Dayz Diary – Day 5 – “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”

I’m now convinced that I’m actually living a “Groundhog Day” simulator. I’ve gone past the “wonder and amazement phase” and now I’m in the “OH GOD, NOT AGAIN!!!” phase.

My last several lives have gone thusly:

• Face removed by zombie
• Face removed by two zombies
• Head removed by Bandit with M4
• Fell off tower trying to avoid losing face to zombies
• Head removed by someone for accidentally swinging an axe at them because I thought they were a zombie
• Face, limbs and aviator sunglasses removed by Zombies
• Face removed by zombie whilst repeatedly punching him in the balls
• Punched several zombies in the balls and ran into city, sniped by a Bandit

I’m not really take mortality seriously, plus since I wake up in different places in Chernarus I’m happy to wake up eventually only a few miles from Elektrozavodsk. Great, I’ve tried heading north but the major cities and airfield seem awfully busy and by busy I mean full of people who’d rather shoot me in the head than say hello.

Elektrozavodsk is fairly large, this gives me some hope of giving it a cursory looting and get at least one melee weapon, a drink from a well and maybe a bit of food and clothing. I’m not hanging around though. I duck in from the waterfront and hit the train station which nets me a baseball bat. Item 1 on my list is sorted for.

From the train station I run to the first well on the eastern side and top myself up, this should keep me going for a decent time. I forgo checking any of the houses in this part of town, mostly it’s clothes in here and I can’t be arsed in getting some decent clothes together only to be shot 5 seconds later. I take down a zombie and run all the way through down the central road. I take the risk because I want to keep my bearings as my plan is to hit the big factory on the western edge of town before running straight on to Chernogorsk, the biggest town in Chernarus.

My speed is rewarded as I sneak by two fully equipped hikers who are taking the time to loot every house as they go. I hit the factory and am richly rewarded by a fire axe which comes in handy as I turn 3 lurchers into steaming piles of dog food. That was a pun by the way, not a very good one but anyway….

I manage to find a pair of cargo pants and backpack and that allows me to store several cans of food for now and I’ll sort my hunger out when I get to Cherno and get myself some more long range weapons to defend myself with. I slip on a pair of Aviator sunglasses and think to myself…

“It ain’t what Cherno, it’s who Cherno….”

Deal with it….