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'''[[Wikipedia:Borehamwood|Borehamwood]]''' is one of three cities available in Urban Dead, the others being [[Malton]] and [[Monroeville]], which is very similar to BorehamwoodIt was introduced on Tuesday 28th October 2008 as part of the promotional campaign for the UK release '''Dead Set''', directed by Charlie Brooker.
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'''[[Wikipedia:Borehamwood|Borehamwood]]''' is one of three cities available in [[Urban Dead]], the others being [[Malton]] and [[Monroeville]].  Borehamwood was introduced on Tuesday, 28 October, 2008 as part of the promotional campaign for the UK release of ''[[Wikipedia:Dead Set (TV series)|Dead Set]]'', directed by [[Wikipedia:Charlie Brooker|Charlie Brooker]]. The Borehamwood map is based in part on the real-life location in Hertfordshire, UK as well as locales featured in the television series ''Dead Set''.


==Playing in Borehamwood==
Logging in with Borehamwood characters is done from the [http://urbandead.com Urban Dead main page]. Character names from Malton and Monroeville could not be reused in Borehamwood (and, conversely, Borehamwood names could not be used in Malton and Monroeville.) All three cities share the same user database and, for the most part, game mechanics. Differences in game-play are based on available equipment and building types (notably the lack of [[NecroTech Building|NecroTech buildings]] and [[NecroTech Revivification Syringe|syringes]] in Monroeville and Borehamwood has made zombification permanent in those two cities.) Since 28 November, 2008, Borehamwood has been under full quarantine.  New character registration is prohibited and Borehamwood players have been allowed the option to transfer their donation tags to characters in Malton.
Logging in with Borehamwood characters was done from the main [http://urbandead.com main Urban Dead page]. Character names from [[Malton]] and [[Monroeville]] could not be reused in Borehamwood (and, conversely, Borehamwood names could not be used in Malton and Monroeville). Basically all three cities share the same user database and for the most part, game mechanics; any differences are based on available equipment and building types.  Borehamwood is currently under a full quarantine, and no new players may be created in this city.


[http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=36738052ls1.png Bloodied eyes] can be found on the description panel of the game, along with similar [[graffiti]], which was already there when the city was opened.


[[CCTV]] and [[TV]] are new additions, with CCTV giving inside views of surrounding buildings or views of open land locations and TV giving views of the big brother house.
==Distinct Features of Borehamwood==


Similar to [[The Monroeville 100]] list, should the Borehamwood population ever drop to the last hundred survivors, [[The Borehamwood 100]] will be made public.
===New Flavour===
*[http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=36738052ls1.png Bloodied eyes] were found in the description panel of the game, spray-painted in [[empty blocks]] and outside various [[buildings]] when the city opened.  Survivors can [[graffiti]] bloodied eyes themselves by spray-painting "a bloodied eye" in any location in Borehamwood.


===Competition===
*[[CCTV]] monitors are found inside [[police station]]s as well as [[Big Brother House (Borehamwood)|The Big Brother House]] Control Room.  The CCTV cameras give views of surrounding buildings or of open blocks, provided the building that contains the monitors is powered.  The CCTV cameras are visible to both [[zombies]] and [[survivors]].
Players in Borehamwood could win one of five signed DVD copies of '''Dead Set'''.


[http://www.urbandead.com/deadset.html The competition had three criteria:]
*[[TV]]s are another new addition to Borehamwood. They have been found throughout the city inside [[Hotel]]s, [[Borehamwood/Location Types Unique to Borehamwood#Petrol Station|Petrol Stations]], and Borehamwood's two [[Shopping Centre]]s.  Televisions give a view of the inside of The Big Brother House's Lounge.
*That your character had an email address set.
*Finding the [[Big Brother House]] in the game.
*Entering the Diary Room, and leaving a message for the cameras by having your character speak (or groan). You were then told that you were entered into the competition.  


Winners were chosen on Friday 28th November 2008 and notified by email.
*[[Newspaper]] Stories:


The Big Brother House is in the area named [[Elstree Studios]], which is within [[South Borehamwood]].
:''"It's a glossy tabloid magazine. Marky from Big Brother is on the cover, with several unflattering quotes from other housemates."''


The Diary Room is located at coordinates '''<nowiki>[551-85]</nowiki>'''.
:''"It's a national paper that seems preoccupied with house prices and cancer scares."''


