Today we met a guy playing for the first time

[thelonewarrior 886]

So we were switching servers while at solnichny due to the population getting below 10 ( including us)

We log into another server with around 25 players and get ready to head out when one of our guys says he got rolled back and is in the trees and not where we all logged in

So anyway he spots a guy running around trying to loot stuff and not having much success, he goes down and does the usual asking if he wants some food Ect and he takes some and heads off

I have a chat with my group about this guy as he told my teammate he had started playing for the first time about 5 mins ago and judging by his actions he seemed to be telling the truth

The story goes that this player (called King) was over his friends house who had bought the standalone 2 weeks ago and was Hooked and this guy King was trying it out while his friend showed him what to do

Both of these guys (on one character on one PC )said this was the first friendly players they had met and King was told by his friend to not trust anyone and expect to get killed for no reason

I make the decision, something I never do anymore.....I ask him to join us on our journey

We take him to a small town and show him how to change items over from other clothing and where to find loot, and what things such as motorcycle helmets offer and different types of food, water and how to drink from wells

At first he seemed reluctant, probably thinking we were going to "beat , maim or rape him" (his words later on after a chat, not mine)

We find him a melee weapon and head into elektro, one of our 5 men escort him while I over watch on the lower hill with my M4 Acog sight and our other mosin snipers set up positions elsewhere

This guy now has a full squad covering him, making sure no man murders our newfound companion

It takes time as we tell him and show him where to loot and how different types of clothing offer more slots( though he opts for all green outfit over a bright coloured backpack)

Next we show him how to craft a backpack from the sack and rope Ect when another newspawn with a fire axe runs up to him and the guy we sent to guard him

I move down to his flank and tell him that elektro is under the watch of the Regulators, he is free to loot but if he attacks us or anyone else we have snipers positioned around the city

He says he just wants some basic stuff and food Ect and he goes about his looting, thanking us for the protection

We head through the city and then our new friend says he has to go and really appreciates the help and tips

We give him a compass, can opener and enough supplies to support himself to the next town when he is on next time and offer him a gun but he refuses, saying he will find his own once he had got the hang of things

I think we did a good deed today, as the reason he was playing was to see if he liked it enough to buy ( was on a friends account)

His first experience counts the most, he said he knows he's probably gonna die a lot to players when he plays again but hopefully the fact he met some of the good guys first in dayz should at least give him some hope

We taught him the basics of survival and he is left wandering and learning now that we helped him takes his first baby steps into dayz

Edited February 6, 2014 by Regulator Lone Warrior

[terminal_boy 860]

Well played Sir, well played. Have some beans.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

However then follows the usual debate about pedagogical practice: Is pampering not going to spoil the babies, making them unable to cope in the harsh realites of the world on their own? Do they not need spanking and tough love to learn that nothing is free in this world?

 

Sorry, just kidding. You did a truly good deed there, and hopefully created another addict to this game.

[TwinSpire 49]

Awesome story...

[DeatHTaX 1217]

I think a more appropriate lesson would be to become friends with him, earn his trust, then brutally murder him an hour or so later.

 

I mean it's gonna happen at some point xD

[thelonewarrior 886]

Thanks for the beans, they do taste good

I actually think his timing to leave was perfect

We only taught him enough to survive, the rest is up to him now

[mercules 1290]

We taught him the basics of survival and he is left wandering and learning now that we helped him takes his first baby steps into dayz

Don't you know you ROBBED him of becoming a cynical and jaded douchebag. You totally ruined his miserable experience that should have taught him to hate everyone else in the game with such a white hot passion that he refuses someone offering him a spare can opener and runs at them with a pipe wrench screaming, "How dare you look down on me! I'm better than you, seeeeeee. *swish* *swish* *whack*"

Okay, all kidding aside, awesome. You just set someone up to likely be wary of others but not totally closed off to future interactions that don't involve an exchange of bullets at hypersonic speeds.

[dirby12 33]

wp, have my beans =)