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2011 News DHPD Weekly, 14th July 2011 Announcement No Weekly next week. I’m on holiday. When I get back I’m thinking about changing the format of the weekly to a stickied `latest threads’ post which gets bumped when it is changed, rather than a weekly post. This is to reduce the scope for people to grab back-links from the weekly and then use it to cause trouble. The Wiki version of the weekly would be closed. Have a Question? Do you have a question about the DHPD or the forums? Don’t forget to check the Departmental Handbook and, in particular, the FAQ. Squads Charlie and Ghost Squads are rolled into Alpha. Elections Poll opens for Assistant Chief. Appointments CaptFastBreak is the new Alpha SL. Ahmad Bradshaw is the new Alpha 2iC. Purple Cat is the new Bravo SL. Atani is the new Bravo 2iC New Recruits Excelzior. Omega Graduates None this week. Returning Members None this week. Administation and Data Services Changes are made to the MIA mask. Data entry assistance is requested for ARMS. Wiki Rosters are updated. DHPD Chat Rules posted to front desk. Allies This week’s non-election drama! Revenant is kicked for lurking chat. DHPD Weekly is used to prove that the DHPD deliberately “hid” the chat rules. Value of DHPD Weekly questioned by editor. Publicity Nothing to report. Forum Games Nothing to report. Fiction The War we Lost. Miscellany Proposal for a `Tour of Duty’ reward system. DHPD Weekly, 7th July 2011 Announcement None. Have a Question? Do you have a question about the DHPD or the forums? Don’t forget to check the Departmental Handbook and, in particular, the FAQ. Squads Bill Turner opens a discussion of Squad Reform Elections Sanpedro is the new administrator Bill Turner is the new Captain Appointments Nothing to report. New Recruits iwillrevive. Omega Graduates None this week. Returning Members None this week. Administation and Data Services Nothing to report. Allies Contact from Creedy Defence Force/Malakim Unit Publicity Nothing to report. Forum Games Nothing to report. Fiction Drabble Challenge 4: Rookie Miscellany Captain Bill’s Pirate Ship for communication with the new Captain. DHPD Weekly, 30th June 2011 Announcement From posts and PMs, I get the impression the weekly is nice but not majorly important. As a result I’m going to work to scale it back to something which takes up a more proportionate amount of time. As a result there are some format changes. I’ve dropped the Current Ops and Revive point listings (because you should all know where those threads are). I’ve also dropped the listings of warrants served or removed since the public list of Most Wanted on the wiki should be sufficient. Empty sections, which I normally delete from the master copy will remain but with "nothing to report" messages. I’m also going to stop maintaining the Archive (sorry!). Though I’ll start a new Weekly thread, say, once per year and then the admins can archive the old one. I may also drop the listing of new and returning members, but we’ll see how that goes. Have a Question? Do you have a question about the DHPD or the forums? Don’t forget to check the Departmental Handbook and, in particular, the FAQ. Elections Poll for new Captain. Poll for new Administrator. Nominations open for Assistant Chief. Appointments Bio/Officer S resigns as Assistant Chief. Thread shows signs of developing drama. New Recruits DrGt71. paulfreed. Omega Graduates None. Returning Members Thom Solo. Whatshisname/Ant. Administation and Data Services Nothing to report. Allies Miljazzerson is the new Fortress ambassador Publicity Nothing to report. Forum Games Purple Cat asks about interest in a Mafia/RPG Crossover Maybe Vampire Dark Ages type thing Fiction New Entry for Drabble Challenge 3 The Malton Chronicles (part 1) Miscellany Recruits once more have access to the OOC section. DHPD Weekly, 9th June 2011 Legal Warrants Issued Shazba Aeiouuu Korax MartyBanks75 Appointments Bill Turner resigns as an Admin. Goldstar asks for someone to take over running chat from Bill. Drama ensues. Administation and Data Services Purple Cat lists new impersonators Purple Cat updates the wiki impersonator list and officer roster. Allies Alliance request from Militaire Sons de Veille Miscellany Dr Sy N Tist suggests we list public revive points for each suburb in the DMZ. Robert Eid starts a new thread for things that are Awesome or Insane