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My First kill(s) i was in one of the towns, not Elektro. it was near a small coastal airfield. anyway, i'm ontop of a fire station roof, looking for the body of a player, turns out the body had been hidden. so i make my way over too a ladder. annoyingly the game was refusing to give me the option to climb down it. suddenly i hear a bullet whizzing past me and i hear a a gunshot from behind. (a very loud one). my mind went into overdrive and i had this train of thought, all in about 2 seconds: Shit! what was that? That was a bullet! Aimed at me! Gunshot from behind. Turn around Run! Run to cover! at this point i shouted out "AAAAHHHRUUUUUUNNN!". Anyway, once i had taken cover i zoomed in on the hill line where i believed the shooter was, and sure enough i saw a guy with a sniper rifle (i think an AS50) running away from some zombies. taking the chance that he was the guy who shot at me i ran over too the ladder. mercifully it allowed me to climb down it straight away. once on the ground i sprinted as fast as i could into the town center. oddly enough only one zombie aggroed me, then lost interest. about 10 mins later of lacklustre looting i heard 5 or 6 gunshots. i instantly recognised them as pistol shots, and made my way towards them. i was about to round a corner when i heard the sound a player's character groaning in pain. i stepped back and went prone. as soon as i had got onto the ground 2 players ran past me with 4 zombies hot on their trail. one of the players, was carrying an AS50. i hid for a few more seconds, then decided to follow them. i rounded the corner to find both players climbing a very tall ladder with one brave zombie following them. then i think to myself, "hang on, that gunshot earlier did sound like a sniper rifle, and this guy is carrying one. i bet he shot at me!" i raised my rifle and put half a mag into the the player who was highest on the ladder, then the other half into the second player. that's when things got weird. instantly after killing the second player i was teleported onto a blank field, then into the ocean then back to where i was originally. except i was swimming just below the maps surface. i quickly left the game then rejoined. things had changed. my characters gender was now a man (previously being a woman), all the items in my inventory had disappeared with the exception of my tool belt stuff. i still had my rifle and pistol, but no ammo. the stuff in my backpack was untouched though. so, after a quick gender swap and body looting, i had myself an AK (something or other), a G17, some ammo, a GPS and a little extra morphine. (i had looted the hospital earlier). now i think about it, even if they didnt shoot at me, i bet they were up too no good. a very high up place with a sniper rifle AND a Lee Enfield, did not bode well for the local inhabitants. i finish this post saying: "if you shot at me and i killed you, HA HA! :D if not, then I'm sorry i killed you :( ...unless of course if you were intending to be a dick to innocents. >:( "

after managing to loot Elektro without any problems (sneaked past a few players) i made my way into the forest and checked what i looted. (i tend to take things indiscriminately.) a Winchester, a makarov and some food n drink. not much, but enough. i make my way North. i wasn't looking for anything in particular, but i felt that getting away from the city's would be a good start.i come across a deer stand, i find a semi-automatic shotgun inside (i forget the name). i compare it too my Winchester for range and accuracy and decide to stick with my current rifle. after about 20 mins of heading north i reached a clearing in the forest and i could hear the groaning of zombies. immediately i go prone and spin my head round, looking for the zombie. instead, i see a player, crouched and slowly moving towards a deer stand. i activate voice chat and call out. "hello" the player goes prone and i see new text appear on the screen. "hello, please don't kill me" i shift position and bring my weapon up, training the sights on him. "i'm unarmed!" he adds. "its ok" i say, "i'm friendly." upon hearing this he changes position to a crouch and heads towards the deer stand. i move from bush to bush, getting closer too him with each one. "what are you doing all the way out here?" "trying to get too a group of friends" he replies. "and where are they?" "south" he climbs up the deer stand, looks around for a few seconds and climbs down still unarmed. i leave my bush and clear my throat. the player spins around and looks at me. "you need any help?" i ask. "no" he says, probably lying. "here, take my secondary" i say, while approaching him. i drop my Makarov and its ammo onto the floor. the player walks forward and picks it up. "dont point it at me, if you do, i kill you." i say, trying to sound threatening. "thanks man" "no problem, you need food?" "nah, its good" i quickly look around, making sure the zombies cant see me. "alright, i'm gonna move on, but if you head a little south east, you should find a deerstand with a decent shotgun in it." i didnt hear a response from the player, he had already moved on. i dont mind. i turn around and continue north.