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It's finished. He's just teasing us. Making sure we REALLY want it. You gotta beg for it. That's right, BEG. Like a Dog.

Jyeah! 1994 boi!

My money's riding on Saturday.

I just found a Bizon and an M107 on one earlier today, so yes, they're spawning :)

No you aren't. You are just fear mongering.

You'd have to try harder than that. I've been waiting for a game like this my whole life.

I also like the idea of having location bound to server. The question is, what happens when the server you are bound to is full, down, or having problems?

Word to that homie! /signed.

It sounds like you are trying to push the Panic Button

Then it is not really relevant to anything, is it? Also, see this survey: http://en.twitch.tv/pcgamer/b/322996808 It shows that only 33% of people who took the survey have ever seen a Hacker in game.

When was that written? The date stamps on the posts say 'Yesterday'. If this is from back when the battle-eye bans went out then I'd say you have your answer about whether he's given up or not.

totally agree' date=' its starting to get totally ridiculous [/quote'] In that case, I don't feel bad saying that I'd really like a Flamethrower. Zombies on fire, running around catching other zombies on fire. I want this.

So, I was browsing the Armaholic webpage, and what did I find? That's right, an Arma2 android app with an augmented reality target feature! You print out a provided image, tape it to the wall, and the phones camera tracks it as a target. Immediately I thought: DayZ IRL! Get a bunch of buddies together, print out a bunch the images on sturdy cardstock, pin it to your clothes, and go out into the woods with your smartphones. Distribute cans of beans and soda, toy guns representing guns in the app, bandages, etc. in 'structures' (cardboard boxes) across the 'map' (the area you decide to play in). When you pick up a toy gun, you are allowed to select that gun on your smartphone app, and use it. Some players are survivors, some are bandits, and some are zed. Costumes are encouraged. Survivors have to collect the beans. Bandits have to kill the survivors by sniping them from hiding places. The zed guard the structures, and have to kill the survivors and bandits by grabbing them. They can be shot by survivors or bandits. Rules would have to be drafted, and agreed upon, but this could make for some serious fun. Especially if played at night, with real road flares and flashlights. Oh, and because you'd be burning through your phone's batteries like mad, ammo would consist of AA batteries, which you would use to recharge your phone with one of those emergency recharger thingies.

I will say, every time Rocket said "I really wish we were playing on 1.7.2 right now, it's so much better" I squirmed in my seat a little.

I'll do you one better, here's the link (again) http://en.twitch.tv/pcgamer/b/322996808

I wished he would turn off the camera feed of himself. I didn't like the glasses he was wearing ;)

I actually really liked the stream. It was nice to hear the intended direction of the game straight from the horses mouth. Quite inspiring really.

I didn't get any malware with sixupdater...or if I did, I never noticed, and it's time to cancel my AVG subscription.

Summary: The Infection, nicknamed "The Zeds", passes on to all future characters until cured with antibiotics. EDIT: What if there were two sicknesses in the game? The first sickness is the regular coughing illness that you get from being out in the cold. This disease behaves as it currently does, and does not persist through death. The second is rarer, but also more serious. It is "The Zeds", or The Infection that created the zeds in game. It persists through death, and must be cured by antibiotics (possibly of a different type) The disease would be transmitted by all of the usual ways including player to player contact. In addition, looting an infected players corpse can transmit the infection, as well as prolonged exposure to the clouds of flies left over from players corpses (it's not a bug, it's a feature!). It might be interesting if player corpses lying adjacent to infected corpses had a chance to become infected, thus making them risky to loot. The reason it crosses to future characters is to keep players from simply respawning to avoid having to deal with it.

The only logical conclusion is Beartraps-->Bears-->Bearskin clothing plz plz plz?

Ok... Anyway, I did some thinking about this concept earlier today, and I've revised my original post to reflect the changes I've come up with thanks to some of the helpful responses earlier in the thread. I think that it will be more palatable this way, though the people who object to the idea will likely continue to do so for the same reasons as before. The only difference is that there are now 2 diseases. The first disease is the regular old cough, and it does not persist through death. The second is "The Zeds", and is more serious and rare, and does persist through death. Sorry for the redundancy of repeating what is already written on the first page, but I wanted to point out that the original idea has been modified. Also, I think after our little detour a refresher about what we're actually talking about is in order.

I stopped reading right there. I always make an effort to be positive and constructive in my posts. I also never call anybody names.

True story.