or, possibly, both. DHPD Weekly, 26th May 2011 Announcement Going away this weekend and have better things to do than compile links. Therefore no DHPD Weekly next week unless someone else does it. Legal Warrants Removed Laughing Man Judas Warwick New Recruits bubbafatt Omega Graduates Banokles and BOOM Bowels Returning Members Father Bobby Administation and Data Services Bill Turner announces that the new IRC Chat system is now live and creates a New Board for issues associated with it Various Threads associated with new Chat How to register with Gamesurge IRC Chat Rules Common IRC Commands List of IRC Usernames My hostmask is bad! evil! wrong! What can I do? Other things you need to know Bill Turner announces those Missing in Action in May Allies Revenant represents Axes High as Alan Corvus Forum Games The Conquer Club thread seems to have become the place for organising the RISK tournament against the Fortress. Miscellany Zwelgje asks what people know about the Unlimited Zerg Works group. Tarrok asks if any DHPD members play Guild Wars. Jaurez asks if any DHPD members play Dead Frontier. DHPD Weekly, 19th May 2011 DHPD Weekly, 19th May 2011 Legal Warrants Issued FireFighter Mike Hal Otik DHPD 4 LYFE Warrants Removed Axel Rodley, insulting semaphore, Jay Mick Murphy, Stewart Beauchamp Bazooka Jim, Jack Townsy, Killua Zoldyck anArousedRapist, APsychoticRapist, EMPMARKUS, David Skee, DHPD 4 LYFE New Recruits hyp0dizzy redwingvksm usops Returning Members Zwelgje Administation and Data Services Purple Cat releases a new version of ARMS/2 Purple Cat publishes a new list of impersonators. Purple Cat updates the Wiki rosters. Forum Games Codeist offers to run a mafia game. Greenbay11 says he’ll run his Mafia Dragon Age Game Fiction Dunell Hills Comic Pretty Girls Make Graves Teenage Revolutionaries Miscellany sanpedro reports that Search Rates are through the Roof even in ruins Bill Turner starts a discussion on using Combat Revives in the current circumstances. DHPD Weekly, 12th May 2011 Legal Warrants Issued Disco de Soto Warrants Removed The Sorrowful Man and Doctor Rockso Necrotech Mack Returning Members bigfootr Haliphax!!!!!! Allies New liaison from the ACC. Bill Turner creates a `Friends of the Forum’ mask for people who do not play Urban dead. Administration and Data Services Frank Castle asks about various forum hacks/mods. Bill Turner suggests using Mibbit as the default chat client. Purple Cat starts a thread to discuss the coordination of multiple ARMS developers. Miscellany Goldstar starts a discussion on whether and when recruits should have access to the OOC section. Officer S has Firefox problems. Haliphax asks if anyone is interested in playing Rift. Greenbay asks for advice on becoming a Games Designer. Bryn starts a discussion on which kinds of information sharing constitute alt abuse. RemipunX asks about the DHPD’s in character history which leads to an interesting discussion of writing and roleplaying styles. DHPD Weekly, 28th April 2011 Announcement No DHPD Weekly next week, unless someone else does it. I’m away. Legal CptFastBreak puts up a thread with a Warrant Request Form. Warrants Issued Spiderjelly, Padraic Ardnt, and FiremanGarth. Appointments Zeke and 2nd Lieutenant Caboose are appointed joint Public Relations Chiefs. Returning Members Bryn!!!! Allies DHPDAdmin creates a thread for requesting allied status. Publicity Banokles has information on how the Fortress run their ad. Administration and Data Services Purple Cat updates the wiki rosters. Purple Cat updates the impersonator lists. Bill Turner explains some tweaks to forum permissions. babydufus asks what UD browser tools there are out there. Forum Games RemipunX gauges interest in a Vampire Game (either 2nd Ed. or Dark Ages). Fiction Familiar Faces (update at the end of first post) Miscellany The Dead troll themselves. DHPD Weekly, 21st April 2011 DHPD Weekly, 21st April 2011 Appointments Zeke is Alpha 2iC Officer S asks if anyone is interested in taking on Public Relations Chief. Omega Graduates eshade Returning Members davidhateley Allies ZALP request an alliance. We send a representative to the Big Prick. We get a new representative from the DEM and a greeting from the Academy Lieutenant Administration and Data Services Bill Turner announces a forum rearrangement to give recruits access to the Fiction and Games areas. BD asks why recruits no longer have access to the OOC section. RemipunX