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=2010=
=2021=
===29th October===
4 Sep 2021 0100 UTC  UD server went down  --[[User:Hajen|hajen]] ([[User talk:Hajen|talk]]) 04:39, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
Pumpkins - check. Candy - check. Defile graffiti - HEH, THAT'S REALLY NEW! [http://iamscott.net/128835308151.html Heh, I can defile graffiti!] --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 12:52, 29 October 2010 (BST)
:Exact text: [[File:Error 2021-09-04.jpg|thumb|right]]
:Also note that the defiled characters are red in-game, something that Dumbwit doesn't translate into its recording. (Will have to grab Scoth about this one...) --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 13:01, 29 October 2010 (BST)
:>'''Server down'''
::No fog this year :( But Defile is cool. I hope Kevan keeps the mechanic after the holiday passes. {{User:Vapor/sig}} 17:25, 29 October 2010 (BST)
:>Sorry - the Urban Dead server is currently lurching a bit, either through temporary maintenance or miscellaneous server problems. Normal service should be resumed soon.
:>If the server's down for an extended length of time, there should be something about it [[Main Page|on the wiki]] by now.
: --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">▋</span>]]</span>''' 10:52, 4 September 2021 (UTC)


I noticed I can gesture at "a zombie" and "other zombies", is that new? Defile is most excellent. {{User:Monstah/Sig}} 00:39, 30 October 2010 (BST)
Kevan called. He said zombies had broken the generator. Game over. [[User:Kim Jung Undead|Kim Jung Undead]] ([[User talk:Kim Jung Undead|talk]]) 16:20, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
:Well why doesnt he make genny rates better then!? Cmon Kev! {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig5}} 04:40, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
::I swear he has been deleting Zergs. The southwest has been unnervingly quiet the past couple of weeks. --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 04:41, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
:::Looks like the ads when you run out of AP are no longer blocked by UBlock Origin by default too (with Wiki Drama Lama as the first ad; I should probably remember to unblock UD anyway as they're pretty unintrusive). Also, for the record, the server came back online around 7:30PM UTC the same day. --<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.15em 0.15em 0.1em">[[user:xensyria|xensyria]]</span><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.25em 0.25em 0.12em"><sup>[[User talk:xensyria|T]]</sup></span> 07:18, 8 September 2021 (UTC)


Also, Defile costs no Ap.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature3‎}} 01:16, 30 October 2010 (BST)
=2018=
:For me, it cots one. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 01:39, 30 October 2010 (BST)
Can we add in something new?  I'm thinking maybe link in the cafepress store since that is something that was probably added in by kevan in 2005's news archive.
::EVidently he has remedied this.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature3‎}} 10:13, 30 October 2010 (BST)
After some thought, I've decided that defile was '''not''' a good implementation.
*'''It's a zombie skill that predominantly helps survivors.''' - All graffiti is equally vulnerable, be it information or disinformation, survivor propaganda or zombie propaganda. Since only one <s>zombie</s> person who is dead needs to want it defiled and all others can do nothing to stop them, pretty much all graffiti, other than that behind barricades, becomes quickly defiled. The problem is, that only hurts zombies. There's nothing they can do (without being revived) to find out what it says or make it available to the undead public. Survivors, on the other hand, need to spend a mere ''one AP'' to reveal the message in full. Essentially, you can only read graffiti now if you're either in a barricaded building or have the survivor-exclusive ability to clean it off.
*'''Would you like a second opinion? It is also ugly!''' - I see no reason to just swap half the letters for the red characters. It would be much cleaner to just say ''Someone has spraypainted something here, but it's been obscured by dried gore.''
*'''Graffiti is fun!''' - Stop making it harder and harder to communicate through paint! {{Grr}} It's completely in-genre, and one of the best ways people share jokes! {{Udspan|Somebody has spraypainted ''onto the wall. I repeat, somebody has spraypainted'' onto a wall.}}
I know the idea is as old as doors, but it just doesn't meet it's expectations. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 04:36, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
:You realise that the point in half the characters still being visible is that zombies can click "''for one AP''" and when it shuffles, they'll have a good idea what it says anyway.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature3‎}} 08:09, 2 November 2010 (UTC)


