Rangi (DayZ)

Do any of you people that think the current day/night cycle is fine play from new zealand? If we want to play this game after work or uni and see more then pitch black, we are forced to play on 300ping servers. This is a game, and the current length of nighttime and server time syncing makes it unfun. I love playing in the dark, its terryfying. But not ALL the time unless I want to only hit stationary targets. Im inclined to agree that a 4 hour or so cycle would really improve this game, I honestly think its one of the best and most fun games out at the moment and really would like to be able to play properly with my mates.

What the title says, I put an Ak in my backpack and my game crashed. Now whenever I join a server I instantly crash. Anyone know a fix for this or at least a way to kill my character so I can start again?