Grimey Rick

I must admit, those ideas are definitely sociopathic enough to appeal to me. Beans.

Uh, no, I started this game wanting to play it the way I've seen it advertised. Welcome to the thread. Welcome to my transition. The exit is to your left. <3

Zed is winning. // twiddles fingers with glee //

// creepy stare // I'll take advantage of your GPU. ...wait, what? Sorry, I thought GPU was slang for your peewee. // vanishes //

Okay, so what do you do? Summarize a normal gaming session. // grabs popcorn and gets comfy //

The highest spawn rate for me has always been fire stations. Cheers.

Okay, here's the scenario: You have full pristine gear with the maximum amount of slots possible. You have a Mosin/M4 with a more than sufficient stockpile of ammo. You have plenty of food and water. You have medicine for every situation, even the ones that require you to find a buddy to use. Your character status is "healthy". Even all of your ACCESSORIES are pristine. Your options: 1) Kill yourself and start over. 2) Help others, even when most of the time they just attack you or log off immediately upon you greeting them. 3) Go look for some new spawns to help, even though they generally try to attack you as most of them have been playing as long or longer than you and are probably just PVPing anyway. 4) Explore the map, even though you have the whole thing memorized and never get lost. 5) Stop playing a game you really like due to the fact that there is currently a very shallow end-game. Boo! 3: 6) Attack other players at airstrips/fields and cities for fun. Eventually one of them will kill you or you'll get sniped and you'll get to start over! (Which is really all you want...) Yay! :3 Number six-achu, I choose you!

Okay, someone explain this to me: Why am I a douchebag/asshole/cocksucker/fuckstick/prick/cunt/jerk/idiot/moron/kid if I kill you in a video game? Would you rather be my friend? Do you want me to come to your [not yet implemented] camp and sit around a portable gas lamp telling each other stories about the zombie-sound-making rabbit we saw on our tour around Green Mountain? Like fuck, guys, c'mon. There. Is. Currently. Nothing. Else. To. Do. In. The. Game. But. PVP. If there is, PLEASE FUCKING EXPLAIN IT TO ME. I don't know what's worse, the ones whining about KOS or the ones shoving the fact that this game is still an alpha down everyone's throat. // takes a long, deep breath // Okay, I'm good. :3

// shrug // It's currently the only end-game.

Says you. Am I having fun when I decide to bandage someone? Yup. Am I having fun when I decide to hold someone up? Yup. Am I having fun when I decide to KOS someone? Yup. If I'm playing it wrong now then I don't want to play it right. It'd be a mindfuck that would make my head explode.

I love playing DayZ at night. Unfortunately, my character does not like to find batteries very often. This leaves me in an awkward situation with my pants around my ankles. If anything, at least the breeze at night feels good on my bag.

Steam: Grimey Rick (Go figure.) Add me.

Yeah. Those would definitely be the servers I'd go Rambo on.

No, it was an attempt to assuage the idea of banditry. Banditry isn't a bad thing. It's a good thing. You don't have to kill the people you rob. It makes the game fun. Imagine if no one committed banditry or shot anyone else. That'd be pretty fucking lame. Anyway, being a supreme prick by luring someone into a trap who was legitimately trying to help you was what I was complaining about. Not banditry. EDIT: Also, I've never met so many people with such shitty reading comprehension as I have on these forums.

He meant Unicron.

This. Exactly this. Why do I need/want to talk to other people in a game where I can do everything myself? The more I have played, the more I've thought about this. If I want human interaction for the sake of human interaction, I'd go do something that's actually social. Not play a video game. The game is basically Counter-Strike in its current form. If it weren't for other players, we wouldn't even need guns. I'd be happy running around with an axe.

I just climbed to the top of one of the apartment buildings north of the south-western airstrip. Upon climbing to the top of the ladder, I was then shot about ten feet into the air and fell back down to the base of the ladder. It took one or two seconds for this to happen, all the while I was profusely swearing. Miraculously, I landed and didn't die. My status is no longer healthy, I'm not bleeding, and my avatar keeps complaining about pain. None of my items deteriorated, either. I popped some morphine and ate/drank until the healing status popped up. I've never had a broken leg in-game but I assume I wouldn't be able to run around if my legs were broken. Weird bug, and I'll think twice before going up there again!

A mouth-breather? Really? So I should play this game like a care bear because it makes you feel better? If you don't want to run the risk of losing your gear when you die, World of Warcraft is that way. --->

Where does it say the proper way of playing DayZ:SA is to run around interacting with people in a positive manner? My mood changes frequently, as does my playstyle. I have helped a new spawn on the coast, run to an airstrip and killed-on-sight, held up a guy a few hours later and let him go, killed another guy on sight in a city, etc. There's no "proper" way to play DayZ:SA, nor am I robbing myself from feeling the urge to shoot someone in the face as soon as I see them if I don't feel like talking to someone.

Who said anything about stopping KOS? I didn't. I only have myself to blame for trusting other people. The OP isn't complaining about KOS. I was just saying that I'm now (for the most part) going to KOS. If you have a gas mask, ballistics helmet, full camo gear and an M4/mosin, I'm not asking questions. If you're a new spawn on the coast, I'm either ignoring you or asking if you need help. If you're laying in a pool of your own blood, I'll attempt to resuscitate you. Again, for the record, I wasn't complaining about KOS. Read the fucking post. I just stated how I'm going to circumvent people baiting me into traps from now on. Fuck.

Thanks, I feel a lot better. Last night I came across two new spawns on the coast who were looking for supplies and general guidance. They had nothing to trade for my services, so, to their dismay, I began to move on. I hadn't gotten ten feet when one of them jogged up behind me and grabbed me with a firm, yet gentle grip. In a breathy, sultry voice, she asked, "Sir, if I may, would you take payments of... a more unconventional means?" I froze. I had to think with my head. I had to remain in control. "Uh, I, erm..." I stammered, unable to properly communicate my thoughts. Jesus, what was happening to me? She slid her hand down my TTsKO Pants, taking hold of something large and wooden. All control went out the window. With reckless abandon, she withdrew my Weapon Cleaning Kit from my pants and began stroking my Mosin Nagant with such vehemence that I nearly passed out in blissful rapture. Needless to say, I then gave them all the help they needed.

WHAT?

I agree. I operate cranes for a living, and by far my favourite to operate are the old friction cranes. They're like fucking tanks. Change a band/belt here and there and the oil regularly and you've got a profit making machine. Don't get me wrong, I love the air conditioning/heater in the 2010 Manitowoc 2250 I run on a daily basis, but when it comes to reliability, the older the better Fun fact: Most new cranes are only designed to be in service for ten years. Some of them can be completely stripped and rebuilt after ten years, but most manufacturers now just take the old crane and use it as a credit for the company buying the new crane. The old friction type cranes from the 50s, 60s and 70s will probably last another 50 years if kept up to par on maintenance! Back on topic, I personally feel that the train tracks are more of a navigational aid like someone else mentioned earlier. I can't really see the trains being operated again, especially this early into an apocalypse.

Good to know, I've never seen any mention of this particular issue being addressed in the future, but I tend to play more and read less. Thanks for the heads up!

I think it's fine as is. If my twelve year old son can describe his surroundings for me well enough to find him after logging in for the very first time, surely your friend can. I mean, my kid's smart, but c'mon, he's twelve. DayZ:SA isn't for everyone. It's for the type of gamer who doesn't want tutorials, help menus, or on-screen displays assisting them. If it ever becomes that, then DayZ:SA will quickly have my mosin and letter of resignation sitting neatly on its desk. #survivetheapocalypse