jgeektanic

I've been lurking on DayZ forums and threads for a while, holding out to buy the SA on release. Important to note since the entire time I've known of the game I've told myself I wouldn't be a bandit. So I finally have the game and I go through several spawns by killing myself attempting to learn the basics. Running off of the second floor of barns; eating anything and everything the game would let me, rotten or not; etc. 3rd or 4th spawn, I've gotten some basic ideas now. I spawn on the docks of Elektro and see two freshspawns standing beside me. I panic, punch one in the head...he doesn't move. I feel remorse and wander off while blood pours from his face. I begin to go door-to-door through Elektro like I'm out for a Sunday stroll. I've got a helmet, a baseball bat, some water, an empty pistol, backpack, etc.. For the first time I'm feeling invested in my character. Suddenly a wild zombie appears. It is running through walls and half-way immersed into the ground, I can't escape it so I just beat it relentlessly with my baseball bat. It dies but now I'm bleeding relentlessly. Two streams of blood spouting out in front of my character and the screen is going black & white...I'm panicking, I don't know about bandages yet. I've eaten all the food and water I have, still bleeding...I'm really starting to worry I'm going to die and for the first time since I started playing, I'd really rather survive. I race out the doors and into the street. I see movement ahead and I zoom to see a human fighting off a zombie. Above him another body (human or zombie I don't know) runs toward him from a rooftop and falls to its death beside him. I find myself considering my circumstances with a different perspective. I run toward the player with my baseball bat out, thinking to myself "I'm sorry, but it's you or me". He notices me and I can hear him on voip "Dude what are you doing? Are you going to kill me!?". His voice is authentic sounding, kind even. I start swinging and pelting his body with the bat. He runs, and I give chase...he keeps running, so do I. I'm breathing ragged, my screen is blurry, I don't even want to do this anymore but I can't stop. Suddenly he stops running and faces me. For the first time I notice he's carrying a fire extinguisher. He swings once and everything goes black "You are unconscious". I think to myself "Good." I've since then made a point to not attack anyone, but I have been known to stalk players...especially those I see killing others. While I'm at it; shout-out to Mario who saved my skin after an unfortunate freshspawn zombie encounter.