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Sadly game is completely unplayable for me since the new patch. Crashes every game.

Mine was doing it once in every 20 post release.  Last night it probably increased to one in four.

I'm thinking of having a fling with the new garage.  It's gorgeous.

just got a beta code for this game for the xbox360....sadly have gone now to the dark side and await my PS4 so wont be xboxing in the interim as CM2014 will keep me going

Yeah.  The XBox imagery looks good.  Also firt videos are out of the Android/Apple variant.

Is that alf stewart in your sig..?

There's a Doco on Wargamming the company that makes WOT, (obviously you all know that), on Megafactories, Nat Geo, Sunday, 20:30.

Just had a quick blat after being inspired by meeting Munk and only crashed 3 times in 10 games.

Classic game of Ensk me in my T-82 against 3 on our base at around 70%. I killed them and we won talk about carrying. A lot of cowardice around though.

Nice to meet you and Vick - good to see you made it home -i followed you up the road after the match and you were weaving like you were being shot at -unless you walk like that all the time..

Nice job at Ensk also

haha! Shoot and move, shoot and move...

Great visit to NZ last week, just one of the highlights...

Man... can't buy a win.

Yesterday on news two battles.  average 2.1k damage.  Both losses.

It's 10 battles since I won in tier 7 across both accounts.

Had a quick blatt this morning, 2 crashes in 8 games not too bad, 5 to 4 wins or something. Tier 7 I got murdered against the tier 9's.

T40 taking on one of dem dere Hellcats

I may have got a bit carried away:

 

In-game item USA Bundle was transferred to your account.

This package contains:

- T2 Light Tank;

- M22 Locust;

- Ram II;

- T14;

- T26E4 SuperPershing;

- T34;

- M4A2E4 Sherman;

- T1E6;

- 8 Garage Slots.

 

 

Yeah I put down some dosh in WT just so I've got another countries planes to play with Vickmeist.


Had a go on WOT today no crashes so far but they have really nerfed my fav little TD the  Panzerjäger I. You could one shot most tanks at tier 2. Now it takes about 3-4 hits to kill anything. Sad as the T-18 still seems overpowered. May just go back and buy one again just to test it out (T-18).

Why would you nerf such an elegant little TD as the Panzerjäger I?

0 from 2 in those tanks last night.  Not a great debut...

At last! DayZ Alpha is here!!!!

Hurry up Telecom and sort out my extra gigs!!!

Played 5 hours of DayZ for an Alpha I was expecting a lot worse and graphically it looks nice with out many bugs so far. 88000 joined on the first day. I've never seen so many Newb dead lying around near the spawn points or sitting there bleeding out with nothing worth looting. Met someone in a house and we both thought each other were Z's so legged it in opposite directions!

The cities are huge but very empty I'm avoiding at the moment and I'm heading for the country managed a good loot off a dead player but then got trapped by 2 dead in a house and bled out. 

The bastards can still see from way off and there is random growling/moaning than sh*tes you up as you can't tell where it's coming from. It's still tricky going in with a axe or crowbar without getting injured and without bandages that means death.

Guns are pretty scarce at the moment so the best strategy is don't loot more than 4 buildings per town and try and hit the cafe/supermarket first. The longer you hang around the more Z's show up and it can be quite unexpected.  If they spot you  run and try and cut their line or sight. Trees and zig-zaging

Easily the most atmospheric zombie/survival horror that I've played. 

I'm missing the really ghoulish hopping and crawling Z's but this is the Alpha after all they'll turn up.

DayZ - Just amazing. I decided to go for  'The Governor" rather than a Rick approach - there is no mercy or compassion at the end of the world just death and killed 3 players in hand to hand combat yesterday. Also once you get an axe Z's are toast, they can still be tricky but can be killed without injury.

So far looking good just need to head further inland to get a decent gun.

I love this game.

Playing on a server that has 30 odd people. I logged in up north to find 50% of the houses looted. Something I would do - in and out and leave the shitty ones.75% of people playing are going to be noobs but what about the rest? There must be as player here.This is up north so not noob-country. I'm talking serious north - nobody will be up there unless they are good.

Vickmeist says she just can't get her head about the running around. I've kept this toon alive for 10 hours.

The game is - That I know a fairly skilled player is surviving around where I am. If we meet are we going to try and kill each other? I will try and kill him you have to. Will he cr*ap his pants or put up a fight? What weapons do he/she have?

