What kind of subsim skipper are you? - Page 17

Major Johnson · 05-19-07, 07:08 PM

ACTION-ORIENTED SUBSIM SKIPPER

"Zoom! Blam! Full speed ahead--look, a kitty!" LOL!!! :rotfl:

05-20-07, 04:32 AM

STRATEGIC SUBSIM SKIPPER
For you, Silent Hunter 4 is just Battleship with shiny, moving pieces. You see the big picture, you think long term, and you are indifferent to political consequences. They would not have put you in charge of a $2 billion attack sub if they didn't want you to use it. You learned that back in Red Storm Rising and you never forgot. You prefer handling large scale operations like Fleet Command and Fighting Steel. Half your time is spent setting up mind-numbingly complex battle plans, with 8 layers of contingencies. You pray for the day Sonalysts will release a ballistic missile sub. With nukes. Every day is a good day for the other side to die. Your motto is "Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud."

Umm...

...fit's my RL behaviour pretty well...:rotfl:

Masterhawk405 · 11-22-07, 05:23 PM

ROLE-PLAYING SUBSIM SKIPPER
Your taste in sub and naval games runs the gamut from Grey Wolf to Silent Hunter 4. You have tried them all, at varying realism options. You're a lit-tle old-er than the typical subsim skipper, and probably remember using a tape cassette player to load programs onto your Radio Shack TRS-80. (Or perhaps you're wise beyond your years.) Your primary joy is using your imagination to put yourself into the game. You are able to overlook little details like the crew appearing instantly on the bridge, or wonky AI: to you, these are easily worked into the story as a crew who are really light on their feet, and frigates that have green skippers. The game platform gets you halfway there, your imagination does the rest. You spend lots of time setting up your crew management so it's just right and may even talk to them. You relish managing support and logistics in games like Pacific Storm, Navy Field, and Silent War.

Winston Caine · 11-23-07, 04:41 AM

Casual skipper here.

Zero Niner · 11-23-07, 04:53 AM

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CASUAL SUBSIM SKIPPER
You fell in love with Aces of the Deep. Your playing style is relaxed, more for fun than historical accuracy. You always play Sub Command or Dangerous Waters from the NavMap (rightclick is your friend), if you ever ventured to play them at all. Probably you prefer WWII subsims like Silent Hunter 3, SH4 and Aces. You may try the manual TDC, but you prefer to leave the auto map contacts on, (blank maps scare you). Even though you know submarine skippers missed targets occasionally in real life, you cannot resist reloading a mission to take another shot at a 10,000-tonne troopship that got away. One ship, one torpedo, finished off with the deck gun--that's the creed you live by.

Spot on!

swampa · 11-23-07, 09:05 AM

Hardcore

Schultzy · 11-23-07, 10:21 AM

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HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPER No doubt about it, you are hardcore. You are the kind of subsim player who pins up the Kriegsmarine gridmap on your wall, you use a redlamp when playing at night, your wife lets you know her mother is visiting by shouting "Alarm!" and you didn't know--or care--that Silent Hunter III has a save game feature. You cut your teeth plotting attacks in Gato, sank 28,000 tons in your first Aces of the Deep patrol, and played Dangerous Waters at 100% realism. You scoff at wannabes who whine about some niggling detail in a subsim but use the red triangle-infested auto TDC and auto-map updates. You never, ever, use anything but full realism.
You are the "sim" in Subsim.

