thrasher (DayZ)

@DoctorRayRay It's very possible for this to be a hoax. I experienced it personally, but it was on the server that's been name dropped several times. Someone could know people would check it out and likely on that server. He even mentioned the TIME he had heard it. It sounds like the perfect bait to get people there, and pull off the hoax. You CAN broadcast with a transmitter, I tried it. Nobody has ever experienced it on any other servers. The grid location is very easy to find. Maybe the person behind this is Russian. Maybe a woman? It's very possible it's a hoax. Until I catch it on my stream on a random server with no other people in the server (or only friends) I'm leaning towards hoax

Until I hear a signal on a server that wasn't name dropped here or reddit, I'm leaning towards player generated

I found my pristine transmitter on a shelf in a small shack. Eats batteries up KINDA quick, but it's not too bad.

A good friend of mine IRL is part of a mod team for a pretty popular dayz mod. He's got connections with a few people who are either on the dev team for SA, or can get in touch with them. I told him about all this a few mins ago. He's gonna ask around and see if he can find anything.

I didn't know you could broadcast with the transmitters. So lets look at this logically. The person who claimed to find this originally has claimed to have heard it on other servers. He name dropped servers. He even mentioned the TIME he "heard" them. Those servers are where other recordings have come from. It COULD be a hoax. The person who originally "discovered" it could know people would go to the servers named, and he could be broadcasting knowing people would be there listening. On the other hand, prior to the last update the transmitter was still known as a walkie talkie, I don't believe it had multiple channels or anything either. There were a lot of new things added in the last update that werent in the patch notes. The transmitter was clearly updated. Why would they update the item so early in the alpha if there was no real use?

I don't see how it could be a hoax. I played around with my transmitter and I couldn't find a way to "use" it besides turning it on/off and switching channels. As far as I know you can't broadcast with it (yet).

www.twitch.tv/thr4sher_/c/3624064 In the beginning of the clip you hear me tell my friends that I am going to send them a video of the transmission on youtube. I started watching it again as well in my steam overlay. Thats what you are hearing initially. The signal starts to come in for real which is where you hear me sound surprised since I was watching the video of it as it started to happen. You see me turn the radio on/off and change channels to start/stop the transmission and confirm its authenticity. We were on the Civil Warriors server, and the server time was around 21:00 We were in the Elektro industrial area near the docks. We moved NW heading to green mountain when the signal came in the 2nd time. We could still see the city but were far away, and the signal wasnt as strong.

I picked up the transmission in elektro TWICE while on the civil warriors server. Was by the docks at first, it was pretty clear. We left for green mountain as soon as we heard it. We were pretty far outside of the city when it started again, but it was mostly static the second time. You could hear the message, but it seemed to be weaker the further we were from the city. Before we could get to GM the server restarted and it was daytime. We are in a different server now, at GM, waiting for a signal to come in. Oh yeah, and i was streaming the whole thing ;) Im still streaming, ill post a vod later.

I understand this is an alpha, but nobody is going to want to continue testing it if you dont do something about the insane numbers of hackers these days. It was never this bad before. I cant go to ANY server without finding some retard with an AS50 thermal on them who teleports right back to you and kills you after you kill him. You cant go to any server and setup a camp because these pricks all have radar hacks and find you and your camps wherever you are. This game WAS fun but ive really had enough of these hackers. Battleeye is a fucking joke, please implement some REAL form of protection to stop these assholes from ruining the game for everyone else. kthx </rant>

actually i have, and nothing was done about it besides them getting banned from ONE server.

1.) thats what I wanted 2.) when I kill someone who has an AS50 thermal and then the server gets NUKED a minute later... yeah, im pretty sure its a hacker. 3.) I am so smart, S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T (homer quote) 4.) its happening everywhere, every server I go to. If you play like a noob and dont have vehicles, camps anywhere and just run around in cherno all day then you prolly wont see it, but when you setup a camp in a random ass spot in the wilderness and all of a sudden get ambushed by the only other 3 people on the server 5 minutes after you setup a camp im pretty sure its a hacker.

Oh btw are there any other confirmed heli spawns besides the island? Flew all over the map and didn't see any other helis on my server.

Helis should have a loud speaker on them so you can call out to people on the ground. Talking in direct chat isnt loud enough for anyone to hear you on the ground. If the crew chief had a loud speaker it would be really fun, could also play music through it Vietnam style lol

PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUCKING HACKERS! This shit is getting out of hand to the point that its no longer fun to play.

Update your fucking server. It's still on 1.7.1.5 I have tents there that I'd EVENTUALLY like to get some gear out of.

My secret base... The beach @ Cherno. I'm sure they are still untouched.

this just happened tonight (06/17/12) on US217 (DALLAS) I reported them and showed this video to the server admin, but i really think these guys deserve a full ban from dayz... spawning gear, vehicles, hacked weapons, teleporting. its all here!

How do I send the video to battleye?

Bob doesn't hack lol. We drove around and raided crashed helis for a couple days and had lots of stuff stock piled from that, and a few camps we raided. You guys were the ones with hacked weapons (stuff that's not even IN dayz) at your base. The first time we ever ran into you guys we saw 3 of you at starry and I sniped umad, yuna and dromag instantly DC and server hopped to flank bob dole. Classy. We found your little guba base a few days before you hit us at our base above petro. We didn't touch anything because we didn't need an ATV or tractor and we figured we would wait until the base was ripe to hit. After you raided our base we went to gub to take the ATV and tractor to search for you (we didn't know it was your base) and found all our stuff waiting for us so we just camped and killed dromag. Nobody came in so we left 2 people there to watch for the rest of u guys to spawn in. We drove the vehicles to a totally random spot in the west which we had never been to before and went back for the last vehicle and to pick up our snipers, that's when 3 of u spawned in, Bob killed one and died. Yuna lagged out and umad was still in. When bob died I stopped heading there and went right to the coast to pick him up, and we drove right to our new 1 hour old base to find you guys already waiting for us. What a joke. None of you were even in the server when we drove out of the north east to see what direction we were going, and you find us in an hour after we killed 2 of you... Yeah, ok. Calling us hackers, good joke.

