The Long Crawl (Story/experience)

[Dancingg 27]

The following is an event that happened to me today. One that just made me fall in love with DayZ even more and it's funny because I think your average person would rage if it were them. I thought it was an enjoyable experience and very VERY rewarding.

I was in Staroye, enjoying life. Had a CZ, AKM, and a revolver, cooked meat, plenty of liquids/food, bandages, painkillers, and tools. Most gear I've had (I know not much) plus a decent amount of zed kills under my belt. Next thing you know I accidentally aggro a zombie behind a building. Runs towards me, I shoot. I miss. Quickly readjust but by then it's too late. The zed swings and breaks my legs. Note I had around 10500 Blood and he broke my legs first swing. Mighty unlucky. I put a hole in his head and quickly follow up the other aggroed zombies. I feel done. Broken legs. No morphine. Closest hospital is Elektro.

Was about to just hit the respawn button. Get it over with. But...Something came over me. I wanted to survive. I didn't want to give up. All those other times I gave up. But not this time. My brother just got the game and he was waiting for me. I had gear for him. And I aimed to get it to him crawling or not. Quickly pulled out my map and adjusted my course for Berezino. Hospital there and safer than crawling through Elektro. Closed my map and went on my way.

It's funny, I could have just put a heavy object on my "W" Key, left the keyboard and hoped I didn't die on the way there. But I stayed. Held "W". Looked around at my surroundings, listening to the rain fall upon me, and the nature around me. It was actually sort of cool. Almost relaxing. Every time I passed a town or a road I pulled out my map to make sure I was on track and each time I pulled out that map I was closer to living again. I made it to the hospital. Couldn't believe it. Crawled approx 5KM to get that Morphine and it was worth it. In that time I probably could have found weapons and food after respawning but...this made it satisfying.

I can quickly see the difference between surviving this game and just playing this game now.