# Anyone else playing Urban Dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381 "2008-04-15T01:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/1 "2008-04-15T01:50:48Z")
[Urban Dead.](http://www.urbandead.com) [The expansive Wiki.](http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Main_Page) [An AV Club review.](http://www.avclub.com/content/games/urban_dead) For those who don’t know, Urban Dead is a free, low-tech, web based MMORPG zombie apocalypse scenario. You can be a zombie or one of a handful of human classes (doctor, firefighter, soldier, etc.), but your identity isn’t set in stone: die as a human, wake up as a zombie – get injected with revivification juice by a scientist, turn back into a human. Anyway, it’s pretty fun. I haven’t done any meta-gaming just yet (i.e. organizing with other players off-site), but I imagine that’s particularly enjoyable. It’s also worth noting that it’s inherently non-time consuming, since the mechanics of the game basically limit you to performing 50 actions per day (real-time), per character. So, any other Doper citizens of Malton? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/2 "2008-04-15T01:54:54Z")
I played for a while, but have generally lost interest in the main game. I was one of the first members of the DHPD with some leadership, a brief member of The Elite, helped lead a small horde of zahmbahs, and a player in Red Rum. I also made serious contributions to the wiki and got promoted to SysOp/Bureaucrat (and managed to delete the deletions page!). In Monroeville, I have two humans, and 1 zed, all Ferals. I might be interested in playing with a doper group. Could bring a character out of retirement. ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/3 "2008-04-15T02:33:31Z")
I just tried my hand at it, and it looks interesting… my only real complaint is that because my character is a Doctor and didn’t start with Free Running, it’s impossible to get into most of the buildings without damaging the barricades, which I’m obviously not going to do. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/4 "2008-04-15T02:56:42Z")
Yeah, at first you’ve got to hang out in neighborhoods where the barricades aren’t all built up to Extremely Heavily Barricaded. The maps on the Wiki can help you find such places, and the guides there can give you ideas as to how to build up XP as a newbie with the various classes. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/5 "2008-04-15T03:03:33Z")
I play in it, but ever since the BigBash 2, I’ve sorta waned in interest, as I’ve been killed quite a bit, and it takes FOREVER to get a revive now… But I’m a pretty high level human in there (in the 20s or so). ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/6 "2008-04-15T03:06:15Z")
oh and I’m “Roosh the Cynic” in there if you ever run across me. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/7 "2008-04-15T03:11:28Z")
I’ve got a few low-level characters running around. VarlosZ (Firefighter), VarlosB (Lab Assistant), and VarlosC (Zombie). Once I get a few more experience levels for each I’ll probably look for some groups to join, but for now they’re all rogues. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/8 "2008-04-15T03:11:44Z")
Malton: A Velociraptor Darth Sensitive Chris LeDoux Kitty Eater Monroeville: Martel Van Zant Hannah Mahntahnah Christopher LeDoux ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/9 "2008-04-15T03:42:03Z")
I used to play a long while ago - I was in the Mall Tour - but I got more into Kingdom of Loathing after that. I ought to go back and play again, but I’m afraid there’d be so much more content now that I’d never get a handle on it - even when I played they were always adding new skills. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/10 "2008-04-15T04:09:48Z")
[QUOTE=RoOsh] I play in it, but ever since the BigBash 2, I’ve sorta waned in interest, as I’ve been killed quite a bit, and it takes FOREVER to get a revive now… [/QUOTE] Really? I’ve only had to get a couple of revives, but both times I found a nearby revive point online, submitted a request, and was injected within 24 hours. Is this atypical? ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/11 "2008-04-15T05:02:35Z")
I play, but my interest kind of wanes off and on. I’ll check consistently for a month, then forget about it for a month or so…come back and I’ll be dead. :smack: It was fun when I was building up levels and unlocking new abilities, but once I hit the apex of the human abilities and couldn’t learn anything else I lost interest. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/12 "2008-04-15T05:49:32Z")
Personally, I find playing as a zed a bit more fun. My zombie group, before it broke up due to artistic differences, concentrated on staging forced concerts in safehouses before eating bra!nz. Grahnz!ahahn zahnz !nzah zambah !angagh !z nah ahzah Translating songs into zombie language is not easy But it’s fun! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/13 "2008-04-15T05:53:25Z")
Bah - just signed into find my Monroeville zed headshot. Not a fan. The endgame won’t be too stellar here, I think. I was of the opinion that headshots should do the -XP they used to, AND -AP, to slow zombies down, but that the tide would be unquenchable. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/14 "2008-04-15T06:04:11Z")
Right now it just feels like the Zombies have crushed us Humans… It’s daunting. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/15 "2008-04-15T06:37:06Z")
In Malton, yeah, looks like it. Damn SA goons. The give and take was a hell of a lot more fun than 2 brazilian level 1 zombie meat shields. But best I can tell, zeds are a dying breed in Monroeville. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/16 "2008-04-15T07:34:14Z")
Oooh, this looks outstanding. A new police officer in Malton has been created. I give myself less than a day to die. Character name Captain Cracker if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/17 "2008-04-15T12:21:19Z")
Oh Hells yeah. Been playing for over a year now, all over Malton. Had two characters in Monroeville, but one got PKed (although vengeance was mine). The SA people are already stating to give up, because they can’t entirely ruin the game, so that annoyance is passing. ---
**Author:** ![phi2dao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@phi2dao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phi2dao)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/18 "2008-04-15T21:35:55Z")
I’ve got a character in Malton, name of Kitsukage. If anyones having trouble with excessive zombies, I’d have to recommend Kinch Heights, just enoughs zombies to have fun, not to many over-barricaded buildings to be locked out of… Tis a bit of a shameless plug, but it’s a nice place! ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/19 "2008-04-15T21:41:43Z")
My [group](http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Middle_Aged_Furry_Parkour_and_Crossbow_Club) is always looking for new members…especially since there are only three of us… **phi2dao** - Hey there! One of my alts is a Random…we’ve probably bumped into each other. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381/20 "2008-04-15T21:46:07Z")
I played for a while as a solo zed, but couldn’t get very far. I joined a group for a while, which _really_ rapidly leveled me up. Every once in a while I’d get revived by someone, and I’d play as a human for a while. But that got boring, so eventually I’d just charge out onto the streets and fire into the biggest group of zombies I found until I got dead again. I stopped playing a while ago. It was fun for a while, but never that compelling. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-playing-urban-dead/445381.md?page=2)