Hoax

I need say nothing of this. Just watch.

I think i'd rather play farming sim!
 

Thought I'd share this video I made:
 

New year, new desk! I'm also going to be upgrading my keyboard very soon
 
Specs: 
 
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H 
PSU: XFX Pro 850W
CPU: Intel 3570K 
CPU Cooler: Antec Khüler 620
GPU: Gainward Geforce GTX 680
RAM: Kingston HyperX Memory 8GB 
Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD x2 in RAID 0, Internal 500GB WD HDD, External 500GB Intel HDD
Case: NZXT Phantom 410
Fans: Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition (on the rad) NZXT 120mm (at the front)
Monitor: Samsung S23A700
Peripherals: Roccat Kone+ Mouse, Crappy™ £5 Tesco Keyboard, XBOX 360 Wired controller for Windows 

So it is my birthday today and as a present my parents decided to get me and my brother vouchers for a "Tank Paintball" experience! Needless to say, I can't wait for the summer to come round!
 

 

Ho! Ho! Ho!

I'd like to point out I though this up.

So yeah, this happened today when Greeneyes picked up a truck...
 

DayZ standalone introduces much more complicated hunger and thirst mechanics compared to the mod. Instead of your hunger and thirst being satisfied as soon as you eat or drink anything, each type of food and drink restores varying amounts of energy and can add or remove water. Additionally, your stomach can only hold a limited amount of food and water.
 
Examples
When you eat a box of cereal, it restores around 1000 energy, and drains 250 water. Eating sardines only restores 333 energy, but adds close to 100 water. Drinking a can of soda restores a bit less than 150 energy and adds over 300 water, while drinking from a canteen doesn't give any energy, but adds 1000 water.
 
Effects
When you have less than 100 energy, you start losing health and blood. However, when you have a ton of energy and plenty of water (3500 and 3000 respectively), you start regenerating blood. Once your blood is refilled, you regenerate health instead.
Dehydration is much more dangerous than starvation: you lose five times as much health and twice as much blood. Once you accumulate a water deficit, it can be difficult to recover from it if you wait too long.
 
Status Messages
While they don't tell you exactly what's going on with your character, the status messages that pop up can still help you figure out what you need to get yourself healthy again. Keep in mind that there are other effects that share some of the same messages, so this is by no means a conclusive way of diagnosing yourself.
 
Hunger
When you're hungry, you see the following messages: 
"I feel tired", "I feel run-down", "I feel worn-out", "I feel like taking a nap", "My stomach grumbles", "I'm feeling hungry", "I want to eat something", "I feel hungry"
 
When you're very hungry or starving, you see these messages:
"I'm extremely hungry", "My stomach grumbled violently", "I'm starving","I feel exhausted", "I feel extremely tired", "My head pounds", "My head throbs", "My head hurts", "I feel dizzy", "I feel light-headed", "I feel faint", "I feel unsteady", "My stomach grumbles", "I'm feeling hungry", "I want to eat something", "I feel hungry"
 
Thirst
When you're thirsty, you see these messages:
"I feel tired", "I feel run-down", "I feel worn-out", "I feel like taking a nap", "My mouth feels dry", "I feel thirsty", "I'm thirsty", "I need a drink", "I feel like having a drink", "I want to drink something"
 
When you're dehydrated, you see these messages:
"My mouth feels dry", "My head pounds", "My head throbs", "My head hurts", "I feel dizzy", "I feel light-headed", "I feel faint", "I feel unsteady", "I feel exhausted", "I feel extremely tired", "I feel thirsty", "I'm thirsty", "I need a drink", "I feel like having a drink", "I want to drink something"
 
Being Stuffed
You can also eat and drink too much and overfill your stomach. Once you see these messages, if you keep eating or drinking, you're probably going to end up vomiting.
My stomach feels absolutely stuffed I feel over-fed My stomach feels much more full then it's normal I am close to vomiting I think I'm going to vomit... I'm going to vomit... Source: DayzDB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzY2Qcu5i2A

This is an everyday day occurrence in GTA online but when it's for real, things are a little more serious. Luckily only one person, the pilot of the plane which lost a wing, was injured when he suffered cuts as he ejected using an emergency chute the other managed to land the plane safely despite serious damage to the wing and propeller.

So I'd like to begin with a statement
 
" I R n00b !"
 
with that said I shall continue with my rambling assessment of the server I have chosen to inhabit and pollute with my foetid presence.
 
Day 1 ) initiation.
 
