Arma II Dayz screwed me over...

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Hi Raphiel, well the thing is, we didnt put a lock on the server or passworded it or anything.

The only thing I can think of that I did wrong was looting stuff from a hackers box. Me and my mates had everything! Navigation, NVG, range finders, AS50's with thermal and guily suits and shit loads of ammo. It says you can't get banned for looting stuff that other hackers have imported into the game, so thats why I did it. The game was finally getting a bit more fun when suddenly I got a global ban. And I tell you, IT FUCKING SUCKS. I feel ripped off. Me and my friend finally repaired an ATV. Didn't even get the chance to play around on it. Wankers. Didn't even get an email back or nothing for what it could of been. But if I do get unbanned I will deffenatly let you know! So you can join our gang.
It's called [PSD]. Stands for Poopship Destroyer. << Don't take it sereous, it's named after our studio band.

Only thing I've ever driven is a bicycle. Very hard to survive by yourself but somehow I'm managing it. Hunting knife and canteens help. Means you don't have to risk approaching cities and villages for food as often. Also cooked meat restores quite alot of health.
Having a weapon that is powerful and rare but with easy to obtain ammo for really helps. Weapons that use AK or stanag ammo are golden. PDW easily best sidearm in the game as it is basically a rare uzi with an ammo type you practically trip over its so common. Having an AS50 is fantastic if you want to hunt players but for something as simple as survival it can be... problematic. Its ammo type is rare, its very much overkill for infected and it takes up room that could otherwise be utilized by supplies and necessities needed to survive.
I think my dream weapon would be L85A2 AWS. Legit, incredibly accurate, able to zero in, thermal, NV and to top it off ammo can be found in abundance. You won't be outshooting AS50s but with enough caution you can spot them over a vast distance and decide whether to just go around and leave them or take them by surprise.
I tend to be really stealthy and avoid other players if I can help it. If you take it slow and focus on survival everything else eventually sorts itself out.
Thats what I've found anyway.