Killing filthy surrender monkeys..

[Geckofrog7 1168]

So the other day I found an orange raincoat. An ORANGE raincoat. Needless to say, I now had a will to survive.

 

Which always means that within two minutes, I will meet a very unpleasant person who would like to fill me full of led and take my alkaline battery and pants. Reliable as usual, fate came true. Some guy with a Mosin saw me at a distance and started taking pot shots. (He was the world's worst sniper, lol)

 

Having an empty shotgun and .45, I immediately walk into the open and surrender, while also dropping both (Again, empty) weapons onto the ground and walking a good 5 meters away from them.

 

I type into text chat "Here, you get better things if you hold up people instead of killing them." (By then he was close enough to read my text, while still taking horribly aimed shots at me while running) No reply except moar bullets.I again pleaded "Please, have mercy, this is the first time I found an orange raincoat, and I've been traveling up the coast for a long time now."

 

"YOU ARE DEAD"

 

So I ask why, why do people shoot, even after they've surrendered and are obviously not a threat. Is it punishment for acting like a coward? Is it some sick sport? Or do they really think some guy in an orange raincoat is stupid enough to punch them for their mosin?

 

Sorry if I sound like I'm raging about a death.  :P

I actually laugh usually at the creative and hilarious ways I've died. It's kind of my specialty. But this was kind of...

Disappointing? I dunno. Just kinda lame.

 

TEAL DEER:

Why would you shoot someone who surrendered and dropped their weapons 10 meters away?

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

Someone did it to them. So, now they're doing it to you.

[frosti 2165]

Becouse there is no punishment.

[eleventhavenue 204]

Some people don't care about anything, and especially not other players.

 

I think the best thing to do in that situation is to run away. The shooter is certainly not going to have a chat with you if he/she is KOS'ing you, so you might as well get out of reach.

[Jack Dant 158]

Having an empty shotgun and .45, I immediately walk into the open and surrender, while also dropping both (Again, empty) weapons onto the ground and walking a good 5 meters away from them.

 

This just proves that in Chernarus, murder is uncommon, but there are a lot of suicides. You can commit suicide very easily, if you are not careful.

 

(with apologies to Terry Pratchett)

[doctorbadsign 645]

Cause there is no good reason not to shoot you?

[Ghostflux 100]

If people let their gun do the talking, then why do you think that they'd show mercy on you? They wouldn't start shooting unless they were out to kill you. Not everyone kills for loot.

[skyline-gtr 130]

If you are left alive its a risk that you may kill someone else.

Basically killing is a pro-active way to prevent killing.

[dallas 5195]

Two questions please.

 

If he can't hit you from a distance, while you're standing still, why would you think it would be the greatest idea, to keep standing still, while he was walking towards you still shooting?

 

Did you at any point consider that if he couldn't hit you while standing still, it would be even more difficult for him, if you, you know... simply ran away?

Edited February 4, 2014 by Dallas

[weedmasta 784]

So the other day I found an orange raincoat. An ORANGE raincoat. Needless to say, I now had a will to survive.

 

Which always means that within two minutes, I will meet a very unpleasant person who would like to fill me full of led and take my alkaline battery and pants. Reliable as usual, fate came true. Some guy with a Mosin saw me at a distance and started taking pot shots. (He was the world's worst sniper, lol)

 

Having an empty shotgun and .45, I immediately walk into the open and surrender, while also dropping both (Again, empty) weapons onto the ground and walking a good 5 meters away from them.

 

I type into text chat "Here, you get better things if you hold up people instead of killing them." (By then he was close enough to read my text, while still taking horribly aimed shots at me while running) No reply except moar bullets.I again pleaded "Please, have mercy, this is the first time I found an orange raincoat, and I've been traveling up the coast for a long time now."

 

"YOU ARE DEAD"

 

So I ask why, why do people shoot, even after they've surrendered and are obviously not a threat. Is it punishment for acting like a coward? Is it some sick sport? Or do they really think some guy in an orange raincoat is stupid enough to punch them for their mosin?

 

Sorry if I sound like I'm raging about a death.  :P

I actually laugh usually at the creative and hilarious ways I've died. It's kind of my specialty. But this was kind of...

Disappointing? I dunno. Just kinda lame.

 

TEAL DEER:

Why would you shoot someone who surrendered and dropped their weapons 10 meters away?

 

Because despite him being a bad shot, you chose to stay instead of run away which make your intentions suspicious? :D

[excitable1 156]

your only not a threat if you are out of arm's length and have no weapon.

 

I prefer to kos to be a nice guy and send you on a free trip to the coast

 

oh and ask the fully kitted out guy I mike tyson'd for his gear if he thinks I am stupid.

Edited February 3, 2014 by excitable1

[Nocturnal (DayZ) 85]

Because it's the easiest things to do. Most gamers like it easy.

[l mandrake 61]

Protip: when taking sniper fire, DO NOT stand still with your hands in the air :facepalm:

[africanhungergames 192]

 

 

So I ask why, why do people shoot, even after they've surrendered and are obviously not a threat. Is it punishment for acting like a coward? Is it some sick sport? Or do they really think some guy in an orange raincoat is stupid enough to punch them for their mosin?

 

Sorry if I sound like I'm raging about a death.  :P

I actually laugh usually at the creative and hilarious ways I've died. It's kind of my specialty. But this was kind of...

Disappointing? I dunno. Just kinda lame.

 

TEAL DEER:

Why would you shoot someone who surrendered and dropped their weapons 10 meters away?

