Nonfiction Accounts of the Occult

[applejaxc 2500]

YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT CANNOT BE UNSEEN! Riveting tales that send shivers down your spine.

Dayz brings people together for better and for worse. It teaches you social dynamics, and how they change under stress. How paranoia can keep you alive and lonely. How friendship can save your life or leave you dead.

I have plenty of my own stories to share, yet will limit myself to two. This will be our legacy, men and women, survivors, heroes, bandits of DayZ. This collection of nonfiction accounts of our travels will remind us of the thrills of being alive...

Nothing made up, no bragging. Straight facts. All as non fictitious as a story about a video game can be.

The story of Cowboy Grandma:

I met this woman in Cherno named Delirarus (or something dinosaur-like). She sounded like she was at least 50, and recently quit smoking. She told me she was looking for her son in Keltrovdsk (there's a city north-west of Elektro with a name like that, I think). She had a revolver and a remington. I met cowboy grandma. It made my day.

Delirarus and I killed 2 bandits that were hiding in one of the 2-story buildings in Cherno and split the gear 50-50. I had a truck hidden in the bushes out of town. We ran for the truck and I drove her north of Elektro, and told her she was free to take anything she wanted from my truck. We met her son (I don't remember his name), and he was similarly pretty cool. We discussed the Zombie Survival Guide (Max Brooks, great book!) for a while when someone in side chat was screaming, "OH MY GOD WTF YOU HAXXR OH MY GOD." We decided to investigate the north-west airfield...

So I drive the UAZ onto the strip to draw fire. I drew plenty of AS50 rounds to the back tires, and finally one through the windshield that knocked me unconscious (how the hell I lived I'll never know). This beautiful man bailed out, pulled me out of the car, bandaged me, packed me into the back seat, and jumped back in. His mother jumped into the driver's seat and drove us out of there. Turns out she had taken a round as well, but I got the last bandage. Her last words were, "Take care of my son" before she fell out of the car and died.

This is just a video game, but it made me cry. I gave the son all my stuff, and now he and Cowboy Grandma own it.

The story of Fail:

This story is actually comprised of two events, both of which I captured on video. First, I found a pick up truck near one of of the major (and barren) mountain tops of Chernarus. I was all yippie-ki-freaking-aye, and drove the truck around. It was a snail upslope, but was a godsend nonetheless. So I started heading towards Bor (I think?) and some other towns so I could ride south/east into Elektro and do some looting/bandit killing. I turn towards the road, and can quite clearly see it at the base of this hill. Some shrubs hid the hill from me, and I wrongly assumed the hill calmly sloped into the road.

I was very wrong.

So I gun it and hit about 50MPH for the road and suddenly my tires leave the ground. I spend a few heartbeats thinking, "wtf?" followed by, "SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-THUMP." Flipped the ruck onto some rocks and the side of the hill and kill myself. I later uncovered the wreckage and marked it the Applejaxc Memoriam for the Mentally Inept. (AMMI)

So I recover my body and my MP5ASD6 whatever whatever.. and all my ammo is missing. I used the L85 ASW in place of it and went into Elektro...

And agroed every zombie I could >.>

In panic, I fled my hiding place and boarded a grand construction crane, praying to the Gods of DayZ that zombies would forget how to climb ladders. My prayers were not answered. Zombie after zombie assault my island in the sky, until finally I was thrown over board. I died on impact. :(

THEN I RECOVERED THAT BODY, too... all my ammo was missing. WTF?

Edited March 10, 2013 by Applejaxc

[GOD™ 2795]

I like the Gamer Grandma story, very dramatic at the end.

:thumbsup:

[applejaxc 2500]

I like the Gamer Grandma story, very dramatic at the end.

:thumbsup:

Wow. God likes my DayZ stories? I can feel my ego inflating.

[GOD™ 2795]

Wow. God likes my DayZ stories? I can feel my ego inflating.

Correction, i am GOD™

Edited March 10, 2013 by GOD™

[Maloney (DayZ) 26]

The grandma story is brilliant. I'm still fairly new to DayZ. And due to stories such as this I never KoS, I always scream "FRIENDLY FRIENDLY" Into the mic before doing anything drastic.

