Gurney has a problem, several really. Number one, he's a drunk. Number two, when he gets drunk he gets belligerent. This is a bad combination when you got talk to an admin. It doesn't matter if Gurney was right, that server was Shogun's kingdom and his word is law. Anyhow, I can't comment on the situation directly because I wasn't there, but I do know Gurney's history.

In any case, is resulted in our own server, when I left they were tweaking it, installing addons to make it more fun. Like when I got in this morning, most loot spawns were shit. Tin cans and empty whiskey bottles, maybe an AKM mag, but only one and no AKM to go with it. I do hope Gurney and Nala slow down the zombies, these sprinting, meth-fiend zombies are bullshit, especially if your frames are low. I like the slow, shambling types because they lull you into a false sense of security.

The bottom line is, we've got our own server, it's open, but they're playing with it, hopefully finding a way to set us apart from the rest. I'm eager to see what kind of fun we can have.

A couple of tips from a FAQ I read a long time ago.

Those indicators on the right side of the screen show you how visible you are, and how much noise you are making. Crack Fiends react to both movement and noise. Walking/Running across a road without crouching will bring them running towards you. Noise / light discipline now matters. A lot.

Try and find a good melee weapon, a machete or axe. Use this instead of any gun shots. Unsuppressed gunshots will bring at least 4 to 8 zombies to your location. (You do not have enough ammo).

If you are being chased, run into a building that has 2 exits. The zombies slow to a rambling walk while in buildings.

Stay safe everyone!

v/r,

Yeah, I don't like the fast zombies either...can't even bandage yourself for fear of being swarmed with the undead.

They turned them down in the night, allegedly, to "medium" whatever that means. It'll be a few hours yet before I can see for myself.

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Originally posted by airsoft guy:
They turned them down in the night, allegedly, to "medium" whatever that means. It'll be a few hours yet before I can see for myself.

That sounds like a good idea. Night is hard enough without super-zombies.

I am on right now. We actually have 2 other players! They made some pretty nifty changes, loot seems to be better, but I havent left the safe zone in stary.

The overlay is back that shows you your blood and everything as well. It definitely is progressing!

v/r

Totally gonna play this shit tomorrow night (wow raid tonight). You'll have to give me the particulars

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Originally posted by Gravebone:
Totally gonna play this shit tomorrow night (wow raid tonight). You'll have to give me the particulars

The particulars are:

You will fucking die, a lot.
Get on the Mumble server, it helps.
Don't get stuck on a ladder or in a vehicle at server restart.
Speaking of ladders, they generally suck.
If you see someone, and they are not part of the group, kill them and take their shit.
Don't try to fly a helicopter until you have spent some time with one in a ARMA2 sandbox session.

We'll walk you through the rest.

Some of you might enjoy reading this. Ars Technica has posted their review of the game.

DayZ Early Access impressions: Surviving in the land of glitches

So I found a rifle. A pistol. And a car. Decided to drive up to the airfield. I hear there's good loot there right?

Wrong. You know what's there. Zombies. A freaking metric fuck ton. (Also a huge plane someone crashed bring zombies from miles.)

So after running out of ammo. Getting raped by a zombie while trying to run up a tree stand. Very unsuccessfully.

I managed to bandage up my wounds. So then I walked. My limp body passing out every 5 minutes on the ground. Nothing but zombie bait. But finally I made it to Green Mountain. Where I stole food out of someones truck. And ate until my blood was back a reasonable level.

I am sorry to who ever the bio meat & cans of pasta belonged to. It was a life or death situation. Then I aborted and saved my character while I was in decent shape.

Also... guys of SigForum.

Do you guys have a base somewhere? I've probably put 3-4 hours into the game. Never seen a single soul other than a plane & helo crash.

I'd like to hang in a portion of the map you guys are near.

Also... The "Hero Camp" is on the opposite side of the map. Thinking of humping over there. Is it a point of interest? What's there?

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Originally posted by myrottiety:
Also... guys of SigForum.

Do you guys have a base somewhere? I've probably put 3-4 hours into the game. Never seen a single soul other than a plane & helo crash.

I'd like to hang in a portion of the map you guys are near.

Also... The "Hero Camp" is on the opposite side of the map. Thinking of humping over there. Is it a point of interest? What's there?

The hero camp is where if you are a hero (definition: have more than 5000 humanity) you can sell cool military armed vehicles and stuff and buy really cool guns, like a SCAR Heavy Suppressed Sniper Rifle.

We are located near Green mountain, I forget the coords but it is on the west side of the map, and close to the middle in terms of north south. There is a big cell phone tower in the middle of it.

v/r,

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Originally posted by jaybird86:

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Originally posted by myrottiety:
Also... guys of SigForum.

Do you guys have a base somewhere? I've probably put 3-4 hours into the game. Never seen a single soul other than a plane & helo crash.

I'd like to hang in a portion of the map you guys are near.

Also... The "Hero Camp" is on the opposite side of the map. Thinking of humping over there. Is it a point of interest? What's there?

The hero camp is where if you are a hero (definition: have more than 5000 humanity) you can sell cool military armed vehicles and stuff and buy really cool guns, like a SCAR Heavy Suppressed Sniper Rifle.

We are located near Green mountain, I forget the coords but it is on the west side of the map, and close to the middle in terms of north south. There is a big cell phone tower in the middle of it.

v/r,

If you guys can post the GPS coordinates for me. That would be great. I'll hang out in that area and try to link up with you guys.

You were at the base, it was Green Mountain, that was our food you ate. You're probably going to get sick and die and come back as a zombie for eating the biomeat.

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Originally posted by airsoft guy:
You were at the base, it was Green Mountain, that was our food you ate. You're probably going to get sick and die and come back as a zombie for eating the biomeat.

Doh.. sorry fellas. Just promise me. If I turn. You'll put me down and not keep me as a pet.

When you find a car full of lots of goodies, it belongs to someone, the cars don't spawn full of fat lootz.

Also, be careful in the base, someone doesn't know how to use grenades correctly. As in, on enemies.

Yeah.. glow stick, glow stick, kaboom. Then much maiming and death. Assume that you will be shot by a team mate at least once. If you die your teammates will raid your carcass.

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Originally posted by myrottiety:

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Originally posted by airsoft guy:
You were at the base, it was Green Mountain, that was our food you ate. You're probably going to get sick and die and come back as a zombie for eating the biomeat.

Doh.. sorry fellas. Just promise me. If I turn. You'll put me down and not keep me as a pet.

Ya, that was out base. You need to get a headset. I was trying to type to you in chat, but you never answered.

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Originally posted by KevinCW:

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Originally posted by myrottiety:

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Originally posted by airsoft guy:
You were at the base, it was Green Mountain, that was our food you ate. You're probably going to get sick and die and come back as a zombie for eating the biomeat.

Doh.. sorry fellas. Just promise me. If I turn. You'll put me down and not keep me as a pet.

Ya, that was out base. You need to get a headset. I was trying to type to you in chat, but you never answered.

Problem is I gotta find a headset that runs of 2.4ghz like my mouse & keyboard. I've got a monster machine hooked to my big screen. (Getting 60fps) So I'm sitting on the sofa just out of Bluetooth range.

The RF/2.4ghz ones look like they start at around $60 and go up to +$100.

Looks like you guys are gonna be shooting me in the face a lot for a while.

then at least get mumble so you can hear us... you can always type what you have to say in chat.