My axe is damaged and I just can't find a new one. Trying to head to Starry to get a gun. I've got food and drink but the weapon issue is massive.

This is harder than The Walking Dead and there are always the Z's....

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHADSAASFDSFGFRE43563464777$#@####################################################!

Just got killed by a bandit. 30 odd hours invested in that toon. Machine gun, 200+ rounds of ammo. Camo gear, everything.

GRRRRRRRRAAAAAAWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

My own fault totally. I thought I heard gunshots but thought it was a bug.

I am a f*ckwit

DayZ is most definitely on my steam wishlist. 

Seeing your posts about it is making me damn near splashing out for it. 

If anyone feels generous they can gift it to me :p

Just bought FM14 though, so probably shouldn't get dayZ just yet. 

It's very playable with few bugs. It's a blast.

Currently back to a decent level of gear after dying 3 more times from Noob killers trying to get off the coast. Have a FNX 45 pistol with 30 rounds and an M4 A1 Carbine sort of like a mini M16 with 175 rounds.

I had more but put 30 rounds into this other player I bumped into inside the HQ at the military base south east of Voybor.
 
On Looting his corpse he didn't have any ammo for his gun so never had a chance. The adrenalin was going crazy and it's shoot first ask questions later.

Currently sat behind a wall over looking the town of Pustoshka looking for players to kill heading up to the military base or on to the airfield. May head to Stary Sober - a bigger town that is a player magnet.

The more gear you get the more paranoid and careful you become. You have to think every decision through.

Toon died through my own stupidity when I afk'd too near a town and stayed in game to check the map I died by the hand of a Zed.

Since then bad luck - Mind you those two clowns in Elektro - ran around like a pair of girls - jeez talk about losing your bottle. I reckon I killed one of yez and the other was lucky cuse he had a gun and I didn't. ARGHHHHGHHHHHHH!!!!

I'VE TOLD YOU ALL NO MERCY!!!!!!!!!

Arcs

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That my friend is a pocket post #appproblems

Jeez - having a little bit of canned sardines out in a copse of bushes near Stary when some bandit creeps up on me and hit me with his axe - How the f*ck did he spot me? I was very careful. Thought I'd wasted him and was applying a bandage when out he pops again and gets another hit on me.  

This time I put a half a double-taped clip into him just to make sure.  He's dead but has f*cked me up. I've got enough to survive but I'm going to have hold up somewhere out of the way and heal.

Bad place to be injured. Very bad.

Zeds are one thing but other players....

Still alive with this guy.... But it's getting tougher.

After getting hit in the face with an axe by a fellow player/bandit/survivor I managed to find a small empty town cleared it of Zeds and rested.

I realized  half my gear was munted by that idiot with the axe so I needed to replace it and the best place is that sweet spot way way north.

Headed up there and found a nice pair of designer sunglasses to replace the ones caved in with my face and I was looking pretty good.

However - it's taken everyone a couple of weeks though, my sweet spot has been invaded by geared up players/survivors.

Looting a building I was a bit sus about some loot that was on the floor. It shouldn't have been there it may have been dropped by another survivor. So I was mental on edge and just as well as a geared up dude came in and I had to kill him.

The second survivor was looting a building that already had it's doors open that screamed to me "SOMEONE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE!!!" -If that was me I would have run like hell and zigzagged my way out of there. He/she didn't  so they had to be killed.

Both had good gear but not great gear - both would have put 3-4 hours into their toons. Sorry guys but DayZ is completely unforgiving.

Always shut doors when you are inside and when you leave as it gives people a false sense of security.

When you are trying to loot hot spots be on ur f*ucking guard you idiots.

I think I've killed around 4 or 5 people now and it's starting to get to me...

FT out.

I'm still playing tanks. 

Played my 7000th battle on Siggy yesterday. South Spawn on Highway. Tier 8.  ...a loss.

Win rate is on a perpertual slide currently.  So many reds on my side.  So many Greens, Blues and Purples on the other.

Sigh.

Still by the end of the day i will be the owner of an Object 704, a Sturer Emil, a Chi Nu and Possibly an SU-101.

Actually, turns out I'm just two off 1000 on news as well.

Good to hear - they just replied to my ticket. Ir only took them 4 months. Still love the game, but playing WT and DayZ. So you mostly around the tier 6-8 mark? I could never get my head around Munk saying he was crap at higher tiers when he is such an expert at the game.

