SH5 players, Introduce yourself: roll call I

[Onkel Neal]

We have a thread in the GT forum where people introduce themselves, post a pic and a little bio. I'm starting one here, because nothing helps a community more than openess and friendship. So, come on into the room, take off your hat, and put your boots on the table.

Most of you know me by now, but in short, I'm a native Texan, 50, located in Houston, and I like long walks in the moonlight. Have to consider myself a fan of Theodore Dreiser, Bruce Springsteen, and Wolf Peterson. Motorcycle rider since forever! Been playing computer games off and on since 1979. Blue Max was my first simulation.

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[KV]

I don't do pictures. ;) But my name is Pelle, I study linguistics at Masters level after having completed a Slavonic languages BA in Lund, Sweden. I'm not really a "gamer" or whatever, but there is something about the ocean and games related to it that gets to me. At least since Wolpack on DOS...

Music? The Smiths, Field Mice, lots of stuff. Current favourite is the adagio from Beethoven's 5th piano concerto in E flat.

I'm getting SH5 from Amazon sometime next week hopefully. Looking forward to it!

[Ragtag]

My name is Jan from Oslo, Norway. I am 42 years old and i work as a editor for a Norwegian site that reviews games,movies and hardware, X6.no & ITpro.no.
I am also co-owner of the websites.

Love music, mostly rock'n roll/hard rock, games, Cognac, life and my girl ;)
Favourite games are simulators. Right now it's SH5 and DCS: Black Shark:up:

[Khayman]

I don't usually do pictures either, and you can see why;

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4584/80209137.jpg

I'm 38, from Scotland in the UK. Used to hang around these forums a lot when I played SH3, but drifted away. Logged in yesterday to see an unread message from Neal asking to use one of my posts in the "2007 Subsim Almanac book". Oopsie. Sorry for not replying!

My music tastes veer all over the place, so are difficult to pin down. One constant is Tanya Donelly, I adore her voice.

Have SH5 on order, and I'm playing SH4 until it arrives. Looking forward to it. :)

[tonyj]

I'm Tony, i'm 38 and i'm a senior java developer at an investment bank in canary wharf, london, uk. i've been programming since i was 11. married with 4 kids. don't have any photo's handy as i'm at work.

loved sh3, didn't like sh4 but now very excited about sh5, which is currently waiting for me at home, ready to install.

[Donger94107]

Friends call me Bill; San Francisco Bay Area.
Recovering journalist, currently employed in the political arena.

Been on the Subsim forums for a while, at least since SHIII or was it SHII?

Big fan of naval simulations; started with North Atlantic '86 and I think U-Boat by Deadly Games was my first submarine simulation. Also, spent many, many dark nights and lost weekends with Fleet Command.

Music? Well since I'm Chinese-American, I listen to country, of course! :D

[Conrad von Kaiser]

Well let's see. I'm a major Civil War, WWI, and WWII History buff. 25, live in New York (No not the city lol) Play the flight sim's primarily with the FPS thrown in, console on them not the PC.

Silent Hunter III was by far my favorite of the series but when I upgraded my PC I couldn't get it to work on the new PC (I tried all the suggestions and fixes lol) Bought Silent Hunter 4 when it first came out and just found out about the U-boat missions a few days ago and downloaded them.

Found this web page by accident when reading a review on SimHQ so figured I'd register and offer what little knowledge I could offer. Plan on picking SHV up after work today.

Sub Sim's have always held a special place in my computer cabinet, only games that they get pushed aside for are WWI flight sims... But that section of shelving hasn't really changed since I bought Red Baron 3d lol

[Danevang]

I'm Martin, 27 years old, from Copenhagen, Denmark, and study at the University of Copenhagen. I'm very interested in history, philosophy, and mechanics. I used to work as an aircraft mechanic, but my need for massive machines and the occasional industrial accident is now fully reliant on the Silent Hunter games. Heh. :smug:

I've been hooked on the Silent Hunter series since the first game, but SH3 is the all time favorite (come on SH5, you can beat it!).

Music wise I play the guitar, and like a lot of different music...from Mozart, Beethoven, The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Nirvana, Silver Chair, Björk etc. (and some Danish bands of course)

I've recently started getting into modding various games, so hopefully there will be something to try improving in SH5 (I'm quite sure there is). :D

[Feuer Frei!]

Hello to all...
emigrated from Germany to Australia when i was 10 years old, still speak read and write German fluently...
i am 38 years old and it all started with Aces of the Deep!
Found this website by accident whilst searching for mods for Silent Hunter 1 and 2...
i work as a manager, running restaurants, have also worked for the government and did a 4 year stint in the Army...
Currently playing U-Boot Missions and loving it!
Still waiting for my copy of SH5, not long to go...
Music-wise, well, let's put it this way, have over 600 albums, the only thing you won't find in that collection is country music (ouch)!

I am loving this forum, i have the utmost respect for the people that post here and especially the modders who do amazing work...you guys (and girls?) rock :rock:
Thanks for allowing me to be a part of this wonderful community!

[Boyarpunk]

Guten tag!
My name is Christopher, 34, from suburban Philadelphia, USA. Out of work (damm recession!) accountant doing my best to stay "employable".

