State of the Horde

Summer 2013 is upon the horde! Now is a good time to reflect back on the state of the game, examine ourselves, our history, and be subjected to another borderline deranged communication from yours truly. Tin foil hats and gasoline fumes will heighten this experience, but are by no means necessary.

The first item is a merger between AU-10 and the Gore Corps, and tighter cooperation between Gore Corps and the rest of the horde in general. Debate rages on what this new sub-organization will be called, but at this time ’the AU-10/Gore Corps dream team super group of mega happy perverted fun times and doom and bizarre links and stuff and things and tits’ is the front runner. Or ’the Gore Corps’. Yeah, the Gore Corps, we have far too much sex toy memorabilia on sale to pull it all off the shelves for rebranding. This will involve sharing intel acquired from the Gore Corps with zombies across the rest of the horde. Controversial, yes, but it’s important that we bring the horde as close to one another as we can. With more cooperation and sharing between all of us, the more fun we’ll have as a horde and more effective we will be in game.

Between the increase in ‘caded yet depopulated ghost towns, and the recent departure of GMT Breakfast Club (more on this below), there is a greater need for coordination, and a return to the camaraderie the horde built itself upon. This means some important changes to how we operate on the forums and in game. Not the forced-sex-changes-upon-Toast kind of changes - for those are transient based on the whims of the horde - no, these changes will be more substantial and will help recreate some of the best things this horde is famous for. This is something to be extremely excited about SO MUCH SO IN FACT I FEEL THE NEED TO USE CAPS NOW! SHOULD I KEEP GOING? NO, IT’S ANNOYING? Fine, alright. Anyway…

There will be a reorganization of the forums, including merging certain sub forums and archiving those not used as much. The idea is that we thrust people out of their own private corners and into the light, so we mingle more. YES, MINGLE, DAMN YOU! Oops I promised no more caps. The more we mingle, the more fun we have, the more we know everyone else and the closer become as a horde. This reorganization will be completed in the next week. When this reorganization is done, our forums will be more active than they have been in a long while. Imagine a beehive run on meth and rum, only operating in a Swedish red light district, so the morals will be a lot more shakey. That is the kind of activity we’re aiming for. Strike reports will be posted regularly, as well as updated target info and communications about new horde activities. Keep an eye out for announcements in the next couple of days.

Our wiki presence has also been lacking. I know the popularity of the wiki is not so high in the horde due to the trenchy/drama llama/zomg wiki law elements there, but it’s important to update it with accurate information about how awesome we are, to remind everyone else not to fuck with us and/or show them what a good time we’re having. In that regard I’ll see to it personally that our actions in-game will be better reflected there, along with posting new RRF content on our pages. To that end I’m looking for anyone interested in a small amount of wiki work, or able to offer aid in generating creative content for the horde, like images and articles, to reach out to me personally. In addition, I’ll be looking around so don’t fret, I’ll find you if you’re interested. If you’re sleeping and have a creative idea I’ll know, I’m like Santa, only not allowed near playgrounds. In all seriousness, whatever your ideas are, we’ll cherish to hear them so don’t dismiss something because, “Nah, that’s stupid, people will laugh at me for suggesting it” - there is no such thing as an embarrassing idea, just embarrassing smells we make at the worst times possible.

Think of this as a free form suggestion box. Anything relating to Urban Dead, the horde, and what us smexy Ridleys can do is now open for everyone to contribute. All suggestions will be given forethought and consideration. You guys ARE the horde and it’s time you seize that voice.

As mentioned before, the GMT Breakfast Club has recently decided to split off and form its own organization. We’ll miss them and see them part with a heavy heart, but we wish them the best of luck with their endeavour. Since they are a separate group now anyone who wishes to have an alt join GMT Breakfast Club can do so without worrying about violating horde alt rules, so feel free to do so.

Seeing them part, in addition to the soon to be implement team merger, makes one thing evident; we need to reflect back on our roots more. Just like people of modern TV sci-fi will track down old episodes of Star Trek to see where it all comes from, we should do the same within our own little nation. What are our monolithic moments and turning points? Admittedly we lack the pure sex appeal that is Leonard Nimoy high on spores slapping around Captain Kirk, but what we do have is something that can be made into a massive historical archive for the horde. Call it the Archives of Ridleybank, but this new project will explore moments in the horde’s history and expand on them in ways we simply haven’t done before. It’s time to see a bit of how the sausage is made, the tasty beef sausage that is the RRF.

So from here what can be expected? To sum up neatly: