Dr. Goner

Sorry man, I'm giving up one of the words in my member title briefly. Say it with me, there is no such thing as KOS. You were killed because you weren't aware of your surroundings and yes, this includes exploits and the meta game of server hopping. You have to be aware of these issues at all times especially in areas where it happens. KOS isn't a bad thing. Pay closer attention to everything and it won't happen as often. The game is cruel, it's challenging, but holy hell that's what makes it fun. Now get out there and explore the map, there's plenty of loot to be found! Hell if you change your play style a bit you never know what will happen. Drop out of the arms race bro, watch from the hills before going in, survive, kill zeds, help a bambi, work on your wardrobe, start a fresh fruit stand. You have thousands of different options when you play this game. Each death is a new lease on life and an opportunity for a different play through.

I have yet to be killed by anyone as a fresh spawn. Seriously, not one time. It's not that hard, head for the woods. It's the area, with all the trees and cover that is 100 meters or less away from you when you spawn. I logged in last night at the factory on a full 40/40 person server and Orlovets had not been touched. ORLOVETS!! It's 1000 meters from the spawn point. People are idiots, good news for me. I got a pristine fire axe, back pack, motor bike helmet, bottle of water, and like eight cans of food within ten minutes because people are idiots and don't know how to play this game.

I'm sorry man. Can't. Get. Past. Avatar. GO DAWGS!!!!

It saddens me that we have so many idiots in our community now. Run inland you twats. Play the game for crying out loud. It's actually fun exploring the map and getting geared up alone. Chat with a buddy in teamspeak while you do it. Have a beer and enjoy the beauty that is DayZ. This is absolutely pathetic. Fucking casuals. Do you even lift? DO YOU LIFT BRO?!?

These threads are hilarious, "So I've been hopping servers for an hour and can't find shit. Does this mean I have to actually play the game now? Because that sounds scary." Go look for loot somewhere else. And yes, you may have to be smart about it and you risk being killed. Be happy, you've discovered the actual fun part of the game. Enjoy the scenery.

If you are server hopping in military buildings on low pop servers this will happen. Needless to say, but you aren't the only person with the same idea. You're bound to run into thousands of others doing the same thing. My friends and I have been setting up perimeters around the airfields and killing server hoppers. It's just our little contribution to the game. If we see people come into the area on foot we watch from the shadows and let them do their thing. But if we randomly spot someone in the ATC tower, we are going to kill you.

You tried to rob me. I was in the jail in Chapaevsk (cherno apartment military building) last night around 6pm EST. We were on a very populated GA server. You said, "Hey man, drop your gun and come downstairs." I said, "That's not happening." You did not reply and I felt it was evident that you were trying to take my freedom and probably talking to your other pimple faced friends in teamspeak, giving away my location and making plans to sexually abuse my dead body. I had a weapon flashlight. You did not. I had a red dot, you had an ACOG. I peaked over the stairs, you looked around the corner, I shot you in the face and you died. I looted your body and took a pristine combat helmet and your pristine acog also a bag of rice and your ammo box. I then hid your body because you sir are a dick. Not just a normal dick but a stupid dick. Why would you try to rob me? I was minding my own business. You and your stupid payday mask. Your intimidation didn't work at all. I bet you shit your pants when I said, "That's not happening."

I just started one a couple weeks ago. I thought it would be more popular. Here's the link: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/163533-missed-connections/?hl=%2Bmissed+%2Bconnections

Just because Rocket makes a topic doesn't mean it's free-for-all question time. This issue is already discussed you can now name / rename your character by clicking in the main menu and typing up to twelve characters.