Although I'm a fairly new poster, I've been a longtime lurker. Love computer gaming and especially sims. Like most of you I'm sure, SHIII ranks up there as one of my most enjoyable gaming experiences. First sim I played was Chuck Yeager's Test Pilot (1988). Other all-time fave sims: Gunship!, Red Baron, Red Baron 3D, IL-2 and DCS: Black Shark.

On the fence about SHV but I enjoy reading everyone's opinions.

(sorry, no picture).
Cheers. :salute:

[Andayle]

I'm Dean from Cornwall UK. 31 Years old and love almost all types of sim. Flight sim and Uboat are my two main favourites. Play a little guitar here and there too. Have been a member at Subsim for about 5 years but dont really post all that much, more of a lurker hehe. Might be time to surface the boat and start posting though :P

And last but not least one hell of a scary picture of me about a year ago lol

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[Dowly]

I guess most of you know me already, in good and in bad (mostly the latter, tho, I got reputation to keep. :smug:). The official unofficial official SubSim Twat and a keen vagitarian.

With pretty much skipping SH4, it's time to set out again in SH5 (when I said I wouldn't buy it, I was of course lying :O:). So, keep a close eye out for threads begging and screaming for Black Pearl to be included to SH5 (Since SH3 I've wanted it but noooo... community my ass :nope:).

And remember, the glass is half full, if in doubt, pour some more. :salute:
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[martes86]

I like introductions. :woot:

Some of you already know me as well from the meet of from the 24th Flotilla, but for those who don't, I'm Miguel, 23, and live in Southern Spain as a Database and Business Applications Programmer, and as Webmaster and Game Programmer in my spare time.

Started as a flight simulation lover (though I tasted 688i from Jane's, and I loved the 3D view features), moved on to the RTS genre where I stayed for a long long time, and one time I saw a movie in our war collection: Das Boot. It was cool at the time, but it didn't sound too well in Spanish, so, after looking for original sound clips and all that (at the beggining just for the soundtrack, which I also liked), I found out about SH2, my dad had it in some shelf. Played it, got some subsim mods my dad had burned in a CD, and then I just wanted it to play like if I was watching Das Boot. And I loved it so much, that I even made subtitles for it. Looking for further info on the game, I found out about SH3 in December 2003. While eagerly waiting for it, I found an independent SH3 site in which I became a news poster/translator, the Ubi forums, SubSim, the WPL and the 24th Flotilla. After some more time, I became more objective on what Das Boot represented, but I still love the movie (please don't kill me :P). :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/martes86/Copenhague2009/2009-09-18/SDC14213.jpg?t=1267539665

Cheers :rock:

[Flopper]

Not getting sh5 yet, but I'm still going to hop in here, since I never did introduce myself, and I practically live on this site.

My name is Steve. I'm a (seasoned and nearly worn out) software engineer in Asheville, North Carolina. My first subsim was Silent Service on a commodore 64 (if my memory serves me) but I left the genre for 20+ years, until discovering the SH series in late December. Now I've become obsessed.

My first real computer was an IBM 8088. I purchased 4 mb of ram to upgrade my 486 circa 1994, for $212.00. I'm glad I did not purchase the 9 GB Micropolis hard drive for $4000.00. I suppose my point is I don't bother trying to keep up with the latest in hardware. Currently I'm on a 3 year old box that runs sh3 great, but my sh4 framerates are a little low (the main reason I'm not dashing out there to get sh5).

I'm a huge fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tom Petty, Skynyrd, Bruce, and Alice in Chains. I'm waiting for the ice to give way to some nice weather so I can hop back on my 07 Road Glide and put on about another 15 K miles of back country roads again this summer. But in the mean time, subsim.com rules! :rock:

edit: I should mention too, I was an ASW sensor operator in the USN back in the 80's. P3C Orion flight crew. I play a 5 string Music Man Stingray bass and a Gretch Jet 6 string. Here's a shot of me with my sweetheart in the driveway:

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[copper01]

Hi all Im Arthur Ohio USA found this forum when I use to play SHII stoped

playing for long time found u again not that long ago GREAT site good

people im 50 carpenter layed off now,love sims IL2 Falcon4 ROF all of

Silent hunters 4 not so much not sure about SHV.

dont download much here not to good at getting things to work P.C dumb

But love this site lots of good people and reading all of u should be proud :salute:

[kptn_kaiserhof]

hello to all you may remember me from silent hunter 3&4 for being the famus kptn_kaiserhof
known for team killing with a modded u-boats and fleet boats
aside from my renown :

my name is anthony im 26 yr old in from australia
i worked in a factory for 6 yrs
and done security gaurd training


as some of you know i modded my boats hence the fact modding is one of my hobbies i have modded: silent hunter 2, 3, 4,
microsoft combat flight simulator simulator, reskined planes from hawx, reskined windows vista , and made the comp evan say hello anthony

i dont have a favorite genre but im bit of a war fanatic and cant stand games with scifi elements

music i love war music, sabaton , ww2 german music , bit of rap

oh btw i cant wait to pick up sh5 i already have it on preorder
collectors edition
it will be a great birthday present for myself

yay my birthday next week i will finaly pick it up

[Philipp_Thomsen]

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Hello...