==6th October==
https://www.cafepress.com/kevandotorg/1180110
That is totally awesome. I love xkcd. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 06:38, 6 October 2010 (BST)
:We are there! Ahahaa :D That is Urban Dead History! Let's hope Kevan see this! --{{User:DiSm/sig}} 09:01, 7 October 2010 (BST)
::It took a while to find but yes, there we are - the small vaguely Britain-shaped island off the coast of WoW. {{User:Chief Seagull/Sig}} 09:34, 7 October 2010 (BST)
:::And another game I play is a small peninsula between MMO Isle and CDC Games. {{User:Chief Seagull/Sig}} 13:39, 7 October 2010 (BST)


==16th August==
--{{User:Gardenator/sig}} 08:55, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
:The News page has traditionally directly copied content from [http://www.urbandead.com/news.html this page only]. I'd be more in favor of just replacing with a different news section, with a different archive, of news curated by wiki members. {{User:Bob Moncrief/Sig}} 13:50, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
::It looks like occasionally, people would insert other news with a bolded "unofficial news".  However, I forgot to mention that the shop thing was from this in the 2005 archive:
::"October 21
::Follow the music - there's now an Urban Dead Mall at Cafepress, if anyone wants an official T-shirt or mug or badge."
::--{{User:Gardenator/sig}} 07:23, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
::I think it's about time the Main Page had a new design refresh. One that promoted, first and foremost, the community, rather than non-existant updates and an intro no one can probably be bothered reading. But, that's probably another discussion for a long-term solution with the fundamental issues with the aged main page. Maybe adding some new third party news to this may be appropriate. Years-old news is embarrassing. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/tcs}} 07:39, 2 September 2018 (UTC)


Great update. New skills for survivors and zombies. Yay! --[[User:TheBardofAwesome|TheBardofAwesome]] 12:02, 16 August 2010 (BST)
=2015=
:Nice skills! --{{User:DiSm/sig}} 12:10, 16 August 2010 (BST)
So, I missed the "2015 State of the Apocalypse Survey". any chance someone has a print screen of the survey, for a page about the survey? --[[User:Wblc|Wblc]] ([[User talk:Wblc|talk]]) 12:22, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
:I haven't, and it wasn't captured by wayback machine. I do remember sections on what suggestions you would add, what flavour changes you would like to see, gameplay changes, what you like best and least... --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 16:12, 9 August 2015 (UTC)


Do you have to buy any of these skills? How does the change to both Feeding Groan and Tangling Grasp work? I would check, but I played before the update was applied. -- <small>[[User:Rorybob| <span style="color: #FF9933">Rahrah</span>]] [[Malton_Manhunt/Axe_Hack's_Manhunt_3|<span style="color: #FF9933">is pumped that he's going to lose another Manhunt.</span>]] </small> 13:39, 16 August 2010 (BST)
=2013=
:Bellow is a new skill. Tangling grasp not. Not sure on TG yet. Been blowing ap on the safehouse option. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 13:41, 16 August 2010 (BST)
==Since your last turn==
:From meager testing it appears that Tangling Grasp in dark buildings loses grip on a miss far less or not at all. If so it's a really nice improvement without being unbalancing and should encourage survivors to keep defenses up. -- [[User:rise|Kate]]
{| style='background:#667766;color:#BBCCBB'
:(ec) Zombies' Bellow is a sub-skill of 'Feeding Groan', and survivors have to buy the military skill 'Scout Safehouse'. [[User:Garum|Garum]] 13:43, 16 August 2010 (BST)
|-
::{{udspan|There are two other zombies here, all of them from your horde. You recognise....}} Thats new..... --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 13:45, 16 August 2010 (BST)
|
:::Ooh I like that. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 18:22, 16 August 2010 (BST)
*Morrigan Bronach shot you with a shotgun for 8 damage. (57 minutes ago) ...and again.
*Morrigan Bronach shot you with a pistol for 4 damage. (57 minutes ago) ...and again. ...and again. ...and again. ...and again. ...and again. ...and again.
*Morrigan Bronach hit you with a fire axe for 3 damage. (57 minutes ago)
*You were killed by Morrigan Bronach. (57 minutes ago)
*Morrigan Bronach <font color='#96A795'>broadcast "All will succumb to the sorrow of war" from here, on 28.00 MHz. (56 minutes ago)</font>
|}


