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Zombies versus Survivors, it’s all the rage right now. But what happens when you take the zombie/survivor idea and cross it with the capability of a top notch first person shooter engine like ArmA 2? You end up with something that smacks of Left 4 Dead, but set in some obscure place like Kazakhstan. You get something that has cool guns like Killing Floor, except there’s nowhere to buy ammunition. You end up with the DayZ mod.

DayZ is set in a region of Chernarus, a primarily Russian speaking area. That means all the maps, street signs and directions are in Russian. Don’t worry, it’s not that big of a deal. The idea is that the general population has been infected and become zombies (or zeds as some refer to them). You are one of the lucky survivors, and you start out at a random starting point with a handgun with some ammunition, a backpack, a water canteen, one or two items of food and some very basic medical supplies. What you do NOT have is a compass, a watch, a map, a flashlight, any other high end goodies such as night vision goggles or a GPS. That doesn’t mean they aren’t out there, you just have to find them… without being eaten. ...

Here at TG we love firepower and teamplay. This video is for everyone who plays here, you guys are awesome! - |TGXV| Gore

Tactical Gamer was founded with a few very simple principles:

1) Create an environment conducive for mature gamers to enjoy the games they play without the everyday interference from the less-than-mature gamers.

2) Create an environment where there was mutual respect for your fellow gamers and where all members would be working together to advance the enjoyment of their hobby.

3) Support game play in a near-simulation environment. Where the focus of play would not be solely on doing what it takes to win, but doing so utilizing real-world combat strategy and tactics rather than leveraging exploits provided to players by the design of the game engine, regardless of the level of advantage, if any, it gives over the opposing team. ...

Recently Christian Allen, a veteran of game development branched off and created his own company Serellan LLC. His new companies vision? To create a hardcore tactical shooter that is build around input from the gamers themselves. To get support he put up a Kick Starter project asking that gamers help by donating. The reason for the donations is to prove to big investors that there is a want for a game of this type on the market.

I was able to catch up with him recently and ask him a few questions about his project, the company, and his vision for the future of tactical shooters. What follows is the email interview with Christopher Allen CEO of Serellan LLC and lead developer on "Game-X". ...

"TacticalGamer: it's a community. It's not a clan. It's not exclusive in any way. But there's a certain ethos to it. It's that we want to have a mature, fun game. So a lot of the problems you see in console gaming, or just the behaviour issues, just don't exist in TG ... This community is fantastic."

The TacticalGamer ProjectReality:Arma 2 v.015 Beta server currently enjoys the 2nd highest Arma 2 game server rank on the planet with recent epic single rounds involving as many as 100 players.

Considered by many to be the most realistic military simulator in the world, and described as "the Thinking Man's game", Arma 2 under the Project Reality mod has gone from strength to strength. Under the tutelage of the cigar-toting, whiskey-and-fire-breathing Wicks and the rest of the TG admin team (including Paintscratcher, Unk, Socomseal, Axis_Sniper, Jeepo etc), the server has achieved renewed popularity, generating a landslide of after-action-reports, YouTube videos, forum posts, and screenshots. ...