Finally I never thought to see this day come to say I didn't run into bandits in Cherno. I spawned in near the Baltoa airstrip when I ran into the first survivor. Didn't catch his/her name but did tell him/her there was a M24 on top of the ATC tower and I didn't really need it(made my day a little better to help). Once I arrived to Cherno, I had my flashlight out because it was still night out. So went through town a bit never hearing gunshots, but as I got close of being done, I started hearing them. I was stuck in the store and didn't really know which way to exit. They came through the front while I was behind the counter. I said friendly over the mic and they didn't shoot. One of the was in a ghillie suit and they both had snipers. So we talked a little and I asked where they were going, they told me they was just looking for food. So I offered some but they didn't take it. They went on their way and we wished each other luck. But the bad thing is about 2 mins later, I believe I saw one of them die. :( I haven't really had that much luck when it came to running into friendly survivors, but after this event, it gives me a little hope that there are still SOME friendly people out there. I believe their names were Varatex and Shuks. So good luck on your adventures you two and hopefully we'll run into each other again. This time take the food lol. If you do see this, PM me and we will even play sometime if you want.