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I'm coming out of left field on this one since I've never reported a server before- can some outline the things necessary to report a server doing this? Had it happen to me the other day where a clan was in a public server and I spawned in practically on top of them by fluke (my pub was in overwatch west of berezino). They kicked me within 5 minutes as I sat outside their tent camp with about 15 drybags in it. What kind of info needs to be provided and to whom do I send it? The server provider or BI? Sorry for noob question or if I've overlooked it in this thread.

Quite possibly the MOST useless post ever made. But the mod doesn't think so... so be it.

Not to derail the thread but I've been in a med-pop server and the response I've got so far (private side) has been pretty good. Like I mentioned before- it's like delivering aid to those who need it while defending it against those who want it. I have a few folks helping me do so and unfortunately 1 person so far has been a bit too punchy to survive the encounter. We're still providing the tools with which to survive- generally encouraging people who aren't already aware to search for stones and make an improvised knife... then providing them with a burlap sac to fab a carrier bag or improvised backpack... Also telling them to use the knife to extract seeds or just take the pumpkins we have already available. It's quite fun- being kind but also taking charge when needed. Again- credits to the op for pursuing these objectives... one person at a time perhaps we can help to show folks that KOS isn't always justified but that caution is ALWAYS a prerequisite.

I just pull out my water bottle / canteen and it used to give you an "extinguish" option. Not sure if that's still available but might be worth a try and makes sense.

Is what it is alright. Totally uncalled for and unnecessary. But yeah... Good show.

Okay then! Had a decent day today mired with some regret. First of all- I had some equipment stashed for ZH so we could look a bit uniform... A UN helmet for him, some similar gorka pattern camo- Unfortunately we missed dishing it out to him by about 2 minutes (mum called him down for supper) and I hadn't been able to find the bag I hid. Short version is he ended up having to log out and then .53 came along- so she's gone. Not a huge deal- just an annoyance. He has some hardware to keep him busy and I got loads of ammo for it on my character. Anyway- logged in on my normal server and there were quite a few people on. I figured- meh... I've got some good kit and I've had some practice with using it- AND I mean well so I should be fine, right? There were some persistence glitched areas around Solichniy so I headed over there first to see if that "persisted." Fortunately or unfortunately it did not- so it was relatively barren. Cleared datum- ran down to the next row of houses where I knew there were some boats to look for netting "just in case" I decide I want to ghillie again. To be honest- I don't think I will be given the issues I've had with it so far. As I was heading back north towards the factory and Berezino, running down the middle of the road fashioning a new blue armband and my UN helmet I spotted another survivor running east down a road through Solichniy. I saw him draw a weapon that was held like a firearm of some sort so I figured- okay... two ways to go about this. Draw a weapon so he knows I'm packing or just sit in the middle of the road. I actioned both of those options- First drawing the weapon and then deciding that wasn't exactly a peaceful approach I put it away and sat on the road for a bit. He eventually closed in with me enough to call out to me on direct. We had a bit of a standoff- he asked if I was friendly... younger sounding voice that I later learned belonged to a 13 year old. He played it well though- approached with caution and realized I was loaded out pretty heavy. We were chatting and he came at me with a rope out. I knew what he was up to and even though I didn't feel like he was going to kill me and eat me I wasn't going to get tied up. A note came up in red at the bottom left of my screen that he was "trying" to tie me up. I backed away. "Yeah, don't go trying to tie me up at this point... I don't trust anyone in here that much yet." "I've never done it before- can you tie people up with rope?" "As per .53 apparently yes you can but please don't practice it on me. Where you headed?" "North." "Berezino? That's where I have my little setup- well... had my little setup. Had a gardening thing going there until the wipe. All my stashed equipment is gone... so I'm out here trying to do what I can with what I have. Need anything?" "No I'm good. There are a lot of people on the server now so we should probably find some cover- you have that bright blue helmet on and are easy to see." He had a bright red drybag on- so I wasn't too worried about my helmet but he kept doing the sniper shuffle so I could tell he's been around the game for awhile. "Fair enough- well I'm heading back to Berezino too so if you want to tag along let's go." Had a good discussion on the way to Berezino- about 10 minutes or so between cantering and sprinting. I'd found some pumpkin seeds and had a shovel in my bag so I was good to go. He mentioned he had a friend coming in and he was "asking him not to kill me" to which I replied "Yeah, if you can actually TELL him not to kill me I'd be a bit more comfortable with that." When we got to Berezino we friended each other on Steam and he passed along some TS3 info. I climbed on that server and talked to his friend who was onboard straight away. He was running in from Dubrovka or so so we didn't expect him to land on us for a bit. Meanwhile I got some crops growing and while I was in the middle of digging my new friend called out that we had someone coming in. "Stop right there... I need you to stop right there." He had his shottie pulled out and this guy came running in pretty lightly loaded... I admit he didn't seem like too much of a threat- but he wasn't responding to commands. "I need you to stop moving!" The guy just kept running around in circles. I had drawn my AKM and was backing up my guy... is this guy going to be punchy or is he going to be reasonable. Does he think we're going to eat him? Does he think we're going to help him? At this point- I'm not even sure if we're going to help him as he runs around in circles while my guy is telling him to stop. This kid isn't going to F around- if this guy doesn't stop running around he's going to get killed. This I knew I could take as fact based on that 10 minute conversation I mentioned earlier. I got into speaking range "Bud I know what you're thinking right now but we're actually here with good intentions and trust nobody- so just do what you're told and we'll get through this." "Why are you doing this? Why? Why?" Unfortunately because I'm joined on TS3 I'm hearing that conversation with a few strange voices and have a really hard time figuring out who is talking on what channel. TS3 also decided to only stream through the monitor- while all my game sounds were on my headset. I couldn't hear him at all. He runs around a bit more and my guy fires a couple shots at him or around him- not sure which. The guy goes to ground (alive) and is promptly tied up (with rope) successfully. "Oh, so it does work!" "Yup. Alright now then- we're not going to hurt you as long as you do what you're told." "Don't wiggle!" my guy says as we see the guy on his knees wiggling back and forth. "Yeah- don't do that... Okay, now on to the good part of this... We are here to help. There is a well behind us for water and I'm growing some plants that we can give you. Do you need water? Do you need food?" "Why? Why did you shoot at me?" I can't remember the response since it was getting a bit hairy- keep in mind the only guy I've killed begged me to kill him so he could spawn somewhere else... I wasn't ready to put a bullet in someone while he's tied up. The problem was resolved for me, however... when the guy wiggled free of his rope bindings (took about 20 seconds of wiggling) and was promptly double tapped with a shotgun in the face. "Oooooooooooh man... Okay, well I wish you hadn't done that..." I would have handled that differently- but I wasn't playing just by my own rules and one thing I've learned about this game is it's a series of compromises- find someone who will help you and sometimes you need to meet him in the middle. His friend did show up and a bit to my surprise had some excess gear on him that was prohibiting from storing the things he wanted. He told us to pick through anything on the ground- which was EXTREMELY generous since I'd recently lost ZH's cache. One thing that was, as mentioned above, more than a little annoying was if I had something in hand but no room to store it in my inventory and wanted to put it down (since you can't put anything down if it's in your hand) by switching to another inventory item, the item in my hand previously would just evaporate. Happened with pumpkin, happened with matches... happened with paper. Bug report submitted- but please just be aware of it. Other than that- just a good day overall thanks to my new friends! Hatz and Wes- great to meet you and thanks for your help!