It's nice, but still pretty meager, in the meaning that I don't expect this changes how the game is played overall. Is the safehouse bonus for survivors only? And what with that 5AP bonus? Is the cap raised to 55 now? (in safehouses) Questions, Questions. --[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 14:14, 16 August 2010 (BST)
The point here is that I received a message while being a dead body. I can't recall this ever being possible. Am I going crazy? Was there an update... sometime? --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 22:23, 5 August 2013 (BST)
:Radio messages were always audible even as a dead body. ([http://iamscott.net/1292338197656.html Proof]) Spoken messages were never. --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">█ </span>]]</span>''' 22:58, 5 August 2013 (BST)
::...Really? Oh well. I had my hopes up. I guess I just never noticed. Because I am so good at this game and never die. --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 23:00, 5 August 2013 (BST)


:Hope it's not a cap raise to 55, I don't think I've ever let it reach 50, faster AP regen would be ideal. --{{User:Lady Clitoria/Sig}} 14:36, 16 August 2010 (BST)
=2012=
::Haven't tried yet. 30AP is really hard to swallow! And Z's should be attacking all building now, as survivors all lost 30AP to test their new skill ^^ When you have 1AP and you enter your safe house... Do you now have 6AP? If your within the safehouse with 1AP and you go out, do you find yourself with -4? hum. This deserves more empirical testing. ---{{User:DiSm/sig}} 14:48, 16 August 2010 (BST)
:::I suspect its gradual, ie. for every 10 ap you regen, you get a bonus one, or something. -- {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig3}} 15:02, 16 August 2010 (BST)
::::Either way it seems expensive. And survivor only. Zombies should get a similar benefit for keeping their home building ruined. It might even spawn some kind of zombie group whose only purpose was to keep a building ruined. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 15:13, 16 August 2010 (BST)
:::::[[DS]].--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature2‎}} 15:20, 16 August 2010 (BST)
::::::[[DS#Please_Read_Before_Posting]] Final point. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 15:23, 16 August 2010 (BST)
:::::::Grumble mumble. But I want it ''NOW''!--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature2‎}} 15:28, 16 August 2010 (BST)


Holy shit on a stick. New things happened that weren't decorative.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 16:06, 16 August 2010 (BST)
==Christmas==
Santa suits are back in malls. --[[User:Rosslessness|<span style="color: MidnightBlue ">R</span><span style="color: Navy">o</span><span style="color: DarkBlue">s</span><span style="color: MediumBlue">s</span><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span>]][[User_Talk:Rosslessness|<span style="color: RoyalBlue">l</span><span style="color: CornflowerBlue">e</span><span style="color: SkyBlue">s</span><span style="color: LightskyBlue">s</span>]][[User:Rosslessness/Safehouse_Hatred|<span style="color: LightBlue">n</span><span style="color: PowderBlue">e</span>]][[Monroeville Many|<span style="color: PaleTurquoise">s</span>]][[Location Page Building Toolkit|<span style="color: PaleTurquoise">s</span>]]  11:59, 27 December 2012 (UTC)


