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SamuraiTurtle, CVRiggs, [Groovy], I've invited all of you on Steam, I'm WittyProfileName I'm also South African, looking for more players to team up with. Let me know when you're online and we can jam. I'm usually online weekdays after 18:30 and any time over weekends

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Greetings Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Peter and I'm completely new to DayZ. I recently forked out USD30 for this game and I am so glad I did. I fully understood that I'd be getting a game that was still in Alpha testing, and that gameplay would be hampered by bugs/glitches. That being said, there haven't been any notable incidents such as zombies clipping through walls, the occasional opening and closing of doors and the haphazard melee fighting in general, which have put me off playing the game. The bugs, although prevalent, hardly detract from the gaming experience and if you're a patient player, they won't bother you so much that you'd end up ragequitting. In my opinion, the game is worth the money, especially considering that you'll be getting the full title (expected in 2015) at no extra cost. And it obviously goes without saying that the launch title will be considerably more than USD30. I never played the Mod version, so cannot compare the two. The game does seem quite resource-heavy which is to be expected until further optimization development is patched. Let me walk you through my first few hours of gameplay. Please note that this is the first time I've ever played such a game and I am completely new to the survival genre. I spawned in the back yard of a house, next to a ravenous zombie, I kid you not. I read online that most people spawn on or near the coast. I spawn next to a zombie. I wasn't even fully familiar with the controls yet and this zombie is attacking me like I ate his last brains. He landed a couple shots as I was skilfully crouching, going prone, standing up, then going prone again, because I was frantically trying to find the sprint key by hitting everything, and I started bleeding. I gave up and casually jogged into an abandoned house, zombie having no trouble keeping up and drilling my bunghole, closed the door behind me and went upstairs. I could see the zombie clipping into the house at the bottom of the stairs, although he didn't come up. Don't think he knows how to use stairs. I wanted to restart the whole game at this point as I was nearly dead anyway. My screen lost a lot of saturation, indicating blood loss. I bandaged myself up with my t-shirt and contemplated my next move. After learning all the controls I decided to run like Usain Bolt and get the hell out of the town, which I did, learning that the zombies tend to be slower than the players when sprinting. They're currently not even much of a threat, more like annoying children. I didn't have to be as afraid as I was. Maybe that will be fixed in later patches, making zombies more dangerous. I explored a bit, found an axe and construction helmet (looking like a Village People reject now), ate and drank stuff, and eventually the colour returned and I was near healthy. Even slayed a couple zombies. Throughout all my hours of playing, I have yet to encounter another player. I have no idea where I am, where to go, what to do next. I found a compass so I figured I'd just head in a single direction. One thing I can tell you, the in-game character is a whiny, arrogant, needy a-hole. Forever reminding you that "I want to drink", or "I want to eat something". It's a zombie apocalypse and all you think about is food? I shall name my character Brock (from Pokémon). Anyway, thanks for reading this far. I've got an idea, newspawns unite in a supergroup or something, pillage the land like a swarm of locusts, and form a community. What do you think?