BurtRaven

Thursday must be 'shoot on sight' day - no friendlies, I was taking fire from rooftops, hills and streets from the moment I logged in. Finally got nailed coming down a ladder (took him about 6 shots to hit me though) but luckily I spawned nearby and managed to pick up some new equipment (not a hatchet yet though unfortunately). I'm gonna try another server, ANZ#2 is way too hot...

6 hours in and still going - took the time to run out to some nearby fields to kill a cow and goat - made myself a little campfire above the town and cooked some steaks - now back to full health and have meat to spare although tonight it seems people are a little more eager to shoot than to talk...

There are heaps of them in the grass - just really really hard to spot for some reason...

Or maybe you could spawn in a wheelchair with a rocket-launcher!

Yeah I don't know if it would work as well in a different location, the fire-station is a high traffic area with a lot of survivors and zombies moving through there constantly which hopefully will make people think twice before firing without a half-decent reason. It will be interesting to see how long it all lasts...

104. The most dangerous thing in a zombie apocalypse is missing a stair.

One in the fields to the East of Pustoshka/South of Vybor (1 click) - I had only a Winchester so chose to make a tactful retreat. Another West South/West of the Military Tents in Berezino (1 click) - had an M16, took out the zombie crew and finally found a camo-suit (yay) but was playing a chick and couldn't wear it (boo)...

I managed to survive from 1.7 through to 1.7.1.5 with my dude but then got myself a little carried away in a Dubrovka and ended up as zed-food (but that's another story). I decided to respawn as a girl (mainly for the nicer curves) and ended up spawning west of Kamenka which was a great start - after running 2 clicks to get to the town and sneaking up from the docks looking for a gun I stumble around a corner and right into a waiting zombie! I take off, running through buildings, etc trying to throw him off and things went all 'Benny Hill' real fast (although I kept my top on if you know what I mean)... In the end, despite 20 minutes of mayhem, I manage to escape the damn hordes of Kamenka with just 5000 blood and nothing to show for it but tears of laughter. Since then I have had the time of my life. I've lasted longer, survived more peril and generally enjoyed the game more than ever... So with respect here's a Shout out to the Ladies of DayZ. (I'm even thinking of starting a girl-model only clan)... BOOYAH. Let me know how gender equality is working out for you?

I play in 3rd person, your point is invalid...

Yeah well I accidentally cut myself on the jagged lid of a can of tomatoes today, there was blood everywhere... just saying, if there's some guy standing in the middle of town wielding an empty can of beans yelling 'come at me bro' I'm backing the fuck off!

thanks, now I know why my new clip doesn't work in my awesome suppressed pistol wot done lost its last 11 rounds for some reason...

Wait... are you allowed to stop playing? Man, I hadn't even thought of that!

welcome to the dark-side, no turning back now...

Once you die in-game you have to kill yourself in real life, preferably in the same fashion as you bought-in in DayZ...

Helpful Tip: Deer Stands generally (always for me) have 3 zombies who seem to like wandering down into the fields that the stand looks out over - approaching from the trees above the stand is usually the safest way in...

Hide 'n Seek with Zombies FTW!

These jokes are getting boring, you are all in need of astern warning...

"I watched the exchange from a hill above, the survivor had taken down 4 zeds before proceeding into the barn unaware that his shots had attracted the attention of an unscrupulous bandit who elected to stake out the likely exit before popping the hapless survivor in the back as he exited the barn with his well earned goodies. Tough luck I thought as the killer approached the corpse to collect his spoils - then he froze as the corpse shuddered and slowly staggered to its feet. The surprised bandit fired again and again - the shots from his 1911 hardly even registering - it was if the infection of fresh meat gave this corpse a higher resistance to bullets than a standard zed! The bandit was in panic mode now, firing indiscriminately and attracting more zombies from the sidelines - finally the player-corpse dropped to the ground for a second time but it was too late for the bandit who was overwhelmed by the others before he could reload." Anyway, I figured if this sort of shit happened now and then it might make the PVP element a little more interesting. Could a survivor rise as a stronger zombie (playable) for a few minutes, perhaps a random chance or something - how cool would that be!

Sure but also just read Zone One by Colson Whitehead - if you read and like a good zombie apocalypse then I highly recommend it.

how about 'nearly dead' then ;)

Same thing happened to me - was way up North and had just found a nice little patch of earth to set-up camp - logged in this morning and spawned on the coast side of Elektro! I figured 'whatever' and made my way to a nearby warehouse where I spotted another survivor scaling down a ladder on one of the fuel tanks, he was facing my way and stopped half-way down so I figured I had been made and legged it down the beach a ways before cutting back into town. A minute later I heard a few shots in the middle-distance then as I was working my way through some zeds towards the North side of town I hear 'pop, pop, pop' as bullets start bouncing all around me - I bolted for it and made it to the hill near the power station ducking, dropping and watching my back all the way but no sign of pursuer... I decided to head back to the wild and made it up the road about half a click when I hear another gunshot from (way) behind - there was the guy at the top of the last hill I climbed and he was still stalking me! Luckily his shots pulled some zeds giving me time to react. I'd had enough of him by now so I doubled back and waited in ambush - no sign of him yet ;) True story.