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Oh that's interesting. So it's not a toggle? Oh, and it looks like the mouse wheel, or the middle mouse button, activates iron sights. Okay, I understand now. And yeah, "double tap to toggle" so I guess you can double right click and raise your weapon that way. I'm liking the sound of this new setup so far.

Haha, I was just kidding. Was noting that they changed jump to a key more commonly associated with jumping in games. Though it's got to be said, I'm not sure where raise and lower weapon is. I can see "hold to raise hands" but not lower them. Maybe it's being hidden by the light reflection.

Space? For jump? Are they mad?

Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Nice. inb4 "the community will finish dayz before the devs hur dur"

Newest video? You mean the updated one in the first post?

Is it? Interesting if true. Also, your profile picture brings back all the childhood memories.

Do you know the time? Might I remind you that you made an account specifically to make this comment? Food for thought.

What of those who are not Nazis, and are merely accused of being Nazis? Hell, the big protests in Boston the other day involved surrounding a bunch of evil neo-Nazis cowering in a gazebo. They were led by a horrible white supremacist Indian, surrounded by other horrible white supremacists holding evil, racist signs like "Black Lives Do Matter" and "No to GMOs." "Nazi" is a word that is being thrown around so often that it is in danger of losing all meaning. It is all too often used as shorthand for people, usually right-wingers, who oppose the violence, intimidation tactics and ideology of groups such as Antifa. It's as brain-dead as calling Bernie Sanders a Marxist Communist. I'll pose the same hypothetical to you as I did to ImageCtrl: You look a bit like a Nazi to me. You've got the time it takes for that group of black-clad, masked, baseball bat-wielding not-thugs to cross the street to either convince me otherwise, or put on your running shoes. Yes. ALL antiquated and dangerous ideas. Why? But they're not the "only people." Antifa often shows up to already active rallies and counter-protests, and they like to stir shit up. I'm sure Antifa helps here and there. A group that helps to bolster numbers in disparate rallies across the country can be a good thing, but it frequently devolves into violence, thuggery, intimidation and property damage. Being an anti-Nazi doesn't make you the good guy. If, I don't know, John Wayne Gacy were to rise from the grave and vehemently condemn Naziism and join an Antifa march, I wouldn't decide he's suddenly just a swell guy because he's actively opposing Nazis. The issue at hand is that anarcho-communist thugs who use violence and intimidation to achieve their political goals are "just anti-fascists." A bit like how far-right thugs who use violence and intimidation to achieve their political goals are "just white advocates."

I'm not sure it's a bow slot. It might just be a ranged weapon slot. Though you'd think they'd use a gun to denote that, so perhaps the holster is the gun slot and they've added a bow slot. I'm totally down for that. I'd love to use a bow, but it's completely impractical the second you find a gun and ammo. I actually hadn't noticed the change in inventory size. I mean, I noticed that some items had more space, but I assumed that was for the sake of the demo (if you're only playing for 30 minutes at Gamescom you're not going to want to be limited by inventory space.) However, as you point out, some items are now larger as well. Cereal is 6 slots instead of 4, and canned food is now 4 slots instead of 1. Looks like they're increasing the resolution of the inventory system, which is definitely a step in the right direction on its own.

That's a reference T-pose. Think of it as the default, unanimated state for most character models. Either it's a bug, or it's just unfinished. You'll notice that a lot of items have debuggy names as well like, I don't know, "ITM_PEACHESTEST" or something. Stuff like that. It looks like the physics system isn't working properly either. Zombies play a death animation rather than ragdolling, and a player that just got killed stayed standing. Obviously needs some polish, but I am super keen to get my hands on this. I hope they release the demo to the public.

I spy a holster and a belt slot in the inventory It might be dependent on the weight you're carrying. If you're not carrying much I think it's fair that your stamina should slowly regen while you're running. Otherwise, I agree. This is obviously a very early iteration of the stamina system - I'm sure it'll be built upon. Holy shit. the more I watch the more excited I get. The new animations, the new inventory system, the new UI. Even the new buildings - it looks like they've widened some of the doorways and made other improvements.

Fuck, I thought this was in Off-Topic or Gallery. Didn't realise it was General Discussion.

You're conversing with a left-wing liberal. Your evidence doesn't count if the person you're 'debating' already agrees with you 90% of the time. I've tried looking for information on Dallas. I can't find very much. One article that I think comes from local news states that when Antifa arrived, tensions escalated although it didn't escalate into full-blown violence. That's as much praise for Antifa as it is for the white supremacists. Lots of articles and videos about an altercation between Antifa and BLM, though. Workers owning a company is not the same as anarcho-communism. That there are companies owned by the workers is not proof that anarcho-communism is even close to viable. At best it shows that some companies can operate under the ownership of its workers, nothing more. Hmm. You look a bit like a Nazi to me. You've got the time it takes for that group of black-clad, masked, baseball bat-wielding not-thugs to cross the street to either convince me otherwise, or put on your running shoes.

