jtarq survives

Tactical, indeed. Thank you, Maca! I am definitely more worried about bandits rather than zombies.

haha I think it's about as prepared as it's going to be.

This is probably the best advice there is to adhere to. lol I completely understand that sometimes you get sniped, sometimes you lose things and sometimes you get tricked. I'll have patience. This game is SO unlike any other, in that regard!!

Thanks so much, Trizzo! From all the videos I've been watching and forums I've been reading, I've definitely grasped how important is is to trust noone, stay out of open ground, only filter items in seclusion and to stay low, stay dark and stay queit. I had no idea about Kemenka though. I'll definitely keep that in mind. I'm sure I'll see what you mean once I get on. lol FYI, I've watched many videos by Sidestrafe. Here's a link to him: http://www.youtube.com/user/sidestrafe?feature=results_main

Ironically, I meant to buy CO buuuut the Gamestop employee sold me OA...and when I typed this out, I had JUST realized that I wasn't sold what I needed. -_- ...so I'm off to fix that asap!

WELL, I just got home from GameStop earlier, buying the Arma2: Operation Arrowhead (v1.62.0.97448) key to download at home, downloaded it and just downloaded DayZ (v1.7.2.6) with PWS. I've watched various survival and trolling/camping vids on youtube and read the forums for a huge mental list of do's and don't's. Now let's see how easy/difficult it is simply logging into the game itself! Let's see how this goes! =D Any advice and such would greatly be appreciated!

I just downloaded DayZ for the first time and even though I've read through the forums, I'm completely green to this. From what I gather, I know this won't go 100% fluid. I hope you're right! lol