Chiron

Once you successfully sift through those who just automatically shoot everyone they see, you can have some crazy experiences. DayZ has one hell of a social-experiment undertone that I think a lot of people totally miss. My best experiences have involved dealing with strangers in serious, friendly, rewarding and sometimes comical scenarios.

New clan/group idea: The Story Swapping Bean Slingers.

I'll bring the beans.

Only time I have actually encountered a female, she was laying on the railroad tracks, not moving, so I took a bunch of stuff from her pack before she promptly stood up and ran off. Them were the dayz.

I'd like to organise this for you, Hopper, just so we can both enjoy such a world, but organising such a thing would no doubt ruin the ambience :P I am going to start doing it, I think.

That's probably how I'd go about it, too, though truth be told I'd probably be the guy by the fire.

Legit one? Go on...

I do this at the moment, but something about a big paper map is just getting me excited.

I'm really keen, but where are you from/timezone? I'm just getting my second wind on the game and am going to start trying to play daily, even just for a bit (usually hard due to full time job). However, probably unlikely our timezones work together, as I'm in Aus (+10). Hit me back and if it's likely to work I'll skype ya.

Shout out to Winslow on US #00 a few days ago, from Apollo and Enoch - you made this game for us, man. Hope to run into you again.

Looks like that's early Saturday for me... 4am start. I might be there. Interested to see how things like this unfold.

I imagine it has to do with whatever program you're printing through. Just check the print settings and see what you have on hand to change.

Gracias friend. This is that little bit better than the one I already had planned to use. Cheers.

If anything: spray paint. Actually have to aim and spray to do it, making a bit of noise and taking time. Only worth it if the server resets either didn't affect it, or happened less frequently. Or maybe the spray paint isn't affected, but goes away after x days. Could actually be fun.

I'll add you tonight. Part of a 5 man group currently. We don't always play together, but you'll be able to tag along anytime we play. All of us are in Syd.

In theory, this is cool. But it disables the game for the captor. totally. Even if they jumped to another server, they'd then be in handcuffs and without the person with the key. Then running around trying to find someone with a lockpick who isn't going to steal your stuff would be even more daunting then just respawning with no equipment. Don't think she'd float, this old girl.

I haven't felt guilt yet, but haven't done anything horrible. So far, I'm playing friendly. I've killed a few times, yes, but it's only been people who've shot first, or people who were clearly looking for trouble (snipers and the like). I do like to help others out (though they usually just shoot at me before I can try), but lately haven't run into many folk as I've been scavenging in land.

And my axe!

I'm mega cautious.... here's my number.

Taxi Driver - Get a vehicle and pull up to folk who look lost or are in trouble. Ask where they want to go and how their day has been. Bonus points if people start paying you in beans. (it's been mentioned, but I wanted to make it official after my recent encounter with one)

Best adventure I've had so far, so I actually started a topic for it. Sorry I didn't see this one. And sorry for calling him winston instead of Winslow. Best. Adventure. Ever. http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/44855-winston-the-willing-a-shoutout/

I disagree here. You die a lot, yes, but trusting folk (when they earn it) is one of the best things about this game. The whole social playground is amazing.