So, i bought the skill and tryed to scout the building. I received this message {{udspan|You spend some time clearing sight lines, and surveying and memorising the layout of the building. You have run out of Action Points.}} The last part is because i clicked having 15 AP and now i am a -15 AP!!! Don't know if it's a bug or not. Besides i think it will be something like that every 1AP action that you do inside your safehouse has 1/10th probability to be free of AP cost. --[[User:MamaMantis|MamaMantis]] 19:00, 16 August 2010 (BST)
==Halloween masks==
:{{udspan|You move quickly through your safehouse. You search and find nothing.}} I spent no ap with that action. I think the supposition of the 1/10th probability has to be verified, but it's more or less correct. --[[User:MamaMantis|MamaMantis]] 09:29, 17 August 2010 (BST)
Are the demon (dnmk) and faceless white (smmk) masks new? --<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.15em 0.15em 0.1em">[[user:xensyria|xensyria]]</span><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.25em 0.25em 0.12em"><sup>[[User talk:xensyria|T]]</sup></span> 18:39, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
:Not a bug, there are many other ways to get into negative AP --[[User:Duke Garland|<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>]] [[User:Duke Garland/BHW|<nowiki>[</nowiki>]][[User talk:Duke Garland|talk]][[Signature Race|<nowiki>]</nowiki>]] 19:29, 16 August 2010 (BST)
:[[Halloween#2012_Masks|These all seem to be new]]. --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 01:30, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
:Allow me to introduce you to [[Big Game Ruin Hunting]], and [[Template_talk:ExtremeRepair/Gallery|the Extreme Repair Gallery]], for starters. --{{User:Akule/sig}} 21:02, 16 August 2010 (BST)
::They've all been used in past years. ~[[Image:Vsig.png|link=User:Vapor]] <sub>01:35, 31 October 2012 (UTC)</sub>
:::Then I guess not! --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 01:41, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
::::Do you remember if last year the other masks (e.g. zombie, vampire, werewolf etc.) were also available, or if it was just the Guy Fawkes mask (and just the Monster mask the year before)? --<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.15em 0.15em 0.1em">[[user:xensyria|xensyria]]</span><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.25em 0.25em 0.12em"><sup>[[User talk:xensyria|T]]</sup></span> 06:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
:::::I don't know. Let's see if this comment will act as a bump so someone will notice and answer. --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 22:53, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
:::::: last year only the fawkes mask was available. Likewise monster the year before. To get the whole list (as I have for 3 years) Create a level 1 zombie, as you can pick their clothing from the full list. --[[User talk:Rosslessness|Ross Less Ness]] <sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERLLUoZn0mM Enter Stranger...]</sup> 23:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
::::::: Cheers! Very interesting... I've actually got a nekked zombie running around Malton (at level 45) who can still choose his clothes as if he were a newbie. I tried out each of the masks for headbutt, and once they smashed I could choose from all the clothes again. Didn't manage to check them out in the last few years though, but glad to see it's been done well! --<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.15em 0.15em 0.1em">[[user:xensyria|xensyria]]</span><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.25em 0.25em 0.12em"><sup>[[User talk:xensyria|T]]</sup></span> 21:24, 1 November 2012 (UTC) <small>EDIT: 01:44, 2 November 2012 (UTC)</small>


The safehouse setting-thang seems to be a sort-of equivalent for long standing ruins caused by zombies. Interesting.--{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 22:22, 16 August 2010 (BST)
==Font Change==
How do we go about wording this, I wonder?  Kevan made an extremely minor edit after I emailed him regarding impostors. He changed the font in a character's profile, the name part.  Still an unofficial note, this.  How to word it, though?  We could always use the reply he sent me stating he changed the font, which can currently be read on the Developing Suggestions page for a similar matter. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 13:31, 27 April 2012 (BST)


I couldn't do a screenshot but if you scout you sometimes get a note saying you move quickly around your safehouse. I got it twice while searching and it seemed to not use up AP, though I'm not 100% sure fully.--[[User:Dragon fang|Dragon fang]] 03:17, 17 August 2010 (BST)
== Danger Center Launch ==
:Correct! Just tested that, I did indeed not use an AP when that message appeared. - [[User:Whitehouse]] 03:21, 17 August 2010 (BST)
::Oh really? Then this update just got a lot more pointless. Honestly, if bonus AP can be only used '''inside''' the scouted building, then there is no point in ever picking a building that isn't a Mall or TRP where a survivor spends most his time searching and (possibly if it works) killing. A shame really, since this only further diminishes the impact this update has on the game. Probably have to wait for another 2 years before a real update too :( I would prolly take this back if you had the same effect mentioned above in an in-door revive point.--[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 10:33, 17 August 2010 (BST)
:::Especially if it was a junkyard. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 10:34, 17 August 2010 (BST)
::::Oh, that would be just cruel in an OP way. Survivors aren't likely to be that lucky unless Kevan programmed the effect to any action in a building rather then a specific action. Meh, now that the searching effect has been confirmed, I'm going to try killing before checking reviving. --[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 10:42, 17 August 2010 (BST)
:::::I can confirm barricade works in the same manner: ''<nowiki>"You move quickly through your safehouse. *barricade action*"</nowiki>''--[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 10:45, 17 August 2010 (BST)
::::::If revives work, they could well just cost 9AP rather than 10.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature2‎}} 10:49, 17 August 2010 (BST)
:::::the way it seems this is good for sieges? killing zeds that get in and barricading perhaps? but its actual usefulness is yet to be tested:::: >LLednecroturn<


Found another unmentioned update. In drop-down lists, when it used to default to the first thing in the list, it now appears to show "---" instead as the default.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature2‎}} 23:59, 17 August 2010 (BST)
If y'all haven't noticed by now, there is a [[User:DangerReport/DangerCenter|new map]] on the Suburb Template, a Suburb-sized map that displays individual building status, also if you hover over the map it will display the building's name and status. I've checked all the suburb pages to verify it working in all locations. What do I need to do to get it some coverage on the News Page? -[[User:Charles Whipplebotum|Charles Whipplebotum]] 19:25, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
:Eeeeexellent. {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 06:02, 18 August 2010 (BST)


