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* The group responsible is ''The Dead''. | * The group responsible is ''The Dead''. | ||
* It has 1, | * It has over 1,600 members, which is ten times more than any other group. | ||
* A random sample of suburb wiki pages reveals that it is in every suburb. | * A random sample of suburb wiki pages reveals that it is in every suburb. | ||
* No matter how many real humans are behind the movement, the zergers must surely have too many characters to handle effectively. | |||
* No matter how many real humans are behind the movement, | |||
* Since members of The Dead are in every suburb, they can probably spy on and squelch any attempt to organize a counterstrike. | * Since members of The Dead are in every suburb, they can probably spy on and squelch any attempt to organize a counterstrike. | ||
Various | Various explanations come to mind about the motivation behind this wave of cheating. It could be a lust for notoriety. It could be vengeance. My favorite speculation is that it could be corporate sabotage: some online gaming company wants to take down the free competition. | ||
Whatever the explanation, I propose the following solution. | |||
To see my solution, you must have the password, which will change every few days. Take the encrypted message below and paste it into the textbox at http://infoencrypt.com. Type in the password twice and read the message. Members of the group Squadron1111 know the password. If you are a legitimate pro-survivor, one of them will tell you what it is. | To see my solution, you must have the password, which will change every few days. Take the encrypted message below and paste it into the textbox at http://infoencrypt.com. Type in the password twice and read the message. Members of the group Squadron1111 know the password. If you are a legitimate pro-survivor, one of them will tell you what it is. | ||
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No message yet. | No message yet. | ||
End encrypted message | --End encrypted message | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 12 May 2011
The End of Malton?
It looks to me like, in April, 2011, some person or group set out to destroy Urban Dead. They have registered many thousands of new players, probably through the use of bots, but most of the new players are inactive. However, about two thousand of them did become active as zombies. Since then, the balance that kept Malton swinging back and forth for years has dramatically shifted against survivors.
I started looking at the statistics and making notes about what I saw, and here are a few observations and conclusions.
- The group responsible is The Dead.
- It has over 1,600 members, which is ten times more than any other group.
- A random sample of suburb wiki pages reveals that it is in every suburb.
- No matter how many real humans are behind the movement, the zergers must surely have too many characters to handle effectively.
- Since members of The Dead are in every suburb, they can probably spy on and squelch any attempt to organize a counterstrike.
Various explanations come to mind about the motivation behind this wave of cheating. It could be a lust for notoriety. It could be vengeance. My favorite speculation is that it could be corporate sabotage: some online gaming company wants to take down the free competition.
Whatever the explanation, I propose the following solution.
To see my solution, you must have the password, which will change every few days. Take the encrypted message below and paste it into the textbox at http://infoencrypt.com. Type in the password twice and read the message. Members of the group Squadron1111 know the password. If you are a legitimate pro-survivor, one of them will tell you what it is.
Start encrypted message--
No message yet.
--End encrypted message
