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Hi welcome to the mod. You are quite welcome to join us for a few games and run with our guys @ The BSB Network. We're primarily an open community for fair and mature gamers and have our own internal clan as well as hosting several other groups and teams. We've go over 1600 registered users and more than 400 of them are Day Z players. Our group has been going since 2002 playing various different games, so we're not some fly by night clan. We have our own private hive and admins on our Taviana server, as well as our own public Teamspeak 3 server too. We don't mind people joining our server and tagging along with our guys as long as they are friendly and team players. We have several organised fire teams for objective play and have members from all over the world. including a team based state side. If you're interested, check out our website for details @ http://www.bsbnetwork.com

Just thought I'd shamelessly promote our community servers. Our Main Hive Chenarus Server - 40 Slots - (Tiny Hippo) Our Private Hive Taviana Server - 40 slots Cool map with increased vehicle count and well administrated. Our FREE public TS3 Server - 75 Slots All courtesy of The BSB Network: Social Gaming Community - Established 2002.

Main Hive server offline. Taviana server updated to 2.0

Id say its taviana, its got over 600 square KM. I prefer Taviana at the moment myself as all the villages and towns have good loot spawns. More places to go.

You welcome to check us out mate @ The BSB Network (http://www.bsbnetwork.com) We are a social gaming community that has been running since 2002 with over 1600 registered members. First and foremost we an open community for mature and fair gamers. We try to accommodate all types of gamers, from those who just want to occasionally hook up with other decent folk, to the more committed guys looking for regular, or hardcore team work. It's entirely up to you how involved you want to be with the community. We have no requirements or restrictions and no stupid rules other than fun, fair play and a bit of common sense. Most of our members are based in the UK, mainland Europe or the US, but we do have members from over 36 other countries too, all English speaking and mostly adults over the age of 20 (well over in some cases!). Check out our server page to see who's online right now (http://www.bsbnetwork.com/servers) We have our own public TS3 server for our memerbs to use when playing their favourite games and we also have a coupleof Day Z servers, public and private hive. For Day Z we have several fire teams and will be starting our second season of weekly Fire Team related events next week. If you are interested, check out our website, join our game servers and/or hop on our TS3 server to get involved!!! More details at our website @ http://www.bsbnetwork.com Hope we catch you in-game soon!

Cool video mate. You guys welcome to join our Taviana server any time and make your videos. It's quite active and has plenty of vehicles, address is: 94.242.277.166:3212

What are Billy sticks? Like knight sticks? They would be cool if they were non-lethal and just broke legs. All in all great suggestions though.

It depends on the server provider. I think Vilayer servers are set to 5 days before they destroy.

Currently down for some updates and what not. Should be back up later today. Our Taviana server is up though if you want to join that in the meantime.

Hop on our Taviana server for some good competitive fun. We have several of our own fire teams running around as well as a couple of different clans using the server. There's presently over 200 vehicles scattered around for use and danger hides behind every tree! Get involved today. Also our weekly Fire Team Event kicks off next week! Details at our website @ http://www.bsbnetwork.com

Howdy fella, you're welcome to check us out mate @ The BSB Network. We're a mature community based predominantly in the UK (although we do have players from all over the world too). We have no daft rules or requirements other than fair play and a bit of common sense. We have UK based Official Hive and Private Hive servers and have active members on all times of the day and night throughout the week. We've been around since 2002 too so we're no just some kiddies fly by night group. Our members are organised into Fire Teams and have weekly objectives set to keep thins interesting. We have our own public TS3 server for voice comms as well as an active website and forum. If you're interested, or even just want to run with a few of our guys with no obligation to join, feel free to check us out at our website. All teh information you need is there @ http://www.bsbnetwork.com Hope to catch you in game soon mate

Although Stand Alone's target date was set out as "before the end of the year", I doubt they literally meant the last few days of the year, so I'd say it's safe to assume it's not coming any time soon. When you consider the recent statement (hint) from Rocket that if they needed to delay the release, they would! That just screamed "we're going to delay release" to me. Also the fact they were talking about making massive changes to the games architecture just a few weeks back, I'd say we're talking spring/summer next year maybe now. I think that's fair enough, I'm still enjoying the mod (particularly the Taviana map!!) and as long as the game is released in a decent and playable state, it's worth the wait!