Ya got me... guilty as charged.

manucapo · 11-23-07, 10:40 AM

i got hardcore
i dont really think so
but i did start playing with TM and 100 percent realism right away
so maybe

rrmelend · 11-23-07, 01:37 PM

Hardcore also.

odjig292 · 11-23-07, 08:00 PM

What a marvelous thread! It's an hour of enjoyment to take the test and read the results for dozens of others. Whoever put the thing together is brillaint and has a marvelous sense of humor....and a knowledge of subsims. Well done someone!!!

captiandon · 11-23-07, 10:11 PM

CASUAL SUBSIM SKIPPER You fell in love with Aces of the Deep. Your playing style is relaxed, more for fun than historical accuracy. You always play Sub Command or Dangerous Waters from the NavMap (rightclick is your friend), if you ever ventured to play them at all. Probably you prefer WWII subsims like Silent Hunter 3, SH4 and Aces. You may try the manual TDC, but you prefer to leave the auto map contacts on, (blank maps scare you). Even though you know submarine skippers missed targets occasionally in real life, you cannot resist reloading a mission to take another shot at a 10,000-tonne troopship that got away. One ship, one torpedo, finished off with the deck gun--that's the creed you live by.

I would have to differ. All thought I use the map I am set at 100% I do consider 2 torpedos a Spread but I view attacks like Mush Morton. I try to sink ships with only one torpedo. I use manual targeting. and I dont reload my games like that, Yes I do finish targets off with the deck gun but I dont need to reload the game for that. I hit them with a torpedo or two and then I surface and attack with the gun. If the target is heavy defended I leave him and clame him as dammaged. I will however try to do an end run and attack him again if I can get the chance. And I do play this as because of the History and I do not play it casualy. I am as serious about it, Just ask my friends.

Reno · 11-24-07, 11:30 AM

Hardcore...but I already knew that.

Rockin Robbins · 11-25-07, 08:50 AM

Hardcore. I'm the "sim" in subsim. hrmph!!! Guess they didn't see the shark mouth on Redfin.

I would have picked stragegic/role playing. Oh well...

Deerdiver · 11-26-07, 05:46 PM

Aaargh! A questionnaire that knows me better than I know myself. Casual simmer. I hang my head in shame

Rip · 06-16-08, 03:40 AM

NUKE SUBSIM SKIPPER
Periscopes are for wimps. Let's face it, any snapperhead can bring a WWII subsim to periscope depth, lock onto the red triangle and plug away. Real men never get closer than 8000 yards to their target. Your subsim of choice is made by a company in Waterford, Conn. You thrive on complex Target-Motion Analysis equations, deciphering broadband contacts, and gauging ESM signal strength. You are paler than Siberian stripper and proud of it. You long for the day you can take your Seawolf class nuke into an online game against a whole fleet of Type VIICs. One ADCAP equals "make my day".

05-19-07, 07:08 PM	#241
Major Johnson Frogman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jeresey Shore USA Posts: 288 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	ACTION-ORIENTED SUBSIM SKIPPER "Zoom! Blam! Full speed ahead--look, a kitty!" LOL!!! :rotfl: __________________ MJ! ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD FX8350 8 Core 4.0 Ghz CPU GeForce GTX 560 Ti PCIx Video Card 8 GB Corsair Vengence RAM Rosewill 850W Power Supply

05-20-07, 04:32 AM	#242
terrapin Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	STRATEGIC SUBSIM SKIPPER For you, Silent Hunter 4 is just Battleship with shiny, moving pieces. You see the big picture, you think long term, and you are indifferent to political consequences. They would not have put you in charge of a $2 billion attack sub if they didn't want you to use it. You learned that back in Red Storm Rising and you never forgot. You prefer handling large scale operations like Fleet Command and Fighting Steel. Half your time is spent setting up mind-numbingly complex battle plans, with 8 layers of contingencies. You pray for the day Sonalysts will release a ballistic missile sub. With nukes. Every day is a good day for the other side to die. Your motto is "Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud." Umm......fit's my RL behaviour pretty well...:rotfl:

11-22-07, 05:23 PM	#243
Masterhawk405 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Kind of Sub Skipper I am ROLE-PLAYING SUBSIM SKIPPER Your taste in sub and naval games runs the gamut from Grey Wolf to Silent Hunter 4. You have tried them all, at varying realism options. You're a lit-tle old-er than the typical subsim skipper, and probably remember using a tape cassette player to load programs onto your Radio Shack TRS-80. (Or perhaps you're wise beyond your years.) Your primary joy is using your imagination to put yourself into the game. You are able to overlook little details like the crew appearing instantly on the bridge, or wonky AI: to you, these are easily worked into the story as a crew who are really light on their feet, and frigates that have green skippers. The game platform gets you halfway there, your imagination does the rest. You spend lots of time setting up your crew management so it's just right and may even talk to them. You relish managing support and logistics in games like Pacific Storm, Navy Field, and Silent War.

