"Stealy Wheely Automobiley" Now that's a term I've not heard in ages.

"Who never beat me in the Culling, shut up" ~ Womble, in denial

I do remember when i started playing the Mod, my survival time went from 2 minutes, to 12, to 20 then to an hour, which was a huge thing when all alone It then went to several days and zombies not being a huge problem, but always a looming threat to deal with

"...The rusted ruins of Kogajev..." *Might actually be Glasgow* BRUH

this got me laughing: "as you would often be killed suddenly by a guy you never saw" good old Operation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis

Soviet: posts three videos Everyone: is this possible?

"War is not nice." -Barbara Bush Thanks Barbara, the more you know

Womble: "Quotes about how bard war is" The quotes: "War is not nice." i guess

Womble blink twice if you're being held captive this isn't normal for you

"It ain't much, but it's honest work"- Soviet, probably

Shower thoughts: The majority of hardcore gamers are secretly masochistic in the sense that we will sink hundreds of hours, numerous bashes to both the table and our heads, learn intricate and complex game mechanics all for the goal of reaching max lvl, getting amazing loot, or most importantly some hours of fun and pure excitement/joy/bliss that bring us back to the days when things were simpler.

02:11 "Who never beat me in the Culling. Shut up." Still salty, big man?

“That’s danger wang!”

The end of times is here, Soviet is posting consistently for the first time.

“War is not nice” ~Sun Tzu, The Art of War

2:55 "war is not nice" Thanks for that hot take Barbara

The fact that this guys doesn't post for months and then drops 3, let's call them educational videos, and gets this much attention tells you he is an absolute class. Kepp up the good work and try to post more often. Especially vids like this one.

"So I broke my leg in a pine forest..." Seems to be an accurate way of describe DayZ, right?

2:57 "war is not nice"-operation flashpoint 2001

Operation Flashpoint ... i have NO IDEA how many hours i sank into that game. I LOVE it. Flying medivac helos in multiplayer was probably one of the most intense and immersive experiences i've ever played.

Sooooo Womble played Operation Flashpoint at the "tender age of 15". Operation Flashpoint was released in 2001. Based on that assumption, Womble's birthday is around 1986. That means that as of this year, 2020, Soviet Womble is *34* years of age. #FightMe

Normal video essay: *all serious and stuff* My attention: Soviets video essay: "stealy wheely auto mobily, how badly mars sucks, the adventures of a constipated men and not actually halo" My attention: *Strong enough to pause my game to watch the video* This video essay is the first one to actually hold my attention.

That progression bit at the start of survival games is my favorite part of the genre. Starting out completely clueless, then slowly picking up important info and learning to prioritize, growing better not because my characters stats, but because I am becoming experienced with the scenario. Bases often kill my enjoyment, as they become too safe too quickly.

This whole video got me remembering about how every, EVERY, time Funhaus played a mil sim and how unfun it was to play.

"war is not cool" -Soviet womble, probably not

Hey, welcome back Womble. Really missed your content, glad to see you’re uploading again.

my brain: hey educate yourself in dayz instead of your college economics education me: why tho brain: dew it

“When i finally fought a group of russians one on one” - literally everyone from the former eastern bloc: ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ

KZfaq: Hey you watched part 1, I'm going to recommend and auto play part 3. Me: Uh, what about part 2? KZfaq: Pfft you want to watch videos in order? Go find it yourself you pleb.

The madlad finally done it. They said he would never do it

Here's something I didn't expect to happen to me today: Open KZfaq > SovietWomble uploaded three videos > 2:42 into the video I see a meme I made so long ago I don't even have it on my computer anymore > Spend the next 25 minutes trying to figure out how he got it because I only shared it one time 4 years ago on a personal account.

"How do I make my game more immersive?" "Hurghhhhh ... big.... treeeeeeee" "Are you saying what i think you are saying?" "Hurglblurg.... Pineforestssssssssssssssst"

History in a nutshell: Stone go bash bash Sword goes slash slash Gun go boom boom Arma go glitch glitch

“Danger wang” is now my favorite phrase

I love this, the editing, the script, the delivery, I can tell you've put a lot of work into this and that you are very passionate about it. Thanks a lot for sharing these videos to all of us soviet

So glad we finally get to see these essays all that teasing for so many weeks lol. Also that makes so much sense how games like Fortnite and PUBG became so popular plugs in so many holes in my head. Glad you didn't die with all the editing Womble,.

The last time I was this Early, the Luftwaffe had Aerial Superiority over France and Stalingrad.

