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Revision as of 19:27, 27 December 2009

About

What is The Dead Walker? The Dead Walker is a zombie "group" that emerged in the Caiger area around September/October 2009 and, according to their wiki page, "experienced a significant period of growth shortly thereafter." A number of factors suggest that this group is essentially a zerg group, not the least of which is their uncanny degree of coordination.

The first hint is their presence on the stats page. As this screenshot shows, The Dead Walker is a large group, with a low average skill level. This is a classic configuration for zerging, as the sheer numbers (and precise coordination) means that low skill is no barrier to success.

Another indication, as noted in the members section below, are the UD IDs of many group members. The nearby IDs suggest registration times within minutes of each other – clearly suggesting they were at least created (and are probably being run) by the same person.

Additionally, the zombies display similar skills progressions, notably by taking Brain Rot very early on – presumably to make them harder to DNA scan, so that indications of zerging are less easily revealed.

Finally, most of the zombies grouped together in registration blocs have names very similar to those generated as "suggestions" on the character generation page, which helps conceal zerging more than names, say, that have ascending numerals at the end. This is admittedly circumstantial, but together with the other indications, does ultimately suggest that The Dead Walker is a "group" largely composed of zergs.

Members

The superscript numbers indicate blocs of members that registered within minutes of one another.

  1. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1157929 - Skulmar
  2. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1158456 - Skulmarg
  3. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1161567 - Athelor1
  4. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1161578 - Skulmar Hyst1
  5. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1166577 - Felmarg2†
  6. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1166727 - John Barling2†
  7. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1168433 - Bill Zephyrinus
  8. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1169100 - Ladril3†
  9. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1169930 - cescage3†
  10. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1171140 - Lorlan4
  11. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1171146 - Giorno4
  12. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1211091 - Laie
  13. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1212922 - soluoo
  14. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1601455 - Ominorej
  15. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1614840 - Atell
  16. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1617546 - Christopher Alderson
  17. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626753 - Sam Geldeard5
  18. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626754 - Bob Schalch5
  19. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626755 - Stephen Bowdich5
  20. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626757 - Geoff Ormrod5
  21. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626770 - Penny Augarde5
  22. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629798 - Isabel Egleton
  23. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629809 - Michael Potter6
  24. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629811 - Ralph Bullimore6
  25. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629816 - Alexander Trevelyan6
  26. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629821 - Alexander Hardyman6
  27. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629822 - Joseph Aris6
  28. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630573 - Shaun Gray7
  29. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630575 - Robert Aris7
  30. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630576 - Michael Bidgway7
  31. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630577 - Donald Bussell7
  32. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630578 - Ralph Olsen7
  33. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630581 - James Osmonton7
  34. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631254 - Paul Swonnell8
  35. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631257 - William Swonnell8
  36. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631258 - Joseph Wisby8
  37. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631259 - Ralph Otto8
  38. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631263 - Stephen Bousfield8
  39. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631265 - Stuart Terrell8
  40. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631267 - Neil Pickford8
  41. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631269 - Shaun Monroeville8
  42. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631270 - Rubber Jonny8
  43. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632340 - Geoff Bailey9
  44. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632343 - Anthony Sixtus9
  45. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632346 - Paul Stacey9
  46. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632460 - Robert Ames9


†Registered within hours, rather than minutes.

Proof

Ackland Mall

The following four iWitness reports show The Dead Walker to be almost the entire occupying force of Ackland Mall.

At the time these iWitness reports were made, The Dead Walker zombies had not moved for several days. Note that this sort of passive squatting avoids tripping most anti-zerg mechanics, which mostly rely on interaction with barricades or other characters to be flagged.