This game has completely derailed my life….

I’ve had this game downloaded for less than a week. My previous post I talked about my struggles to start, my constant death, and the learning.

I was happy, I was dying but I was happy, waving to everyone I saw, running around with my mic on screaming trying to find fellow survivors. Dying from everything and everything but loving it each time. Met some great people and also learnt quickly some people KOS regardless of your friendly approach.

Fast forward to now and I’m on my 5th or 6th character (I can’t remember) and after getting closer and closer to surviving, I just got lucky with the spawns and found some good gear. I’m now in the middle of nowhere with a improv shelter, i’ve got some very good gear (for me). Still no idea what i’m doing but I can survive the wilderness now (barely).

If I see a player now, rather than any excitement my heart completely stops. I’m ready to shoot on site. I hardly have anything in the grand scheme of things, but to me, I have more loot than I could ever imagine. The ‘gear fear’ I’ve read so much about on here is truly real and i’m talking about the little red water proof pack medical pack I found last night, my pristine scorpion, and my field shovel.

To add to things, I’ve gotten a lot of party invites over the last few days and I always accept them. Generally it’s people asking about joining a clan or being friendly and wanting to team up. Last night I lost track of time and it was 5:00am before I knew it. I’d gone quite far from my shelter as there was hardly anyone in the server and I thought it sensible to make use of that. Once I join the party, all happy and friendly, it’s two guys saying they can “see me” and they’re coming to rob my base.

Thankfully I knew almost instantly they were bluffing as they were talking about scouting my base for days and seeing all my cars (I have a homeless shack brother). I laughed it off and said good luck finding my spare damp matches and left the party. While I knew they were bluffing, the small treck back from the town to my shelter felt like a lifetime. My heart was racing. I was checking over my shoulder constantly. I felt like I was being watched.

This game is everything I’ve always been looking for and I never knew it existed till a few days ago. When I hear bird sounds outside irl it’s as if I’m in Day-Z. I don’t want to sleep or eat or see friends or family. I don’t want to work. It’s all I can think about.

It’s completely derailed my life for the past week…. AND I LOVE IT.