I haven't seen the show... but seen the commericials for it and keep thinking that they really could have a good show if they had put someone in there who knew what they where doing.
the first thing you do after getting shelter is getting it defendable, and part of that is making sure you have enough stored food and water held back in strategic reserve just incase you do get laid siege and can't get out for resupply. then you set up a place to grow food, and the last thing you do is make it comfortable.
I was watching one of the commericals and was thinking that they could have set up a drinkable water pyramid that would allow them to capture rainwater, and turn saltwater into something they can drink with the use of condensation. I remember watching some of the first Survivor and wondered why they didn't do that when they where on that island.
but the show gives me an idea for an game i would like to run if i can get out of here for a gamer convention in november... getting a table of players together and having them converting a locale into a self-supporting 'fortress' in a post-apoc setting.
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Fuck being a hero. Do you know what you get for being a hero? Nothing! You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah blah blah, attaboy! You get divorced... Your wife can't remember your last name, your kids don't want to talk to you... You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy. I do this because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it, I would let them do it. There's not, so I'm doing it.
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