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To all users of Oceania servers (NZ-ANZ servers) heed this message. The North Chernarus Militia -NCM- is to begin conducting counter bandit operations in Chernarus within the week. The NCM will be actively patroling and conducting counter Insurgency operations in the Northern regions of Chernarus to deter and restrict the actions of bandits. If you are privy to intel as to where abouts or activity of bandits pass it on to The NCM immediately. If you are encountered by the NCM you will be stopped and questioned, with your details being noted and added to a growing database. If you are acting peacefully you have nothing to fear. Cooperative survivors will be noted. WARNING: Failure to cooperate could potentially lead to engagement. To save confusion and friendly fire always respond when contacted by the NCM and follow all directions. The NCM is here to help you, the peaceful survivor. So we urge you to make it known immediately when you are or have been engaged. Its through the Intel that you, the community, provide us that we will be able to engage and persecute the bandit scum. The NCM needs you! The NCM is currently recruiting and needs like minded people to swell its ranks. We have a strong core group of guys with good skills ready to take on fresh blood and bring them to standard, plus a host of resources to make for an effective fighting unit. If you or someone you know is interested in joining, add me on steam at the name Boganova. you will be vetted both in and out of game. Once you have completed a probation period you will be given access to NCM resources. See you in the field. (PS, yes I'm aware this is far fetched, and yes I'm aware that we will draw a lot of hate from bandits and the like. But hey, thats the fun of it. Im not a carebear bandit hater, but someone making my own fun and adding another dynamic to the community. See you guys out there in Zed land.)

Ive seen you guys kicking around World of Tanks. Always seemed like a cool bunch of dudes.

hey guys Was online just now and saw a Chicago server that looked different from the others. It was listing as playinf dayZ RELOADED Zombielife4 or something like that. Whats with that? It had no players and appeared to be closed.

Zerogravity i do agree with you, like I said my situation was quite different (For starters noone was coming back to life and eating people) but the biggest thing you noticed was that suddenly EVERYONE had something in common. It was a great levelling device. didnt matter if you were rich or poor, or where your family was from, everyone effected was effected and everyone had that in common. As a result people were a lot more open and caring towards each other in general. Suddenly you found yourself getting to know your neighbours and helping them with things like fresh water or whatever they needed. Now if you look at it in context, a ZA would be more likely to make peeps form a strong bond, cause its an US VS them scenario. Everyone isnt just experiencing a common situation but has a common enemy. Sure, people would be more desperate, and as a result resort to greater measures of deprivation to protect them or their loved ones, but it would never get to the same sort of ratio as it does in game. The two simply wouldn't compare. Plus you would have pre-established community spirit as well, with existing communities carrying over into the disaster, as opposed to the whole starting off desperate and alone like in the game, forced to try and find friend and foe amongst who you stumble across. Im not saying there wouldnt be bandit type activity, just not to the same extent that it is present in game.

hahaha ohhhhhh with an offer like that... Well I need to stop spawning in the wilderness to try that bro. At the moment everytime I log in im in the middle of no where so at the moment no playing at all :/

I think you would find that the vast majority of peeps who say "In a real life PA situation THIS would happen...." would commit suicide after a week without the internet. :P I've lived in a disaster zone, albeit one that still had law and order, and as a whole the society banded together and got more supportive and helpful of each other. And while there was relatively widespread looting, there was no large scale serious crime for the benefit of oneself, despite people having little food, shelter or drinkable water. So while I do believe that bandit like behaviour would happen in a PA situation, it would not happen to the same extent as portrayed in fiction and the imagination of the vast hordes of bandit players in this game. Such antisocial psychotic types would very much be a minority. Hell you only have to actually talk to these guys on TS to know that they aren't actual cold blooded like the characters they play in game, much much the opposite. Think of it as an extension of the keyboard warriors you see on internet forums. I'm gonna get so flamed for that last bit. but really, don't subscribe to the "if this was real" mentality man, video games are escapism for most people, not true simulation (Despite that being Armas goal. Most day z kids aren't Arma kids) and for most people playing a bandit is their way of controlling a situation that seems uncontrollable and that they know they wouldn't be able to control so readily if it happened. Im rambling, but you get the point. EDIT: Argh im one of the people I mention in my first sentence! All in one post, arghhhhhh

Snowy matt, by doing that dont you lose all your gear as Respawn kills you and starts a new yes?

yeah we stay on veteren servers too. Cant stand the names popping and wanna avoid handscanning. And Chernos a lost cause man. thats why we stay north. trying to clear cherno of bandits is pointless. Also, no bandit skins tomorrow. Not gonna lie, kinda at odds about how to continue doing what we do. May tone it down a bit till we figure out some effective systems. I spoke to colin about what would happen if we ran into each other. He says hell stay out of it and just run around providing medical assistance to both sides :P Hes a GC

haha Karko sorry, you have been running with a mutual associate of ours a lot lately so have been avoiding you as we dont want to get him caught up in the crossfire. Plus you seem like pretty cool peeps for bandits :P In all honesty we arent often on the same server bro. i was on the same server as you guys but was alone so wasnt hunting at the time. No doubt we will see each other at some point.

