The Struggle, My 1st NightZ !

[Edgar Allen Bro (DayZ) 13]

You know for the longest time i wanted a game like this. One where its just survival, no other objectives, no levels or ridiculously OP upgraded gear, just straight up survival. I found this and my 1st thought was, "You know, this may not be all that fun, it wont even be scary, and probably will get a bit boring." I am now eating those words. Here is my story.

My story starts with like 5 failed attempts at the game. I would spawn, see houses in the distance, and just go sprinting, and of course, zombies would detect me that far off in the daytime and just run up and kill me. I was getting frustrated, didnt know what to do. But right before i gave up, i decided i would try 1 more time on the DayZ UK4 server. So i made a new character and i spawned. I dont remember where, just some long name that started with a P and had a K in there somewhere (haha).

Anyways, for the 1st time since i started, it spawned as nighttime. I decided to take it REAL slow. And i just started sprinting forward like usual. I spotted a house in the distance, and instead of blinding sprinting up like a bigot, i got in crouch and started walking. I used my zoom constantly, and was noticing tons of zombies around the area. So i stay in crouch, walking slowly, avoiding and manuvering zombies at a very safe distance, i crossed the road, and was slowly approaching the house in prone position (Zombies were all around me at this point) All of a sudden, i see all the zombies just start sprinting around and go into a frenzy, i just think "F***************************K" and stay motionless on the ground, fearing that moving at all would cause them to see me. All of a sudden the ones in front of me just sprint past me. I was confused and turned around to see them run at the road, and about the time i saw them running at the road, a guy on a bike goes whizzing by. They dont chase him, they just run to the road and run in a couple circles. I was retarded, i didnt act on this, nearly ALL the zombies in the area were behind me and i was just to startled to make a run for it to the house. Well, they go back to their walking towards me, and i start going in prone, but faster now. Sure enough i couldnt make it far before having to go at a much slower pace cause more zombies had appeared in front of me, and the ones behind me caught up. Yet again, i was just sitting in place to scared to move. And then, like before, all the zombies started sprinting around and ran for the road. I didn't even look back this time, i just got into a crouch position and ran, as fast as i could, to the house. I looked back and this time they chased him a small ways to a field next to the yard of the house. I realized that you couldn't enter the house, and got a lil pissed. But instead of letting that get in my way i pushed forward, went around the house, and saw a small shed with a open door. I went to sprint to it but stopped for a second and thought. I went to prone position, and slowly and quietly as a mouse, made my way to the door. Sure enough, as im crawling sideways, their is a zombie right at the front on the other side of the door. So i crawled back ,and around the shed, so that i could get around the fence, made my way through some bushes, and came across another road. What i hadnt realized from looking at the house from the beach, was that there was a whole damn town behind the house, but farther to the right and across some train tracks. I got a little excited at this point, thinking, "Maybe i can actually find some supplies now, especially now that i know how to manuver around these zombies" Well, i cross the tracks, still being cautious, because i had witnessed that zombies will wander a great distance away from town to the middle of nowhere, so i was paranoid of everywhere now, including the empty (looking) area right outside the town. I went to the barren outside the town and slowly, but surely started going towards the town.

The 1st thing i noticed was that dead ahead of me, there was a open, yes, visually OPEN warehouse looking building. I decided that's where i will go first, and see a zombie walking past the door. There were a few more but spread out farther away from the building. I patiently wait for the zombie to pass, and prone my way inside. Up to this point, i didn't know what "loot" had looked like. I didn't know if it gave off a aura of some kind, or what. But the first thing i do when i prone into the building, is check for zombies. I see none, just a big, open warehouse, so i go into crouching position into the first corner i find. And that's when i noticed something on the bottom right of my screen. Sure enough, i look down, and i see a crossbow. No glowing aura, no indication, just a crossbow, and when i hovered over it, it gave me the option to pick it up, and of course, i was damn sure taking that crossbow. I picked it up and it came with 2 bolts. Words cannot describe the feeling i got after picking that crossbow up. For the first time, since i started the game, i actually had a small sense of security, a way to defend myself from both the Horde and Bandits alike. And through the ecstasy i was in over the crossbow, i noticed some more debris more in the center of the warehouse. I move toward it, and i found some ammo for guns i didn't have (But figured still worth picking up anyways), a empty tin can (I didn't pick this up thinking it useless), and a heating pad.

