A Questionnaire

[Batbard 9]

I've been recently thinking about the community of DayZ and how much it's changed from when I first played it. Back then, 90% of the players were ArmA vets, and I feel like that made a unique attitude and feel that's been missing for a long time... or I could be talking out of my ass, so I figured I'd ask people a few questions.

-When did you first hear about the ArmA series?

-When did you first play an ArmA game in the vanilla format, if you have?

-What is your preferred playstyle in ArmA?

-When did you first hear about DayZ?

-What is your preferred playstyle in DayZ?

-Did you ever take any breaks in playing DayZ?


I feel like these questions are important for understanding where the community's gone in the past year and a half, and also to help justify my illogical elitism.
To answer my own questions, for the sake of getting this started:

-I first heard about the ArmA series by seeing ArmA 1 on a shelf at a store and figuring it couldn't be the worst purchase I could ever make.

-I obviously played that one for a few years, and in 2010 I moved onto ArmA 2 and later Operation Arrowhead when DayZ came out. Never did ever get around to OFP, though.

-As someone who enjoys overly tacticool stuff way too much, I've done plenty of the full ACE and ACRE games with coop and adverserial play. There's something really enjoyable about that kind of stressful teamwork.

-I believe I first heard about DayZ from a gaming board sometime in June 2012 on a gaming forum. I grabbed OA just to play it, and it was a very fun time.

-I've always been a fan of working with people, though instant friendliness isn't something I enjoy. That feeling of not knowing whether you should really risk interacting with another person is very unique and hard to find elsewhere, though as time has gone by it seems like that has faded a bit.

-I stopped playing sometime in August or September of the same year on account of the streaming boom, and I've popped in sporadically since then. This new standalone has promise (thus why I bought it) and I hope I can get that old feeling back somehow.

[frosti 2165]

When did you first hear about the ArmA series?

 

I googled fps with big maps good for sniping

 

-When did you first play an ArmA game in the vanilla format, if you have?

 

About 4 years or so ago I think

-What is your preferred playstyle in ArmA?

 

Sniper

-When did you first hear about DayZ?

 

Was playing World of Warcraft and ganking Horde in Orgrimmar with my friend (both of us rogues) and he told me about DayZ, I gave it a try and loved it.

-What is your preferred playstyle in DayZ?

 

Sniper-stalker

 

-Did you ever take any breaks in playing DayZ?

 

I stoped  only when there was big hacker outbreak and came back after introducion of white list servers

Edited December 24, 2013 by Frosti

[airborne101st45 9]

-When did you first hear about the ArmA series?

On Steam, Arma 2 looked pretty fun so I bought it.

-When did you first play an ArmA game in the vanilla format, if you have?
When I bought the game on Steam. I had lots of fun making really simple missions to play on my own.
-What is your preferred playstyle in ArmA?
Rifleman
-When did you first hear about DayZ?
My brother told me about it and I tried it since I already had Arma 2.
-What is your preferred playstyle in DayZ?
Wasteland Wanderer. I like a good semi-automatic or bolt action rifle. I rarely establish a base or settle down.
-Did you ever take any breaks in playing DayZ?

Yeah, after more hackers started playing, I got tired of it and quit for a little while. I came back a while later and joined a DayZ private hive. I then got bored of DayZ and didn't play until I found out about the Arma 3 DayZ style mod, Breaking point.

Edited December 24, 2013 by hammerhead777