A lot of communists dislike Stalin because they don't think he did communism "right." They think he messed up. They're still communists. That's the key difference between communists and neo-Nazis to me. Communists, usually, don't revere Stalin in the same way neo-Nazis revere Hitler. Nazis committed genocide as an end goal. Communists starved millions to death as an end result. The problem with anarchists and any extremist group is that they don't realise that their views are unrealistic. Plenty of white nationalist groups hold no ill will towards non-whites and only want segregation. The fact that this might work in their small communities in bumfuck USA is no reason not to call them out on their bullshit. If there are members of Antifa that are only anti-fascist, then my criticisms obviously do not apply to them. Are they anarcho-communist thugs who use violence and intimidation to achieve their goals? If so, I voice my disapproval. The crux of your argument here is "not all," but that tends to just muddy the waters. I am criticising the actions and behaviour of a group broadly referred to as antifa. If there are individuals within that group to whom my criticisms do not apply, then great. When you criticise Nazis, you say "Nazis are bad." You don't say "Nazis are bad. Except Oscar Schindler, and all those within the Nazi party who opposed the regime, and those who were actually completely unaware of the atrocities being committed by the party and didn't even necessarily hold beliefs consistent with Nazi ideology, but were members of the party all the same." You have a very clear idea of who and what it is you're taking issue with. If conversation is a big part of Antifa then I'm yet to see evidence of that. Neo-Nazis aren't big talkers either, but there are plenty of people on the right who want a conversation, but who are labelled as Nazis for wanting the wrong kind of discussion. Censorship and name-calling doesn't only do nothing to stop supremacist groups from forming, it does a great job of swelling their numbers. Person A says 2+2=5. Person B punches them in the face. Person C still needs an answer to 2+2, and so far they've only heard one answer.

You like accusing me of holding beliefs and opinions that I do not hold. You don't do it outright, but you like sneaking these little accusations in. Stop it. I don't even know where to start. Firstly, you're telling me literally nothing that I do not already know. Republicans also gerrymander districts to segregate ethnic minorities when it comes to voting. You're trying to convince me of something that I am already aware of, and already oppose. Yes there is some institutional racism. Yes Nazis are bad. Yes Donald Trump is bad. Yes white nationalists are being emboldened. In response, extreme anti-white racists are also emboldened to declare that white people at best should "step aside" and at worst are subhuman scum. Extreme-left groups declare that all right-wingers, or those who take issue with their methods, are Nazis or Nazi sympathisers, and then push to make it acceptable to punch Nazis - and those who they declare to be Nazis. These people aren't in power, but give it 20 years and they might be. I reject the idea that we should just turn a blind eye to racist thugs because they're not the right kind of racist, or just because they're not in power. No they're not. Individual people - most of whom are white, probably disproportionately in the US - form the system. "White people" are not the system. That's just a way of dismissing the problems that people have on account of their skin colour. Now that is thinly-veiled racism. But do you know who is the system? Who is overwhelmingly "the system?" Rich people. No matter what country you go to, no matter what time period, no matter the demographic makeup. Rich people. The wealthy, and corporate interests. Turns out that they really like fucking-over the poor. In the US, non-whites are disproportionately poor for a wide range of socioeconomic reasons, including racist ones. I agree. I've already said that I agree. Again, preaching to the choir here. I take issue with elements of BLM, not the movement as a whole. Yes. Precisely. This is what I'm taking issue with. In the heat of the moment, I'm sure that hitting a Nazi feels like the right thing to do. What I don't like is that people are advocating for this kind of behaviour behind the safety of Twitter where latent desire should be superseded by logic and reason that states "hitting people doesn't change their mind." I'm sure violence and intimidation works as a short-term solution, but so long as we keep hitting Nazis and have no other response to them, there will always be Nazis. And the war on terror. You brought up the IRA before. They were bombing and murdering and being generally not terribly pleasant for a very long time indeed. All the king's horses, and all the king's men, and all the massacres and SAS raids couldn't bring peace to Ireland again. Peace arose from discussion and nonviolent activism, not from night-time raids and show trials. If they push you, push back. If they hit you, hit back. Third Law it. Never push first. Never hit first. Don't even give them a reason to hit you, because that weakens your position. It's a lot easier to sympathise with somebody with flowers in their hair wielding a peace sign than it is with somebody who is dressed in all black, covers their face and wields a baseball bat. All Antifa does is create moral ambiguity. It's not Nazi thugs versus reasonable counter-protesters. It becomes Nazi thugs versus anarcho-Communist thugs - have fun picking a side. It's about as attractive as the previous presidential election. I agree. Again. What we disagree on is how to get there. You want to push them in and hope that they don't bob to the surface again. I want them to take their Swastikas and their Confederate flags and throw them into the water of their own volition. Short of literally murdering these people, getting them to examine their own beliefs, and shedding light on the absurdity of their arguments for the benefit of others is the only way we will get rid of them. The "white problem?" I wish I hadn't already referenced that thin veil you brought up before. You mention this problem, but do you have any kind of Solution? Is it Final? Or is that a little bit on the nose? I condemn Antifa because they're worthy of condemnation, and I condemn Nazis for the same reason. The difference is that the Nazis aren't being hailed as innocent of all wrongdoing. Stalin was a monster who committed horrendous atrocities, but I'm not going to give him a free pass because he was anti-Nazi. As such, in a discussion about the Second World War, if someone tries to make out that Stalin had done no wrong and was just an anti-fascist as we all should be, I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect the conversation to turn away from Nazi atrocities and towards "now hang on a second." These walls of text, though.