I shall share with you a tale of my own.

I had just spawned in Taviana for the first time, I eventually headed into a town after scaling the coast. In the town I stacked up on food and drink, I found all the essentials and to my surprise as I was leaving I discovered an old SUV. It was drivable and had fuel however two tires were missing, on account of this I was unable to drive properly as the car would basically just spin around. So I started searching around and found a wheel and more fuel which I placed inside a tent. Inside a building I swapped my full backpack with a new larger one but for some reason my bag glitched and lost its inventory...great, so suddenly my journey was delayed. TheN I heard the sound of a car. I was distressed as I was worried someone had repaired and taken my SUV but when I went outside it was still there. Then I saw someone ahead driving another SUV. I said into the microphone "Hey mate I'm friendly, can you stop? Friendly friendly.", he remained silent but pulled over. As I approached the vehicle I asked if I could get a lift to the airfield when suddenly he accelerated and knocked me straight down breaking my legs. He drove off so I got up and shot at the back window of his car with my makarov, then zeds began to swarm behind me, I turned and shot them down but then as I looked back over my shoulder the car smacked be right in the back and sent me flying about 100 feet... I died.

Edited March 10, 2013 by Maloney

[applejaxc 2500]

The grandma story is brilliant. I'm still fairly new to DayZ. And due to stories such as this I never KoS, I always scream "FRIENDLY FRIENDLY" Into the mic before doing anything drastic.

I shall share with you a tale of my own.

I had just spawned in Taviana for the first time, I eventually headed into a town after scaling the coast. In the town I stacked up on food and drink, I found all the essentials and to my surprise as I was leaving I discovered an old SUV. It was drivable and had fuel however two tires were missing, on account of this I was unable to drive properly as the car would basically just spin around. So I started searching around and found a wheel and more fuel which I placed inside a tent. Inside a building I swapped my full backpack with a new larger one but for some reason my bag glitched and lost its inventory...great, so suddenly my journey was delayed. TheN I heard the sound of a car. I was distressed as I was worried someone had repaired and taken my SUV but when I went outside it was still there. Then I saw someone ahead driving another SUV. I said into the microphone "Hey mate I'm friendly, can you stop? Friendly friendly.", he remained silent but pulled over. As I approached the vehicle I asked if I could get a lift to the airfield when suddenly he accelerated and knocked me straight down breaking my legs. He drove off so I got up and shot at the back window of his car with my makarov, then zeds began to swarm behind me, I turned and shot them down but then as I looked back over my shoulder the car smacked be right in the back and sent me flying about 100 feet... I died.

I don't KoS unless they're a bandit, or in a ghillie suit/holding an AMR. (Who the hell needs a .50BMG to kill a zombie?)

But this reminds me of a sad tale...

I had just repaired a motorbike I found near my base, in the north-east of Namalsk. I decided to drive to the labor camp/prison/military base, thinking I'd find some cool gear... instead, I found out that Namalsk will spawn groups of 20 zombies all at once to attack without warning, which lags you out and kills you. It's terrible.

So I sped through the center and spotted this group, and reasonably panicked; the bike was a simple collision away from exploding and zombies tend to make me wreck. On the (north?) side, the road kind of drops or slopes, but I didn't realize that I was going fast enough to get air time-I literally broke orbit and flew straight as the road dropped away.

This survivor was running for the base and was screaming, "FRIENDLY FRIENDLY DON'T SHOOT I'M FRIENDLY!"

And I landed on him.

He is now dead.

I died, too; the bike exploded.

...

Yeah. :)

[BioHazard050 49]

I don't KoS unless they're a bandit, or in a ghillie suit/holding an AMR. (Who the hell needs a .50BMG to kill a zombie?)

But this reminds me of a sad tale...

I had just repaired a motorbike I found near my base, in the north-east of Namalsk. I decided to drive to the labor camp/prison/military base, thinking I'd find some cool gear... instead, I found out that Namalsk will spawn groups of 20 zombies all at once to attack without warning, which lags you out and kills you. It's terrible.

