..keep your friends close..but keep your beans closer lol.

I jumped on over the weekend and had some fun. My dude had bigger legs than Arnie after about 3 hours of running on Saturday night and another 5 or 6 on Sunday. Never managed to fill a water bottle at all and only found one broken pump in some town that i had to leave to the zed horde.Hooked up with guy called Brish who took me under his wing for about 20 minutes and showed me some loot spots and i managed to get a good stash of gear for my chance at survival. Still looking to fill my three empty water bottles i ran into a guy called Hairy on chat who said he would help me get water if i tagged along to watch his back while he looted, cheerin i thought.Yeh right, i met him at the traintracks in Elektro just on dark , he promptly rolled out of cover and shot me in the face

Lesson learned.Never meet a man you dont know, in the dark, near the traintracks, in an apocalyptic world. I did not even get to eat my stashed pasta! Mongrel! Just before he shot me he said..'oh yeh, i have a bandit skin on'. When i died there was much lolz from the other players, apparently i was noobin' out. I noticed he was playing the same trick on new players entering the server after that too and telling them that he was sorry, he was trying to get a flare out and only accidentally blew their face sideways.

All in all it was pretty cool as i met and hung with a few different groups but three loners i approached, even after the 'hey you behind the barn/hayroll/tree im a friendly' , still ended up with me getting shot in the face when i broke cover with my gun down. Bit paranoid about meeting anyone in there now so i have been hanging in the treelines like a stalker type and just observing and not hitting the stores and stationhouses until i feel the area is empty of survivors.

Be good to see a SimHQ server

Games using the ARMA2 engine are endearing themselves to me this weekend.

First Iron Front runs like a 2 legged dog and looks as ugly and now I can't get on ANY DayZ servers!

Speaking of Arnie, have you seen this video? Big germanic guy that sounds suspiciously like Arnie.

OMG, that is hilarious!

I've been playing dayZ for a few days now. Started out pretty rough, I had no clue what the hell I was doing. YoKilla helped me one night and showed me the ropes. Played with Shadow, and Hitchhikingflatlander, and viper and Yokilla another night on the SimHQ TS, VERY FUN.

Tonight, I adventured alone, and explored Cherno, got some loot, and proceeded in a general direction to Berzino. However I am lost now, without a compass..LOL. I'll find my way. Hopefully...

Yeah, you find yourself doing a 'Blair Witch' and coming back to where you started without a compass , Then it's "Which side of the rock should the moss be?......" lol

Dude, I would pay money to play with that guy LOL

"We'll be killing zombies and sh1t so you might make it"

Gotta love that guy :-)

I killed for some beans the other day. Came across a guy who ambushed and killed another player. I was watching him looting him victim and snuck up and nailed him from 200 meters with a nice clean shot. I took all of their beans and made a swift escape up into the hills. Felt like a right Harry Brown all day :-)

Then I watched a guy assaulting a town with his makarov. Figured I'd better not waste any bullets saving him since he was doomed as soon as he fired that first shot. When I lost sight of him he was running, badly bleeding, with about twenty or so zombies chasing him. I am slowly turning into a not so nice guy ...

-C-

Yeah, but he will have respawned and done exactly the same thing as they never learn.

I'm up in the hills behind Elektro atm. I started off on the coast near Kamyshovo, just on sunrise, wandered onto the outskirts of town and could not see any zeds. The game kept freezing and i shot all of my ammo into the air in game rage, bad move because when i respawned i was empty Walked up to the bustop and i could hear flies so i looked around and found two dead guys.Looted and got some extra beans, an empty bottle and ammo..yes. Lucky.

One of those hopping zeds took interest in me so i backpedalled slowly and took him out, fat gut zed then came at me so i downed him, then blackshirt zed ran around the corner so i popped him. Man im outta here, i headed up into the hills (three valleys) my plan being to work my way up into Sobor as i have only ventured along the coast and a bit inland so far. I followed the road Northy up to Msta keeping on the edge of the forest line and just ducking into the barns to replenish my ammo.

The zeds seem more alert now too as they seem to be on to me easier than they were before, i ended up with a trail of four hopping freaks that would not go away even after putting more than a kilometre between them and me. I stumbled across a deer hut about 3/4's of the way to Msta in the forest and clambered up, took a swig of water , ate some beans and waited. Sure enough a minute or two later and they came grunting out of the forest.I capped them one by one and then headed on my journey again.

Now somewhere here i backtracked and got lost, the only map i have is the hires Dayz map i run on a second screen, but still i managed to end up lost and had no clue where i was.Sun was up now for about an hour so was loving the daylight. Headed into the forest and skirted a little bunch of huts, 6 zeds around so kept my distance, went back towards the forest, i heard grunting and scuffling really close and stopped, looked around but could not see jack..getting closer..WHERE THE HECK! closer..stuff this..i up and bolted flat biscuit down the side of the mountain, not looking back, noisy as Deliverance! and just as panicky. Reeeeeeeeee reeeeeee!

After 30 seconds i stopped and looked around, nothing.I calmed down and then straght in front of me..a small dam, sweet. Went down and filled my bottles and rewarded myself with some more beans.Yum.I love beans.Looking at my map i was guessing i was now Southwest of Msta and facing roughly Elektro. Giving up on my bush expedition i decided to head to Elektro and grab some hardware.

25-30 odd minutes of bushwalking and hill climbing and i was looking down on the outskirts of Elektro. I headed in from the eastern side , first hut and i scored a crossbow and some bolts.Heard a Mak going off and running outside, got ready for a confrontation but no-one appeared.Continueing in i made it to a three story building and grabbed a knife and some food, lovely.Outside again i moved to the shops and grabbed anothe empty water bottle a heatpack and some ammo for the shottie..hoping to find one soon. Ok time to check the church.

Gunshots.Effin shhotout at the OK Corral! Waited at the edge of the outside of the shops keeping an eye out.Approached by one survivor so i layed down and kept him sighted, he said he was friendly and i saluted, not taking my sights of him i watched him crouch of into the shops.As soon as he was inside i darted over the road and headed for the church, no plans on hooking up after my last few experiences.Few zeds around but none close, i walked into the church and saw my first ghillie suit dude, splayed out on the floor, winchester in hand.Thankyou! Mine. Looks like a right tool here in the city dressed like a mobile hedge. Checked his gear..Alice pack,tent,binocs,hatchet plus general items.Much better. Two more guys dead in church , this must have been the shootout, not hanging around as the Sniper dude has probably already respawned and would be heading back in.

I have enough supplies now to last a good day so i head to the Northern side of Elektro and fill up my 4 bottles at the small pond.Here i take out 3 or 4 more Zeds and grab some wood from a hut. Just as i head up into the forest i see a guy moving slowly too my left..i hit him up and ask if he is friendly..no reply.I am backing away, winnie trained on him , then i see another guy up on the forest line to my right moving slowly..damn, they are flanking me ! I turn and sprint for the forest keeping the flanker on my left and the other guy behind. Crack! A bullet goes close too me , bastids! I angle to my right and hit the forest at full tilt, run up the hill for about 30 seconds in a straight line then dart to my right keeping bushes behind me.Another 30 seconds and i drop under a big tree, turn and have my winnie up and ready. I lay prone here for about ten minutes just listening, not breaking cover. Hearing nothing i decide here is as good a spot as anywhere to leave my guy and continue the adventure later.

All up i was in for about 3 hours and have decided i am going loner.Have not killed anyone yet and do not intend to but i just do not trust anyone anymore. Next time i want to see if i can get some antibiotics and some matches and go get myself some live game.Im over these beans.

Server Dallas29.

Fascinating stuff..