My name is Jeferson, Brazilian, living now in Canada, Toronto. I was a programer until my age of 24, now Im 26. I decided to leave my profession and hit the road backpacking, and writting books. I think life is too short to "work to pay bills and have children to perpetuate the specimen". I think life is way too precious to do just that, so I decided to walk all over the world and write my books until I find an answer to "what is life all about".

I started modding when I was 7, (yes, my dad told me a story about how I got a big truck for christmas gift, and instead of playing with it, I picked up a screwdriver, opened it up, and replaced the plastic-fake-useless springs with real stainless steel springs, so the suspension would actually work). I've been in love for games since pacman for windows 3.11, my first addiction was The Lost Vikings, back when I was 12.
http://www.armchairempire.com/images/Reviews/gameboy-advance-gba/lost-vikings/lost-vikings-1.jpg

My first simulator was Microprose's Grand Prix 2, and one of the games I played most till this day.
http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/ss/7135_1.jpg

In my youth, I really fell in love for flight simulators, and I've played them all exhaustively. Most of them, combat flight simulators, but the one single game I can say I played the most and the first one that really got me addicted to it, was TopGun. I was lucky, my dad has just bought me a joystick, the famous logitech wingman extreme, back in 1996.
http://web.tiscali.it/squake/screen/top_gun_faw.jpg

In 2003 I started playing Silent Hunter 2, and since then I didnt want any other game. When SH3 was released, I started playing from day 1, modded it as far as I could, and for many years I did nothing except play SH3, mod SH3 and stick around this forum. I didnt play SH4 at all (not even 15 minutes), and Im planning on jumping into SH5 as soon as the DRM problem is resolved.

I love some beer + b.b.q. + friends, like everybody, and I plan to attend to the next subsim meeting to finally meet in person these nice fellows I got to know here in the forum. Im sure is going to be a lot of fun!

[himlaviz]

I am Dane from Sweden, 37 years old male and I have been playing computer games since 1984 when me and my brother got our first computer, a Vic 20.

In 1986 we bought a C64 and played games like Gunship!, Silent Service, Red Storm Rising, Pirates!, Project Stealth Fighter and Airborne Ranger to name a few. Hmm see a pattern there? Microprose ;)

Also played some Squad Leader and pen & paper rpg, mostly the swedish ones like Mutant (2), Drakar och Demoner Expert, Chock (Chill) and some MERP. This probably was the first step to a later addiction of MMORPG's.

Been playing simulators since the good old C64 days and lately it's sadly to much Everquest 2 (Ratonga power *squeek*) and to little simulators.

In 1997 I heard of a game called Ultima Online and I played that from 1997 to 2003 (still got the account active though) and it's one of the best experiences I have had when it comes to gaming. The old days were best with its harsh world and unwritten laws. Still chasing that fix... :o

When I am not working or playing games I like to eh do I do anything else?? I need to get professional help... :D

Like music like The Sisters of Mercy, Nine Inch Nails, Fields of the Nephilim, Hocico, Feindflug, :wumpscut:, Tori Amos, Mötley Crüe and whatever else that sounds good imho.

Been a subsim member since 2005 and mostly been lurking here, didn't want to post because I didn't want to loose my Bilge Rat title. :O: Great community and lots of talent here, SH3 has been a better experience thanks to you all.

Looking forward to buy Silent Hunter 5 from Steam tomorrow.

[BlackSpot]

Good evening Matthew, tonight I'm going to be Ethel Merman... oh, sorry. :o
I'm 50 and a freelance graphic designer working from home in the UK. So, I can play WHEN I want as MUCH as I want - jealous eh? :O: I've been AWOL from the forums for a while but enjoying being back. Cheers.

[GermanGS]

Hello im German Shestakov Live in New Jersey, US,

Im 22, finising up with my Bachlor Degree, I have my own cellphone businness, i sell Iphone and Blackberry cases, and other accesories.

Been with SH sence the 2nd installment, stayed with it ever sence, my other addiction is flight simulators though :rock:

[jimimadrid]

Hi, my name is José, 51, and i was born in spain. I'm living now in Germany for more than 40 years. First in Duesseldorf and now since 6 years in Augsburg.
I earn my money as technical supporter for video surveillance and IP cameras. I'm married and have a 15years old son.

I started subsimming with the c64, followed by Amiga and PC.

My hobbies are soccer (Had to stop it last year, because of damaged knee), fantasy books and my pc. I forget sommething.... wait...hmmm.... ah yeah....my wife and the kid.

I'm also a big fan of EA's Football manager, for which a modded and designed the last years the german kits for a fansite.

I startet modding for silent hunter with SH4 and i hope to get time and patience to mod some little things in SH5.

Cheers.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4121/josebz.jpg
i'm the guy in the red shirt

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5620/boott.jpg
This is the original tower from DAS BOOT

[dagamecat]

Tim here, I'm 29, living in Manchester, UK, a physics postgrad. Kinda crazy that this is my first post here, really. I've been on the ubi forums for a long time too, long-time follower of the SH series as well as Il-2 and other flight sims. Don't have SH5 yet, but can't wait to get my hands on it. I like all kinds of games from simulations to shooters, my favourite ever game is probably Dwarf Fortress, however.

