Idiot.

[dashender7 78]

Four times this has happened to me, the first time I complied, was handcuffed, forcefed rotten fruit and had my legs broken. Needless to say I died shortly after. The second time I also complied but was shot almost instantly. The third time I told them to fuck off, was beaten, told them to fuck off again, was shot. The fourth time I tried being overly friendly, was handcuffed and left the server.

 So with 99% certainty, if someone yells at you, "put your weapon" down, you wil die. Better to go out fighting and maybe take one or two of the bastards with you.

 

This is indeed the experience of myself and most other players - if an individual or group starts an interaction aggressively and on edge, 99% of the time it ends very badly for you - most of the time some jerk in the group will just shoot you in the end anyway just because he can't resist the urge.   At the very least it shows they are afraid of losing their gear by not having total control of the situation, which indicates they would gladly rather "have to kill you" that risk anything to have a friendly interaction.

[mrtrippy 102]

I agree here man.  The tone of voice and the aggressive commands set the tone for that interaction from the start.  If there are 6 of you it it's really not a convincing excuse to say you felt so threatened by one guy with an axe that you had to start yelling at him like a bandit.  

 

If you want to say that you're friendly and try to help people, don't initiate altercations so aggressively - you set a tone that tells 99% of people you are not friendly. Anyone in his position would naturally assume you have nothing good in mind and you just want to torture him once you disarm him.  He'd rather just go out swinging and respawn than be subject to that, and all he had to go by was a bunch of you yelling aggressively at him and pointing your weapons.

 

On the other hand, if you really do have non-bandit intentions, starting off with "hey mate, want to trade or chat, how you doing?" or if you're not out to murder him but don't want to interact, just say, "hey friend, we're a big group and we've been getting attacked, please either put the weapon away or keep your distance" would be appropriate.  At that point if he doesn't comply or comes after you, shooting him would be more justified.

 

The laughing and gloating after you and your buddies all mowed him down like a firing squad doesn't help convince anyone you're not out there to entertain yourselves at the demise of others.  Your play style is not on trial - what's being questioned rather is your saying one thing about what you intended but all the evidence and signals show otherwise.

All of what you're saying makes sense, but its all after you've had time to think about it. Panic is the best thing to turn off common sense in people lol

 

Like this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qToFXX9oGI0 The guy at the start was friendly but still shot at us when we first saw each other because he startled him :P

[dashender7 78]

All of what you're saying makes sense, but its all after you've had time to think about it. Panic is the best thing to turn off common sense in people lol

 

Like this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qToFXX9oGI0 The guy at the start was friendly but still shot at us when we first saw each other because he startled him :P

 

That's true and a great point.  Definitely the panic is understandable in this game.  I still get a jolt of adrenaline every time I see another player.  Really impressive in the video how everyone kept their cool.

 

I want to take the OP at his word that he and his buddies would like to have helpful interactions, so I suppose I'm trying to sort of coach him on how to set that tone.  It seems that many of us let that fear take over, which causes us to try to interact from an aggressive position of power to control the situation which actually undermines the safety of everyone involved and sets the stage for a situation where 9 out of 10 times someone's character dies anyway. 

 

It is possible to learn to control that adrenaline and channel some situations toward being positive or friendly and I believe that to do so often requires truer strength and control of one's faculties and a far greater challenge which can be very rewarding.

 

Simply screaming, cursing and shooting at everyone that moves out of one's own fear of losing something, be it pride, gear, or whatever, is really pretty mindless and base behavior in comparison to becoming skilled at defusing tense situations and earning someone's trust.  (Not saying to let your guard down or be naïve, however, as many will try to betray your kindness for a little gain.)