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==Urban Dead Timeline==
==Urban Dead Timeline==
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====July====
====July====
{{TimelineMeta|Date=July 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=[[Urban Dead]] goes live}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=July 4<sup>th</sup>-30<sup>th</sup>|Description=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 [[Zerg|Multi Abuse]] counter-measures and [[Hit Limit]] are introduced.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Early- to Mid-July|Description=Prior to the advent of UD Forums, the survivorgroup The [[Council of Leaders (original)|Council of Leaders]] is formed after calls for some organized resistance against the zombies in the city.}}
{{TimelineMeta|Date=Mid- to Late-July|Description=The first maps of [[Malton]] are pieced together.
*[[Bounty Hunter|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.}}
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*Urban Dead goes live.
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*''[[Urban Dead]] is launched.''
====August====
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{{TimelineMeta|Date=August 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=[http://www.urbandead.proboards52.com/ The Unofficial UD Forums] is lauched around this date.  While unofficial, and not run by [[User:Kevan|Kevan]], they were considered to be the main forums for UD, and were often referred to simply as '''the forums'''.
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=August 2<sup>nd</sup>|Description=The survivor group [[PA Rebel Alliance]] is formed by members of the [http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/ Penny Arcade forums]. }}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=August 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Death]] now causes a [[zombie]] to spend 10AP to [[stand up]].}}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=August 15<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Military Skills|Advanced Pistol Training and Advanced Shotgun Training skils]] are added for [[Survivors]]''
*''The [[Rend Flesh]] skill is added for [[Zombies]].}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=August 15<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[The Undying Scourge]] is formed.}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Mid-August|Description=The zombie horde [[The Many]] is formed, recruiting heavily from the [http://www.somethingawful.com somethingaweful forums].}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Mid-August|Description=The group [[Red-eye Republic]] is founded.}}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=August 20<sup>th</sup>|Description=A [[Contacts List]] is added for every character.}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=August 25<sup>th</sup>|Description=The survivor group [[Axes High]] is formed.}}
 
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*''[[Speaking]] game mechanic is added''
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 4th'''
*Added a 'Speak' button, allowing survivors to communicate with others in the same block.
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*Zombies are now able to make zombie noises, to communicate with one another or to threaten the living.
 
*Two new mailing lists now exist: urbandeadzombies as a support group for the recently deceased, and necrotech for analysis of the game's structure, and for bug reporting.
====September====
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=September 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=The survivor group [[The Fortress]] is formed.}}
*''Zombie [[Speech]] is added.''
 
*''Bug reporting is enabled.''
{{TimelineGame|Date=September 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=Mark II" [[NecroTech Revivification Syringe|Revivification Syringes]] are introduced. [[Revivification|Revivified]] Zombies now stand as Survivors with half of their total available [[HP]] rather than half of their [[HP]] immediately prior to revival.}}
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=September 5<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Democratic Armed Republic of Independent Suburbs]] (DARIS) is formed.}}
 
{{TimelineMeta|Date=September 7<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Main_Page|UDWiki]] goes live.}}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=September 8<sup>th</sup>|Description=Characters from your [[Contacts List]] will now show up in a [[stack]] of [[Dead body|dead bodies]] or a [[stack]] of [[Zombies]].}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=September 9<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Shearbank Liberation Army]] (SLA) is formed in response to [[DARIS]]'s declaration of independence for the [[suburb]] of [[Shearbank]].}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=September 12<sup>th</sup>|Description=The groups [[The Stanbury Renegades]] and [[United Territories Federation]] are founded.}}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=September 16<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Headshot]] now reduces a zombie's [[XP]] by 10 per [[level]] instead of reducing it to zero.}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=September 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Minions of the Apocalypse]] is formed.}}
 
{{TimelineEvent|Date=September 19<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[The Siege of Giddings Mall]] takes place in [[Pitneybank]]. It is viewed as one of the first survivor victories.}}
 
{{TimelineMeta|Date=September 20<sup>th</sup>|Description=[http://zombies.desensitised.net/ Desensitized], a UD forum is launched around this date and amidst problems with [http://www.urbandead.proboards52.com/ The Unofficial UD Forums]. Later, it is home to the PK List and the Zerg Liste.}}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=September 24<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Zombie Skills|Zombie skill]] [[Infectious Bite]] is added.}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=September 24<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[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.}}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=September 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[XP]] drainage caused by [[Headshot]] only affects [[Zombies]] level 2 or higher.
*The zombie skill [[Ankle Grab]] is added.}}
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*''[[Wirecutters]] are added and can be used to cut holes in fences of [[junkyards]].''
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 7th'''
*Wirecutters now have a use.
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*Players who are tired of life are now able to jump from the windows of tall buildings.
 