When I'm not gaming I like to play piano, walk up hills (and back down them), or listen to electro/industrial music and drinking copious amounts of tea and coffee.

[Sailor Steve]

Since I don't have it I was going to stay out of this thread, but I had to say:

WELCOME ABOARD, dagamecat!:sunny:

[Greyghost]

My name is Neil from south Louisiana. I'm in helicopter flight school currently working on my instrument rating. I've been hooked on subsims since I first picked of AoD way back in the early-mid 90s. I've been part of subsim and WPL since SH2 and DC way back in 2000.

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[NZsnowman]

Hi, my name is Simon from New Zealand. In the winter I am an avalanche forecast at a ski area in the South Island and in the summer I study insects.

Have been eager U-boat people for many years now. Have been playing SH series since number 3. My foremost intense is the Type VIIC’s U-boats.

For the last few years I have been working on a 1:43 scale drawing of Type VIIC/41. You can see some of my work with the links below.

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6218/attackperiscope.th.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/attackperiscope.jpg/) http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1331/step3ce.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/step3ce.jpg/) http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4539/bowsection.th.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/bowsection.jpg/) http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2858/new1z.th.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/new1z.jpg/)

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8205/poster1ea6.jpg
Here is an older version of my poster at 1:60 scale.

[Darnthetorpedoes]

Hi, I am from the middle of nowhere and I have been facinated by Submarines all my life,built models,read das boot, got the directors cut of Das Boot, and am always finding out interesting things about them. Playing SH from the get go, however I do bore myself with FPS and RTS games from time to time. I am looking froward to SH 5 with the same intensity as I did when I first played the series. Neve modded, always realism:salute:

[UberMatz]

Hey all! I'm Matt, I'm 47 and live in Ft Worth Tx.

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I've learned tons over the last few years here on Subsim, just haven't posted much. I was a career Paramedic in a large metro area here in Texas for over 15 years. in 2007 I was diagnosed with MS, and turned my long time hobby of photography into a side line job. Being disabled, I have a lot of time to be active on the web and play my favorite video games. I'm into sims, flightsims, subsims etc. and I also like FPS and some war strategy games like COH.

I've played all of the Silent Hunter games, and just got SH5 about an hour ago. I've always been amazed at the talent of the modders here, and if I haven't said it before, Thank You Guys for all the excellent work you do!! I can't wait to see what happens when you modders get started with SHV, I'm sure it'll be awesome!

UberMatz

[CCIP]

Well, for those who don't know me (I'd been away from subsim for a year) -
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Hey everyone, name's George, I'm 25 (going on 26) and live in Waterloo, Canada, though I'm originally from Russia. By occupation, I'm a PhD student in linguistics/communication design, part-time writing teacher and research consultant. My first simulation game was Silent Service 2 that I played on an old Atari PC with my dad back in the early 90s (he'd be the captain, I'd be the XO/navigator). My dad soon stopped playing games and I'd forgotten about subs for quite a while, but in the late 90s I got into simulation and strategy games with quite a passion - been a worshipper (ahem, hardcore player) of Falcon 4.0 for the past 11 years, as well as many other flight sim titles. But my childhood memories of SS2 persisted, and as soon as I saw preview shots of Silent Hunter III, I knew that was the game for me. I've been at Subsim since shortly after SHIIIs release, and got surprisingly wrapped up in the community. I was a minor (but hopefully useful) helper in creating many old mods for SHIII/IV, and some of my work can still be found in some of the current mods for both games (which I'm quite proud of).

I left subsim for about a year due to some rough times and a little too much stress in my life, but SH5 brought me back here. I need to be around.

Otherwise, I got a whole range of interests. I dabble in video editing, design and even music. On the latter, I'm an obsessive listener and am particularly bent on hoarding a collection of King Crimson and Robert Fripp soundscape records, which I listen to for a very large portion of my free time :88)

Happy to be back at subsim and hi to everyone that I haven't had a chance to talk to in the past year :DL

[JohnnyMacintosh]

Hey, its JohnnyMacintosh here.. and Im 15 (Youngest person here? Lol):woot:
My dad got me into Silent Hunter back when Silent Hunter II came out, and ive been a fan ever since. I also played a little bit of Destroyer Command, and it was decent.. I'm a major hockey fan, (Go Calgary Flames! Yeah!) and im a pretty good goaltender. Seeing a tanker blow up clean in half always puts a smile on my face.. :D So I say lets get out there and sink! sink! sink!

[brandtryan]

My name's Brandt--born and raised in Indiana, but have lived in London, New York, and Miami. The first PC I bought was an "Aptiva" with a 2GB HDD. I bought one game, Mech Warrior 2, and have been hooked on pc games ever since. Mostly I'm interested in military simulations. Spend some time in the Jane's titles, my favorite being Longbow 2, then moved on to Falcon 4, and got in real deep. Actually flew a few hundred hours with a F16 pilot online, going through a rigorous training curriculum. Then to IL2, and the beginning of my now obssesive interest in World War II. After IL2 I went back to jets, with LOMAC--particularly Flaming Cliffs with its ground-breaking flight model for the Su-25. I wrote a few reviews and articles for the long gone (I think?) combatsim.com site.

