Hello. After a couple of evenings spent getting DayZ working and loving the tales i'd been reading, last night it finally all clicked into working order and I walked from the sea. The sun was shining and the game was running smooth as silk. I trooped for about 20 minutes giving any Zeds a wide berth and finally reached the nearest town (which i now know was Elektro) and thought i'd try and get up high to survey the land. I was halfway up a stairwell and found two corpses laden with a ridiculous amount of loot. JESUS i thought, i've got high power sniper rifle, blood packs, watches, compass. Everything i could ever want. I suddenly thought, this is a trap. I'd read so many stories of noobies being lulled into deathtraps by nasty bandit types i left all the loot and just kinda hid and listened for awhile. Nothing. I crept back to the bodies and started loading up. Halfway done, i stopped and again just hid and listened. Nothing. I went back and finished tooling up. I stood there for 1 second just aiming down the sights of my new gun and suddenly a survivor appeared in my crosshair. I nearly jumped out of my chair. Now, not being a murderous bastard by nature i instinctivly didn't fire but instead lowered my gun. Naturally the other guy shot me dead with 3 quick shots. I respawned bloody miles away laughing at my foolishness. But on the trudge back to 'civilisation' i mused on the situation. I'm glad i didn't shoot him. I don't want to be a bandit; really i just want to explore the woods and mountains and occasionally go into towns for ammo and suchlike. I couldn't blame the survivor for shooting me; i was after-all looking down my sights at his head from 5 foot away. I probably would have shot had i been him. What i really love about this game is that it allows you time to think. I imagine many COD types are bored witless by the sound of their own thoughts but i find it almost as relaxing as having an actual real life walk. My question is; should i have shot that man? Or have my instincts mearly revealed the type of player i am destined to be.
