Best DayZ evening so far!

[GeeksterDayZ 55]

Tonight as a result of my posts here I am approached by a newbie to the game who is struggling to ask for a quick 'tour' of the game. Great!

So we met up in-game quite quickly & easily (moreso than my friends manage to!) under the crane in Cherno. I give him some basic instructions (controls, text chat as he has no mic, etc). We loot the building, when on the top floor we are text-chatted to by another player.. "Damn" I thought. "We're gonna get killed, and we'll spend ages trying to meet up again now..."

BUT quite the contrary - he happened to be another 1st-time player too! I invited him along for the tour, and off the 3 of us went.

I showed them around the nearest farm to Cherno to get some supplies, showed them how to kill & cook meat, then headed for the gas station. We ran into some zombies, but with teamwork we took them all down quite easily!

Needing blood, I moved us on to the hospital. Now, I knew this was risky, and that we would quite likely perish there, but what they hey, it would be a learning experience if nothing else.

So we arrive at the hospital, and it looks quite deserted despite there are 35+ players on the server somewhere. I text-announce to anyone nearby that I am introducing these 2 guys to the game, so PLEASE leave us be, we won't harm anyone etc.

We raided the hospital, all the apartment blocks, got tons of blood, morphine, guns, ammo, bandages, food, watches, toolkit, knives.... it was AWEsome.

I suggested we high-tail it out of there as this point, as we had likely been VERY lucky so far!

We head off to the hills, where the original 'newb' left us, with a fond farewell and thanks. The 2nd newb and I carried on back to the gas station, and then to the barn.

I saved and logged out, but was sad to hear that a few seconds later someone with a hatchet claiming to be friendly killed my 2nd newb :( Still, I pointed out that they shouldn't trust anyone, and they know that now!

So overall, 2 new friends on STEAM who were great fun to play 4+ hours with, lots of lovely new gear for when I'm on next, a safe place to spawn and a great feeling that I have helped 2 people discover how awesome staying alive in DayZ can be.

:) :) :)

Edited July 14, 2012 by GeeksterDayZ

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