Most recently I helped beta test, and proof-read the 500+ page manual for DCS: Blackshark--a KA-50 helo sim from Eagle Dynamics.

As far as the sub sims--I picked up SH3 and never looked back.

http://www.happycritter.com/bogey/images/temp_brandt_small.jpg

[skwasjer]

I'm Martijn, 33, single, and one son. I am a .NET developer (mostly, I do other languages too), and run two business, one which publishes it's own software to consumer and business market, and the other is which I do most of the work for as of late (bigger freelance webdevelopment projects). I also developed and host a CMS for websites, which is mostly used by freelance friends of mine (designers).

I got introduced to the SH-series at version 3, but I remember playing submarine sims for much longer (although I can't remember the titles). In the past I favored FPS games (played world leagues/tournaments), but the past 5-6 years I rather play RTS and sims because of the slower pace. When SH4 was released I started work on the freely available mod-tool S3D (signature), which has become very popular. It took almost 2 years to make, so I must admit I enjoy that SH5 comes with good modding tools, because I did not see me do it again for SH5 ;) I will not purchase SH5 for a while, because I have very little free time but I will at some point probably. In the little free time I have left I rather play in my 5-man band (I'm the guy on the right, chewing on the pick :O:):

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4389563700_78eb09667f.jpg

[The General]

I enjoyed reading your bio. Very cool man.

[Sailor Steve]

Geez, Skwas! All this time and I never knew that you played too! Got any links to your stuff? Videos? Go to General Topics and post them so I can see and hear. That's what I do.:rock::sunny:

[DedEye]

Pleased to meet you All,

My name is Rob, 46, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Journeyman Sheet Metal Mechanic, Bachelor of Medical Science, nub rock drummer extraordinaire.

The book Run Silent Run Deep is to blame for all of this :yep:

I've been into video/PC games of all genres since the days of the first machines. Silent Service and SS2 got me into sub sims. First PC was a 386 and I played Red Baron and Wolfpack on that. 486 followed with Aces of the Pacific/ over Europe, and Aces of the Deep! Played that sucker for years :rock:

I've owned all of the Silent Hunter games, including as of today and despite my misgivings about the DRM, SH5. Have friends over every other Saturday for IL2 flight-night. Also do Falcon 4.

Girlfriend likes WoW so play that too.

http://www3.telus.net/public/dedeye/images/DSC00002.JPG

[skwasjer]

Hehe, we compose dutch music though, so you won't understand the lyrics. I only have old recordings right now (over a year old) except for one song. Currently we are in the studio (since a few months) for higher quality and some rearrangements.

Here's some songs: http://www.vlucht13.nl/muziek/


In two weeks we play in a contest for the new 'National dutch song for Amsterdam harbor' (8 finalists from 200 applicants), it's the first song on that page. It's not really our style, but the free advertising is great...

Damn, now you can see other photo's too (and I was trying to hide) :D

[Sailor Steve]

Here's some songs:
:rock: Me like!

No time to listen to all, but I picked up a bit of the first three. Will listen to the whole thing tomorrow.

[CCIP]

Pleased to meet you All,

My name is Rob, 46, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Journeyman Sheet Metal Mechanic, Bachelor of Medical Science, nub rock drummer extraordinaire.

The book Run Silent Run Deep is to blame for all of this :yep:

I've been into video/PC games of all genres since the days of the first machines. Silent Service and SS2 got me into sub sims. First PC was a 386 and I played Red Baron and Wolfpack on that. 486 followed with Aces of the Pacific/ over Europe, and Aces of the Deep! Played that sucker for years :rock:

I've owned all of the Silent Hunter games, including as of today and despite my misgivings about the DRM, SH5. Have friends over every other Saturday for IL2 flight-night. Also do Falcon 4.

Girlfriend likes WoW so play that too.

http://www3.telus.net/public/dedeye/images/DSC00002.JPG

Man, you really do look a lot like IIWO from Das Boot. That sig isn't lying :haha:

[gutted]

Ok since i've been around here for 5 years i guess it's time lol. My name is Corey, I'm 33 (in two weeks), and im an alcoholic.. oh wait that was a flashback.

Umm let's see, I live in the Greater New Orleans area.. and I'm a:
Licensed Electrician
Amature programmer (C, C++, C#)
Guitar playing Metal head (see below)
Sim nut since the late 80's (flying, racing, subbing). You name it, i've probably played it.

Various Air combat videos i made:
http://www.youtube.com/user/JG52Gutted

My music page:
http://www.myspace.com/miserysinphony


http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/64/l_a6d5ea8d38c0a10bb352d4aa792b10ae.jpg

[Turm]

Martyn, 28, living in middle England. Happily married, no kids (yet). Qualified aero engineer, but ended up working in IT. No, I don't understand either. :hmmm:

Long time gamer, starting out on a Spectrum then an Amiga. SH3 was my first proper subsim, and despite spending more hours on that game than possibly any other, I never managed to play a career beyond 1940. Consequently, I never received a real good depth charging, and also never died. Hurrah! I'm simply a victim of my own self-inflicted insistence to do things properly and avoid cutting corners, so it takes me forever to make one patrol. Then, with each incarnation of GWX I restarted my career, before 1941 ever came into view. :doh: I skipped SH4 completely - my old PC wouldn't have coped.