Not sure what happened during the night, but now I have no Scout button whatsoever. --{{User:Lady Clitoria/Sig}} 12:28, 18 August 2010 (BST)
:#Was the building ruined?
:#Did you die?
:#Are you a zombie?
:#Are you in your safehouse?
:--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature2‎}} 12:32, 18 August 2010 (BST)


For those of you who are still curious about the scouting part of the update, there's a pretty good article about [[safehouses]] that answers most of your questions.--{{User:Giles Sednik/sig}} 12:39, 18 August 2010 (BST)
I've just took a look at the map, and I think it's amazing! You guys have done an incredible job, and I thank you all for it, as its definitely motivated me to go and update the statuses of whatever buildings I come across, and hopefully it will encourage others to do the same, as they can see their results having an immediate and easily seen effect.


:Aha, thanks Yonnua, yes, hadn't set building as my safehouse, didn't realize that was necessary. Button immediately reappears. --{{User:Lady Clitoria/Sig}} 12:46, 18 August 2010 (BST)
--[[User:Dark Fields|Dark Fields]] 22:49, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 
Not sure if this still needs confirming, but ''You move quickly through your safehouse. You attack ### and miss.'' --[[User:Duke Garland|<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>]] [[User:Duke Garland/BHW|<nowiki>[</nowiki>]][[User talk:Duke Garland|talk]][[Signature Race|<nowiki>]</nowiki>]] 17:11, 18 August 2010 (BST)
 
Found another new thing - "the floor is slick with pools of blood". Am pretty sure that's a new bloodstain description, right? --{{User:Lady Clitoria/Sig}} 19:03, 20 August 2010 (BST)
:Afraid not. [[Bloodstains]] --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 19:27, 20 August 2010 (BST)
:You obviously haven't been around enough carnage. {{Tongue}} {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 07:07, 21 August 2010 (BST)
 
The free action in a safehouse works on texting too. Though that seems abit out of the flavor of the skill.--[[User:Dragon fang|Dragon fang]] 07:26, 21 August 2010 (BST)
:Perhaps it should be "You sit cozily in your safehouse." --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 07:32, 21 August 2010 (BST)
 
==16th August - Bellow==
Got the message yet? Heard the message yet? --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 11:46, 21 August 2010 (BST)
:{{udspan|You heard a loud '''bellowing''' 2 blocks to the east and 9 blocks to the north.}} Bolded text is present in-game. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 01:52, 22 August 2010 (BST)
::Parachuted a rotter into a hospital. Bellowing costs 10AP, and brings up this: {{udspan|You bellow threateningly, your call echoing around the room.}} It's quite possible that the text would be different if the cades had been down. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 02:19, 22 August 2010 (BST)
:::I couldn't find this info anywhere else. If you happen to Bellow while inside a caded building, does anyone know if it can be heard outside? After breaking into a hospital I had cades raised around me before I could bellow. I got the text {{udspan|You bellow threateningly, your call echoing around the room.}} Did I just waste 10AP? {{User:Vapor/sig}} 23:34, 14 September 2010 (BST)
::::I imagine it's the same as feeding groan, where the text is slightly different to tell you that it's coming from behind cades. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 23:40, 14 September 2010 (BST)
:::::K, that's cool. Well if anyone's reading this and is in the Dartside area today, look for a bellow that's slightly different than the rest. I'm wondering what the flavor text is. {{User:Vapor/sig}} 23:47, 14 September 2010 (BST)
 
==16th August - Tangling Grasp==
Any raw data we can work out the effect with? --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 11:46, 21 August 2010 (BST)
 
==2nd August==
 
Early August? As in, October? --[[User:Hector von Tyson]]
:October? I don't even know her! --[[User:Duke Garland|<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>]] [[User:Duke Garland/BHW|<nowiki>[</nowiki>]][[User talk:Duke Garland|talk]][[Signature Race|<nowiki>]</nowiki>]] 18:18, 5 August 2010 (BST)
::Would love to know what this will all be about... Do we have the slightest clue? There's really tons of "peer reviewed things" but it's useless, almost none of them are implemented. No matter how cool a change could be ^^--[[User:DiSm|DiSm]] 12:58, 8 August 2010 (BST)
 
==3rd July==
 
Cardboard hats? Definitely appropriate!
 
