DayZ
I recently restarted my DayZ server on the same computer in the basement that runs my SCUM server.
It has been a couple years (??? maybe ???) since I've played. I think 2022 (???). I found screen shots on Steam from when my sons and I played in 2017. I like driving in DayZ. The cars have manual transmissions.
It seems more "civilized" than SCUM, but it's not. When we first started playing on public servers, it was interesting. We played as a team, and it wasn't like the Marx Brothers, like when we play Baldur's Gate 3. But I was by myself in a city, getting water. A guy came up. He had a microphone. I did not. My character was female. Knowing how difficult the game is to survive, I offered him some water, and told him he could keep the bottle. That's when he said "You're pretty cute." while my back was turned. He shot me. I remember thinking he had psychological problems, and I thought now I know what it is like to feel violated. That's what people are like on public DayZ servers. Another time a guy ran up to me with his face covered by a bandana. STAB STAB STAB! Down I went. Then he bandaged me up, revived me. STAB STAB STAB! He did this about three times (???) until I was dead. So I play on a private server with a password.
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Acronym Legend
OS = Older Son, YS = Younger Son
The most important two acronyms I know.
2/22/2026 - I will be offline for the next month or so.