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Urban Dead Timeline

Group	Event		Game	Meta	2005
				July
			July 3rd Urban Dead goes live
		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 The survivor group PA Rebel Alliance is formed by members of the Penny Arcade forums.
		August 14th Death now causes a zombie to spend 10AP to stand up.
		August 15th The Advanced Pistol Training and Advanced Shotgun Training skils are added for Survivors The Rend Flesh skill is added for Zombies.
August 15th The Undying Scourge is formed.
Mid-August The zombie horde The Many is formed, recruiting heavily from the somethingaweful forums.
Mid-August The group Red-eye Republic is founded.
		August 20th A Contacts List is added for every character.
August 25th The survivor group Axes High is formed.
				September
September 1st The survivor group The Fortress is formed.
		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 Democratic Armed Republic of Independent Suburbs (DARIS) is formed.
			September 7th UDWiki goes live.
		September 8th Characters from your Contacts List will now show up in a stack of dead bodies or a stack of Zombies.
September 9th The Shearbank Liberation Army (SLA) is formed in response to DARIS's declaration of independence for the suburb of Shearbank.
September 12th The groups The Stanbury Renegades and United Territories Federation are founded.
		September 16th Headshot now reduces a zombie's XP by 10 per level instead of reducing it to zero.
September 18th Minions of the Apocalypse is formed.
	September 19th The Siege of Giddings Mall takes place in Pitneybank. It is viewed as one of the first survivor victories.
			September 20th Desensitized, a UD forum is launched around this date and amidst problems with The Unofficial UD Forums. Later, it is home to the PK List and the Zerg Liste.
		September 24th The Zombie skill Infectious Bite is added.
September 24th 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.
		September 29th XP drainage caused by Headshot only affects Zombies level 2 or higher. The zombie skill Ankle Grab is added.
				October
October The group Shambling Seagulls are founded.
October 2nd The survivor group Creedy Defense Force is formed.
October 10th The group Army Control Corps is founded.
	October 12th October Battle of Fort Creedy drives the Creedy Defense Force from Fort Creedy.
Late-October 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.
October 24th The group Roftwood Assault Force is founded.
October 28th The group Drunken Dead is founded.
	October 29th Dia de los Muertos takes place at Giddings Mall in Pitneybank.
				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 Brainstock, an unofficial yet popular UD Forum is created.
November 6th The group Dulston Defense Death Squad is founded.
	November 10th The First Siege of Caiger Mall begins.
		November 18th Generator mechanic is added.
Late November The group Channel 4 News Team is founded during the First Siege of Caiger Mall.
		November 22nd Mobile Phone Mast mechanic is added.
				December
	December 2nd The First Siege of Caiger Mall ends with the first survivor victory over a coordinated zombie assault.
	December 19th On Strike hosts Stanstock at Whetcombe Park in Stanbury Village.
Group	Event	Game	Meta	2006
				January
	January 3rd Mall Tour '06 begins at Stickling Mall.
Mid-January The group Alliance of Giddings is founded.
	Mid-January Survivors are evacuated en masse prior to the Battle of Blesley Mall.
			January 18th The Action overloading bug, which had caused the fall of Blesley Mall, is fixed.
	January 20th After the five-day Battle of Giddings Mall, survivors are evacuated. Few other groups had helped, leading to the formation of CMS-Meta.
	January 25th Calvert Mall falls in the Battle of Calvert Mall, and survivors flee to Caiger Mall.
	January 29th Ackland Mall falls after a three-week siege.
	January 29th Mall Tour '06 ends with the start of the Second Siege of Caiger Mall.
				February
	February The first PH War begins.
	Feburary 14th The Valentine's Day Massacre, one of the earliest PK massacres, occurs in the Whatmore Building in Yagoton.
February 18th The group Eastonwood Ferals is founded.
				March
Mid-March The group FedCom: Urban Dead is founded.
	March 19th The Second Siege of Caiger Mall ends with a survivor victory.
Late March The group Shambling Seagulls is disbanded.
		March 28th NecroTech Revivification Syringes increase from 1 AP to 10 AP to use.
	March 29th In response to the syringe AP changes, Strike For Syringes begins.
				April
April 1st Survivor group The Randoms is formed.
		April 1st In the first April Fool's joke, werewolves and vampires appear in the game.
	April 2nd The Penny Heights Massacre takes place.
	April 14th The Battle of the Bear Pit begins.
		April 29th Ransacking mechanic is added.
				May
May 9th The group PA Rebel Alliance is disbanded.
	May 12th Survivors successfully defend Spicer Hills in Operation Nordwind.
				June
		June 1st The radio mechanic is added. It is refined over the course of the month.
			June 1st Resensitized is launched after the Desensitized forum is brought down. The Zerg Liste and PK List are carried over from Desensitized.
	Mid June The Battle of the Bear Pit ends with a survivor victory.
		Late June Various zombie mechanics are added or revised.
				July
	July 3rd First anniversary of the outbreak. The first Extravaganza is held.
