E3 and our attendance

[mattlightfoot 2463]

Hi all,

As many of you will already know DayZ is going to be at E3, we will be showing our current development build of DayZ Standalone. If anyone from these forums is going to E3 and would like to have come and have a look you can find us in the South Hall at Booth 2523.

At the moment we already have a fairly full schedule however if you turn up, we will do our best and try to fit you in. Any free computers will be on a first come first serve basis and our appoints will sadly have to take priority.

If you want to come along for a chat with Dean, Christ Torchia (senior external artist) or myself then just pop by and say hello.

Hopefully see you there.

Matt

[Aimstrong 50]

Ah know I get it, you guys delayed the release date because you want make the DayZ Standalone more public as it is ;)

E: This comment shouldn't be an attack, I'm still a fan of DayZ and I'm waiting for it like everyone does

Edited June 7, 2013 by BaconTrooper

[philbottle 430]

Can't wait for footage!

[Henryllex~ 407]

Cant wait!

[guisho 258]

Lucky you Matthew, HD7970... ont I would love being there and in the same time being part of something unique that is going to be the pre-release of the game, best luck for all of you @ E3.

Edited June 6, 2013 by Guisho

[Hetstaine 10852]

I will attempt teleporting to the show.

[joe_mcentire 2074]

At the moment we already have a fairly full schedule however if you turn up, we will do our best and try to fit you in. Any free computers will be on a first come first serve basis and our appoints will sadly have to take priority.

and if we celebrate the old stonecutters handshake? will there be, as usual, the stonecutter's lounge with grapes and our very own pc-sets, musically accompanied by a talented harpist, with free foot reflexology massage?

Edited June 6, 2013 by joe_mcentire

[spinager 152]

Know if it will be broadcasted? would like if one of the channels goes to your booth. Congrats, wish i was in the industry to be able to go. In time :)

[joe_mcentire 2074]

btw Matt, by any chance, do you think you and your crew could answer some of the questions from this thread from time to time (or in the course of E3 even?), that would be absolutely gorgeous

edit: show us your manly beard when back from E3, WE NEED TO SEE OUTCOMES!

[TiredMiner 21]

I wish I could be there, DayZ dev has so many nice people I'd love to meet :D

[pxxl 259]

I will attempt teleporting to the show.

Tell scotty to lock in on my signal as well.

[Steak and Potatoes 13480]

Will they let me in past the entrance with duct tape and chloroform?

[DropBearChick 1216]

booth 2523? thats a lot of booths!, how many computers do u have and my friend can't come so does anyone know if he'll be able to watch it on youtube or if someone will stream it?

[SmashT 10907]

They have a pretty sweet spot in the South Hall. Interactive map below.

http://www.mapyourshow.com/shows/index.cfm?booth=2523&exhid=boh9829&show_id=e313&userid=〈=en&locale=en

[DropBearChick 1216]

thx for the map can't wait till e3

[DropBearChick 1216]

Tell scotty to lock in on my signal as well.

scotty's such a nice guy teleporting u guys to e3

[Death_Dealer 3155]

The Ministry of Economy for the Republic of Poland gets a booth? :huh:

[DropBearChick 1216]

yes because there "SPECIAL" and demanded a booth in a gaming convention on the other side of the world

[poodude28 (DayZ) 36]

cant wait to see gameplay

Edited June 7, 2013 by poodude28

[babydoc (DayZ) 96]

Good luck over there!

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

I believe there's still a restraining order in place. Ask the judge to remove it and I'll be there with actual bells on!

[Mos1ey 6301]

Ah know I get it, you guys delayed the release date because you want make the DayZ Standalone more public as it is ;)

E: This comment shouldn't be a attack, I'm still a fan of DayZ and I'm waiting for it like everyone does

There was no release date. :huh:

[Steak and Potatoes 13480]

There was no release date. :huh:

To many tin foil hats to convince.

[m.w. vindicator 880]

It will be interesting to see the footage.

But...

The only point of going to show is to show off the game and build hype. Correct me if I am wrong, but DayZ: Alpha as Fuck doesn't really need the hype, until it is ready to be called just DayZ. When we can call the game just DayZ without any adjectives like "alpha" or "beta" then open the flood gates to the masses.

Even Rocket him self kind of wishes for a soft release as he recently stated in a stream (I hope I am not taking the statement out of context)

But if the unwashed masses (a.k.a gaming consumers) see flashing lights and "DayZ" they will rush to find a release date and as soon as the game comes out they will buy it w/o doing a second of research. Sorry for sounding cynical, but lets be honest, it could happen. Even if the E3 booth literally says "DayZ: Alpha as Fuck" people might only read to the semi-colon and buy the game in its crappy state.

Then these people will find all these bugs and lack of content and whine like no tomorrow. The Forums and Reddit will undoubtedly be a mess and angry words like "Fanboy" and "hater" will be flying around everywhere.

TotalBiscuit hit the nail on the head when he called DayZ a desperation genre.

Let me explain.

There are no other games like DayZ. But zombie survival is something that people want to play REALLY BADLY ( I can't emphasize how badly they want to play enough). Some gamers are desperate to play a game like this. Look at the WarZ. That game was crap and yet many people bought it because they were desperate to play "zombie survival". Had they done two minutes of research watching a review they would have realized that it was crap, but they were so desperate and they didn't. We all saw what happened to WarZ.

I fear the same thing could happen to DayZ. Even if it was half as bad as what happened to Hammerpoint, it could ruin a lot of peoples opinions.

Desperate uneducated consumers might buy the alpha game and cause untold amounts of trouble.

I am probably being too cynical, but Dean, and Bohemia should keep working hard but tread carefully :)

Best of luck! :thumbsup:

[barrett_killz 229]

Is anyone going to stream this? If so, when and where?