Today I joined my first Company assault on Altis, the skies were clear and the sun beat down,
it was so hot I decided that I shall forever run around in only my undershorts!
 
I was so happy to see people I did happy little circles on the airstrip until a helo landed on my head,
The pilot mentioned my behaviour over global comms and everyone had a good laugh before it all went dark and I was back in the lobby, waiting for a new assignment.
 
Day 2) getting a job
 
The guys welcomed me to the company by making me their medic bitch
After sitting next to the pilot in the Helo he looked at me with his soulless dead and uncaring eyes before uttering the words "Get the Frag out!"
I presumed he meant get my grenades ready, so I got out and did that before having to get in the cargo area
 
We landed under heavy gunfire and I dove for cover,
my comrades in arms all did likewise, choosing only the highest blades of grass to cover their armoured forms,
They then began screeaming at me when I refused to run from my fox-hole across the open fields to apply band-aids to their boo-boo's.
 
Day 3) Being a medic is not for everyone
 
Apparently running into the smoking inferno of a tank means that the medic should sacrifice his mortal self for the greater good
and dive into the fiery depths to drag comrades to freedom,
 
The sniper next to me who was running point and using his sniper scope to get up close and REAL personal to some enemies
Kindly informed me that I "Should do your flipping job, moran!" and because I wouldn't run infront of the enemy tank while he 'covered me!'
 
swiftly demoted me to Repair Spec... I feel happier now, I only have to run along the roads after him in his stolen bobcat and repair it whenever he takes "Evasive Maneuvers" and crashes int oa building..
I feel an overwhelming sense of fulfilment.
 
Day 4) Teamwork is ....
 
Today I got bossed around a lot... "Alpha team, get up that hill..... take those windmills .... cover meeeee ... GO GOGOGOGO .... Bruce lookout for those mines ......!"
 
It's like a home away from home, I even got my first kill ... well, it was raining bullets on the enemy soldier from all angles, but I'm fairly sure that me putting a sniper scope on my pistol meant I got the killing blow!
 
Today ) ... who knows ?!

Great mission, I really enjoyed playing on both sides today and think we have the making of a fantastic mission here.  I hope we can play this again soon, maybe even as a game night?  Or organised community versus community game?  I have a few suggestions, sorry for the wall of text but I wanted to let you know my thoughts because I really want to see us play this mission more.
 
Please empty all the vehicles at base so people can quickly load them up with whatever supplies they need for the ambush/convoy.
 
I think both sides could do with a few repair specialists.
 
I'd change the helicopters as well, give OPFOR an unarmed Orca and BLUFOR a littlebird.  It's confusing having 2 identical choppers between the teams, and both being the AAF helo is unnecessary.
 
Editing the VAS might be required, I love mortars and the strategy of using them to support an advance but I can also appreciate others might get pissed off with it.  Same goes for UAV's, I'm not 100% on the right solution to this just yet but I think limiting the weapons both teams have will improve people's long term enjoyment.  Same thing goes for guided missiles as they slow the game down to crawl because the convoy is so vulnerable to them.
 
I am not sure about the placement of the bases.  I think they can be repositioned to avoid one team having to travel too near the other base just to make an ambush.
 
The most important point is to do with routes.  I love the sandbox nature of the map and how it will create new sites each time but I think this needs to be balanced against restricting the route.  In the first play through today OPFOR nearly missed the convoy, it had actually passed our position and someone caught sight of it in our rear by chance and it was a scramble to get to it.  However the second play through forced BLUFOR to pass through a few towns and also an narrow strip of land - all great points for an ambush, which for me as a BLUFOR player made for a great experience.  If these kinds of "narrow" routes can be used more often I think it will generate more exciting gameplay.

That could work out quite nicely, I third this.

I'll second the idea of pulling out the UAV's and replacing them with 2 CAS UAV's.
increased liklihood of UAV operator's working WITH infantry.

Hoax. As hero of ahoy, I will give you a pass on practice, this time. ;P

Welcome to the community!

I've got 8.1 running on my laptop (the one with the stuck 'a' key) and it's wayyyyyyyy better than 8,but would I put it on my main machine (the one with the sticky alt key)? I'm not so sure. If you're already on 8 then deffo but if not the decision it's as clear cut.
Also the install takes ages if you do it like I did

i'm up for big oil, we should do it today

We should do a while of power levelling, Rats overkill pro is great to zip through levels and get cash.
 
Costs about 3.5million from your offshore