Witnessed everything DayZ can be to a new player and it was glorious.

[PhillyT 554]

So I took the invite to try the private FOG server this afternoon.  Logged into the wrong one, the number 2 server, but got to see something truly incredible.

 

I spawned in at Three Valley's, on the coast.  I made my way to the two houses and walked around the back of the tan one to the beach.  At the little row boat, I started picking through the raincoats, boonies, and wellies.  As I am putting some on, a player comes running up in a cowboy hat.  The following exchange occurred:

 

Cowboy:  Hello, I'm new.  I just died.  You can kill me if you need my stuff.

Me:  Hi.  Yeah, I figured you were new being over here.  And no, I am good on killing you.

Cowboy:  I just got the game last night, this was the first time I died.

Me: Oh wow!  Thats awesome.  This game is incredible.

Cowboy:  Yeah, I got caught in the rain and I ended up getting killed.

 

So I was about to give him a little advice before moving on when suddenly he cried out.

 

Cowboy: Hey, oh man!

 

From behind me, a player with a splitting axe raced in from behind me.  He chopped me once and I immediately started bleeding.  Fast.  The fade was almost immediate.  I started laughing because the cowboy guy was yelling into the mic.

 

Cowboy:  What the hell man!  What are you doing!

Me:  *laughing*  welcome to DayZ man!  Run for it!

 

I ran down the beach a little ways, noticing that the axe guy swung at and struck the cowboy a couple times.  I don't know if he finished him, but I collapsed only about 150 feet north of the row boat, with the axe murderer coming out of the tan house's yard to finish me off.

 

If that was the guys second life, he got everything that was DayZ.  Meet a new spawn, chat for a moment, second new spawn with a weapon flies in to ruin the party.  Truly a State of the Game moment!

 

In some ways, I wonder whether it was somewhat of a setup.  There were four players.  The new spawn had torn his shirt off and found a cowboy hat, so he had some of the rudimentary controls down.  He also kept his mic up while the attack was happening.  Either way, it warmed my heart to be part of something so quintessentially Dayz!

 

[o5pr3y (DayZ) 77]

Either way sounds like a fun moment.
I no longer get annoyed with dying it was entertaining.

I just hate the random KOSer's head shot as I eat my food in a building, sitting in the corner, in a state of paranoia.

[jbest8283 8]

THIS is what I love about DayZ! Everything is a new experience.