pinkdino99

tried for a few hours to get a game in this eve to no avail. Patience is a virtue, even on Friday nights :)

There are collectable cooking stones, firewood, matches, gas canisters, cooking stoves and cooking pots. None can be used as yet. I know what you are saying, I was desperate to cook me some rice !

Shorts ! YAY !

60 round MAG + ammo crate FTW

Sorry Badash, that was a misspost due to internet floppage. Due care and attention to carefully read and understand each post before replying has been taken. Sorry for the confusion there, have some beans Incidentally fyi, you can also stack x60 if it comes from a x60 mag which also takes 1 spot

Sorry that was a misspost - "Why empty the magazines?" Simply because the magazines come in x10, x20, x30 and x60. As a noob guide it's prudent to keep the biggest mags and ditch the small ones. Some peeps may not be aware that if you come across a small mag, you can still empty the shells into your inventory.

I was under the impression you can "wiggle" out of handcuffs, no ?

Rip the t-shirts into rags before you start bleeding + hotkey bandages or rags. Eat everything you can as soon as you can - a hotkey for the food makes this easier. By maxing out consumed water + food levels your healing rate is faster after damage and also frees up valuable space. Ammo magazines can be emptied so you again save space by stacking ammo. Blood types are different, find yours with a blood test kit (write it down !) and only accept a transfer if you know it is a match. When a zombie attacks, back off slowly until it lunges at you, then it'll pause for a second, long enough to bash it's brains in with an axe, bat or wrench. Ignore shovels, they are only good for digging holes to bury your friends and family. If someone handcuffs you .... JUST WIGGLE ! A wiggle with hands raised (F2) is the universal signal for friendly. Bandits usually wear masks. If they don't respond to voice chat and they are armed, shoot them. If you are moving stuff around in your packs and have a full inventory, don't put anything valuable on the floor, sometimes it'll just disappear. Other times it'll take +10 seconds to reappear. If you hear a gunshot run for solid cover (head down, zig and zag!). Don't just drop down in the grass as sniper rifles will still see you. The draw distance will not let the long grass you are hiding in show up in their scopes. All tips as of 17.01.13 - likely to change with updates

So it's been a long, sleepless week. I promised myself that I wouldn't stay up 'till 2am on a work night again after Tuesday night, so ended up crashing at 1.30am the next two nights. My lunch hours and breakfast internet activity has strangely been focused on the DayZ community website and some amazing DayZ videos on youtube. So my adventure continued. I was weak, a coward, and I'm ashamed to look in the mirror. I checked an online map , realizing that I was actually on the NORTH EAST corner of the world rather than the SW where my in game map (which I assumed was the full map !) hinted I might be. Oh yes, the map is some 24km squared. OMFG ! So I now fire up my MacBook and have izurvive.com running in parallel. It's a really cool interactive map with satellite, weapon, medical, water and food spawns included. In the back of my mind I know that it's cheating, but I was SO wrong with my initial assumptions that I need the help. Second I went to http://forums.dayzgame.com/ where you can put your name out onto the forums in the hope of finding like minded players to roam Chernarus with. I linked up with a gamer on Steam and we spent the first evening going to completely different locations in completely opposite directions, mainly because he didn't have a map to help him. Oh well, at least I started to get some good gear at last. My medical kits, which started out being a bit rubbish have by now started to, bit by bit, be replaced with some prestine gear. I have full camo gear with a pistol and a revolver in case I run into any nasty people. The head bonking zombie slayer axe is still working a treat, although I did have a few scares from some vicious mobs in some of the bigger towns. Wednesday and Thursday disappear. Still have not seen any people online. I have been inland the entire game, so plan to head down to the coast with the idea of finding people heading into Cherno. I have watched a couple of outstanding videos which I'd like to give credit to. The wonderful Merino DayZ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9YSGX22B6Z3k9-hJzJcz4w who taught me everything about eating, drinking, stamina and health in DayZ, and all the tricks that my medic will need to survive, and help other players in Chernarus. Also the hilarious jackfrags http://www.youtube.com/user/jackfrags who has remixed "Call me baby" with a DayZ theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS1wzdlu-WM His video "Betrayal" is one of the key reasons I bought this game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HvFrp7o9ss It is funny, heart warming and beautific. As he says mid way in "MAN I LOVE THIS GAME !!!" So I stumble across another airbase on the south coast. I now have a lovely automatic rifle with a prestine suppressor. I have 2 ammo crates full of ammo, 2 full medi-kits with a bunch of morphine, anti-biotics, blood packs ... the works. Now where are all the people ? My server is apparently jammed with them ? I still aim for Cherno, but pop into a few adjacent towns to fill my belly with food. In the second town, bricking it incase of snipers, I run into my first player. He approaches hands raised. We exchange food and I give him a gun. He states not to worry, he's a pacifist but I still worry ... a LOT. I tell him I'm going AFK to grab a beer and hover above the keyboard ready to pounce if he pulls my gun on me .... he doesn't ! Litmus test achieved, he's a top bloke. Now we are two ! HA HA !

Hello Matt .... My first DayZ session was 10.41pm-2am (on a work night), and I have logged 6pm-1am for the last two nights. My hands shake whilst I'm at work, and I keep reading forums and watching DayZ youtube videos. It gives me comfort that I am not alone in my addiction.

Morphine FTW (+Alchohol for the comedown) It's ok .... I'm a doctor !

Another point I picked up from reading the Jack Reacher books (he was an ex gold medal sniper in the USA Army) is that the curvature of the Earth, and gravity play a heck of a role in distances over 1000 meters. At distances over 1000 meters the number of shooters that are proficient at this range are very very few in the real world, and they have to practice all the time. Would be nice to see that balance here. Snipers are bullies at the end of the day.

If someone handcuffs you ..... JUST WIGGLE !!! (thanks JackFrags for totally putting that song in my head all week !)

A comprehensive guide about health/blood sickness and healing has been exhaustively researched online by Merino DayZ on you tube. Check him out and share the love. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9YSGX22B6Z3k9-hJzJcz4w

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