gadyuka 99 Posted February 26, 2014 I awoke in hardcore mode on the beach with a zombie literally meters away looking at me. He charged, I panicked, swallowed my heart, did a 180, and started swimming. There was an island in the distance so I decided to give it a go. I had never swam in DayZ before so I figured, why not go for broke. I kept looking behind me to see what the zombie was doing. To my amazement, he was following… walking on the bottom… very, very slowly. I left him in my wake. I arrived on the island and at this stage, was both thirsty and hungry. I began my climb to the top of the island to see what was available and saw a tower. Sadly, the tower and its shack had zero loot. I continued to explore and found an empty house, shack, and outhouse. Zero loot. Now I was very hungry and very thirsty and was running out of options. In the distance I could see a bay, with tiny shoreline community: a boathouse, couple houses, and at a few shacks. Suddenly this island was giving me a little hope. I swam across the bay towards the boathouse, paused, treaded water, zoomed in to inspect, and saw its two inhabitants swaying in the distance. Wonderful. I recalled my first interaction with the zombie on the beach and came up with a plan. I made my way to land, did a running loop around the buildings to ensure I got everyone’s attention, and ran back into the bay. Both zombies were on my heels. I swam into the bay and they followed, walking very slowly underwater. I went out far enough to see how deep I could get them. Mission successful. Both zombies were now out very far and very deep. I returned to shore, ran along the shoreline back to the grouping of building to find nothing. No loot. My only consolation was a well. At least I was no longer thirsty. I drank until fully hydrated and continued to explore the island. I later found a lighthouse and hunting shack, both of which were void of loot. Balls. Worst island vacation ever. I returned to the point on the island where the mainland was the closest and began my swim back. After swimming for a while I treaded water, zooming in to explore the mainland, and spotted a grouping of buildings. Yes I could be walking into more zombies but at this stage I was being warned that I was going to die from starvation so what choice did I have. Luckily, the buildings were void of zombies and one of the houses gave me my first piece of loot – a can of cola. I chugged the can, which brought me from starving to hungry and returned me to fully hydrated. After close to two hours of gaming I decided it was best to end my adventure for the night so I went to the upper floor of the house, logged, and went to sleep. This morning, I decided to roll the dice and squeaked in a quick re-log before heading to work. Bingo! The second door I opened in the same house gave me a can of beans and… wait for it… a badly damaged fireman’s axe. All hail the server reset. Glorious beams of light from the heavens above were pouring down on me this morning as I ate the 43% of beans that remained after I hacked the can open. I am no longer hungry. I went back to the top floor and logged again. Thank you, fireman’s axe. I can't wait to hold you again. DayZ rocks! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeroy 240 Posted February 26, 2014 "I went back to the top floor and logged again." The premise of a server hopper, nice story bro, I love Dayz for that kind of adventure, and much more! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gadyuka 99 Posted February 26, 2014 Premise of a server hopper? Not sure what you mean, sir. Yes, the server reset but that would be expected after a night logged-off, right? Or is it the fact that I only logged in to check my surroundings before logging off again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rulfrunner 8 Posted February 26, 2014 I awoke in hardcore mode on the beach with a zombie literally meters away looking at me. He charged, I panicked, swallowed my heart, did a 180, and started swimming. There was an island in the distance so I decided to give it a go. I had never swam in DayZ before so I figured, why not go for broke. I kept looking behind me to see what the zombie was doing. To my amazement, he was following… walking on the bottom… very, very slowly. I left him in my wake. I arrived on the island (...) Thank you, fireman’s axe. I can't wait to hold you again. DayZ rocks!Nice story! That´s why I like this game too. You don´t know what will happen and you should never give up hope. :D 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinphaltimus 262 Posted February 26, 2014 Every respawn a new story. Thanks for sharing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gadyuka 99 Posted February 27, 2014 Who doesn't love walking out of the woods towards a fresh town with a fireman's axe resting comfortably on your shoulder?I know I could have been easily KoS'ed but it sure feels good walking down main street freely chopping zs B) What a difference a day makes... loot loot loot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gadyuka 99 Posted March 10, 2014 A week and two days later, I entered 2nd floor jail room on an empty server with my character fully geared. She suddenly screamed out and died.Apparantly killed by the infamous stairs glitch... hahahaha... Serves me right for looting on a empty server. Damn, I love this game! ^_^ :beans: :beans: :beans: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