*Players caught creating multiple characters for game-abusive purposes are now having those accounts disabled semi-automatically.
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=October|Description=The group [[Shambling Seagulls]] are founded.}}
*''[[Suicide]] is now possible by survivors in the form of windows in [[Building Types#Tall Building|tall buildings]].''
 
*''Measures are put into place to help combat [[Zerg|Multi Abuse]].''
{{TimelineGroup|Date=October 2<sup>nd</sup>|Description=The survivor group [[Creedy Defense Force]] is formed.}}
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=October 10<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[Army Control Corps]] is founded.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=October 12<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[October Battle of Fort Creedy]] drives the [[Creedy Defense Force]] from [[Fort Creedy]].}}
*''[[Zombies]] get an update to their [[Zombie Skills|skills set]].''
 
*''Players are now able to purchase [[skills]] by spending [[XP]].''
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Late-October|Description=[[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.}}
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 10<sup>th</sup>'''
 
*A few zombie skills have been added.
{{TimelineGroup|Date=October 24<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[Roftwood Assault Force]] is founded.}}
*Skill purchase has been implemented - characters can spend 100XP to buy a skill from the new skills tree, with cost modifiers for the Military and Science classes.
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=October 28<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[Drunken Dead]] is founded.}}
 
{{TimelineEvent|Date=October 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Dia de los Muertos]] takes place at [[Giddings Mall]] in [[Pitneybank]].}}
 
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*To discourage in-fighting, survivors now get only half combat XP if they're attacking another survivor; zombies get half XP if they're attacking another zombie.
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*''[[PKing]] and [[ZKing]] now provide only half of the normal [[XP]] for successful attacks and kills against the opposite faction.''
====November====
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{{TimelineMeta|Date=November 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=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.}}
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{{TimelineMeta|Date=November 2<sup>nd</sup>|Description=[http://s1.zetaboards.com/brainstock/ Brainstock], an unofficial yet popular [[Unofficial UD Forums|UD Forum]] is created.}}
*''More [[Zombie skills]] are added.''
 
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 12<sup>th</sup>'''
{{TimelineGroup|Date=November 6<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[Dulston Defense Death Squad]] is founded.}}
*There are a couple of new combat skills in the Zombie Skills Tree.
 
{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 10<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[First Siege of Caiger Mall]] begins.}}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=November 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Generator]] mechanic is added.}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Late November|Description=The group [[Channel 4 News Team]] is founded during the [[First Siege of Caiger Mall]].}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=November 22<sup>nd</sup>|Description=The group [[Philosophe Knights]] is founded.}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=November 22<sup>nd</sup>|Description=[[Mobile Phone Mast]] mechanic is added.}}
 
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*Citizens' date-of-death is now tracked.
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*Flare Guns can now be used as inaccurate but powerful weapons.
 
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*''The date and time at which a character first [[Death|dies]] is added to character [[profile|profiles]]
 
*[[flare gun|Flare Guns]] get an update. [[Survivors]] can now use them as [[Firearms]]''
{{TimelineEvent|Date=December 2<sup>nd</sup>|Description=The [[First Siege of Caiger Mall]] ends with the first [[survivor]] victory over a coordinated zombie assault.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=December 19<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[On Strike]] hosts [[Stanstock]] at [[Whetcombe Park]] in [[Stanbury Village]].}}
 
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*''[[First_Aid_Kit|Fist Aid Kits]] can now be used to [[HP#Regaining_Hit_Points|heal]] other players.''
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*''[[Hit Points]] are removed from character [[profile|profiles]].''
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*''The [[HP]] values of [[survivors]] in nearby [[block|blocks]] can now be seen by [[zombies]] using the [[Scent Fear]] [[skill]] rather than just the block at which the zombie stands.''
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|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 14<sup>th</sup>'''
 
*First-Aid Kits can now be used on other players.
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*Hit points are no longer displayed in user profiles.
*The Scent Fear skill has been tweaked to show wounded survivors in nearby blocks.
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*In response to the spreading infection, NecroTech have issued all staff with DNA Extractors and are requesting that infected specimens be located and logged.
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*A new Miscellaneous-class skill is available: Body Building.
====January====
*NecroTech staff with the Lab Experience skill will now be able to use a newly-added item of zombie-related equipment. It can be found in NecroTech buildings. (Untrained citizens won't be able to operate it.)
 
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=[[Mall Tour '06]] begins at [[Stickling Mall]].}}
*''[[DNA Extractor]] is added. Characters who start the game as a [[NecroTech Lab Assistant ]] begin with start an extractor.''
 
*''The [[Body Building]] [[skill]] is added, allowing any character with the skill to have a maximum of 60 [[HP]].''
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Mid-January|Description=The group [[Alliance of Giddings]] is founded.}}
*''[[Revivification Syringes]] are added, allowing [[survivors]] to bring [[zombies]] to life through [[revivification]].''
 
