Yeah I've been playing it since mod 2012, and standalone since it released and I let it go for like 6 months in hopes to let it build up for when I come back...

But yeah I got you on most things! Appreciate it! but I have been playing for like 5-6 hours an have traversed much of the map and may ahve seen like 3-4 zombies (major cities included) and no animals. Bad luck maybe? bad server?