DayZ

Anyone play or heard of this game? I play it and am pretty good but the problem is most of my friends aren't into games of such slow pace / realism. It's a very team oriented game and it's hard to find any squad mates in-game since people generally shoot on sight from paranoia, wanting your gear, or just being dicks. If anyone plays it or wants to play it let me know. The system requirements aren't too bad I run an HD Radeon 5770 but just ordered an upgrade to the GTX 570 HD 2560. Although, the 5770 runs it at over 30 fps on moderate setting - it was just time for an upgrade for me anyway.

I started playing it today, Chruser plays as well.

What are we waiting for? I've got a pistol!

(RIP SVD Camo.)

I managed to finally get a pretty good start.

Weapons:
DMR (Sniper)
AKM (Assault)
Makarov PM (Pistol)

Tools:
Hatchet
Hunting Knife
Map (Almost as useful as the GPS, I would guess)
Flashlight
Toolbox
Watch

Vision:
Binocs

Misc:
Tent
Camouflage Clothing

Backpack:
Alice Pack

I'm really digging the map, it basically has a built in compass and I can place custom markers. Having dayzdb.com/map makes it pretty easy to get anywhere as far as navigation goes, and sometimes it shows zeds on the map as well. I haven't encountered a survivor on this character yet so I'm not sure if they show. I found two maps in a single shopping mart, so I think I have an extra or two if anyone wants to meet up and get one, assuming I don't get eaten or shot before then.

It interests me. I may try it. I've been watching some guys on youtube play it.

It interests me. I may try it. I've been watching some guys on youtube play it.

sacriel42's DayZ series is pretty good:

I've been reading about it for a while and would love to play, but my current laptop doesn't have the muscle to run it. I definitely enjoy the videos of crazy shit going down on youtube, though.

I cracked out and played for like 8 hours last night, I'm addicted. I'm worried it might get old fast, though.

Do you guys have mumble? If you do there is a free server we could all get into and maybe try to link up. I usually play evenings around 1800 - 0100 EST. This week might be rocky because work is picking up and I might be doing overtime.

When you go to fill in the mumble fields for a new server it's
Label: [Whatever you want here]
Address: server.herosquad.org
Port: 64738
UserName [Again, whatever you wish]

It's a 100 slot chat server with logical organization so maybe go to
Games -> ArmA CC whisper blocker -> DayZ -> Braaaains

Or if you guys have a better VoIP option or communication method I'm DTF. We can of course use Zelaron but it's not as quick as I'd like sometimes.

I had the FN FAL with AN/PVS-4 but I squandered it by moving around in the daytime too much with it and was ambushed. I also play with some guys that have a helicopter stashed on a particular server.

If we start to play together a lot Chruser could possibly make a private sub forum so we could discuss locations and plans. Having ANYONE who I don't trust know the locations or servers we use could potentially be very bad - I don't know how your guys' experience with strangers has been so far but mine has been almost unanimously bad.

I have to wait till I get my new computer to try anything like that. The one I use now runs on an integrated graphics chip so it's pretty much useless in the realm of gaming.

Do you guys have mumble? If you do there is a free server we could all get into and maybe try to link up. I usually play evenings around 1800 - 0100 EST. This week might be rocky because work is picking up and I might be doing overtime.

Sounds good. K_A and I used the server you listed last night, with great success (aside from the part with his keyboard dying while he was unconscious and bleeding).

Yeah, it's kind of shitty when you can't even alt+f4. At least I still had mouse function so I could kill the zeds that were attempting to eat me. Hopefully I'm not deceased when I log on tonight.