Quite right. It's a quote wrongly attributed to Winston Churchill. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Not Voltaire Wrongful attribution doesn't make it any less perceptive.

I'm not a seasoned PvPer. In fact I'm not even a seasoned DayZ player - I purposefully limit my play time since I don't want to burn myself out in alpha. I often don't play for months at a time. Anyway, what sort of weapons are you using? If he's using a shotgun and you have a Mosin, he's already going to have a pretty major advantage over you, especially if he gets the drop on you. If possible, try to negate any advantages that he has. If you have a Mosin and he has a shotgun, disengage and move away. You have the range advantage, so use it. Be sure to always, or as often as possible, be in a position where you can run for cover. Don't run in the middle of the street. Always try to minimise the number of directions that you are visible from. Using alleyways and moving inside of buildings can be a good idea. Before entering an area, observe it with binoculars or a hunting scope. If you spot someone, great - you now know roughly what sort of gear they're using and you can act accordingly. If you don't see anyone, or any signs that someone has been there recently (dead zombies for example) then still proceed with caution. If they spot you first, and they start firing first, they have the advantage. They'll often already be in a good position, with a good angle on you. Instead of engaging them, it might be a good idea to withdraw and force them to displace and come to you, at which point you can use your positional advantage against them. This might devolve into a waiting game - especially in 1pp - with neither side being willing to give up their position. Remain patient. If they come to you, you'll have a better chance at winning. It seems that most of my tips involve running away, in one way or another.

No, there are definitely black nationalist groups. Louis Theroux even did a documentary on them - it may or may not be on Netflix in your country. Being a piece of shit knows no skin colour. There are black people who are tired of police brutality and institutional racism and all that good stuff. They have my support. There are also black people who think that white people are subhuman, or who march through the streets calling for police to be killed. They exist, unfortunately. I am focusing on the point. It was a throw-away comment highlighting how if it's okay to punch Nazis, is it therefore okay to punch black nationalists? Is it therefore permissible to use violence against any group that advocates for some kind of ethnic or ideological supremacy? I don't think it should be, because it doesn't yield results. It does nothing to progress society because it does not make these people change their minds, and it does nothing to reduce their numbers. Thanks for the lecture, though, and thanks for suggesting that I might be "the problem" based on a single sentence that you decided to load with conjecture. Now we're getting somewhere. Hitting people does not make people see the error of their ways. Even intimidation tactics are only a very short-term solution, and aren't exactly preferable. Peaceful protest is proven to have results, but showing up dressed in all black, wearing masks and wielding clubs isn't conducive to peaceful protest. Groups like Antifa do more to harm liberalism, progressivism and left-wing ideals than a bunch of torch-wielding neo-Nazi buffoons ever could. But then, of course, Antifa aren't liberals - after all: "Liberals get the bullet too"

Or to black nationalists? Though I don't condone violence being committed against certain elements of BLM, say, who like to march down the streets calling for the deaths of police officers. That's not because it is or isn't legal. I don't care. My point is that it doesn't solve anything. Nobody has ever been smacked in the face, or been beaten half to death and then gone "Now I see the error of my ways." Of course, if you are peacefully protesting and you are met with violence, feel free to respond in kind. "Violence" doesn't include threatening behaviour like carrying swastikas, however. I'm talking actual, tangible, physical violence. Even then, restraint should be urged, though I'm sure it's a little bit different if you are faced with a wall of braying white supremacists. Freedom to hate is an unfortunate side effect of freedom of speech. Incitement to violence should not be tolerated. This includes calls to exterminate the Jews. This includes calls to physically assault people accused of being Nazis. I don't want to conflate my own morals with US law, however. Again, I don't know about the legality, and nor do I care. As I have said already, violence doesn't achieve anything. It might be necessary in self defence, or in defence of somebody else who is being physically attacked, but otherwise I find it very difficult to justify. I'm also not saying that taking down these statues is wrong. If they're actual civil war era statues commemorating some great battle or act of bravery - leave them up. If they were erected in the early and mid 20th century in protest of civil rights laws - take them down. I don't know much about the background and process behind the removal of these statues, but I suspect it involved a lot of peaceful protests and petitions. I don't think anybody rolled into city hall and beat local officials into submission with batons. This is a double-edged sword of sorts, however. Neo Nazis are well within their rights to peacefully protest the removal of these statues, no matter how morally repugnant they are, but others are free to counter-protest that protest. Just keep it peaceful. Them being Nazis is not a reason to physically attack them any more than Antifa being anarcho-communists is a reason to attack them. Maybe that's an overly principled Utopian view, but it's the one I hold - not just because I'm an airy-fairy Corbyn-loving democratic socialist, but also because it's pragmatic to advocate discussion over violence. As I alluded to before, perhaps my attitudes would change when faced with a wall of neo-Nazis, but for now, that's my position.

