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* Ignoring the dosage frequency warning on your RX12 jet injector.
* Ignoring the dosage frequency warning on your RX12 jet injector.
* Try to combat [[Thriller|zombies skilled in dance fighting]].
* Try to combat [[Thriller|zombies skilled in dance fighting]].
* Light up a [[dynamite]] and forget to throw it .
* Light up a [[dynamite]] and forget to throw it.
* Not noticing [[land mine|land mines]] on the road and stepping on them. In older versions minefields did not have the signs. So you could easily step on them by accident.
* Not noticing [[land mine|land mines]] on the road and stepping on them. In older versions minefields did not have the signs. So you could easily step on them by accident.
* Letting your pain go too high and getting stunlocked to death
* Attacking a mi-go with a stick
* Pissing off an NPC who is wielding a gun
* Pissing off an NPC who has military grade armour, a big F-ing axe, high melee skill, or all of the above
* Pissing off an NPC who has high unarmed combat skill. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE ANYTHING!!!
* Using guns too much and letting their noise attract hordes of zombies which you cannot possibly hope to defeat
* Not using diagonal movement. This makes sense for circular distances but you end up wasting time and using more resources than you need
* Getting bitten and not cauterizing/disinfecting it
* Getting infected and not take antibiotics
* Eating addictive substances all at once. You will need the rest to hold off addiction penalties (which are HUGE)
* Killing an innocent NPC to get -100 morale penalty, so welcome to no crafting for a few days including cooking food! You are screwed unless you find some serious foods, books, or tools to increase morale.
* Jumping into a fire
* Jumping into lava
* Jumping into water (without swimming skill/too much equipment)
* Jumping into acid
* Jumping into a car and have its fuel tank explode on you while running zombies over
* Running too much and not being able to fight effectively because your stamina ran out
* Turning on a flashlight in a zombie infested city AT NIGHT.
* Not picking Night Vision trait and exploring at night
* Run into a zombie hulk
* Driving a car with no seatbelt, you get damaged for impacts
* Explore a spider basement
* Become a melee character... with Flimsy, Frail, or Fragile traits
* Running out of bullets while you're cornered and not having a backup weapon in melee (including unarmed skill)
* Become deaf from building falling and not hearing anything for a few days
* Knock down a building you are in.
* Thinking you are invincible just because you have layers of kevlar plate armour, a big helmet, and tough shoes

Revision as of 23:53, 15 April 2017

This will all lead to a YASD, which stands for "Yet Another Stupid Death", an acronym common in many rogue-like games, YASD is any death that died of entirely preventable causes, of oversight or just carelessness.

  • Trying to take on many zombies at once without proper equipments or preparations.
  • With Safemode turned off, holding down arrow keys to move quickly, and run into inescapable situations - like running into a Jabberwock.
  • Eating tainted meat or raw water.
  • Ignoring the dosage frequency warning on your RX12 jet injector.
  • Try to combat zombies skilled in dance fighting.
  • Light up a dynamite and forget to throw it.
  • Not noticing land mines on the road and stepping on them. In older versions minefields did not have the signs. So you could easily step on them by accident.
  • Letting your pain go too high and getting stunlocked to death
  • Attacking a mi-go with a stick
  • Pissing off an NPC who is wielding a gun
  • Pissing off an NPC who has military grade armour, a big F-ing axe, high melee skill, or all of the above
  • Pissing off an NPC who has high unarmed combat skill. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE ANYTHING!!!
  • Using guns too much and letting their noise attract hordes of zombies which you cannot possibly hope to defeat
  • Not using diagonal movement. This makes sense for circular distances but you end up wasting time and using more resources than you need
  • Getting bitten and not cauterizing/disinfecting it
  • Getting infected and not take antibiotics
  • Eating addictive substances all at once. You will need the rest to hold off addiction penalties (which are HUGE)
  • Killing an innocent NPC to get -100 morale penalty, so welcome to no crafting for a few days including cooking food! You are screwed unless you find some serious foods, books, or tools to increase morale.
  • Jumping into a fire
  • Jumping into lava
  • Jumping into water (without swimming skill/too much equipment)
  • Jumping into acid
  • Jumping into a car and have its fuel tank explode on you while running zombies over
  • Running too much and not being able to fight effectively because your stamina ran out
  • Turning on a flashlight in a zombie infested city AT NIGHT.
  • Not picking Night Vision trait and exploring at night
  • Run into a zombie hulk
  • Driving a car with no seatbelt, you get damaged for impacts
  • Explore a spider basement
  • Become a melee character... with Flimsy, Frail, or Fragile traits
  • Running out of bullets while you're cornered and not having a backup weapon in melee (including unarmed skill)
  • Become deaf from building falling and not hearing anything for a few days
  • Knock down a building you are in.
  • Thinking you are invincible just because you have layers of kevlar plate armour, a big helmet, and tough shoes