lists those Missing in Action in April Miscellany The Mighty M solicits interest in creating an alt group based on the idea of Cesar’s Legion from Fallout. Drive by new account generates a thread apparently attempting to catalogue all known greetings. RemipunX asks if anyone knows who Worm Puppy is. DHPD Weekly, 14th April 2011 Announcement Restarting the Newsletter, though on Thursdays this time. Squad Issues Frank Castle opens a discussion of the Ghost Strike Time Legal Purple Cat reports a wiki query over whether or not the Barricade Policy Enforcment group should be counted as terrorists. Appointments Greenbay is appointed Bravo 2ic. Lee McCord steps down as Alpha Squad Leader and is replaced by Dr Snow New Recruits Banokles Omega Graduates monkeyontherun Returning Members Codeist Allies Alliance request from Team Xtreme. Skynet Defense Network send a new ambassador The GHPD offer assistance Administration and Data Services Purple Cat has an exciting new list of impersonators Purple Cat updates the Wiki rosters Bill Turner discusses a replacement chat forum Purple Cat as fixed the ARMS/2 Repair times bug Forum Games Arthur Birling creates a thread for announcing/planning new forum games Fiction Pretty Girls Make Graves, Part 4 Drabble Challenge 3: Medical Attention Just Couldn’t Keep Away: Gabby Can’t Stay Away - Epilogue - part 5 Miscellany The Dead have been impersonating DHPD members and PKing in Marven Mall in our name. monkeyontherun wants to know how many times people have died. Cerrus asks for help with a UD-related Greasemonkey script he’s working on. 15th January 2011 Announcement While Purplecat is away I'll see about keeping up the DHPD Weekly. If I miss some news you think should be included please PM the info and link to me. Resignations ~BD~ resigns his admin position Appointment FmrPFCBob is appointed as interim admin until the next election Returning Members Edogg Allies GHDU checks in to change name and forum. Fiction Art prepares a D&D 4e game 2010 News 31st December 2010 Announcement I’m taking a break from Urban Dead until at least easter. I don’t think anyone has volunteered to take on the weekly so this will be the last edition until either someone does or I get back. Have fun y’all and try not to break anything in my absense! Legal Warrants Issued Madonna’s Corpse Elections Robert Eid wins Forum Adminstrator FaMzNeSS wins Captain Biohazard wins Assistant Chief Allies The ACC touch base. Fiction Coffee on the Left: Cuffs Miscellany Strange Tastypie error messages explained. Dr Sy N Tist starts a thread for time wasting games. 24th December 2010 Policy Changes Rober Eid opens a discussion on whether recruits should be given access to the full forum after 1 month or whether they should also be required to reach level 10 first. Legal Warrants Issued Vampire’Slayer D Randall Blythe (NB. Former Officer!) Elections All polls close on the 27th December. Poll for new Captain Poll for new Forum Admin Poll for new Assistant Chief Appointments Arthur Birling requests volunteers to take on Wiki Chief New Recruits alanturing Ahmad Bradshaw Greycow Omega Graduates cptfastbreak and Captain Canuck Genevieve Returning Members jelito Psychophil (wasn’t he back already?) Fox Administration and Data Services Purple Cat releases a new version of ARMS/2 Fiction Coffee on the Left Drabble Challenge: The Worst Zombie Fiction Ever (warning: participants are taking this challenge very seriously). Miscellany Presence of DHPD Weekly on wiki causes concern trolls upstanding members of the wider Urban Dead community to imply ask if we zerg (plus ca change...). 17th December 2010 Legal Warrants Issued Johnny Cabbages and Frasier Crane Elections Assistant Chief Manifestos and Q&A Captain Manifestos and Q&A Forum Administrator Manifestos and Q&A New Recruits Extremebacon Omega Graduates monkeyontherun4 Amdir Returning Members jarrodtheodyne Administration and Data Services Purple Cat updates the Wiki Roster. Purple Cat makes changes to our listed impersonators. BD runs the Missing in Action process. Publicity Spacetyrant asks for artists to create an Ad for the Urban Dead logout page. Fiction Dunell Hills Comic, Chapter 2, Page 4 Miscellany RemipunX asks full officers who are working with Omega Squad to make themselves known. monkeyontherun4 asks about a DHPD radio channel (I’m beginning to think this question should maybe be added to the FAQ). BD is