Giving up, to much stupidity.

[schrapple 119]

I am able to tolerate the many problems with day-z but the act of stupidity I witnessed today has made me hang up my day-z hat and wait for the stand alone. Let me set the scene.

Playing today on my favorite server, only me and one other on the server. I have an Enfield and a revolver and am cruising around Cherno collecting supplies, I suddenly see the other player running with only a hatchet and a zombie conga line behind him, he runs into a warehouse and the zeds follow him in. I go to help, I run into building and sit at the opposite end of the building to him with my rifle pointed at the ground. He runs towards me still with zombies chasing him and tries to chop me...WTF? Long story short I run and he continue for some time to try and kill me with the hatchet, eventually I got pissed and shot him.

Why would some one persist in trying to kill another player who has proven they are no threat especially when you are so seriously out gunned by them?

I can't answer so I am hanging up my day-z hat.

[OrLoK 16186]

public server?

[Xucphra 453]

You're upset because you approached an armed player and got attacked?

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

The same will happen in the SA dude, they're not re-writing the players.

[DemonGroover 8836]

I don't see the problem, the fool attacked you, you killed him. At least you could see your attacker.

[klesh 2423]

Did you talk to him via the voice chat, or type to him at all?

Some people are just idiots.

The same thing is going to happen in standalone, but instead the guy will not be wearing any pants. Har har. :huh:

[kingochaos 131]

Why would someone do this... To get yah kit when he has nothing to loose... was it stupider running to the aid of an unknown and putting yah self in that situation, or him attempting to take advantage o yer kindness?

How is this going to change in standalone?

[Mr Nasty 1023]

I am able to tolerate the many problems with day-z but the act of stupidity I witnessed today has made me hang up my day-z hat and wait for the stand alone. Let me set the scene.

Playing today on my favorite server, only me and one other on the server. I have an Enfield and a revolver and am cruising around Cherno collecting supplies, I suddenly see the other player running with only a hatchet and a zombie conga line behind him, he runs into a warehouse and the zeds follow him in. I go to help, I run into building and sit at the opposite end of the building to him with my rifle pointed at the ground. He runs towards me still with zombies chasing him and tries to chop me...WTF? Long story short I run and he continue for some time to try and kill me with the hatchet, eventually I got pissed and shot him.

Why would some one persist in trying to kill another player who has proven they are no threat especially when you are so seriously out gunned by them?

I can't answer so I am hanging up my day-z hat.

Ive tried to kill people with rusty tin cans and empty whiskey bottles. Apparently you were dealing with an amateur.

[Hetstaine 10852]

LOL :D

Sorry Schrapple , just imagining the scene..happened to me so many times, soon as he chopped you should have instantly brought that Paul Bunyan down :)

I had a dude i bumped into at the top of the main industrial building in Cherno..Carl, i was heading to the top floor so i could log, get up there and this dude..Carl, is standing there, i keep my distance,Winnie down , moving away from him. He must have been in his inventory or something and after about three seconds he looks over and see's me, starts shooting, mak bullets start popping all around me, none hit. I see him reloading and aim slowly and put one into him , at the same time he is madly typing ' FRIENDLY ! MAN I'M FRIENDLY !! '

I walked over and watched him bleed out, took all of his gear and stashed it in the grass outside then filled his gear with tin cans , told him over side his body and gear were still there if he wanted it.

Poor Carl..the friendly shooter.

[Conkykillz 791]

Chin up little soldier and get back out there go on git out there

[gamerman001 182]

I agree. Ive been having the same issues. If its not a hacker its always some asshole... Ive been having horrible issues with spawn killing. I spawn and some asshole shoots me from the treeline. I dont get angry when someone kills me when I actually get going and have supplies. Because its on me if im stupid enough to approach someone and get shot when I have a bunch of gear... But when I only have a hatchet and all the basic stuff and I only run 2 meters and get shot. Its a little rediculous. Ive had this problem on quite a few different servers now. :/

[schrapple 119]

Thanks for the responses guys, I know we are going to have the same halfwits in the stand alone I just hope that there are some more incentive to not instantly kill everyone you see.

