gun, then a container of nails will be needed, so that would equal two pieces of equipment. If the equipment needs something to operate, like gas or batteries, the second thing will count as an item. You can use only the equipment you choose, no scalping from dead guys.

What three weapons would you choose, and what would be your strategy?

Discuss.

I've already got my stuff picked out, but I'll let you guys start it off!

Edited for rules:
1. If you can, link to an item or have a pic of the item.
2. You are clothed but without any 'exceptional' gear you might normally carry(weapons/tools and so on) You would still have belt/clothes/shoes and so on.
3. Power is out with only emergency lights on in the store, you would have enough light(red) as to where your eyes would adapt to the darkness.
4. Food/water are not an issue for this game. As in you don't need it, not that it's supplied(ie no booby trapping it!)

I would choose some thread locker to lock this thread. lol

Awesome constructive post, it's a forum-game in the off topic section... go troll elsewhere

a 2 inch nail gun would be cool but you would need a real long air line to get around the place. i would just grab somekind of metal pipe/pole/stake so i can beat or stab someone. and ill wear a face guard and grab some knee pads that carpet/floor installers use.

I don't think anyone would get locked in, because of the fact that we could all use axes to break through the glass doors they all have.


Chainsaws don't count as they need gas to be operated and theres no gas at home depot, Generators out of the question as well for the same reason.


I would grab a gallon + size of lighter fluid with matches
(combo pack)
Hazmat gas mask
and a pick axe

I would then find the machine they use to put stuff up on shelves high in the air to elevate myself (this has no barcode so it counts as something I can use as it isn't for sale). Now I have the ability to

a- Drive around inside Home Depot
b- Be at a proximity where I can see you coming
c-be able to soak everything needed to start a fire but be able to manuever without being killed or burned.

I'd start by the wood as it burns easiest and fastest.

Your either going to die going against me by the following-

-smoke inhalation
-fire
-run over by me

By the time the fire burns I will be saved
or burn my way through home depot.

Thanks.

I would find some benzene and polystyrene then make some napalm and spread it around the building.

After that, I would modify a lighter to keep the flame going. Then just after running into the open air garden center, I would throw the lit lighter into a pool of napalm and watch the building go up.

This was done similarly with that HD zombie thread. anyway...

A nail gun would be an automatic 3 items... nail gun, nails, and compressor (usually comes with air line)... and that's assuming the building still has electricity. Even then the air line will probably be 50 ft. max and since you've already used your 3 items you can't get a longer extension cord. Since the lights are out, one would have to assume that the electricity is out as well so a nail gun is a no-go any way you look at it.

Before I pick my items, are we 'naked' or are we locked in with our everyday clothing and whatnot? If we are locked in realistically as we would be if we were shopping, are we allowed to use our everyday carry gear as well? The answer will change my item choices drastically.

I'm thinking more along the lines of you're kidnapped and tossed in Jigsaw style or even death-row convicts playing for freedom, that would probably make things easier.

Updated with some rule clarification, I'll write up mine now with a format example.

http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pro...ae2de7_300.jpg
Flashlight, not for lighting my way....but for blinding with it's 1000+ lumens of destruction! Plus, batteries are included and at 3.3# and 15" it's a pretty formidable weapon in itself.

http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pro...2c54b7_300.jpg
55" wrecking bar, 12# of steel waiting to taste some brains, nuff said;)

I had some trouble with the third piece actually because between the two of those I'm pretty well equipped for anything that comes my way, so I decided on this:

http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pro...5bacbe_300.jpg
100' of 18g galvanized steel wire. Perfect for setting up trip/neck height wires or twisting into some crude barbed wire.


Technique wise, I'm thinking that I'd either lure people into the wire and blind them with the flashlight and move in for the kill with the wrecking bar. I had originally thought to pickup a welding jacket or similar heavy leather jacket, but I couldn't find anything suitable on their website.

Not gonna lie its kinda scary that you thought this out that clearly lol.

Bobcat
Forklift
Sledgehammer

Shelves are like dominoes biach! (I'll get at least 6 of you in one shot)

Sledgehammer for some wetwork.

ok me..
1st item. 16oz wallfe head hammer- used to fight close quarters and deliver lots of blunt force trauma or death.
2nd one of those flashlight head bands with batteries included.
3rd large knife of some kind, most likely a large knife used for cutting fiberglass duct work.

my stragety would be to tacticly aquire rope from store supplies, (not from shelfs) and sit atop shefling in forified position in the store. when somone approahes, repel slit throat or beat to death with hammer then move on to hunt the remaining players.

First of all, confiscate a forklift. Why? They are HEAVY. The big ones they use are over 9000lbs. That is enough weight to use to play bowling with the racks. That and having two blades that have pretty much infinite height (floor to ceiling) to impale with is a plus. PrideNas that means that while you're up there on E level I can still spear your ass. :-p Also, they come equipped with a pressurized tank of propane. Once it's out of fuel, it becomes a very nice missile. :) Again, all free.

As for what I'd be carrying around. Pickaxe for short range kills. 10 foot metal pole for "long range" spearing kills. And finally, rope. But I'm taking that one from the Boondock Saints, you always need rope. :-p

Forklift is too slow and too loud to use as an effective weapon. They beep when in motion and you won't impale someone with those forks, they aren't sharp enough, and the forklift isn't going to get fast enough to impale with. It'll just bring upon your end quicker

Fuk off the forklift is mine. :) Besides HD uses electric lifts (added benefit 36V DC battery will easily fry someone)

Sledgehammer fixed the beeper, now you're buried under shelves of crappy hardware. :mrgreen:

No flashlight. It's a beacon telling everyone exactly where you are. No loud forklift.. same deal. IMO 'Spartan' is the way to go. Here are my picks:

SOG Seal Pup fixed blade knife (though I would prefer the elite. lol)
http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardw...atalogId=10053

Hatchet (in case I need to 'get loud'.. i.e. the knife slips from my hand and I lose it or inthe case of multiple attackers.)
http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardw...atalogId=10053

and finally, a beautiful set of Dupioni silk drapes. Not only are they very nice on the eyes, but they would make a f***ing incredible nighttime ghillie suit. By the time you figure out that the pile of silk on the floor is actually not just a stunning set of window drapes, you'll be gurgling blood. :wiggle:
http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Drape...atalogId=10053

I'd ninja my way around that store picking off each of you f***ers one by one while you lug around big ass poles and mark yourselves as targets with your bright flashlights. All you need is a good knife.... and a drape-ghillie!

ETA: Another benefit of hopping inside the makeshift ghillie suit and taking it slow would be that I can let the rest of the people kill themselves off while I creep around. When it gets quiet I'll just go hunt down the stragglers. Knife sniper FTW.

i think the rules should be changed cuz in a perfect world you kill someone, you gonna take stuff from the dead dude you just killed. that should be allowed. its just like a first person shooter game. pick up your emenies weapons.

* mental note: run over fancy drapes in Bobcat * :mrgreen:

*mental note: run from relatively slow moving, loud, cumbersome bobcat... resume hiding in fancy drapes when bobcat is lost. :mrgreen:

If you choose your weapons wisely, there should be no need to pick up a dead guy's gear. Besides, that old quote "Fear the man who has but one gun; he probably knows how to use it" fits pretty well. If you're constantly changing gear you won't be able to find your groove. If you get to be proficient with something, stick with it and you'll probably do it better than everyone else.

This would actually be a pretty fun homebrew FPS...:-p

Active database of HD's inventory and you make profiles of a few item's you can bring along lol...

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