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=Mid-January|Description=Survivors are evacuated en masse prior to the [[Battle of Blesley Mall]].}}
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{{TimelineMeta|Date=January 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Action overloading]] bug, which had caused the fall of [[Blesley Mall]], is fixed.}}
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*''The [[Zombie#Corpse|Corpse]] class is added, allowing players to start the game as a [[zombie]].''
{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 20<sup>th</sup>|Description=After the five-day [[Battle of Giddings Mall]], survivors are evacuated. Few other groups had helped, leading to the formation of [[CMS-Meta]].}}
*''DNA samples can no longer be taken from a [[zombie]] that has already been scanned with a [[DNA Extractor]] until that zombie takes some [[Action Points|action]].''
 
*''Characters who take no [[Action Points|action]] within five days will become [[Inactive#Hidden]] from view.
{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 25<sup>th</sup>|Description=Calvert Mall falls in the [[Battle of Calvert Mall]], and survivors flee to [[Caiger Mall]].}}
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 19<sup>th</sup>'''
 
*New players of the game may select the Corpse character class, to sidestep all that tedious suicide business.
{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Ackland Mall]] falls after [[Siege of Ackland Mall|a three-week siege]].}}
*Memo to NecroTech staff: reports are coming in that infected subjects are beginning to develop significant phenotypic differences, over time - please start filing daily DNA samples so that the situation can be better monitored.
 
*To clear up the map, any player who hasn't logged in for five days now becomes hidden (considered to have spent a solid five days doing nothing except securing a shelter), which effectively removes them from the game. They'll reappear in their previous location whenever they log back in.
{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Mall Tour '06]] ends with the start of the [[Second Siege of Caiger Mall]].}}
 
 
 
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*''[[Items]] can be [[dropping|dropped]].''
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=February|Description=The first [[PH War]] begins.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=Feburary 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Valentine's Day Massacre]], one of the earliest [[PK]] massacres, occurs in the [[Whatmore Building]] in [[Yagoton]].}}
*''Moving from one [[block]] to another as [[Zombie]] now costs 2AP''
 
*''The [[Zombie Skills|Zombie skill]] [[Memories of Life]] is added, preventing [[zombies]] without it from entering through building [[doors]].''
{{TimelineGroup|Date=February 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[Eastonwood Ferals]] is founded.}}
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 21<sup>st</sup>'''
 
*The undead have also slowed to lurching - it now takes 2AP for a zombie to walk to an adjacent block.
*Something in the air is stupefying the zombies. They can no longer open doors to enter buildings unless they have the new Memories of Life skill. Citizens are advised to lock their doors.
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*Zombies are now able to develop the Scent Trail skill, which allows them to sense the locations of survivors who have attacked or otherwise come into contact with them since their last turn.
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*A change to the Consumer class - the Shopping skill now lets customers choose which of several stores to loot, when searching a mall. The search-bonus has been moved to Bargain Hunting.
 
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====March====
*''The [[Zombie Skills|Zombie skill]] [[Scent Trail]] is added.''
 
*''The [[Survivor Skills|Survivor skill]] [[Shopping]] is changed. The [[Bargain Hunting]] skill is added.
 
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=Mid-March|Description=The group [[FedCom: Urban Dead]] is founded.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=March 19<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Second Siege of Caiger Mall]] ends with a [[survivor]] victory.}}
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*''[[Spray Can|Spray Cans]] can be found and used to add [[Spraypainting|grafitti]] to walls and other surfaces.''
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Late March|Description=The group [[Shambling Seagulls]] is disbanded.}}
*''The [[Hit Limit]] is introduced.''
 
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 24<sup>th</sup>'''
{{TimelineGame|Date=March 28<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[NecroTech Revivification Syringe]]s increase from 1 AP to 10 AP to use.}}
*Spray Paint can now be found in buildings you'd expect to find it in, and can be used to leave messages on walls.
 
*The site now has an access limit. In order to keep the server running smoothly and to prevent people from single-handedly controlling large hordes of zombies or player-killers, players are now only allowed to hit the site 160 times from a single machine, per day. This is enough to maintain three characters if you don't reload the page; if you've been running more than three, you might want to move the others into safe buildings and let them go idle, to resume play with them later on.  
{{TimelineEvent|Date=March 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=In response to the syringe AP changes, [[Strike For Syringes]] begins.}}
 
 
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*Dead bodies can now be dragged out of buildings if you're worried about them reanimating.
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*''[[Dead body|Dead bodies]] can now be [[Dumping Bodies|dumped]] outside buildings.''
====April====
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=April 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=Survivor group [[The Randoms]] is formed.}}
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{{TimelineGame|Date=April 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=In the [[April Fool's#2006|first April Fool's joke]], werewolves and vampires appear in the game.}}
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*''The [[Survivor Skills|Survivor skill]] [[Tagging]] is added.''
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April 2<sup>nd</sup>|Description=The [[Penny heights Massacre|Penny Heights Massacre]] takes place.}}
*''The [[Hit Limit]] is tweaked, allowing players who have [[Donations|donated]] to Urban Dead to enjoy significantly more IP Hits.'''
 
