Giddings Mall

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Giddings Mall
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Giddings Mall

Pitneybank [84,41] - [85,42]

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Basic Info:

  • Malls are an excellent place to find a wide range of items; the only major items that cannot be found here are revivification syringes and fuel cans. As such, Malls are frequently used as safehouses and fortresses by survivors. Zombies often check inside (when they can get in), and organized zombie groups sometimes lay siege to them. They are listed as a Tactical Resource Point.
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Transmitter Coordinates: [84,41] - [85,42]

Giddings Mall is a four-block building located on the north side of the suburb Pitneybank in northeastern Malton. It has played host to several large battles. These include an assault by The Many, ending in a survivor victory, and a month-long siege by The Second Big Bash ending in a zombie victory. The latter saw the introduction of what is now called the Beachhead Tactic, a means of keeping barricades down using what at the time was a Recent Update which allowed them a chance of blocking construction of the barricades by simply flooding into the mall in mass numbers.

External Description: "...a tall yellow-stone building."

Coordinates: [84,41] [85,41] [84,42] [85,42]

Internal Description: The mall is usually kept extremely barricaded, though hospitals, police departments and other nearby public services usually remain accessible to all as a matter of public policy. See the The Giddings Mall Defence Policy for more details.

However zombies often ruin the mall, shambling along the vast food courts they scan the area of their next meal.

Like all malls, Giddings has a wide variety of stores for you to loot depending on your needs. Everything from guns and ammunition to medical supplies can be located within once you get your bearings.

The food court is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Though sometimes you are the meal.

Nearby NecroTech Buildings

The NecroTech Buildings within ten blocks of the mall, from nearest to farthest, are:

  1. The Morrish Building in Pitneybank (84, 43; distance 1 S from the SW Mall Corner)
  2. The Dewell Building in Spracklingbank (85, 39; distance 2N)
  3. The Farmer Building in Pitneybank (82, 46; distance 2 W , 3 S)
  4. The Maine Building in Peppardville (78, 42; distance 5 W)
  5. The Veryard Building in Starlingtown (93, 44; distance 6 W, 1 S)
  6. The Casely Building in Starlingtown (93, 40; distance 6 E, 1 N)
  7. The Rowcliffe Building in Pegton (85, 52; distance 9 S)

Recent Events

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  • September 19th, 2009 The mall is up and running.--Jay the Irishman 05:31, 20 September 2009 (BST)
  • August 21st, 2009 The mall is in a state of ruin, with zeds occupying the inside of the building in all four corners. Krankovich 18:43, 21 August 2009 (BST)
  • August 17th, 2009 The whole mall has been repaired and caded, with no zeds inside the building. Though, there's also virtually no survivor presence inside the building either. About a dozen or so standing zeds are currently attacking the empty mall. Krankovich 16:34, 17 August 2009 (BST)
  • August 14th, 2009 Zombie population of the mall has fallen to to seven, and survivors are seen poking their noses into the dark, fetid corners. --Marty Chex 17:22, 14 August 2009 (EST)
  • August 12th, 2009 The entire mall has been ruined with many survivor casualties... including me :( --BlackDeath3 20:06, 12 August 2009 (BST)
  • July 23th, 2009 The entire Mall is up and lit. Good thing too. I need supplies. --waynehom 05:02, 23 July 2009 (BST)

History

Battle of Giddings

Main article: Battle of Giddings

For most of January 2008, Giddings was the centre of a pitched, month-long battle between survivors and the Second Big Bash. The siege commenced on or around the 2nd of January, and ended on the 31st January with a zombie victory. The siege saw a game update enabling zombies to hinder the building of barricades once they had entered a building, and the consequent development of the Beachhead Tactic. On 29th January a large horde of zombies broke in to the south east corner of the mall, and held a beachhead until, by the 31st, the mall was cleared of survivors.

2006

  • November and December The PK Wars have come to town. Key PKer participants include The Scorpion Group, the PH, The Notorious CDF (not to be confused with the actual CDF), Red Rum, and Lud Lum's Lesbians. Key anti-PK groups include Combat Revive Eligible Society, the 151st, the 121st, Black Hunter Group and others. Colonel Al 23:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

2005

  • December - The survivor community in Giddings Mall is thriving once more. Zombies in the neighboring blocks are a rare sight.