LUE

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The Undead of LUE
Image:ZombieLUE.jpg
Abbreviation: LUE
Group Numbers: 402 (give or take)
Leadership: None
Goals: Brainz!
Recruitment Policy: Are you from LUE? No? Then piss off!
Contact: Hit up the talk page. One of us updating the wiki will get back to you.

Contents

[edit] Introduction

Life, the Universe, and Everything. It's where we're from. It's also what's on the menu. We're the Many, the Hungry, the LUEsers. And we're here to eat you alive.

Formed in June 2007, LUE quickly grew to over 300 members and eventually reaching #1 in the group rankings. For months the horde cruised around Malton, laying waste to everything in its path. In February 2008, LUE announced its retirement. It would not be long, however, for the horde to return to its destructive ways.

Such success has caused many embittered survivors to cry foul - particularly accusations of zerging. These charges are, of course, complete slander, and LUE, as it always has, invites anyone who thinks otherwise to petition Kevan to investigate. Yes, there's really this fucking many of us. Frankly, you're lucky we weren't able to get 2,000 or so - and one day maybe we will just to make the point.

[edit] History

[edit] LollapaLUEza

LollapaLUEza can be described as "Ackland to Ackland", a time when LUE had a over three hundred members active at a time, sometimes approaching four hundred, and steamrolled every mall it came across in a time measured in hours, not days. With the exception of the first Ackland battle when LUE was primarily composed of level one zombies, LUE was never once repelled from a quadrant once it got inside a mall.

LUE first set foot into Malton on June 19, 2007. It's so-called leader, Vito Mortis, was disgusted by a survivor-to-zombie ratio hardly befitting any kind of a zombie apocalypse and called upon the infamous LUE forum of GameFAQs to form a zombie horde.

Within one week, LUE had already ransacked its first target, Ackland Mall. As new members joined, LUE's killing speed rapidly increased; in the following week, Nichols Mall fell after a 28 hour siege, and Tynte Mall in only 11 hours. LUE continued moving from mall to mall, ransacking every building it came upon.

Throughout July, LUE continued to grow stronger. On July 10, LUE quickly leveled Fort Creedy, its first fort defeat. On July 24, LUE split up and ransacked two malls simultaneously: Hildebrand Mall and Nichols Mall. By the end of the month LUE rose to #3 on the group rankings and had ransacked half of Malton's malls, including Woodroffe Mall, Giddings Mall, Mitchem Mall, Blesley Mall, Pole Mall, and Dowdney Mall.

In August LUE's numbers grew to over 300 zombies with 100-200 participating in each night's raid. Stickling Mall and Bale Mall and the surrounding suburbs quickly fell in the first two weeks. On August 15, LUE set its sights on Caiger Mall. With the help of the Ridleybank Resistance Front, Extinction, and other zombie groups, LUE succeeded in the first ruin of Caiger in two days. At the same time, LUE passed the RRF as the top-ranked group in Malton. After Caiger, the horde completed the LollapaLUEza by returning to Ackland Mall, the site of its first ransack.

[edit] The Rest of 2007

After the LollapaLUEza, participation in LUE slowly waned. Regardless, the horde pushed on through more and more targets. In August and September, LUE added Treweeke Mall, Buckley Mall, Joachim Mall, and Lumber Mall to its list; in October, Marven Mall and Buckley Mall fell into ruin as LUE joined with the Second Big Bash. Finally in January, LUE participated in the destruction of Fort Perryn and nearby buildings, its final major conquest.

On February 25, LUE officially disbanded. In its nearly 8 months of destruction, LUE destroyed both forts and nineteen of Malton's twenty malls, including the Survivor Security Zone and Ackland Mall twice, Tynte Mall and Woodroffe Mall thrice, and Pole Mall quadrice!

[edit] The Return

On June 2, the zombies of LUE emerged in force throughout Malton. In short order, LUE was back in the top five ranked groups in the game. After annihilating its first target, Calvert Mall, LUE has now ransacked or ruined every single mall in Malton.

So now what will be the goal of LUE? Go back and wreck every mall a second time? Claim and lay waste to an entire suburb? Get revived and fight other zombies (yeah right)? Keep your radio close, and you may hear from us. Fifteen minutes before we knock on your doors.

[edit] LUE, the Radio, Spies, and the Whole Damn Thing

Some people just can't resist trying to spoil others' fun. LUE is not an airtight group; the board has 11,000+ members and only 300 or so of them are playing as zombies. Some of the other 10,700+ are out there trying to spoil any surprise LUE may bring to the game by broadcasting our plans. This is unfortunate. Whether these people are just assholes out to ruin LUE's fun, or people who legitimately think that what they are doing is kosher on some sort of metagaming level - i.e., "part of the game," they are, in fact, doing the game a great disservice.

If survivors know what LUE is going to do, any surprise, tension, or drama is lost. We at LUE want survivors to stand on their own and give us what-for, without benefitting from cheating to do so. We want any defeat we are handed to be a credible one, not one ill-gotten by play outside the spirit of the game. Such a victory would be hollow and meaningless. Meta-spying is a disservice to everyone who plays the game.

LUE has utilized the radio in the past, with Barhah Betty. The idea was a crazed woman who babbles pro-zombie propaganda just before LUE attacked. Not a source of misinformation (to this day Betty has never lied, though she has her imitators), Betty merely serves to say something (hopefully) witty to bring some levity to the game. Some survivors have complained about this; to them we say "tough shit." Lighten up, have some fun. That was the only way we ever wanted to use the radio.