Since the latest patch, I constantly log in to the wilderness debug area. I have tried restarting, validating etc and it always spawns me there with all my gear. Cant shoot or third person but can move and access my gear. Anyway to fix it? I really dont want to lose this character, too much good gear.

Ill ask around, but we dont hang down at Chern. So unless you happened to catch one of the guys after a respawn then its not likely.

Were you in a bandit skin? And how do you know it was one of us? Server, time details etc. If you are a survivor and were wrongfully shot then Ill see what i can do to fix it. If you were a bandit who fell to our guns, well, welcome to the club :P EDIT by the way most of our guys have been away the last few days, so chances are slim. If you give me the circumstances behind it ill be able to figure out quickly if it was us or not.

Odd, couple days ago Mr Matt tried to join The NCM and wanted to regain his humanity, and now hes saying you should all share details on Bandit hunters. Either it was a failed attempt at espionage or someone untrustworthy is asking you all to trust him and all of yall. So much for honour amongst thieves eh

hey guys I have just had my first ever fatal pvp experience. Dont worry im not going to complain like everyone else but I've been thinking. Theres been heaps of talk about ending pvp and myself and many others have suggested forming vigil ante groups to go out and hunt them down. Why not make this group a clan? Why not gather players together who would like to try and bring some law to an otherwise lawless region? Im suggesting we just start small. And dont bother at all with the coast as thats a lost cause. I say get a group of solid guys with decent gear and start patrolling inland areas where bandits are known to hunt. Like in the NW corner of the map. Encourage other players to cooperate with the group, pass on intel about bandit sightings and where they were last killed by other players. Names where possible. Try and put pressure on the bandits and make it harder for them to operate by aggressively searching them out. Sure you could never completely get rid of the bandits, but you could do your little bit to help put it them down a bit. Not like the other groups who are out to hold players hands at all, but to counter hunt the bandits. And it could be a way for people who enjoy pvp to do so in a way that is conductive to the ingame society as opposed to preying on the weak. What do you think? This is an open lawless place, but society needs to start somewhere. Should we try and do our bit to clean the place up?

yeah he nailed it. the coast is a bit of a lost cause anyway, in my opinion. Up north you get bandits, but good bandits, guys who actually look for strong prey instead of fresh noobs. And why shoot a bandit on the coast who will respawn immediately and be back on the spot. Up north is much more fun. I welconme the bandits saying they will take us down. We will kill some of them, some will kill us. thats the fun of day Z. Ill never understand the rage some peeps get over this stuff.

Awesome. getting the desired response to my post. See you guys in the field ;)

haha wow. Haters gonna hate eh. Why the hate man? Someone piss in your cornflakes this morning? And the answer is no and no. But you dont seem like the type who really is wanting a truthful answer.

haha oh this guy. yeah I remember you. Was more like 5 shots, but im not gonna make excuses. You got the jump on me and got me fair and square. See you in game, if you dont DC first. haha feel the hate! This is gonna be fun. (PS you sure I didnt hit you? Looked a hell of a lot like I did on my end. you were bleeding anyway. Could it be Desync?)

haha bring it bro :P really the main task is to provide some direction in the game man. Most of the peeps in the group have been playing it for quite a while and have gotten to the point where randomly wandering has started to lose its shine. Combine this with the constant complaining on the forums from noobs about bandits, with the only reasonable way to do anything about them is to do it in game as a community so figured we should form together and see if we could. Sure, it could fall horribly on its face, but its something. Create your own objectives and all that. As for side chat, yeah your right. That's something I've been scratching my head over for awhile. Id kill for Direct to work properly Also, you wont be seeing any "Whos shooting in Cherno?" and "Anyone friendly in Elektro, im near the hospital" posts from us. :P Just trying to get into the spirit of the RPG element of the game bro. EDIT, Also I wont be near the coast. never said I would. In fact, the North part of the name should give that away?the coast is a lost cause man.

Before engaging any groups generally the NCM will make themselves known and demand the group stop for questioning. If the group complies then it has nothing to worry about as long as its peaceful. People in Bandit skins who are non responsive to communication and non cooperative are at high risk of engagement unless accompanied by other non bandit survivors.

Add me on steam and we can chat. Put you through a probation and see if we can you back into the green. If you prove trust worthy then we can see from there. I'm all for reformed bandits using their skills to aid in the hunt. Of course, if you turn out to be a genuine bandit then you will get black listed, hunted down and gutted like a pig. Its only fair :P

Yeah Ive seen the thread did you email the Dev teams specific email? DayZdevteam@gmail.com I think it is. Could be wrong.

Message them via the email. The DayZ dev team one. Theyre busy guys so may take time. email is the best way to contact em

The North Chernarus Militia -NCM- has been formed. We will be operating on Oceania servers and cooperating closely with other Anti Bandit clans and groups. If you are interested in joining add me on steam and refer to our recruitment post at this link http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1860 If you are the head of a like minded group in day z please add me on steam and communicate with me. We can share resources to have a greater impact on the game as a whole. I am having a Forum server set up very soon. Am open to the idea of setting up sub forums for other similar minded clans. I will be hosting Blacklists and Whitelists of players etc. Lets pool resources and make this happen!

yeah man, do it. Have Spoken to Someonemustgethurt, and his team are on the money. Will be working closely with them for sure.