I died.... and now?

[WalkerDown (DayZ) 296]

Any of us died at least one time (but most, many many times..), so what you do after? Here's some of the player styles... what's yours?

- The Angry German Kid: it's not so common in DayZ, since you're invited to replay and do it better, but it exists. It's the player that stops to play immediatly, because eventually he got a lucky start initially, he lived long enough with just his first life, collecting his awesome gear, to die suddendly by a camping sniper in the middle of nowhere. Then he broken the keyboard and fucked this game all together (not prior than come here on the forum to bitch about it...).

- Leave me alone: he dies to die again. There's nothing much to talk about this player: he dies, he cries, he doesn't improve his gaming style, he doesn't try to understand where he's wrong and why he's dying... he only cries, and dies.. and cry.. and go here to cry.. to die again.. forever.

- Like there's no tomorrow: he dies and he rushes immediately to the first hi-loot location (firestation, airport, tents, barracks). He's a robot, he doesn't think much, he already have a plan: respawn > respawn again and again if the location isn't one of those ones chosen before > run with no care into the loot for weapon / backpack / most important tools > then finally play "normally". If the process fails (he dies again), repeat it over and over again until the success.

- The casual: he/she keeps the game for what it is: a game. He doesn't get angry when he dies, but he learns from his mistakes. He doesn't adopt a studied strategy, he spawn, he eventually die, he respawn and start again without much complaints, trying to correct himself. He got a brain but he's not fully immersed to believe this is the real life. He's that type of person: "how's bud?" ... "all fine mate"... and that's it.

- The true survivor: he spent much time to collect as much tents as possible, hiding them in number on multiple servers. This surviver is prepared for his future like a someone saving money for his oldness. He stock all the possible gears in these tents to regain it when he'll die. Most of the times he fails because: the tent is magically gone after a server respawn; the tent has been flatten out; the tent has been looted by a beaver; but he believes in what he's doing, because he's a Survivor.

- We're all together: he never plays alone, he got so many friends to party with! He's usually careless because he thinks: who care if i die? I have so many chaps to restock me! And it works: when he dies he doesn't have nothing to do than meet the group again, and if it's an organized group he can even being save to run to the meet location, coz a vehicle will carry him there like a taxi! It's so cool.. until a cheater nukes them all together.. but hey, you can't live forever.

- The Rich Nerd: he found the way to exploit the game, investing so much money (without realizing that it still cheating). He has human tents: multiple accounts, slaves with a coyote backpack, used as offline inventories: when he dies he go to the human tent location, log in with the "alt" and restock the main account. The downside is that he usually forgot to have a real life.

[FrostDMG 398]

You CAN have 2 toons on 1 pc with the same CD key... so yeah :p

But OT... I recon I'm... None of those. I don't hoard tents on multiple servers, but I learn from my mistakes, so I guess I'm not the "True Survivor" (?)... I get slightly pissed off when I die but then just say "meh, shit happens" and carry the fuck on

[Freekill0 15]

I am a mix of the true survivor and the "like there is no tomorrow". As when I die I know more or less general specific locations where I can find low tier starter items and for the most part will make my way there. While I do not rush it unarmed like an idiot, I play survivor style and sneak there until I am armed moderately well and can travel North or do Elektro and Cherno looting more confidently. I died a lot in the beginning of my DayZ career and many times without weapons, it is whether or not you learn to adapt that shows growth. Also if you are the kind of person who gets attached to your loot and becomes afraid to lose it... well this isn't the best game for you.

[BigMrC 0]

I am a mix of the true survivor and the "like there is no tomorrow". As when I die I know more or less general specific locations where I can find low tier starter items and for the most part will make my way there. While I do not rush it unarmed like an idiot' date=' I play survivor style and sneak there until I am armed moderately well and can travel North or do Elektro and Cherno looting more confidently. I died a lot in the beginning of my DayZ career and many times without weapons, it is whether or not you learn to adapt that shows growth. Also if you are the kind of person who gets attached to your loot and becomes afraid to lose it... well this isn't the best game for you.

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This is me aswell.

On respawn I look for an ALICE pack, food, drink, morphine, bandages, winni, 1911, loads of ammo, hatchet, knife, matches, compass, map and binocs.

Then I head north killing as many Zs as I can.

I loot lesss popular towns and other out of the way residential areas to stock up on ammo, food, water and medication as needed.

If I come across an animal I grab it's meat in case I ever need blood (I only ever play solo so blood packs are out of the question).

I also loot deer stands in the hope of getting a GPS and Coyote Backpack.

Occassionally, on a low-population, moon-lit nightime server, I will venture to the NW airfield looking for some NVGs and a Rangefinder.

The rest of the time I just go around killing Zs. If I die, it's always at the NW airfield by some other player, then I start all over again.

Done this many times; Everytime it's fun.

[omgwtfbbq (DayZ) 1069]

hmm...how about...

- The normal player: damn, i just got killed. aww! i lost all my cool things... whatever. *respawns* ok, be stealthier this time. learn from your last mistakes, and do better this time around.

me all day long :D

[Thanatos (DayZ) 2]

You CAN have 2 toons on 1 pc with the same CD key... so yeah :p

But OT... I recon I'm... None of those. I don't hoard tents on multiple servers' date=' but I learn from my mistakes, so I guess I'm not the "True Survivor" (?)... I get slightly pissed off when I die but then just say "meh, shit happens" and carry the fuck on

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It's the same for me.

None of the profiles in the op apply to me but yours is spot on.

[WalkerDown (DayZ) 296]

Added, "The Casual" .. :)

Btw when i respawn i usually rush into the hi-loot spawn .. but i have many friends playing with me, so i usually get the essential (what i can get without much risk) then i meet again the group to get the rest (if it's not available we just go loot for it.. usually when playing in ten or more the risks of being all shot down are limited).

[thetimmi@yahoo.de 3]

when u have "the angry German kid" in ur list..., where is the "Hacking russian", or the "raging french"

I think its very presumptuous to say people coming from what country ever, is like this or that!

[z-layrex 175]

I only get angry if it was my own stupid fault, getting too bold with the zeds etc.

[Thanatos (DayZ) 2]

Added' date=' "The Casual" .. :)

Btw when i respawn i usually rush into the hi-loot spawn .. but i have many friends playing with me, so i usually get the essential (what i can get without much risk) then i meet again the group to get the rest (if it's not available we just go loot for it.. usually when playing in ten or more the risks of being all shot down are limited).

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I read your description of "the casual" and it's close enough. :)

when u have "the angry German kid" in ur list...' date=' where is the "Hacking russian", or the "raging french"

I think its very presumptuous to say people coming from what country ever, is like this or that!

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Angry German kid refers to an internet meme of a German kid on Youtube who completely blows his top while playing Counter Strike.

It can refer to anyone who gets way too mad while gaming. ;)

Heres the link:

[v3c1c 86]

I am more "casual"

but if I got shoot in back while respawned in cost line with only starting stuff I am Angry german kid for sure :) sad thay removed global chat :)

[Andrej Dudev 50]

I'm the kind of "Like there's no tomorrow" because after an unrecoverable death there is nothing to lose if I try to rush a place.

[thetimmi@yahoo.de 3]

Ah...ok! Then i guess i missunderstood! I already knew the video;) And i think he is playing Unreal Turnament

But thanks 4 the clue;)