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The [[Battle of Pitneybank]] (also known as The '''Battle of Giddings''') was a month-long battle which occurred at multiple buildings in [[Pitneybank]] between January 2nd and January 31st, 2008, immediately following the events of [[Silent Night Slaughter]] and The [[First Ruining of Fort Creedy]]. During the suburb-wide conflict, a large number of [[survivor]] groups defended Pitneybank against a large number of [[zombie]] groups participating in the [[Second Big Bash]] event. The bulk of the fighting took place at [[Giddings Mall]] and the surrounding buildings. The final siege was unique because the [[Interference]] game update was added during the middle of the siege, prompting each side to adjust their tactics. After weeks of fighting, zombie attackers broke through survivor defenses, ending the battle with a zombie victory.
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|date=January 2nd, 2008 - January 31st, 2008  
|place=[[Pitneybank]], mainly [[the Farmer Building]], [[The Morrish Building]] and [[Giddings Mall]].
|result=Zombie Victory
|side1=Survivor
|side2=Zombies
|groups1=At Farmer [[TNR]],  
[[Malton Rangers]],
[[C4NT]],
[[CDF]],
[[AaR]],
[[USAI]],
[[DEM]] ,  
[[E.N.D]],  
[[rrn]],  
[[zsg]],
[[MDD]]
and [[RHVP]]


At Morrish and Giddings
==Buildings involved in the battle==
[[The Northern Regiment]],
[[Malton Rangers]],
[[The Hazeldine Committee]],
[[C4NT]],
[[Aardwolf Rangers]],
[[U.S. Army Infantry]],
[[SHURLMNP]],
[DEM]],
[[Evil Never Dies]],
[[RHVP]],
[[The Dribbling Beavers]],
[[The Fortress]],
[[FANNY]],
[[CDF]],
[[151st Brigade]],
[[ACC]],
[[(To The) Four Winds]],
[[ARFCOM]],
the [[Dulston Alliance]],
[[Deck of 52]],
[[The Buckrell Arms Troops]],
[[Allied Travellers Organisation]],
[[/zom/]],
[[NFA]],
[[Dentonside Regulars]],
[[Nightwatch]],
[[VZW]],
[[Defenders of the Playground]],
[[Cannonball Crew]],
[[Umbrella Corporation]]
and [[Malton Department of Defense]].
|groups2=[[The Second Big Bash]], officially comprised of: [[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]], and [[Williamsville Horde of Organized Zombies]].
|commander1=[[User:Blanemcc|Blanemcc]], [[User:Redwave|Redwave]], [[user:PadreRomero|Padre Romero]], [[User:Johnny Lunchpail|Johnny Lunchpail]], [[CDF|El Satanno]], [[User:Randomzero|Randomzero]], [[User:Catman03|Booleanearth]], [[User:XxCannon FodderxX|XxCannon FodderxX]], [[User:Laundry_hamper|Laundry_hamper]], [[User:DanceDanceRevolution|DanceDanceRevolution]], [[User:Doctor Sarcoma|Doctor Sarcoma]],[[User:Clint Clintstone|Clint Clintstone]],[[User:Crowbar|Tommy Crowbar]], and [[Cannonball Crew|Deletion]].
|commander2=[[User:DonTickles|DonTickles]], [[User:Brona|Brona]], [[User:Keith Moon|Keith Moon]], [[User:Gogolnik|Gogolnik]], [[User:Captain Grisum|Captain Grisum]], [[User:Brainzombie|Brainzombie]], [[User:Mrhton|Mrhton]], [[User:Plinker|Plinker]], and many others.
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1= substantial survivor casualties
|casualties2= substantial zombie casualties
}}


=The Battle of Pitneybank=
While early and late battles took place at Fort Creedy and The Farmer building NT in southern Pitneybank, most of the significant fighting occurred in northern and central Pitneybank in the area immediately surrounding Giddings Mall. Notable sieges occurred in the following locations:  
==Prelude: [[First Ruining of Fort Creedy|The Fall of Creedy]] and the fall of Farmer==
[[Fort Creedy]], which had held 700 survivors, fell in early January 2008 due to efforts by the [[PKA]], feral zombies and [[The Second Big Bash]] during the [[First Ruining of Fort Creedy]]. After the fort and the surrounding buildings fell, many of the zombies moved on to [[The Farmer Building]].
[[Image:South Park- Night of the living homeless 5.jpg|thumb|left| A caricature of Fort Creedy survivors.]]