Primarily a flight simmer, I use FSX at the moment. Currently hauling freight around Australia with Air Hauler. Used to play IL-2 online in a squadron for many years before moving onto more relaxed flying duties, not involving gunfire (yes, I'm an old man now). Real planes have propellers, btw ;) Also play strategy games and action/adventure/RPG types. Recently got back into playing Oblivion and chanced across links to realism mods in another thread on this board yesterday - fancy that! :D Alas, soon it shall be abandoned once again when SH5 arrives...

I play guitar, although somewhat poorly (who can find time to practise with so many games to play???), so in an undignified effort to boost my ego I picked up a second-hand PS3 with Guitar Hero so now I can really rock :cool: (or so I pretend!). Can't condone consoles otherwise - they're for girls:yeah: (just kidding). Like to listen to Dream Theater, Metallica, Symphony X, Iron Maiden, and loads more besides. Distorted guitar makes the world go round :up: That, and a good cup of tea, of course.

I tend to drift to and from communities such as this one. I get too involved in reading all the threads and end up spending no time playing the games I'm reading about. So I drift away and get playing ... but then the desire to learn about mods brings me back, and I end up modding & reading forums till the cows come home, and actually stop playing again. It's a difficult struggle we face in life, isn't it...? ;)

[Flopper]

@skwasjer:

Okay. VLUCHT13 RULES !!
:rock:

Edit: My word, these guys are good.

[Jimbuna]

Hi...nice to see so many new members to this amazing community.

I'm on a colleagues laptop right now but will update my details tomorrow.

SINK EM ALL!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[brett25]

hey world, Im Brett 40, living in San Francisco area California. I studied film and history in college (university of Michigan, Ann Arbor), now im a 3d artist in the animation industry (occasionally, I work in games industry). I love playing simulators, (mostly Sh3 and Arma2 now). Hobbies include model making, hiking, playing bass, reading, traveling (backpacked around the world once) and Porsche's (only have one:wah:). Love ancient and medieval history and all things WW2- (My dad was in the Normandy invasion, Omaha beach, so I get it from him although he didn't love ww2:cool:) Love, Das Boot, and have a strange fixation for submarines (maybe after I watched Yellow Submarine as a kid?). Love subsim, find it to be the best online community so far, and think people into submarine sims are very interesting and pleasingly odd, like me.

Don't have Sh5 yet, but I will probably get it soon enough.


http://idylwilde.net/SH3/CARme.jpg

[cappy70]

Hi
I'm Kent, 50, living in Michigan USA since 14 years back. I'm Swedish by birth. Married with a girl from Kentucky since 12 years back. Love motorcycles, drive a M109R.
I've been into computers since childhood..LOL, well it started with Zinclair and Amiga and onwards. Did some beta testing that went more "advanced" down the road. Have done QA testing for I-War patch 1.24 and also final Multiplayer QA testing for H&D 2 add-on. I've played SH series since it came out with SH1. I'm a big Microprose sim fan.
My home is just games and instruments. ( Sold a an ARP Pro Dgx some time back). Also love my pets, Discus fish and tarantulas.

I'm a musician, played in rockband for 10 years with 1 single released that went on charts for some time. Played piano since I was 7. I still write music and really love it.
Well,, that's about it.....:salute:

P.S. oh,,my SH5 is on it's way......
P.S. # 2 oh forgot: RED WINGS GO!!!

[lynx]

Hello I am Marcelo, industrial engineer with the 50 fulfilled and loving of the Harley motorcycles, among others likings I like the games of simulation of submarines and to prove in them mod.
I am Spanish and alive in the Canary Islands. This it is my dog that, part of my family with my woman forms and two children.
Greetings
http://i49.tinypic.com/68a0l3.jpghttp://i46.tinypic.com/2mx1o2f.gif

[skwasjer]

@skwasjer:

Okay. VLUCHT13 RULES !!
:rock:
Thx :yeah:

[Herr Graf]

Hello subsim dudes!
My name is Dennis and I am 44 years of age and hail from the great state of Alaska.

Long time simmer and grognard from back in the board game days thru the first sub sim on the Apple 512k to SHV!

I came to subsim around SH2 times when the Pacific mod came out and lurked around ever since :salute:


http://simjunkie.com/files/pics/a1.jpg

[capthelm]

hey all , my name is alan.. all 6 foot 5 of me , i am 36 years old, i was born and rasied in scotland glasgow uk. i moved to the united states 8 years ago, married to my sexy wonderful american wife laura , i also have 2 step daughters ..

location NJ usa

been into simulation pc games for 8 years now. first got hooked on sh3 ..
baught the rest of the series ever since.

other passion i do at home is writing and producing my own music scores .
playing electric guitar for 15 years.

styles and influences range from, gary moore, george benson, al mckay, david gilmour, hard rock is the heaviest i can get into. and play. all instrumental playing..

my site
listen to demos here
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ContributorID=30281602

hope to use some of my music in movies tv games or radio jingles.

currently out of work atm.
hoping to get somthing soon. missy is the bread winner at home. :salute:

my guitars
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=355079838&albumID=0&imageID=2749141#a=0&i=2749141

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=355079838&albumID=0&imageID=2749141#a=0&i=2749140


no pics of me ..might throw one up soon.:yeah:

[Fritz Eger]

I'm a Surgeon Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy, my main role in life is as an intensive care consultant and I ran the ICU in Southern Iraq for three months in 2008. Currently overseas in Australia undertaking a fellowship in retrieval medicine. My first job in the military was as the MO in HMS Victorious a British SSBN. I have a lifelong interest in subsims, back from the days of Silent Service to SH5 (bought it today!)

