SUBSIM Meeting 2008 - Page 38

Task Force · 10-12-08, 06:42 PM

Ok, hope you all had fun!(im sure you all did)

Hope everyone hase a nice Flight/drive home.

Also cant wait to see the pictures that have been taken.

Rip · 10-12-08, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

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Originally Posted by Task Force

So is the webcam gona be up again tonight.

Well, the 2008 SUBSIM meeting is now coming to an end, so the webcam will be down until next time. Thanks for letting us share, we will post pics of the BB Texas tour, the gun range, the Cavalla volunteer work, the SUBSIM paintball war, the Lehmann-proof glass door, and much more... soon

MANY MANY MANY Thanks for having us. I knew I would enjoy myself but had only hoped I would find you and the rest of the guys to be up to the image I had built in my mind. In fact everyone surpassed my expectations by far. I feel humbled to be part of two of the greatest internet communities in existence. Subsim and the OctopusOverlords which is a forum formed by refugees from the fall of GoneGold a few years back. I have often feared the end of submarine simulation was on the horizon, but with a community like this I can't imagine how that could happen.

Rip

Task Force · 10-12-08, 06:50 PM

Yes, subsim is one of the only fourms that have created a kind of a... I dont know how to explain it.

It has a diffrent feeling from most other fourms.

claybirdd · 10-12-08, 06:57 PM

I totally agree Task Force.

Rockin Robbins · 10-12-08, 08:25 PM

How about a bunch of pictures identifying all the perpetrators? Sure would be great for those of us who missed it to see what everyone looks like!

Wish I could have been there to talk about SH5. SH4 is just at the playability takeoff point and Ubi's business model demands they get another infusion of cash by shooting it down, while yet again reinventing the wheel. It is SO hard for me to see any good coming of that. They're insisting on pushing a rope and wondering why they don't get good results. It's time to break the mold of kiddie popcorn FPS games and make a new business model that actually works with simulations of quality.

Hint: simulations are played for years. FPS and RPG games are played for weeks until the kid beats the game and then discards it. The business model that doesn't reflect that reality is destined to fail. Customers are left unhappy and the game company realizes a small fraction of the revenue the game is capable of producing. All of us lose.

Don't reinvent, refine! Don't reinvent the game, reinvent the business model! Simulations are not video games. They can't be produced like them. They can't be sold like them. Well they can, but everybody loses when they are.

mookiemookie · 10-12-08, 08:55 PM

I had a blast meeting all of you guys in person. Sorry I didn't make it back out for the BBQ, but after getting my ass handed to me at paintball, I came home and crashed into bed!

For those of you who were unable to attend this year, make it a point to get to next year's!

Onkel Neal · 10-12-08, 09:33 PM

Here are a small sample of pics. I am waiting for pics from the gun range and BBQ, they are still on my camera.

SUBSIM manning the rail of BB Texas (this is the second half of the group, first half already finished their tour)

Lunch!

We had to safeguard our door from the top Grey Wolf, he doesn't take time to open it.

Tex Mex dinner -- wonderful food!!

Subsim members working hard to help a submarine memorial recover from Hurricane Ike.

If you want peace....

...prepare for war!!

more to come!

Task Force · 10-12-08, 09:42 PM

Looks like you all had fun.

I hope someone had a vedio camera down there.

Task Force · 10-12-08, 09:44 PM

Isnt that guy at the far right Mc Bee. I believe this is the first time ive seen him without his Pug face on.:rotfl:

Onkel Neal · 10-12-08, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Isnt that guy at the far right Mc Bee. I believe this is the first time ive seen hip without his Pug face on.:rotfl:

Yep, that's the mighty McBee, he's a paintball master, too.

Other pics

The Battleship Texas, last of her kind.

Mr. Bill Nichols, and me. After ten years working together, we finally got to meet.

Serious discussions in the Subsim office

BBQ from the Stevens Ranch

nikimcbee · 10-12-08, 11:17 PM

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I believe this is the first time ive seen hip without his Pug face on.

Pug face! Dem's fightin' words! Ain't no pug mug.

Task Force · 10-12-08, 11:19 PM

HAHA nikimcbee cant get the quotes right.:rotfl: It should be

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Originally Posted by Task Force

I believe this is the first time ive seen hip without his Pug face on.

Hip is surspost to be him.

bookworm_020 · 10-13-08, 02:18 AM

Saw the photos of the clean up, Looks like they coped it well and truely! Can you give the rest of us a sit rep on how the park is going in it's repairs?

danlisa · 10-13-08, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

We had to safeguard our door from the top Grey Wolf, he doesn't take time to open it.

Oh no you didn't!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Onkel Neal · 10-13-08, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Saw the photos of the clean up, Looks like they coped it well and truely! Can you give the rest of us a sit rep on how the park is going in it's repairs?

The park will take a long time to clean up. My house will take even longer after this

10-12-08, 06:42 PM	#556
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Ok, hope you all had fun!(im sure you all did) Hope everyone hase a nice Flight/drive home. Also cant wait to see the pictures that have been taken. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-12-08, 06:50 PM	#558
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yes, subsim is one of the only fourms that have created a kind of a... I dont know how to explain it. It has a diffrent feeling from most other fourms. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-12-08, 08:25 PM	#560
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	How about a bunch of pictures identifying all the perpetrators? Sure would be great for those of us who missed it to see what everyone looks like! Wish I could have been there to talk about SH5. SH4 is just at the playability takeoff point and Ubi's business model demands they get another infusion of cash by shooting it down, while yet again reinventing the wheel. It is SO hard for me to see any good coming of that. They're insisting on pushing a rope and wondering why they don't get good results. It's time to break the mold of kiddie popcorn FPS games and make a new business model that actually works with simulations of quality. Hint: simulations are played for years. FPS and RPG games are played for weeks until the kid beats the game and then discards it. The business model that doesn't reflect that reality is destined to fail. Customers are left unhappy and the game company realizes a small fraction of the revenue the game is capable of producing. All of us lose. Don't reinvent, refine! Don't reinvent the game, reinvent the business model! Simulations are not video games. They can't be produced like them. They can't be sold like them. Well they can, but everybody loses when they are. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

10-12-08, 08:55 PM	#561
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I had a blast meeting all of you guys in person. Sorry I didn't make it back out for the BBQ, but after getting my ass handed to me at paintball, I came home and crashed into bed! For those of you who were unable to attend this year, make it a point to get to next year's! __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

10-12-08, 09:42 PM	#563
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Looks like you all had fun. I hope someone had a vedio camera down there. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-12-08, 06:57 PM	#559
claybirdd Frogman Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pulaski Tennessee Posts: 290 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I totally agree Task Force.

10-12-08, 09:33 PM	#562
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Here are a small sample of pics. I am waiting for pics from the gun range and BBQ, they are still on my camera. SUBSIM manning the rail of BB Texas (this is the second half of the group, first half already finished their tour) Lunch! We had to safeguard our door from the top Grey Wolf, he doesn't take time to open it. Tex Mex dinner -- wonderful food!! Subsim members working hard to help a submarine memorial recover from Hurricane Ike. If you want peace.... ...prepare for war!! more to come!

10-12-08, 09:44 PM	#564
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Isnt that guy at the far right Mc Bee. I believe this is the first time ive seen him without his Pug face on.:rotfl: __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time" Last edited by Task Force; 10-12-08 at 11:18 PM.

10-13-08, 02:18 AM	#568
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Saw the photos of the clean up, Looks like they coped it well and truely! Can you give the rest of us a sit rep on how the park is going in it's repairs? __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"