I've had issues with DayZ before, mainly creating character and it never does, I believe thats caused by the servers itself, normally I click another two servers and I eventually get on the game if that happens as to reguards to "Daikoi" As for "peters" and many others including myself I'm experiencing also the same issue with DayZ now with the screen after you join a server takes your eventually to a black screen with the phrase "Loading" sometimes a white bar above it, and sometimes can hear sounds like rain/ocean/and odd crow. Ever since the "Lastest Patch", But alas no matter what i do "Loading" still remains and never seems to shift or budge. I challenged this "Loading" for a hour to see if eventually it'd let me on the server... alas no. So I tried a few other servers... Same issue again. My brother used the same old version of the DayZ, and updated his too today with the latest version, first he did a manual install, alas he ended up with the same issue. Then he tried the DayZ installer/launcher... Again same issue! --- In Theory the problem is DayZ itself, the latest version up at the moment seems to give 80% of people playing DayZ an endless loading screen that will not budge or go away. If you look all over the Forums you'll find alot more people reporting with the same sort of issue yet this issue hasn't been flagged or bumped because the game is hard enough without this issue atm to get online, and most people just give up and play something else rather than think atm theres a actual problem. Me and my brother have completely different Comps, one highly advanced and one slightly average. Yet the problem persists so it isn't a Hardware problem, as i've also tried it on my Dads laptop too. Same issue! Answer: Consider the game mod DayZ officially "Broken" until enough Players come forward, bump and report it.