Scott61 93 Posted March 21, 2014 I have a short story I would like to share While cruising around the map just the other day,looking for a LRS and after spending 10 to 12 hours running back and forth from airfield to military base back and forth over and over for quite a few days....(mostly do to everywhere being cleaned out by server hoppers but thats besides the point) I am just the other day looting a Barracks,and I hear this voice....."I'm friendly""Hello,I;m friendly....please don't shoot me" By that time ,I had a M4 with a scope drawn and up aimed right at him as he stood just outside the front door of the Barracks I was in. Feeling nervous,as I usually get shot and killed in these instances and have yet to be able to trust anyone at all....Nick,as I found out his name later keeps talking to me saying he is friendly and to please don't shoot him...I told him I am also frinedly,and that I am only looking for a LRS and that he can have everything else that is around! I creep up to the doorway leading out of the barracks,eventually leaving the somewhat saftey of the building looking around for any friends he may have as I am a suspicious person now in DayZ. Nick,he just keeps talking,"I'm friendly ,please don't shoot me","I have a LRS,if you want it you can have it"He has a Mosin shouldered,with the PU scope on it.He picks a LRS out of his inventory and places it on the ground and backs away.all the time saying "please don't shoot me" Maybe he didn't have any ammo forthat Mosin he had shouldered,I don't know,most I have met shoot on sight with no conversation! So I pick up the scope and eventually I calm down and start to talk to him and after a bit of conversation I shoulder my weapon.We chat a bit about where we been,how long we have had our characters happening etc.I ask him if he needs anything,a canteen for water,food,drinks,compass...and no he says he doesn't need anything.Has all he needs,doesn't use the LRS and likes his PU Scope betterTraded a M4 rigged out to his buddy for the Mosin and found the LRS awhile back After almost 300 hours in DayZ,and not meeting a single friendly person....I meet Nick,and... he gives me exactly....what I was looking for,what I always look for! My eyes are not that great in RL,I use the LRS in place of not having binoculorsThats all I use it for other than trying my luck shooting the odd Zombie from as far away as I canI have yet to kill anyone,and still feel I have no reason to Thank you Nick,that was a special day for me and a great experience meeting someone like you in DayZI really love the concept of the game,and I wish there was more like you around as it gets lonely from time to time running around looting and carrying on and it was very nice having a conversation with someone...let alone getting one of my most prized possesions/loot given to me This act of kindness,makes up for all the bad I have expeienced and gone through at the hands of maniacs etceven makesup for dealing with glitches,bad patches,and any other misfortunate experiencesFor me,this was a great experience Again,thank you Nick and it was nice meeting you in DayZ! S~ 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy_Spider 235 Posted March 21, 2014 I have a short story I would like to share While cruising around the map just the other day,looking for a LRS and after spending 10 to 12 hours running back and forth from airfield to military base back and forth over and over for quite a few days....(mostly do to everywhere being cleaned out by server hoppers but thats besides the point) I am just the other day looting a Barracks,and I hear this voice....."I'm friendly""Hello,I;m friendly....please don't shoot me" By that time ,I had a M4 with a scope drawn and up aimed right at him as he stood just outside the front door of the Barracks I was in. Feeling nervous,as I usually get shot and killed in these instances and have yet to be able to trust anyone at all....Nick,as I found out his name later keeps talking to me saying he is friendly and to please don't shoot him...I told him I am also frinedly,and that I am only looking for a LRS and that he can have everything else that is around! I creep up to the doorway leading out of the barracks,eventually leaving the somewhat saftey of the building looking around for any friends he may have as I am a suspicious person now in DayZ. Nick,he just keeps talking,"I'm friendly ,please don't shoot me","I have a LRS,if you want it you can have it"He has a Mosin shouldered,with the PU scope on it.He picks a LRS out of his inventory and places it on the ground and backs away.all the time saying "please don't shoot me" Maybe he didn't have any ammo forthat Mosin he had shouldered,I don't know,most I have met shoot on sight with no conversation! So I pick up the scope and eventually I calm down and start to talk to him and after a bit of conversation I shoulder my weapon.We chat a bit about where we been,how long we have had our characters happening etc.I ask him if he needs anything,a canteen for water,food,drinks,compass...and no he says he doesn't need anything.Has all he needs,doesn't use the LRS and likes his PU Scope betterTraded a M4 rigged out to his buddy for the Mosin and found the LRS awhile back After almost 300 hours in DayZ,and not meeting a single friendly person....I meet Nick,and... he gives me exactly....what I was looking for,what I always look for! My eyes are not that great in RL,I use the LRS in place of not having binoculorsThats all I use it for other than trying my luck shooting the odd Zombie from as far away as I canI have yet to kill anyone,and still feel I have no reason to Thank you Nick,that was a special day for me and a great experience meeting someone like you in DayZI really love the concept of the game,and I wish there was more like you around as it gets lonely from time to time running around looting and carrying on and it was very nice having a conversation with someone...let alone getting one of my most prized possesions/loot given to me This act of kindness,makes up for all the bad I have expeienced and gone through at the hands of maniacs etceven makesup for dealing with glitches,bad patches,and any other misfortunate experiencesFor me,this was a great experience Again,thank you Nick and it was nice meeting you in DayZ! S~ I have found many friendlies in DayZ, in just 130 hours. This is an awesome story, though. I would say more, but it's late, I'm tired, I need sleepy sleep, nighty, night. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odin_lowe 3686 Posted March 21, 2014 Nice story! Thanks for sharing! But seriously, 300 hrs and no one you encountered were "friendly" ? :| Wow... Got about that amount of time in the mod, and 170hrs in the SA and I met about 40 friendly players on 100 encounters, which in my book is pretty good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[Outcasts]Massacre 121 Posted March 21, 2014 Cool story beans for you Good Sir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scott61 93 Posted March 21, 2014 Must be just bad luck,not meeting any friendly'sAlthough once,way up North looting a town at night...as I was in a building someone walked in to the same building with a flashlight turned onscared the crap out of me,he said he was friendly but I just got up and ran like hell out the door turned a few corners and layed down prone in the grass.He left the building looking all around as he jogged out of town.There were only two people online in that server after I checked the P keyGo figure,huge map only two people and who do you bump into in the middle of the night lol Could also be,as I re-visit military bases and airfields a lotAll known to be hot zones and may just be why I do not meet many friendlys lol I guess I have run into some friendly's here and there though,but Nick was the first I actually met ;)I am still playing that same character on Regular,and I still have the LRS he gave me :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irish. 4886 Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) This story makes me want to kill people less... I mean Im not going to change my whole way of playing, but I really could stand to do more of what I did in one of my last encounters. I told him I intended to kill him, and that he should get ready to defend himself. Some tense minutes pass, and in the end I walked away and let him go on with his looting simply because he asked me to. It felt just as good as a tense firefight.. to have talked to him, and both parted ways alive. But now Im left with the fear that if in the end I find less and less players willing to engage in battle, I will grow bored of this game that has sucked countless hours from my life. Throughout the mods and this standalone.. the whole time I had a smile on my face. I hope that smile does not fade :) Edited March 21, 2014 by lrish 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Griz2 77 Posted March 21, 2014 Good story. These encounters make the risk of being friendly worth the reward. I've teamed up and traded with players I just met during friendly encounters, once even teaming up with some random kind soul for at least a good 6 hours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMentMan 707 Posted March 21, 2014 I have a short story I would like to share :| Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
