Subsim Pirate Ensign

Kaptlt.Endrass · 05-26-17, 07:39 PM

I got bored and started thinking today (very dangerous, I know).

I figured, submariners have often been likened to pirates in naval warfare, especially in the early 1900s. So, with a large pad pf paper, I started trying to come up with Subsim's very own black flag.

I just hit a roadblock is the issue...I don't think I have any good ideas. The best I've had so far is a captain's skull (with the peaked cap) with two crossed torpedoes behind.

I'd be glad to hear if anyone else has any suggestions or ideas...I'd be glad to let the site use it if enough people get behind it. Who knows, maybe it can be digitised and put into some of our favourite games.

fireftr18 · 05-26-17, 08:29 PM

Sounds good to me!

Aktungbby · 05-26-17, 10:44 PM

Do u know the specific message U want your pirate flag to convey? Each symbol on a pirate flag actually had a specific meaning. For example Blackbeard's flag

Reflected he was the king of death (satanic majesty? ) your time was up(hourglass in hand-that's not a martini even though you're already shaken

if not downright stirred.

) and u were gonna bleed...shortly as indicated by color red: no quarter given as your heart would be cut out. Polish>

<and British subs...even resorted to useage & got in on the medium as well: "nothing terrifying goes outta style BBY"

05-27-17, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Reflected he was the king of death (satanic majesty? ) your time was up(hourglass in hand-that's not a martini even though you're already shaken

if not downright stirred.

) and u were gonna bleed...shortly as indicated by color red: no quarter given as your heart would be cut out.

That guy sure didn't mess around...

Schroeder · 05-27-17, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

That guy sure didn't mess around...

Actually things got pretty messy with him around....

05-27-17, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Actually things got pretty messy with him around....

Onkel Neal · 05-27-17, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaptlt.Endrass

I got bored and started thinking today (very dangerous, I know).

I figured, submariners have often been likened to pirates in naval warfare, especially in the early 1900s. So, with a large pad pf paper, I started trying to come up with Subsim's very own black flag.

I just hit a roadblock is the issue...I don't think I have any good ideas. The best I've had so far is a captain's skull (with the peaked cap) with two crossed torpedoes behind.

I'd be glad to hear if anyone else has any suggestions or ideas...I'd be glad to let the site use it if enough people get behind it. Who knows, maybe it can be digitised and put into some of our favourite games.

If it works out, I would be interested in making a flag for it, for my ranch.

Commander Wallace · 05-27-17, 09:24 AM

The flag sounds like a good idea. Something relatively innocuous.

Jimbuna · 05-27-17, 10:08 AM

A few pirate flag examples here:

http://redlegs.org/?page_id=46

Aktungbby · 05-27-17, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

The flag sounds like a good idea. Something relatively innocuous.

Idiot!

There's no such thing as an ' innocuous pirate' flag-that's the whole point! Here's mine:

< translates to: " U R so DEAD After my morning 'cuppa Joe!"

But I can see this for ol' Neal's Cougar Trap ranch motif>

Kind of a: "prepare to B 'boned' my pretty" (ol' Cougar) theme!

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Originally Posted by ONKEL Neal

I would be interested in making a flag for it, for my ranch.

Eichhörnchen · 05-27-17, 11:59 AM

I do like the idea of the crossed torpedoes. Seems like a job for 'Torplexed' to me.

Kaptlt.Endrass · 05-27-17, 02:32 PM

What I want to show is something very 'Subsim'...something that relates to what we do (sink ships without being detected.)

I don't know how to signify that though.

Commander Wallace · 05-27-17, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Idiot!

There's no such thing as an ' innocuous pirate' flag-that's the whole point! Here's mine:

< translates to: " U R so DEAD After my morning 'cuppa Joe!"

But I can see this for ol' Neal's Cougar Trap ranch motif>

Kind of a: "prepare to B 'boned' my pretty" (ol' Cougar) theme!

True, we don't need anything offensive, that's what we have you for.

So, have at it.

05-26-17, 07:39 PM	#1
Kaptlt.Endrass Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: No Longer On A Big Grey Floaty Thing Posts: 395 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Subsim Pirate Ensign I got bored and started thinking today (very dangerous, I know). I figured, submariners have often been likened to pirates in naval warfare, especially in the early 1900s. So, with a large pad pf paper, I started trying to come up with Subsim's very own black flag. I just hit a roadblock is the issue...I don't think I have any good ideas. The best I've had so far is a captain's skull (with the peaked cap) with two crossed torpedoes behind. I'd be glad to hear if anyone else has any suggestions or ideas...I'd be glad to let the site use it if enough people get behind it. Who knows, maybe it can be digitised and put into some of our favourite games. __________________ "That flag and I are twins, born in the same hour from the same womb of destiny. We cannot be parted in life or in death; so long as we float, we shall float together." As much as I dislike it sometimes, I'm a tin can sailor, through and through.

05-26-17, 08:29 PM	#2
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,526 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Sounds good to me! __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

05-26-17, 10:44 PM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,871 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Do u know the specific message U want your pirate flag to convey? Each symbol on a pirate flag actually had a specific meaning. For example Blackbeard's flag Reflected he was the king of death (satanic majesty? ) your time was up(hourglass in hand-that's not a martini even though you're already shakenif not downright stirred.) and u were gonna bleed...shortly as indicated by color red: no quarter given as your heart would be cut out. Polish> <and British subs...even resorted to useage & got in on the medium as well: "nothing terrifying goes outta style BBY" __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 05-26-17 at 11:04 PM.

05-27-17, 10:08 AM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A few pirate flag examples here: http://redlegs.org/?page_id=46 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

05-27-17, 11:59 AM	#11
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,755 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I do like the idea of the crossed torpedoes. Seems like a job for 'Torplexed' to me. __________________

05-27-17, 09:24 AM	#8
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,017 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	The flag sounds like a good idea. Something relatively innocuous.

05-27-17, 02:32 PM	#12
Kaptlt.Endrass Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: No Longer On A Big Grey Floaty Thing Posts: 395 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	What I want to show is something very 'Subsim'...something that relates to what we do (sink ships without being detected.) I don't know how to signify that though. __________________ "That flag and I are twins, born in the same hour from the same womb of destiny. We cannot be parted in life or in death; so long as we float, we shall float together." As much as I dislike it sometimes, I'm a tin can sailor, through and through.