Immersive explanation for senseless killings? It's obvious...

[ZedsDeadBaby 2287]

Wondering why there are so many lunatics in Chernarus? Confused, perhaps frustrated at your inability to communicate with them clearly, or appeal to their sense of humanity or morality? Wondering why they can't seem to suppress an overwhelming urge to end your life in the most efficient way possible?

Haven't you realized, yet? I figured it out a long time ago...

You're dealing with partially infected humans.

The virus has attached and begun to replicate, but has not fully taken hold. These individuals are still able to exercise full muscle control, maintain normal human senses, and even speak (though not all coherently). However, they exhibit reduced inhibitions, delusions of grandeur, extreme paranoia, uncontrolled violent outbreaks and a growing, overwhelming desire for murder.

We have no information on the replication rate of this virus. These individuals might succumb more fully to the virus at any moment, or they could remain in their proto-viral state for years. If they do turn, other pre-infected will surely take their place.

So, there you have it. Mystery solved. Lets all stop debating in endless circles about whether senseless murder is "realistic" in DayZ. Lets stop insisting that mindless murderers must needs break immersion and spoil the atmosphere of the game.

We have our answer now.

And you have your choice: avoid them and hope someone finds a cure, or treat them as you do the zombies and end them before they end you.

[w_epley 37]

There is no cure for your hypothetical diagnosis.....

[Paah (DayZ) 0]

There is no cure for your hypothetical diagnosis.....

Except death. Better kill 'em all.

[iidunno 0]

so what you're saying is we should shoot them?

[umandez 139]

There is no cure for your hypothetical diagnosis.....

You are just boring.

[Dingus (DayZ) 429]

Clever, but I think I prefer thinking about it as a faction of people who are so stressed with what's become of things they have completely lost their shit.

[ZedsDeadBaby 2287]

so what you're saying is we should shoot them?

That's certainly my preferred solution!

[Tuggo 25]

So is this rash I have down...um...nevermind. I'm fine...really.

BEEAANNSSS!!!

[deepfried 95]

BEEAANNSSS!!!

:D ok I lol'd pretty hard at that.

on topic though, yeah, this has been suggested as a canon justification for all the insane pvp. I liked it better with the suggestion that there be some physical manifestation of the infection (where infection corresponds directly to humanity) such as red eyes a la 28 days later.

[krishbenda 0]

There is no cure for your hypothetical diagnosis.....

indeed

[haviv[3rdid] 57]

We are the real zombies. What we see as zombies are actually ordinary people but the virus affects our imagination so that we see ourselves as normal and they are subhuman in order to rationalize our behavior. When they are 'killing' us, it is really us eating them and when we finally realize that we just ate a 7 year old, we commit suicide.