So there I am, having a bit of a hard run, bad luck on the circles so I have to play catch up most of the time, resulting in me having some armor but only one rifle. Violence happens, I get some kills but I'm forced to leave the area, I'm on the run. Then a crate drops very very near me and I decide to go for it. There are two engine sounds incoming, louder and louder, from two different sides. I hit the ground near the crate, but one of the drivers must have seen me, tries to run me over, misses by inches and hits the crate head on. One burst from my rifle, he is dead, body slowly drifting away inside the buggy, clipping all funny-like. The other engine sound's still getting louder, I grab a level three helmet and the all powerfull sniper rifle with an 8x scope, then I panic, hop in the buggy and drive away, being shot at from God knows where, but I make it. My luck is turning over.
I stop in a nearby field, with a goal of sorting out my inventory, patching my wounds. With the buggy man I now have three kills, the rush is on. Patching my wounds. Trying to load the rifle but I have no bulets, guess the sniper uses some other ammo, I carry most types but none fit. I only had this rifle once before. My precious loot: useless. No time to worry about it. Switching back to my burst army rifle, it will have to do - at least I carry over two hunred bullets for that one. No grenades either, the rifle it is then, a pistol as an backup. The circle is closing yet again, gotta get on the move.
I drive the buggy right to the centre, the rifle only has a red dot sight, the scope won't fit. I am thinking with no scope I don't want to adwance from the edge, better take my chances close quartes. While I'm driving, the others thin themselves out. Looks like a small settlement will be the final area. Doors are closed, I must be the first one here. I consider checking for more loot inside, but then I see a nice bush right outside the fence of the buildings. I crouch inside it, nice view on two doors, I got that covered. The bush is in the shade as well, I am thinking with a good next circle centre, this might be a good spot. Some more violence in the distance, kill log reduces the number of survivors to 5. It's the second to last circle now, it only envelops the two buildings I am looking at and a patch of grass, I am dead center. I go prone, trying to make the others go for one another, hoping for the number in the corner to go down without me interfering. Shots fired, a fellow hunter gives away his position - he has no idea I am so near. I change my mind and let the devil out. Two bursts, he's dead. Hearth is pounding. Five seconds later a guy runs to one of the doors, assuming someone is inside. A couple of bursts, he jumps and tries to find me as I spray - and I am spraying, because I am on the controller of course. He goes down. I am still prone, in the bush, making so much noise but near invisible. A moment later another hunter runs along the fence from the other side, attracted by the violence that just coloured the soil red. He meets the same fate. It was not a clean kill, he had armor, I missed some shots again, but he finally goes down, spraying in my general direction.
It's just two of us now. Final circle forms.
It's very small now, but I am still in it, I don't have to move! RNG is finally giving me a break.
I hear granades landing on both sides of me, first two blunt pops of stun grenades, but they are random, they don't hit me. Then a loud blast a few metres behind me, a frag takes me down below 25%. I don't see the hunter, I am pretty sure he doesn't see me either. We are on a FPP server, none of us dares to crouch and expose himself. Looking through the grass. I use a full heal, calming a bit. The timer stops at "1" for a long time, the map only shows a blue circle now, the one that closes to nothingness. We play the waiting game, nothing happens for what felt like a very long while.
Then the blue starts to move. He loses his temper and runs in my view. I pull the trigger, I miss most of my shots, but I also see the red mist popping off in the air. He shoots back. This is it, this is the make or break moment. And then...networ lag, and icon blinks. Shit. Two seconds later the time skips forward as the game syncs back up. I am suddenly behind the blue line. I don't even have time to stand up, I die outside the player zone. Second place with 6 kills. The god of Early Access is to blame. Still, I won't forget this one.
I will make it one day. This was my third time in second place, I got robbed by the universe.
There are some issues, but there is also a lot of fun to be had!
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