EDIT: SORRY! IT WAS WINSLOW, NOT WINSTON! FORGIVE ME, WINSLOW! Just a heads up: I know this kind of thing, and whackier stuff, happens probably all the time. Nevertheless, I feel that this one needed to be shared and acknowledged. I guess this is a tale for newbies who are raging hard and have low morale - don't give up. This game is only just warming up, and the experiences on offer are pretty awesome. My friend and I, Aussies, went through the often tedious process of finding a good Server last night, and then set about finding each other. I've been playing for a little while now, on and off, but it was more or less his first time. He'd had the game for 2 days. Long story short - due to him dying, me getting lost, etc. etc. etc., we ended up finding one another after maybe an hour of cursing and sprinting through the open forests of Chernasus. Once we finally did, the pair of us were chilling out on a ridge overlooking Kamyshovo, and I started loading him up with supplies - I had an Alice Pack of general supplies, a handgun, a shotty and an AK47. I offed some food, water, the shotgun and the handgun to my friend, though during the exchange we started taking fire from the opposite side of town. We'll call this individual Mr X. I'm guessing he had a Lee Enfield, but we're not sure. Anyway, he was firing seemingly blindly, the bullets hitting the ground all around, but we didn't get hit and just slunk away, out of range. The damage had been done, though. As we finished the exchange, my friend hit the deck and started swearing about two others guys, Mr A and B. And so they were there. I figure the pair heard the gunfire and came running. As soon as we saw them, they both dropped tot he ground, and my friend just started shooting. I managed to down one of these guys with the AK while my friend got gunned down, but Mr B managed to headshot me with some rifle and we were both death and confused a few seconds later. Pissed off, but kinda amused, we both respawned, cursing A and B (and X) and started to get our bearings again. That's when the epic began. "Oh shit, there's a 4WD coming." My friend was shocked, as he'd only run into one vehicle so far and hadn't been sure that they were actually usable. Laying int he grass outside Cherno, zombies lurching nearby, I just listened as he commentated the pickup. Some random guy - Winslow - swung in, picked up my friend, and nonchalantly asked 'where to?'. We quickly liaised and my friend request they go to pick me up - just in time, too, as the zombies had just started chasing me. I ran down the main road for a while, feeling a fool and being the most open with my position that I'd ever been since playing the game, but sure enough the 4WD came into view on the horizon, horn beeping and a horde of zombies following. And so the journey began. Once I hopped in and we got to safety, we thanked Winslow and were losing our shit in hysterics (on skype) when he pulled over to bandage me and offer us equipment. In the trunk of the vehicle: numerous assault rifles, snipers, piles of ammo, meat, food, GPS... everything. Hesitantly at first, the pair of us helped ourselves to the weapons and gear, thanking Winslow the whole time. There were points where we wondered if this dude was a hacker, but it just didn't make sense. He'd clearly just done the legwork and was ok with sharing. Or so we figured... With no real direction, we offered the go with him wherever he went, which turned out to be "there was a sniper in Cherno before - let's go see him". And so we did. The sniper ended up being just that - a lone wolf holed up in a tower with a rifle. Needless to say, after three guys pulled up with sniper rifles and Winslow started calling the guy a pussy, he disconnected. Next, with no other location in mind, Winslow offered to take us to the NWAF - North West Airfield. Obviously neither of us had been there before - I'd only gone, on foot, about half way up the map at this point. So off we went. I guess due to driving, we didn't get much out of Winslow on the way up there, but once we arrived (without incident, would you believe) he started popping zombies off with his silenced handgun and we checked out the barracks etc. It was all pretty exciting for folk who'd never been that far north. We ran into a few other survivors, one with an ATV. Without question, Winslow headshotted the guy and offered us the quad bike. We started the worry at this point. Why didn't he shoot us? But we went on for the journey anyway. Another survivor, another headshot, and the pair of us rode along behind Winslow on our quad bike for some time, searching for helicopter crash sites. Eventually, though, he pulled over and offered us the 4WD and everything in it - it was time for Winslow to get some shut eye. We thanked him, minds boggled about just how changed the gaming experience had been that night, and we parted ways with our guide. After driving around, looking for a place to fuel up, and somewhere the hide the vehicle, we found ourselves back South and approaching Elektro. I guess it wouldn't have been such an experience if it didn't end the way it did. Bam, bam. Two shots, through the windscreen. Two headshots. Two dead buddies and an abandoned, stocked up 4WD. I can only imagine the look on my face before we started cracking into hysterics, and I can only imagine the journey of the guy who shot us when he found the vehicles contents. It was a hell of a night. the most immersive gaming experience I've had for a really, really long time. What started out so bad, with us getting killed after finally finding each other, ended up being such a crazy ride, enlightening in a sense, and I know that my dwindling love for the game was fully renewed. I'll be logging on again tonight with a whole new outlook. Winslow, you're a gentleman and a scholar. I hope our paths cross again.

The reason we decided he wasn't hacking was that all of his equipment was mis matched - a lot of guns with no ammo, ammo for guns he didn't have, etc. It was an amazing experience, that's for sure.

My friend and I were in hysterics the other night when a long chain on non-sensical events left us with a jeep full of guns and ammo and shit. It's a crazy world.