Jesus christ children, can you stop the back and forth arguing on this thread. There is actual information that is more important getting buried by your pointless blathering back and forth. I'm posting this again because I want it to be read: I think, due to briefly reading the comments above, that some players have no idea how the servers / character saving system works. I'll admit I was a bit confused myself. It would be nice if a Moderator could jump in here and explain or lead us to a thread or info that explains. I know this much, on most servers set to "regular" my character is the same geared up and in the same location. On the "hardcore" servers I'm on the coast. I tested it last night and played for a while on hardcore and got my character geared up, but when I switched to another hard core server he was on the coast. Can anyone that actually knows comment on this? It's possible that it's not known. I mean, I just saw on Reddit that Rocket was unaware that the pen and paper system wasn't working! So, there may be a communication problem as far as bugs are concerned. I know the bug tracker is basically useless, it says that floating loot has been fixed yet I saw floating loot even last night just post the recent patch. EDIT: Pen and Paper thread: http://www.reddit.co...s_broken_until/ EDIT 2: This seems somewhat relevant: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/167343-servers-with-connection-issues-to-central-hive/#entry1698896 EDIT 3: This seems to be the best version of this in the bug tracker: http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=7254

I think, due to briefly reading the comments above, that some players have no idea how the servers / character saving system works. I'll admit I was a bit confused myself. It would be nice if a Moderator could jump in here and explain or lead us to a thread or info that explains. I know this much, on most servers set to "regular" my character is the same geared up and in the same location. On the "hardcore" servers I'm on the coast. I tested it last night and played for a while on hardcore and got my character geared up, but when I switched to another hard core server he was on the coast. Can anyone that actually knows comment on this? It's possible that it's not known. I mean, I just saw on Reddit that Rocket was unaware that the pen and paper system wasn't working! So, there may be a communication problem as far as bugs are concerned. I know the bug tracker is basically useless, it says that floating loot has been fixed yet I saw floating loot even last night just post the recent patch. EDIT: Pen and Paper thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1vxjqr/rocket_wasnt_aware_paperpen_was_broken_until/

Is it available to view on youtube?

So good man! Thank you for doing these. My girlfriend has never played DayZ and is normally unamused by it in any way, but she was laughing her ass off.

There are only a couple things I've noticed. My character on the "regular" servers was reset to about a week ago. My character on the "hardcore" servers has been wiped. I'm assuming that I hadn't been playing on hardcore servers. Also, all servers are at night right now, which is awesome. I've also noticed that I cannot remove the handrail from any M4 in game.

Quit posting on the forum constantly and conserve some bandwidth. Are you watching a youtube video as well?

New town with a little more map for reference.

My parents refused to let me watch Beavis and Butthead, I am now a sociopath. Just kidding, I found ways to watch it anyway which made them feel deceived and made me feel like a liar. I say, if you're going to let him play it, just monitor the situation very closely for a while and see what you think. Eventually he will want to join a teamspeak (third party communication software) and that's what you'll want to monitor really closely. It will be a group of other players talking about EVERYTHING, some groups are more mature some are less mature, some have that one member that is really bad, some have that one member that is a really wonderful morally sound person that will be a good influence on your kid. He will honestly spend most of his time running around playing alone. In game player communication is usually limited and the game itself isn't really gory or subversive in any way. I'm 36, if I had a kid, I would let him play it and probably enjoy playing it with him. There's some life lessons in the game, it requires extreme patience and perseverance. It's not a Call of Duty type game. . . and that is a very very good thing. What are some other games you allow him to play? EDIT: Also, kudos for doing the research. It's obvious that you are a good parent, he's lucky and if he doesn't realize that now, he will when he gets older.

Yeah, it looks awful doesn't it. Care to admit that the new town will be amazing yet or are you gonna stick to your uninformed guns on that one.

I have no basis for this other than Rocket saying that the servers seems really stable after the new patch and they should be able to add more zombies now, but I'm kinda hoping the emergency maintenance has to do with adding more zombies.

Hmmm.... more hype. They've already sold over a million copies, that's literally four times the amount that they would have considered succesful for alpha. I think this game is plenty hyped. Hence, the copious amount of completely uninformed pissing and moaning all over these forums right now. But on the bright side, the alpha is better than I expected it to be and it was worth following the development for over a year.

I made a map for you all. Remember, this town has been partially there since alpha release.

I made a map for you. It's been partially done since the release of alpha. I haven't seen the new version. It would be awesome if someone would upload some more screen shots.

Do we really have to get into a time travel discussion here? . . . basically due to not knowing that he would eventually grow up to become the ultimate dick, you would still be a dick for beating up a little kid and a weirdo for recording it.

That's one of the new military zeds from experimental build.

Something else relevant.