Urban Dead Dakka Zombie Group: Looking for Craniums in Shackleville

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JB

Welcome to the Dakka Dakka Urban Dead thread for the zombie group known as The Nurglings, the zombie group started by Dakka Dakka MOD Manchu.

All Dakka members are welcome to play, but everyone must follow the Code of Conduct so that we don't bring discredit to Dakka Dakka and our fellow Dakkanauts.

Our group is currently located in the Kempsterbank suburb of the game map. Look in the central south portion of the city. In the past we have also roamed in the suburbs of Vinetown and West Grayside (late September 2013).

Sign up for the game online here: http://www.urbandead.com/. It is free and available online at all times of the day.

Game wiki here: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Main_Page

Group Wiki Page here: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/The_Nurglings

Once you join, set your group name in your profile to The Nurglings and post a link to your player profile here so that the other Nurglings (about 32 players) can add you to their contacts list, which allows us to identify your character online in the game. Otherwise you are just another nameless zombie to us.

Example of my profile: http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=2116070

When you begin, the game may start you in a suburb far away from Vinetown. Just look at the Wiki map, figure out where you are and walk to join us. We need you. Those humans are not going to eat themselves!

Wiki Map

Code of Conduct in Urban Dead
1. Don't take it personal. You will die a lot and kill a lot in Urban Dead. Enjoy the street theater.
2. While having fun, behave like you would in Dakka. Do not use sexual, political, cultural, national, and racial insults.
3. No text raping or other deviant role playing.

Contact List
See who else from Dakka is playing and build up your contact list:

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Urban Dead Game Stats

Barricade Levels (Explanation)

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Older Information

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Thanks to everyone!

**DA's Forever**

I didnt know a Dakka group was still kicking. I remember awhile back we had a survivor group trying to hold Caiger. I might have me zombie wander on down there. Might give me a reason to actually play him...

JB

DA's Forever wrote:
I didnt know a Dakka group was still kicking. I remember awhile back we had a survivor group trying to hold Caiger. I might have me zombie wander on down there. Might give me a reason to actually play him...

Some of that survivor group, including Manchu, turned zombie and moved to Vinetown as The Nurglings. There are still a few playing humans as part of The Augarde Street Irregulars.

Monster Rain, Just Dave, Benamint, and Casey's Law are fairly active. Manchu and others have been quiet of late.

There is at least one other zombie group in Vinetown. Whenever we attack a building, another five or six unknown zombies show up.

And one large zombie group showed up for a short while to totally wreck Mitchem Mall.

**Beast Warrior**

I am really interested in the game to be honest. How exactly does it work?

JB

You create a character and start out as either a human or a zombie. You have action points that you use to perform actions such as attacking, searching, tearing down/building barricades, talking/groaning, etc.

The city map is a grid of neighborhood blocks comprised of individual buildings, open areas, and monuments. Humans typically hide in the best resource buildings and barricade them into fortresses.

Unfortunately, too many people play survivors so nearly every building is a fortress. The game needs more zombies wrecking face.

You earn skill points for successful actions and use them to improve your human and/or zombie skills.

It is easy to switch back and forth between zombie and survivor since dead survivors return as zombies and there are necrotech syringes that will revivify a zombie as an infected survivor.

Read the wiki: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Main_Page

**notprop**

Unfortunately Officer Chuckky D has sworn to eradicate the undead menace in the Quarlesbank area. So I'll have to pass on this unless something goes drastically wrong!

Begone evildoer, least i train my 9 shotguns on you!

Edit: irradiate and eradicate are not to be confused - damn you iPhone predicta text!

JB

notprop wrote:
Unfortunately Officer Chuckky D has sworn to irradiate the undead menace in the Quarlesbank area. So I'll have to pass on this unless something goes drastically wrong!

Begone evildoer, least i train my 9 shotguns on you!

NINE!!! See, that is exactly the kind of survivor overkill/overpopulation to which I refer. In a balanced zombie apocalypse ecosystem you would be completely out of ammo and running for your life.

**Beast Warrior**

So if I join as a zombie, how do I join your group?

Thanks for replying so quick by the way.

JB

No problem. I'm making waffles and browsing Dakka right now.

You should just put your group name as The Nurglings and then copy and paste the link to your character profile page here in this thread like I did in the example above. You can add my profile to your contacts in the game and we will add you. Then you can see our names in the game.

**Beast Warrior**

There ya go: http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=2124079

JB

Beast Warrior wrote:
There ya go: http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=2124079

I added you to my contact list. You still need to change your group to The Nurglings.

Which neighborhood did it start you? Do you know how to pull up the map in the wiki?

**Beast Warrior**

Oweslybank and just changed my group

JB

Beast Warrior wrote:
Oweslybank and just changed my group

Ouch! You are on the far left (west) side of the city. You have a long walk to Vinetown which is almost on the eastern edge.

