Professional N00b

I'd say the line for me is a bit blurry, it depends on the situation. I typically won't shoot at someone without a gun, unless they have a hatchet/crowbar and are uncomfortably close. However, if you do have a gun then all bets are off, fair game. That being said, I tend to stay inland and off the coast so most players there aren't new players anyway.

Was scoping out Stary the other day from the southern hillside when I noticed zombies had already spawned. Getting into position with my DMR, I watched and found two guys shooting at zombies on the eastern edge of the town. One of them had and AKM and couldn't tell what the other one was, sounded like a small pistol though. Assuming a group with good weapons was going to be dangerous (and might have good loot), I decided to set up and take a shot. Turned out perfectly as the first guy decided to go the construction site on the east edge of the town and climb up the stairs slowly. Waited for my shot at the second though and it payed off as he stopped on the stairs and turned around to shoot at the zombies following them. One shot, he went down. Couldn't see the other guy in the construction site at the time but kept an eye out and eventually saw him crawling across the catwalks, probably hoping I was on a lower elevation and couldn't see him. Right before I shot I decided to check the dead body on the stairs, just in case, and sure enough another guy was there on the landing trying to get the items back. Seems there was three of them and the first was a diversion. One shot, the guy on the landing went down too. Think the last guy paniced and ran around the catwalks for a bit after that. When he finally realized the only escape was down the ladder (bravo to him for not d/c'ing), I managed to get two body shots in and dropped him too. Once that was done I went into the city to see what they had, taking it slow and careful to avoid other snipers and the zombies that infested the area. As I got close, I heard a shot just over a small hill, on the other side of the construction site. Froze for a full minute before moving on, not able to see anyone. Went up the stairs and checked inside the construction site, seeing the dead bodies of the two on the stairs and the one at the bottom of the ladder was good, but then I spotted another player. I think this was the guy who fired the gun on the other side of the building and he had entered into the ground floor of the building and was now looting the guy who had been on the ladder. Pulled out my M1911, thinking maybe he was with the same group as well and would be looking for revenge, and popped a full clip into his neck. Guy dropped like a sack of potatoes and now I was stuck with the overbearing sound of four dead bodies, all with flies, in one building. Joy. Worst part is that they really didn't have anything good on them, except the AKM (which I didn't need). Only got a thing of morphine and an empty water bottle off of them, felt really bad about it afterwards.

I've just started taking out other human players and only killed seven so far. Didn't feel bad about the first group of three because they all had decent equipment and made some really stupid mistakes (like stopping on the edge of a massive field right next to Stary to talk for several mintues). Did feel a bit guilty about the second group though, they all had only average equipment and didn't really stand a chance. Plus they didn't really make any mistakes except getting trapped in a construction site.