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All advertising is misleading. What does a Gecko have to do with car insurance? I just like giving a grabby title so people will want to at least view the topic. There is a preview button also. The more people that see it the more ideas floated around. If I havn't seen those suggestions, others havn't either. And I see a lot of topics repeated and repeated and repeated. Not relevant.

I can appreciate that. Your choice. That first sentence of yours is what I'm after. In my opinion all players are suspicious. I see that, others do not. They are good people and expect others to be that way. It's not like that in the apocalypse. You can still be a good person, you just have to be smart about it. I've read on the forums where people say the weak go first. Not my opinion. The stupid go first. Let me show you a typical chance encounter in the game based on a scene from The Walking Dead. Hershel finally sees the reality of the world. He's a good man. It took him a while. Remember the scene when Hershel was drinking in the bar in town? Rick and his group were there not expecting company or let their guard down. That's when the ? (probable KOS) guys came in. They were confident if not somewhat cocky. Rick wasn't going to KOS. But he never let his guard down. He was smart. Talking with them he realized by their body language etc they were going to KOS. Rick won of course (he's the star). That sit is repeated over and over and over in Dayz. I'm just trying to give the good guy here a fighting chance to remain good. And not jump on the KOS bandwagon.

In my view the stats are ambiguous. They mean nothing. It's more of a risk assessment. A person can wake up one morning and decide he's going on a killing spree. Facial expressions are too fixed. Gives too much information. There has got to be a little mystery.

I totally don't understand what you are saying. Care to clarify? Your right, this isn't CoD - a PvP game. It also is not Rust - a PvE game. It is Dayz - a PvPE game.

Yeah, I followed it from the beginning. But I'd be damned if I give money on a promise. In Dayz I had played the mod from almost the beginning and then I waited to buy SA for a few months. In the beginning SA was just too bare for me. I got my 30s worth already.

This is the thread from Fantasyland. I'm serious but know it would never fly. There would be screaming and crying throughout the land. Let me enjoy my fantasy. People accuse me of being a fanboy and screaming down "negative there's something wrong with Dayz" posts. That isn't true but people see it that way. I just post about things people can't change no matter how much they complain. I'm a realist. I also don't oppose any playstyle. You want to be a homicidal horde slayer go for it. So the ground work is established. I love Dayz. Love the concept, love the atmosphere, the graphics, everything. I have a complaint, a dislike, about Dayz. I hate tents, and vehicle storage. At least for the vanilla game. Here's why. I hate the fact that when someone gets killed they have an ability to gear up near instantaneously. Decisions have consequences. Bad decisions should have bad consequences. By bad I mean other than a nuisance. Everyone also knows I am not against KOS. What I am against is bad decisions that have no real consequences. Wouldn't bad consequences for bad decisions motivate people to play, well , better, slightly more realistic? Same for camping friend's dead bodies. Tents to me are like little god nodes. There it is. My complaint about Dayz. Remember, I stated this is a fantasy post. I am still a realist. I am not going to push for this, ever.

Got you in here didn't I? Some of you are about to rage aren't yer? Hold on. All bugs, gltiches, hackers aside. Everything and I mean everything wants to kill you dead. - The weather wants to kill you - Your basic needs want to kill you - The zombies want to kill you - The other players want to especially kill you Face it, it's all environment. With the same result. "You are Dead." From the minute you enter as a fresh respawn, the clock is ticking. This game "could" be everything for everybody. You just have to be willing to step out of your comfort zone. When the PvP player says get rid of PvE they will miss out on a new, fresh experience. Same for the PvE player saying get rid of PvP. For some reason we all jumped on this ride called Dayz. Why? Because it's concepts are new and fresh. It saddens me to see players leave due to one or the other reason. Leaving to wait for a better experience I can understand. Hang in there. It "could" be great. Even thinking down the road it would be interesting to play in another country. A different setting. I don't see why not once they get the engine in. Maybe official expansions down the road. There are so many same old same old games out there. There is another point I want to make. All my opinion of course. My fellow PvE players. Stop asking for the KOSers to stop playing their gamestyle (not speaking to hackers). Does it really matter if a guy is geared to the max, the finest rifle, 10000 rounds of ammo? I'm speaking all future here. After all, it's gonna take him awhile to be this geared. If he survives, he's earned it. Don't go where they will probably be. And if you want the challenge, hunt him down, and kill him. They are geared like Rambo and probably very cocky. Or paranoid, they should be. I always get amused when I see a non geared player whack "the Terminator". Nothing they have should have an affect on your gameplay. You, of all people, should be playing smarter. If your expecting to sit back and survive easy, you're making the same mistake as PvPers. Right now the scales are tipped toward PvP and deathmatch. With what I see coming I don't necessarily think that will continue. If a good balance is achieved. So, to you Charles Manson wannabes, "Go for it". I will have your gear. Disclaimer: I am not, now or ever, a KOSer.

I realize that. But it's also about the groups they encounter. Rick's group meets the governor. Rick's tiny group meets The baddy gang (gang Daryl gets cooped up with. Next up, Rick's group meets Terminus (can't wait for this one). This is your typical KOSer attitude groups. They also encounter the middle more opportunistic groups such as the prison inmates. (these are the casual KOS crowd - the I better do this or I will be killed). And they also encounter good groups (Hershel and Tyreese's group) or hero, new spawn groups. Although technically new spawns can be either group. I am proudly of the third group. You meet me and it's your lucky day. Cross me I'm your worst nightmare. I'm a Rick and Daryl character.

Here we go again. Round 1,459,433.

If the expression PvEv ever catches on credit has to go to Caboose. PvE + PvP = PvEv or perhaps PvEP.