I kill everyone and if you want to know why it is because i am on an ever lasting quest to find the first person who betrayed me on the game.

 

Its rather funny actually, every person i kill i do so thinking that might have been one of the pricks that betrayed me in the past.

 

So if you want to know why i do it it's not because im shooting at you so to speak, i am shooting at every fxcker who has treated me like a piece of shit in the past in that slim SLIM hope that i may one day have my revenge.

 

Dont take it to heart, gearing up is as easy as washing the dishes at the moment (i actually do all my washing up during the journey from fresh spawn to NEAF)

 

 

Someone did it to them. So, now they're doing it to you.

You hit the nail on the head.

Edited February 3, 2014 by africanhungergames

[execpro22 128]

 

So I ask why, why do people shoot, even after they've surrendered and are obviously not a threat. Is it punishment for acting like a coward? Is it some sick sport? Or do they really think some guy in an orange raincoat is stupid enough to punch them for their mosin?

 

Sorry if I sound like I'm raging about a death.  :P

I actually laugh usually at the creative and hilarious ways I've died. It's kind of my specialty. But this was kind of...

Disappointing? I dunno. Just kinda lame.

 

TEAL DEER:

Why would you shoot someone who surrendered and dropped their weapons 10 meters away?

 

 

No offense, but why the frick are you asking this question that has been asked literally 10 millions times? You know the answer already!

 

It's not really rocket science to figure out that:

 

 

A:  the game has literally NO features right now so after gearing up which is incredibly easy the only thing left to do is hunt players.

 

B: running out into a field in a bright orange target, surrendering and waiting to get shot doesn't magically make you INVULNERBLE.

 

 

 

If you were really serious about not wanting to lose that giant target on your back then you would have hid in the brush when traveling not run out into an empty field screaming shoot me please...

 

 

 

Gosh I swear they need to pin this thread so when the next genius gets shot he can have the psychology of why he got shot explained to him

[frosti 2165]

Cause there is no good reason not to shoot you?

 

Let's see in real life why not to kill people:

 

- can be bad for mental health

- you risk being excluded from community and become outcast forced to live without luxury

- you need other people's skills/work

 

Reasons why not kill in DayZ:

[DeatHTaX 1217]

So the other day I found an orange raincoat. An ORANGE raincoat. Needless to say, I now had a will to survive.

 

Which always means that within two minutes, I will meet a very unpleasant person who would like to fill me full of led and take my alkaline battery and pants. Reliable as usual, fate came true. Some guy with a Mosin saw me at a distance and started taking pot shots. (He was the world's worst sniper, lol)

 

Having an empty shotgun and .45, I immediately walk into the open and surrender, while also dropping both (Again, empty) weapons onto the ground and walking a good 5 meters away from them.

 

I type into text chat "Here, you get better things if you hold up people instead of killing them." (By then he was close enough to read my text, while still taking horribly aimed shots at me while running) No reply except moar bullets.I again pleaded "Please, have mercy, this is the first time I found an orange raincoat, and I've been traveling up the coast for a long time now."

 

"YOU ARE DEAD"

 

So I ask why, why do people shoot, even after they've surrendered and are obviously not a threat. Is it punishment for acting like a coward? Is it some sick sport? Or do they really think some guy in an orange raincoat is stupid enough to punch them for their mosin?

 

Sorry if I sound like I'm raging about a death.  :P

I actually laugh usually at the creative and hilarious ways I've died. It's kind of my specialty. But this was kind of...

Disappointing? I dunno. Just kinda lame.

 

TEAL DEER:

Why would you shoot someone who surrendered and dropped their weapons 10 meters away?

 

part of the game. gonna have to deal with it. :/

[PoebusApolloHC 24]

Why would you want to surrender to someone who is blatantly trying to kill you?

 

I'm sure his finger kept slipping onto the trigger even while he was running towards you.

 

I'm also sure that he was yelling "Friendly! Friendly!" whilst he did all this.

[Geckofrog7 1168]

 

Protip: when taking sniper fire, DO NOT stand still with your hands in the air :facepalm:

 

But...but...

I had a raincoat...

You aren't allowed to shoot people in raincoats....

[NagsterTheGangster 388]

Because there's always assholes

[brumey 116]

pretty much this. its sad. so sad.

 

Or do they really think some guy in an orange raincoat is stupid enough to punch them for their mosin?

[DeatHTaX 1217]

Because there's always assholes

 

or people who don't play the way you wanna play lol :D

[comikz 218]

As it has been said many many times in the past on these very forums, because of the current stage of development that DayZ SA is in, there is not a whole bunch to do, past gearing and doing some general exploration, many people resort to killing other players, as this game evolves and more and more content gets added in, I expect people shooting others for no real reason will drastically decrease, there won't be any penalty to killing, however with the promise of larger groups of zombies and rarer loot spawns, people will be more apt to be more choosy when they do shoot.

[Geckofrog7 1168]

lol sorry if I caused a "search first noob, it's been said a thousand times b4" thread. :D

I'm just curious as to why people find it fun I guess.

Me? KOS banditry would  bore me to death.

I love the human interaction of the game, even if it gets me killed constantly.

[l mandrake 61]

Let's see in real life why not to kill people:

- can be bad for mental health

- you risk being excluded from community and become outcast forced to live without luxury

- you need other people's skills/

Ha ha joke..... right? This reads like a prison essay by a reformed psychopath ;) Edited February 3, 2014 by Mandrake