What have we been blessed with, double uploads??

I was skeptical at first, but this series is actually interesting to me now. Keep it up, I look forward to learning more about something you enjoyed. Through you, I myself am beginning to appreciate something I overlooked.

3:20 “might actually be Glasgow” LMAO

I do kind of wish the DAyZ mod continued into Arma 3, I miss the days of playing it and it would have been great if the community shifted to arma 3

I swear he talked about this video like 3 years ago wtf

Man this is top quality content well and truly, what a trip of nostalgia. I did love the standalone's legacy builds but i wont deny the mod really was something else - if anything the background music was freaking legendary and it shocks me to this day its not used.

really love your passion for this game. great series and I appreciate immensely you taking the time to discuss it

"Some people cant handle the stress of dayz. Others thrive on it". -Some random ass quote

okay now I'm actually impressed that he uploaded twice today, I can now rest in peace.

Absolutely fantastic video. I already love this new series of yours!

The fact that OFP is one of your favorite games is a trip. Not many people know about it and it was such a hidden gem. Just like you I sunk a ton of hours into it when I was 11 or so. Man good times

This is sick! Womble’s sense of humor and editing skills are a perfect match for the video essay format

We’re all doomed, consistent uploads, amazingly well orchestrated reviews? The end has arrived boys, say your prayers

2:58 "war is not nice" brings a tear to the eye

I love it womble I've been watching for ages now and I'm still consistently surprised and satisfied by you videos despite your upload schedule... Thank you for your commitment sir!!

You made me laugh so hard with the aletrnative-game names, I woke my neighbours up! Thanks for that really hearty laugh! Also, I LOVE these videos and how you edited, directed and structured them!

0:47 I'm listening to the video in the background, I turn my head for a brief moment, and was like "Wait wtf was that? That's where I live!"

Well done mate, top stuff. Waited a long time for these essay's and was not disappointed.

I just subscribed and this is this what we need, this is like mod history. Honestly you'll have lot's too talk about. Please keep doing this

Text: "Kolguyev" Womble: "Gohlgajehv"

2:11 "Theres no I in denial"

It's fantastic to see this type of content from you womble!

The behind the scenes of how this game works is brilliant, thank you for making this

I love this format! I'm really glad Soviet decided to go do something he's always wanted to do. The passion and effort really shows.

8:00 This reminds me so much of ARK. i love the Earlygame on new or even on old Maps the most. Sadly i'm not old enough to really have had any association with DayZ (other than your videos of course) but i think i would have loved it. I hope there will be more games like this in the future.

Love this new format for you. Really compliments your other stuff. Keep up the good work, can't wait for more.

Dude this video is absolutely astounding. The amount of editing. Very informative. Gaming is something else lol

So cool to see Soviet doing this! Really loving this whole essay. Such a unexpected but lovely thing to see from this channel, think Soviet is the perfect fit for this format, feels like he's been doing this forn years

Insert bubble throat monke screaming cause literally this is amazing

OMG... Operation Flashpoint became Arma?! Operation Flashpoint was one of the first PC games I ever played and I loved it as a teen, I had no idea that anyone else had ever even played it, much less that it got sequels. I lacked a computer for a long time and when I got back into PC gaming it was after DayZ standalone had come out and it reminded me of that old game plus I was really into post-apocalyptic stuff at the time, so of course I tried it but nobody else was playing and I didn't find much to enjoy about it. If I had known about its lineage I would've jumped into Arma so fast... I can't believe I'm JUST finding out about this NOW. You talking about sinking tons of time into Operation Flashpoint as a teen is bringing up so much nostalgia for me. I remember navigating by the stars during those night missions, dodging SpetzNatz patrols in the woods, getting wrecked by surprise autocannon/AA tanks and BMPs, and of course spending hours making my own campaigns setting NPC pathfinding and objectives...I feel like I missed out on so much not knowing I could've been still playing it this whole time and missed out on Arma2. If people are still playing whatever the newest game is, I'm totally downloading it. It sucks I missed out on the DayZ mod, but I'm kinda over zombies now anyway. Still, I would love to try and recapture some of that brutal, realistic Operation Flashpoint magic.

I LOVE how your narration sounds. Would gladly watch this as a series

First two minutes of this video im thinking "Damn that looks like Operation: Flashpoint..." DERP!

