[quote=Goldmarble]
Heh, never said they had to be police officers, soldiers, etc either. My character definitely isn't.But for many people, they are either writing the easy route, trying to get the most "powerful" character they can to have an advantage. IE, their character will know more about what it is they are doing, than the player themselves; weapons operation and maintenance, survival skills, etc.The other "many people group" as I see it, are probably the people who are just writing what they know. A lot of people in the military turn to RPGs to kill the downtime when deployed. They how to play a military-type character, and can do it well, so some will continue to play a military-type character in game. I've known several current, and former military men who do this. The smaller group, I think....are people like me who know more than most about firearms, weapons, etc, and seek an outlet. I'm just all hipster and hate being cliche :P
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Personally I think that farmers would have the greatest chance of survival in an apocalyptic scenario.