Borehamwood
Borehamwood is one of three cities available in Urban Dead, the others being Malton and Monroeville, which is very similar to Borehamwood. It was introduced on Tuesday 28th October 2008 as part of the promotional campaign for the UK release Dead Set, directed by Charlie Brooker.
Playing in Borehamwood
Logging in with Borehamwood characters is done from the main main Urban Dead page. Character names from Malton and Monroeville cannot be reused in Borehamwood (and, conversely, Borehamwood names cannot be used in Malton and Monroeville). Basically all three cities share database and game mechanics; any differences are based on available equipment and building types.
Bloodied eyes can be found on the description panel of the game, along with similar graffiti what was preset there when the city was opened.
Competition
Players in Borehamwood can win one of five signed DVD copies of Dead Set.
The competition has three criteria:
- Make sure that your character has an email address set (so that we can get hold of you if you win).
- Find the Big Brother House in the game.
- Enter the Diary Room, and leave a message for the cameras by having your character speak (if you're a zombie, just groan). If you have an email address set, you will be told that you are now entered into the competition.
Winners will be chosen on Friday 28th November 2008 and notified by email.
A newspaper (see below) appears to state that the Big Brother house is in Radlett, this is now known to be incorrect.
General Details
Skills
Due to the lack of Necrotech buildings, several skills are useless in Borehamwood. These skills are: Necrotech employment, Lab Experience and Necronet Access. These skills can still be purchased as normal, but the Lab Assistant class is unavailable.
On the day of the city's opening, Kevan confirmed that although the Headshot skill would be present in Borehamwood, it would not result in permanent death.
The dead are a lot faster on their feet in Borehamwood; if a zombie without the Lurching Gait skill spots a survivor, they can click the Rage button to instantly gain that skill at no experience point cost.
- Note: The zombie in question must be on the same square as the survivor for this to work, not just see them on the mini map.
Radio
Currently there are no radio stations active in Borehamwood.
- 28.01 is proposed as the first, "general" radio station
- 28.02 is Semi-Reserved for the CSS Radio Crew. We just need to get a transmitter set up.
- 28.04 is proposed by the West Borehamwood Defense Force as general defense chat for West Borehamwood.
- 28.05 is reserved as the Special Zombie Extermination Squad News.
- 28.06 is proposed by the North West Borehamwood Crescent as general defense chat for North West Borehamwood.
Groups
Newspapers
"It's a glossy tabloid magazine. Marky from Big Brother is on the cover, with several unflattering quotes from other housemates."
"It's a national paper that seems preoccupied with house prices and cancer scares."
"It's a recent tabloid. The front page banner questions whether Pippa or Grayson will be voted out of the Big Brother house this week."
"It's a recent tabloid. The main story seems to be about Marky from Big Brother."
"It's a local paper, with a story about security at the Big Brother house in <random region name>."
"It's a financial broadsheet, heavy with economic analysis."
"It's a national paper, full of grim news about the global economic climate."
"It's a glossy tabloid magazine, with exclusive pictures of Veronica from Big Brother."
Suburbs
Known Suburbs
- Central Borehamwood (Dimensions 22 across by 33 down)
- Countryside (Hoping to remove - use Countryside (West) and Countryside (East)
- Countryside (West)
- Countryside (East)
- East Borehamwood
- Elstree
- Elstree Studios
- North Borehamwood
- Northeast Borehamwood
- Northwest Borehamwood
- Radlett
- South Borehamwood
- Southeast Borehamwood
- Southwest Borehamwood
- West Borehamwood
IRC
Borehamwood discussion channels.
- Network: irc.slashnet.org
- #urbandead - General channel for urbandead (all 3 cities)
- Network: irc.nexuswar.com
- #borehamwood - Unofficial Urban Dead Borehamwood channel.
Map (In progress)
Update, expand and move the map as appropriate.
A big map is is being put together here. Read this thread to learn how to help the mapping process.
- With the big map? I understand hiding the BB house; but given there are clues in the film, how much is been changed? Also, has the Duke said that he keeping this secret from EVERYONE? If he says he is then that good enough for me (I hear he a good roleplayer, I liked the bit about OC/IC)but thought I'd ask ~AlphaStare nov 1st 2008 @ 1511 GMT
Note The following map is not to scale, suburbs are larger than in Malton being at least 15*15 in some cases. Central and West Borehamwood are known to have a width of 22 blocks and a height of 33 blocks.
Here is a java source code file that can be used to create map templates of dimensions x by y from the console/terminal. Any improvements highly appreciated. (You'll need a java compiler to run.) [1] --Quicksivlerzxc 14:17, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
