Paule2934

Lol, no Medic. The first 8 kills were two nights ago, the second 8 kills and the sheriff incident were last night. About 4-5 hours of game time combined. Hit Elektro on a full server sometime, you might be surprised how much you can accomplish in a short amount of time. Can't wait to see what tonight holds :)

Also met an endearing character who spoke in a fake southern accent and referred to himself as "the sheriff" (presumably cuz he wore a cowboy hat). I had him trapped in the hospital and convinced him to lay down his SKS. When I walked up to the third floor to meet him I had no intention of killing him because I had grown fond of the character he was RPing. But alas, right as I walked up to see him I witnessed him get sniped through the window by a couple of players over by the cabins closer to the coast. It was a shame. Sorry that you met that untimely end, Sheriff! Your charm even melted the heart of a dedicated pvper like myself. Too bad those guys were too far away to hear you. If it makes you feel any better, I ended up getting both of them. :) hope we meet again sometime.

Aye, I don't blame you for being bored of it. I'd have lost interest too if I went that long without killing anyone. Got 8 more tonight... 2 were unarmed, 1 had SKS, 3 had m4s and 2 had mosin LRS. That makes it 16 kills and counting on this life in elektro. Having a blast ;)

Well said Rhodes. There are two things that I do not do. 1. I do not torture people with handcuffs and disinfectant and rotten fruit... that is just sick in my eyes and shows a sadistic tendency. I am plenty happy with a clean and quick kill. 2. I do not kill people if they get the drop on me and declare friendly and I reciprocate out of self-preservation. Some people will say "okay I am friendly too" to avoid being shot, then turn their gun on the guy as soon as an opportunity presents. I think this is an awful thing to do to someone.. I did it once and I felt absolutely horrible afterwards. Now if someone gets close enough to declare friendly and I deem my situation to be one that dictates that I need to declare friendly in order to survive in the short term, I will just run away when I get a chance rather than betraying the poor guy once his guard is down.

Interesting. So Rhodes, based on your personal play style/ moral compass, Kills 5 and 7 are in a grey area I think. Would you have shot the m4 camper in the tower before giving him a chance to fire in effort to save the fresh spawn? Or would you have watched it play out first and only killed him if he did kill the fresh spawn? And would you have killed the m4 toting naked guy who walked up within a few feet of you, or would you have held him up, tried to sneak away, talked with him, etc? PoppinHeads, I do see the appeal of going around helping others and respect you for doing so. My problem is that I crave action and don't like dying. If I tried to get my action from being friendly and assisting other survivors, then I believe that I would see a sharp increase in deaths because so many other people are not friendly. The problem is that at this point in the game's development, it does not take much (if any) skill to simply survive, so it isn't all that fun to just carry on PvE style. Having friendly encounters with other survivors is definitely fun when it works out, but the problem is that there are too many people out there who will shoot you even if you run up to them and wave and say "friendly." Dying in this manner is too frustrating and thus I do not do it anymore. The thing that I find takes the most skill and gives me the most excitement at this point is trying to survive as long as possible while intentionally engaging and killing as many other survivors as possible. Preferably armed individuals, as fresh spawns are not much sport... whether to kill them or let them be is more dependant on my mood I guess. In any case, with this play style any time I die it is due to my own lack of skill rather than the fact that I willingly left myself open to attack for the sake of being friendly and got taken advantage of. It is a selfish play style I think, but it is fun while the game is in this very early stage of development and there is not much else worth doing (IMHO).

AMD Athlon™64 X2 6000+ 3.0 GHz 3 GB RAM GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB RAM I run it on all Very Low settings. Not sure about exact FPS but it is pretty decent in the countryside and playable in the cities. I am sure that I am bottlenecking my own performance with this pathetically underpowered machine, but I have killed a good deal more armed folk than have killed me, so whatever. All my money goes towards student loan debt, mortgage, car payments, and IRA. Ain't nobody got time for spending money on computer games! (Responsible adults, anyways.)

I am sure that if people knew how badass you were, they would take it into consideration. In my experience the vast majority of people in this game can't hit a moving target to save their lives, so thats why I would run if someone told me to set my weapon on the ground versus asking me to put it on my back. However, if they announced to me that they were a highly accomplished CS player of 7 years, I might think differently? Sure, it would make you sound like a douchebag if you announced that every time, but it just might save a life or two!

I feel compelled to give my opinion here, which probably nobody cares about due to my low # of posts. I haven't been posting on forums long but have been playing since the mod, whatever that is worth. I understand and for the most part agree with both of the two main posters' play styles and think it comes down to personal preference and what makes you feel safe. The one thing that I will say I don't like is the "put your gun on the ground" approach. While I understand the logic completely for the person saying it, I do not think it is the best way to promote a friendly and death-free encounter for both parties. If someone tells me to put my gun on the ground, the first thing I am thinking is that they either want to steal it or make me completely helpless so they can fuck with me. Since my gun is usually the piece of loot that I care about the most, I am more likely to take my chances in an unnecessary gun battle or flee rather than putting it on the ground. Of course I also do not agree with merely telling someone "don't point your gun at me." It does not take very long to shift your aim and get off a quick shot, so I would not be satisfied that the person was safe just because they aim at the ground or off into the woods. In my opinion, telling the person to put their gun on their back seems like a very reasonable middle ground. It is basically saying to them, "I am not here to take your shit or make you completely helpless, I just want to be satisfied that you can't immediately cause me harm." When people have done this to me, I have felt at ease because they did not kill me outright and they had the respect and empathy to realize that laying my hard earned weapon down on the deck would cause me significant distress and might make me do something rash that one of us would end up regretting. All this being said, I don't think it is any of my business to say that doing it one way or the other is "wrong," and labels like "bandit" are overused and tired. We are all just lost souls in an endless wasteland, but some of us are more courteous and respectful than others. If someone wants to be a control freak and have the other person do exactly what they say at the expense of their new acquantance/victim's feeling of relative comfort/safety, then that is their prerogative and who am I to tell them to do it any differently?

Just curious, has anyone ever organized a Blood Drive before? Perhaps TMW or another medic group has, but I didn't find anything when I searched "Blood Drive" in the forums. I would come and give blood if there was, and I am sure a lot of others would too. As long as we get some cereal or rice afterwards (until they implement cookies in a future build, ofc ^_^) Could be done at a hospital or broken down bus? Or do blood bags spoil too quickly to be worth stocking up a whole bunch of them?

Thanks for the response Herr Jon. I can see how that would be a logistical nightmare with the current blood system and scarcity of test kits. Sounds like you guys have it pretty well under control at the moment. While impractical right now, sure would be fun! lol.

Curious, have you guys ever considered organizing a blood drive in order to stock up on filled blood bags? http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/178321-chernarus-blood-drive/

Well, I am way too casual a player to go about organizing something like this... but I would certainly be entertained to see someone take the idea and run with it.

You guys are f*ckin' wierd. lol :)

Just suffered a random broken leg for no apparent reason. I am on the lower roof of fire station in Cherno. I have black jeans, UK vest, radar cap and crowbar. Please help :/ Also starving.... have a can of beans but no means of opening it. What a sad state of affairs.