Log out ftw.

[Bacon Surfboard 61]

Running about like a scrub in Elektro.

Get to school house - 2 dead bodies here. Have a look about, some dude in civi skin wriggling about on the grass between the Eastern Firehouse and the shacks up the hill slightly.

He has a DMR.

Act casual and run downstairs, up the main drag towards the base of sniper hill and circle about. Find a double barrelled shotgun.

As I come around see a bunch of zombies in a pile milling about huddled up Log off #1 Hear gunfire towards the church so turn around and go back towards that - see some guy being chased by zombies, take a shot at him from the hip - miss - turns to go into the church, it's fenced off and he's gone. Log off #2.

Think oh well bitches really do be bitches and run back again towards Eastern firehouse and spot mr DMR man back on the grass, takes a couple of shots at me (from like 80 yards) misses, hip fire the shotgun at him, I miss, distance is closing down annnnd log off #3.

Pissed off at this point and need to go for a piss.

Climb the empty firestation and get the gf to keep a half eye on the screen for me whilst i'm atop the firehouse. She says someones moving about so I finish up and grab the laptop off her.

Sure enough some dude in a ghillie suit is just plain running through the grassy plains towards the fire house, stand up and double shot him with the Enfield, looks like he had an M4/M16 confirmed kill body vanishes log off #4

Suddenly a wild DMR man appears again, I take a shot at him with the enfield and the bullet goes sideways (Can anyone explain if there is anything one can do to judge wind or is this server de-synch? Happens ALL the time with the m1911 for me). Log off #5.

I'm really bored of this now so I run to Cherno it being uneventful and I get to the site with the mass graves on that small rise before the carpark/multistorey building.

Hear pistol fire to the right.

Jog on over to where the long and high value barn is just north of where the graves are and theres 2 dudes one in a ghillie other with an AKM with their backs to me running towards the high value.

I've been running ages and the aim is all shit so I crouch run after them, one of them turns to bag a zombie and probably saw me.

They both run into the barn and up the steps.

I get there after 30 seconds or so and get my breathe back, throw in the novelty grenade and get nothing.

Run around the other side and what do you know?! It's mr logout #6 and #7.

Really getting bored at this point, been on for about 90 minutes and this is all that has happened. Go into Cherno and hear gunfire near the apartments - I run on over and gunfire again, winchester inside the apartment closest tot he hospital.

No fucks given anymore I just run at it and pick up three zombies, I can hear the guy walking about on one of the upper floors as I climb the stairs.

No one there.

Log out #8.

I have a Lee Enfield and a Makarov and I half the time run about with Direct Comms on with zip a dee do dah playing etc.

Why do we need to "collect data" on logging out behaviour? Just put on a 1 minute log out timer and be done with it - I genuinely see no benefit to doing this "tracking/analysing/banning" as we all know the algorithm will effect the worst 10% and of that worst 10% most will ban appeal it with the usual bullshit.

People with kids or postmen at the door and have to log and then die - sucks hard but "It's only a game" - meanwhile the rest of us have no game/sport as it just hits alt F4.

TL;DR People log out of this game too much.

[General Dickbutt 41]

If you cant beat them, join them.

[piccolo_bsc 3]

If you cant beat them, join them.

That wasn't related to the theme of this thread at all.

[Bacon Surfboard 61]

I might just join them - except I won't log back on. Getting to the stage where I might take a month off from DayZ, the majority of the player base knows very well how to abuse the mechanics too hard.

I mean seriously who cares about dying on this game? I lost a ghillie/as50/m4cco/rangefinders/2 x NVG etc last night to some hero with a Lee Enfield.

It was server de-synch and I was behind hard cover on my screen but for him, he probably had the best fucking catch ever on the game and you know that's cool. I can die to that, latency is never going to be perfect and CQB fights on ARMA II are broken as all hell anyway but logging out?

It's like flipping a chess board when your opponent puts his finger on the queen, not seeing what might happen, not taking any risk just flipping the board and trying again later.

It's like people who sit there playing stuff like single player games on extreme mode just abusing quick save.load. You're not playing/competing in anything you're just wasting your time...

[alcatraz968 100]

I don't log off unless you do it to me...

That a funny story, amazed your alive. That first DMR guy would have killed me.

Also have never seen more then 4 people (Non friendlys) in a city at once.