Being a person that bought ARMA 2 for ARMA 2 I can see why a lot of players hate DayZ so much. I personally think DayZ is a brilliant mod and had some of my best experiences playing it (bbbbeeaannnsss). However, if you join any random public server, say domination or warfare, then you will find a lot of teamkillers, hackers and griefers (especially heli crashers). I personally got very annoyed by this because most of these griefers never existed before DayZ. I AM NOT SAYING ALL PLAYERS ARE BAD IT'S REALLY ONLY 10% THAT RUIN IT FOR EVERYONE. I have met some of the best players as a result of DayZ but it is bringing in a lot of mainstream gamers and the community isn't used to that. So thats why you might see a lot of flame. I believe that not everyone is bad and am more than willing to help but sometimes you guys need to know your limits or at least play the tutorials. We were all noobs at one point (I was just as confused as most of you are now but I did my research atleast) but some noobs did more damage than others (probably a little biased but i had to say it). I don't like to sound biased. Do I sound biased? Hint. If your intersested in ARMA you need to take time to slow down and take every detail serouisly. Or at least act like you know what your doing. If someone started griefing or hacking on my server (ARMA not DayZ) then I have all the rights to kick and ban as I see fit. But if someone says they are new? Then you found a server with a bad admin. Shit happens every game has suffered admin abuse before. Find a new one and try again. Hint. Right now it's best if you don't say you bought ARMA 2 for DayZ or you will probably be shot down. TLDR? Sorry read more books. Did I mention ARMA 2 is a very great game if your open to it? (offtopic, the engine isn't as bugged to hell as people say it is right now. most of the time dayz exploits it in some weird way=bugs) PS I didn't read much of the replies so this may or may not make sense. I did read the OP post though so don't kill me! PSS Can you guys tell me when it is safe to join a public server again:P