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 26<sup>th</sup>'''
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of the Bear Pit]] begins.}}
*A new civilian skill - Tagging - gives XP bonuses for spraypainting certain buildings.
 
*As a thankyou to the players who've donated to support the site, they've had the hit-limit lifted to a sufficiently high number, for the character that they specified with the donation. I'll be doing the same for any future donations above $5.
{{TimelineGame|Date=April 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Ransack]]ing mechanic is added.}}
 
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*The Zombie Hunters are coming. Check the Skills Tree.
*Some zombies have been observed using a primitive Death Rattle ability to communicate more complex noises than their earlier groaning.
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*''The [[Survivor Skills|Survivor skill]] [[Headshot]] is added.''
*''The [[Zombie Skills|Zombie skill]] [[Death Rattle]] is added.''
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*''All actions now include a [[time stamp]].''
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''July 29<sup>th</sup>'''
*Game messages are now timestamped, after a few requests for this.
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*Citizens with the new Construction skill are now able to barricade buildings from the inside.
 
*NecroTech memo: Some of the specimens are now reaching an advanced stage of decomposition - revivification techniques don't appear to work on those with Brain Rot, and your DNA extractors may have trouble reading their genetic signature.
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=May 9<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[PA Rebel Alliance]] is disbanded.}}
*''The [[Barricade]] system is added to [[buildings]].''
 
*''The [[Survivor Skills|Survivor skill]] [[Construction]] is added.''
{{TimelineEvent|Date=May 12<sup>th</sup>|Description=Survivors successfully defend [[Spicer Hills]] in [[Operation Nordwind]].}}
*''The [[Zombie Skills|Zombie skill]] [[Brain Rot]] is added.''
 
*''[[DNA Extractor|DNA Extractors]] are tweaked.''
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{{TimelineGame|Date=June 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=The [[radio]] mechanic is added. It is refined over the course of the month.}}
 
{{TimelineMeta|Date=June 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=[http://zombies.dementiastudios.org/boards/ Resensitized] is launched after the [http://zombies.desensitised.net/board/ Desensitized forum] is brought down. The Zerg Liste and PK List are carried over from Desensitized.}}
 
{{TimelineEvent|Date=Mid June|Description=The [[Battle of the Bear Pit]] ends with a [[survivor]] victory.}}
 
{{TimelineGame|Date=Late June|Description=Various zombie mechanics are added or revised.}}
 
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*Either the zombies are weakening, the survivors are learning where to hit them, or there's something in the air... it now takes 10AP for a zombie to stand up after being killed. As ever, safety in numbers is the key to not being killed in the first place.
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*''[[Death]] now causes a [[zombie]] to spend 10AP to [[stand up]].''
====July====
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=First anniversary of the outbreak. The first [[Extravaganza]] is held.}}
 
{{TimelineGroup|Date=July 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=The group [[Alliance of Giddings]] is disbanded.}}
 
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=Finals of the [[Malton World Cup Committee|Malton World Cup]] at [[Clapton Stadium]].}}
 
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 20<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle for Nichols Mall]] results in a zombie victory.}}
 
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 20<sup>th</sup>|Description=In the [[Battle for Hildebrand Mall]], zombies overrun the mall in under 30 hours.}}
 
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*''The [[Military Skills|Advanced Pistol Training and Advanced Shotgun Training skils]] are added for [[Survivors]]''
*''The [[Rend Flesh]] skill is added for [[Zombies]].''
|align=right|<!--Date and Game Update (if applicable)-->'''August 15<sup>th</sup>'''
*Survivors with itchy trigger fingers can now spend their time developing Advanced Training skills, for the pistol and the shotgun.
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====August====
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=August 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of Blackmore]] begins.}}
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{{TimelineGame|Date=August 20<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[binoculars]] and [[Zombie Skills/Flailing Gesture|gesture]] mechanics are added, and [[knife|knives]] are revised.}}
 
{{TimelineEvent|Date=August 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[The Second Massacre of Yagoton]] takes place in the [[Whatmore Building]].}}
 
