Dr. Goner

Ha! Yeah, I've been able to get so much done without DayZ in my life. My girlfriend is going to be in for a rude awakening.

I have to agree. I actually can't wait to experience how amazingly difficult this game is going to be. Honestly, I'm looking forward to those little bugs and glitches that come along with alpha play. It's always a badge of honor to say, "Oh, yeah, well I remember when tents actually ate you and you had to walk up hill in the snow ALL the time!" It makes one feel like a hardened veteran.

Krampus!!!!!!! We need more krampus in the states.

It seems from monitoring this http://bit.ly/192bwvW that players are either not living much longer than thirty minutes (which equals AWESOME in my opinion) or they are getting kicked every so often. Thoughts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyc9TdDoKu8 Breathe deep. Tell yourself, I am OK, it's only a drug. The effect is temporary.

Here you go. https://twitter.com/IvanBuchta/status/398453097963335680/photo/1

Is this for real? I don't know what to believe anymore. I want to play so bad and I've really been behaving myself lately though that's due to meditative exercises and changes in my personal life, but still. I'm setting myself up to be trolled here but could someone tell me how to play if this is for real? I love you all! I kid I kid.

I'm killing time watching Battle Star Gallactica... all of it.

So, is it definitely going to happen on a Tuesday or could it be any day of the week?

Exactly. The first time I played DayZ, I spawned with nothing in the pitch of night with only a vague idea of what the game even was. I literally crawled for three hours in the darkness and died of thirst. It was the best gaming experience I've ever had. Honestly, I was a bit fed up with games when I found DayZ. This community has led me to a lot of amazing games and renewed my interest in gaming as a whole.

Now it's just Matt. Seems odd.

It's just a nice image. Him alone in there drinking it all in before he sets it free. What a journey this has been and it's only the Alpha. I've never followed the development of any product, game, movie, etc. like I've followed DayZ.

Rocket is the only one on the test server. I love to think that it's completely ready and they're just giving him some time alone in the world he's created right before they unleash it. He deserves it.

Please, I beg you. We don't need any more pointless posts than we already have. :)

Ha! I hardly go back to the first page anymore, but good point I'll check back there first from now on.

Didn't see that anyone had posted this so I thought I would. Is this a Lee with an aftermarket scope?!? https://twitter.com/Hicks_206/status/397856729834061824/photo/1

I rarely played the mod on a server with over twenty people on it. I know there were a lot of busier ones out there but it always seemed to me that the average was around twenty. I don't think anyone has seen the test server maxed out yet. In fact, I think the highest it's gone is 22. I am curious myself what the large MP test is going to look like.

Any body see any server stats for the day? I don't have those pages bookmarked and was curious about the testing. Thanks!

To be fair, there has been a vacuum of information lately and I think that's what's led to the wild speculation. I've come to accept that it will be out when it's playable and I trust the judgement of the Devs on that subject as I'm no expert. I have to admit (turning slightly red) I even thought they could have possibly released it on Halloween, just due to it being in the survival / horror genre. Any info would not only be appreciated but I think it would do some real good as far as speculation is concerned. Halloween was lightly speculated upon but I think the 5th of November thing is believed by many more. It would be nice to hear at least "It's not going to happen on the 5th." so we can all move on to speculating about Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Quanza, and the rest of the arbitrary dates ;)

I'm pretty sure they haven't completely reworked the zombies, as in their animations and movements and everything. When rocket has been speaking of the zombies, he means the server side zombie spawn system is working. That has nothing to do with what the final Zeds will be.

I understand poking fun at the rumor trolls but, to be fair, there has been a vacuum of information lately and I think that's what's led to the wild speculation. I've come to accept that it will be out when it's playable and I trust the judgement of the Devs on that subject as I'm no expert. I have to admit (turning slightly red) I even thought they could have possibly released it on Halloween, just due to it being in the survival / horror genre. Any info would not only be appreciated but I think it would do some real good as far as speculation is concerned. Also, you forgot to add November 5th to your list of speculative dates. Halloween was lightly speculated upon but I think the 5th of November thing is believed by many more. It would be nice to hear at least "It's not going to happen on the 5th." so we can all move on to speculating about Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Quanza, and the rest of the arbitrary dates ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyc9TdDoKu8

I usually bust it straight for Polana. I like to get geared up there since it's less traveled, generally speaking. Like to head to Berenzino after that.

Ouch.

Skepticism party was a few months ago. We're all on the optimism train now. If you take a close look at all the images and various comparisons that people have done, the SA really looks a lot better than Arma 2. If you can find the Polana comparison, I thought it showed a crazy amount of new detail in trees, extra buildings. It just looks way better.