The Mad Kpt Is Dead.!! Poll Where Should I Go Next?

[mr chris]

Hi guys. My last GWX patrol ended in death for the Mad Kapt.:damn::arrgh!:
I was trying to go through the war from 39 to 45 but ended up 5 years short:rotfl:
The are so many theaters of operations with GWX so im going to run a poll on where i should go next as i cant deside myself where and when to start my new career. All ideas are welcome:up:

[Mooncatt]

unlucky you should join the "2 patrols and dead" club ask AVWarhawk to join lol
i dont have gwx so cant advise you what to do. just though id give my condolences though:down:

[mr chris]

Thanks Mooncatt:up:
I managed to steer clear of the 2 patrol club though i managed 5 till i was sent to the bottom.;)

[danlisa]

1941 France :up: Work your way up to the IXD2 then goto Penang or Jakarta.

If you survive that long, madman.:up:

[DanCanovas]

fight from the beginning again chris! you can do it! :arrgh!:

[Lzs von swe]

I voted for the Med.
I´m on my 5´th patrol there, never far from the enemy:up:
I have spent more time diving deep and silent then ever before, but I have also taken down more warships then ever before:rock:

[bigboywooly]

Black Sea for you my boy
Closest you can get to the Russian front and still be in a sub

Uncle Karl isnt too pleased with yourself at mo
Do you think Uboats and crews grow on trees man ?
Pack your bags and get going
A type IID is all the Kreigsmarine will spare a Kpt of your - how shall I put this - skill and dedication
:rotfl:
Destroyer magnet :nope:

[melnibonian]

The far east mate. Pick a fight with the Americans and the British in the Indian Ocean and try to reach Australia;) :D :up:

[danlisa]

fight from the beginning again chris! you can do it! :arrgh!:

Not the way he plays! :rotfl: :rotfl: :arrgh!:

[mr chris]

Great stuff guys keep them coming the more the better.
@BBW
Now i know why i was in the black sea during beta testing :rotfl:
Is that Passenger Liner still in Polti Harbour?:arrgh!::arrgh!:

@Danlisa.
I ve just got to try and not play with DD's but it's like giving up beer and Vodka;):lol:

[Dowly]

Warm weather, blue water, Valletta.... Go for the Med, mate! :up:

[melnibonian]

Warm weather, blue water, Valletta.... Go for the Med, mate! :up:
and probably die in the Med;) :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[AVGWarhawk]

unlucky you should join the "2 patrols and dead" club ask AVWarhawk to join lol
i dont have gwx so cant advise you what to do. just though id give my condolences though:down:


Yeah and yahoo!!!!!!!! Another member!!!!!!! We are 3 strong now!!!!!!!!!:up::up::up:Look out there is a new sheriff in town and he is loaded with torpedos.

Patrol #2 :dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead:. Submerge in the bay of Lorient and pretend you are out on patrol. It is the only way to survive the war:o. Surface after 2 weeks and dock! Start in any year you want because you will survive it with this tactic!!!! See you in the clam beds of Lorient!!!

[mr chris]

unlucky you should join the "2 patrols and dead" club ask AVWarhawk to join lol
i dont have gwx so cant advise you what to do. just though id give my condolences though:down:

Yeah and yahoo!!!!!!!! Another member!!!!!!! We are 3 strong now!!!!!!!!!:up::up:Look out there is a new sheriff in town and he is loaded with torpedos.

Patrol #2 :dead::dead::dead::dead:. Submerge in the bay of Lorient and pretend you are out on patrol. It is the only way to survive the war:o. Surface after 2 weeks and dock! Start in any year you want because you will survive it with this tactic!!!! See you in the clam beds of Lorient!!!
Thanks for the invite mate but i managed to steer clear of the 2 patrol club by making it to 5 before biting the dust.:cry:

I would love to stay submerged the whole patrol but my crew just love an adventure So that is me well and truely buggered:arrgh!::arrgh!::rotfl:

[High Voltage]

The med is where it's at!
Sink lots of tonnage and make sure you and your men have some of Mussolini's beauties look after you at the end of each patrol. I guarantee it's worth it.

[mr chris]

The med is where it's at!
Sink lots of tonnage and make sure you and your men have some of Mussolini's beauties look after you at the end of each patrol. I guarantee it's worth it.

Thanks for you input mate.
Oh and welcome to Subsim.:up:

Come on guys the more imput the better lets hear all your thoughts on this subject. I will run this poll for a few more days and the winning Theater i will start in.:up:

[Paajtor]

I voted for Norway, late war!:D
I started my own career in June '42 (on 3rd patrol now, Sept. '42...we have proven to be a succesfull crew, for the U-586).