[The General]

Hello my name is Cameron 'Jail-bird' Williams

Born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

Currently reside in Whales ;P

Occupation : Property Developer/Trouble-maker.

Favourite film: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Favourite Book: For Whom the Bell Tolls

Status: Single (shocking!)

I can see that I'm amongst good-company here. So many cool dudes, one guy even has a Porsche!

Hopefully I can make it to the next Subsim meet.

Just got my download link for SH5 (£34.99) at the same moment I hear it's availalbe for free via some dubious link on the Ultranet, figures!


http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3900/94181719927861015165111.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/94181719927861015165111.jpg/)

[j_o_nn_y]

Im John, 32, living in Nottingham in the UK. Im originally from Sheffield, but moved down here for a job in IT Support and lived here ever since. Great City!. I have played all kinds of games since I got a VIC 20 from dad. I first got into simulator games when I started playing Birds of Prey on the Amiga. Still one of the best intros for a game!. My first Submarine game was Silent Service II for the PC. I had just EGA graphics and dreamed of having SVGA graphics that showed the Yamato on the front cover of the manual. Ever since then I have been a collector of all simulator games. I bought Command aces of the deep, then Silent hunter 1, 2, 3 and 4 when they first came out. 3 is definitely the best especially with the GWX upgrade. I might wait for abit to see what happens with Silent Hunter 5, but I am getting itchy fingers just to get it for my collection.

Aswell as playing games I am passionate about military history and have a large collection of books about this.

As you can see I joined subsim in 2003 when Silent hunter II came out and have been mostly a lurker but do post if I feel the need to. Its one of the main sites I go on just to read the posts and see if there are any new mods and information. Its a great community!. :DL

[Onkel Neal]

Wow, one day and so many responses. :salute:

I hope all the rest of you will join this thread. We all talk about community, this is community at the most basic level. When we discuss this or that topic, it's much more interesting to know the people in the room, so DD425 isn't just some voice on the cyberwaves but a real person like you, maybe he's 6'5". or plays in a band, or listens to Tanya Donelly.

Thank you!
:shucks:

[Noren]

Hello everyone! :woot:
My name is Roger, 27, a swede who studies medicin in Denmark right now. Have always been into simulators and have a huge interest in history, especially military history. Did my military service as a mechanic in the Swedish Airforce, serving the new JAS 39 Multi-role jetfighter.
Im deeply thrilled with ww2, as the conflict was not that long ago and I recon we should learn from history.

My first experience with simulations was actually one of my first memories of computers; playing 'Das Boot' on my Amiga 500 as a 7 year old. From then on I've played most sublike things, Im also into flightsims and strategy. I want to be a amateur pilot at a later date, life is long enough for all kinds of dreams right?
You can see me slamming everything that I find too arcadish, I'll by the game at a later state (when DRM is gone so I can use it one my laptop).


:salute:

[oscar19681]

I would love to add my bio. But it would be much of a bio without a picture. So how do i add a picture from my hard-disk? I know how to add one from the internet , just not how to add one from my harddisk.

[Boyarpunk]

Pleased to meet you All,

My name is Rob, 46, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.



Hi Rob. GO OILERS!! :rock:

Don't know if you are a hockey fan, but I'm a lifelong Oil fan...despite being born, bred and raised outside of Philadelphia.

Cheers! :salute:

[lactanz]

Come from Germany (Baden-Württemberg). Im teacher for German, biology, and theology...My hobbies are flyfishing, climbing, and SUBS:DL

I like it to read books about the world war II, especially books about german subs. I am married with a girl from russia an we have a fine cat at home our "mishka"...

So i like this forum and all the peoples here, you are all great!


Martin

[PyRRhUs]

Hi all,

My name is Dan from Sweden. I´m 29 year old and currently studing to be a teacher. First PC game I ever bought and played was Aces of The Deep on my dads 486 with 8 mb ram! Those were the days. Been mostly a FPS gamer but when I heard that Silent Hunter V would go back to roots and reading about it here I did pre-order the game. I´m been lurking here for time to time since I bought Silent Hunter IV. But now I have a account too! :up:

[GREY WOLF 3]

I would love to add my bio. But it would be much of a bio without a picture. So how do i add a picture from my hard-disk? I know how to add one from the internet , just not how to add one from my harddisk.
Upload it to photobucket is one way and its free:up:

[jamz]

Hello, my name is James, and I've played SH III and SH IV extensively, until it was replaced by Left 4 dead, then dungeons and dragons online. I've been waiting for SH5 since I heard about it a few months ago, and got it yesterday. Trying to figure out the new interface.