What are you playing at the mo?

Just ground out the Lee to both the T1 and the M4 in a couple of weeks and the Jackson for the T25 AT.  Up to tier 5 in the Japanese on both accounts.  Also finished the SU-100M1 to get the 101 and Free XPed the rest of the ISU but I'll keep it.  Oh, and the Alecto... and I have a Bishop (shame).

Still run alot of 4s.

Tried my hand at dayZ. 

Found the controls quite clunky, perhaps I just need to get used to them? 

Ended up just wandering around at random, picking up a mask, bike helmet, torch and batteries. 

Found it quite addictive even doing just that. 

Haha welcome to the world of Paranoia!!!!

Quick tips off the top of my head:

Most other players/bandits/psychos are KOS especially if they have guns - they will just fire on you cuse they can't take the risk that you will try and kill them. I've not met a friendly player in weeks - everyone has tried to kill me so be careful.

The more geared up a player the more paranoid they are as they don't want to lose their gear.

This is great http://dayzdb.com/map/chernarusplus

When on the coast if the sun is on your right shoulder you are heading west if it's on your left you are heading east. If the sun is at your back you are heading north BUT THIS CAN CHANGE as the sun moves so it's only a very rough guide.

The idea is to get off the coast ASAP and head north as there are KOS (Kill on Sight), psychos/players who roam the coast. The fireaxe is your friend as you can kill zombies with one hit. Everything else takes two or three to kill. Make sure you equip your melee weapon in slot one of the hotbar.

Unless you play night servers the torch is pretty useless and is the first thing to be dropped - that and the battery.

To kill a zombie keep moving around it and just try and hit it until it drops. Don't stop moving as they will lunge at you.

Be careful dropping stuff on the ground as it can vanish due to bugs.

The airfields/military bases are great for guns and equipment but are often havens for psychos who camp out there. I find low population servers are the way to go, go in loot and then out .

Cities have good loot but then have psychos hanging out and bambi players. Don't stay too long in one place - keep moving.

You can open canned food, with a kitchen knife, bayonet, screwdriver, (I think) and axes and of course can openers but they are hard to find. Just pull the item over the can and right click.

To heal eat until it says "I'm full" or "I'm stuffed". Takes around 30mins then you get the "healing" sign in the inventory.

You can rip up t-shirts to make into rags which you can then bandage yourself if you get hit by a z or shot. .

At the moment you can drink from ponds and village pumps without getting poisoned keep drinking till it tells you 'I''m stuffed" etc.

The smaller villages in the middle of the map are usually the ones that have no one in them. Remember if a door is open someone has been there before so be CAREFUL!!!

I loot houses and close the doors afterwards so people don't think anyone has been there before - if a player thinks someone is around the will be more on guard and paranoid and if you run into them they might be prepared and more difficult to kill.

Of course you can mess with there heads - I place half eaten cans of food in places just to f*ck with people.

Some of the sounds are messed up so if you hit something solid with an axe it sounds like a gunshot so don't freak out too much.

If you hear a gunshot though another player is firing at you, run, zigzag and take cover.

If you hear a sound that sounds like someone changing a gun magazine then a player has just logged in near you so BE AFRAID!

Hey Munk hope you are well.

Just had a sh*tty wipe in DayZ that left me in my underpants with just my axe. It is an Alpha It is an Alpha...

Just hacked a player to death for his boots - God that was cold.

After the wipe I managed to find clothes but no boots. I saw this player in the airfield and then I legged it - composed myself thought - hmmm he has nice stuff and then attacked him.

I actually feel pretty bad as he would have put at least 4 hours into that toon. He should have run the fool.

Cheers FT. 

I'm pretty average at it, but have only been playing for under 2 hours so to be expected. 

Still tended to just wander round, not finding much. Did get a backpack and a baseball bat. But eventually I died of starvation - woops. Couldn't really find food anywhere, am sure I'll find spots eventually, just a matter of getting used to the game and map. 

I'm finding it really addictive, but ultimately pointless so I wonder how long my interest in it will last. I'm not usually one to try to get achievements very much, but it seems like this game is tailor made for it, so its unusual (especially for a game on steam) that it doesn't have any. You basically just go round looting items, but for what purpose? Of course more and better items = more fun.