The first law of undead dynamics as put forth by chrisjdel shall go before The Walking Dead TMDb council no later than July of this year!

@velvet_roses said:

I don't know either, but when Eugene got introduced to the place, they seemed to be rather close to self-sufficient too, so I'm guessing they might be asking for a tribute just for the sake of asking for a tribute, and to get extras they can't come by by themselves... To fatten themselves up and insure that someone will have their back if they end up missing something... ?

But I thought the same thing too. The whole foraging thing is also starting to be a bit ridiculous. I mean, come on, you've been scouting the same area for what, five years, and there are other groups... How many supplies can there still be without you having to go further and further ?

*The whole foraging thing is also starting to be a bit ridiculous. I mean, come on, you've been scouting the same area for what, five years, and there are other groups... How many supplies can there still be without you having to go further and further ? *

Completely right! How do they keep finding things in the same vicinity ? As for Negan and his model, I can't see it lasting forever. There are NOT infinite supplies in the immediate area.

@lennonforever said:

@velvet_roses said:

I don't know either, but when Eugene got introduced to the place, they seemed to be rather close to self-sufficient too, so I'm guessing they might be asking for a tribute just for the sake of asking for a tribute, and to get extras they can't come by by themselves... To fatten themselves up and insure that someone will have their back if they end up missing something... ?

But I thought the same thing too. The whole foraging thing is also starting to be a bit ridiculous. I mean, come on, you've been scouting the same area for what, five years, and there are other groups... How many supplies can there still be without you having to go further and further ?

*The whole foraging thing is also starting to be a bit ridiculous. I mean, come on, you've been scouting the same area for what, five years, and there are other groups... How many supplies can there still be without you having to go further and further ? *

Completely right! How do they keep finding things in the same vicinity ? As for Negan and his model, I can't see it lasting forever. There are NOT infinite supplies in the immediate area.

As time goes on you're going to find less and less, real scores will get more and more infrequent and you'll have to keep going further out. Eventually you're going to enter the domain of another warlord (or some other dangerous group) and maybe bring some trouble back home with you. Picking through the leftovers of civilization is not a viable long term strategy. Shooting random members of a community to punish them for coming up short on their tributes won't magically conjure up supplies that don't exist. Negan isn't thinking long haul right now. It's that simple.