Game Suggestion - Notes

[Udak 104]

I've been playing for a while and just figured it'd be cool to implement some sort of written word into the game. That is--you would have the power (w/ pen and paper or some other writing utensil) to write on a single sheet of paper in-game, that would be carry-able or store-able. I think it would be a great way to get at people that kill you (a string of curses, left on your person, so that the person looting you gets a chuckle going over your stuff) and could be stored inside tents/vehicles to indicate whom, exactly, you are robbing. Even something as simple as a SteamId so that the person who got scared and shot first can apologize to you (assuming they care about that stuff).

I think the litany of possible uses for one of these papers (imagine an in-game sheet with supply dump coordinates listed!) meshes well with the open-ended and open-world environment in dayz.

Thank you for your time.

PLUS CAN WE GET BANDITS TO HAVE FLAMING HEADS SO THAT THEY ARE EASY TO SEE I LOST EVERYTHING I HAD IN ELECTO TO SOME SNIPER HE SHOT ME AND I D/C'ED BUT IT DIDN"T WORK AND I LOST MY ACU PACK AND ENFIELD

[SteppyZz 45]

YES

[Senrain 148]

I've been playing for a while and just figured it'd be cool to implement some sort of written word into the game. That is--you would have the power (w/ pen and paper or some other writing utensil) to write on a single sheet of paper in-game, that would be carry-able or store-able. I think it would be a great way to get at people that kill you (a string of curses, left on your person, so that the person looting you gets a chuckle going over your stuff) and could be stored inside tents/vehicles to indicate whom, exactly, you are robbing. Even something as simple as a SteamId so that the person who got scared and shot first can apologize to you (assuming they care about that stuff).

I think the litany of possible uses for one of these papers (imagine an in-game sheet with supply dump coordinates listed!) meshes well with the open-ended and open-world environment in dayz.

Thank you for your time.

PLUS CAN WE GET BANDITS TO HAVE FLAMING HEADS SO THAT THEY ARE EASY TO SEE I LOST EVERYTHING I HAD IN ELECTO TO SOME SNIPER HE SHOT ME AND I D/C'ED BUT IT DIDN"T WORK AND I LOST MY ACU PACK AND ENFIELD

"PLUS CAN WE GET BANDITS TO HAVE FLAMING HEADS SO THAT THEY ARE EASY TO SEE I LOST EVERYTHING I HAD IN ELECTO TO SOME SNIPER HE SHOT ME AND I D/C'ED BUT IT DIDN"T WORK AND I LOST MY ACU PACK AND ENFIELD"

You just admitted to ALT-F4ing like a pussy.

[Udak 104]

And here I was, thinking I was too overt on that last line...

EDIT: For posterity's sake I'm going to explain that blurb--it was a summation of most game suggestions I've read (namely, make Bandits super-duper obvious) coupled with the frantic ravings of the average brand-new person that thinks a 12 item backpack is the bees knees. All of which was posted in a complete stream of consciousness, grammatically incorrect and riddled with spelling errors. I had hoped for it to be distinct from my rational and thought-out paragraph above.

TL;DR

haters gonna hate.

Edited August 3, 2012 by Udak

[Udak 104]

bumpdump, I was serious about the suggestion.

[General Dickbutt 41]

I've been playing for a while and just figured it'd be cool to implement some sort of written word into the game. That is--you would have the power (w/ pen and paper or some other writing utensil) to write on a single sheet of paper in-game, that would be carry-able or store-able. I think it would be a great way to get at people that kill you (a string of curses, left on your person, so that the person looting you gets a chuckle going over your stuff) and could be stored inside tents/vehicles to indicate whom, exactly, you are robbing. Even something as simple as a SteamId so that the person who got scared and shot first can apologize to you (assuming they care about that stuff).

I think the litany of possible uses for one of these papers (imagine an in-game sheet with supply dump coordinates listed!) meshes well with the open-ended and open-world environment in dayz.

Thank you for your time.

PLUS CAN WE GET BANDITS TO HAVE FLAMING HEADS SO THAT THEY ARE EASY TO SEE I LOST EVERYTHING I HAD IN ELECTO TO SOME SNIPER HE SHOT ME AND I D/C'ED BUT IT DIDN"T WORK AND I LOST MY ACU PACK AND ENFIELD

Genius, I agree with this

[joemiken 16]

The ability to leave notes opens the door to a whole new level of lulz, which I wholeheartedly support. :)

[callmesarge 79]

I think it's a great idea, but it comes with a price. That price is the most racist bigoted trash that some people feel they have to write. Its a shame but it is what it is. Forums are moderated, but you cannot moderate notes... Can you?

If it could be moderated against racism and bigotry, then he'll yeah, it would be great.

[Udak 104]

I think it's a great idea, but it comes with a price. That price is the most racist bigoted trash that some people feel they have to write. Its a shame but it is what it is. Forums are moderated, but you cannot moderate notes... Can you?

If it could be moderated against racism and bigotry, then he'll yeah, it would be great.

Just as you can't moderate in-game chat, you can't moderate the letters. I could see the argument for banning curse words, but that would be a facile attempt--how many times have people s p e l l e d out words to snigger to themselves about how they're playing a game with the name p e n i s? It'd be a never-ending rabbit hole, resulting in nothing gained but the banning of regular words that happen to have similar spellings. Besides, that string of words would be EXACTLY what they'd be saying to you right now if they were in front of you. People aren't nice, unfortunately, and this game is rated M (publisher not responsible for online interactions blah blah blah).

I think this is something both bandits and survivors would get an enormous kick out of. This is how we get server-spanning grudges, by identifying the people who killed us (imagine the killer adding the killed on steam as a way to turn-the-knife, so to speak) when they want to be identified. Bandits? Imagine you had a note with everyone you've killed thus far in-game. No one knows your kill count once you die; this is your small chance at immortality when another bandit gets ya.

I sincerely believe that the community will come up with even cooler ways to use this than we can think of now.

[[email protected] 23]

sounds gay tbh.