bfisher 561 Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) It's getting on early evening and the sun is pretty low in the sky. That awkward time of day where the shadows play crazy tricks on your already crazy eyes, but not quite dark enough to break out the night vision. It's pretty crowded here and I'm hearing a lot of side-chatter about snipers in Cherno and "dead bodies in the firehouse" and "people getting gunned down on the airstrip". Not a great time to be staking out the woods along the highway between west Cherno and the airstrip, in sight of the firehouse. But I can't eat STANAG mags or drink smoke grenades, so I need to take a shopping trip to the market. I patrol around the woods for about 30 minutes and the coast looks cleart through the scope of my DMR. As clear as it can look in the glare of the setting sun, that is. I should wait until dark when my night vision goggles will afford me a distinct advantage over the assorted noobs and mooks and other idiots tossing glow sticks like they're at a late 90s rave or bobble-heading along with their flashlights. But my hunger won't wait. I swap out the DMR for the M4 and load an HE grenade into the noob-tube. Speed will be of the essence as I sprint across the no-mans land between the tree line and the coast. I've already scanned the firehouse and the grain elevators, but just to be safe I angle my approach so to put something between me and a potential sniper. Still, I want to get under cover ASAP. I'm about to enter the market when I spot something out of the corner of my eye. At first I thought it was a crawling zombie, until I realize it's moving with a purpose. Another survivor! He looks unarmed and he has the right idea of maintaining a low profile. He just doesn't realize that it doesn't provide him much concealment crawling across the middle of the road. Not really sure what to do yet, I sneak up behind him. He's oblivious to my presence... "Hellooooooo" I whisper seductively in his ear. "Hi!" he gleefully pipes back. No time for pleasantries though. The zombies are starting to get agitated and the last thing I need is to get walloped in the face by some poor sick mindless bastard with retard strength. I run into the market hoping to find some food, but it looks like my trip is wasted. Yeaaa! Chem-lights. That'll come in handy if Moby throws a concert in Berenzino. Market's starting to fill up with shoppers so time to high-tale it out the back door. The other survivor is no where to be found and I'm not much for babysitting anyway. I begin to exfiltrate myself along the shore when I run smack into some Shemagh wearing A-hole trailing a couple of zombies who, by the looks of them, must have followed all the way from the airbase at Balota. Probably the same A-hole "gunning down survivors at the airstrip". What transpires next is less of a gunfight as it is a shooting a bandit in the face contest. A couple more bursts from my rifle put down the military-grade hobo escorts. Doing good just feels right! I quickly loot the body, but like wearing your sister's hand-me-downs, his CZ550 rounds just don't fit. I do managed to grab a can of Coke and some beans, so the evening isn't a total loss. But by now I can't tell if a sniper's bullet just whizzed past my head or it's just the sound of my own weapon playing tricks on me in the evening light. Either way, it's time to get hidden. Jumping into a bush behind a house, I look up and see a set of discarded cammies. That is lucky. Ghillie suit would have been luckier, but it's still preferable to the LL Bean outfit I've been running around in. Anyhow, I think I'm going to just sit here quietly until it gets dark enough for me to slip out of town. I like to think that maybe that other survivor might also last another night (if the snipers don't get him) because there's one less KoS bandit roaming about. Maybe he'll even double back and be able to take the dead bandits rifle and gear. I just hope he also uses them for good. 'Cause I'll be watching if he doesn't. Edited September 17, 2013 by bfisher 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCOT 1 Posted September 17, 2013 Good work. I'm glad to hear it. Great detail too. I've got something I would like to speak to you about. If you don't mind, add me via steam at blackspark45. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jock McScottish 216 Posted September 17, 2013 Not helping the noob meant you did no good. Sounds to me that you just sneaked up on him to boost your own ego, then ran off & left him in a bad situation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCOT 1 Posted September 17, 2013 New players are really hard to assist. It's best that they learn the game on their own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SalamanderAnder (DayZ) 1747 Posted September 17, 2013 Not helping the noob meant you did no good. Sounds to me that you just sneaked up on him to boost your own ego, then ran off & left him in a bad situation. Is there ever a "good" situation in DayZ? It's just bad, or worse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bfisher 561 Posted September 17, 2013 Not helping the noob meant you did no good. Sounds to me that you just sneaked up on him to boost your own ego, then ran off & left him in a bad situation. I did kill a bandit who probably would have killed him, as well as anyone else he came across. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hetstaine 10852 Posted September 17, 2013 the assorted noobs and mooks and other idiots tossing glow sticks like they're at a late 90s rave or bobble-heading along with their flashlights. Hey..i resemble that ! Nothing like a good chemstick party at Balota ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jock McScottish 216 Posted September 18, 2013 I did kill a bandit who probably would have killed him, as well as anyone else he came across.No doubt you meant good, but I just look at it through my noob binoculars. If you had announced yourself to me & then fucked off into the darkness, I would have been thankful that you hadn't shot me in the back. I wouldn't remember or respect you though, & THATS what Dayz is all about. Theres helping a noob, and then theres HELPING a noob. If you had watched and helped him for half an hour, that guy would never have forgotten you. you may have flattened some bandits, but he will never know you were his guardian angel. To be a proper hero in this game you need to man up & properly help a noob, show him that there is good guys out there. I say this as a relative noob myself, I play alone and have learned the ropes the hard way, but it would be awesome if some heavily armed guy turned up and said " I got your back" for a short while. You would have given that guy a great Dayz memory, & maybe tought him to play nicer! You were a hero to yourself, but that's missing the point if you don't mind me saying. You did good, but you could have done better is all Im saying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mos1ey 6301 Posted September 19, 2013 No doubt you meant good, but I just look at it through my noob binoculars. If you had announced yourself to me & then fucked off into the darkness, I would have been thankful that you hadn't shot me in the back. I wouldn't remember or respect you though, & THATS what Dayz is all about. Theres helping a noob, and then theres HELPING a noob. If you had watched and helped him for half an hour, that guy would never have forgotten you. you may have flattened some bandits, but he will never know you were his guardian angel. To be a proper hero in this game you need to man up & properly help a noob, show him that there is good guys out there. I say this as a relative noob myself, I play alone and have learned the ropes the hard way, but it would be awesome if some heavily armed guy turned up and said " I got your back" for a short while. You would have given that guy a great Dayz memory, & maybe tought him to play nicer! You were a hero to yourself, but that's missing the point if you don't mind me saying. You did good, but you could have done better is all Im saying. I like to help the new guys by sharing medical supplies and whatnot but sticking around with them can more or less be a death sentence. If I was doing a quick run by Cherno as a fresh spawn then maybe I'd have stuck with him, but if I was geared with a DMR and night-vision goggles then I definitely would have done the same as the OP. Nothing against new players, but their naivety and lack of game sense can often get you both killed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iegle 117 Posted September 19, 2013 Another superb story; bfisher does not disappoint. :thumbsup: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
