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The only advantage slow zombies truly have is the fact that they are slightly scarier on a psychological level. What is truly scary about them is the appearance and the overall lack of emotion as they slowly approach you, to kill you. They don't care if you kill them, if you run, if you stay and let them eat your brains...there is no emotion at all...nothing to inspire them or scare them. They just slowly shuffle towards you with the intent to rip to shreds in a horrifying fashion that is sure to traumatize you to the point of soiling yourself if you haven't figured out to run already.

Yet that isn't really an advantage because the zombie has to strike the right fear chord in order to be effective at all. Once a victim figures out to run, the zombie will have a tough time eating those brains. Slow zombies need to be in large groups in order to catch or kill anything, which automatically means they have to share whatever they do kill. Sharing means less food, and most people are smart enough to avoid large groups of slow zombies...so catching people is difficult. It is far more effective and efficient to be able to hunt on ones own, or in small groups of two or three. Faster zombies have an easier time of catching that prey that isn't so scared the become rooted to the spot.

Faster zombies are also harder to shoot. It is a simple matter of pointing and shooting when it comes to slow zombies...they are perfectly willing to walk slowly in a straight line towards you so you don't waste bullets (aim for the head, remember that). Fast zombies though, they can be tricky. If they have some sort of baser intelligence intact (and for some reason, faster zombies usually do), they may figure out to zig-zag towards you to make it harder to get that precious and elusive, yet much necessary, head shot.

I recall seeing a zombie movie with slow zombies, they were in large group yes, but it was still a simple matter to escape them. One scene showed a woman getting into or out of a car, a very slow female zombie was meandering and moaning in the woman's direction; so the woman took out her gun. After raising the gun to take aim the woman notices that the zombie is a much beloved neighbor and friend....so the woman says the name of this now lost friend and starts blubbering and crying. Normally I wouldn't begrudge anyone their pain or moments of grief, but when a zombie is walking towards you with no sympathy and a large appetite I believe you should take the time to grieve later

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