I can say that even in the 1st half of the war, it's quite a pain to get to the N-Atlantic at all.
On this patrol so far, we had to cope with 2 TFs (both with a carier), had to dive over 10 times to avoid being attacked by aircrafts, and survived no less than 5 close encounters with Destroyers...but no one's hurt yet, and the boat hasn't got a single scratch. And still a full load of torps.
And we're not even halfway to the patrol-grid. :damn::lol:

But I love it! Each patrol is becoming a real adventure, from 1st minute on.
Bergen is under constant threat of air-attacks, despite the Luftwaffe who's always over our heads.
The Norwegian coast suffers from regular TaskForce-visits...their range is huge, because of the carier-based aircrafts.

The U-586 (a typeVIIC) is now equipped with several upgrades:

- Radar Warning Receiver...saved our ass countless times.
- anti-sonar coating
- turbo-charged diesels (made by MAN - the exhaust-driven type)
- the best batteries around
- sonar
- FuMO-29 radar (I find it only usefull to lure an enemy into a trap)
- decoys
- acoustically-guided torpedoes (3 in the stern)

This should be enough for us, to outsmart the enemy, and we're anxiously awaiting the new torpedo-types that are promised to get to us soon.
Winter is approaching, which should finally bring us long dark nights, instead of the few hours we get in summer, so close to the pole-circle.
MrChris, I want you to transfer to Bergen, and see what it's like in '44-'45!! :|\\
And NO Sir....you won't get a XXI on 1st patrol.

[bigboywooly]

I did

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103815

Not for the faint hearted

2nd patrol wasnt much better but at least I lived
Just

[mr chris]

Great post Paajtor:up:
You have done a good job of selling the latter war years in Norway to me mate:up:
Sounds like a right adventure:arrgh!:

[Paajtor]

Yep, I read your post, BBW...great story.

Ok MrChris, you're on the job.:rock:
:()1:When you get back from 1st patrol, please visit us here at the bar, and share some tips and stories.
I'm particulary interested in shallow-water tactics (<100m depth), as I don't take the long "safe" routes anymore. They're hardly safer than just sailing due West straight between the Shetlands and Schotland, DOH!
I installed Vikinger's Clean Map Mod (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=104200), so that I have a better map-view on depths...I need to find every meter more that I can get.

Here's an example, from an attack just East of Schotland.
It shows a convoy-route, the interception course I took, the attack-area, and the escape-area...all made up at least half a day before the events took place.
If I remember well, general depth was around 75m, and the escape-area was around 120m.

http://www.61shap.org/pilots/Paajtor/SHIII/shallow_depth_escape.jpg

Using GWX, btw.

[mr chris]

Great stuff im really intrested in learning how to use manual tdc as well so i plan on starting this new career on auto and graduating to maunal at some point in my career life. I just love the way that GWX makes to think of things like wait how much water do i have under me to escape in? It has taken the game to another level in my opinon.

[hyperion2206]

You should start in Norway, because then you've got an excuse for dying "early". The Brits aren't playing fair: They use something called Radar and stuff like that and fight back!:nope::rotfl:

[Paajtor]

:oops: I realize I'm pushing my opinion to much.
Please go ahead and consider the other choices as well.

I think I personally would start a Bergen career '44-'45 as an experiment...as there is much less chance to survive, when you get thrown in like that.
For a serious Bergen-career, I'd start earlier in the war, but that's not in your poll.:p

Maybe you can start in '41 French Coast, and transfer to Bergen late in the war?
You might get the XXI on 1st Bergen-patrol, this time...

[bookworm_020]

Far east!! I've had fun laying waste to Fremantle. There is some revenge as you sink U.S. Subs!:up:

[Lzs von swe]

I think I personally would start a Bergen career '44-'45 as an experiment

I did that, Jan -45, green crew in TGW1.1. In the 3 patrols I made before the war ended I almost lost the boat in all of them.

If you want action almost constantly the Med is your choice:up: U-371 just sank a pass-cargo ship guarded by two Dd´s and twenty minutes later they were joined by two more Dd´s from a TF that happened to pas by:arrgh!: :rock: I think we have lost them, surfacing to reload externals and recharge the batteries. And it´s only three days since we left Salamis...

[Gezoes]

The med is pretty cool but the pretty waters kept distracting me hehe. I went back to my IX, plowing through the stormy Atlantic. Just got back to Wilhelmshaven. Patrol 3 coming up, jan 1940.

I've already seen GWX 1943 :huh: and am curious about GWX 1944, in a XXI. That's why I voted for Bergen, late war.

I mean, even with Bernard around ;), this sure sounds like fun! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103815
In any case, I wish you fette beute from U-123 :arrgh!:

[_Seth_]

Go to the pub, mate... Thats where i would go if i was dead and had a choice... :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
BTW: I voted Norway!

[bigboywooly]

Go to the pub, mate... Thats where i would go if i was dead and had a choice... :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
BTW: I voted Norway!