going on a summer road trip and wonders who might be able to meet him. Sanpedro announces the results of the OOC awards 10th December 2010 Legal FaMzNeSS sets up a Judge Advocate thread for appeals against RG bounties (although the RG end are not being very co-operative). Warrants Issued Linda Snopes Elections BD explains the electoral process Nominations open for Forum Administrator Nominations open for Captain Nominations open for Assistant Chief Appointments RemipunX is appointed Omega 2iC Returning Members afiskater Kara Murat Allies Officer S announces that FaMz is our liaison to the Rogue’s Gallery and Snow to the Fortress Administration and Data Services Purple Cat asks for help double-checking the latests ARMS/2 update Fiction Dunell Hills Comic, Chapter 2, Page 3 and cover for Chapter 2. Miscellany Sanpedro opens this year’s OOC Awards for nominations. Mohawkdan posts a suggested progression route for new players. Arthur Birling promotes Rosslessness’ Duck Hunt and suggests players with pker alts might wish to join in. Surfcop asks who will be playing Dealt in Lead 2 when it starts up and passes on information on how Dealt in Lead 1 players can get veteran status in DiL 2. Surfcop asks if people are interested in playing Shintolin 3rd December 2010 Policy Changes Arthur Birling starts a discussion on whether we should re-open some precints Appointments Mohawk Dan has been appointed as Omega Squad Leader. New Recruits noah695 Omega Graduates Jaurez babydufus Returning Members Glasscake Allies The Fortress has set up a new ally support team and wonders if we’d like a visit. Administration and Data Services Purple Cat has set up UDTool Lists for officers and most wanted which will update daily. Purple Cat has added a new section to the wiki roster for `freelance’ officers. Forum Games David Hateley opens signups for a new mafia game. Fiction Dunell Hills Comic, Chapter 2 Page 2 Pretty Girls Make Graves, Part 2 Miscellany Sudden activity in the haiku thread. sblmnl reports that the Urban Dead stats page lists the DHPD as the second largest survivor group. RemipunX asks where we will be spending Christmas. 26th November 2010 Omega Graduates Chuckfoote RemipunX seatimer Returning Members FmrPFCBob Allies sblmnl suggests sending an ambassador to the Malton College of Medicine FaMz asks about our liaison with the Rogues’ Gallery Publicity FaMz posts new recruitment videos for comment Fiction Dunell Hills Comic, End of Chapter 1, Chapter 2 Page 1 Fireworks - although seriously there needs to be a part 2!! Miscellany Arthur Birling wonders about updating the DHPD collage 19th November 2010 New Recruits Genevieve cptfastbreak Amdir Administration and Data Services Purple Cat reports updates to the wiki rosters Purple Cat reports former officers who are still active in game and wearing our tags Purple Cat puts forward a plan for automatically generating UDTool lists Purple Cat creates a new big long list of potential impersonators Purple Cat provides instructions for using the ARMS/2 Firefox plugin Allies Officer S asks for volunteers to act as diplomats Fiction Dunell Hills Comic, Page 17, Page 18 Pretty Girls Make Graves Part 1 New Drabble Challenge opens: Mean Streets Miscellany Sy asks where people should visit in your country FaMz directs people to a video he made for CNN discussing bullying 12th November 2010 Legal Warrants Issued/Upgraded Old School Ric Flair and Unhelpful necrobama New Recruits Captain Canuck. Returning Members FaMzNeSS has retaken possession of the basement (recruits beware). Administration and Data Services Purple Cat asks if anyone uses the DHPD UDTool lists that are stored on the wiki. FaMz asks about Firefox 3.6 compliant versions of UDToolbar or equivalent. sblmnl canvasses opinions on the best map of Malton. Fiction Dunell Hills Comic, Page 15 and Page 16 Miscellany It’s not a new thread but if you’re interested in discussing the Walking Dead TV series, then the thread has been very active this week (warning spoilers). Deadly043 is likely to be away for random periods of 5 days this month. Sanpedro will be away and without internet access from the 11th November to the 3rd December. Friday 5th November, 2010 Legal Warrants Issued Jennifer Thrush New Recruits Pvt Kick Ass Monkeyontherun4 Dr Manson (Jadkor) Returning Members commanderian Zwelgje Allies The ACC are still in Dunell Hills. Syphon/Cynthia reports Gore Corp (RRF) activity