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=September 11<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[R!ahn G!ng at the Zoo|The Lion King]] is performed by zombies at the [[Malton City Zoo]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=September 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=A major [[bar brawl]] takes place at [[The Burchell Arms]].}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Late September|Description=The group [[(To The) Four Winds]] is founded.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=October 13<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of Blackmore]] ends in a [[zombie]] victory.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=October 24<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Third Siege of Caiger Mall]] begins.}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=October 31<sup>st</sup>|Description=The existence of [[fog]] masks [[News/2006#October_31|several minor game updates]].}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 5<sup>th</sup>|Description=The first [[5th of November]] event takes place in [[Ridleybank]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 10<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Third Siege of Caiger Mall]] ends in a [[zombie]] victory, the first time [[Caiger Mall]] fell into zombie hands.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=November 10<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[The Caiger Resistance Front]] is founded.}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=November 20<sup>th</sup>|Description=Major changes to [[fort]] layouts due to intervention by the [[external military]].}}
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{{TimelineGame|Date=December 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Christmas Tree]]s and [[Christmas Lights|Lights]] are added to the game.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 5<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Operation GLH]] is declared successful.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 11<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Punk Fest 2007]] takes place at [[Pole Mall]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Mall Tour '07]] begins with the fall of [[Calvert Mall]].}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=January 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[On Strike]] reappears at [[Whetcombe Park]].}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=January 19<sup>th</sup>|Description=Several game updates occur.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=January 27<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[Flat Earth Society]] is founded.}}
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=February 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=The [[Militant Order of Barhah]] forms.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=February 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[St._Valentine's_Cherubs|St. Valentine's Cherubs]] attack [[Bale Mall]], killing everyone inside.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=February 24<sup>th</sup>|Description=The event [[Open Air]] is held at [[Quartly Library]], leaving the building open as a [[no kill zone]] until March 19th.}}
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{{TimelineGame|Date=March 6<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Museum]] décor, [[encumbrance]], and sports store weapons mechanics are added.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=March 15<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[PKA]] attacks Ackland Mall on the [[The_Ides_Of_March|Ides of March]], performing Caesar-related plays and leaving over 120 dead.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=Early March|Description=The zombie group [[Extinction]] is formed around the time that the [[Salt the Land]] policy was envisioned.}}
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{{TimelineGame|Date=April 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=The [[April Fool's#2007|second April Fool's joke]] brings airstrikes and battle tanks to the game.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April|Description=[[Mall Tour '07]] ends.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April|Description=The [[Rolt Heights War]] between survivors and PKers.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=April|Description=The group [[Dulston Defense Death Squad]] is disbanded.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April 8<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of Santlerville]] begins.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April 17<sup>th</sup>|Description=Primaries close in the [[Mayor of Malton]] elections.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=May 2<sup>nd</sup>|Description=Murbulskond wins the first [[Mayor of Malton]] election.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=May 25<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of Santlerville]] ends with a [[survivor]] victory.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=May 28<sup>th</sup>|Description=A [[Gunfight at Ackland Mall|gunfight]] takes place at [[Ackland Mall]].}}
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====June====
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{{TimelineMeta|Date=June 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=[http://www.Yahoo.com Yahoo] features an article which inspires 4000 new players to join Urban Dead.}}
{{TimelineMeta|Date=June 19<sup>th</sup>|Description=The day after Yahoo's article, [http://Digg.com Digg.com] also features an article, further prompting new users to sign up for the game.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=June 19<sup>th</sup>|Description=Players celebrate the new arrivals to [[Malton]] in an event later called [[Yahoomas Day|Yahoomas]].}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=June 19<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[LUE]] forms.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=June 24<sup>th</sup>|Description=In the [[Second Siege of Ackland Mall]], the mall falls to [[LUE]] after just three days.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=[[The Second Extravaganza]] takes place.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 5<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Special Olympics]] are held.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 8<sup>th</sup>|Description=The first annual [[Biertag]] is held at the four [[St. Arnold's Church]]es.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=Late July|Description=A major [[Giddings Mall/History|siege of Giddings Mall]] takes place.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 24<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Quartly Study Group]] goes [[Quartly Study Group On Tour|On Tour]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of SantLUEville]] begins.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=August 8<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of SantLUEville]] ends with a [[zombie]] victory.}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=August 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Ruin]] and [[toolbox]] mechanics are added.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=August 16<sup>th</sup>|Description=The PKer group The [[Flowers of Disease]] is formed.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=August 17<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Caiger Mall]] is [[First Ruin of Caiger Mall|ruined for the first time]].}}
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{{TimelineMeta|Date=September 8<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1000000 one millionth character] is created.}}
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====October====
{{TimelineEvent|Date=October 4<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[The Second Big Bash]] begins.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=Late October|Description=The first [[Malton Manhunt]] is held.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=October 31<sup>st</sup>|Description=[[Samhain Slaughter]] occurs at [[Hildebrand Mall]].}}
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====November====
====November====
{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 5<sup>th</sup>|Description=The second [[5th of November]] event takes place in [[Ridleybank]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Player Killer's Pub Crawl]] begins.}}
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====December====
{{TimelineEvent|Date=December|Description=Both [[Fort Perryn]] and [[Fort Creedy]] fall to [[the Second Big Bash]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=December 10<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Black Christmas Siege]] of [[Ackland Mall]] begins.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=December 15<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Quartly Study Group On Tour]] event ends.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=December 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Black Christmas Siege]] of [[Ackland Mall]] ends with a zombie victory.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=December 23<sup>rd</sup>|Description=The [[Silent Night Slaughter]] takes place at [[Fort Creedy]]. The [[First Ruining of Fort Creedy]] begins.}}
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====January====
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 2<sup>nd</sup>|Description=[[Fort Creedy]] is [[First Ruining of Fort Creedy|ruined for the first time]]. The [[Battle of Pitneybank]] begins.}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=January 23<sup>rd</sup>|Description=The [[interference]] mechanic is added to the game, reducing barricade rates when zombies are inside a building.}}
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====February====