The radio should be, and is, a weapon to use against the zombies, allowing coordination by the survivors. We applaud this. However, some people seek to use the radio as a tool to spread "intelligence" about LUE's plans. Therefore, LUE is making its plans for the radio publicly known:

LUE will engage in misinformation, particularly on the radio, whenever, however, and where ever we see fit.

This may include false proclamations of LUE attack times, fake maps, and fake forum posts. We do not wish to plant moles within our target areas to deliver misinformation, but should word-of-mouth become the modus operandi of our little wannabe Deep Throats, then we will do so. Many LUEsers have been combat-revived and are quite able to capably serve this function.

The purpose of this is not to stir rancor among survivor groups. It is also not to deceive survivors or misdirect them. That is why our intentions are being broadcast here, in the wide open, for all to see. Indeed we do apologize if this policy creates resentment among survivors who cannot bring themselves to see it from our point of view.

The purpose of this mission statement is to make it clear that ignoring all "spying" is the wisest course of action.

Most of what you will see and read will be LUE delivering misinformation. You will heed its advice at your own peril. An honorable defeat is better than an ill-gotten victory. Trust in your fellow survivors; trust in your groups, and trust in your leadership.

Ignore the radio broadcasts about when and where we will attack. Ignore the guy with "inside information," or, better yet, return him to the Horde, for he is surely a LUEser sent to deceive you! Do not trust the spies!

[edit] News & Updates

LUEsers on the move.
LUEsers on the move.

All news from 2007 has been moved here.

June 28, 2008
LUE wishes all zombies and zombettes to come down and groan with them at the Holy St. John's Cathedral, now redubbed St. Barhah's Cathedral. Attending parishoners will be welcomed to sit among the ruins and of course, help themselves to any remaining brains. There will be plenty of barricade deconstruction of the nearby buildings area in the following days, to benefit our young and homeless zombies with the brains of fresh trenchcoaters and classy harmanz alike. --HeavyDead 05:14, 29 June 2008 (BST)

June 25, 2008
LUE finally picks a mall and claws the NE quad of Mitchem Mall open in the standard 20 minutes. Our apologies to Blesley Mall for causing any undue panic about an approaching zombie horde. --Mr Qwert 02:26, 26 June 2008 (BST)

The last harmanz in the NE quad were delicious, but very filling. To work off some of that fat, we trashed the NW quad too. --StupidGenius 11 07:26 26 June 2008 (BST)

June 19, 2008
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the LUE horde, we ate a very large cake. Found out afterwards there was a stripper inside. Woops. So we ate Woodroffe Mall to cleanse our pallets. --Vito Mortis / McTrout 01:19, 20 June 2008 (BST)

June 17, 2008
The NW quad met the same fate as the SW did in the early hours of the morning. --StupidGenius 11 09:35 (MST)

And Hildebrand Mall falls into ruins earlier today. So long harmanz, and thanks for all the brainz!--HeavyDead 23:33, 17 June 2008 (BST)

June 16, 2008
In a 30 minute blitzkrieg, the SW quad of Hildebrand Mall has been cleared and ruined. --StupidGenius 11 18:38, 16 June 2008 (MST)

June 14, 2008
11 hours after the arrival of LUE, the NW quad of Nichols Mall falls to ruins. --StupidGenius 11 06:29, 14 June 2008 (MST)

And for anyone who doesn't mind tl;dr, here's an article about the Battle of Barhapolis that we helped end. --Mr Qwert 19:34, 14 June 2008 (BST)

June 13, 2008
After lurching around the neighborhood cleaning out smaller safehouses, LUE joined your regularly scheduled siege on Nichols Mall already in progress. With the help of the RRF, Feral Undead, and Minions of the Apocalypse, the NW quad was cracked open to reach the brainy nougat center. No ransack yet, but dead bodies are piling up all over the place. --Mr Qwert 05:36, 14 June 2008 (BST)

June 10th, 2008
Ackland fell to LUE forces in the early afternoon for the third charming time. JoJoTrue 20:22, 10 June 2008 (BST)

June 9th, 2008
Ackland Mall, a place LUE considers their homeland of sorts, had its NW corner breached and ruined in around twelve minutes. Two hours later, the NE followed. LUE would like to thank the trenchcoaters of Ackland Mall for not listening to Commander Taru, and providing our young zambahs with fresh brains.--HeavyDead 03:41, 10 June 2008 (BST)

June 7th, 2008
LUE has officially ruined Caiger Mall a second time. LUE wishes to thank the bastion of human brains and will continue to dine on the all they can eat buffet in the upcomming days. --HeavyDead 01:45, 8 June 2008 (BST)

June 6, 2008
LUE pays a visit to Caiger Mall and ruins the NE quad in 20 minutes. Honestly, we expected more fighting from the so-called "Symbol of Human Resistance". Nonetheless, the buffet of brainz was quite tasty and we will happily have another serving tomorrow. --Mr Qwert 04:40, 7 June 2008 (BST)

June 2nd, 2008
After a long vacation, the LUE Horde has awoken. Various members continued to wreak havok across Malton during our absence, but now the horde has been reborn... and we hunger. With the recent ruining of Calvert Mall, we can finally say that we have tasted the brains of harmanz near and far, and we plan to feast again somewhere near you. --HeavyDead 00:43, 6 June 2008 (BST)

[edit] Noteworthy Conquests


 Acknowledged For Courageous Efforts
This group or user is acknowledged by Ackland Mall Security staff to be adversaries worthy of the highest recognition. We at AMS salute their efforts.



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