How to "officially" pronounce "Day Z" ?

[How to "officially" pronounce "Day Z" ?]

As a Canadian I instinctively call it DayZed, but after watching too many videos DayZee seems to have taken over.

[Just how bad are hackers?]

Is it hard to join a white listed server? Do they have any sort of screening process? If they're accepting towards total nubs like myself maybe I will do that.

[Just how bad are hackers?]

So I've been watching a hell of a lot of youtube videos the past few weeks and this game fascinates mea and I really want to play it! Thing is, there are a few things that concern me, the #1 issue being hackers. Just how bad are they? In some of the videos I've seen it seems really bad.

From reading about the standalone version it sounds like they will be able get rid of most of the hacking isssues and I'm definitely going to buy that. But it sounds like not even the alpha will be out for at least another month and I really want to play this game now :P.

Should I wait for the standalone? Another reason for waiting is I save myself some money, but that isn't a big issue.