{{TimelineGroup|Date=February|Description=The group [[LUE]] is disbanded.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=February 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[2008 Wedding Crash]] takes place in [[St. Luke's Cathedral]].}}
{{TimelineMeta|Date=Febuary 25<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Monroeville]], Urban Dead's first perma-death city goes live.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=February 25<sup>th</sup>|Description=The dead of Dunell Hills is founded.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=February 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=The dead of Dunell Hills transforms into [[The Dead]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=February 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[War of the North West Frontier]] ends with zombies occupying [[Ackland Mall]].}}
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====March====
{{TimelineEvent|Date=March|Description=[[Zerg Hunt I]] takes place.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=March 6<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[March of The Dead]] begins.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=March 25<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[March of the Dead]] ends, having set several records for zombie successes.}}
{{TimelineMeta|Date=March 30<sup>th</sup>|Description=The first quarantine of [[Monroeville]] is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled.}}
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====April====
{{TimelineGame|Date=April 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=A facebook parody appears for players as the [[April Fool's#2008|third April Fool's joke]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=[[The Second Big Bash]] officially ends.}}
{{TimelineGroup|Date=April|Description=The group [[Roftwood Assault Force]] is disbanded.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Gibsonton]] is [[Invasion of Gibsonton|invaded by PKers]]. This precipitates [[the Northeastern War]].}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=May 6<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of Barhapolis]] begins place in [[Stanbury Village]].}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=May 28<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[decay]] and [[dark]]ness mechanics and some minor tweaks are added. The decay mechanic allows for the start of [[Big Game Ruin Hunting]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=May 29<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Invasion of Gibsonton]] ends.}}
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=June 11<sup>th</sup>|Description=The group [[Flat Earth Society]] is disbanded.}}
{{TimelineMeta|Date=June 13<sup>th</sup>|Description=The quarantine of [[Monroeville]] is lifted, and players can again create new characters.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=June 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of Barhapolis]] ends with the fall of [[Nichols Mall]].}}
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====July====
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=[[The Third Extravaganza]] takes place.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=Early July|Description=[[Creedystock]] and the [[Second Ruining of Fort Creedy]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 9<sup>th</sup>|Description=In [[Monroeville]], [[Archway Mall]] falls, leaving the city functional-mall-free.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 18<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Punk Fest 2008]] is held at [[Ackland Mall]].}}
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====August====
{{TimelineMeta|Date=August 15<sup>th</sup>|Description=The second (and permanent) quarantine of [[Monroeville]] is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled permanently.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=August 17<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Malton Uprising]] begins.}}
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=October 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=The group [[Eastonwood Ferals]] is disbanded.}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=October 14<sup>th</sup>|Description=New zombie mechanics, [[Flesh Rot]] and [[digestion]], as well as other mechanics, are added.}}
{{TimelineMeta|Date=October 28<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Borehamwood]] opens to character creation.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=October 31<sup>st</sup>|Description=[[Samhain Slaughter 2]] takes place at [[Blesley Mall]].}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 5<sup>th</sup>|Description=The third [[5th of November/2008|5th of November]] event takes place in [[Ridleybank]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=Mid-November|Description=A [[Reclaim the Nich|campaign to reclaim the Nich Building]] takes place.}}
{{TimelineMeta|Date=November 28<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Borehamwood]] goes under quarantine and character creation is disabled.}}
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====December====
{{TimelineEvent|Date=December 4<sup>th</sup>|Description=With an attack on [[Spicer Hills]], there are no [[green]] suburbs in Malton.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=January to March|Description=[[Island Hopping Tour 09]] takes place.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 9<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Mall Tour 2009|Mall Tour '09]] begins in [[Eastonwood]].}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=March|Description=The [[PH 2009|Second PH War]] begins.}}
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{{TimelineGame|Date=April 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=The fourth (and, so far, final) [[April Fool's#2008|April Fool's joke]] made it seem like life might be returning to normal in Malton.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=April 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=The [[April Fools Massacre]] occurs at [[Giddings Mall]].}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=May 4<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Mall Tour 2009|Mall Tour '09]] ends in [[Pitneybank]] having taken down 17 of Malton's 20 malls.}}
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{{TimelineGame|Date=July 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=A number of mechanical changes are made, including the creation of the [[Emergency Broadcast System]] (revealed later in the day to be in [[The Coram Building]]) and [[fort]] radio frequencies.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=September 20<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Malton Block Party]] takes place in northwestern [[Stanbury Village]].}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=[[Samhain Slaughter 3]] takes place at [[Dowdney Mall]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 5<sup>th</sup>|Description=The fourth [[5th of November/2009|5th of November]] event takes place in [[Ridleybank]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=November|Description=[[ZERG HUNT 2|Zerg Hunt 2]] takes place.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=January 15<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[GREAT EASTSIDE RP CLEANUP|Great Eastside RP Cleanup]] runs until February 14th.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=February 26<sup>th</sup>|Description=The [[Battle of Krinks]] takes place at [[Krinks Power Station]].}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=June 1<sup>st</sup>|Description=The event [[Escape]] is held at [[Ellicott Place Railway Station]].}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=June 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=[[Big Bash 3]] begins.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=June 22<sup>nd</sup>|Description=Primaries close in the 2010 [[Mayor of Malton]] elections.}}
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{{TimelineMeta|Date=July 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=Fifth anniversary of the outbreak.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=July 6<sup>th</sup>|Description=Misanthropy wins the [[Mayor of Malton]] election, but resigns in favor of Revenant who resigns in favor of Jorm.}}
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{{TimelineMeta|Date=August 16<sup>th</sup>|Description=Nominations for [[Malton Murder Awards MMX]] begins.}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=August 16<sup>th</sup>|Description=Game mechanic changes include [[safehouse]]s and [[bellow]]ing.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=August 19<sup>th</sup>|Description=[[Blackmore 4(04)]] begins.}}
{{TimelineEvent|Date=August 31<sup>st</sup>|Description=[[Blackmore 4(04)]] ends with a [[zombie]] victory.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=April|Description=The [[Annual Malton Star Wars Convention]] takes place in [[Brooke Hills]].}}
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{{TimelineGroup|Date=October 3<sup>rd</sup>|Description=The historical group The [[Flowers of Disease]] return under the name The [[Flowers of Decay]].}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=October 23<sup>rd</sup>|Description=After news that long-time UD player Winka passed away, friends and fellow UD players hold a [[New Malton Colossus/The Winka Memorial|memorial]] in her memory at [[Quartly Library]]. Winka was 78 years old.}}
{{TimelineGame|Date=October 30<sup>th</sup>|Description=Halloween 2012 saw the return of [[fog]] and [[Halloween#2012|Mask Anonymity]] made its first appearance during the late October game updates. The in-game effects lasted until November 5th.}}
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{{TimelineEvent|Date=November 6<sup>th</sup>|Description=In response to the events of the 5th of November Blackmore siege, PKers hold an event named [[Sith of November: Order 66]].}}
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[[Category:Project Timeline]]

