Monroeville
Monroeville is the second city available in Urban Dead, the other being Malton. It was introduced on February 25th, 2008 as part of the promotional campaign for the UK release of George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead.
Monroeville is a real city in Pennsylvania. Much of the George A. Romero horror classic "Dawn of the Dead" was filmed on location in Monroeville Mall. The Urban Dead map of the city closely resembles its real-world counterpart.
Playing in Monroeville
Logging in with Monroeville characters is done from the main main Urban Dead page. Character names from Malton cannot be reused in Monroeville (and, conversely, Monroeville names cannot be used in Malton). Basically both cities share database and game mechanics, any differences are based on available equipment and building types.
In the beginning Monroeville characters could have been created at the Monroeville character creation page, first registration lasted until the 30th of March, when the first quarantine started. Except prohibition of new character creation first quarantine included no idle-out and the headshot skill being a permament kill of zombie players.
On 13th of June the first quarantine was lifted to coincide with the DVD release of Romero's Diary of the Dead on June 30th. All players recieved badges in their profiles with the state in which they were at the end of quarantine (survivor, undamaged corpse, headshoted corpse). The limitation of creating new characters was removed, headshoted zombie players could stand up again. Also the character creation page declared another quarantine to happen "in mid July", though new signups were still possible at that time.
Subsequently on 1st of August Kevan indicated that quarantine will indeed happen in early August with extra possibility for Monroeville players to transfer their donation tags to Malton.
As announced later in official game news posted on 6th of August, on 15th of August the second quarantine has begun. New character creation is once again prohibited, though there is no headshot limitation.
Exactly six months after Monroeville was opened, on the 25th of August, there remained roughly 100 survivors, dubbed The Monroeville 100.
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General Details
Known Regions
main article: Monroeville Schematic Map
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Maps
- Monroeville is 98x98, approximately same size as Malton, however there are fewer, but larger regions.
- Here is the above map plus some others parsed to the wiki (updated by ~~~~ [talk] manually) (all 9604 blocks; + a version with coords)
Groups
Buildings and Locations
- lists of large buildings and structures in Monroeville
- list of malls in Monroeville
- list of new location types found in Monroeville
- location types stats in Monroeville
Video Diaries
main article: Diaries
Characters on the limited-edition Monroeville map have access to Video Cameras, which prior to the 4th of April could be used to record diaries of the locations and events they encountered. The Consumer class started with a video camera; others had to loot them from shopping malls.
By clicking on the video camera's button in your inventory, your character attempted to film anything interesting in their environment, such as a landmark or a zombie horde. Your character also filmed notable events automatically, even if they occured while you were logged out.
All the clips that were taken are collected on your "Diary" page, which can be accessed by button under the map. You can share this URL with other people, if you want to show off your work. However, all video camera batteries in Monroeville are flat and without access to charger cables, they can no longer be used to film clips.
Skills
Due to the lack of Necrotech buildings, several skills are useless in Monroeville. These skills are: Necrotech employment, Lab Experience, Necronet Access and Brain Rot. These skills can still be purchased as normal, but the Lab Assistant class is unavailable.
FAQ
- Is Death permanent ? Even for zombies ?
- Death is permanent for survivors as there are no Necrotech buildings and/or revivification syringes. Once killed, a player can choose to remain playing as a zombie. From 28 March 2008 to 13 June 2008 zombies who got themselves killed with a headshot died permanently.
- Survivors who are killed or kill themselves receive the following message:
- "Although zombies in the main Urban Dead game can be "revivified" by NecroTech syringes, no such technology exists in the Romero canon, and this character will remain a zombie"
- Zombies that have taken a headshot on or after the 29th of March get this message:
- You were killed by a zombie hunter, who knew to aim for the head - in Monroeville, a headshot will take a zombie down permanently. Your body may eventually be shipped to Malton for research, when Monroeville has been cleared.
- How big is Monroeville ?
- The city is slightly smaller than Malton: 98x98 (Malton is 100x100). Though there are only six named zones. Check the scheme above.
- For how long will Monroeville last ?
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| It's going to be around for at least three weeks, for the duration of Diary of the Dead being in cinemas. If it turns out to be popular with players as a hardcore no-revive map, or if NecroTech start setting up camp there, I'd consider keeping it around indefinitely, if I didn't think it'd split the player base too much. |
- Does the IP hit count for both cities ?
- Yes. Every IP can make 160 IP hits in Urban Dead, not mattering in which city they were made. You can eliminate this limitation by donating. Donated-for characters in Monroeville may get their donation flags shifted onto other characters in Malton, if Monroeville ever happens to shut down permanently.
- With the city opening back up, what if anything will the surviving characters get?
| Kevan said: |
| There'll probably be a badge for being a breathing survivor, a badge for being a standing zombie, and a badge for being a non-headshot corpse. I'll just give them out at an unannounced time, so that the lurking zombies don't all stand up at ten seconds to midnight. |
- Will the recent updates in Malton be the same in Monroeville?
| Kevan said: |
| The recent updates have already been echoed to Monroeville. |
Radio
A running radio post, non-archived, is available at Monroeville:Radio for those who need to get up to speed on recent reported events.
Newspaper Reports
- What lead to this in Monroeville?
Known newspaper reports are:
- It's a copy of a local newspaper from a few weeks ago. The front page story is about local farming subsidies.
- It's a copy of a local newspaper from a few weeks ago. There's a story about the redevelopent of Monroeville Mall.
- It's a copy of a local newspaper from a few weeks ago. There's an interview with the director of Parkdale Hospital, in Newtown.
IRC
List of Available Monroeville Channels.
- Network: irc.nexuswar.com
- #monroeville - Unofficial Urban Dead Monroeville channel.
- #mrf - Official Monroeville Resistance Front channel.
