After having some difficulties getting the server list to reload, I logged out of the game and closed steam.

I re-launched both applications, and still had difficulties getting the servers to refresh.

I had a friend waiting for me on the following server:

Name:
-=BattleGuns=- DayZ | TS3 ts3.battleguns.net | BattleGuns.net

Version:
DayZ 0

IP:
69.162.65.42:2602

Once I saw the name pop-up under the friends tab, I immediately joined. The whole process was a little unusual, the name flickered a couple of times when I went to join, and I remember needed to click it three times to initiate the loading screen.

Anyways, this is where it gets weird.

I logged in under a bush in Balota airfield with an exact clone of myself crouched beside me. Not knowing if this was some sort of glitch, or an un-alert bandit camping the airfield, I quickly handcuffed this 'unknown entity'.

A minute later my friend arived at my position to confirm whether or not they could see the 'unknown entity'.

It turns out he could, and he swapped his gear for my own.

We had inadvertently cloned my fully geared character, and given both of us pristine copies of the best gear in the game. We obviously proceeded to go on a homicidal murdering spree....