Latest revision as of 05:16, 3 September 2013


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Project Timeline

Survivor Timeline | Zombie Timeline | Pker Timeline

Malton Timeline | Monroeville Timeline | Borehamwood Timeline

Timeline Navigation
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Urban Dead Timeline

Group Event Game Meta

2005

July

July 3rd
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
August 14th
August 15th
August 15th
Mid-August
Mid-August
August 20th
August 25th

September

September 1st
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
September 7th
September 8th
September 9th
September 12th
September 16th
  • Headshot now reduces a zombie's XP by 10 per level instead of reducing it to zero.
September 18th
September 19th
September 20th
September 24th
September 24th
September 29th

October

October
October 2nd
October 10th
October 12th
Late-October
October 24th
October 28th
October 29th

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
November 6th
November 10th
November 18th
Late November
November 22nd
November 22nd

December

December 2nd
December 19th
Group Event Game Meta

2006

January

January 3rd
Mid-January
Mid-January
January 18th
January 20th
January 25th
January 29th
January 29th


February

February
Feburary 14th
February 18th

March

Mid-March
March 19th
Late March
March 28th
March 29th


April

April 1st
April 1st
April 2nd
April 14th
April 29th

May

May 9th
May 12th

June

June 1st
  • The radio mechanic is added. It is refined over the course of the month.
June 1st
Mid June
Late June
  • Various zombie mechanics are added or revised.

