real meatshield

Magnum. /thread.

Oh hell yes.

Yeah this was entirely necessary.

This is it, right here. This is the core of these 13 pages of butthurt.

I have about 100 games and over 10 years. I am level 13. I am only level 13 because I got in a silly trading card competition with some clanmates last year. This borders on one of the dumbest ideas yet presented in these forums towards solving a problem that can really never be solved.

Have you ever murdered someone? Have you ever killed someone at all? How can you be certain that there are consequences to those actions to ANY individual, unless you are that specific individual? There are countless posts here and on reddit, and god knows where else, of people who have tried to play the good guy, get caught in a bad situation, and end up killing someone...for which they later espouse their remorse in much the same way as a courtroom confession. Youtubecan keep you entertained for hours watching these guys and their boohoo show. Then there are those who have no compunction whatsoever to care for their victims in game one way or another since it is, after all, a game. These guys provide much more entertaining, and realistic viewing. The only psychological consequence you should ever feel is that within your own mind. The player's mind, not the toon in game. THAT is the psychological effect which you alone as a player must contend with, if you cannot separate yourself from the fantasy world of Chernarus.

No. Just...no. Ridiculous idea to an unsolvable problem.

Because the opponent who can THINK is a far deadlier adversary than the mindless one bent only on eating you.

Path of the Warrior.

^^You are right, I did.

...or what you call yourself to overinflate your fragile ego.

First of all, thank you for seeing the intelligence in my reply. Most wont. Secondly, judging me based on 3 comments is probably not a good thing- remember, this *is* the internet, and we all tend to postulate a great deal more in anonymity than we do in real life. You can never be sure what I am like in the real world, where I interact with real people, on a daily basis. I could, quite possibly, be a cop, or a priest, or a doctor, or a chef, or a lawyer, or a carpenter, or a businessman... the list is endless. One never really knows... Now... that said, I am playing as a virtual character in a virtual world. I use my gaming as a means of escapism from the drudgery of adulthood. I want to live vicariously through my virtual avatar, and live in a fashion which I am not likely to be able to do in reality. Does the fact I want to wantonly kill random people in a video game mean that I am a sociopath in real life? Should my virtual avatar be stigmatized in the virtual world solely over the role I virtually play? This isn't KOTOR, where going to the dark side changed your appearance. This is an attempt at virtualizing the remnants of humanity, in one man's envisioning of a post-apocalyptic societal breakdown. Where one person derives a virtual thrill from playing the "hero" role, there are equal numbers of players whose thrill comes from being the archetypical "bad guy". That's me. I play nice guy during the day in real life more than enough, and I want my escape. When I first started playing DayZ (never played the mod), I actually attempted to be the 'nice guy' and paid the price for it. Did I approach the situation badly? Yep, sure did. I know this now. Did it change my personal outlook on how this game is played by a lot of people? Damn right. Opened my eyes to the dark side of DayZ. AND I EMBRACED IT. This is how I see a post-apocalyptic society panning out. Walking Dead is a great show, but there will be more Governors than there will be Ricks. More Shanes and less Herschels. The only people I intend to help are those on my own crew.

There can be no discussion on this topic because it is an impossibility to implement. I dont care what game you are playing, where it is possible in *ANY* fashion to kill another player- there will always be players whose sole goal is to kill the other players. Period, the end. No amount of negative consequences directed at the killer, for killing another player, is going to prevent it from happening. I, for one, will kill you, even if it means that killing you results in my own immediate death. I. DONT. CARE. If you want to run around the game and be all carebear hero save-the-world-from-bandits, I. DONT. CARE. I am going to hunt you down and kill you. And if I am lucky, I will catch you in the act of being all carebear, and kill you AND your "patient". This is how I play. This is how I want to play. This is why I spent my money. This game is completely open for anyone to play any way they like. And for those of us who want to kill, there is *NOTHING* you will be able to do to stop us. NOTHING. Are you daft? My upbringing has nothing at all to do with my personal outlook on the world. I have been around for a hell of a lot longer than most of the kids here, and have developed an outlook on life in general through decades of living it. Yeah, you wanna kill yourself? Go for it. Just had a dear friend do it last year as a matter of fact. Did it bother me? You bet it did. Does it still? Not so much. If some random fuckwit in a video game goes all emo and kills himself because I killed him in a video game, is it going to bother me? Not in the fucking least. And yes, if I want to spend my time hunting you down and "ruining" your past several hours of gameplay, who are you to tell me that what I am doing is wrong? What gives you the right to detract from my own game experience, by telling me that what I do is not allowed, while AT THE SAME TIME encouraging a gameplay experience that YOU prefer which detracts from my own? Explain to me how that works? Explain to me how your experience in game is to be valued higher than my own, by promoting a method in which my gameplay is to be hampered by some in-game mechanic that simplifies your own? Why are you entitled to gameplay that is more in line with your own vision of the game when mine is to be frowned upon just because you don't like it? I think maybe YOU are the one that has had something wrong with their upbringing with this air of entitlement you bring.

As opposed to leaving it open for discussion, as long as you are a carebear whiner?

Honestly not too happy about this. I think generic hand grenades would be far more realistic as to something that would be more readily available in an apocalypse. Put regular grenades in the game first, and then I'll be all about having the noob tubes available.

Orlok's longest post ever.

I dont need to take a quiz. I am all about KOS.

tldr without punctuation

/weeps in respect

You are entitled to your opinion, and your own playstyle. If you think you have enough balls, come play in my server and see if your hero abilities can withstand the murder.

As an admin, I have never pulled that weak shit, nor would I ever entertain the thought. It really is cheating. Not to mention, its kinda hard to keep any regular traffic coming to your server if you keep restarting it and forcing everyone off.

Yes, absolutely. Because that someone may just be you, who clearly gets inconsolably butthurt by someone else whose playstyle is an affront to your delicate sensibilities. People like you will rage during that whole 2-3 hours about the pristine this or that you'll never be able to replace, or that rare vest that took you a week to find and now its gone... Hell yes that is satisfying as shit. Even more satisfying is if you are only unconscious, and I can get to your body and get you raging on direct comms- and all i take from you is your can opener, whether I need it or not. The more you whine about it, the more satisfying it is.

I kill everyone, or die trying. No questions.

you guys saying 5/10/20 minutes ought to watch the time when you spawn. for me, 20 minutes is absolute minimum, generally.spawn between kamy and solnich, pick your direction, and its a good 20 minutes to get to elektro or berezino. now... that being said, once you get there, its rarely an issue to gather weapons and ammo. even on hi pop servers, the trick is to not get shot until you have something to shoot back with :)

For future reference- Was it the asshole comment, or calling him a cod kiddie? Personally, I would be more offended by being called a cod kiddie, because I know I'm an asshole. This was nowhere near what I said that got me my first warning, though, wouldn't you agree? Rather tame in comparison :)