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Urban Dead Timeline

Group	Event		Game	Meta	2005
				July
			July 3rd Urban Dead goes live
		July 4th-30th Over the course of the first month, most of the game mechanics are systematically put into place. Skills, Items, Classes, and game mechanics such as Multi Abuse counter-measures and Hit Limit are introduced.
Early- to Mid-July Prior to the advent of UD Forums, the survivorgroup The Council of Leaders is formed after calls for some organized resistance against the zombies in the city.
			Mid- to Late-July The first maps of Malton are pieced together. Bounty hunting emerges and several PKer lists and a system of bounties for them is formed. Work on these list originally began in Yahoo! groups but later were transferred to forums.
				August
			August 1st The Unofficial UD Forums is lauched around this date. While unofficial, and not run by Kevan, they were considered to be the main forums for UD, and were often referred to simply as the forums.
August 2nd The survivor group PA Rebel Alliance is formed by members of the Penny Arcade forums.
		August 14th Death now causes a zombie to spend 10AP to stand up.
		August 15th The Advanced Pistol Training and Advanced Shotgun Training skils are added for Survivors The Rend Flesh skill is added for Zombies.
August 15th The Undying Scourge is formed.
Mid-August The zombie horde The Many is formed, recruiting heavily from the somethingaweful forums.
		August 20th A Contacts List is added for every character.
August 25th The survivor group Axes High is formed.
				September
September 1st The survivor group The Fortress is formed.
		September 3rd Mark II" Revivification Syringes are introduced. Revivified Zombies now stand as Survivors with half of their total available HP rather than half of their HP immediately prior to revival.
September 5th Democratic Armed Republic of Independent Suburbs (DARIS) is formed.
			September 7th UDWiki goes live.
		September 8th Characters from your Contacts List will now show up in a stack of dead bodies or a stack of Zombies.
September 9th The Shearbank Liberation Army (SLA) is formed in response to DARIS's declaration of independence for the suburb of Shearbank.
		September 16th Headshot now reduces a zombie's XP by 10 per level instead of reducing it to zero.
September 18th Minions of the Apocalypse is formed.
	September 19th The Siege of Giddings Mall takes place in Pitneybank. It is viewed as one of the first survivor victories.
			September 20th Desensitized, a UD forum is launched around this date and amidst problems with The Unofficial UD Forums. Later, it is home to the the Rogues Gallery and Zerg Listes.
		September 24th The Zombie skill Infectious Bite is added.
September 24th The Ridleybank Resistance Front is formed around this time during The Rise of Ridleybank. The horde goes on to be one of the longest lasting Urban Dead groups in history.
		September 29th XP drainage caused by Headshot only affects Zombies level 2 or higher. The zombie skill Ankle Grab is added.
				October
Late-October The Ministry of the Dead is formed, a unified zombie horde comprised of members of RRF, The Undying Scourge, MotA and other well-known zombie hordes.
	October 29th Dia de los Muertos takes place at Giddings Mall in Pitneybank.
				November
			November 1st The Novermber 2005 issue of PC Gamer UK features an article about Urban Dead. Later, in Janurary, the game is featured in the US version of the magazine.
			November 2nd Brainstock, an unofficial yet popular UD Forum is created.
	November 10th The First Siege of Caiger Mall begins.
				December
	December 19th On Strike hosts Stanstock at Whetcombe Park in Stanbury Village.
				2006
				January
				February
				March
				April
				May
				June
			June 1st Resensitized is launched after the Desensitized forum is brought down. The Zerg Liste and Rogues Gallery are carried over from Desensitized.
				July
				August
				September
				October
				November
				December
				2007
				January
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				May
				June
			June 18th Yahoo features an article which inspires 4000 new players to join Urban Dead.
			June 19th The day after Yahoo's article, Digg.com also features an article, further prompting new users to sign up for the game.
	June 19th Players celebrate the new arrivals to Malton in an event later called Yahoomas.
				July
				August
				September
				October
				November
				December
				2008
				January
				February
			Febuary 25th Monroeville, Urban Dead's first perma-death city goes live.
				March
			March 30th The first quarantine of Monroeville is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled.
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				2009
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