July

July 3rd
  • First anniversary of the outbreak. The first Extravaganza is held.
July 3rd
July 3rd
July 20th
July 20th

August

August 18th
August 20th
August 29th

September

September 11th
September 14th
Late September

October

October 13th
October 24th
October 31st

November

November 5th
November 10th
November 10th
November 20th

December

December 18th
Group Event Game Meta

2007

January

January 5th
January 11th
January 14th
January 18th
January 19th
  • Several game updates occur.
January 27th

February

February 3rd
February 14th
February 24th

March

March 6th
March 15th
  • The PKA attacks Ackland Mall on the Ides of March, performing Caesar-related plays and leaving over 120 dead.
Early March

April

April 1st
April
April
April
April 8th
April 17th

May

May 2nd
May 25th
May 28th

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.
June 19th
June 24th

July

July 3rd
July 5th
July 8th
Late July
July 24th
July 29th

August

August 8th
August 14th
August 16th
August 17th

September

September 8th

October

October 4th
Late October
October 31st

November

November 5th
November 18th

December

December
December 10th
December 15th
December 18th
December 23rd
Group Event Game Meta

2008

January

January 2nd
January 23rd
  • The interference mechanic is added to the game, reducing barricade rates when zombies are inside a building.

February

February
  • The group LUE is disbanded.
February 14th
Febuary 25th
  • Monroeville, Urban Dead's first perma-death city goes live.
February 25th
  • The dead of Dunell Hills is founded.
February 29th
  • The dead of Dunell Hills transforms into The Dead.
February 29th

March

March
March 6th
March 25th
March 30th
  • The first quarantine of Monroeville is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled.

April

April 1st
April 3rd
April
April 29th

May

May 6th
May 28th
May 29th

June

June 11th
June 13th
  • The quarantine of Monroeville is lifted, and players can again create new characters.
June 14th

July

July 3rd
Early July
July 9th


July 18th

August

August 15th
  • The second (and permanent) quarantine of Monroeville is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled permanently.
August 17th

September

October

October 1st
October 14th
October 28th
October 31st

November

November 5th
Mid-November
November 28th
  • Borehamwood goes under quarantine and character creation is disabled.

December

December 4th


Group Event Game Meta

2009

January

January to March
January 9th

February

March

March

April

April 1st
  • The fourth (and, so far, final) April Fool's joke made it seem like life might be returning to normal in Malton.
April 1st

May

May 4th

June

July

July 3rd

August

September

September 20th

October

November

November 1st
November 5th
November

December

Group Event Game Meta

2010

January

January 15th

February

February 26th

March

April

May

June

June 1st
June 3rd
June 22nd

July

July 3rd
  • Fifth anniversary of the outbreak.
July 6th
  • Misanthropy wins the Mayor of Malton election, but resigns in favor of Revenant who resigns in favor of Jorm.

August

August 16th
August 16th
August 19th
August 31st

September

September 6th
Septemberth
  • Work on this timeline started.
September 16th
September 20th

October

October 6th
October
October 6th
October
October 31st
October 31st

November

November 5th

December

December
Group Event Game Meta

2011

January

February

March

March 20th

April

April
April
April 20th
April 21st
  • The UDWiki software version is updated.


May

May 14th
  • During the March of The Dead 2, the highest zombie-survivor ratio (over 85% zombies) in Malton's history is reached. The number of Very Dangerous suburbs also reaches an all-time high and 80 suburbs are listed red on the city's Danger Map.
May 14th
  • Due to histoically high zombie population during the March of The Dead 2, item search rates are automatically adjusted. Search success rates are near 100% for many survivors, even when searching ruined resource buildings.

June

June 8th
June 23rd
  • Nominations for the Grimmies Awards are opened.

July

July 23rd
  • winners of the Grimmies Awards are announced.

August

September

October

October
October
October 3rd

November

November 1st

December

December 2nd
December
December
December 30th
Group Event Game Meta

2012

January

January 2nd
January 5th

February

March

April

April 1st
April 27th
  • The font used in profiles and links to profiles is updated to help mitigate problems with character impersonation.

May

June

July

July 26th
  • The number of active characters dips below ten thousand.


August

September

October

October 13th
  • Work on the Malton Danger Center map is completed. The map displays the danger level of every building in Malton based on data on the wiki.
October 23rd
  • After news that long-time UD player Winka passed away, friends and fellow UD players hold a memorial in her memory at Quartly Library. Winka was 78 years old.
October 30th
  • Halloween 2012 saw the return of fog and Mask Anonymity made its first appearance during the late October game updates. The in-game effects lasted until November 5th.
October 30th

November

November 2nd
November 6th

December

Mid December