Congrats to the hidden palyer on UK 194 last night

[moofactory 62]

You just won yourself a ton of loot and a bike.

Now go kill yourself.

I was in my camp minding my own business, organizing items in my tents.

When suddenly out of nowhere I head "pew" ... then im dead.

No other noises... dead quiet.

Seems I was shot in the back of the head with a suppressed weapon... or from distance.

Not sure which kind of sound it was but I didn't hear a gun normal shot.. it may have been the bullet hitting me.

Anywho.... It definitely took me by surprise,

My camp is surrounded by tightly close bushes and there is no way to see any of the tents from any angle without walking inside the area.

At first I thought.. ahh shit.. someone finally found my camp..

But then on dc after being killed I noticed something VERY odd about the player list.

Theres only 4 others in the game at the time... which is just dumb luck...

But its the fact that ONE of them HAS NO NAME next to their Ping that made me WTF.

It was completely BLANK.

I didn't know this was even possible.

I made the assumption that it must have been a hacker.

But then again it may just have been a very lucky player being in the right place at the right time.

Either way....

They got about 15 high end military guns, heaps of ammo, tents, packs, meds, food... all suits, a bike I only found about an hour earlier, I had basically the best of everything but NVGs/radio.

Would be WAY too much for one person to carry regarding the guns.. would take hours if not a few days to move everything to another camp without help.

About 2 weeks worth of play time gone.

Time to find a better hiding spot.

I finally felt what hoarders feel when they get raided.

But it also made me realize how dumb it is to try and collect all the best gear for the sake of getting all the best gear.

AND NOT USING IT.... out of fear of loosing it from being killed and looted.

I wasted allot of time trying to avoid everyone, including pvp to get all the best gear... only to loose it all in one go.

Its given me a wake up call.

High end gear is not worth the effort to get and try and keep.

This wasn't a rant or a cry... just wanted to share my experience with you all.

It was if anything... a learning experience.

[Lonrem 62]

I was in my camp minding my own business, organizing items in my tents.

So, you're a hoarder? Okay, that might be a bit harsh but seriously, I have at most, one tent. And that's what I've got with 2 squad members. Most of the time, I live with what's on my back. If you have a 'camp', you're going to lose your stuff. My buddies and I found a nice little camp tonight. We've now got ghillie suits and coyote backpack. You guys with tents sure make our lives so much easier.

[moofactory 62]

So, you're a hoarder? Okay, that might be a bit harsh but seriously, I have at most, one tent. And that's what I've got with 2 squad members. Most of the time, I live with what's on my back. If you have a 'camp', you're going to lose your stuff. My buddies and I found a nice little camp tonight. We've now got ghillie suits and coyote backpack. You guys with tents sure make our lives so much easier.

It turned out that way, yeah... unintentionally too...got afew decent items and started from there, before I knew it I was storing the good stuff, playing with throwaways and keeping everything in one spot.

In the end I had about 7-9 tents full of stuff.

Most of the high end gear was looting already dead players. The rest from the odd helicrash or military area.

I used to be like you, just living off my back.. found tents often but never used them.

Till one day I found a spot that seemed perfect and it planted the idea in my head.

I lost focus of actually playing a game and just became a collector of trophies.

After last night, I realised what a waste of time and effort that is.

Going back to a 1911/akm and be content living out of my pack I think.

If I get something good, so be it.. but not care if I run out of ammo or loose it.