thomas.bowyer@hotmail.co.uk

Sounds to me like a hopper who is trying to figure out how to beat the system! :P no, but seriously.. so long as you dont do it religiously.. you should be fine, you should also embrace playing in the dark, its way more fun, with or without nvgs

4 x water bottles 4x cooked meat. 1 x epi 2 x morphine 1 x blood 1 x painkillers come prepared

ya know... I was undecided on the respawn button. but now, I am a believer. today, I lost (and no im not /epeening, im trying to illustrate how crushed I was. ghillie (from pre patch issues. hadnt logged in so mine was fine!) rangefinders m4SD l85 AWS nvgs gps everything else.. but you get the idea, was at that 'cant be outgeared' stage. also, 13 days alive, not great but still and i heard about some new atoc gfx setting with the patch? went to hit options and... killed myself. Thankfully the gaming community im with Rocks (big up iogc.) and so I didnt lose much in the end, as I was able to run back whilst they went and saved my stuff and guarded it for me! but still.. lost time/effort/ghillie thanks to a stupid finger slip. I know respawn isnt being disabled for this, but for the constant respawners.. but I support this.

I like the idea (Im happy with my team so not an application im afraid!) :P but asking people to be mature, but only 17. and then saying no cussing etc.. to me, that never makes sense. I'm 27, and others in the community im in are 40-50 etc and higher.. they cuss like troopers. most adults do.. never understood this. #

*shrug* not alot more to say other then, I agree. one of my pet peeves is watching videos from the gallery of 'snipers' shooting people (mostly in/around cherno/elektro, so fresh spawns) from high up/far away with mil grade weapons. and hell, Id be fine with that. IF they went to loot the corpses. thats all. just loot them. if you have no intention of looting them, then why kill really? I can see what he means, and tbh, if im hungry/thirsty and flashing, and I see a nooby, ill take my chances and shoot him for some beanz. but if i dont have to, I wont kill anyone. I have let multiple people survive, and it has been a much more tense situation etc then simple pvp where somebody disconnects.. its a survival game, if you are killing to survive.. thats fine. but if you are killing for the sake of it, please.. just go play arma itself.. the biggest pitfall this game has IS the community, it has grown exponentially, and it has attracted some great players, and some who have got the ultimate jolly. they simply server hop around barracks to get mil grade gear. then head back south.. to pick/prey on the weak. this in my eyes, should be stamped out. it wont be, but it should be. free for all pvp is fine, IF its encouraged for the right reasons. such as survival. either I killed him for food, or he had a better gun. those are valid reasons... shooting people who pose no threat. and are clearly fresh spawns is so utterly pointless. Modern gamers (and by that I mean born mid 90's and up. ) dont understand gaming, this game 10 years ago? would have been amazing, we would see huge communities by now, with fenced off safezones.. server wide efforts to clear out cherno etc etc. and any dbags who wanted to kill for no reason would have been swiftly shot, and mocked. but now, it seems the lunatics are running the asylum as the (well put btw) hopped up ritalin adhd generation are coming in and 'wtfpwning' anything that moves, despite having no tactical reasoning for doing so. this game is wasted on this generation. I play with people majoritively 25 and older, and it is a fantastic experience, we let people leave when we can etc.. its great. far more intense then a quick one sided gunbattle ./rant

because there is more then 'lurking in the bush sniping' as a role in this game. I love my AR's, they are handy in a time of crisis. when you need to break silence and mow down a horde you can do it faster and more efficiently.

Haha, I love how some people still dont know about the green mountain + dew in your pack thing.. It happened to me twice now, (on seperate lives ofc, as you can only go once per life). did you guys try the door to the building next to the bodies? you can exchange your dew for 20 beans/cokes, or any AR with 2 mags. (although once you go out the door it locks again so be careful! I forgot to pick up the m4sd I spawned.

this is bad. and you should feel bad.

Crowbar man is a combat dcing mong

a Ghillie is worth whatever the buyer will pay. I have a ghillie in my pack, no use for it, Im not a sniper. Will trade for an L85.. got nvgs/gps etc already. if you feel its not worth that, great, thats up to you! :)

you clearly havent been using the right boats. the PBX is FAST. 70 on the water.. has fantastic fuel consumption (and there is multiple refuel points right on the water. that are incredibly safe due to this). water based insertions are alot stealthier then youd think due to the 'nobody uses boats' factor. the boats have gone DOWN in usefullness with the most recent beta patches which means you no longer lose gear in the water. so swimming to various islands is no longer risky and downright foolish. but still. boats are ok. they play a very minor role on the overall map.

L85 is the best way to combat snipers and serverhoppers. thats why there is so much objection to them. they are rare. the only reason they would be considered not rare, is duping. the loot table %'s dont lie. it has the lowest droprate (0.43%) shared with 2 other things AT the rarest loot spot ingame. if you are seeing them that often.. they are likely duped. cos they are NOT that common.

Could we get some clarification on whether this IS bannable or not?

So. Our server, like many others, is plagued by the disconnecting army. now, I know its regarded an exploit and we CAN ban for it, but my question is, how sure do we have to be? its not something thats easy to do. you get in combat.. he vanishes.. you look @ player list and his name is not there. OR he is reconnecting. so unless you get a guaranteed kill (and are able to study the body) you have no proof. now lets say this chap then relogs. and you finally DO get him.. just because he is nearby, is that proof enough that he IS that server hopper or? What I mean is, how much reasonable proof does a server admin need in order to be able to police their own servers? because short of experiencing it themselves and killing him, and even then they would cry 'wahh i killed an admin so he banned me' trawling through logs is an unreasonable request as I'm sure you are aware. there is simply too many lines output. It would take around 40-60 mins to track down each hopper. So, what are good server hosts to do? we want to police our servers and make a great community for our players, but we are somewhat bound by a very rigid rulesheet. are there plans to address this?

I could be wrong, I dont have time to trawl through posts at this moment in time, but I believe rocket said banning for exploiting was fine? and that dcing was considered an exploit?

So.. yeah. not alot to say other then, you must pay homage to the bus god. we have already sacrificed our clan leader. (he got in it and fell out.) http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7745/iogcmagic.png

Hmm, Well, as you pointed out, even a silly mocked up russian cherno sign behind her, maybe try and color match the ingame survivor thing? such as white shirt, brown vest etc.. they were great pics irrespective, but yeah, more actual days things would be awesome :P a can of mountain dew.. would win you awards.

There couldve been alot more DayZ in it.. infact aside from the tin can picked up... thats it. dont get me wrong, the pics are great and all.. but, unless you SAID it was DayZ themed.. I wouldnt have got that (other then the beanz pic)

haha Izmak.. so you understand! A video of our clanleader sacrificing himself to the bus god.

stop bumping your own thread. itll only make douchebags like me downvote your vid. shooting noobs in cherno isnt anything to be proud of

Well, if you see the culvert next to it, our 'driver' lets call him... dummy. hit that at full speed. and that was the result.

Silly question. but when you say respawn, do you mean, respawn in that fixed state for eg. ported from out of bounds back to X or Y. in the repaired/fueled state? or respawns completely in a state of disrepair needing work?

Its fairly simple lads, if you dont like his offer. dont reply. why reply just to be pricks to him? sure, he has the wrong idea, but there is piss all need to be utter assholes about it.

Silly question Anders, but are helos spawning? the only reason I ask is, ive had reports of some spawning even on newer servers? do you know if the cleanup you did couldve done that or?

given that Rocket has said several times that this IS considered exploiting and is bannable.. I cant see you lasting around these forums.