If you look at the city map in the wiki you can see the entire city. Then you can click on the neighborhoods to see the buildings.

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City map link

http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Suburb

**Beast Warrior**

Ok, I will post a reply when I get there

JB

Beast Warrior wrote:
Ok, I will post a reply when I get there

See you in three days.

**notprop**

JB wrote:
notprop wrote:
Unfortunately Officer Chuckky D has sworn to irradiate the undead menace in the Quarlesbank area. So I'll have to pass on this unless something goes drastically wrong!

Begone evildoer, least i train my 9 shotguns on you!

NINE!!! See, that is exactly the kind of survivor overkill/overpopulation to which I refer. In a balanced zombie apocalypse ecosystem you would be completely out of ammo and running for your life.

True but it's easier to find loaded shotguns than shotgun shells!

Please remain where you are; Your position has been reported. Officer Chuckky D moving to investigate.

**Dark Apostle 666**

Patient 13 reporting for... BRAINS...

http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi

I'm in "Bunstone Way", and I'm inbound towards Vinetown

**Eetion**

I might have a little look at this, will report back if I decide to set up an account.

JB

Dark Apostle 666 wrote:Patient 13 reporting for... BRAINS...

http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi

I'm in "Bunstone Way", and I'm inbound towards Vinetown

Eetion wrote:I might have a little look at this, will report back if I decide to set up an account.

Glad to have your help, Dark Apostle! We're in the NW corner of Vinetown right now. Remember that you can also move diagonally and it is often faster. Also send your actual profile link. I think you somehow copied the blank template link.

No worries, Eetion.

@notprop, try not to trip over all of those shotguns.

**FITZZ**

Heh, I thought everyone had sort of given up on this.
I've been wandering around Caiger.Mall and the area for a month or better.

JB

FITZZ wrote:
Heh, I thought everyone had sort of given up on this.
I've been wandering around Caiger.Mall and the area for a month or better.

Hi Fitzz! Manchu moved most everyone down to Vinetown to become zombies and wreck the place. I joined after the move so I am not sure why you didn't get the word.

Come on down to Vinetown if you want to join the zombie fun!

**Beast Warrior**

Currently in Reganbank, only another 8 suburbs to go

**FITZZ**

JB wrote:
FITZZ wrote:
Heh, I thought everyone had sort of given up on this.
I've been wandering around Caiger.Mall and the area for a month or better.

Hi Fitzz! Manchu moved most everyone down to Vinetown to become zombies and wreck the place. I joined after the move so I am not sure why you didn't get the word.

Come on down to Vinetown if you want to join the zombie fun!

Thanks man, I'll do that, getting a bit bored playing as a survivor anyway.
The main reason I didn't hear of the move would most likely be that I'm working 12-14 hour days and am seldom on Dakka anymore.
Sad being "out of the loop".

**Dark Apostle 666**

I'm (slowly) getting closer, hopefully this link works better:

http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=2124118

JB

Fitzz,

It's been quiet with Chowderhead off and away and Cannerus licking his wounds. With you out as well, I'm guessing the OT forum regulars are KingCracker and Monster Rain? I'm not here very often since I'm more of a painter/modeller/gamer and DCM forum ghost.

Beast Warrior: Keep at it! You'll make it (eventually). Everyone has to start with the Long Walk. I remember.

Dark Apostle, that link works just fine. I added you to my contacts.

For those that want to build their contact lists, see the following reference list (incomplete). Just click on a link and scroll down the page that opens to the bottom left corner where there should be a link to add the person to your Urban Dead contacts list.

The list will allow you to see all the people you have added, their names, levels, groups, and whether they have been active in the past month in the game.

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**Monster Rain**

FITZZ! Nice to see you back, buddy!

**Eetion**

Ok Im in.

Unfortunate Tourist

http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=2124193

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Currently in Shakleville en route... and eating someone in a building...

JB

Eetion wrote:
Ok Im in.

Unfortunate Tourist

http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=2124193

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Currently in Shakleville en route... and eating someone in a building...

Great name! I added you to my contacts and will add you to the overall list in this thread.

It's OK to stop for snacks. That's all part of our zombie public service to the good citizens of Malton.

**Eetion**

Thanks... No doubt I will be dead by the time I get my ap back.

JB

Eetion wrote:
Thanks... No doubt I will be dead by the time I get my ap back.

Quite likely, but you can stand back up again and keep going. That's the zombie spirit! The only downside is that getting back up will be very costly in terms of AP until you gain a few zombie skills (especially Ankle Grab). If they kill you with a headshot, it's 15 AP to stand up again. It's still 10 AP to stand up if they kill you without a headshot. Once you get Ankle Grab, those costs are reduced by 9 AP.