He is always in the pub thats why he need a new boat every month
:rotfl:

[_Seth_]

Go to the pub, mate... Thats where i would go if i was dead and had a choice... :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
BTW: I voted Norway!
He is always in the pub thats why he need a new boat every month
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[GT182]

Not in your choices to vote on:

How about Oct 1940 out of Wilhelmshaven with a patrol in the Altantic, say Grid BE39. Get there thru the Channel and RTB the same way. Or go the long way around via North Sea and return via the Channel. Fun ain't the word for it. LOL

[Deep-Six]

I voted Norway late. Just to get the feel of it.:arrgh!:

[mr chris]

Lots of great options coming out here Guys:up:
Feel free to give your choice the biggest sell you can:yep:
Oh Seth and BBW what time does the pub open?:rotfl:

[danlisa]

I do NOT want to see anymore votes for 'Start Again 39-40'.:stare:

Do you all realise that if MrChris does that then there'll be another poll in less than a month.:rotfl:He's better off starting later in the war and developing some respect for the enemy. :lol:

FYI - Pubs are open all day. :D

[melnibonian]

I do NOT want to see anymore votes for 'Start Again 39-40'.:stare:

Do you all realise that if MrChris does that then there'll be another poll in less than a month.:rotfl:He's better off starting later in the war and developing some respect for the enemy. :lol:

FYI - Pubs are open all day. :D
Well said Dan well said:yep: :up: Chris go to the Far east in 1944 and try to sink the US Battleships with your deck gun:o :o :o That will show them what is to be a Mad Captain:p

Pubs open all day????? I'm on my way, whait for me.....:D :D

[Jimbuna]

Hmmmm.......a hard one this :hmm:
Initially I voted for the Black Sea.....but now I'm thinking 'anyplace'...just so long as it's nowhere near a vodka distillery or a country where vodka is freely available!! :lol:

[fredbass]

Well since I love playing with the IXC out of Lorient, being close to a lot of targets and action, then that would be my suggestion. :up:

[MarshalLaw]

Norway, Last ( and Hardest) year of the war. Plus to make it interesting take a VII boat:huh:

[bigboywooly]

Hmmmm.......a hard one this :hmm:
Initially I voted for the Black Sea.....but now I'm thinking 'anyplace'...just so long as it's nowhere near a vodka distillery or a country where vodka is freely available!! :lol:

Well that rules the BS out then :nope:
Too close to Russia
I can see Chris spending every patrol docked at Poti
Sat aboard the liner enjoying the hospitality

[mr chris]

:cry: Busted:cry:
Now you know why asked if the liner was still there.:rotfl:
I just hope Onkel Karl does not find out about my Vodka habbit.

[mr chris]

Right poll ended.
The winner was 1939 to 1945 again.
But im going to try a career in the place that came second.
1941 on the french coast with a type IX.
I thought it best to start somewhere i have never done before as i have always started at the outbrake of war before. I would like to thank you all for your votes and opinons they have opened my mind to theaters that i have never even though about going to before. Thanks very much.
I will start my new career in 41 and when i get killed i will work my way through the results of the poll so i get to sample all of the threaters listed.
I Will keep you guys posted on how i get on.

[Paajtor]

Jawhol, Herr Kaleun!:up:

Gute Fart. :yep:

[mr chris]

Danke :up:
Will try my best to make a good fist of it:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Right poll ended.
The winner was 1939 to 1945 again.
But im going to try a career in the place that came second.
1941 on the french coast with a type IX.
I thought it best to start somewhere i have never done before as i have always started at the outbrake of war before. I would like to thank you all for your votes and opinons they have opened my mind to theaters that i have never even though about going to before. Thanks very much.
I will start my new career in 41 and when i get killed i will work my way through the results of the poll so i get to sample all of the threaters listed.
I Will keep you guys posted on how i get on.

Just remember one thing sonny boy :|\\ .....If you choose to drive a type IX they're what I drive :yep: .....therefore all the Beer under the kaleuns bunk belongs to me!! :arrgh!:

[mr chris]

Right poll ended.
The winner was 1939 to 1945 again.
But im going to try a career in the place that came second.
1941 on the french coast with a type IX.
I thought it best to start somewhere i have never done before as i have always started at the outbrake of war before. I would like to thank you all for your votes and opinons they have opened my mind to theaters that i have never even though about going to before. Thanks very much.
I will start my new career in 41 and when i get killed i will work my way through the results of the poll so i get to sample all of the threaters listed.
I Will keep you guys posted on how i get on.
Just remember one thing sonny boy :|\\ .....If you choose to drive a type IX they're what I drive :yep: .....therefore all the Beer under the kaleuns bunk belongs to me!! :arrgh!:

Well the only alcohol on this boat was Vodka, So it cant have been one of yours LOL
Though the is not that much left now.:oops::rotfl: