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 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=1158456 - Skulmarg
2. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1161578 - Skulmar Hyst
3. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1168433 - Bill Zephyrinus
4. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1169100 - Ladril¹
5. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1169930 - cescage¹
6. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1212922 - soluoo
7. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1601455 - Ominorej
8. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1617546 - Christopher Alderson
9. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626753 - Sam Geldeard²
10. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626754 - Bob Schalch²
11. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626755 - Stephen Bowdich²
12. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626757 - Geoff Ormrod²
13. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626770 - Penny Augarde²
14. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629809 - Michael Potter³
15. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629811 - Ralph Bullimore³
16. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629816 - Alexander Trevelyan³
17. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629821 - Alexander Hardyman³
18. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629822 - Joseph Aris³
19. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630573 - Shaun Gray⁴
20. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630575 - Robert Aris⁴
21. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630576 - Michael Bidgway⁴
22. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630577 - Donald Bussell⁴
23. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630578 - Ralph Olsen⁴
24. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630581 - James Osmonton⁴
25. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631254 - Paul Swonnell⁵
26. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631257 - William Swonnell⁵
27. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631258 - Joseph Wisby⁵
28. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631259 - Ralph Otto⁵
29. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631263 - Stephen Bousfield⁵
30. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631265 - Stuart Terrell⁵
31. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631267 - Neil Pickford⁵
32. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631269 - Shaun Monroeville⁵
33. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631270 - Rubber Jonny⁵
34. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632340 - Geoff Bailey⁶
35. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632343 - Anthony Sixtus⁶
36. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632346 - Paul Stacey⁶
37. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632460 - Robert Ames⁶