0:09 Omg, i played this game when i was really young (like 7 or 8 years old) and i loved it. I thought that the graphics were great and gameplay even better. But in the meantime i forgot it's name and i could not find it again until today... Thank you for showing off this game. ❤️

Very happy for you that you finally got the series out my dude :)

Being a fan of video essays myself I am loving your style and form of them keep up the great work I’m looking forward to more in the future

Oh. Wow. Let's go! New video I will come back to when my KFC arrives.

5:16 yo I literally said pine forests as that screen was coming up, I just knew that it was going to be there

I found you few years ago and at a first glance I could tell that you’ve spent your childhood in the Flashpoint environment. It’s a defining experience. Hi from Czech Republic :)

I love these, please keep doing more of these video essays. So interesting!

You know womble you inspired me one day, hopefully in the near future, I will make a review of infamous series

So there i was teamed up with some rando i found on the coast because he had a can-opener and i had some cans of beans. Which meant we were temporary friends. The beans were running low however so we headed into town to look for supplies but a mission happened to pop up and trap us there. We tried to fight our way out of town but between the AI and the zombies we were outgunned and out numbered. With bullets and blood running low we called out for help to anyone who could come rescue us. 5 mins later a silver UH-1Y helicopter swoops into town with a ghillie guy at the pilot seat to save us from certain doom. 7 years later i still game with that pilot that saved my bacon.

I remember watching the last few streams of your FFX playthrough, and always kept thinking then that you would make a great tour guide. And now, video essayyys

Top class. Unexpected, yet it's clear to see you know what you're talking about AND you're passionate about it too! Nice work Womble, thank you P.S these rapid uploads almost gave me a heart attack

Soviet: thinks about frankies clip Also soviet: looks up at photo of bambi symbol Soviet: puts in arma 2 clip Frankie: thanks for the promotion g Soviet: no probs my guy

Oh wow, Soviet was 15 already when I was born. He's so much older than I thought

Outstanding Womble, I loved it! This informational, BTS stuff is something I love, and im delighted to see you getting into it! Can't wait for your next essay! Take as long as you need. I and most of the rest of us will be here when you're ready for the next!

This is an amazing format, i love it

Okay so we've actually got one of the video essays out. ETA on the Dungeons and Dragons stream/video then?

"Might actually be Glasgow" ahahaha

Watching this the second time now already. Amazing work, Womble! 👍

you don't know how much i enjoyed this, very good job

I feel like a few new DayZ's will be made and one will actually take off just because of Womble

“Stealy Wheely Automobily” Is that a reference to the other middle aged man from Brighton Yahtzee?

Time well spent, Womble. Thank you for the series. It's good material

These eassys are quite informative and enjoyable to watch at the same time. Quite difficult to achieve both at the same time, which is why I like these so much already. Keep up with these Soviet.

Chads watch both vids at the same time on separate tabs

First off soviet love how when you say "You never beat me in the culling shut up." You throw up the definition of denial lol. Second off love your vids. But maaaan Dayz may get repetitive but it certainly is fun and tense, my one drawback with the game still is dying and restarting but I played the ps4 version and it was very barebones at the time, I wish they could up the abundance of food and drinks just a tad but that's just me it has been quite a while since I played it. You really have to just accept the fact that you can die at any time and will lose ALL your stuff and have to start fresh but if you can get past that it's a joy trying to survive and get set up. It really is a tense moment when you encounter other players or dangerous threats too, I've had my heart drop in a nanosecond after hearing multiple gunshots from multiple people in the distance or down the street and all I can think is, "Are they shooting at each other? Are they shooting at zombies? How many are there?" like it really does get tense and becomes a horror game. I remember a time me and my friend nearly getting killed by a massive horde of oncoming zombies in a town because we shot a couple and attracted a fuck ton of them, we had M4's and MP5K's and AK's and tried hiding in a church to catch our breath only to have to flee when we realized we'd have to leave eventually and the whole time our hearts were pumping hard. If you want a good zombie apocalypse simulator Dayz is a good choice, it's harsh, unforgiving, and can be pretty immersive.

This is brilliant man, cheers for making this. Very interesting. As for 7:52 - the game loop hasn't changed at all for new players haha

I absolutely love these, i hope you do more in the future

Don't worry womble, once dayz finally gets its head out of the gutter, they'll finally implement those pine forest sections that were lacking from the base release.

Cyanide: “Nurd!”

There's absolutely potential here. The comedy needs a little work but the seeds of a great video essay series/channel are absolutely there. I hope it grows

This is great. I ended up playing dayz for the first time yesterday and loved it, to get a bit of background is cool.