What shits me is the "instantly kill everyone you see it's the only way to stay alive" mentality (I personally blame the FAQs for this, it's the first thing we tell new players). In that situation the other players best hope of survival was to leave and hope I didn't want to kill him(and i didn't), If he wanted to risk trusting me then he potentially had something to gain and very little to lose (since he didn't have anything good anyway), engaging in a fight you can't possibly win makes no sense at all in terms of surviving.

[guisho 258]

QQ and respawn, it's the same old story over and over again.

Edited January 15, 2013 by Guisho

[pr3llox 63]

Sorry for the language but this is a fucking game, virtual characters in an open world.... what do you expect from players that can do whatever they like..

You will always witness stupid shit whatever game you lay your hands on, that includes coop or multiplayer.

Three Words: Brace For Impact!

Edited January 15, 2013 by KC Pr3lLoX

[Ovation 52]

Yeah remember this is the beauty of DayZ there is no possibly way to predict who people are and their intentions, with that in mind you will be let down by the masses of zombies that arise from such places.

i for one have got myself killed giving someone a gun who bloodbaged me when i was in need. i had full gear....my mistake hahaha

Edited January 15, 2013 by Ovation

[pmjkerr 76]

Would've been ten times funnier if he broke your legs and left you to be eaten alive. I'm sure that was his original plan.

I can see you've been a member on the forums for a while now, so I assume you're a well versed player... I'm amazed you didn't crack earlier if this kind of thing upsets you so much.

[beastoverlord 574]

This world is full of idiots my friends. Unfortunately though, we can't keep them all only in video games.

[Dankine 377]

the irony of crying about stupidity and misspelling the topic :D

[schrapple 119]

the irony of crying about stupidity and misspelling the topic :D

The irony of someone who can't tell grammar from spelling calling others on either. :P

[schrapple 119]

Would've been ten times funnier if he broke your legs and left you to be eaten alive. I'm sure that was his original plan.

I can see you've been a member on the forums for a while now, so I assume you're a well versed player... I'm amazed you didn't crack earlier if this kind of thing upsets you so much.

So his plan required me to make no attempt at self preservation? I rest my case.

[smore98 225]

In DayZ, there will always be shmucks.

It will never change, no matter if the full game is out or the mod is complete.

Human stupidity can not be scripted, it can only happen in random cases.

Human instinct however, is an entirely different story...

[squarebox 7]

It's only the hackers that ruin the game. The rest is just simply DayZ.

Edited January 15, 2013 by squarebox

[Jonsse 69]

I think it's just hilarious.

But it does speak of the mindset some players have. They come here from games like Battlefield thinking that the point is player versus player combat. It's not wrong in a sense, but it is disconnected from the original innovation. They're people that won't bother with a car unless it's fixed, they won't bother with a helicopter unless it's fixed and fully fueled. All they want to do is play Battlefield, but in Battlefield everyone has a gun and everyone is kill on sight. They'll never understand the beauty of DayZ.

For our fortune they contribute to the world far more than they realize. Not by being participants in the sandbox, but rather being an ever present antagonist of our personal DayZ story. They are the definitive incorporation of the player component, the invisible fear of death that dreads over all participants of the sandbox. That at any moment, in any place, you are in danger and you need to be wary.

Edited January 15, 2013 by Jonsse

[toxicsludge 406]

Why were you playing on a server that only had 2 people? Low pop servers are for noobs. Half the fun of dayz is knowing you could get shot at at any given time, the other half is knowing there are more targets to shoot at ;)

[BTT` 15]

I suddenly see the other player running with only a hatchet and a zombie conga line behind him, he runs into a warehouse and the zeds follow him in. I go to help,

Who asked you to help? Did they ask for help? Just because you think they want help does not mean they have to accept your help. Strangers with guns around me while I am trying to focus on killing zeds does not help me. You can scream friendly all you want. How do I know that is not a way to get into my backpack while I am busy killing zeds? This is a matter of life and death in game and I am gonna focus on my need to live not your want to help.