User blog comment:HanSolo69/Clash of the Dead! High School of the Dead Gang vs. Mall Survivors/@comment-5795750-20160201024849

BG1's "Did you know that Dawn of the Dead was meant to be a satire of American consumerism?" Edges:

Melee: Already I can see that the HOTD Gang have the edge here since the bayonet and katana are weapons designed for fighting while in all honesty, the machete and screwdriver are merely improve weapons - also the katana has the greater aerodynamics than the machete and is perhaps much sharper

EDGE: HOTD

Close: Between the revolvers, the DOTD guys have the better gun since their revolver is essentially the classic six-shooter with much larger and deadlier rounds; but in turn the HOTD guys have the better semi-auto pistol since it has the deadlier bullets and a larger payload than the Colt

EDGE: Even

Medium: Hmmm... I don't see a 983 listed under Marlin's list of guns so I'll have to guess that it is a rifle at which point I call this even considering that the DOTD gang have two weapons that could fire off at a further range and have a suppressive capability to it whereas the HOTD gang have the more modern and thus more technologically sophisticated weapons

EDGE: Even

Long: Again another tie - the Model 99 as I have found out is lever-action which makes it a bit antiquated against the modern sniper rifles that the HOTD gang carry; however the DOTD gang have the M16A1 which essentially means that they will be able to lay down a surprising and suppressive rate of fire that could end up making things better for them

EDGE: Even

X-Factors: Well you did it already for me...

EDGE: HOTD Gang

Overall Winner: I'm actually going to go ahead and give this to the HOTD Gang though it will be a close fight considering that the Mall survivors will lay down an incredible array of fire thanks to their rifles and the Thompson SMG plus their knowledge of the mall and its layout plus the police training of Peter and Roger; what tips this in favour of the HOTD Gang however is that they are much better trained with their weapons (I mean c'mon, you have an expert swordswoman in the form of Saeko and a gun otaku who can handle a sniper rifle very easily in the form of Kouta) and have actually fought a tougher array of zombies for much longer. Furthermore, since they are younger than the Mall survivors, the HOTD gang also have the edge in terms of speed and agility - I bet them Mall survivor old folk will never be able to catch up to the young teenagers. I will also like to point out that with a gun otaku such as Kouta on their side, what's to stop him (or indeed any of the HOTD gang) to steal the weapons and/or ammunition of their opponents for their own end?