After the fall of Fort Creedy, there were 80+ survivors inside the Farmer building, with more survivors arriving. The numbers peaked a few hours after the Fort fell, and the building at one point had 150+ zombies outside. Survivors held off several large break-ins in the early hours; but by midday January 3rd, 2008, the Farmer Building fell to a horde numbering some 280+ zombies. Many survivors fled to Giddings Mall and the Morrish Building. The buildings around the Farmer Building had been ransacked, leaving much of south Pitneybank barricadeless and in the hands of feral zombies and the Second Big Bash.
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*[[The Morrish Building]]
*[[Byrne Auto Repair]]
*[[Bromley Auto Repair]]
*[[The MacMillan Hotel]]
*[[The Dewell Building]] (Spracklingbank)
*[[Giddings Mall]]
*[[Fort Creedy]]
*[[The Farmer Building]]
|align=right|[[File:Giddings-mall-logo.jpg|x160px]]
|align=right|[[File:Giddings-mall-logo-alt.jpg|x160px]]
|}


==The Siege of the Morrish building==
==Timeline of events==
After the Farmer Building was ransacked, The Second Big Bash and ferals brought their full force to bear against [[The Morrish Building]], recieving reinforcements from throughout [[Pitneybank]] and the surrounding suburbs. Meanwhile survivors inside Giddings Mall rested, revived, and healed while the Bash was preoccupied. Those survivors inside the Morrish Building and it's two neighboring entry points were still busy barricading and attempting to revive those who had been killed.


Survivors were much more numerous at the Morrish Building than they were at the Farmer Building, and easily equaled or exceeded the numbers of the Big Bash, and thus were able to hold the building for significantly longer.
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title=The Battle of Pitneybank<br><small>also known as</small><br>The Battle of Giddings|
While the battle concentrated at Morrish, mobile groups from both sides moved to the siege. With what seemed to be a stalemate at the Morrish Building, zombies began targeting nearby resource buildings in an attempt to cut off the supplies for the NT. Both [[Byrne Auto Repair]] and [[Bromley Auto Repair]] were battlegrounds for several days as the zombies and survivors fought for their possession. The battle for Morrish and the two auto repair shops lasted for nearly two weeks.
image=[[Image:Mallcreed2.jpg|200px|center]]|
 
date=January 2nd - January 31st, 2008|
After some time the zombie forces moved north to take some of the survivor strongholds after the first fall of the auto repair shops; most notably, the MacMillan motel which had been lost and retaken repeatedly throughout the battle. While only slightly important in the larger siege, taking these gave a slight morale boost to the Bash, which encouraged them to move on to Giddings. It also cut off some of the Free-running routes north into [[Spracklingbank]]. Survivors regained control of the auto repairs during this time and the Bash turned it's attention to a bigger target. Entry points were back up and running, giving them a clear gateway to the fighting. However the zombies were far from ready to admit defeat.
place=[[Pitneybank]], mainly [[the Farmer Building]], [[The Morrish Building]] and [[Giddings Mall]]|
result=Zombie Victory|
In the surrounding revive points the revive process was slowed down due to huge numbers of revive point occupants and large numbers of rotters in the crowds. This slowed the flow of survivors going back to defend the Morrish Building to a mere trickle.
side1=Survivors|
 
