My Hardcore Experience (ongoing AAR)

[lastdog 37]

Background:

i had already decided that i wanted to randomly come accross other players and see if i would be lucky and find someone peacfull, or if i would be KOSed again. due to the risks i knew i would face, i logged onto a hardcore server as i was a fairly fresh spawn. the only thing i had done was run around my spawn area a bit and logg off a few times when i accidently joined the wrong server, so i considered this to be a fresh start, just with even less food.

 

Day one:

 

i spawned on one of the small islands off the coast that had a single house and a boat shead, and started to run north once i got to the road. looting a few of the larger houses in Kamyshovo, i found a biker helmet; a soda; and a can of food i couldnt open. i drank the soda and continued north. i then stopped to loot a few of the buildings in Krutoy Cape, and found a hack saw and some tuna. eating the tuna, i kept the saw for when i would need to open any other cans. i was going open my remaining can and drop it, but i decided to hold onto it in the off chance i found a shotgun. i drank some water from a standing pond and continued on my way.

 

East of three Vallys (a small collection of homes just south of Solnichniy) is where things got interesting. the first thing i saw was a Zombie, maybe a hundred yards south of the "village" standing in space swinging at something i couldnt see. i called out, thinking maybe there was an invisable player there. after 10 seconds i decided it was bugged out, and killed the zombie. as soon as i got into the center of the collection of buildings, i saw a man run up, and a zombie run after him. as the player wasnt carrying anything, i figgured it was a new spawn, and decided to take my chances. i engaged the zombie, trying carefully not to hit the other player. he then noticed the zombie and also started attacking.

 

this is where i learned that hacksaws, are awefull against zombies. my screen lost alot of color, but wearing the biker helmet kept me from bleeding. the other guy however, started bleeding... alot. i (having to type because i cant get my mic to work on DayZ) shouted out to run. he ran into the building, so i followed, knowing full well that the zombie was going to glitch into the house. a quick search around i saw a red childs backpack, and i thought i picked it up. as the zombie (and one of his friends) ran into the room, i shouted to run again, and together we took off south along the road. when we got far enough away, i noticed that the zombies were stuck roughly in the same spot as that first one i had seen, swinging in the air at something we couldnt see.

 

i ripped up my shirt and bandaged my new friend, he said thanks, and i opened the canned spaghetti and force fed it to him, dropping the saw. we talked about grouping up, and what we should do now. i said i knew where a small village was that i liked to go to just up the mountain, "Tulga" and we ran up the mountain. about halfway up i realized i didnt have the backpack, and mentioned it to him. he asked if we should go back, but i didnt feel like it was a safe idea, also we didnt have anything to carry in it anyway. i had mentioned this last part to him to reinforce the idea that i have nothing benificaial for him to kill me for lol. i noticed he picked up the saw, which i was fine with, it would be most useful for when we found food.

 

reaching the top of the mountain, i told him that we would run south along the ridge line to find the town. i knew this because i had run from some zombies there once, and learned of my surroundings though the experiance. we looted the homes, not finding much, and sharing what little food and soda we did get. as we searched the last set of houses, (on the other side of the dear stand) i saw him take off into a house along the road, being chased by a zombie. i was going to take off after him, but saw a second zombie coming toward me. with only one house left, i peeled off, and did a quick search before running back to where we had split. he was just reaching that point, i shouted to go back to the road and we took off. with our pockets empty, we ran further inland, along the road heading for the town of "Msta" at the top of the first hill, once we reached the forest line, we decided it was time to retire for the night. we added eachother on steam, and logged off.

 

Day 2:

Logging back in, we made contact slightly further up the road, and attempted to get some voice communications set up. his mic worked, and we tested how far the range was, and we were surprised to find how short it was. we decided to connect on skype, and having made proper communications, headded off towards msta. the first building we looted gave us some vitamians; a pistol holster; an Axe; and a baseball bat. properly armed, we searched the rest of the buildings, finding a first aid kit, and more food and drinks. we ate split everything, and i even found a beanie for him. finally we drank our fill at the water pump before heading up the road.

 

as we passed a powerline, we decided to follow it and cut into the woods headed north east, were we found a few houses and a small power station. i traded my biker helmet for a beanie with a pompom on top. heading to a secure area, we decided it was time to log for the night.

 

 

im unsure what our next plan is, but sofar, even with very little in the way of gear, im having alot of fun surviving with my new friend. i doubt we will be able to survive an encounter with bandits, but we have enough gear to come out on top of any zombies we meet, which is better odds than we started.

Edited March 15, 2014 by lastdogdead

[lastdog 37]

Day 3: also known as "the sky is falling"

 

we attempted to log on, and instantly the server went down and took our characters with it. when we logged back in, our spawns had switched, so we met up at the half way point, and did everything we had done the two nights prior all over again. making our way to the factory along the coast, we now had both gotten fire axes, backpacks, biker helmets. we even found a few first aid kits, and some saline bags. we headed back inland and found a town with a police station. he picked up a rifle before the game became too buggy and we had to leave.