:''"It's a recent tabloid. The front page banner questions whether Pippa or Grayson will be voted out of the Big Brother house this week."''


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:''"It's a recent tabloid. The main story seems to be about Marky from Big Brother."''


==General Details==
:''"It's a local paper, with a story about security at the Big Brother house in <random region name>."''
=== Skills ===
Due to the lack of Necrotech buildings, several skills are useless in Borehamwood. These skills are: Necrotech employment, Lab Experience and Necronet Access. These skills can still be purchased as normal, but the Lab Assistant class is unavailable.


:''"It's a financial broadsheet, heavy with economic analysis."''


On the day of the city's opening, [[User:Kevan|Kevan]] confirmed that although the [[Headshot]] skill would be present in Borehamwood, it would [[User_talk:Kevan#so_wait..._new_map.3F_whats_for_monroeville.3F|not result in permanent death]].
:''"It's a national paper, full of grim news about the global economic climate."''


:''"It's a glossy tabloid magazine, with exclusive pictures of Veronica from Big Brother."''


The dead are a lot faster on their feet in Borehamwood; if a zombie without the [[Lurching Gait]] skill spots a survivor, they can click the '''Rage''' button to instantly gain that skill at no experience point cost.
=== Skills ===
*The dead are a lot faster on their feet in Borehamwood; if a zombie without the [[Lurching Gait]] skill spots a survivor, they can click the {{UDAction2|Rage}} button to instantly gain that skill at no [[experience point]] cost. ('''Note:''' The zombie in question must be on the same [[block]] as the survivor for this option to become available.  A survivor in an adjacent square visible in the game's [[minimap]] will not trigger the Rage function.)


*'''Note:''' The zombie in question must be on the same square as the survivor for this to work, not just see them on the mini map.
*Due to the lack of Necrotech buildings, several [[skills]] are useless in Borehamwood. These skills are: [[Necrotech employment]], [[Lab Experience]] and [[Necronet Access]]. These skills can still be purchased as normal, but the [[Lab Assistant]] class is unavailable.


===Radio===
*On the day of the city's opening, [[User:Kevan|Kevan]] confirmed that although the [[Headshot]] skill would be present in Borehamwood, it would [[User_talk:Kevan#so_wait..._new_map.3F_whats_for_monroeville.3F|not result in permanent death]].
The following radio stations were active in Borehamwood.
* 28.01 is proposed as the first, "general" radio station
* 28.02 is Semi-Reserved for the [[CSS Radio Crew]]. We just need to get a transmitter set up.
* 28.04 is proposed by the [[West Borehamwood Defense Force]] as general defense chat for West Borehamwood.
* 28.05 is reserved as the [[Special Zombie Extermination Squad]] News.
* 28.06 is reserved as general defence chat for North West Borehamwood, with updates out of [[Parkhouse Walk Police Station]], among others. Also used by [[Big Survivors Little Survivor]] within the same region. [[Galaxy News Radio|G.N.R]] will be broadcasting on this frequency, saving others room from radios and keeping everyone's morale high!
* 28.07 is proposed by the [[Borehamwood Research Facility|B.R.F.]] as general defense chat for [[Northeast Borehamwood]].
*28.52 is reserved for Poncione Court Police Station
* 28.82 is reserved as general defence chat for [[Radlett]]
* 28.88 is reserved for the Radlett Irregulars


=== Groups ===
===Locations===
* [[:Category:Borehamwood Groups|Borehamwood Groups]]
* [[Borehamwood/Location Types Unique to Borehamwood|List of Location types unique to Borehamwood]]
** [[:Category:Borehamwood Survivor Groups|Borehamwood Survivor Groups]]
** [[:Category:Borehamwood Zombie Groups|Borehamwood Zombie Groups]]
** [[:Category:Borehamwood PKer Groups|Borehamwood PKer Groups]]


=== Newspapers ===
===Competition===
Players in Borehamwood had the opportunity to win one of five signed DVD copies of '''Dead Set''' in a random drawing.


''"It's a glossy tabloid magazine. Marky from Big Brother is on the cover, with several unflattering quotes from other housemates."''
The competition had [http://www.urbandead.com/deadset.html three criteria]:
*That your character had a valid email address set.
*That your character find the [[Big Brother House]] in game.
*And that your character enter the Diary Room and leave a message for the cameras by speaking (or groaning.)


