[shadawg]

The definition of a dead mans walk is:

Walking inconspicously in close approximation to your oppositions postion without giving cause for alarm.

That means walking around holding your marker without indicating that you are out.

Once you either, raise your marker, say you are out, and or place a BBD on your marker, you are no longer live, you have indicated you are eliminated and must /should leave the field. This is not a dead mans walk. Playing after you have indicated in any manner that you are not among the living is cheating.

I have read many of the posts here and it would appear that some are confused as to what the actual definition of a dead mans walk is. If your definition is anything other than what is at the top of this post, than most likely you have not been performing one correctly and that is the basis for the confusion.