Battle of Pitneybank

The Battle of Pitneybank is a month-long battle which occurred in multiple buildings in Pitneybank between January 2nd and January 31st, 2008. The battle followed immediately after the events of Silent Night Slaughter and The First Ruining of Fort Creedy. During the battle, a large contingent of survivor groups were able to hold off against a large contingent of zombie groups at Giddings Mall and the surrounding buildings. The final siege in the battle was unique because the Interference game update was added during the middle of the siege, prompting each side in the battle to adjust their tactics. After weeks of fighting, zombie attackers were able to break through survivor defenses and the siege was considered a zombie victory.

Buildings involved in the battle

While early and late battles took place at Fort Creedy and The Farmer building NT in southern Pitneybank, the most prominent battles took place in northern Pitneybank in the area surrounding Giddings Mall. The following buildings were locations at which notable battles took place.

• The Morrish Building
• Byrne Auto Repair
• Bromley Auto Repair
• The MacMillan Hotel
• The Dewell Building (Spracklingbank)
• Giddings Mall
• Fort Creedy
• The Farmer Building

Groups involved in the battle

Survivors

During the first few days of battle, survivor forces were limited to those groups moving from Fort Creedy into The Farmer Building NT. Those groups included:

TNR	Malton Rangers	C4NT
CDF	AaR	USAI
DEM	E.N.D	rrn
zsg	MDD	RHVP

As the battle progressed and the survivor defense moved to Giddings Mall and the Morrish Building NT, more survivor groups joined in the battle. By the end of the battle in late January, the following survivor groups were participating in the sieges at Morrish and Giddings:

TNR	MR	THC	C4NT	AaR
USAI	SHURLMNP	DEM	E.N.D	RHVP
TDB	TF	FANNY	CDF	151st
ACC	TTFW	ARFCOM	the DA	D52
B.A.T.	ATO	/zom/	NFA	DR
NW	VZW	DotP	CC	UC
MDD

Zombies

The bulk of the zombie forces were made up of zombie groups participating in The Second Big Bash, officially comprised of the following:

Cybele's Shamblers	De-vivification Experts of Malton	Eastonwood Ferals
Extinction	Feral Undead	Infected Swarm
Killer Zombie Tomatoes	Lebende Tote	LUE
Rowcliffe Must Fall	The Minions of the Apocalypse	The Alliance
The Ridleybank Resistance Front	Thulsa Doom's Temple of Set	Undeadites
Williamsville Horde of Organized Zombies

Timeline of events

The following timeline closely approximates the sequence of events during the Battle of Pitneybank

• January 2nd - Big Bash 2 zombies ruin Fort Creedy.
• January 3rd - A short skirmish at The Farmer Building NT takes place.
• January 3rd to January 4th - Big Bash 2 pause to allow zombie groups to catch up to the main horde. Survivors take advantage by reviving, healing and otherwise preparing for a large siege.
• January 4th - The Siege at The Morrish Building begins.
• January 4th to 14th - The Morrish siege continues and Byrne Auto Repair and Bromley Auto Repair are frequent battlegrounds.
• January 15th to 17th - Battles take place at The MacMillan Hotel and The Dewell Building (Spracklingbank). Byrne Auto Repair and Bromley Auto Repair are repaired and reclaimed by survivors.
• January 18th - The battle at Morrish continues and focus begins to shift to Giddings Mall.
• January 23rd - The interference game mechanic is added.
• January 24th - The NE corner of Giddings becomes the main focus of the siege. Fort Creedy and The Farmer Building are reclaimed by survivors.
• January 27th - Fort Creedy and The Farmer NT are reclaimed by zombie forces after a few days of battle.
• January 29th - With survivors refocused on the NE corner of Giddings, zombie focus is shifted to the SE corner. Break-ins are frequent and active battles take place inside the mall. Morrish remains in survivor hands.
• January 31st - The SE corner of the mall is ruined creating a beachhead and zombies can move freely into and through the building. The mall falls and the Giddings siege ends. Zombies again focus on the Morrish Building. The NT building falls later that day after another skirmish. The Battle of Pitneybank ends with Giddings Mall, Morrish NT, Fort Creedy and Farmer NT ruined or in zombie control.

See Also

• First Ruining of Fort Creedy - The event immediately preceding the Battle of Pitneybank
  • Silent Night Slaughter - An individual account of the PKA's strike on Fort Creedy
  • The Second Big Bash - Sequence of events leading to the ruining of Fort Creedy and The Battle of Pitneybank
• Bashing Back: The Battle of Pitneybank - An detailed accounting of the events of The Battle of Pitneybank (PoV article).

• Interference - An explanation of the game mechanic introduced during the siege.
• Beachhead Tactic - A tactic first used by zombies during the Battle of Pitneybank.