{"id":44610,"date":"2012-09-13T17:48:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T15:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=44610"},"modified":"2012-09-13T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T15:49:14","slug":"mygaming-writer-tragically-killed-in-dayz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/44610-mygaming-writer-tragically-killed-in-dayz","title":{"rendered":"MyGaming writer tragically killed in DayZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyGaming writer Tarryn van der Byl was killed late last night after surviving eight days in the Chernarus quarantine zone, international news outlets are reporting today.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses, Tarryn was investigating a helicopter crash site with her partner (name withheld pending investigation), when she <del>went on an ill-considered hatchet spree<\/del> was overwhelmed by undead assailants. After losing consciousness, a nearby zombie persistently clawed at her prone, defenceless body until the spark of life had faded from her eyes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44611\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44611\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44611\" title=\"dayz screenshot 01\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dayz-screenshot-01-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tarryn in happier times. &#8220;She had such a way of crawling through the grass,&#8221; remembers a friend.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Authorities are investigating a possible incident of so-called &#8220;friendly fire&#8221;, however, following a tip-off from anonymous sources.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wounds on Tarryn&#8217;s body are mostly consistent with a standard zombie attack pattern,&#8221; said one detective. &#8220;But there&#8217;s also trace evidence of what could be a bullet entry on her side. We also have some unanswered questions, like &#8216;why did Tarryn&#8217;s partner not open fire on the zombie right next to her that was quite obviously mauling her to death?&#8217;, &#8216;did he fire, and miss?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The partner is being held in custody for questioning, and is also facing charges of unlawful acquisition of property for allegedly removing three grilled steaks, a pair of night-vision goggles, and a blood bag from Tarryn&#8217;s backpack.<\/p>\n<p>Tarryn has been a writer for MyGaming for about three years now, and will continue to work there because she&#8217;s not actually dead in real life.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related article:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44523-dayz-on-console-makes-sense-says-developer.html\">DayZ on console \u201cmakes sense\u201d, says developer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44194-dayz-and-minecraft-fulfill-the-promise-of-games-says-portal-writer.html\">DayZ and Minecraft fulfill \u201cthe promise of games\u201d, says Portal writer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44100-dayz-getting-dog-companions-in-upcoming-update.html\">DayZ getting dog companions in upcoming update<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/43563-dayz-standalone-getting-ragdoll-physics-pets-and-building-tools.html\">DayZ standalone getting ragdoll physics, pets, and building tools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/43012-dayz-on-console-is-a-definite-possibility-says-dev.html\">DayZ on console is a \u201cdefinite possibility\u201d, says dev<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/42586-dayz-to-be-launched-as-standalone-title.html\">DayZ to be launched as standalone title<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/42463-dayz-the-ultimate-survival-horror-experience.html\">DayZ \u2013 The ultimate survival-horror experience?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/42245-dayz-user-base-grows-to-over-900000.html\">DayZ user base grows to over 900,000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foul play suspected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":44612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,5540,5539,6390],"class_list":["post-44610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-arma-ii","tag-dayz","tag-dayz-mod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44623,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44610\/revisions\/44623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}