Dancing.Russian.Man

No, just ARMA 2 and ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead. Preferably in that order.

Well, let's assume that the Standalone will be a solid 15€. If you pay 13€ for ARMA 2:CO, and buy the Standalone for 15€ a month later, you could say that you "paid 28€" for the Standalone. That's still a lot less for a lot better game than some of the things you can get for around 30€ on Steam. (For example XCOM, LEGO LOTR, The Amazing Spider-Man, Scribblenauts, Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse, etc.)

Well, technically no. As long as you have a powerful enough computer, or especially a spare one, you should be fine hosting a 'homemade' server. Sure, with the general household bandwidth you get, it's not really recommended. But still possible. Right?

You'll know if buying ARMA 2: CO is worth it by asking yourself; Did I enjoy ARMA 2? Do I want to get a few more things to it, along with a zombie apocalypse mod? Edit; As for the Standalone.. The Standalone will still be an Alpha. Not a finished game by any stretch. Even if you buy ARMA 2:CO just for the DayZ mod, you'll still have to buy DayZ Standalone just like everybody else, here. Even the moderators have to. And for that reason, no, you will not be able to play it a month or so before-hand. (Because there is no point as it's not going to be finished anyway.) Edit2; Oh and, the Standalone is scheduled to come out around the end of January -- from what I heard TotalBiscuit say -- so don't take my word on that.

I believe the first/"main" profile you have is always the name of your computer. I doubt changing it(name of your computer) will work, though.

Can it even be increased? I'd imagine it'd be integrated to the engine, since I've never seen or head of custom chat channels.

It's because of the unoptimized ARMA 2 engine. Sadly it's normal, even though I don't have that issue with GTX 670, i5-3570k and 8Gb of RAM.

Technically, yes. The GUID never changes, and is character/player/game-copy specific. In practice? Probably not. Most server admins probably don't or can't keep track of everyone's GUIDs. A server host can, since they have event logs. Edit; Now, now. You can't tell if he's planning on doing some PvP on a "non-PvP" server, or hosting one. A neutral tone is the most valid in this case.

Redownload DayZCommander from www.dayzcommander.com Reinstall it, run as administrator, and hope it doesn't mess up your connection. The servers are pretty busy around this time for some reason, which is why installing some patches might fail.

Your account and CD-key is your responsibility. Having downloaded a random program off of Youtube and and getting a virus from it onto your computer is not enough of an excuse to have your game refunded. And.. Quick question. Mind telling us what this "program" was that you tried downloading? Because.. - It's on Youtube. - A lot of people were telling "that it worked." - You're not mentioning what the program actually IS.. I'm starting to feel that you tried downloading an outdated hack. Edit; After reading your solution, I'm even more sure of the fact that you tried downloading a hack that was actually a CD-key stealer. They also replace your CD-Key with a banned/invalid one so you can't play anymore, while they proceed to sell your CD-key to a (possibly several)hacker for a couple bucks. We've had a lot of you guys in the past. This wouldn't come as a surprise.

No idea. Probably OA. If that doesn't work, you need both.

Make a new account on Steam and buy a new copy of ARMA 2. Then use the CD key from that.

Even the top 3 heaviest chainmail suits(on your example) barely weight anything. You do realize that 9Kg's worth of metal doesn't feel like any weight at all when it's distributed across your entire body? Sure, a bag with 10Kg's worth might feel heavy after a while, but that's because the weight is mostly supported by very specific points of your body, mainly your shoulders, with relatively thin straps. But most soldiers have to fight with WAY more stuff than that. 4-6 times more, to be a little more specific. (A bulletproof vest can easily weight up to 20 pounds, which is about 9Kg. But it doesn't cover you nearly as much as a chainmail when it comes to zombies.)

I've noticed that problem as well. It could be that DayZ Commander is bugging out because of the servers changing their time of day manually after starting the server.

Some guy was running away from zombies but had his legs broken. I started killing off the zombies with a silenced weapon, ran up to him, told him not to move so I could fix his legs and he could be on his way, and what does he do? Open my backpack and pull out my AS50 in attempt to kill me. (But I'm clever enough to keep all my magazines in my inventory/pockets, so he had no ammo whatsoever.) Wasted a perfectly good Morphine for a corpse.

Full-body chainmail suit. Hood and all. Then a gas mask over my face for added protection against non-contact diseases. Why? Because no teeth can bite through chainmail and rip your skin open to the point of drawing blood which would then get infected. Plus, it's lightweight. So it doesn't hold you back or limit you a whole lot.

His CD-Key is still in the computer's registry. That's all I'm willing to help. We've heard the "My brother" excuse so many times here on the forums, so it's better to just assume you bought a new copy of the game after getting banned.

... Why do I want these things only because they sounds so god damn ridiculous? (But I still say no.)

Definitely deserves the award!

Short answer; Yes. Long answer; Yes, but I have no idea how.

Namalsk, because I'm a pathetically hopeless S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fan.

But there is a chance that the servers you're picking are catering to the timezones in EU. For some odd reason the servers I keep finding have always-on-daylight, which I -don't- like, as I like to sneak around during the night.

Someone's going to end up as a sex-slave. Tsk.

Servers with their own Hives can do pretty much anything. Including, but not limited to; - Custom starting load-out or entirely new weapons from outside of DayZ. - Custom vehicle spawns or entire vehicles. - Custom day/night cycle. (Permanent day/night, or set the time to what ever they want to.) - Ability to enable/disable chat channels. (direct/vehicle/group/side-chat)

This is not a "problem," it's more of a feature. You're joining servers with private Hives, meaning, everything you do on that specific server is exclusive to that server alone. Use DayZ Commander to find official DayZ-Hive servers. (I believe it had an option to do that.)