Sick of waiting for Stand alone? Join the fun on our active community Taviana server! We are also recruiting for our own internal clan and fire teams, details of the server address and how to join our groups @ http://www.bsbnetwork.com

Good post, factions/groups will clearly play their part in stand alone eventually and the most obvious objective of being in a faction, and indeed a necessity is for a “base”. Clearly as a member of a large community of gamers playing with members of the clan I play in I’m naturally all for clan related features and I would be excited at the prospect of large scale faction warfare between large factions using large strongholds as base camps. However after playing Day since launch, givng it a lot of thought from a clan perspective and after reading many other suggestions similar to yours I’m not sure I 100% agree with the fortification or annexeing of an entire towns or city though. First of all, a town is far too big to realistically expect a community to defend. Even the largest of groups would struggle, but generally speaking there just inst the player base consistently to warrant Eve style warfare. I think even this sort of idea were introduced on such a large scale it would compromise the integrity of two fundamental parts of the game, those being balance and sandbox freedom (i.e. no game/system enforced conditions). I personally think the most suitable and balanced way of faction having strong holds/camps is expanding upon what the system accommodates now, smaller isolated camps that users find and chose themselves, rather than designated towns on the map. These camps would be relevant to the size and intention of group/fraction that founds them. I would say yes, maybe apply your ideas to building ranging from small sheds, barns, increasing to large buildings such as schools or warehouses maybe, or even at an extreme (for larger groups) farms, compounds or small villages (based on several enterable buildings), but not entire, large towns or cities. This would have far too many complications and sacrifice too much to accommodate. I think it’s impractical and obviously potentially unbalanced. The reasons for this aare simple - any player should have as many reasons to play lone wolf (or in s small team) as there is to be part of a faction, obviously the benefits of both need to different and there also needs to be some consequences of their choices too. Then you would need to consider the freedoms of the game, that would mean player actions to enforce conditions rather than relying on the game mechanics enabling or preventing too much. This would mean bases and strongholds would have to be largely organised and maintain by the players and rely on the conditions they are realistically willing to carry out. Towns /cities are presently the main spawn points for most zombies and necessary loot in the game. If there are a couple of towns that have been annexed off by factions you are already talking some disruption to the game as far as zombie spawns are concerned are “safe”. Besides that I feel the towns/cities need to be the “battlegrounds” for us all – the place none of us want to go but need to, not sectioned off forts. They are meant to be dangerous and if the disease side of the game is meant to be expanded as much as we all hope and Rocket hints towards, the last place you would want to be is in a city infested with the dead, decayed corpses, insects and human waste! I’d say it would be more realistic, balanced and relevant that more manageable fortifications could be set up in larger, none essential spawn buildings, such as school houses, barns, farm houses, even standard houses, warehouse etc It could be upto the player if they decide these are going to be in cites, towns or rural areas. And once they are secured they should not be loot spawns. They should be purely for storing items and possibly some vehicles in the case of larger buildings. The securing of a strong hold I’ve always presumed would mean having destructible perimeters or something similar, kind of like fences that need to be maintained or repaired. I like the idea of a zombie “horde” that you mentioned, perhaps these hordes would spawn periodically around “strong” holds and their main purposes would be to restrict access/exit from strong holds as well as gradually reducing the strength of the perimeter. This would make provide a double edged sword for those who construct their fortification – on one hand the horde would almost certainly make it difficult for single or small unorganised teams to get access to the strong hold (as they would have to fight their way through the persistent horde first with their limited supplies as well as then destroy the perimeter security fence) but the perimeter fence would gradually reduce in it’s strength because of the horde and require regular and constant maintenance if it was to remain in tact. This means clans have objectives other than guns, bullets and vehicle related objectives - they now need various materials (wood, steel wire fence, barbed wire, etc), tools (not just a tool box, individual items such as hammers, nails, bolts, screw drivers, wire cutters etc) and assorted hardware supplies. This would mean there was a realistic tiem period that the fortification could withhold unmanned against zombies and most opportunists, but obviously not against a pre-arranged and organised attack from another faction. This means vigilance is still needed and obviously those who are prepared to have people regularly joining the server and “patrolling” or guarding the base will fare better than those who aren’t. All in all, yes I agree that there is a lot of potential for better faction related play and there should be done in game to encourage and reward it, but not so much as it's at the expense of those who arent affiliate to a group, or it encouraging fewer but larger groups. This should be something everyone can get involved in at some level.