After about 2 minutes of being in total joy and shock in the corner of a old, musty, dirty warehouse over some scraps i found. I collected myself and figured it was time to move on. After all, the game has hunger and thirst, i had neither food nor water. So i went prone and crawled out the other side of the warehouse. To my front and right there was nothing but a small open field full of zombies that led to more houses and buildings, but to my immediate left, right across the road i noticed just 1 zombie moving across another open doorway to a barn looking building. So i start moving towards the barn, and it was on a small hill, so i crawl the incline, and as i enter the door, my heart just dropped. Across the small barn, entering the opposite open door, was another player. Pretty much all i have heard about other players are bandits. Killing, stealing, robbing, etc. I just freeze. I know he noticed me because he stopped looking right at me for a second. I did notice he had only a axe equipped at the moment, and i had a crossbow equipped, that did give me some peace of mind. Between us was nothing but 2 sets of stairs going left and right. He went up the stairs on my right, so i went up the stairs on my left. There were stairs going from that small floor to the top of each side of the barn, with windows on each side and very small platforms to stand on. We each reach the top, stop, and look at each other. Suddenly, he speaks, using Direct Communication. I had forgotten about this, and responded. We exchanged a few words, he asked if i had food, i said no, yadda yadda. But it turns out, this guy was friendly. This guys name was Banjo94. We started talking and as i relaxed i noticed another debris pile next to me. I get excited and grab the bandages and revolver ammo from it. I was to busy freaking out over the opposing player, that i didnt even notice the supplies all around me. He told me to follow him, that we would stick together so we could find food and water so we didnt starve. I went down the 1st set of stairs, and low and behold, i didnt even notice it climbing the stairs the 1st time, there was a Rifle just sitting in the middle of the floor. I screamed like a little bitch out loud, and picked it up. So we exit the way he had came in, and there was nothing but a fence a small ways out, i followed him, we jumped the fence and went towards some woods. He had a bike hidden in the woods, he hopped on and so did I. We went down the road a good ways, and im just feeling so happy. We stopped across the street from 3 houses, and he told me the middle one was open. So he goes in ahead and a zombie cuts me off from him. So i patiently wait, and as i enter the yard, Banjo got disconnected from the server. I was kind of saddened, the 1st person i met turned out to be a friendly and even gave me a ride on his Motorcycle, now he was gone, and i dont know if ill ever see him again (And up to now i havn't, if you end up seeing this, really glad to have met ya Banjo :)) Anyways, i went around to all 3 of the houses, none were open. I crawled around back of the right house and into a corner wedged between a fence and a chicken coop with a tree overhead. And as i turned around, my screen went pure white. I was confused and thought the game had broken. But after about 5 seconds, things were coming into focus. It was finally daytime. And my 1st night in DayZ, i had survived.

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Sorry for the long story, i wanted to be as detailed as possible so everyone could be as in tune with the experience i had :)

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So what did yall think of my 1st ever night on DayZ ? Were yall's first night's crazier ? Lemme know :D

I must know though, right now (while im posting this) it's just turned night again. I still have no food, no water, and currently still scavenging. I want to know if it was stupid of me to not pick up that Empty Tin Can. Can Empty Tin Can's hold water in them ? Let me know please D:

Hope yall enjoyed !

Edited November 4, 2012 by Jyphx

[GhillieBandit 24]

Massive. Wall. Of. Text.