So I sped through the center and spotted this group, and reasonably panicked; the bike was a simple collision away from exploding and zombies tend to make me wreck. On the (north?) side, the road kind of drops or slopes, but I didn't realize that I was going fast enough to get air time-I literally broke orbit and flew straight as the road dropped away.

This survivor was running for the base and was screaming, "FRIENDLY FRIENDLY DON'T SHOOT I'M FRIENDLY!"

And I landed on him.

He is now dead.

I died, too; the bike exploded.

...

Yeah. :)

LOL

[Maloney (DayZ) 26]

I don't KoS unless they're a bandit, or in a ghillie suit/holding an AMR. (Who the hell needs a .50BMG to kill a zombie?)

But this reminds me of a sad tale...

I had just repaired a motorbike I found near my base, in the north-east of Namalsk. I decided to drive to the labor camp/prison/military base, thinking I'd find some cool gear... instead, I found out that Namalsk will spawn groups of 20 zombies all at once to attack without warning, which lags you out and kills you. It's terrible.

So I sped through the center and spotted this group, and reasonably panicked; the bike was a simple collision away from exploding and zombies tend to make me wreck. On the (north?) side, the road kind of drops or slopes, but I didn't realize that I was going fast enough to get air time-I literally broke orbit and flew straight as the road dropped away.

This survivor was running for the base and was screaming, "FRIENDLY FRIENDLY DON'T SHOOT I'M FRIENDLY!"

And I landed on him.

He is now dead.

I died, too; the bike exploded.

...

Yeah. :)

Another story from my first week playing DayZ, I had found my first gun, a lee enfield, and I was ecstatic. As I headed into a fairly large town I was expecting it to be swarming with zeds. It was a ghost town. Clearly someone had been there quite recently, but as I heard no gunshots when approaching it I figured they had all left. I searched the residences but found nothing. So I crouched down and scouted ahead, next thing I know out in the field a freaking truck comes out of the forest and the driver is shouting at me to "get the fuck in!". So I did. Then something horrible happened... My game crashed. I was so upset :(

When I logged back in I was unconcious on the floor, legs broken, and I was bleeding. Then the zeds came back...I never saw that crazy trucker again.

[applejaxc 2500]

Another story from my first week playing DayZ, I had found my first gun, a lee enfield, and I was ecstatic. As I headed into a fairly large town I was expecting it to be swarming with zeds. It was a ghost town. Clearly someone had been there quite recently, but as I heard no gunshots when approaching it I figured they had all left. I searched the residences but found nothing. So I crouched down and scouted ahead, next thing I know out in the field a freaking truck comes out of the forest and the driver is shouting at me to "get the fuck in!". So I did. Then something horrible happened... My game crashed. I was so upset :(

When I logged back in I was unconcious on the floor, legs broken, and I was bleeding. Then the zeds came back...I never saw that crazy trucker again.

I misread that as, "I never saw that crazy fucker again" twice. XD

I was playing two nights ago (I was even recording!) and some "Haxor" was messing with the server. I ignored it, mostly because he was spawning in AI teammates for everyone (I killed my own).

I think I found the hacker in a town near Elektro and I charged him, for having a bandit skin. I opened fire and my game crashed to the desktop. Lucky bastard probably had Godmode on anyway.

[applejaxc 2500]

LOL

I once bailed out of a chopper and it landed on a bus that had 14 bandits and 2 hostages. I was trying to save the hostages :(

[Maloney (DayZ) 26]

I once bailed out of a chopper and it landed on a bus that had 14 bandits and 2 hostages. I was trying to save the hostages :(

Christ. It's been said before, but this is why I love DayZ. The community is what makes it so dynamic.

[applejaxc 2500]

Christ. It's been said before, but this is why I love DayZ. The community is what makes it so dynamic.

All my good stuff happened before I started youtube :(

[saltmummy626 2]

Not sure it belongs here, but I will tell my tale.