groups1=At Farmer: [[TNR]], [[Malton Rangers]], [[C4NT]], [[CDF]], [[AaR]], [[USAI]], [[Department of Emergency Management|DEM]] , [[E.N.D]], [[rrn]], [[zsg]], [[MDD]] and [[RHVP]]
== The Assault on Giddings Mall ==
At Morrish and Giddings: [[The Northern Regiment|TNR]], [[Malton Rangers|MR]], [[The Hazeldine Committee|THC]], [[Channel 4 News Team|C4NT]], [[Aardwolf Rangers|AaR]], [[U.S. Army Infantry|USAI]], [[SHURLMNP|SHURLMNP]], [[Department of Emergency Management|DEM]], [[Evil Never Dies|E.N.D]], [[Rolt Heights Vigilante Patrol|RHVP]], [[The Dribbling Beavers|TDB]], [[The Fortress|TF]], [[FANNY]], [[Creedy Defense Force|CDF]], [[151st Brigade|151st]], [[Army Control Corps|ACC]], [[(To The) Four Winds|TTFW]], [[ARFCOM]], the [[Dulston Alliance|DA]], [[Deck of 52|D52]], [[The Buckrell Arms Troops|B.A.T.]], [[Allied Travellers Organisation|ATO]], [[/zom/]], [[NFA]], [[Dentonside Regulars|DR]], [[Nightwatch|NW]], [[VZW]], [[Defenders of the Playground|DotP]], [[Cannonball Crew|CC]], [[Umbrella Corporation|UC]] and [[Malton Department of Defense|MDD]].|
After the two week assault on the auto repair shops, and Morrish, the Bash changed tactics: Walrond Square was clogged with Rotters to an extent never seen before, and the main force shifted to the northeast corner of Giddings Mall. Survivor casualties due to break-ins were matched by revives, and survivors followed the "cade-dump-heal-kill" protocol for sieges. At this point the survivors outnumbered the zombies and the siege only became slowed considerably.
side2=Zombies|
groups2=[[The Second Big Bash]], officially comprised of: [[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]], and [[Williamsville Horde of Organized Zombies]]|
commander1=[[User:Blanemcc|Blanemcc]], [[User:Redwave|Redwave]], [[user:PadreRomero|Padre Romero]], [[User:Johnny Lunchpail|Johnny Lunchpail]], [[CDF|El Satanno]], [[User:Randomzero|Randomzero]], [[User:XxCannon FodderxX|XxCannon FodderxX]], [[User:Laundry_hamper|Laundry_hamper]], [[User:DanceDanceRevolution|DanceDanceRevolution]], [[User:Doctor Sarcoma|Doctor Sarcoma]],[[User:Clint Clintstone|Clint Clintstone]],[[User:Crowbar|Tommy Crowbar]], and [[Cannonball Crew|Deletion]]|
commander2=[[User:DonTickles|DonTickles]], [[User:Brona|Brona]], [[User:Keith Moon|Keith Moon]], [[User:Gogolnik|Gogolnik]], [[User:Captain Grisum|Captain Grisum]], [[User:Brainzombie|Brainzombie]], [[User:Mrhton|Mrhton]], [[User:Plinker|Plinker]]|
strength1=800-1300 overall|
strength2=Around 400 at the beginning of the siege, over 700 at the time [[The Morrish Building|Morrish]] fell.|
casualties1=900+ (300 Creedy, 150 Farmer, 300 Giddings, 200 Morrish.)|
casualties2=Unknown, but somewhere in the hundreds. Several breakins of around 50 were repelled, and at least one numbering 100 or more.|
}}


Break-ins were a very common sight however, with groups of 10-20 zombies getting inside the mall at least 3 times a day throughout the duration of the siege with dozens of 0:00 based attacks. The northern half of Giddings was almost constantly filled with small numbers of zombies trickling through. PKer's inside the Mall provided an additional threat and the dropping Barricades needed constant attention. PKing efforts combined with the numerous small break-ins caused survivor attention to be diverted to the quickly falling barricades of the northern corners.
The following timeline closely approximates the sequence of events during the Battle of Pitneybank
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|'''January 2nd'''<br>''[[Big Bash 2]] zombies ruin Fort Creedy.''
|-
|'''January 3rd'''<br>''A short skirmish at [[The Farmer Building]] NT takes place.''
|-
|'''January 3rd to January 4th'''<br>'' [[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'''<br>''The Siege at [[The Morrish Building]] begins.''
|-
|'''January 4th to 14th'''<br>''The Morrish siege continues and [[Byrne Auto Repair]] and [[Bromley Auto Repair]] are frequent battlegrounds.''
|-
|'''January 15th to 17th'''<br>''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'''<br>''The battle at Morrish continues and focus begins to shift to [[Giddings Mall]].''
|-
|'''January 23rd'''<br>''The [[interference]] game mechanic is added.''
|-
|'''January 24th'''<br>''The NE corner of Giddings becomes the main focus of the siege. Fort Creedy and The Farmer Building are reclaimed by survivors.''
|-
|'''January 27th'''<br>''Fort Creedy and The Farmer NT are reclaimed by zombie forces after a few days of battle.''
|-
|'''January 29th'''<br>''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.''
|-
|J'''anuary 31st'''<br>''The SE corner of the mall is ruined creating a beachhead, allowing zombies to 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.''
|}
</div>


===The Update===
==Player participation==
As time wore on, zombie moral started to decline. DonTickles, a Zombie commander, announced a "crunch time", right before [[Kevan]] added [[News#23rd_January|updates ]] that made maintaining a break-in much easier for the zombies and much harder for the survivors attempting to defend. This provided a substantial morale boost to the Bash, and break-ins at the Giddings Mall grew longer and more deadly as barricading was now considerably more difficult while zombies were standing inside the mall. From this moment, the Survivor's new siege protocol became "dump-kill-cade-heal". The siege had turned into more of an outright battle; instead of two sides fighting over the status of the barricades, they were directly fighting one another for possession of the mall. The battle spread beyond the Northeast corner, with a smaller but still sizable force of zombies (70-80 at any given time) attacking the Southeast corner of the mall. Zombies began to target generators more frequently while PKer & GKer alike would lend a helping hand to the advancing Zombies.


