That feeling you have done something bad

[tickle_me_jesus 37]

I'm never sharing stories and writing what happens when I play a game, but I really want to share what I witnessed yesterday.

I have been playing Dayz for six weeks now and so far always lonewolf style. After the last reset of the tents I set up a humble camp (e.g. 1 tent) somewhere in the north of Chernarus (not outside the map).

Yesterday I felt like roaming the woods. Once before I found a camp doing this and thought I might get lucky again and run into a camp, hopefully with a working vehicle in it.

After walking for half an hour I had not seen a single tent and decided to go home again. Of course through the woods, just in case.

I have GPS so that works great! Search coordinates, set up a waypoint on the map and start walking.

After about five minutes walking, always looking around hoping to see some tents, I hear a horn honk once. Believe me when I say that my hartrate skyrocketed, literally!

I stop immediately, dive under the nearest pine tree that I see .... and wait and listen. Then I hear the sound of an engine starting up! I remain silent ... listening closely. I hear the vehicle moving and the sound of the engine fades, very slowly into the distance.

Because I clearly heard where the sound came from, I could do two things ... Walk on or take a look? I brace myself for a confrontation and decide to head in the direction where the sound of the horn came from. Slowly I crawl against the slope of the wooded mountain. After approximately 100 meters the slope becomes a little less steep and behold, what does my eye see!?

A complete camp; three tents, a tractor, a bicycle and a Ural. I have a look but no one else is around.

Ok, I must quickly decide what I should do. Whoever just drove off with apparently another vehicle from this camp can come back any time and given the number of vehicles there, chances are that he will not be alone. Loaded with weapons, ammunition and a lot more. The Ural looks good and I decide to step in .... everything green, driveable and 3/4 full tank.

I get out and run a little further, down the slope. What should I do? The Ural truck is full of loot and I can drive it off. But these people have put a lot of time and effort in repairing the vehicles and all that loot ... Can I just steal it? Can I just take it all?

Fuck it, how likely is it that have a find this stuff? If I don't act now, sooner or later I will regret it. Right now I have a chance to commit the crime

unseen and unpunished!

I run back up the hill, jump in the Ural and drive back down the slope. Set course to my camp, which will be getting a significant upgrade! Once arrived

in my camp, I picked up my old tent, put all in the ural and start looking for a new place for my camp, version 2.0.

It is not easy to conceal a big blue truck somewhere in the woods, I can tell you that much.

The result of this adventure, a truck with 2 fn snide, 2 akm's, Remmington with flashlight, m4a1, ammo, blood bags

(little to no use for me since I play lone wolf) and a whole load of other generic loot.

Long story, I know. But I really had to share. Why? I still can not believe how this could happen simply because that player (accidentally?) used

the horn of the vehicle before he drove off with it. Had he not done that, I would probably have just kept running, just missing the camp.

I think this is an example of how this game works and what's so great about it. A tiny event leads to a whole new situation. It is such a big coincidence though, that I still can' believe it really happened. On my way back to camp I sat there wondering how it is possible that I stumble upon such a find.

The map and playable area in this game is so huge, you can walk through the woods for hours without ever encountering anyone or seeing a single tent.

But yesterday I got lucky and someone else unlucky, very unlucky.

Tl;dr Dayz is a game with great dynamics and immersion.

[mirc00 7]

It's always dangerous to park your vehicles right next to your tents and it was the fault of the guy who used the horn, so you don't have to feel bad about it, not even a bit. And yea, it's really astonishing how often you meet other ppl, even if the map is 225 km² large.