Build the community into the game

[antiskub2.0 17]

So in the spirit of authenticity (which I think someone should probably get around to giving us a operational definition of), I was thinking of what a final DayZ project would look like, how we would share information and such and such. I know Rocket had mentioned in interviews that perhaps having some kind of trading post or something like that operated from the forums was one idea that had surfaced. I suggest going in the opposite direction and putting the forums in the game. Basically, we want to influence people in a way that nudges them away from using out of game sources such as DayZwiki, or DayzDb. Not that these are bad things, just that stopping to alt-tab and look at a loot map, kind of breaks the atmosphere a little. Having fairly common places in game to gather certain world information, and perhaps a global billboard or message board (in the form of a telegraph machine?). This allows you to maintain the atmosphere while still retaining the ability to gather certain helpful information.

Another idea, in line more with meta-game connection would be something like a DayZ (telegraph?) App. Look up info, monitor character status/gear. If they wanted to get really ambitious, you could implement alarm systems into the game world and if someone trips it in game, you would get a notification through the app. :P

just throwing out there. feel free to tear it up.