Katabasis

Both of you may need to be prepared for a visit from the Sheriff of Berezino . . . There is no statute of limitations on murder and just because life is a bit "hectic" currently does not mean law takes a break and justice goes silent...

So this will be the second time I write this out ... computer crashed after about 5 paragraphs so I will truncate this a bit. I would be able to explain my position much better in teamspeak than on a forum if you want to talk about some of the finer points. Let me clarify about "community enforced rules" and what my expectations are in regards to how this will play out. The community will organically enforce the rules through natural social means. I will give an example - a player becomes known as a combat logger. He keeps doing it repeatedly and word trickles down to the majority of the server that he does it. The people he runs with stop playing with him as much, the community takes on a KOS mentality when he is around and his complaints are generally ignored by all. This would be how a community deals with annoying actions of a particular individual albeit w/out the KOS part. No admin had to reprimand, no divine blacklisting or arbitrary ruling from an uninformed third party. DayZ is a game that gives a large enough sandbox that we can enact this kind of natural behavior modification w/out much effort. Lets change the example to a large group of lets say 10 people operating out of Cherno. They have begun to show a rampant disregard for whatever common rp elements we have all come to agree upon, began KOS bambies, being racist or inflammatory in chat - basically trolling the server. The server perhaps would band together, set aside current character disagreements and purge them from the server repeatedly. When they apologize or change their behavior they will be allowed to go their own ways, perhaps being told by the larger factions that if they reband and continue they will face similar justice. Neither I nor the "admins" (of which there actually are none yet) had to intervene. Onto the main point that I think you have hesitancy about - Whitelists. Whitelisting is something that currently is not in the game so isnt something that has to be decided on now. I am open to debate as to whether or not we even need it. Here are my personal thoughts on whitelisting. There exists a group of people who solely play the game to troll, enrage, kill, and ruin the fun of every player they run into. That section of the player base is much larger than I think many of us thought it would be during a buggy alpha. They tend to play completely against everything many of us value such as combat logging, server hopping for guns, racist/trolling comments in voice coms, and general TDM CoD gaming. There is nothing cerebral, creative, or long-term about their actions. They are the antithesis of everything we like about this game. The key point however is that there are hundreds of server for them and currently none for us. They have free reign over DayZ. So what happens when a gamer finally gets sick of it? They come to the server and perhaps read a thread about our community. Their first and most important thought is "will they stop these trolls from ruining my gaming experience". Whitelisting is the way this happens traditionally in DayZ MOD. Private hives are even further out than whitelisting, I believe, so by saying our community has a goal of stymieing the TDM players from ruining their chosen game experience, our community grows with like minded people who CLEARLY understand that our goals are parallel. Our community cannot grow from ingame players with a whitelist. Our community can only grow through those showing interest in mediums outside of the game such as my stream, the forums, or word of mouth (my particular preference). This requires an action to come FROM the prospective new community member. This action can then be valued by the community as a whole, such as how they voice their questions, what does their backstory say about them, what are there intents etc. We can then, as a group, learn a LOT about a person such as their personality, their desires, their intents, their maturity, their creativity and intellect, their long-term goals. Whoever is working with that prospective member would vouche for them as a future member of our community. They would be whitelisted and things would progress from there organically within the gaming environment. No applications, no stamp of approval, no voting. Let them in and see if they sink or swim. The vast majority of sinkers would naturally leave if they were not having fun. The community would deal socially with the small percentage that stay and are unwelcome. Whitelist is a catch phrase, a historic method of gating a community from "undesirables". Do I want my community to need this? ABSOLUTELY NOT. After mods come into DayZ SA, private hives, advanced server options etc I fully expect whitelisting to be unnecessary. Currently, Dayz SA needs whitelisting IMO. It does add many cons as well as pros to the community but the current mix of spawn location, content, and player maturity level almost begs for whitelisting. There are also many preconceptions about whitelisted servers - they are more professional, have long term goals, increase the depth of the game, create a feeling of community and home - all of which I resonate with and want to be a part of our image. I have purposefully left out KOS in the majority of this conversation because it is most defintely ALLOWED on the server. It is not punishable and never will be. The community will govern how people look on KOSers on their own merits. If you have a freakin amazing background story, RP out some cool events, and stick to your rationale etc then the serve will WANT to be KOS by you as you bring depth to the game that we crave. If you run around like a chicken w/ your head cut off, change your mind on every event, have obvious inconsistencies and irrational playstyle then nobody will want to be around you and the community will take actions within the game environment and you most likely will not last long. Will there be those few individuals that just want to troll? Sure. But those instances will be so rare that they should not be the focal point of a community development conversation. I hope you do not think your opinions are being heard. I just think you ask for more from the average forum poster in terms of thought and evidence than they are used to so they assume you are trolling or being purposefully inflammatory.

