Playing for 24 hours for charity this weekend, any tips?

[SlickShoes 21]

Hi,

I haven't played DayZ for a few months(apart from logging in a couple of weeks ago to set up the game) in anticipation of doing this 24 hour play session for charity. I have never played any game for 24 hours before although I did come close in my younger days.

I am going to try and survive for the entire 24 hours but realise that probably won't happen.

My basics for survival are going to be, gather up food/drink(probably in zelenogorsk), try to find a tent, run away and lose zombies rather than fighting them and making myself a target. I do intent to head in to cherno/elektro at some point and get some player killing done just for variety.

Just to make things harder I have noticed I have a bandit skin as my last play session involved some muderin, so no doubt I will be killed on sight by everyone else.

Any other tips for solo survival on a long play session?

I won't post the server I am playing on or anything as I don't want it hacked and my fundraising ruined.

[khepf 5]

What charity?

[Littleassassin2 73]

Stock up on Monster/Redbull/NOS/Starbucks/Coffee in general. Maybe some music, a friend or 2 to keep you company for a few hours. A LOT OF PATIENCE. Playing for 24 hours on a high/medium populated server is going to end up being hacked probably once, twice, a few times, who knows.

Honestly, just get a gun, and if you go into a city, turn the volume to max and pay close attention for footsteps, hide, and pray they don't have grenades lol.

Good luck, and God speed.

[KOS11 0]

god damn forum lag

Edited October 11, 2012 by KOS11

[KOS11 0]

tip = come to the server i am on, and let me offer my assistance as body gaurd and teacher, i will teach you basic squad/survival/strat/tactics for this scenario.

[SlickShoes 21]

What charity?

Sick Kids Friends Foundation, more info here: www.sickkidssavepoint.org It's a childrens hospital

Thanks also for the tips, I have my food planned out and have friends coming over in the evening. I am planning to try and play on medium is population servers as much as possible or high but at the same time I don't want to get hacked as I have been reading about that increasing! Getting through the night and reaching the 24 hour mark will be the hardest part I think. I'll be streaming it all live to prove I can do it too, or prove that I can't haha

[SlickShoes 21]

Just in case anyone is interested this is how it went down( I played slow and cautiously and also pretty noobish as I hadn't played for months):

So I completed my 24 hours of Day Z. I died after 10 hours so did not survive the entire 24 on one life. I died a total of two times plus one suicide right at the end to finish the 24 hours! Here are some of the highlights:

I break my leg and then have to crawl to the hospital to break in and steal some morphine to survive - http://www.twitch.tv...oes/b/335395373 at 3:41:49

I teamed up with

a random player from the stream only for him to be brutally sniped as I lay in the grass and hid -http://www.twitch.tv...oes/b/335395373 at 6:53:00

My first brutal death! - http://www.twitch.tv...oes/b/335395373 at 9:35:00

My second death - http://www.twitch.tv...oes/b/335395373at 11:56:00

Finding the tent of awesomeness, thanks guy! -http://www.twitch.tv...oes/b/335395373 at 16:06:48

Starting to go insane - http://www.twitch.tv...oes/b/335395373 at 17:47:30

The end (I had already lost it by now) - http://www.twitch.tv...oes/b/335516324 at 1:00:55

I also drank a can of Mountain Dew about 15 minutes before killing myself with all that loot.

Edited October 15, 2012 by SlickShoes