Bean Bandits are no more

[Suley 1]

So, I made an account here today to relay this story. At the time I was a little mad but considering nothing was lost it was more of an annoyance. Minor butthurt qq

I begin this tale by stating, I rarely play this game solo. I like playing with a friend as he is the lucky one and can plan out the route we choose stopping at some of the better spawn locations. Our primary form of communication is Skype for obvious reasons.

Anyways, I've been playing this game for a little while now and know the general basics of spawning a new life. In 1.7.1.1, it was a new experience as I've heavily relied on my makarov for basic zombie protection. I spawn near the Boluta airfield and I immediately check out the deer stands of the medical tent area. I got really luck and all the zombies seemed to spawn on the outer area of the tents making climbing the ladders and moving between the tents much safer. Sadly, no weapon spawn, in fact the spawns were so light that it may have already been looted... I pay it no mind and head out to the airfield.

I always take my time approaching the airfield as it tends to be camped, common knowledge. I get lucky and zombies don't spawn right away. I head into a hangar and I am quickly greeted by another player who is in the same boat I am in, no weapon. I laugh about it and carry on looking for a gun for protection or to kill him as he would do the same thing.

We greet each other as we can't do anything else and he asks, "want to join our skype convo?". I decline as I am already in one and head towards Chern. I had to make a quick detour into the warehouses across from the airfield to get away from some unwanted friends, plus there is a decent loot spawn in one of the buildings.

While I wait for the zombies to get inside the building more, the second set of doors open up and a player with no gun enters. I assume he was in the same situation as I am in, but I was wrong. He had a friend with him with an AK who shot me. As I lay there bleeding out and unconscious his finl words to me were "You should have joined our Skype call"

I laughed a little and was a bit upset as I had nothing of value on me. While I may consider myself a bandit of opportunity, killing a man with no weapon is dirty. So I press on with a new life. I spawn in the same area and quickly proceeded toward Chern to avoid my previous killer. I take my time and when I finally reached Chern I attract more unwanted friends, who wish nothing more than to give me a hug.

While quickly scanning the area for a place to dump them and try to find a weapon, I run blindly into the market. Someone was already there unfortunately, with a shotgun. I quickly hid behind the back shelves to give myself some cover. We dance around the selves a bit before he turns to the zombies and kills them. He then asks if I was friendly. I apologize for entering the market and scaring him I just wanted to hid from the zombies.

I just finish hitting enter on "I will leave now, sorry", BANG! Shotgun to the chest, bleeding out and won't survive. While I lay there waiting to die the person says "You should have joined our Skype call". Apparently, it was the guy who shot me the first time... Awesome sauce.

I nearly rage quit afterwards. I mean what are the chances that I would run into the same guy. Rather high obviously due to the market being a place for good loot spawns, but dying twice in a row with the last words I hear being, You should have joined our Skype call. At least on the third spawn of that day I found a dead guy near the lighthouse at Krutoy Cap with the 1.7 default spawn. I hope you guys enjoyed my story. and beware the Skype Bandits

tl;dr

Bean bandits are gone, Skype Bandits take their spot

[vanilladragon 1]

when you see a person on their own its 50/50 whether or not they will shoot on sight. but if you see two or more people together; run. in my experience its the groups of people who kill on sight.

i dont think most bandits kill for beans, they do it for fun.

i think those guys were going to kill you from the start. they just wanted to have you in skype to increase the sexual thrill they get -when- they backstab you.

[Suley 1]

In all honesty, they would have got just a "really?" as a reaction. I've played other games where it's a trust no one environment. I hardly trust my friends when I play with them. For that reason alone made me want to buy ArmA 2 and get the mod.

[badclown 6]

I personally always had the opinion that humans are shit. A plague to the universe. This game proves that I am right.

Guns or no guns when you spawn.. you will always be killed, in this game.. and in a real apocalypse as well.

[Toccs 0]

I personally always had the opinion that humans are shit. A plague to the universe. This game proves that I am right.

Guns or no guns when you spawn.. you will always be killed' date=' in this game.. and in a real apocalypse as well.

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In the real apocalypse you wouldn’t put yourself in a vulnerable situation like on a beach with no food :) well i would'nt anyway.

On that note even with no weapon i'm always getting shot, just like you OP.

ps. When i have a gun i do not shoot unarmed survivors, would be nice for others to give me the same courtesy :(

[Leitbild 8]

nearly 90% of the players wouldnt have the balls to kill someone IRL.

Its just the anonymity that makes them do that. Afterall, its just a Game.

[Kolchak (DayZ) 5]

I personally always had the opinion that humans are shit. A plague to the universe. This game proves that I am right.

Guns or no guns when you spawn.. you will always be killed' date=' in this game.. and in a real apocalypse as well.

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In a real apocalypse bandits wouldn't kill on sight, especially if you were unarmed. If you were found unarmed, you'd be knocked out, tied up then sold off as a slave or into prostitution. A corpse doesn't make them money/feed them, unless they're cannibals. Even cannibals can't eat everyone they meet or eventually they run out of food. They'd treat you like livestock, tied up in a cage to eat later. Honestly, no fun way to 'live,' you'd probably beg for death and they'd just make you work more. So no, the coastal deathmatch is unrealistic no matter how you slice it, but then again, having mystical rebirth portals along the coast isn't really the height of realism either.