===South Pitneybank during Giddings Mall Siege===
Participation was very high by both survivor and zombie players during The Battle of Pitneybank. Before the Silent Night Slaughter and subsequent ruining of Fort Creedy, approximately 700 survivors defended the fort against a modest amount of zombie attackers. When the [[Second Big Bash]] arrived at Creedy, it brought 300 or more zombies players to the battle. These numbers quickly increased following the ruining of Creedy as more zombie players caught up to the main horde, and more survivor groups arrived to defend central and northern Pitneybank. By the end of the battle, approximately 35 survivor and 20 zombie groups would participate in the event, a conflict involving at least 2,000 players, or approximately 16.8% of the game's total player base at that time.
With slightly more than half of the Bash assaulting the mall, several groups of survivors emerged from the Mall, retook the Farmer NT and began clearing Fort Creedy. During the long siege of Giddings before the update, they succeeded in reestablishing the Fort and rebuilding the southern area of Pitneybank. After the update, however, the zombies remaining at Creedy broke through and within days Creedy was again in ruins. The survivors who were still fighting in the fort were quickly killed by a sizable zombie force. The zombies then began another siege of Farmer, which fell on January 27, 2008.


===The Bash's Beachhead and The Fall of Giddings===
[[File:Jan 2008 graph.png|center]]
After the update, break-ins became more frequent, larger, and longer. Several break-ins allowed more than 50 zombies inside. Survivor defenses rapidly became uncoordinated and while survivors tried to regroup after each attack the zombies invaded the mall in groups of 60-80 at a time. At first, these larger incursions were repulsed by the survivor groups, but on Jan. 29, the zombies gained a large toehold in the southeast corner of the mall. After first breaking into the mall's Northeast corner, the zombies then shifted their focus to the Southeast corner. Making full use of the confusion caused by the shift, the zombies pounded on the southeast corner's barricades. While most of the survivors fought for control of the Northeast corner, even more zombies broke into the less defended Southeast corner, flooding into the mall and killing the few survivors remaining in the Southeast corner. By the next day, over 300 zombies were standing in Southeast Giddings, while survivor numbers in that section had dwindled to less than 50. The Southeast corner was [[Ransack|ransacked]] and [[Ruin|ruined]] in the early hours of January 31, 2008. With this beachhead secured and the doors left open, hundreds of zombies flooded in and the survivors were soon outnumbered by 20:1 as they either fled the mall or were killed by the zombies. By 18:01 GMT of the 31st, the last survivors were either dead or had fled and all corners had been ruined. At this point there were over 500 zombies inside the building. The Bash had taken down Giddings after a month long siege.
[[Image: GiddingsDoomed.jpg|thumb|left| Zombies attack the SE corner.]]


== The Last Stand ==
The above graph provides some population data for Malton during the battle. The data was aggregated from the Urban Dead [http://www.urbandead.com/stats.csv stats log] and corroborates with the participation claims above. Shifts in zombie and survivor numbers reach close to one thousand by during the middle and end of the Morrish/Giddings siege.
After the fall of Giddings, the Big Bash quickly turned its attention to [[the Morrish Building]], where the remaining survivors of Giddings Mall had gathered and waited with the Morrish Inhabitants. The battle was short, with zombies bringing down the barricades and several hundred quickly flooding inside on the evening of January 31.  


Survivors suffered from a lack of First Aid Kits, ammunition, and a large revive queue from the fall of Giddings. By the end of the night, zombies outnumbered the few remaining survivors 3:1, and as the new month began, the siege of Giddings and Morrish ended.
==Interference update==


=Conclusion=
On January 23, the [[interference]] game mechanic was added to the game. The update occurred during the third week of battle and approximately one week before its end. Prior to the update, barricade build rates were unaffected by zombies standing inside a building. After the update, build rates were drastically reduced while more than two zombies stood inside. Because the update occurred at the height of the battle, each side had to quickly establish new tactics. It was during this time that the zombie [[Beachhead Tactic]] was first practiced, among others.
In the end, the Second Big Bash, which had cut a bloody swath through southern Malton relatively unhindered in the previous months, was stalled for several weeks by an impressive and stubborn survivor defensive effort. The end of the battle was likely the direct cause of the update of zombie abilities. The numbers involved in both sides of the siege were massive, and both survivors and zombies acquitted themselves well. In the end, the siege was considered a success for the Bash, which added the suburb to their tally, and the survivors who rallied to the cause of defense were pushed from their fortifications.  