''"It's a national paper that seems preoccupied with house prices and cancer scares."''
Succeeding in this, players were notified they had been entered in the drawing. Winners were chosen on Friday, 28th November, 2008 and notified by email.


''"It's a recent tabloid. The front page banner questions whether Pippa or Grayson will be voted out of the Big Brother house this week."''


''"It's a recent tabloid. The main story seems to be about Marky from Big Brother."''
==Navigation==


''"It's a local paper, with a story about security at the Big Brother house in <random region name>."''
===Regions:===
 
''"It's a financial broadsheet, heavy with economic analysis."''
 
''"It's a national paper, full of grim news about the global economic climate."''
 
''"It's a glossy tabloid magazine, with exclusive pictures of Veronica from Big Brother."''
 
==Suburbs==
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| The river
| [[River (Borehamwood)|The River]]
|-
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|}
|}


==IRC==
===Full City Map:===
{{:User:Duke Garland/BHW/Nav}}
 
===[[Danger Map (Borehamwood)|Danger Map]]===
Although the entirety of Borehamwood is now classifiable as a ghost town, the Danger Map has been maintained and can be found by following the link above.
 
 
==Player Coordination==
 
=== [[:Category:Borehamwood Groups|Borehamwood Groups]] ===
* [[:Category:Borehamwood Survivor Groups|Borehamwood Survivor Groups]]
* [[:Category:Borehamwood Zombie Groups|Borehamwood Zombie Groups]]
* [[:Category:Borehamwood PKer Groups|Borehamwood PKer Groups]]
 
===[[Borehamwood Radio]]===
Publicly advertised [[radio]] frequencies can be found at the link above.  However, with the city in [[ruin]]s, most radio frequencies now broadcast only static.  The only known broadcasts to have occurred since survivor numbers have dwindled below 100, have been by [[Galaxy News Radio]], broadcasting on 28.06 MHz.
 
===IRC===


Borehamwood discussion channels.
Borehamwood discussion channels.
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*'''Network:''' irc.nexuswar.com
*'''Network:''' irc.nexuswar.com
**[irc://irc.nexuswar.com/borehamwood #borehamwood] - Unofficial Urban Dead Borehamwood channel.
**[irc://irc.nexuswar.com/borehamwood #borehamwood] - Unofficial Urban Dead Borehamwood channel.
*'''Network:''' irc.slashnet.org
**[irc://irc.slashnet.org/urbandead #urbandead] - General channel for urbandead (all 3 cities)


==[[Borehamwood Scoreboard]]==
[[User:Arcology|Arcology]] has created a page where you can post the level of your Borehamwood Characters, if you want to show off your levelling skills, or want to advertise your character to all zombies and PK'ers.


==Map==
==Stats and Scoreboards==
{{:User:Duke Garland/BHW/Nav}}
 
===[[The Borehamwood 100]]===
Based on Monroeville's [[The Monroeville 100]] list, the Borehamwood 100 list was devised soon after Borehamwood's quarantine began.  After over two months of quarantine, the list was finalized and made public on 7th February, 2009.
 
===[[Borehamwood Scoreboard]]===
[[User:Arcology|Arcology]] has created a page where players can post the level of Borehamwood Characters to show off leveling skills or to advertise characters to all zombies and PKers.


'''Note''' The following map is not to scale, suburbs are larger than in [[Malton]] being roughly 22-33 blocks in proportions.


{{BorehamwoodDangerMap}}
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Revision as of 05:17, 8 August 2013

Featured Article


Borehamwood

Motto: Mors et fugacem persequitur virum
(Latin: "Death pursues he who flees")


Introduced: October 28, 2008
Quarantine Established: November 28, 2008

Government Type: Anarchy

Population:
Deadset.PNG Borehamwood

Population: 11058
Current Population
0 standing survivors
1 standing zombies


Cities of Urban Dead
BorehamwoodMaltonMonroeville

Borehamwood is one of three cities available in Urban Dead, the others being Malton and Monroeville. Borehamwood was introduced on Tuesday, 28 October, 2008 as part of the promotional campaign for the UK release of Dead Set, directed by Charlie Brooker. The Borehamwood map is based in part on the real-life location in Hertfordshire, UK as well as locales featured in the television series Dead Set.

