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.
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1157929 - Skulmar
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1158456 - Skulmarg
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1161567 - Athelor1
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1161578 - Skulmar Hyst1
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1166577 - Felmarg
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1166727 - John Barling
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1168433 - Bill Zephyrinus
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1169100 - Ladril2†
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1169930 - cescage2†
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1171140 - Lorlan3
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1171146 - Giorno3
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1211091 - Laie
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1212922 - soluoo
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1601455 - Ominorej
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1614840 - Atell
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1617546 - Christopher Alderson
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626753 - Sam Geldeard4
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626754 - Bob Schalch4
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626755 - Stephen Bowdich4
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626757 - Geoff Ormrod4
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626770 - Penny Augarde4
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629798 - Isabel Egleton
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629809 - Michael Potter5
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629811 - Ralph Bullimore5
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629816 - Alexander Trevelyan5
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629821 - Alexander Hardyman5
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629822 - Joseph Aris5
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630573 - Shaun Gray6
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630575 - Robert Aris6
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630576 - Michael Bidgway6
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630577 - Donald Bussell6
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630578 - Ralph Olsen6
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630581 - James Osmonton6
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631254 - Paul Swonnell7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631257 - William Swonnell7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631258 - Joseph Wisby7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631259 - Ralph Otto7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631263 - Stephen Bousfield7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631265 - Stuart Terrell7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631267 - Neil Pickford7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631269 - Shaun Monroeville7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631270 - Rubber Jonny7
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632340 - Geoff Bailey8
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632343 - Anthony Sixtus8
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632346 - Paul Stacey8
- http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632460 - Robert Ames8
†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.