I was hanging out with a freind, we were headed up to the NW airfeild (where else?) becuase he is new to the game, and I felt that every new player should visit the NW airfeild as their first "goal." as we are leaving kabanino we check out a downed heli, then hide out in the brush while he goes AFK for a minute. in that time, we came within a good hundred meters of getting cuaght and shot by bandits. im down in the grass, looking at them as they drive by in an ural. they get out and scan the area, my breath is finally released when they get back into the ural an drive off. a moment later my freind returns "dude, we came so damn close to being caught." he agrees that it would have sucked an we debate our trip. in the end, we decide to press on.

a little while later, we are lookin over a stone wall out onto the airfeild. my freind says he sees someone out there. I recognize the truck. "oh hell, thats them!" we watch for a good 10 minutes as they search through the buildings and go about their bandit business. I cant waste the ammo from my CZ on a shot im not sure of, so I hold off. they vanish into the distance. my friend and I inch foreward and we decide its best if we go south towards the barracks, that will give these guys time to clear out, but as we dont get far when the ural bursts out from between the hangers and comes barreling in our direction! "OH SHIT OH SHIT!" im yelling "WEVE BEEN SPOTTED!" the roar of ural grows rapidly louder as it approaches and just as its about to get to our location, it turns and passes over the spot we were just in.

they missed us. they completely failed to notice us twice. we sit in the bushes worrying if its some filthy bandit trick, and that maybe they are gonna circle around to flank us, but they dont return. instead, they continue on headed east while one of the passengers draws dicks on the map, and telling the guy who erases them to go fuck himself.

this just happened about an hour before I posted this. lucky break id say.

[Hetstaine 10852]

My partner and i chased this 'vehicle' for about five or so minutes on a dirt road going North near Lopatino. She had seen it in the distance through the trees while i was checking our six. I looked and could not see anything but we set off, me thinking they may be heading to a camp and at the very least we can either score a set of wheels, get into a shootout or raid some gear. So about two minutes down this road i am like..

sooooooo what sort of vehicle was it ?

She is like..ummm i dunno, a car or truck.

Soooooo a car or a truck ?

She says..well i only just saw it briefly , but yeah,,probably a car.

I am like..sooooooo, probably ...oorrrrr ?

Well i don't really know, but it looked like a car moving down the road.

I am dubious because you can normally hear stuff a mile away as well as see the dust, in this case i saw nothing and would have turned and looked only a few seconds after she said " A VEHICLE!!!"

So anyway we are now about 5 or so minutes down this road and she says ..'OVER THERE!! A PERSON !! ' I look and the only thing i can see is a pig a bit off to our left..just to confirm i look where she is looking and then say..mmmm tasty bacon people..was it a tasty bacon car too ? So now i get in the shit everytime i call out a BUS!!! (cow) or a HELICOPTER !!! ( bird).

She stills believes it was a car.

[applejaxc 2500]

My partner and i chased this 'vehicle' for about five or so minutes on a dirt road going North near Lopatino. She had seen it in the distance through the trees while i was checking our six. I looked and could not see anything but we set off, me thinking they may be heading to a camp and at the very least we can either score a set of wheels, get into a shootout or raid some gear. So about two minutes down this road i am like..

sooooooo what sort of vehicle was it ?

She is like..ummm i dunno, a car or truck.

Soooooo a car or a truck ?

She says..well i only just saw it briefly , but yeah,,probably a car.

I am like..sooooooo, probably ...oorrrrr ?

Well i don't really know, but it looked like a car moving down the road.

I am dubious because you can normally hear stuff a mile away as well as see the dust, in this case i saw nothing and would have turned and looked only a few seconds after she said " A VEHICLE!!!"

So anyway we are now about 5 or so minutes down this road and she says ..'OVER THERE!! A PERSON !! ' I look and the only thing i can see is a pig a bit off to our left..just to confirm i look where she is looking and then say..mmmm tasty bacon people..was it a tasty bacon car too ? So now i get in the shit everytime i call out a BUS!!! (cow) or a HELICOPTER !!! ( bird).

She stills believes it was a car.

Not incredibly dramatic, I'd say, but that reminds me of my first 2 weeks of DayZ. Every two seconds I was near the coast, I kept thinking the ocean was a car. In fact, 9/10 of the custom DayZ ambient sounds sound like a car; I had to disable music entirely to play without doing Crazy Ivans and shooting everything.