Looking forward to the further changes. --<span style="border: 3px black">[[User:Alcatraz311|<span style= "color: white; background-color: #527508">'''Alcatraz'''</span>]][[User:Alcatraz311|<span style="color: white; background-color: black">'''311''']]</span></span><sup>[[User_talk:Alcatraz311|<span style="color: black">'''T'''</span>]]|[[Army Control Corps|<span style="color: black">'''ACC'''</span>]]|[[Alliance 45|<span style="color: black">'''A45'''</span>]]</sup> 22:00, 3 July 2010 (BST)
:According to a Brainstock post, [http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq150/Mindlessidiots/Kevan.jpg something is coming] "in mid-July". (Take the date with a good soup ladle of salt, as usual...) --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 22:45, 3 July 2010 (BST)
::Or you could just take him at his word when his news for today says that updates are coming later this month. ;) {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 23:27, 3 July 2010 (BST)
:::I'll only trust in the date once I _really_ can hold my long awaited magical crucifix that can turn undead and shoot 170dam laser blasts at all zergers within 19 blocks :D (Or whatever else it's going to be.) --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 23:49, 3 July 2010 (BST)
:::: I predict the future...[http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7283/update2.jpg UD Updates] -- <span style="border: 3px black">[[User:Alcatraz311|<span style= "color: white; background-color: #527508">'''Alcatraz'''</span>]][[User:Alcatraz311|<span style="color: white; background-color: black">'''311''']]</span></span><sup>[[User_talk:Alcatraz311|<span style="color: black">'''T'''</span>]]|[[Army Control Corps|<span style="color: black">'''ACC'''</span>]]|[[Alliance 45|<span style="color: black">'''A45'''</span>]]</sup> 13:02, 7 July 2010 (BST)
:::::I couldn't agree more Alcatraz. People don't know what they want and when they do, they bitch and moan about it until someone is fed up with the whining and caves into their demands.
 
:::::Personally, I'm fine with the way things are. Do I wish there could be a few alterations to the game like people learning to lock doors and wash clothes and accessories instead of discarding them for clean? Yeah, sure I do, but it's not that big of a deal. --[[User:TheBardofAwesome|TheBardofAwesome]] 06:50, 23 July 2010 (BST)
 
==5th February==
 
Outside of buildings seem to have descriptions now.
 
"You are standing outside the Maine Building, a derelict yellow-stone building with stern gargoyles along its guttering."
 
--[[User:Deathnut/deathnut|Lt.G Deathnut]]<nowiki> | </nowiki>[[User:deathnut/TheStayPuftMan|TheStayPuftMan]] 03:34, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 
==22nd January==
 
Snow is gone. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 20:32, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

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2021

4 Sep 2021 0100 UTC UD server went down --hajen (talk) 04:39, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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>Server down
>Sorry - the Urban Dead server is currently lurching a bit, either through temporary maintenance or miscellaneous server problems. Normal service should be resumed soon.
>If the server's down for an extended length of time, there should be something about it on the wiki by now.
-- Spiderzed 10:52, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Kevan called. He said zombies had broken the generator. Game over. Kim Jung Undead (talk) 16:20, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Well why doesnt he make genny rates better then!? Cmon Kev! DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION 04:40, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
I swear he has been deleting Zergs. The southwest has been unnervingly quiet the past couple of weeks. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 04:41, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
Looks like the ads when you run out of AP are no longer blocked by UBlock Origin by default too (with Wiki Drama Lama as the first ad; I should probably remember to unblock UD anyway as they're pretty unintrusive). Also, for the record, the server came back online around 7:30PM UTC the same day. --xensyriaT 07:18, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

2018

Can we add in something new? I'm thinking maybe link in the cafepress store since that is something that was probably added in by kevan in 2005's news archive.

https://www.cafepress.com/kevandotorg/1180110

--Emot-siren.gif LABIA on the INTERNET Emot-siren.gif Dunell Hills Corpseman The Malton Globetrotters#24 - You rated this wiki '1'! Great job, go hog wild!|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| TMG 08:55, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

