Real Survivalist Tries Not To Die In The Long Dark

[Ice Hole]

This was in my feed this morning.

 

Some useful information for players and developers.

 

[kopo79]

it was funny to watch!

[Ice Hole]

Predict The Long Dark Demise

 

Before watching this video predict for this survival expert the reasons for slipping into the Long Dark.

Three lives are available, so three guesses.

 

[ajb1978]

Death 1: Tries to do something sensible that he'd do in the real world, fails because it's not a game mechanic, freezes to death.
Death 2: Tries to do something else that he'd do in the real world, but again fails and freezes to death.
Death 3: An additional logical, well thought out plan of attack, that fails because the mechanics don't allow it.  And freezes to death.

Edit: Nailed it.

Edited August 17, 2019 by ajb1978

[MarrowStone]

On 8/17/2019 at 9:18 AM, ajb1978 said:

Death 1: Tries to do something sensible that he'd do in the real world, fails because it's not a game mechanic, freezes to death.
Death 2: Tries to do something else that he'd do in the real world, but again fails and freezes to death.
Death 3: An additional logical, well thought out plan of attack, that fails because the mechanics don't allow it.  And freezes to death.

Edit: Nailed it.

Two of the three deaths he spent too much time chasing around rabbits and deer when his first priority should be not dying from exposure.

Survival priorities in order are (usually): Situational Awareness, First Aid, Exposure, Signaling, Water, and Food. 

In his defense, I don't think he equipped any of his clothing either since he still was freezing inside the blue truck in the barn. Also, books make pretty good tinder even though they're counted as fuel in this game. 

He makes a good point about digging into the hay bales and tearing up the car's chairs for cloth. Interacting with the world is how humans have survived forever. It's what we're good at.