11-23-07, 10:11 PM	#251
captiandon Soundman Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 148 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	CASUAL SUBSIM SKIPPER You fell in love with Aces of the Deep. Your playing style is relaxed, more for fun than historical accuracy. You always play Sub Command or Dangerous Waters from the NavMap (rightclick is your friend), if you ever ventured to play them at all. Probably you prefer WWII subsims like Silent Hunter 3, SH4 and Aces. You may try the manual TDC, but you prefer to leave the auto map contacts on, (blank maps scare you). Even though you know submarine skippers missed targets occasionally in real life, you cannot resist reloading a mission to take another shot at a 10,000-tonne troopship that got away. One ship, one torpedo, finished off with the deck gun--that's the creed you live by. I would have to differ. All thought I use the map I am set at 100% I do consider 2 torpedos a Spread but I view attacks like Mush Morton. I try to sink ships with only one torpedo. I use manual targeting. and I dont reload my games like that, Yes I do finish targets off with the deck gun but I dont need to reload the game for that. I hit them with a torpedo or two and then I surface and attack with the gun. If the target is heavy defended I leave him and clame him as dammaged. I will however try to do an end run and attack him again if I can get the chance. And I do play this as because of the History and I do not play it casualy. I am as serious about it, Just ask my friends. __________________

11-25-07, 08:50 AM	#253
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Sez I'm hardcore Hardcore. I'm the "sim" in subsim. hrmph!!! Guess they didn't see the shark mouth on Redfin. I would have picked stragegic/role playing. Oh well... __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 11-25-07 at 01:56 PM.

11-23-07, 04:41 AM	#244
Winston Caine Mate Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 52 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Casual skipper here.

11-23-07, 09:05 AM	#246
swampa Mate Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 55 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Hardcore

11-23-07, 10:40 AM	#248
manucapo Gunner Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 100 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	i got hardcore i dont really think so but i did start playing with TM and 100 percent realism right away so maybe

11-23-07, 01:37 PM	#249
rrmelend Medic Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 162 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Hardcore also.

11-23-07, 08:00 PM	#250
odjig292 Mate Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 55 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What a marvelous thread! It's an hour of enjoyment to take the test and read the results for dozens of others. Whoever put the thing together is brillaint and has a marvelous sense of humor....and a knowledge of subsims. Well done someone!!!

11-24-07, 11:30 AM	#252
Reno Electrician's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 133 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Hardcore...but I already knew that.

11-26-07, 05:46 PM	#254
Deerdiver Watch Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Deepest Wiltshire Posts: 28 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	True...So true Aaargh! A questionnaire that knows me better than I know myself. Casual simmer. I hang my head in shame

06-16-08, 03:40 AM	#255
Rip Commodore Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Right behind you! Posts: 643 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	NUKE SUBSIM SKIPPER Periscopes are for wimps. Let's face it, any snapperhead can bring a WWII subsim to periscope depth, lock onto the red triangle and plug away. Real men never get closer than 8000 yards to their target. Your subsim of choice is made by a company in Waterford, Conn. You thrive on complex Target-Motion Analysis equations, deciphering broadband contacts, and gauging ESM signal strength. You are paler than Siberian stripper and proud of it. You long for the day you can take your Seawolf class nuke into an online game against a whole fleet of Type VIICs. One ADCAP equals "make my day". __________________ Richard "Rip" Ripberger Bonafide "Bubblehead"