Well- not a great day out for my pub guy... Was in an overwatch on Berezino and was looking for a busier server at a weird time. Bounced through one where all 9 guys in it had a tag similar to the name of the public server- Turned out they liked the spot I was in since they had set up camp about 100m behind where I spawned in. Took me a minute to see them mind you- a reminder to ALWAYS go to ground and check your surroundings! Anyway- they went off after a couple Zeds and shot a cow they were chasing- then rummaged around. I think there were 4 of them. I was ghillied up and thought it would be fun to stalk them a bit but never had any intention of killing. Unfortunately I've also found that I can't hear people talking to me in direct chat and can't see their typing- found that out while running with Schwabam in the private server. Weird. Anyway- one of the guys came right up on my character from behind and sort of stood over me... I immediately stood up and put my hands on my head figuring I was done for anyway but who knows- But by the time I found the F2 key the guy ran off towards the camp. The camp had a stack of bags and a tent, and a fire burning. They rummaged around a bit- and I backed off hoping to avoid further detection but in the back of my mind I wrote the character off. Instead, they kicked me off the server. Clearly a clan using their own server to gear up... Do I report them? Shame them? I don't know what the proper protocol is so I put it out there. Moved onto another pub that got busy REAL fast and after quite some time watching someone came over to the salvage lot. I was watching him with interest but wasn't going to shoot. Somehow he locked onto me while I was peeking from around a tree about 300 meters away. I thought it was interesting how he was just drifting along without a movement animation... He then came towards me and stopped at the base of the hill I was on. Then he cycled through some weapons- it looked like he entered an endless cycle animation... probably half a dozen or more times- then he came at me. Of course I flailed like a noob and started shooting but had my free view on which was useless... Anyway- dead. So another one bites the dust- Seemed a bit weird that he was floating around like that while I'm at 80 ping but I don't want to cry haxor. I was in a server at capacity around Berezino, however... so not impossible. The guy clearly knew what he was doing better than I did... so maybe he was just good? A bit choked at that clan that was obviously just hoarding a bunch of gear to jump off into pub matches just west of Berezino hospital. Anyone wants to go ransack their camp drop me a line and you can burn it to the ground. Tell them Eno says hi.

