Weird and stupid interactions in Berezino on Zombz.net last night.

[PhillyT 554]

So some oddities last night on Zombz in the Berezino area.

 

Some admin apparently was loot farming since the server was resetting at random intervals, but generally every 20 - 30 minutes.  This created no end of problems.  My fully geared character of a week was reset in Mcta, causing me to respawn near the construction yard in Berezino.  

 

I arrived at the construction site, spoke with a nice guy on level two and moved up towards the hospital.  I got a nice cowboy hat, green raincoat, and a splitting axe, then a mosin and a bayonet but no ammo.  After leaving , I met a player right outside.  I cheerfully greeted him and he said "Oh god!" and ran around the building toward the water fountain behind the cafe.  I called to him "Buddy you are okay, I won't do anything to you."  I looked around Tank Square for a little bit then hit the grocery store.  As I was in the store, the same player came around the corner and again freaked out and said "Hello!  Oh god, of jesus!" and ran off.  I tried to calm him down again but just had to laugh.  I cruised down the road towards the seond grocery store and made my way in, sudden M4 shots rang out.  I was struck twice and managed to turn and talk, yelling "Hey man, come on!  Why shoot me?"  He of course finished me off.

 

I respawned in Kamashovo and began my long run north to Dolina.  I met a couple nice guys, drank from the fountain, and headed out.  Meanwhile my buddy, full geared like I had been prior to the reset, trucked into Berezino to see if he could find the guy who killed me.  He found him near the school, along with a second player who opened fire on him with an SKS.  He took cover in the two store metal structure near the school and killed the SKS player as the idiot climbed down the ladder (why would you climb a ladder during a fire fight)?  He shot the person who killed me and retrieved the Mosin I had carried.

 

We meet up at the construction site near Polana where I found a B29 and Magnum.  We raided Polana and logged out for the night.

 

This morning we hit Polana and the construction site again and discovered a truly baffling player.  It is a situation that makes me confused and really ratchets up the stupid meter.

 

So we are in Tank Square in Berezino.  I have my M4 on my back (I hate to admit it, but we did the log out dup on his M4 to replace the one my player had lost when he was reset - it wasn't a cheat, just a replacement) and my B29 in hand.  We were in the building with the cash registers opposite the statue.  I step out an there is a player in a tactical shirt, with a fire axe and mountain pack standing there.  I say "Hello buddy."  He turns with his axe out and moves towards me.  I say "Whoa buddy, just back up and put the axe away, we won't hurt you."  My buddy comes out and says the same to him.  I am on one side and my friend is on the other.  We both have guns on him and are about 30 feet away.  He trots around the statue, where we lose sight of him for a moment.  As we come around, still on either side of him, he puts his axe away and tries to draw his Mosin.

 

I ask you, if you have two friendly players with weapons on you, telling you to stay calm and put away the axe, why would you try to draw about the worst close quarter gun in the game?  I dumped two B29 shots into him and my friend put a burst through.  He collapsed.  Both of us chastised him for his sheer stupidity.  Looking on his person, he had plenty of decent gear from at least five or six hours to exploration.  What a complete waste.  He had no chance with that Mosin, heck he would have done better to rush us with his axe!  

 

Berezino, home of stupid bandits, scared new spawn, and confused would be explorers.

 

What a fantastic game we have!

[SwarfwgaHead 45]

the only thing i can think of is that he panicked and accidentally hit whatever hotkey he had the Mosin on. You killed a poor, terrified man.

[franjozubcic 18]

Guess he doesn't share his beans :)

[PhillyT 554]

the only thing i can think of is that he panicked and accidentally hit whatever hotkey he had the Mosin on. You killed a poor, terrified man.

 

I hope not!We asked him to put away his axe for 10 seconds before he trotted off to draw that damn rifle! 

[SwarfwgaHead 45]

The fear of being handcuffed and force-fed rotten fruit and poisonous chemicals can be pretty powerful! Perhaps he would rather die honorably in battle, rifle in hand, than risk the dishonorable death of a naked captive :p

[PhillyT 554]

I can see that!

 

I won't ever allow myself to be handcuffed.  But this cat was just acting crazy!

[Proper Gander 45]

You taught him a valuable lesson.  I hope that he learned it.

[zhrike 264]

I met a player right outside.  I cheerfully greeted him and he said "Oh god!" and ran around the building toward the water fountain behind the cafe.

That quoted bit made me lol. I had a similar experience. Hardcore experimental server, spawned in Novy, which is an awesome spawn, IMO. I killed a couple of zeds with fists, then found an axe. Couple of minutes later I saw a player running down the main street, bleeding, being chased by another zed. I ran to follow, killed the zed, then went up to the player, who was bandaging. I heard a squeaker say the following words "oh god, no!" with such fear and distress that I couldn't help but laugh. I could barely get out "it's alright, I'm not gonna hurt you ..." without laughing, but also wanted him to understand I wasn't lying to him. He bolted. Later, I found a mosin and ammo in the same red brick building and looked for that kid to give him the gun, but he was long gone. I was reset shortly after. Poor kid.

[frosti 2165]

 

we did the log out dup

 

Duping still works even with timers and all?

[PhillyT 554]

It isn't REALLY a dup.  IF you have two long arms, one in hand and one on your shoulder, when you log out, the gun in hand will fall to the ground while the character waits out the 30 second timer before vanishing.  You can go over and pick up the weapon at any point after it hits the ground, even after the 30 seconds are up.  The night we found it I went to report it but saw it was already reported.  We found it out when my buddy logged out inside the aircraft hanger at NWAF trying to get rid of the memory leak lag.

[PhillyT 554]

Oh, and the character still has the second weapon when they return.  So they have the gun, and they left a copy of the gun, so it is a form of dupping.