# DayZ Mod

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayz-mod/626603>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 28, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayz-mod/626603 "2012-06-28T17:14:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayz-mod/626603/21 "2013-12-23T16:53:51Z")

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FYI, if any if you are playing, my username is always Octarine.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayz-mod/626603/22 "2013-12-23T19:57:06Z")

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> [@Rachellelogram](#):
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> It looks like a cool game. But the alpha is so, so buggy.

Ergo, “alpha”. This is really an opportunity for people to give feedback to the developers and maybe explore the new world a bit. It’s nowhere close to a finished game. There are barely even any zombies at this point. At best it will just be wandering empty towns and maybe Call of Duty-ing other players with one of the three available weapons - an M4A1, an old-timey Russian rifle or a pistol.

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**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayz-mod/626603/23 "2013-12-24T07:30:21Z")

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they are calling for cease fire this christmas, wonder how that will work out

> **[DayZ Holiday Cease-Fire Will Be a Nice Moment or Greatest Troll Ever](https://kotaku.com/dayz-holiday-cease-fire-will-be-a-nice-moment-or-greate-1488740955)**
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> DayZ's standalone alpha was released last week and you know what that means: A shitload of overly trusting newspawns to grief. Pardon me for being cynical, but a proposed "cease fire" on Christmas Day absolutely reeks of a trap. A hilarious trap, if...

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