July 3rd The group Alliance of Giddings is disbanded.
	July 3rd Finals of the Malton World Cup at Clapton Stadium.
	July 20th The Battle for Nichols Mall results in a zombie victory.
	July 20th In the Battle for Hildebrand Mall, zombies overrun the mall in under 30 hours.
				August
	August 18th The Battle of Blackmore begins.
		August 20th The binoculars and gesture mechanics are added, and knives are revised.
	August 29th The Second Massacre of Yagoton takes place in the Whatmore Building.
				September
	September 11th The Lion King is performed by zombies at the Malton City Zoo.
	September 14th A major bar brawl takes place at The Burchell Arms.
Late September The group (To The) Four Winds is founded.
				October
	October 13th The Battle of Blackmore ends in a zombie victory.
	October 24th The Third Siege of Caiger Mall begins.
		October 31st The existence of fog masks several minor game updates.
				November
	November 5th The first 5th of November event takes place in Ridleybank.
	November 10th The Third Siege of Caiger Mall ends in a zombie victory, the first time Caiger Mall fell into zombie hands.
November 10th The group The Caiger Resistance Front is founded.
		November 20th Major changes to fort layouts due to intervention by the external military.
				December
		December 18th Christmas Trees and Lights are added to the game.
Group	Event	Game	Meta	2007
				January
	January 5th Operation GLH is declared successful.
	January 11th Punk Fest 2007 takes place at Pole Mall.
	January 14th Mall Tour '07 begins with the fall of Calvert Mall.
January 18th On Strike reappears at Whetcombe Park.
		January 19th Several game updates occur.
January 27th The group Flat Earth Society is founded.
				February
February 3rd The Militant Order of Barhah forms.
	February 24th The event Open Air is held at Quartly Library, leaving the building open as a no kill zone until March 19th.
				March
		March 6th Museum décor, encumbrance, and sports store weapons mechanics are added.
Early March The zombie group Extinction is formed around the time that the Salt the Land policy was envisioned.
				April
		April 1st The second April Fool's joke brings airstrikes and battle tanks to the game.
	April Mall Tour '07 ends.
	April The Rolt Heights War between survivors and PKers.
April The group Dulston Defense Death Squad is disbanded.
	April 8th The Battle of Santlerville begins.
	April 17th Primaries close in the Mayor of Malton elections.
				May
	May 2nd Murbulskond wins the first Mayor of Malton election.
	May 25th The Battle of Santlerville ends with a survivor victory.
	May 28th A gunfight takes place at Ackland Mall.
				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 LUE forms.
	June 24th In the Second Siege of Ackland Mall, the mall falls to LUE after just three days.
				July
	July 3rd The Second Extravaganza takes place.
	July 5th The Special Olympics are held.
	July 8th The first annual Biertag is held at the four St. Arnold's Churches.
	Late July A major siege of Giddings Mall takes place.
	July 24th The Quartly Study Group goes On Tour.
	July 29th The Battle of SantLUEville begins.
				August
	August 8th The Battle of SantLUEville ends with a zombie victory.
		August 14th Ruin and toolbox mechanics are added.
August 16th The PKer group The Flowers of Disease is formed.
	August 17th Caiger Mall is ruined for the first time.
				September
			September 8th The one millionth character is created.
				October
	October 4th The Second Big Bash begins.
	Late October The first Malton Manhunt is held.
	October 31st Samhain Slaughter occurs at Hildebrand Mall.
				November
	November 5th The second 5th of November event takes place in Ridleybank.
	November 18th The Player Killer's Pub Crawl begins.
				December
	December Both Fort Perryn and Fort Creedy fall to the Second Big Bash.
	December 10th The Black Christmas Siege of Ackland Mall begins.
	December 15th The Quartly Study Group On Tour event ends.
	December 18th The Black Christmas Siege of Ackland Mall ends with a zombie victory.
	December 23rd The Silent Night Slaughter takes place at Fort Creedy. The First Ruining of Fort Creedy begins.
Group	Event	Game	Meta	2008
				January
	January 2nd Fort Creedy is ruined for the first time. The Battle of Pitneybank begins.
		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 The 2008 Wedding Crash takes place in St. Luke's Cathedral.
			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 The War of the North West Frontier ends with zombies occupying Ackland Mall.
				March
	March Zerg Hunt I takes place.
	March 6th The March of The Dead begins.
	March 25th The March of the Dead ends, having set several records for zombie successes.
			March 30th The first quarantine of Monroeville is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled.
				April
		April 1st A facebook parody appears for players as the third April Fool's joke.
	April 3rd The Second Big Bash officially ends.
April The group Roftwood Assault Force is disbanded.
	April 29th Gibsonton is invaded by PKers. This precipitates the Northeastern War.
				May
	May 6th The Battle of Barhapolis begins place in Stanbury Village.
		May 28th The decay and darkness mechanics and some minor tweaks are added. The decay mechanic allows for the start of Big Game Ruin Hunting.
	May 29th The Invasion of Gibsonton ends.