The siege was a rather unique event, being both before and after the updates. Its aftermath led to a number of debates on the subject of survivor tactics.
==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#Trail of Destruction|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).
*[[The Morrish Building#Historic Events|The Morrish Building]] - Historic Events section document some of the events
*[[Fort_Creedy/News_Archive#January_2008|Fort Creedy/News Archive]] - Archived news updates documenting some of the events
*[[Interference]] - An explanation of the game mechanic introduced during the siege.  
*[[Beachhead Tactic]] - A tactic first used by zombies during the Battle of Pitneybank.


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The Battle of Pitneybank (also known as The Battle of Giddings) was a month-long battle which occurred at multiple buildings in Pitneybank between January 2nd and January 31st, 2008, immediately following the events of Silent Night Slaughter and The First Ruining of Fort Creedy. During the suburb-wide conflict, a large number of survivor groups defended Pitneybank against a large number of zombie groups participating in the Second Big Bash event. The bulk of the fighting took place at Giddings Mall and the surrounding buildings. The final siege was unique because the Interference game update was added during the middle of the siege, prompting each side to adjust their tactics. After weeks of fighting, zombie attackers broke through survivor defenses, ending the battle with 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, most of the significant fighting occurred in northern and central Pitneybank in the area immediately surrounding Giddings Mall. Notable sieges occurred in the following locations:

Giddings-mall-logo.jpg Giddings-mall-logo-alt.jpg

Timeline of events

The Battle of Pitneybank
also known as
The Battle of Giddings
Mallcreed2.jpg
Date: January 2nd - January 31st, 2008
Place: Pitneybank, mainly the Farmer Building, The Morrish Building and Giddings Mall
Result: Zombie Victory
Combatants
Survivors x Zombies
Groups
- Survivors : At Farmer: TNR, Malton Rangers, C4NT, CDF, AaR, USAI, DEM , E.N.D, rrn, zsg, MDD and RHVP

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 and MDD.

- Zombies : The Second Big Bash, officially comprised of: 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, and Williamsville Horde of Organized Zombies
Commanders
- Survivors : Blanemcc, Redwave, Padre Romero, Johnny Lunchpail, El Satanno, Randomzero, XxCannon FodderxX, Laundry_hamper, DanceDanceRevolution, Doctor Sarcoma,Clint Clintstone,Tommy Crowbar, and Deletion
- Zombies : DonTickles, Brona, Keith Moon, Gogolnik, Captain Grisum, Brainzombie, Mrhton, Plinker
Strength
- Survivors : 800-1300 overall
- Zombies : Around 400 at the beginning of the siege, over 700 at the time Morrish fell.
Casualties
- Survivors : 900+ (300 Creedy, 150 Farmer, 300 Giddings, 200 Morrish.)
- Zombies : Unknown, but somewhere in the hundreds. Several breakins of around 50 were repelled, and at least one numbering 100 or more.

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, allowing zombies to 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.

Player participation

Participation was very high by both survivor and zombie players during The Battle of Pitneybank. Before the Silent Night Slaughter and subsequent ruining of Fort Creedy, approximately 700 survivors defended the fort against a modest amount of zombie attackers. When the Second Big Bash arrived at Creedy, it brought 300 or more zombies players to the battle. These numbers quickly increased following the ruining of Creedy as more zombie players caught up to the main horde, and more survivor groups arrived to defend central and northern Pitneybank. By the end of the battle, approximately 35 survivor and 20 zombie groups would participate in the event, a conflict involving at least 2,000 players, or approximately 16.8% of the game's total player base at that time.

Jan 2008 graph.png

The above graph provides some population data for Malton during the battle. The data was aggregated from the Urban Dead stats log and corroborates with the participation claims above. Shifts in zombie and survivor numbers reach close to one thousand by during the middle and end of the Morrish/Giddings siege.

Interference update

On January 23, the interference game mechanic was added to the game. The update occurred during the third week of battle and approximately one week before its end. Prior to the update, barricade build rates were unaffected by zombies standing inside a building. After the update, build rates were drastically reduced while more than two zombies stood inside. Because the update occurred at the height of the battle, each side had to quickly establish new tactics. It was during this time that the zombie Beachhead Tactic was first practiced, among others.

See Also

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