[lastdog 37]

Day 4: Contact!

 

So we logged back on after a day of not playing. we didnt have any idea where we where, so we continued west along the road. to our surprise, the Town we arrived at was Novy Sobor. we had somehow gone WAY past Gorka. Looting both of the Sobor Towns, we now had a Mosin, which could be loaded and used to protect ourselves. we ran up to the air field, and as we did so, i explained the dangers that i had read of on these fourms, never having actually been to the NWAF. the server was only 3 or 4 other players, so i was hopefull we would be safe. to my surrprise, we managed to loot all of the hangers, the control tower, and the first Duty hut we found. (i dont think its right to call it a prision... theres just one jail cell.)

 

while looting the Barracks i found an M4, so i gave him the mosin just before the server went down, so we came back in on a new server, and started looting everything again. i started to have a bit of lag as i ran back into the duty hut, and mistakenly said i was in the ATC tower. forsome reason i confused the two, and he kept saying how he didnt see me, and i figured i was lagging. by this point, we were both wearing PayDay Masks, mine was under the biker helmet, and i found a balistics helm in the cell. taking that i headed upstairs, where i found a a 30 round mag for my M4. i was screwing around trying to get the new mag instead of the 20 round mag. something hit me.

 

i backed up and drew my fire axe expecting to see a zombie. for a second, there was nothing. then out of no where there was a dude standing right where i had been. he looked just like i had looked 3 minutes ago, with a payday mask on under his biker helmet. i thought he was my friend, becuase we both thought we were in the ATC tower. i said "dude, did you pick up my helmet?" he didnt respond so i typed "who are you" but it came out "who are toy".

 

then i noticed the red backpack... my buddys backpack was green... unsure of what to do, and knowing that this guy had just hit me a few seconds ago, and seeing that he hadwhat looked like a mosen (i had just dropped mosen ammo for the mag) i paniced and hit him with my fire axe a few times.. blood was coming out everwhere, but i was still too scared, and as i saw him go for his gun, i ran for the stairs drawing my own. i had forgotten that stairs make you walk down, and my screen grayed once as i booked it out of the building. in my paniced state i ran around the building calling out to my friend. at that point i saw the ATC tower, and realized my mistake in full.

 

as i ran into the woods, i noticed my pursuer wasnt on me, so together we grouped up and tried to find him. my mic doesnt work in the game, so i told my friend to call in. "we have you surrounded, come out with youre hands up". i decided that if we could, we would assist this player, as i might have over reacted. he was probably bleeding and near death, and i could make up for my error. no one came out "ok were comming in"

 

"dont tell him that, then he will expect it!" we went in anyway, but there was no player. unsure of what to do, he thought he sawsomething on the runway, but it was just a walker. he took off down the runway anyway, so i followed him. he ran into one of the hangers, and when i got there i saw the other player right infront of him. my buddy didnt notice it wasnt me, but this player (wearing a balistics helmet and a gas mask) was deffinitly new. it all happened so fast there wasnt anytime for anything. the two of us already had our weapons drawn, and i saw this guy pull out his M4, so i aimed in and held the trigger down.

 

i must have missed because he took off. we both chased him around the back but he was gone. i was scared about what we should do, if we should just leave him be. but my friend reminded me that we wouldnt be safe with him around. i decided to run back away from the hanger a bit... towards the woods. turning around i saw the player. he was crouched behind a pair of bushes so that we couldnt see him from the hanger, and he was looking right at me.

 

i dontremeber if i manged to even aim in let alone shoot, but i went down. frantic that my black screen would become perminent, i called out to my friend. i did the best i could to explain the shooters location. i must have done a good job, because he ran back to the hanger and was promtly shot by the same guy who had now gone prone.

 

luck was on our side though, as i had just then regained conciousness, i could just make out the flashing of his muzzel, so i unloaded. about as my friend went down, i ran out of ammo and started to switch mags. the shooter stood up and backed away from my friend a few feet, and when my gun was loaded, i dropped him.

 

 

sadly, this victory came at a price. my friend logged out thinking that he could regain his sense by doing so, and he died. as i was picking though the other players gear, i lagged and disconnected, returning to an empty field by the time i could rejoin.

[Irish. 4886]

:huh:

[Phalanx102 59]

:huh: x2

 

It's a good story man, but if you're going to tell a story like you're in game I'd recommend keeping the meta-game parts out. I.E. The server swapping, the lag and all that. Describe it like you would a real life experience.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Phalanx102

[lastdog 37]

what?

[lastdog 37]

oh ok. i wasnt really sure what style i was writing it in. i just figured i would write it i guess. thanks for the tip.

[Phalanx102 59]

It's definitely a cool story, a lot of us play just for the pit of the stomach feeling of dread you get when you see a character you don't know just "appear" out of nowhere.