				June
June 11th The group Flat Earth Society is disbanded.
			June 13th The quarantine of Monroeville is lifted, and players can again create new characters.
	June 14th The Battle of Barhapolis ends with the fall of Nichols Mall.
				July
	July 3rd The Third Extravaganza takes place.
	Early July Creedystock and the Second Ruining of Fort Creedy.
	July 9th In Monroeville, Archway Mall falls, leaving the city functional-mall-free.
	July 18th Punk Fest 2008 is held at Ackland Mall.
				August
			August 15th The second (and permanent) quarantine of Monroeville is enacted. New Monroeville character creation is disabled permanently.
	August 17th The Malton Uprising begins.
				September
				October
October 1st The group Eastonwood Ferals is disbanded.
		October 14th New zombie mechanics, Flesh Rot and digestion, as well as other mechanics, are added.
			October 28th Borehamwood opens to character creation.
	October 31st Samhain Slaughter 2 takes place at Blesley Mall.
				November
	November 5th The third 5th of November event takes place in Ridleybank.
	Mid-November A campaign to reclaim the Nich Building takes place.
			November 28th Borehamwood goes under quarantine and character creation is disabled.
				December
	December 4th With an attack on Spicer Hills, there are no green suburbs in Malton.
Group	Event	Game	Meta	2009
				January
	January to March Island Hopping Tour 09 takes place.
	January 9th Mall Tour '09 begins in Eastonwood.
				February
				March
	March The Second PH War begins.
				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 The April Fools Massacre occurs at Giddings Mall.
				May
	May 4th Mall Tour '09 ends in Pitneybank having taken down 17 of Malton's 20 malls.
				June
				July
		July 3rd 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.
				August
				September
	September 20th The Malton Block Party takes place in northwestern Stanbury Village.
				October
				November
	November 1st Samhain Slaughter 3 takes place at Dowdney Mall.
	November 5th The fourth 5th of November event takes place in Ridleybank.
	November Zerg Hunt 2 takes place.
				December
Group	Event	Game	Meta	2010
				January
	January 15th The Great Eastside RP Cleanup runs until February 14th.
				February
	February 26th The Battle of Krinks takes place at Krinks Power Station.
				March
				April
				May
				June
	June 1st The event Escape is held at Ellicott Place Railway Station.
	June 3rd Big Bash 3 begins.
	June 22nd Primaries close in the 2010 Mayor of Malton elections.
				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 Nominations for Malton Murder Awards MMX begins.
		August 16th Game mechanic changes include safehouses and bellowing.
	August 19th Blackmore 4(04) begins.
	August 31st Blackmore 4(04) ends with a zombie victory.
				September
			September 6th Winners of Malton Murder Awards MMX are announced.
			Septemberth Work on this timeline started.
	September 16th The South Blythville Recovery begins.
	September 20th North by Northeast 2010 held in Dulston.
				October
			October 6th Urban Dead is featured on xkcd's map of online communities.
	October The first October Bash is held.
	October 6th Big Bash 3 concludes.
	October The Battle of the Beer Pit in Rolt Heights results in a zombie victory.
	October 31st Samhain Slaughter 4 takes place.
	October 31st South Blythville is declared recovered.
				November
	November 5th The fifth 5th of November event takes place in Ridleybank and at various malls.
				December
	December Harman for the Holidays takes place in Wyke Hills.
Group	Event	Game	Meta	2011
				January
				February
				March
	March 20th AHMH4 begins.
				April
	April In response to the salvaging of Dunell Hills, the March of The Dead 2 begins.
	April The Annual Malton Star Wars Convention takes place in Brooke Hills.
	April 20th AHMH4 concludes.
			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 Cobra's Civil War begins, following a schism within the group.
			June 23rd Nominations for the Grimmies Awards are opened.
				July
			July 23rd winners of the Grimmies Awards are announced.
				August
				September
				October
	October October Bash 2 is held.
	October Mall Tour '11 begins.
October 3rd The historical group The Flowers of Disease return under the name The Flowers of Decay.
				November
			November 1st The nomination process for The 2011 Malton Murder Awards begins.
				December
	December 2nd AHMH5 begins.
	December Mall Tour '11 ends.
	December Harman for the Holidays 2 takes place in Wyke Hills.
			December 30th The two millionth character is created.
Group	Event	Game	Meta	2012
				January
	January 2nd AHMH5 concludes.
			January 5th Malton Murder Awards 2011 is concluded.
				February
				March
				April
April 1st The PKing group Red Rum is officially disbanded. They are voted in as a Historical Group later that month.
		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 Samhain Slaughter 6(66) takes place at Marven Mall.
				November
	November 2nd A short siege takes place at The Blackmore Building in Ridleybank during 5th of November/2012. It ends on November 5th.
	November 6th In response to the events of the 5th of November Blackmore siege, PKers hold an event named Sith of November: Order 66.
				December
		Mid December In addition to annual Christmas Decorations, Santa outfits were added back to the game. 2012 was the first winter in which snow was not seen on Malton streets.