Server is live!!!!!! 173.199.86.106:2302 The light RP server Katastrophe is up and running. Currently daytime only (9am) and 1st person only. 18+ only and combat loggers will be perma banned (basically banned every time they are seen until steam id bans are in). KOS is fine as long as it's backstory appropriate but I'd rather see more dialogue than just "I'm a murderer" BANG. This is a work in progress. Please feel free to discuss ideas to me or others. We have a teamspeak up for the server as well at ts5.gameservers.com port 9143. Have fun! Edit: corrected IP address - Also that teamspeak WILL be the main teamspeak when it is up and running .. currently it is down until I set it up

Well I stream on there. I currently do light RP and the viewers have decided I'm currently the sheriff of Berezino. I don't get paid so I just do this to meet new people and make friends. You can see some vids at www.youtube.com/katabasisgamer and we are planning on getting a light RP server in the next couple days.

Also damn! You guys have sweet backgrounds! We will be starting a light RP server very soon and I hope some of you would be interested in coming by. I'll post details at www.twitch.tv/Katabasis and also here on the forums when I start it. Feel free to use our teamspeak and come play with us around 9pm PST nightly.

I'm the Sheriff of Berezino. You can find highlights of some of our recent activities on the Berezino Community Board at www.youtube.com/katabasisgamer Stay safe and smart!

Bmrf servers are good. Stands for billy mays remember acne foundation. Tho yesterday their #2 server was 3pp on for some reason. I'm going to be starting a 1st person only light RP server soon. No combat logging, future whitelisting, etc. Come to www.twitch.tv/Katabasis when I'm streaming. I'd like to get the server up in the next few days but it's expensive.

I put up some of my better highlights from my stream on YouTube. I don't get paid on twitch or YouTube so this isn't advertising. Simply trying to find more people to play with us on our future light RP server. Www.youtube.com/katabasisgamer

Hahaha. Thanks guys. I play with pretty much anyone so you certain can be deputized. I stream typically nightly around 9pst. Lately I've been working a lot so I probably won't stream till Friday. I play only on full 1st person servers so I rotate depending. I will also be getting a light RP server in the near future. Follow my Facebook page to see exact details.

rofl i loved it

ah thanks bud!

ideas like this really are what drives dayz. Whether you like it or not this is a sandbox, humanity simulator. Systems are put in place to appropriately simulate health in almost every way (including blood type) except mental health. Why is it outside the stretch of imagination to see a mental health section added to the overall health system already in place. It does nothing but add to the immersion that a player can experience. The only people I can reasonably see being completely against this are players who are either dead-set on this game being a carbon copy of the mod (and if you are you are being closed minded and imo dense) or want to see this game as simply a TDM style COD. If you are looking for the second, go play the ARMA 3 mods that are already available. This game is SPECIFICALLY about human interaction and all its variables. It is kind of silly to look at the ingame health system and not see how easily a mental health system (of any type) couldnt be easily added AND easily accepted by all players.

No rush, like I was telling some people last night we have months to solidify ideas and goals. At the moment, server admin options just aren't good enough to make a solid server yet. Mainly since it lacks whitelists.

ya i will tone it down for tomorrow .. just getting obs fine tuned

so currently i am streaming . the viewers have come up with my backstory. My name is Max Neeson and I served in the Chernarus Defense Army during the war against the zed. After the fall of society, my family was ruthlessly murdered by members of a cult gang called the Skeleton Gorillas. I am on a mission of revenge. Recently I met up with an informant in the town Staroye named Smiley who i paid a bag of rice for intel. The gang's headquarters is located in Cherno. Unarmed, I must now find firearms for myself, my old war buddy Aimee Hightower, and Smiley to take the war to the Skeleton Gorillaz home turf.