Cool work man. Leader boards should be a part of the game to help track your progression and to give some players objectives, motives and even notoriety within the game world. I'm not sure if all of these are possible but Id like to see stats include information such as; - survival times (i.e. current, longest and shortest) - Distance walked/ran - Zombie kills (With headshot stats) - player kills (with stats for head shots) - Assists maybe (kills you have had a hand in) - accidental deaths maybe - humanity (highest/lowest instances, current instance, average ) - Weapon stats (such as number of times each weapon has been used, rounds fired, accuracy - Current load out - Activity times in game (i.e game world average times you play during) - Vehicle usage stats & info (what vehicles you have been in, how long for, distance travelled in etc) - Locations visited/ highest amount of time to lowest amount of time on various parts of the map - e.g. 10 hours spent in NW Airfield etc. - Food consumed, eg number of tins of beans, sardines, pasta etc eaten Mostly just ideals, like I say not sure if all of these are obtainable.

Sounds more like a challenge for a determined crew to me, i dare say this won't end well! lol ....

I was going to say, isnt that the thunderdome hack?

Howdy fella, check us out @ The BSB Network. We are primarily an open community for fun and fair mature (adult) gamers, no obligation to join our teams or clan, just turn up and run witha few trustworhty, decent people. If you want to play more dedicated you can and join on eof our fireteams, if no not no worries just play casually as and when you like. We have over 1600 registered players, 300+ off which playing Day Z. We have our own TS3 server and Day Z servers (private and main hive) with players daily at all times of the day and night. We've been around more than 10 years so we're not some daft kid clan that's here today gone tomorrow. We have no daft rules or restrictions, all we ask for is fair play and common sense. Check out our TS3 server right now to see who;s online playing right now here! Anyway, if you're interested just hop on our TS server or our game servers, or alternatively join our website and just get invovled!

Yea I do on new maps to being with till i can get my bearings a little better. Even with an online map you dont always find all the great stuff right away - especially with Taviana!

Cool series mate look forward to watching them in full and seeing a few more! We run a Day Z Taviana server if you ever want a different host for future videos in the series, ours spawns with standard low gear and also is quite often populated. Also I'd be interested in promoting your series among our community to help promote the map, with your permission of course. It would basically be a feature on our main website, maybe regular updates if it proved popular... If that's ok I'd like to publish links to your first two vides this week.

How do you know the box you have is full when you find it? Everytimne I find a box of painkillers in my house they are always half empty or down to teh last couple!

Howdy fella, check us out @ The BSB Network. We are primarily an open community for fun and fair mature (adult) gamers, no obligation to join our teams or clan, just turn up and run witha few trustworhty, decent people. If you want to play more dedicated you can and join on eof our fireteams, if no not no worries just play casually as and when you like. We have over 1600 registered players, 300+ off which playing Day Z. We have our own TS3 server and Day Z servers (private and main hive) with players daily at all times of the day and night. We've been around more than 10 years so we're not some daft kid clan that's here today gone tomorrow. We have no daft rules or restrictions, all we ask for is fair play and common sense. Check out our TS3 server right now to see who;s online playing right now here! Anyway, if you're interested just hop on our TS server or our game servers, or alternatively join our website and just get invovled! Hope to see you in game soon!!

Howdy fella, check us out @ The BSB Network. We are primarily an open community for fun and fair mature (adult) gamers, no obligation to join our teams or clan, just turn up and run witha few trustworhty, decent people. If you want to play more dedicated you can and join on eof our fireteams, if no not no worries just play casually as and when you like. We have over 1600 registered players, 300+ off which playing Day Z. We have our own TS3 server and Day Z servers (private and main hive) with players daily at all times of the day and night. We've been around more than 10 years so we're not some daft kid clan that's here today gone tomorrow. We have no daft rules or restrictions, all we ask for is fair play and common sense. Check out our TS3 server right now to see who;s online playing right now here! Anyway, if you're interested just hop on our TS server or our game servers, or alternatively join our website and just get invovled! Hope to see you in game soon!!

Public server open to fair players

Howdy fella, check us out @ The BSB Network. We are primarily an open community for fun and fair mature (adult) gamers, no obligation to join our teams or clan, just turn up and play. If you want to play more dedicated you can and join the team, if no not no worries. We have over 1600 registered players, 300+ off which playing Day Z. We have our own TS3 server and Day Z servers (private and main hive) with players daily at all times of the day and night. We have no daft rules or restrictions, all we ask for is fair play and common sense. Check out our TS3 server right now to see who;s online playing right now here! Anyway, if you're interested just hop on our TS server or our game servers, or alternatively join our website and just get invovled! Hope to see you in game soon!!