I don't think you understand. Antifa, as it exists in America, is literally an anarcho-communist movement. This isn't me calling them a mean name, they literally describe themselves as anarcho-communists. So I'm not calling them communists because they oppose Naziism. I'm calling them communists because they are literal, full-blown, real-life, actual communists. The irony, of course, is that people who take issue with Antifa and their methods are often labelled as Nazis, even though the concerns they raise are completely valid. And yes, the reasons for the failure of communism are many and varied. I'm sure that if a functioning communist system were to pop out of nowhere then it would be a utopia, but the path to that utopia is so bloody and so difficult as to be functionally impossible to realise. I'm not really interested in legality. Violence solves nothing. Censorship solves nothing. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the best way to get these people to change their minds is through open discussion and debate. These people have shit for arguments. They're not difficult to dismantle. Despite their beliefs they are, mostly, rational human beings who are capable of having their perspectives changed. You want to punch a Nazi? Fine. I'll not shed any tears for them, but I will point out that punching that Nazi has achieved precisely jack shit. His mind hasn't been changed. If anything he's going to be even more firm in his beliefs. You "shut this shit down" through violence, and all that happens is that these people seethe and bubble below the surface with nothing but screeching and violence to convince them that they could possibly be wrong.

Not to cause a scene or anything, but Antifa can piss right off. Violence begets violence. Punching people, Nazis or not, achieves nothing and only leads to more violent outbursts. I'll not lend my support to a group solely because it opposes Naziism, nor will I tolerate being described as a Nazi because of that lack of support. There was violence on both sides. One side was worse than the other but that doesn't make Antifa - many of whom are full-on "send them to the gulags, comrade" style Communists - the innocent party. I see a lot of memes - images of American soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy with the caption "Antifa distrupts white supremacist gathering." There was a lot of disruption in the East as well, but I doubt that holding up Stalin as an Antifa icon would be received quite so positively. There's more naunce than "Nazis bad, everyone who opposes them good."

Tarkov isn't on Steam. That alone, I think, probably hurts its sales. But yeah, realistic games aren't as popular as arcadey games. They never have been. People prefer easy-to-learn gameplay over complexity, and there's nothing wrong with that any more than there's anything wrong with people liking, I don't know, flight simulator games. Some genres and gameplay elements will never be immensely popular. Even DayZ was always pretty fringe, and a lot of mods moved it away from the survival element. That's just the way it goes. As for bringing players back, I think players "giving up" is misleading. I've not given up on DayZ, even though last night was the first time I'd played DayZ since 0.62 released. I've not "given up" on DayZ, I'm just playing other games while I wait for a more substantial update. Once beta hits, I expect a lot of players will return, and we'll see a steady uptick in players over the course of the beta as more features are added.

I've often thought this. I try not to use the gamma exploit at night (though I usually do, because I'm a shit) but even so I tend to have my gamma and brightness turned up fairly high during the day - sort of 70% ish rather than the default 50%. The darker image is what I'd expect to see on a super cloudy day - like about to piss it down sort of weather. I seem to recall reading in a status report that they were playing around with lighting configurations, so hopefully this will be addressed. I hope they have more weather as well, and more frequent changes in weather too in accordance with the accelerated time.

Yes. You're quite right. However, instant loss of consciousness isn't going to happen in 100% of cases, is it? Being fatally stabbed doesn't cause instant loss of consciousness. I saw a video of a policeman shooting some poor fucker in his car, and he was still conscious with a chest full of lead. I'm not saying that instant loss of consciousness is impossible, I'm saying that it shouldn't happen all the time, whenever you cross some arbitrary blood level threshold.

Well, yes, but you won't go unconscious the second the bullet hits, will you? I'm sure you will in some circumstances, but it seems more realistic that you should fall to the ground and then go unconscious, not the other way around. Hence why I said that being hit in the head should knock you out immediately, rather than having a brief bleed-out period before death or unconsciousness.