Logging in with Borehamwood characters is done from the Urban Dead main page. Character names from Malton and Monroeville could not be reused in Borehamwood (and, conversely, Borehamwood names could not be used in Malton and Monroeville.) All three cities share the same user database and, for the most part, game mechanics. Differences in game-play are based on available equipment and building types (notably the lack of NecroTech buildings and syringes in Monroeville and Borehamwood has made zombification permanent in those two cities.) Since 28 November, 2008, Borehamwood has been under full quarantine. New character registration is prohibited and Borehamwood players have been allowed the option to transfer their donation tags to characters in Malton.


Distinct Features of Borehamwood

New Flavour

  • Bloodied eyes were found in the description panel of the game, spray-painted in empty blocks and outside various buildings when the city opened. Survivors can graffiti bloodied eyes themselves by spray-painting "a bloodied eye" in any location in Borehamwood.
  • CCTV monitors are found inside police stations as well as The Big Brother House Control Room. The CCTV cameras give views of surrounding buildings or of open blocks, provided the building that contains the monitors is powered. The CCTV cameras are visible to both zombies and survivors.
  • TVs are another new addition to Borehamwood. They have been found throughout the city inside Hotels, Petrol Stations, and Borehamwood's two Shopping Centres. Televisions give a view of the inside of The Big Brother House's Lounge.
"It's a glossy tabloid magazine. Marky from Big Brother is on the cover, with several unflattering quotes from other housemates."
"It's a national paper that seems preoccupied with house prices and cancer scares."
"It's a recent tabloid. The front page banner questions whether Pippa or Grayson will be voted out of the Big Brother house this week."
"It's a recent tabloid. The main story seems to be about Marky from Big Brother."
"It's a local paper, with a story about security at the Big Brother house in <random region name>."
"It's a financial broadsheet, heavy with economic analysis."
"It's a national paper, full of grim news about the global economic climate."
"It's a glossy tabloid magazine, with exclusive pictures of Veronica from Big Brother."

Skills

  • The dead are a lot faster on their feet in Borehamwood; if a zombie without the Lurching Gait skill spots a survivor, they can click the Rage button to instantly gain that skill at no experience point cost. (Note: The zombie in question must be on the same block as the survivor for this option to become available. A survivor in an adjacent square visible in the game's minimap will not trigger the Rage function.)

Locations

Competition

Players in Borehamwood had the opportunity to win one of five signed DVD copies of Dead Set in a random drawing.

The competition had three criteria:

  • That your character had a valid email address set.
  • That your character find the Big Brother House in game.
  • And that your character enter the Diary Room and leave a message for the cameras by speaking (or groaning.)

Succeeding in this, players were notified they had been entered in the drawing. Winners were chosen on Friday, 28th November, 2008 and notified by email.


Navigation

Regions:

Borehamwood-duke.png   Countryside (west and east)
  Radlett
  Elstree
  Northwest Borehamwood
  North Borehamwood
  Northeast Borehamwood
  West Borehamwood
  Central Borehamwood
  East Borehamwood
  Southwest Borehamwood
  South Borehamwood
  Southeast Borehamwood
  Elstree Studios
 
  The River
 

Full City Map:

DG's Borehamwood map. (talk/contribute)
city rows 1..49 Borehamwood-duke.png
city rows 50..98


Danger Map

Although the entirety of Borehamwood is now classifiable as a ghost town, the Danger Map has been maintained and can be found by following the link above.


Player Coordination

Borehamwood Groups

Borehamwood Radio

Publicly advertised radio frequencies can be found at the link above. However, with the city in ruins, most radio frequencies now broadcast only static. The only known broadcasts to have occurred since survivor numbers have dwindled below 100, have been by Galaxy News Radio, broadcasting on 28.06 MHz.

IRC

Borehamwood discussion channels.

  • Network: irc.nexuswar.com


Stats and Scoreboards

The Borehamwood 100

Based on Monroeville's The Monroeville 100 list, the Borehamwood 100 list was devised soon after Borehamwood's quarantine began. After over two months of quarantine, the list was finalized and made public on 7th February, 2009.

Borehamwood Scoreboard

Arcology has created a page where players can post the level of Borehamwood Characters to show off leveling skills or to advertise characters to all zombies and PKers.