freethink

I've searched this thread for the word "loot" and it's not in any of my posts. Perhaps you are confusing me with someone else, just like you are confused by the concept of strawmen and the way the world works. I'd hate to think that mr. anti-strawman is attributing arguments to people that they never made. That'd be a bit hypocritical imo.

Oh hai, I'm back. Can you tell me what argument I refuted that wasn't presented because that's the very crux of the idea of a strawman? Earlier in this thread I refuted the abundance argument and through-out this thread this is the only argument I attempted to refute. If you can point me to a post where I refute some argument that wasn't made then go ahead - otherwise your straw man thesis, just like your maths is based on ignorant nonsense. I take back that you were trolling. I don't think you are capable nor clever enough. Here's a strawman argument as an example as you obviously don't understand the concept: Beizs doesn't think we landed on the moon so what would he know about this.

I mightn't agree with Brian 100% of the time but I trust him 100% of the time. It's amazing that he puts in so many hours over and above his office hours into the game. He's a real dayz evangelist.

where have I presented a straw man? Do you even know what a straw man is. Please point out exactly where I use a straw man. Straw men and mathematics are two things you like to talk a lot about yet have very little knowledge of. Anyway I'm out. Reminds me of the wrestling with pigs quote.

It's not because it's based on false assumptions about how the world works. This thread and the theory that abundance is realistic in a post-apocalyptic world where a virus is the main cause of the downfall is asinine. If feel like it's people trolling as the idea is so stupid.

Could well be but on the other hand maybe it wasn't. He does put in the hours in game tbf to him.

At least he spared us the dirty protest

Sorry but your logic is flawed. It's more like: Day 1: Panic. People stock up, Stores are emptied. People can eat. Day 2: People are holed up, most people eat as normal. Stores are not resupplied. Day 3: People are coming to the end of their food. Most will stay holed up. Those without supplies will begin to search for food. Vulnerable people will become targets. Day 4: Anarchy. You seem to imagine a situation where the stores and larders are full then with a snap of god's fingers most of the population just die.

Realistically stores only contain three days of product. If they don't get resupplied they'll basically be empty. The are resupplied "just in time" - if people panic as they do with impending bad weather or crisis then they often get left with empty shelves. Google "three days from anarchy" or "nine meals from anarchy" and you'll find plenty of information backing that up.

It's not so much the tallness of the character, it's the position of the eyes.

I think Vera has gone lesbian. She's been hanging out with that dark haired one out of vybor. Hate to be the neighbours with the sound those two make.

furiously masturbate

They are at such low levels we should name them. Oh I saw Fred at Stary..still mad as ever. Was raging! He's not been the same since he split from Vera.

It's going to be part of the next status report presumably. Thing is I'd imagine the status report that Brian intended to deliver today is significantly different to the one we will eventually see. Also the .58 patch one back was better than the release candidate currently on exp which was great but had a couple of bugs. The latest patch was chasing perfectionism and in doing that there were unintended consequences when they tried to fix one last bug. All that said .58 is a huge leap forward. CLE mostly works, Persistence mostly works, Phantom sounds are gone. I played a bit of .57 this week and honestly I don't how people are still playing it.

think he meant "calm":D

Did you hide it in a backpack in a tree? My understanding was that guns despawn after 30+ mins.

You would have found it irritating if it had been released. Why not play some exp? I think they made the right call not releasing. Next week probably btw.

In your steam library, right click on dayz then go to properties, click on the betas tab and opt in to experimental

It's a tough one. Last night I was "release the previous .58" but this morning I'm "hold off." .58 is outstanding but the put away/lose gun thing is going to get all the attention if released as is.

Stable is boring because it's so easy. On the previous .58 it took me two days before I had a scoped rifle and decent handgun.

I wonder will they push this today. I'm kind of torn, on one hand .58 is great but on the other the gun drop thing is going to dominate discussions about it. If it was my call I'd either hold off or release the previous patch.

love it but am not keen on the way it works now in .57 i.e. get automatic weapon, have fight, get another automatic weapon etc the battles in dayz are intense because they are semi-rare. when they aren't rare and it's easy to get re-geared the thrill is gone

I don't know what to think re releasing. I've a lot of sympathy for the devs. They are dealing with legacy code and every time they try to fix one specific issue they end up breaking completely unrelated stuff. I'd release the previous exp to stable. Yep the gun glitch stuff is annoying but having your gun just disappear is worse. It's still a million times better than .57. I think that along with a status report that honestly tells it as it is and people will be on-board. .57 is a joke - I've played maybe 10 hours in the last week and compared to it .58 is amazing. The put away the gun thing shouldn't be in .58 - don't even try solve that yet. Leave the stupid gun glitch thing. That was always supposed to be dealt with in .59

Yep and if you are double carrying the gun in your hands may disappear completely if you don't have room in your inventory for it.

Unfortunately sound was broken for the presentation stream so you are better off waiting for the status report which will basically cover the same stuff and maybe more. Apparently other people (including Brian) were also recording but I haven't seen/heard any of that yet.