Seriously, I don't know what else to say. I'm not mad. I myself don't KOS. But others do. And that's realistic in the world of the apocalypse. I refer you to the scene in The Walking Dead where the governor confronts the military column. Hands down. They should have beaten the governor and his bunch. They blew it. Either they got complacent in their strength or took for granted everyone was nice. Either way, they brought hell down upon themselves. They clearly had the position of advantage if they took, well, advantage of it. The only thing the governor and his group had an advantage of was foreknowledge. They knew they were gonna KOS.

And Cpanther. You really did come into my house and kick over my stereo. All you had to do was knock on the door and ask me what I meant. If the whole discussion bores you I don't take offense at that. If you disagree I don't take offense at that. So can you please pick up my stereo and put it back on Mozart. Thank you. Actually, I was listening to Classic Rock.

By jobe, I think he's got it. Seriously Caboose I knew you had it from the get go.

I was making a play on words. I can guarantee I did not contradict myself if you understood what I was saying. What's in your environment? Everything, of course. People, buildings, trees, grass, animals, cars, weather, clothes, food. As a communicator it is my responsibilty to make sure I'm understood. I guess I failed. My real point, was what Caboose said. I was specifically pointing at the PvE players in this instance. I was a staunch PvE player until I had a revelation. Without the threat of other players you would be missing a HUGE part of the environment. Point borrowed from another player - You need me, I'm the bad guy. I don't practice KOS. I gain a position of advantage, and use it if I have to. All based on the other players action. I believe a few posts later I stated that KOS is caused by the victim himself. By his very own actions. Once I stopped hating KOSers and understood it enhanced my own playstyle I raged less and enjoyed the game more. If you want PvE, play Rust. If you want PvP, play COD, BF If you want PvEv play Dayz. It's my opinion is all.

I still can't comprehend the childish mind that thinks cheating is fun. It's not even winning. It's like mental masturbation. I guess. If I had to cheat in a game to have fun (imagined), I wouldn't play. It's like sucking on a pacifier.

Old habits die hard. I can't find it in myself, in any game, to play a baddie. Just can't. I like the hero type.

Love the imagination. I'm not going anywhere near Evans City, PA nor any major military installation. Well, that's not totally true. I do go to military outposts on rare occasions. As far as the movie. Saw it way back. Don't remember what it was about. You used to be like a Daryl. Daryl kept his humanity despite the baddie gang. You didn't. Now you are the baddie gang. I will try and stay out of your way. If I can't, well we'll just have to see what happens, won't we. >:(

Money, power and fame make the world go round. Every company out there is there to make money. I know that. Companies aren't charities. But it is cynical that you feel most companies would indulge in such low life practices to make a buck. Especially reputable ones. I mean as far as not caring about their good customers to make a few measly dollars more from the bad ones. Their good customers are where their profits are. I trust the profit motive. I don't trust people. Businesses that have good business practices make more profit than does who practice shady ones. Companies are risking a lot to make a few dollars more now. It's not good business sense. Most companies bend over backwards to make their customers happy. There are customer relations almost everywhere. Let me give a sort of analogy. Suppose you live in a neighborhood. In that neighborhood is a drug house. The cynic would say, "look the police don't give a damn, probably was told by the politicians not to do anything about it. The reason for such inaction was clearly so the government could make money off the drug users in fine monies and clinic costs, etc. That may be the case in some jurisdictions but certainly not in all or even most. That's the cynicism part. The drug house may be under observation with the police building a case. They may even be unaware of the problem because people are less helpful then you may think. You know the whole I don't want to get involved thing. There are a lot of drug houses out there just like there are a lot of hackers. And a lot of security holes. Eventually I believe they will be taken down and the holes fixed. That's the non cynicism in me. That is what I hope for.

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I act like the little kid. That's precious. THEN DON'T READ THE THREAD. You complain about the Alpha too, don't yer. Really, I don't think you understand anything. I'm pretty sure that 99.999999999999999999999% grasp the meaning of what I said. Some people are just clueless.

I like you too Demoth :rolleyes: I have to disagree. Having a civil discussion is never pointless. Even discussing pointlessness. A few trolls who continue to prove, "Close your mouth, better to be thought a fool, then open it, and prove it". bother me, but will never shut me up. I will read other threads and discuss with decent folks and I hope they continue to read mine. If they aren't decent, I will back hand em. We should never allow anyone to shut us down and I won't let them. Now shall we discuss this pointlessness ^_^

Why do certain people feel they can always be so judgemental and sarcastic. Last time I checked you are free to view or not view any thread. You can even preview the thread before you read it. I've seen threads about the 5.45 vs 5.52 bullets and length. I don't give a flying f about bullets. Can I put it in my gun and it go bang? Everything else I don't give a damn. And I'm a handloader. Do I go into that thread and ask, "Oh another one of these threads talking about bullets." No because I see the title, decide if it looks interesting and decide if I want to read the thread. Others find it interesting. Nobody forces me to read any thread. Not even the rules thread. Tell me, Mr. Judge, what threads am I supposed to post? I will post any topic I want. The only judge I need is the forum admin if I post something offensive. In the meantime.... Go F-------ix yourself.

I almost had "stupid" planted across my forhead. I always heard about reading books and always said to myself, "what the hell they talking about? I can only tear pages out." I saw the how to read video and ohhhhhhh.

Loved that movie. Road warrior-ish. Never get tired of that genre of film. I wish the movies were like 5 hours long or longer. Series like The Walking Dead - Game of Thrones - are like this to me. If you can wait all season long and buy the DVD later. Unfortunately, I can't. Wait that is. :(

Do you by any chance live in Terminus?