I do exactly that and I've been alive for like 4-5 days now. Even after a glitch lost most of my supplies and spawned me and many others back in elektro.
It's not that bad. I've had to handle them for hours at a time and became quite proficient to be compared to an average noob without them. At first, though, yea it's pretty hard to cope.
I can honestly say I do little mind exercises when bored and will look at an area and visualize how I would navigate it in dayz assuming the people I see are zombies
I'm so sorry griff that I had to be the one with the harsh reality. Been part of too many games ruined by bears. You cut them down or let them slowly infect and destroy.
....have you stopped to think of one ready good reason for why this wont work? people can switch servers and suddenly you are invaded. they dont even need to travel if they are already there on another server. this wont work because metagame exists.