It is fun running with the idea that you're like a provider of charity among warlords- delivering aid but defending it as well.

Sad... very sad. But beans for your efforts as well as your intentions. Just curious if this was on a public server or private?

Can you elaborate on that? Did you ever see the guy or hear anything? Or did you just get the black screen saying you were dead?

Yes this is a good video and demonstrates the play style I enjoy very well. Of course I'm small time working smaller private shards... but getting a little more confident as time goes on. Have a great little spot at the Lumber Mill in Berezino with a bunch of tools to help new spawns set off on their adventures. Pumpkins are my favourite- but I chose a spot close to the beach near a well so I don't have to go anywhere to water the plants. OP- I do applaud your game style. I'd be MORE than happy to join you in your efforts on the roadside!

The gorka gear is really the only thing that makes a trip to the NWAF worth it for me- and I do appreciate having the high cap vest as well. I don't need to be completely teched out to enjoy the game as I am more of an evade style of player- but I do like being able to operate freely in the rain. I'm pretty sure if you have a booney hat as well you're pretty much good to go in the rain for any amount of time.

Don't put DayZ aside my friend- just put the big cities aside!

^ Good to know... First steps in game: 1) Throw away flashlight / battery. 2) Take off shirt and create rags. 3) Search for stone and create stone knife

Thanks guys- that is EXTREMELY detailed and VERY helpful in my overall understanding. I never mind having it dumbed down to the lowest common denominator since that's usually where I sit. So thanks to both of you and hopefully that adds some clarity for others who are wondering.

Eh guys. Quick question for you. Being relatively new I've been exposed to a few servers but have played them based on my ping. Now I'm starting to look for ways to find servers that are located more centrally to expand my opportunities to team up with others in north america. Server names seem to say lots about LOOT LOOT LOOT- DON'T COME IN OR WE WILL EAT YOU- NO PVP- MAX PVP... ugh. What's the best way to identify a server location? Does anyone have any servers they could recommend they found while seeking something similar? Or is it just going back to basics and going through each name and checking out gametracker to see a location? Thanks for any input.

Just so we're all looking at the same thing... Hope it helps find a bug that can be fixed?

It was saying public in the column but said private in the name. It is very strange. Both Schwabam and I saw the same thing.

First time I think I've ever been thankful for hackers. Running around in your little group killing everything wholesale pretending like they're all a threat is just as chicken s$#t as the hackers with all their wizardry. Beans to the hacker. But sure glad you guys had a great time on your "hunt." I hear it's chicken season again... :rolleyes:

