Target Practice (DayZ)

Obviously. Because 6 months and 10 years are TOTALLY THE SAME THING.

Indeed, the creator is on here somewhere and regularly posts updates. He's a good guy, and the app's pretty good as well - certainly handy if you don't want to have to keep alt-tabbing. :)

It's not a horrible idea, and I can see the thinking behind it (encouraging players to visit otherwise quiet locations like Msta and Guglovo), but it's simply too open to exploitation to really be a viable option.

I'm pretty confident that your fears, while understandable, are unfounded. Rocket has spoken out pretty frequently about his disdain for that particular distribution model, so I imagine that any fringe benefits will be very much out-of-game.

Haha, okay, my bad. Internet sarcasm filter strikes again. :) Yeah, I was trying to illustrate that kind of 'free updates to a finished game' model as opposed to minecraft's 'updates to a beta until final release' model, and TF2 was the most significant example of that style I could think of.

Read the next few words before hitting that 'reply' button, champ. Or stop deliberately trying to misunderstand people's points. ;)

It's swings and roundabouts. Yes, Bioshock Infinite is going to be a single-player experience and therefore require much more developer time... On the same note, they also have a shit-ton more developers, so not entirely sure what your argument is, there. My point was that your implication that just because a game is delayed means it's going to be bad is hilariously misinformed and ill-conceived. The way I understand it, the model is going to be a little closer to Team Fortress 2, minus the microtransactions. Eventually, once the alpha stage is done, they're going to release a 'finished' game that is (barring the odd patch here and there) complete and worthy of a standalone purchase. From there, they will simply supplement the game with free addons, which could be anything from new vehicles to new maps to new game mechanics. All free of charge. Either way, I can't really see why you're so furious about this other than the stock standard 'OMFG I HAVE TO WAIT THIS IS BS' internet reaction that everyone was expecting. Hell, we're pretty much in april already. It's two damn months, man, and the mod is here for you to play already... What's the big deal?!

@electroban Sorry feller, but games almost never hit their initial release dates. Bioshock Infinite? Originally intended for January 2012. Over a year late from initial release estimates, still looks like it's gonna be awesome. One would assume that Rocket's Everest trip wasn't planned last week. It was probably planned months ago,possibly before the whole 'standalone' idea was even around. I, nor anyone else vaguely sane expects him to put his whole damn life on hold because I can't suck it up and wait a month or two for what could very well be a huge, huge game. He is a person first, a game developer second. Remember that.

I would rather have a completed game in June than an incomplete one now. The mod is still plenty of fun, and will keep me going for a while yet. Like others, I expect this to create a good old-fashioned whinge-athon from some quarters, but that seems to be the culture of the internet these days. Here's to an awesome (and finished!) game arriving before 2014!

Yeah, that was kind of where I was going with that. I don't actually dislike Frankie's stuff (not really seen enough to really form an opinion), but yeah, someone using a potentially disrespectful term (I don't know the intention behind it, as I've not seen the video, but it doesn't seem complimentary) simply because they've seen someone on youtube do it is not exactly a sign of someone I want to play with.

I never understand why people complain about being shot on sight in Cherno/Elektro. It's not like it's a big secret that they're full of players that are either freshly spawned and have nothing to lose or players that are simply there to hunt other players. It's like running down a motorway and complaining that you keep getting hit by cars.

I don't personally like it, as I feel it has negative connotations, and as others have said, it's most prominently (over)used by over-excitable children. It was an entertaining use of the word to add flavour to a youtube video, but when actually used 'for real' it simply makes me think slightly less of the user.

Ugh, I'm not sure what I find more irritating now, the people who only know how to KoS, or the people who get shot and then proceed to come on here and complain about how the game is RUINED FOREVER because some big meanie shot them. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been shot on sight, partially through taking care with my movements and routes and partially through good communications with players I HAVE bumped into. If you're dying more than once a week or so to other players, you're doing something wrong.

So, you want to play DayZ while you run some kind of MMO farming application in the background? Honestly, it's likely GG is somehow blocking Battleye traffic, hence the error. Looks like you have a choice to make.

Yup. Simple solution here - turn off/disable game guard.

Yay for OP's casual homophobia. Totally makes me want to help him out.

They are coming, but unfortunately money issues have prevented me getting my hands on the software I'll need. The scripts are written for the first 2-3, so I'm just waiting until I can actually film it before I put out a call for some long-suffering teammates. :P

Oh, and in case no-one's told you yet, be careful when moving weapons around if you don't have more than 10 spaces free in your backpack - it will eat your weapon! Found that out the hard way. :P

Glad to hear you're enjoying the game, and also that your first experience with other players was a positive one! Don't pay too much attention to the doom-mongers, despite popular belief, the majority of players won't shoot you on sight as long as you don't give them a reason to. Yes, there are more than a few idiots out there who haven't managed to work out that DayZ isn't a deathmatch, but in my experience, those folks are generally outnumbered fairly heavily by folks who will simply let you go on your way as long as they don't have a reason to kill you (said reason could vary from being afraid that you might attack them right through to 'they like the look of your gear' :P). DayZ is a big wide world, and there's so much to see and do that having a tour guide to help you through some of the more complicated stuff can be a huge help early on. For all its brilliance, the learning curve can be more or less vertical at times, so having someone explain stuff like how your backpack works can be a huge help. :)

In other news, if you press 'Z' you can lay down and have a much more stable shot! You're totally welcome for this awesome secret sniper tip. ALSO, I found this awesome cheat menu the other day - if you press Esc, then go to 'options' and 'controls', it brings up a list of all these TOTALLY SECRET buttons you can press to do stuff.

I also prefer DayZ Commander. It's a lot easier to navigate and use, although it's also worth noting that PlaywithSIX does a lot more besides just DayZ. However, for pure DayZ, Commander is much easier to use in my honest opinion.

That's what I thought he'd be getting at as well, but seeing as everyone else has the exact same setup, it's not exactly much of an advantage. Judging by the lack of response, I'm assuming it was just a hit-and-run trolling attempt.

Aaaaaaany actual proof of that whatsoever? If you're going to throw round accusations like that, you have to back them up, buddy.

I'm at least moderately sure you're trolling, but I'm intrigued, so I'll bite. How are they easier?

I started out on PC, then had to move back to console during the years when PC hardware was accelerating at a crazy rate as I couldn't afford to keep up. Then I got a laptop which allowed me to go partially back to PC gaming although with the more demanding games having to be bought for console. Then this year I finally came home - I finally got the money together to get a decent gaming PC, and I haven't so much as touched the console since. I have nothing against console gaming, but in my experience, the PC gaming experience is an all-round better one - more control, more variety, and fewer complete idiots.