The News page has traditionally directly copied content from this page only. I'd be more in favor of just replacing with a different news section, with a different archive, of news curated by wiki members. Bob Moncrief EBDW! 13:50, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
It looks like occasionally, people would insert other news with a bolded "unofficial news". However, I forgot to mention that the shop thing was from this in the 2005 archive:
"October 21
Follow the music - there's now an Urban Dead Mall at Cafepress, if anyone wants an official T-shirt or mug or badge."
--Emot-siren.gif LABIA on the INTERNET Emot-siren.gif Dunell Hills Corpseman The Malton Globetrotters#24 - You rated this wiki '1'! Great job, go hog wild!|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| TMG 07:23, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
I think it's about time the Main Page had a new design refresh. One that promoted, first and foremost, the community, rather than non-existant updates and an intro no one can probably be bothered reading. But, that's probably another discussion for a long-term solution with the fundamental issues with the aged main page. Maybe adding some new third party news to this may be appropriate. Years-old news is embarrassing. THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER 07:39, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

2015

So, I missed the "2015 State of the Apocalypse Survey". any chance someone has a print screen of the survey, for a page about the survey? --Wblc (talk) 12:22, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

I haven't, and it wasn't captured by wayback machine. I do remember sections on what suggestions you would add, what flavour changes you would like to see, gameplay changes, what you like best and least... --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 16:12, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

2013

Since your last turn

  • Morrigan Bronach shot you with a shotgun for 8 damage. (57 minutes ago) ...and again.
  • Morrigan Bronach shot you with a pistol for 4 damage. (57 minutes ago) ...and again. ...and again. ...and again. ...and again. ...and again. ...and again.
  • Morrigan Bronach hit you with a fire axe for 3 damage. (57 minutes ago)
  • You were killed by Morrigan Bronach. (57 minutes ago)
  • Morrigan Bronach broadcast "All will succumb to the sorrow of war" from here, on 28.00 MHz. (56 minutes ago)

The point here is that I received a message while being a dead body. I can't recall this ever being possible. Am I going crazy? Was there an update... sometime? --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 22:23, 5 August 2013 (BST)

Radio messages were always audible even as a dead body. (Proof) Spoken messages were never. -- Spiderzed 22:58, 5 August 2013 (BST)
...Really? Oh well. I had my hopes up. I guess I just never noticed. Because I am so good at this game and never die. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 23:00, 5 August 2013 (BST)

2012

Christmas

Santa suits are back in malls. --Rosslessness 11:59, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Halloween masks

Are the demon (dnmk) and faceless white (smmk) masks new? --xensyriaT 18:39, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

These all seem to be new. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 01:30, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
They've all been used in past years. ~Vsig.png 01:35, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Then I guess not! --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 01:41, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Do you remember if last year the other masks (e.g. zombie, vampire, werewolf etc.) were also available, or if it was just the Guy Fawkes mask (and just the Monster mask the year before)? --xensyriaT 06:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
I don't know. Let's see if this comment will act as a bump so someone will notice and answer. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 22:53, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
last year only the fawkes mask was available. Likewise monster the year before. To get the whole list (as I have for 3 years) Create a level 1 zombie, as you can pick their clothing from the full list. --Ross Less Ness Enter Stranger... 23:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Cheers! Very interesting... I've actually got a nekked zombie running around Malton (at level 45) who can still choose his clothes as if he were a newbie. I tried out each of the masks for headbutt, and once they smashed I could choose from all the clothes again. Didn't manage to check them out in the last few years though, but glad to see it's been done well! --xensyriaT 21:24, 1 November 2012 (UTC) EDIT: 01:44, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Font Change

How do we go about wording this, I wonder? Kevan made an extremely minor edit after I emailed him regarding impostors. He changed the font in a character's profile, the name part. Still an unofficial note, this. How to word it, though? We could always use the reply he sent me stating he changed the font, which can currently be read on the Developing Suggestions page for a similar matter. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ #nerftemplatedsigs 13:31, 27 April 2012 (BST)

Danger Center Launch

If y'all haven't noticed by now, there is a new map on the Suburb Template, a Suburb-sized map that displays individual building status, also if you hover over the map it will display the building's name and status. I've checked all the suburb pages to verify it working in all locations. What do I need to do to get it some coverage on the News Page? -Charles Whipplebotum 19:25, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


I've just took a look at the map, and I think it's amazing! You guys have done an incredible job, and I thank you all for it, as its definitely motivated me to go and update the statuses of whatever buildings I come across, and hopefully it will encourage others to do the same, as they can see their results having an immediate and easily seen effect.

--Dark Fields 22:49, 31 October 2012 (UTC)