I was back on my normal server last night and the pop was pretty low. I can only get in very late at night right now and figured I'd use that time to go run around and scrounge up some bits and pieces. Solichniy has been suffering a bit of a persistence bug so it's overflowing with loot- I ran over there to see how it was going and on the way over there I learned that I shouldn't ever leave home without rags. Rookie mistake- I figured... heck, I'll get to Sol and find something and things will be fine. As I ran past the factory I grabbed a zombie tail and it wagged the proverbial dog. I had a splitting axe so while I was trying to hit one I was getting hit by another. I also had a bomber jacket on and that was instantly ruined. Only thing that likely saved me was the ballistic helmet and press vest. I was bleeding everywhere... finally killed the 3 zeds and was in rough shape. Started seeing grey. Checked my pockets and didn't have rags but knew I had a first aid kit- I knew it was there when I left.. figured I'd had bandages. Nope. Crap. I'd got a little too excited about saving ZH last week with an IV after he- for some reason unknown to both of us- drank the antibacterial spray. Branching off for a second on that note... That was an intense situation. If you ever have it force fed to you by a bandit- I'm not sure the best way to deal with it. I figured it might be best to just get him overstuffed to throw up and then just keep him hydrated. Problem was that we were away from Chez Eno and stuffing him wasn't as easy as we thought. We sprinted back to the camp to get some pumpkin down him and also take some meds wondering if they were going to help... He ate and threw up but at that point was seeing all grey. I ran up to the hospital hoping to be able to get him some IV stuff or some charcoal tabs... By the time I had checked it out and found an IV / Saline kit he had gone unconscious. Fortunately I know that area REALLY well and sprinted directly to him. At that point it was a bit of a fluke that I'd grabbed an IV / Saline kit- bundled and takes up 2 slots. There are also individual saline bags and IV starter kit that I'm assuming (haven't tried it yet) will be crafted into an IV / Saline kit. I got the IV into him and he came around almost immediately. PHEW! So back to the original story (sorry), I'm near the factory and in a bad way- seeing grey and can't find ANYTHING to patch myself up. Apparently leather repair kits can't stitch you up (good thing if you've ever seen the size of a needle used to repair leather lol). I couldn't find any shirts anywhere around the factory and the med center had some IV stuff but nothing I could self administer. I drank all the water I had hoping it would help and ate some of my food supplies for the journey to prolong the inevitable. I sprinted as things got grey and I'm positive I felt my controls get sluggish (placebo likely). I arrived in Solichniy and went to one spot I knew was overflowing with supplies. I stepped in the shack and practically had to climb over the loot... but could I find anything to help stitch myself up? Not a SINGLE sewing kit... Oh wait- a medical kit! Thank goodness. CRAP- no bandages... just a syringe and a bunch of IV related things. Seriously?! Well- nobody said it would be easy. Zed launch followed by more clumsy flailing on my part. Grey... Grey... tick tock doc. Do I put all my stuff down and just suicide? Get it over with? No. Too stubborn for that not to mention impatient! ANOTHER run to Soli? No thanks. Finally- after another couple minutes pushing through other loot-bound buildings- I found a sewing kit. No time to disinfect... I have some meds back at Chez Eno- stemmed the flow and grabbed some food and drink from a nearby well. PHEW! Disaster averted. Head back to Chez Eno to resupply for a visit to NEAF. There are 4 people on the server so they're probably in a firefight in Elektro or something... I don't care. I head off- amazingly having no trouble finding it unlike the last few times. How do you not find a fricken airfield? I've found plenty of ways- just go back a few pages. Arrive from the SE corner and make my way up the NE side- through the shop and over to the small gate building. Nothing. I mean- NOTHING. Move across to the NW corner and pass by the vehicles in the middle there when I see a ZED CHARGING! But no launch code... no warning... It's just running at me. Axe out (found a fire axe in Sol)... get ready to sidestep and swing... Wait... This one isn't running at me- This one charges right past me... at a cow? Deer? Another player? I'm just completely confused while looking around for someone else who is UNQUESTIONABLY a threat to me given my location. Nobody. Nothing... Whoa... wait... That's not a zombie- that's SOMEONE! Now looking more closely I see the backpack and his garb. My mic on the laptop doesn't work so I type out "Hello?" in direct chat... but I think he was too far away. I'm ALMOST positive he knows I'm there since he goes into the building I just left and stands at the window looking at in my direction. I'm hiding behind the BMP sitting there- looking at him in 3PP. He glitches through the wall a few times but stays put. I'm sure I waited there for about 5 minutes... and he was looking out the window. At me? At the field? Not 100% sure- but boy in my head that was an intense standoff. I checked the pop on the server- and it was down to 3 including me. What are the odds? He would step away from the window briefly... maybe looking out 3PP view as well? Unsure... but I broke contact after having not seen him for a few minutes and then observed the building from a distance. I didn't see him again and headed back to Chez Eno to wrap it up. Anyway- hoping to hook up with Schwabam for some teamwork stories!

More often than not folks who use it have access to their own already set up.

I have that before- but I wasn't sure if it was a persistence relevant thing... but that would make sense.

Now THAT is interesting... I didn't realize that!

Yeah yeah, we heard you the first time. The other aspect I haven't seen mentioned yet is the fact that most of these ingrates are showboating while recording their gameplay- piling as much macho BS into the microphone as they can to put it on display on YouTube before mum tells them to go to bed. I watch these youtube videos and a lot THE MOST annoying idiots are at least late teens to early 20s. The screeching, mouthy jagoffs who will. Not. Shut. Up. I heard one call another guy a "S#@t pooper." Good grief. And THIS was the one that got chosen to broadcast to the world? It's like kids drinking- getting alcohol poisoning is practically a right of passage within a peer group... so naturally overdoing everything is pretty much just the way it is. I play DayZ with my step son and he's quite young and takes the game seriously. He enjoys the interactions but is fearful of them in general since we've both been dealt some pretty ugly hands in our experience. He gets pretty scared as the population starts to head towards 20 and it's that intensity that we both enjoy. However- to have some moron come up to us while we're in the middle of growing a pumpkin patch with our lime and shovels laying all over the place and executing us wholesale under the pretense that we were a threat to them and THEN boasting about how we got "rekt..." in girlie war cries? Get $#$%^ed. I'm with you OP. This isn't about KoS- I can manage that and people do it for their own reasons that aren't for debate here. It's about playing with a little dignity. Unfortunately the people who could use the life lesson either aren't reading this or are just warming up their keyboards for a brilliant retort.

Weird- I just looked it up and it shows up as public. We looked into one yesterday that was private to schwabam and I looked it up later and it came up as public. Is that bugged somehow? Just wondering since this would be twice in two days in two searches.