in Molebank. Administration and Data Services Purple Cat gets ARMS/2 working again and asks old users to test it out. RemipunX gives details for installing the DEM life meter. Miscellany Arthur Birling starts a new ask the experts thread. Greenbay asks for book recommendations. RemipunX offers to do a Malton based radio show. Saturday 30th October, 2010 Legal Surfcop creates an Evidence Locker in order to keep track of Warrant Requests. Warrants Issued Jacen Brazeau Dickhole Guy Appointments Surfcop is appointed Dixie Lead New Recruits Raruri Dupree zsmyers daphongster obgoblin0 RemipunX Returning Members Zeke Internal Affairs Karloth Vois was thrown out of the DHPD for trolling. Allies The ACC are in the Hills Forum Games Robert eid is starting a new game: Welcome to the Wastes. Fiction Birth of a Legend:series 4 ~ Chapter Three Miscellany Sanpedro draws attention to the spawning mechanics and suggests the DHPD exploit them. Razi notes that sears are running UD themed ads. sykokiller66 makes new banners for Ghost Squad. Friday 22nd October, 2010 Legal Surfcop Joins the Legal Department. The Delta Kill Count thread moves to Legal, following the disbandment of Delta squad. Warrants Issued Richard Leopold Zombie Rudd Alex Koponen analvapour Ray McGill New Recruits seatimer karlothvois Returning Members Jim Extreme Administration and Data Services Purplecat asks for help separating impersonators and former officers. Bill Turner hides the Bravo and Delta Squad sub-boards, and reassigns their members to the appropriate squads. Forum Games Arthur Birling asks for players for a new mafia game. Fiction Posted This Week Stockholm Syndrome 6/7, 7/7 M.I.A Part 1 Crooked Cops Part 1 Miscellany Lee McCord suggests a ribbon for members of defunct squads. David Hateley is away until Sunday. Mohawkdan is in charge of Omega until his return. Newsletter Page on 22nd October 2010 Motto The Source for News and Information on Everything DHPD News DHPD officers retreated from Caiger mall after an overwhelming number of zombies crowded inside. Revives were swiftly and speedily handed out and the DHPD have moved on.--Hockeyruler 02:20, 26 August 2010 (BST) DHPD officers in the Caiger Mall area had to scramble out of the building at a late hour the other night, a large mob of zombies managed to bust down the first floor barricade in the South East Corner while the night watch was changing. --Marty Banks (aka. Mundane) <DHPD> 20:21, 8 October 2009 (BST) For the past few weeks, the boys in blue have been running a crackdown on all things dead and bloodthirsty in the suburb of Molebank. The crackdown has been a step in stemming the increased activity in the criminally undead seen within the suburb over the past few months and is hoped by the department will make a positive impact upon the elements within the survivor community around the suburb. --Marty Banks (aka. Mundane) <DHPD> 04:12, 25 September 2009 (BST) The hard drinking, hard fighting officers are back in the DMZ and showing the zombies how it's done by giving a big push into the hills. The situation is hostile as per usual, but our brave men and women of the DHPD are going strong! --Marty Banks (aka. Mundane) <DHPD> 04:48, 29 August 2009 (BST) Officers from the Dunell Hills Police Department are fighting an entrenched horde of undead in the Greater Ridleybank Area; More on the Situation as it develops. --Marty Banks (aka. Mundane) <DHPD> 18:29, 12 August 2009 (BST) Live Radio Feed Dunell Hills Police Department Radio: Radio Free Dunell Hills Public Service Announcements Previous announcements are moved to the talk page. - The DHPD's main revive point in the DMZ is seeing regular checks now that Dixie is back from Ridleybank. Survivors are advised to head for St. Lorenzo's Church in Dunell Hills if they are seeking a revive. - Survivors in the Ridleybank area are to be advised that the DHPD will be servicing the Gaskell Lane [52,44] Revive Point. Anyone needing a revive should request it at the DHPD's IC Public Revive Request Frequency. Other Active Sites are: Turpin_Road - Active St._Theodore's_Church_(Ridleybank) - Dangerous Revives Provided as a Service of... DHPD Dixie Squad. - Opinion Analysis Our News Analysts bring the news in context for a balanced approach to the news, sharing opinions and dialogue. Marty Banks The undead, the evil undead, the hungry undead... 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