Yeah, during prime time its impossible to get playin on the same server with +2 guys tbh...
Also just lost my char yesterday because I was prone near a tree - apparently that breakes all your bones and makes you die instantly because of some bug xD - since I had 4 mags for my enfield, 6 cans of food and 5 bottles of water + 5 blood transfusions I actually wrote the devs a mail asking for a revive 
Why? Dying is one of the important parts of the experience.
I just lost my character today too. Logged in and found out that the last time I played it hadn't saved, so 5 hours worth of loot was gone. What was worse though, was that the hunger/thirst still had shrunk and I was starving and thirsting. I had 2 bottles of water, so that was ok, but I didn't have any food. I was also spawned back at the beginning part at the furthest left of the game world and I desperately had to find some food. I had to run to the nearest town and in my desperation I managed to aggro the whole zombie population. A standoff of epic proportions started with me managing to make a choke point at the docks and use my trusty m16a2 to kill 30+ zombies. It was time to loot the town. What I didn't know, though, was that Kamenka is a town
almost completely devoid of enterable building. I spent 15 minutes running around trying to find some food, but all I found was empty tincans, some enfield ammo and a winchester. Good enough loot normally, but nothing that could help a starving man.
I then checked my map to figure out my next move. I could head further east and search out the towns there, but judging from the side chat, it was a lot of bandits operating at the south coast. I decided to move north to Pavlovo. As I run north with a stomach growling louder and louder, I start losing blood. The hunger is draining my health away and I know that if I don't eat soon, I'm done for. After some time, I finally hit Pavlovo. It was a strange experience, because while I first moved silently, I couldn't see any zombie anywhere. The absence of any zombies I could see and my growling stomach, I just rushed into the town. It was empty. No nothing at all. Apart from some empty cans and a jerry tank full of fuel, it was nothing there to loot. Someone had been here before me. My health slowly draining from the empty whole that was my stomach, I realized I wouldn't survive this. My sight began to fail as the hunger burned inside me. Fog clouded my vision and through I could see that the zombies were starting to come back again. I doubted I could kill them all and running wouldn't help because of the hunger. I remembered that I still had 3 full magazines for my M16A2 on me and 2 spare ones in my bag. I realized what I would have to do.
I readied my rifle and found myself a decent choke point between two houses. I aimed for the head of the zombie closest to me. I fired. The zombie hit the ground immediately,the sound of gunfire bringing his friends running towards me. I switch to burst. No need for ammo conservation this time. The runners came first, falling one after another. Sometimes 2 at a time as my burst hits the for full effect. I don't know how many I've hit, all is foggy now and only a few small seconds can I see clearly. The ground is littered with dead zombies. I got all the runners and were halfway through the jumpers when I had to switch to my M1911 pistol. Only 2 magazines. Many of the crawlers fall to my pistol until I hear the click of the empty gun. I'm out. 3 of the crawlers are right next to me now, I change to flare, check my zombie kills (50+!), and light a flare, welcoming the hungry arms of the zombies as my hunger slowly disappears. I'm no longer hungry, I'm no longer scared. The warmth and light of the flare illuminating me as I finally say goodbye to this cruel world...
