User:DevOhm/The Dead Walker

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 - Felmarg
6. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1166727 - John Barling
7. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1168433 - Bill Zephyrinus
8. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1169100 - Ladril²†
9. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1169930 - cescage²†
10. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1171140 - Lorlan
11. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1211091 - Laie
12. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1212922 - soluoo
13. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1601455 - Ominorej
14. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1614840 - Atell
15. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1617546 - Christopher Alderson
16. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626753 - Sam Geldeard³
17. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626754 - Bob Schalch³
18. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626755 - Stephen Bowdich³
19. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626757 - Geoff Ormrod³
20. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626770 - Penny Augarde³
21. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629798 - Isabel Egleton
22. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629809 - Michael Potter⁴
23. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629811 - Ralph Bullimore⁴
24. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629816 - Alexander Trevelyan⁴
25. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629821 - Alexander Hardyman⁴
26. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629822 - Joseph Aris⁴
27. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630573 - Shaun Gray⁵
28. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630575 - Robert Aris⁵
29. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630576 - Michael Bidgway⁵
30. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630577 - Donald Bussell⁵
31. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630578 - Ralph Olsen⁵
32. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630581 - James Osmonton⁵
33. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631254 - Paul Swonnell⁶
34. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631257 - William Swonnell⁶
35. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631258 - Joseph Wisby⁶
36. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631259 - Ralph Otto⁶
37. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631263 - Stephen Bousfield⁶
38. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631265 - Stuart Terrell⁶
39. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631267 - Neil Pickford⁶
40. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631269 - Shaun Monroeville⁶
41. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631270 - Rubber Jonny⁶
42. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632340 - Geoff Bailey⁷
43. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632343 - Anthony Sixtus⁷
44. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632346 - Paul Stacey⁷
45. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632460 - Robert Ames⁷

†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.

• Ackland1
• Ackland2
• Ackland3
• Ackland4

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.