[dallas 5195]

First off welcome to DayZ, second: Please consider starting a new paragraph every 10-15 sentence or when it makes sense in the text. Massive walls of text are really hard to read, because it's easy to lost track, when you scroll down to read the rest. ;)

Good read though and good job sticking with it, learning when to sprint and when not to sprint. The zombies ran to the road when they heard the motorcycle, but because of it's speed, it was long gone, when they reached the road, so they lost track and returned to walking around aimlessly.

Emtpy tin cans: In the inventory window there's often a small description of the item and it's use. Tin cans can be very usefull to unarmed players or players with very loud weapons.

[lfrd_neuman@yahoo.co.uk 6]

Massive. Wall. Of. Text.

Illiteracy is a heavy burden to bear.

[BSB Jimmy 360]

cool story bro

[Welch (DayZ) 756]

I didn't read it. I might if you seperated your paragraphs.

Anyway, welcome to DayZ and our nice, friendly community!

Some of us would like to personally welcome you by shooting you in the head as you yell, "FRIENDLY! FRIENDLY!", and then proceed to loot your body.

Have a nice time!

[zenorc123 137]

Great story and I wish Banjo would see this...

[finkone 320]

Did you at least steal his bike once he lost connection? :X

[Edgar Allen Bro (DayZ) 13]

Sorry for just the wall of text guys, i tried breaking it into the different main sections that happened through the night. Hope that helps yall read it a little easier (If yall decide to read such a long story :P)

EDIT: And no Reaper, i didn't steal the bike. I left it there so when he returned he would still have it, and i guess it's a good thing i didnt anyways, i lasted about 2 more nights before i got caught up in a city. Had a 2 REALLY epic Moments in the city, but i ended up dying from a lone zombie after my Wild West Standoff on the top of the lighthouse tower, haha.

Edited November 4, 2012 by Jyphx

[herrjon 478]

Good stuff, glad you stuck with it.

You'll learn a lot of the buildings aren't enterable or not worth entering in a lot of cases, but that'll just come in time. Playing during they day would help too lol. Good to hear there are other good guys out there, makes it a little easier for people to trust me when I try to help. I would still be careful with other players though, you don't have to shoot on sight, but don't turn your back to them ever.

Best of luck, and welcome to DayZ

[Edgar Allen Bro (DayZ) 13]

Is their a specific reason why alot of buildings arn't accessible ? And i personally like night better when it comes to sneaking around zombies. But day is fun aswell :) Thanks for reading !

[dallas 5195]

Chernarus is an old map from ArmA 2, where few buildings are enterable. It think it has something to do with engine limitations and also because the game used to focus more on large scale infantery operations, rather than close quarters battle. The Afghanistan themed maps in Operation Arrowhead are more advanced and almost every building are usable, but I think Rocket chose Chernarus for it's green scenery, which is more fitting for a zombie game.

They are updating Chernarus to Chernarus-Plus in the standalone, increasing the amount of accessible buildings and designing any closed buildings as visibly barricaded.

[fp35wj0 0]

Nice story.

[Edgar Allen Bro (DayZ) 13]

Thank's for all the responses. Just recently i showed this game to my friend Nick and now he's joined me, along with another friend Andrew. So we got a strong party of 3 going on now, and after several attempts at getting what we need, we finally managed to get all that's necessary to start making a jounry inward !

[Claw 26]

Nice story man, read it on the train back from work. Glad you stuck with the game, it can be really cruel and rewarding as well ,highs and lows..

[Jamz 253]

Thank's for all the responses. Just recently i showed this game to my friend Nick and now he's joined me, along with another friend Andrew. So we got a strong party of 3 going on now, and after several attempts at getting what we need, we finally managed to get all that's necessary to start making a jounry inward !

If there is a few of you, when you're geared I'd start looking for hospitals or hospital tents (Cherno or Elektro both have them) and stock up on blood bags. Very useful to a group and will increase your humanity if you follow the hero way.

[leettari (DayZ) 133]

Not too shabby story at all!

Glad you decided to give DayZ another go, it's quite of a emotional roller coaster at times, sure, but if you have company/community you play with it will be awesome mostly.