Beyond that, however, players' fates are in their own, hopefully steady hands. Once it starts charging, DayZ Bounty will require an upfront fee of $5 for 20 lives or possibly a monthly membership. There's no chance in it whatsoever, so the idea that we're trying to set up gambling isn't really a valid point.' 'In all honesty, we probably could've worded it better when we were explaining it,' adds fellow modder Andrew Defee. When Bohemia Interactive does get ahold of us, we'll post those emails and articles too.'

We've told them about the articles going around. They enjoy the honesty we share with them. They like the idea that someone's on there 24/7. So far, we have 500-plus members – all of whom are very satisfied with the changes we've made to the map. People are giving their opinions on what they think of it. 'Right now, we're not doing anything,' DayZ Bounty's Jake Stewart replies when I ask how he and his partners in alleged crime are reacting to Rocket and co's disapproval.

Apparently, this is only just the beginning. As such, the brains behind the wildly popular zombie mod have publicly stated that they plan to 'ask that cease their activities in their current form.' However, speaking with RPS, Bounty's creators were quick to point out a few key arguments in their favor: 1) no one from Bohemia/DayZ's reached out to them, even though they've hollered in the DayZ team's direction multiple times, 2) they're not charging real money yet, and 3) their goal is to mod DayZ into an entirely different, more PVP-focused form. And while DayZ exists to encourage crazy emergent behavior, creator Dean 'Rocket' Hall and the DayZ team think this is taking it a few steps (and dollars) too far. Then they'll get the chance to win it all back - and more - by killing zombies, survivors, and bandits.

In short, it's a private server that players will eventually buy into using real money. DayZ Bounty's made a positively deafening amount of noise over the past couple days - and with good reason.

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