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Yeah, Doc Wasteland's idea certainly took off didn't it. Good to see, maybe we can diffuse some of the "shoot on sight" mentality out there. I ran into another player in the store in Electro just now and perhaps because I told him I was a medic, perhaps because I just had my axe out and perhaps because I volunteered to chop the zombie that followed him in ... :rolleyes: ... he didn't shoot on sight, or at all.Joe

[TMW] Joe Shaw takes pleasure in announcing that his practice is open again after a short delay occasioned by unfriendly zeds around Pogorevka. I am currently practicing around Elecktro but will travel anywhere in the SW region ... within reason. I'd prefer not to get into high PVP areas as I've just now gotten my medic up to speed and able to help people. Blood and morphine available upon request, no antibiotics at present. Joe

Aandy, check your PM.Joe

But you can't chop wood with a G-17 :DAs to the sweet spot you're right and it's especially difficult if you're using Track IR and on a server that doesn't have the crosshairs. It can be a by guess and by God effort then. Different strokes for different folks I always say. Joe

Hatchets man ... they are a medic's best friend.Joe

Not a problem my friend, I had a great time chatting online with you and if it weren't for our server compatibility issues it would have been just another routine medic run. I blame the German server for making it night :D ... and me for not remembering I had flares {throw flares to distract, throw flares to distract, throw flares to ... }Joe

Sorry Nate, but I died outside of Pogorevka trying to get to another patient ... hopefully one of my medic friends can help you out.And sorry to [TMW] Trout and [TMW] Kyle.ver.2.0 who went to such lengths to get me outfitted properly again. I was able to save three other patients so maybe it wasn't a total loss. At least this time it was to zombies ... {throw flares to distract ... throw flares to distract ... throw flares to ... } and not some asshat sniper. Perhaps another AAR to come later ... or not. I don't want to spam the thread with stories. Joe

I'll be heading that way Nate ... as soon as a couple of patients can get servers to work properly.Joe

I have a patient in front of you but he's on the way. I've added you on Steam, we can hash out details there.Joe

Added on Steam ... I'm in the area.Joe

Check your PM ...Joe

Medics helping Medics. I gotta tell you friends I was pretty disappointed when I lost my 16 day character to a sniper the other night and I had to start over again. But then my buddy [TMW] Trout came online and was able to meet me and give me a G17 and some matches so I could hunt and get my blood level up. Then tonight [TMW] Kyle.ver.2.0 got online with a very kind offer of supplies. After much travail ... without a compass I have NO idea where I am, he drove down from Lopatino to Bor in his incredibly loud Ural, picked me up and drove to a safe spot. We got out and he said "Take whatever you need, except for the M24." Gang it was like shopping at an Outdoor shop ... (Day Z Pro Shop?) ... I was able to get everything I needed to be up and running and be a Medic again. A huge thanks guys, very much appreciated. Now I'm off to ... help a patient. Joe

Nate ... check your PM ... I MAY be able to help, kinda.Joe

Don't get killed Trout ... I'll be back Thursday :)Joe p.s. Good save.

You could try helping people ... maybe you're not a medic type but medics need guards and supplies as well. Basically it gives you a reason to keep playing the game without all the gratuitous killing. http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/3910-need-medical-assistance-we-can-help/ Joe

Congratulations, it's always nice to see a new medic. And yeah, it's always a good feeling to help someone else.Joe

Two ways, you can friend anyone on the OP in your general area on Steam and send a PM ... or you can just tell us here what you need and generally where you are and anyone who is in the area can pick it up. I'm not available right now but others may be able to help.Joe

Let me see if I've got this straight, you've got a name of xXShootToKillXx and YOU want to know if you can trust US? :DCheck out the OP, we've all been vetted many times by many players. If you see a medic on the TMW list you can take it to the bank. We'll go out of our way and risk our own virtual lives to help you and ask nothing in return. That's true of RMG and 5th Element as well. I'll be out of town for the next three days but I'm sure someone here will be along shortly with what you need ... {edit} That being said ... everyone has to make their own decision about who to help ... something about this strikes me as ... dangerous. But then I'm a big chicken ... Joe

I saw a toolbox today in fact ... no bear traps mind.Joe

Check the OP on this thread ... you'll find full instructions there.Joe

It's just a game of course but still ... tough racket we're in sometimes, huh?But your character died doing the right thing, far better than some clown chuckling over his loot ... but really with nothing to show for it. Joe

