Bronies and CareBears

[kebman 213]

Seeing as there are notable factions on this forum, how would you reference them in the game?

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

As Bronies, and Carebears.

;)

[Fitzkrieg 129]

I cannot stand bronies... I find them annoying whenever they talk about the children's show but if they don't mention it ever then I can tolerate them (and actually even make a YouTube series with one). Carebears... not as bad, but they complain about the PvP far too much... I mean I absolutely hate the people who kill unarmed people, or go about sniping just for shits and giggles because it's too easy in this game once you have a rangefinder and know your sniper. But I love the PvP, but I love the close quarters PvP, the sort with a M1014 loaded with pellets against a bandit skin armed with any sort of weapon, I always go in shooting and leave laughing, not like I'm any sort of badass or anything for being good at this game, but I enjoy that far more then the whole "let's snipe unarmed people in elecktro who have little to no way of fighting back". Let the carebears enjoy their Canadian servers.

[kebman 213]

Great, FitzGerald... Now shoo!

Anyway, the question is still "How would you reference bronies and carebears in DayZ?"

[VBS.Redlof.B 43]

Perhaps an old house or decrepit warehouse in the middle of nowhere covered in graffiti. Among this graffiti could be a poorly drawn Rainbow Dash or something.

There could be a consumable item as rare as/rarer than Mountain Dew which has an image of a carebear or pony on it. This might, if you want to be real ambitious/dickish, spawn in the inventories of people with a super-high humanity upon death or when they respawn.

A certain building in a city or village could have a dirty plushie spawn in the corner of a room.

There could be a small (military? hospital camp?) compound with "Care bears welcome"/"care bears only" written in Russian (translated literally so it wouldn't be completely obvious)

Vehicles can spawn in different colours and patterns, right? So why not have a decal on a motorbike with a pony or carebear on it, or a small slogan from one of either group at the back end of the vehicle. Alternatively, a set of skins, one for each vehicle, each in a different non-offensive pastel colour. The chances of these vehicles spawning in these skins could be very slim to make it extra special to find one. (Plus it would be hilarious to see a UAZ bombing it down the road with a pastel yellow body and pastel pink roofing.)

Continuing with the idea of decals, perhaps a super-rare spawning AS50 with "Love and tolerate" carved into the stock, or something to that effect.

Whatever, these are just some ideas for the purpose of spitballing.

If there were a nod, it'd have to be subtle. Seeing something big and glaring would put me right off. I'd sooner shoot someone with a custom pony skin, for example, than let them run around acting obnoxiously. (The rarity ~pun completely intended~ of the skins on the vehicles would make up for their obviousness and obnoxiousness).

[Siberian (DayZ) 527]

Let the carebears enjoy their Canadian servers.

got a link ???

this carebear is always looking for a safe new place to call home..

8-)

[schrapple 119]

The important thing to remember when talking about issues involving bronies or carebears is that NO ONE GIVES A FUCK!

[Fitzkrieg 129]

got a link ???

this carebear is always looking for a safe new place to call home..

8-)

well, I don't have any on me. But check the forums, I'm certain you'll find one.

[Faceman Peck 93]

they cant hide forever

If i catch them in game on disco night I'm slaughtering all of them

[Marshmallow (DayZ) 33]

What about custom tattoos or patches? Players could upload them as a JPEG or PNG.

[Zeppa 562]

How about fullbody costume/skin ingame, instead of hero skin you would get this. Running around as a pink fluffy carebear shooting rainbows from your gun, also that cloud car could be nice... you could fly around and heal and rescue ppl from the evildarkraincloudthingie

[OrLoK 16188]

Hello there

Bronies, carebears and bandits, oh my!

I think, on the whole, the terms carebear and bandits are way too "pidgeonholing" for my tastes and don't have a true direct connection to Bronies.

They are playstyles (ish) rather than a fandom.

Also, I am what many would class as a carebear, but my personality is far deeper than that, but as I often try to be polite I often get branded with that simple label.

Bronies, well I think there's enough representation of them on the internet and I for one don't understand the attraction to these cartoon ponies.

Now, if it was Bagpuss, there's a great children's program to follow. That I get completely. Bagpuss rocks.

oops I kinda went OT...in game representation? nah, not for me i'm afraid.

rgds

LoK

Edited September 3, 2012 by orlok