User:DevOhm/The Dead Walker

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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 - Lorlan3
  11. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1171146 - Giorno3
  12. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1211091 - Laie
  13. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1212922 - soluoo
  14. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1601455 - Ominorej
  15. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1614840 - Atell
  16. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1617546 - Christopher Alderson
  17. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626753 - Sam Geldeard4
  18. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626754 - Bob Schalch4
  19. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626755 - Stephen Bowdich4
  20. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626757 - Geoff Ormrod4
  21. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1626770 - Penny Augarde4
  22. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629798 - Isabel Egleton
  23. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629809 - Michael Potter5
  24. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629811 - Ralph Bullimore5
  25. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629816 - Alexander Trevelyan5
  26. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629821 - Alexander Hardyman5
  27. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1629822 - Joseph Aris5
  28. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630573 - Shaun Gray6
  29. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630575 - Robert Aris6
  30. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630576 - Michael Bidgway6
  31. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630577 - Donald Bussell6
  32. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630578 - Ralph Olsen6
  33. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1630581 - James Osmonton6
  34. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631254 - Paul Swonnell7
  35. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631257 - William Swonnell7
  36. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631258 - Joseph Wisby7
  37. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631259 - Ralph Otto7
  38. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631263 - Stephen Bousfield7
  39. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631265 - Stuart Terrell7
  40. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631267 - Neil Pickford7
  41. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631269 - Shaun Monroeville7
  42. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1631270 - Rubber Jonny7
  43. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632340 - Geoff Bailey8
  44. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632343 - Anthony Sixtus8
  45. http://urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=1632346 - Paul Stacey8
  46. 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.

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