Jim Bridger, the famous mountain man of the old west, was once telling a long story that involved him being surrounded by 20 some odd Sioux warriors all out for his blood. As he spun his fantastic tale it got grimmer and grimmer for Jim and his audience was spellbound. Finally he got to the climax where he was in a hopeless spot with nothing to help him. His audience waited breathlessly for the outcome and finally burst out, "What happened then Jim?" "Well boys ... they kilt me." After sixteen days alive and helping more than a dozen players regain their health and continue playing the game ... they kilt me. Not the patients mind you, I never had a spot of trouble and found some good friends along the way, but kilt I was. Yesterday put the test to my theory that if I maintained a noob skin and carried nothing but an axe the snipers would leave me alone. I also took care to join low pop servers to minimize my chances of running into a PVP situation and when possible I always stuck to the treeline and moved cautiously. The way I see it my primary objective is to help people, and anything I do that reduces the chances of my getting to my patient won't be helping them. Of course it's also possible that I'm just a big chicken and can't play with the big boys. :D If so ... I can live with that, my patients seem to appreciate my services. But as I said yesterday was a test. I had three successive missions that saw me getting sniped. Now in all three cases they were lousy shots and tried to hit a running dodging target ("Serpentine, Shelly, Serpentine"). But I have to tell you it got my heart going all three times. The first time was no big deal, I had to hit the hospital at Cherno and then scoot northeast. As I left the hospital I decided to run full bore, if I aggroed any zombies I'd lose them in the barn southeast of the hill near Vysota ... if any still followed me through the woods. So I stood up and ran ... I got about halfway across the open field between the hospital and the hill when the first shot came at me. My heart immediately kicked into gear and I was weaving and dodging like crazy, I ran right through the pond near the road because I didn't want to go around, he kept firing and firing but never hit me. I got into the trees without a single zombie caring enough to follow and got to my patient and fixed him up. Right after that I got a call from a patient who was broken in the hangers around Balota ... another long trek back the way I came but that's what we do. I scurried back and asked him to crawl out of the hangers and into the woods north so that it might be a bit safer. As I cautiously approached him and we tried to coordinate locations he reported that he was hearing shots and they were getting closer. I told him to sit tight unless he thought they were too close and the clear out as best he could. I was crouch running when a shot rang out in my direction. Being a big chicken ... see above ... I immediately went into a full sprint and starting weaving around. Hearing nothing further I went prone, pulled out my revolver and started looking for the bandit. My patient was really spooked at this point so I told him to crawl someplace safe if he could find it. He had no compass so it was going to be tough finding him. We finally managed to work out where we both were, I rendezvoused and I administered aid and went on my way. Finally I got another call to go BACK to the area around Prigorodky ... after trying to find another medic that might be closer and foisting off a patient who was in the medical compound just the south of me (I flat detest that compound, gives me the hebbie jebbies) on another medic I put on my track shoes and headed back east. In the process I noticed that my trusty axe wasn't showing 10,000 so I tried to switch from my revolver and get my axe set up ... and lost my revolver ... I know, I know but it happens right? Nothing to do but go on and I had already delayed my patient enough trying to find a server that was low pop and daylight. Finally I joined his, it only had four players and was daylight ... perfect. What were the odds of my running into a sniper on that server after all. I started running but this time I decided to go north of Vysota. As I ran across the open space to the northwest of Vysota (I know, I know but I was late already and it had been a long day) a shot rang out again ... back into serpentine mode I ran full out and tried my best to be unpredictable. Apparently it worked as none of the shots hit me. I ran into the woods north of Vysota and kept running ... but I didn't alter my base course ... and that was a big mistake. After running and running through the woods I finally came to the pond northwest of Kopyto where my patient was patiently waiting. We met on the shore, another big mistake, and I transfused him. Just as I got done ... YOU ARE DEAD! He frantically asked "Joe, what just happened?" "Either I got sniped or you killed me." I responded dully ... all my efforts to get what I needed to do my job were gone. I'd be back on the beach with a bandage and painkillers. "You got sniped," he said, "I got shot at but he missed and I ran for it." I believed him, he stayed on chat and offered to help however he could, but I thanked him and said I'd take care of it and wished him good luck. Dumb moves and dumb luck on my part got me killed but you know what ... if that jerk of a sniper has so little fun that he has to kill someone with virtually nothing on him just to kill someone, well that's up to him. But it's not the way I want to play the game. My buddy Trout caught up with me after I spawned in Kamenka and helped me get the basics. Now we're going to team up as much as we can and get back in business. Because I'm a Trusted Medic of the Wasteland, it's what I do in this game. I run and run and run and at the end I don't ask for payment, just a quick note here to say I helped out. That's what I do ... and very soon I'll be doing it again. They can kill me but they can't eat me ... well ... the zombies can I suppose. B) Joe

As I said ... it's up to the individual ... or group :D I'm sure your method is safer but I've been an indie Medic throughout. While I could certainly use a large thuggish, hulking henchman (not that I'm suggesting your group is either large or thug ... never mind, you know what I mean) I don't go into the NW Airfield and my methods seem to work most of the time.The great thing about Day Z is that it affords the opportunity to do whatever you like, for good or ill, and your group performs a vital function. Of course considering the places you tend to go you really do NEED a group of large, thugg ... there I go again :D Vive le difference... Joe

It's pretty much up to the individual medic. I usually go with an axe and a handgun. First because I like the axe for silent work, chopping wood and so forth and second because I have more room for supplies. In addition it may prevent some snipers from shooting since I obviously don't have anything worth killing me for. Patients seem to find it less intimidating as well. It worked for me with the patients, I've never had a patient try anything. Random snipers, on the other hand ... some people just like to kill just to kill.Joe

Thank you Vllager, it was nice to meet you ... short though the meeting was. But at least I accomplished the mission before that jerk took me out. Glad you got away. I'm going to post a full account later, right now I'm ... not too happy. Not so much that I died, but that I now have to accumulate all my basic supplies before I can do what I do again. So I'll be out of commission for a bit, I know the other TMW medics, our RMG friends and all the others who are trudging up and down the hills of Chernarus for no pay and with some considerable risk will take up the slack. But I'll be back ... I'll be back. Joe