I parachute in just west of the power plant into the eastern island weapons cache. as i pop my chute i take note of at least 7 players around me dropping in to the same area. I knew i had to be quick about getting a weapon once on the ground or this game would be over before i know it. i land on the southern hillside behind the apartment building near the hangars and make a bee line for a small shed. 1897 shotgun is waiting for me and a lvl 1 police vest. i quickly equip both, reload my weapon proceed to the closest building i saw another player run into seconds before. He's there as soon as i open the door firing a micro-uzi at me quickly whittling down my health to nothing but i'm lucky enough to get one blast from my shotgun off that finds its mark killing him instantly. I loot his corpse, reload his uzi (now mine), use his first aid kit and finish looting his building. I proceed north to the apartment block. The whole time i've been healing and looting i hear gunfire nearby. My best guess was that this building was the source. As i approach the building, gunfire from upstairs windows erupts but misses me. i quickly enter and setup at the bottom of the stairs to catch my attacker before he can get a good shot. I unload with my new uzi and bring him down with one burst. I loot his body, i find stronger armor, an m16a4 and a suppressor for it. I trade my uzi for the m16, equip my attachments, and move to the second floor, everything is picked over. More gunfire comes from outside near the hangars. i peek a nearby window and see a player looting another players body he must've just killed. i take aim at him, with my suppressed m16 and bring him down in a couple of bursts. Loot his body, check the circle, and realize it's time to move.

I check my map and see the circle is centered around the school and i'm barely on the edge of it. I run across open terrain bounding between whatever cover i can find but make it to the next circle boundary. Now approaching abandoned warehouse, I hear gunfire very close by, a jeep pulls up, and a player enters the warehouse before i can. For a brief moment i consider trying to kill him to take his vehicle to make it to the next circle but i hesitate too long and i lose my opportunity. I hold up in a small shed/cabin like the one that Vinny and Alex died in during recent stream and while scanning the surroundings i see another player approaching from behind me trying to outrun the deathwall. Again i consider shooting him but decide to wait to see if he changes course. He moves away and i proceed to a nearby group of houses just inside the next circle boundary. doors are open everywhere. Unsure if someone was still there or if they were gone i sweep the house. Empty. The circle begins to to shrink again so i move on.

Gunfire is popping off in the distance ahead of me. I hold up again on the edge of the next circle in a small shed. the gunfire continues and gets louder as i approach a cluster of abandoned houses on a hillside. I see doors open but instead of going inside to clear the house, i move north toward the gunfire. A buggy pulls up close by. I peek out from the tree i'm hiding behind and see only the buggy not the driver. Terrified at how close he had to be i quickly scan my surroundings looking for him. Finally he pops out from behind the buggy. Had he seen me? He turns around to position himself as if he's hunting someone else, i see the perfect shot, i fire one burst at his head and it drops him. I rush over to his buggy, hop in, speed off to the center of the next circle.

As the player count dwindles to the low 30's and mid 20's i find myself hiding upstairs in house with 2 good weapons, plenty of healing and ammo and decent armor and wonder if this could be "the run". The circle shrinks again, this time toward a small camp site south of the school east of where i currently was. Time to backtrack.

As i get close to the circle boundary, i hear gunfire but see no one. i take cover in a small structure just inside the next circle and wait. one other player approaches. his coat clips through the wall ensuring i know exactly where he is. i aim at the corner and wait for my shot and drop him as soon as he's in view. 13 left. circle shrinks again. No cover between me and the circle just a hillside and some trees too far to get too. i see small pixels humans dancing toward the circle from the school in the distance as the death wall closes in. Several are gunned down trying to make it. 9 left. I see the sniper who gunned down several people who were approaching and i shoot and kill him. 7 left. circle shrinks again. more gunfire. 5 left as i approach a circle that must've been 100m wide. i hear a gunfight erupt and suddenly there's 3 left. I'm fully in the open now so i have to go prone in the tall grass. A player approaches from a small fenced area. i wait for him to hold still then open fire, it works! 2 left! Heart pounding, i frantically search for the last one the suddenly from my right i hear pops and see the red mist coming off my character. before i can turn to return fire, i fall, the game ends. This was the closest i've ever come to #1. I'll be back for the chicken and when i do, i'm gonna eat every f*cking chicken in the room.