So ive seen a lot of videos of players who claim to be bandits, and most of them are idiots. Being a bandit isnt just about getting a high murder count, its also about stealing guns, equipment, and vehicles so you can get ahead in DayZ. Here is a simple little guide that may help some newer players improve. 1.) get target practice in Cherno. if you are just starting out you should really get some target practice in before you head north. you really dont have much to gain by sticking around in the south but it is the best place to work on your accuracy. I personally suggest the Lee Enfield as your go to weapon. its basically a sniper rifle with iron sights, it will 1 shot anyone and its super common. get on top of one of the tallest industrial buildings and snipe for a while with that lee. I would also check the barns that can spawn CZs and if you find one get some time in with a scoped rifle as well... learn how to zero and lead shots. 2.) once you are comfortable with your aim head north. there is no point to sticking around in the south. sometimes some idiot comes down there with a good gun to snipe noobs spawning in, but for the most part its just those noobs spawning in, and you are wasting your time with them. Starry, Vybor, NWAF, NEAF are obviously the player hotspots so thats where you want to head. 3.) let your victims do the work for you! say you get to the airfield and you have a good spot to snipe from (dont sit in the firehouse or control tower unless you want to die), and you see zombies around. you know someone is in the area. dont shoot at the first player you see. watch them move around. are they laggy? can you hit the shot if they are? how many are there? do they have a sniper covering them? these are all things to consider. Observe for a while before you take the shot. Also, letting them live makes your life easier. they are going to hit all the key buildings in the area and pick up all the good gear, so let them do all the looting while you observe, then kill them and you only need to loot their body for all the good gear they found. 4.) be patient! you just headshot someone and they are dead. you want to run in there to loot your victim... DO NOT MOVE. If your victim has friends (which you should be aware of if you took the time to observe before shooting) they are now aware that you are in the area, and they are looking for you. If their friend had any good gear on him they are going to try to get it, so just watch the body for a while and pick off anyone who tries to loot it. then you have even more gear in one place... its less work for you. just be patient. sometimes i will sit and watch a body for 15-20 minutes after a kill if im alone, by that time anyone who was with my victim usually starts to think "well that sniper is prolly gone now" and then they make a mistake. 5.) dont raid every camp you find (at least not right away). if you come across tents make sure nobody is in the area and move in to check the gear. if they have the goods (NVG, GPS, ghillies, super rare guns) then yeah, raid it and get out, come back and loot the rest asap. If you come across a camp that has a lot of stuff, but nothing amazing, DONT TAKE ANYTHING. Taking stuff from a tent will let players know someone else has been there, and they will move. This goes back to #3... let your victims do the work for you. Write down the server the tents are on, and the location along with some of the gear in those tents. come back in a day or two and see if they put anythign in there worth taking. as long as they keep adding gear to their camp you may as well let them do it until there is something worth taking. this same rule applies to vehicles. unless you find a great vehicle stashed somewhere, dont take it right away unless you have NO vehicles of your own. If you have transportation there is no reason to jack some guys hatchback or anything. check the gear, and leave it. let them use it to bring more gear to you. 6.) camp vehicle areas. not spawn areas, but areas people go with vehicles. Skalka in the north west has an isolated barn that you can refuel at. Lots of people with vehicles like to base up there because its "safe" post up on that main road and watch for people coming and going. dont take the shots right away, see what they have, try to find out WHERE they are parking that vehicle, since they most likely have tents with them. Gas stations are another place to camp. the gas station near Polana, and the high yeild factory just down the road from there are places lots of people go with their vehicles. Since there is nowhere good to hide vehicles/tents in those areas you should just take the shot when you have it, and steal the vehicle. 7.) work with a spotter. playing with a friend who you can trust makes life much easier. If you get a kill they can move in to loot while you cover them. and they can cover you while you snipe. 8.) travel light. Make you you have at least an Alice pack. if you are sniping and you have a spotter, just carry your rifle, a couple mags and food/drink/medical because you want to have room to pickup your victims loot without having to drop something. 9.) night sniping is the most rewarding. people use their NVGs at night. dumb people with NVGs think thats the best time to hit the airfields and stary since nobody can see them. crank your brightness, gamma, and set HDR to very high, you will usually be able to see very well at night like this. go to stary and NWAF at night and kill the idiots who show up with their NVGs =) I hope these tips come in handy for someone. Happy hunting.

lol, because thats how retards play. ive never once alt-f4'd on anyone before, dont i dont approve of that at all. there needs to be a logout timer like Diablo 3 to prevent that shit. Also, umad? I must have killed you recently or something =)

Yeah thats not cheating. Cheating would be downloading additional software that gives me an advantage over other players. Simply changing settings that are built into the game IS NOT CHEATING. By that logic changing my mouse sensitivity to allow me to aim better, or lowering my video quallity to improve my FPS would also be cheating. There, now you are informed.... BRAH.

the north is where you find better players, heli crashes, player camps, more vehicles, more military loot spawns. its also a good area to setup a camp.

Are you using the steam version? Did you shift-tab to bring up the overlay? This happens to me, just hit tab once in ur gear menu, it should be fine.

Until tents/vehicles are fixed I'm going to use this into and stock up on NVGs and ghillies. I'm fucking sick of working all night raiding the airfields, stary, deerstands, and heli crashes just to find out all the gear we saved in the cars/tents vanished. Buying a second copy of the game to use as a mule lol.