Why Choose A Side?

[Tabris07 159]

Before today, I used to be against the bandit play style. I would seek out other players and help them out whenever possible. I still do enjoy that very much; meeting people and working with them is very fun. But as I committed my first two murders today, I realized that I got a pretty good rush from it.

My first was at the airport in Lingor. I witnessed a bandit chase down and kill a random survivior wielding only an axe. I killed the bandit, and as I turned around, I saw another survivor in the distance. He looked right at me, and turned to run behind a building. This one had a rifle, so I took aim, and shot him down before he could leave.

Later I log back in and go into Calmar. I enter a large hotel and go onto the second floor. I can hear footsteps below me, and before I can raise my AK, a person in a ghillie suit and shotgun runs right past me and up onto the third floor. I compose myself after nearly having a heart attack, and lay on the floor. I listen to his footsteps, and aim towards the stairs as I hear him come down. He tried returning fire, but it didn't help as my AK was on full auto and I emptied about half the mag.

My actions appealed to a sniper I guess, because he invited me back to the airport and equipped me with great gear. My time spent with him was slow though, as not many targets were seen, and I didn't have a clear shot for the ones I did see.

The point is, this day was very exciting, despite the fact that I felt a little bad shooting the innocent. But I see players who either stick to being a hero or a bandit, and I can honestly say I find it much more fun doing both.

[fuzzy4ever 22]

I'm a weird type of bandit. If you're on Dobryy, I will kill you not matter fucking what. There's so many bodies up there that if you're unarmed, you could pick one up and kill me. However if you're in Elektro, I won't shoot you unless you're shooting other people. I'm not a big fan of the "killing newbie" mentality. Let 'em have some fun, they're what keep the game going.

Having that mentality has it's down sides though. For instance I had collected about 6 NVGs/Range Finders/GPS from all the people I had killed on Dobryy. I was carrying them all in my Coyote backpack. Stupidly, I didn't switch servers to stash them in my tent. When I stopped to help somebody with some zombies, I got shot in the back by the very person I was helping. Guess they had a gun in their pack or something...

It's funny that I don't find "fun" in gearing up or anything like that... I find fun in killing the dick bandits, and taking the really rare stuff from them... Then throwing it in my tents as trophies.