Nah I've done this stuff for minecaft and handled donations through paypal for streaming through two tax years. It's no issue.

Hahahaha. As a streamer for two years and also as a high school teacher I have seen some shit and can handle it with grace, dignity, and humility. Good point tho. My community is pretty tight and provides a good base on which to litmus test the newcomers.

Ah I see now. I would actually suggest that deep down you would like an RP server for the very reasons you say you don't. You crave the depths of humanity and dayz, well she provides that in abundance doesn't she. At a certain point though you have seen it all. Then you can go on a server like this and experience something new. Maybe you encounter a hermit in the Black Forest who raves at you as you travel through his land, chasing you with an axe. Maybe you find a group of scientists who are conducting experiments in Elektro out of the hospital and they are hacking up zombies and looking for a cure, possibly willing to trade dozens of saline bags for armaments of various kinds. All RP does is add more diverse human reactions beyond the limitations of game mechanics.

Oh shit man I dig the idea! My bro is a prof at a university and I'm a high school English teacher. The idea of a bunch of science students trapped in a zombie apocalypse in pseudo Russia is awesome! Feel free to toss ideas around here or better yet come to the teamspeak and let's talk later tonight.

I'm actually really interested in what you are saying but I'm having a hard time understanding. I thought the RP side of what I'm talking about is abandonment of arbitrary gaming restrictions. Are you saying you hate the idea because you think it forces rules down your throat and you lose the ability to make your own ideas? If so I understand what you are saying but tbh if you applied a rationale you can make a character that would be able to make snap decisions based on current situations alone. Basically a mental head case burned out by PTSD or schizophrenia. Or am I just misinterpreting your hatred about RP in some other way?

Hahaha graphite. Smiley sounds like a scary dude to run into. I'll be on in about an hour or so. Trying to figure out how to stream dayz using obs and quick sync instead of crawly xsplit and dxtory. Argent - feel free to drop thoughts or opinions here or in twitch or teamspeak. I try to have only 18+ in teamspeak tho.

Hey all. Just recently discovered how awesome this game is and have converted my 100+ D3 teamspeak into an open Day Z community. We are all casuals who have fun playing many different games. I myself am a streamer on twitch with 140k+ views and play pretty much any game with a dead is dead ruleset. Info and rules can be found at www.twitch.tv/Katabasis And rules must be read before joining. I go live around 9pm PDT nightly. The rules are very simple but strictly enforced. If you are immature you will be banned. Bandits are welcome to either pick a room, prey on others, whatever. Violence occurs ingame, shit talking occurs ingame, neither occurs in teamspeak. If you cannot make the distinction you will be banned. On the flip side, don't be suprised if nobody wants to play with you after you out yourself as a bandit. More channels can be made as needed and I will upgrade the teamspeak to max capacity if there is demand. Feel free to make this teamspeak your home for your clan or friends. Please make sure they are aware of the rules as well. See you all around 9pm PDT! NOTE: If your computer cannot handle having TS, Day Z, and my stream open, click the option to pop out chat and then close the stream while leaving the popped out chat from twitch up. This will help support my stream while not taxing your system at all.

Hilarious night! We ended up having about six people playing while others hung out in the teamspeak. At one point we were leaving a barn near elektro when be of us realized that there was an additional person person in our ranks. My friend was like "aren't there 5 of us?" and I said yup and he was like "there is some guy here with us". I was like wtf this guy has balls! Turns out he was a super cool guy who came on teamspeak with us and had a ton of fun. Hope to see more of you use the teamspeak tonight!

Alright! Time to have some zombie fun! LIVE at www.twitch.tv/katabasis

Ah makes sense. The community is both. I personally play mostly west coast USA servers. The teamspeak is open 24/7 for anyone regardless of language as long as you follow the rules. The teamspeak server is Central USA.