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I landed on top of Cherno hotel once and didn't know that helis blew up on server restart if they were unreachable. My bud and I got super pissed (we'd had a frustrating time on this server) and started sniping zombies with our SVD Camo and scoped G36. Thus was born, "Zombie Rednecks." And now I just do that for fun. :D

My second day playing this game, I found the edge of the map. I didn't realize that it was nothing but wasteland beyond, so, hoping to find a coastal city eventually, I kept going. Well, after about half an hour of wandering, almost hungry and dehydrated, I decided to change directions and (hopefully) head back to the mainland. On my way there, I started starving and getting dehydrated. Then, I died not of the elements, but while in the absolute middle of nothing, someone found me and killed me. In hindsight, an Admin probably took pity on me and finished me off. But after all that wasted time, and with one of my first rifles, I was so upset.

I was playing with a few friends that I had taught to fly helicopters. We'd had an incredibly lucky day - we'd found 2 choppers already, a little bird and a huey. As we got to NWAF, we found a biplane. I'd only flown it once before, so I decided to give it another shot. We thought we'd be hilarious and fly around Elektro, assuming 3 aircraft would terrify people. Well, I got a little cocky with my flight skills after doing some tricky maneuvers - going low and pulling up just in time, dodging trees, loops/barrel rolls - I thought I'd be a badass and fly low over Elektro. Hit the hospital. Insta-dead. My friends were absolutely speechless, then just burst out laughing. Even better, one those guys earlier that day had decided to roleplay as the crazy guy who thinks zombies are people, too. After leading his "flock" to the church and preaching it, they ate him.

I had that. Once I noticed, I gave everything to the first guy I saw and logged. Lost my first Huey, 3 cars, an ATV, loads of guns... But I haven't been on that server since. I regret nothing. Getting REAL fear - the 'bullets are flying, I'm going to lose what little I have' desperation is so much more fun. :D

So I finally achieved my DayZ life goal: landing on the Cherno hotel with a sniper. Everything went fine until the server restarted. Logging back in, it had exploded. Does anyone know what happened? Is it explainable?

Really? You're sure? Edit: it makes sense. Say you get up there and die, now nobody can get it.

One time thing with a bandit friend. Still fun. :) Ironically, it ended with a bandit with a Huey finding us, picking us up, and then trying to nosedive with us inside. My friend died, I ejected in time. Jog back to corpse, no harm done.

You... You win.

So I was thinking the other day about what might make this game even better (I love it as is), and I came up with something. Now, I don't expect this for the Alpha, but it'd be a cool feature for the standalone. What if, using your hunting knife, you could assassinate people? If you're behind someone and crouched or something, and not "in combat", you could equip your hunting knife and do some sort of little kill animation. This would be cool for taking out teams using in-game chat (wouldn't do much for Skype) or just avoiding noise in general. If you had a silenced weapon, it'd be just as good, but if you didn't, I think this would be a cool feature for stealth. Thoughts?

US 69. Admins take care of hackers near immediately. Saw one spawn in items, and had time to take 1 shot before being banned.

Mordekaiser!!

Just found an mi17_DZ... And it won't let me repair. I have all the parts, I have a toolbox, and I'm standing right next to it, and it won't let me repair it. Is there something I'm doing wrong?? I repair cars just fine. Is this heli bugged or what?

Ugh... Getting nothing. Hopefully, the admins will repair it for me after I explain the situation. Thanks anyways.

Military, I'd assume. I doubt civilian ones have guns.

I can get in. Just not repair it. =P

North of Berezino is a crashed boat on the coast. I've had 2 cars there for over a week now, with no problems. My new favorite spot.

I like that you posted. It was a rather good reflection of how I feel about the game. My first kill... I still remember it. I was still a rather new player. I'd been burned a lot for trusting people. I was in the further out firehouse in Elektro - the one directly next to a factory. I'd seen someone with an ax jogging around town, and while I was a little paranoid, I didn't let it slow me down too much. I went up into the firehouse anyway, hoping for gl0rious lootz. On the 2nd floor, I saw something and I heard something - an AK-47 and footsteps from below. I looked down the stairs and saw Mr. Hatchet - he was looking at ground loot, didn't see me. I yelled in direct chat for him to leave (on mic). When I saw him stand up and turn towards the stairs, I went to the 3rd floor. I shouted again - "Don't come to the third floor. Final warning." I, like a lot of you, was shaking. I like getting into game, really experiencing them (Amnesia taught me the fun of it), so it felt a little real to me. Finally, I heard metallic footsteps - coming up. I aimed at the stairs, his head popped up, and I fired. It wasn't any sort of glorious headshot or anything. He panicked - I wonder to this day if he could hear me, or if he had sound muted or something. It was a complete surprise to him. I was in skype with my buddies at the time, and as soon as the '____ was killed' popped up, I screamed, "I KILLED A MAN!!" and proceeded to question the morality of my actions for half an hour. In the end, I felt like if he didn't have sound on, he might have not cared enough about the game to let me live. I think I was right in my decision. And it's one I've made plenty of times since, though I still prefer to not shoot on sight. But never hesitate to defend yourselves. I won't.

Laaaaaawl.

I travel through rural parts of Illinois a lot. There's been a few times where I see barns and want to loot them... Oh wait. ****, a nice pick up truck, let's get it!... Oh wait.

Nope. All mine. =D

That's ****ing brutal... I would never trust anyone again.

My best DayZ story ever. I was in Balota an found an axe. Walked to the deer stands, saw another player. A friend of mine who doesn't own the game shouts, "Kill him!!" I don't usually, but eh... Why not. Smash him. Find an AK-47 in a stand, and immediately after, karma strikes and a zombie knocks me out. Reviving with less than 2k blood and a stream of it pouring out of me, I sprint to Cherno for bandages. I see a new-spawn in the grocery store. I NEVER do this, but I needed his bandage, so I lit him up. He didn't have one. Panicking, below 1k blood, I run out the back and see a hero with a hatchet. He asks, "Did you shoot a guy??" I yell, "I didn't want to, I needed a bandage! I'm going to die, please help!" "Yeah, sure!" We run into the fire station. I crouch, wait for that bandage. He yells, "That was my friend!!" and gives me the axe. I made a hero murder someone in cold blood through banditry. And it was goddamn hilarious.

I was running to Cherno from the western road when 3 12 year old sounding British kids yelled, "Stop moving!" and fired a Lee at me. He was the only one with a gun - another had a hatchet, the third was unarmed. I saw the ural they were using and, dodging the Lee shots, jumped in. Rather than leave, I turned around a bit down the road. 2 were standing directly next to each other, and I ran them both over immediately. The Lee guy dodged me, yelled, "Get out of the car!!" and fired. I eventually ran him over, too.

I don't usually kill on sight. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. If I think someone's a threat, I'll do my best to drop them. It's usually an on-case basis, but I try to avoid contact. Surviving comes first.

Agreed! Rocket made an amazing mod and I'm sure he'll make an amazing standalone. Keep it up, Rocket/DayZ SA team!