Well last time I checked, there weren't many recorded instances of zombie outbreaks.

Well I was wearing it because I stole it from the guy that was laying prone near the lake. I say it saved me because I got hit with a single shot in my back and my screen only flashed grey and was not bleeding however the vest was ruined. Im glad my post was a great segue for you to take your time to post a video that has nothing to do with the thread at hand. May everyone who reads this thread be more informed because of you.

What a waste of ammo, one or two would have done just fine.

Don't know if the thread title is some meme that I have once again missed out on but it is really hurting my brain. I have been wondering the same thing though. I think Grimey Rick, although I do not necessarily agree with him wholeheartedly, is right in saying that PvP is the main point of the game. However I don't think that necessarily means shooting everyone you see on sight to add a notch to your pixel belt, but the player interactions. DayZ is famous on YouTube, Twitch and wherever else because of player interactions it is just a shame it has devolved to killing on sight or just running around with no pants on blasting music till someone puts you out of your misery. Its not all bad of course and will get better... at least we can only hope. I recently started playing again and went to Berezino with a bit of gear and got capped by a group of dudes. Ran back and found one laying prone by a pond and I knocked him out, took his stuff and rolled out into the forest without looking back. I went from east coast to NEAF to the Sobors to Vybor to NWAF down to Zelenogorsk then to Elektro backtracked to Cherno then Balota back to Dubky. I am now in the middle of nowhere trying to get back to the coast because it has been a solid 12-15 hours of boredom with my only interactions being some guy randomly shooting me in the back in Tent City @ NWAF with the press vest saving my life and a guy I met in Elektro who hung out with me until server reset shortly after. The most interesting thing I have seen was two zombies, chasing a deer but I will say, something about the whole setting of where I was at and the way it happened gave me one of the most immersive moments I have ever had in this game. Other than that its been quiet and I play on high pop servers. Although rare, the interactions I get inland are FAR more interesting and exhilarating than anything you see at the coast (for the most part) because people generally know the game and aren't afraid to RP like they are actually in a survival scenario. But after all this time of nothing intelligent to hunt or interact with I am heading back to where it all started where I will probably lose my full Summer Camo Gorka-E suit and fully kitten AKM to some random guy I hesitated to shoot because I wanted an interesting interaction instead of a dead body with nothing I need (or ruined) and gun shot to alert every fist happy bambi in the area to come swarming. But thats DayZ... if its not about player interation, its about nothing. TLDR: Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

Everyone may have access to the "advantage" in certain circumstances, but when one guy is behind the corner of a wall and another is in the middle of an alley, they do not both have the "advantage".

Dark Souls throws you into the game and shows you no mercy, and that may be the single most reason it has been so successful.

A booniehat makes for a bad vehicle?

To the people saying, people either see hackers everyday or none at all... maybe it is just that anytime you have seen one you just attributed it to desync or some other anomaly but it was actually hacking. IMO, it is pretty easy to distinguish hacking from desync... don't know why it is so difficult for others. Also, have you ever been killed and not known what actually killed you? Can you still say you have never been killed by a hacker?

lol thought you really did that till i read further

Why are people so ignorant and so diehard to keep shooting down the fact that this teleporting/hacking crap is going on all the time and it does no good to not acknowledge it unless you are hacking yourself and don't want to lose the esteem boost trolling people with hacks gets you or you are such a blinded zealous fanboy that you do not realize your attitude towards this games issues (alpha or not) is BAD for it in the long run.

I think anyone who plays this game with a totally black or white mindset is annoying. I HAVE to kill anything that moves cuz I am a bandit! (eventhough that is a murderer not a true bandit) and people that are like, I HAVE to help everyone I see and maintain my self righteousness are equally annoying. Just play the game and approach each situation with an open mind and handle it accordingly by keeping survival as your number one priority and you will find yourself having much more rewarding experiences in general.

You are such a cliche...

Well according to this brain-dead, blind fanboy community that doesn't realize their attitude towards this game will be its downfall, its just lag.

I assume you are just a bad troll, but if you are serious... are you really that naive and blind to think there is absolutely no hacking whatsoever in this game?

This sums up my DayZ experience when Lone Wolfing pretty much perfectly. Nice clip