I'm 44, live in Maine, I'm part of a lot of online forums, and I like the feel subsim has. :)

[subsimlee]

Name's Lee;

64yrs young, married 27 yrs, 23 yr old daughter.

http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af230/SUBSIMLEE/Lees%20SHV%20Pics/100_1315.jpg
X- just about everything but alive...

X-submariner (SONAR) served on British "A" boats Alcide and Acheron which were detached service HMS squadron SM-6 in Halifax N.S. in mid-sixties and "O" boat H.M.C.S. Ojibwa.-2yrs boats, 3yrs surface fleet.

X-civilian Electronic Systems Repairman at C.F.A.D. Bedford, repair and maintenance of Mk. 43, Mk. 44, Mk.37 and finally Mk.46 torpedoes-7yrs

X-Hairstylist ( owned a shop )-1yr

X-Cable TV installer-1 yr in Windsor N.S. and Calgary.

X-Electrician in Calgary 8 months ( B.S.ed my way into that! )

X-Marine Electronics Technician for Canadian Marconi Company 11yrs

X-Taxi Driver 5yrs

Currently licenced Red Seal mechanic 13yrs

Live on a big lake 18 miles outside of Halifax N.S.

Hobbies have included drag racing my '65 Corvette ( No, I don't still have it, wish I did ! ) Currently bike touring, fishing, R/C flying, home reno, Flight Sims and of course, Sub Sims....NEVER BEEN BORED, NEVER WILL !
Life's too short....

[AVGWarhawk]

Great attitude subsimlee! Nice to meet you!

[Jimbuna]

I sure hope I'm as active as you when I/if I ever reach your age Lee http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

~SALUTE~

[Onkel Neal]

Nice MC, Lee :salute:

[AVGWarhawk]

I sure hope I'm as active as you when I/if I ever reach your age Lee http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

~SALUTE~

All in the attitude brother...all in the attitude. Beer helps also as well as an understanding wife :hmmm:

[h.sie]

Hello there,

although I don't have SH5, I'll take this chance to introduce myself, because I've never done that since my first visit at subsim in 2008. Sorry for that.

My name is Henning, 44 years old, from germany. Working as research assistant at a university in germany.

Interests/hobbies: of course sub simulations. started with CAOTD, then SH1, then bought SH3 in 2008. Found GWX and NYGM here at subsim. Great mods. Until now I've never played a career, because always when I started to play, I found things which could be changed. So I tested hundreds of mods and made some mods by my own. That took so much of my free time, so that until now there was no time left for playing.

Other interests: Triathlon, chess, electronics.

I enjoy this forum very much, because the people here are friendly and very helpful.

Greetings,
Henning

[oscar19681]

Hi i,m Oscar Klein Sprokkelhorst i,m 28 years old. I live in the Netherlands and i am currently taking security courses. I,ve been with the subsim forums quite some time now but i was allready active when sh-2 was being developed . But after that i lost my nickname and stuff and rejoined subsim when i found out they were starting sh-3. It took me some time to buy sh-4 . I was awoken so suddenly again when i found out there was a gonna be a sh-5 and the development from the very beginning when she wasent even a little baby yet. I love to smoke a splif from time to time and listen to pshycadelic music like The Doors but i also go to raves and party all night long. I do martial arts (Wing Chun) to keep myself and my loves once safe. And work out in the Gym to make sure my beer belly doesnt become to big. Thats about it.


This is me (Guy on the left) in the Escape Amsterdam.
http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz23/oscar19681/799856319_5_uj3H.jpg?t=1267653750

[Bilge_Rat]

my name is John. I am from Montreal, Canada. I'm 54, (but going on 18).

I started playing board wargames when in was a teenager in the 70s (no computers then). I stopped for a long time, building a career and family.

After I got my first computer in 99, I rediscovered my love of sims, mostly flight sims at first, but lately land combat sims like CMBB and CMSF. However, my first love has always been naval and subsims from SH1 and Jane's 688i/HK to today.

when I am not working, doing chores for my wife, son, two dogs (my real masters) or playing sims, I indulge my other hobbies, reading military histories, snowboarding, scuba diving or my newest hobby...




http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9381/parachute0001.jpg


...that's me hanging on for dear life...

[DedEye]

Hi Rob. GO OILERS!! :rock:

Don't know if you are a hockey fan, but I'm a lifelong Oil fan...despite being born, bred and raised outside of Philadelphia.


Hellsya! But we haven't had too much to cheer about lately :rotfl2:

What's cool is that when I was a kid there was only a handful of NHL teams, none in Edmonton, and I liked Philly back then, or "The Broad Street Bullies" as they were known. Dave Schulz! :rock:

Man, you really do look a lot like IIWO from Das Boot. That sig isn't lying :haha:

Thanks for the compliment! :up:

Martin Stemelrogge (sp?) is hilarious! A member from this forum (sadly forget who, but thank you!!!) gave me a lot of insight about this german comedian/actor.

[Onkel Neal]

my name is John. I am from Montreal, Canada. I'm 54, (but going on 18).

I started playing board wargames when in was a teenager in the 70s (no computers then). I stopped for a long time, building a career and family.

or my newest hobby...



...that's me hanging on for dear life...


:o Yikes! Welcome aboard, man.

[Stranger]

I'm here, just beneath the surface....Played I,II,III,IV,V and a few other ones...played just about every mod that's been made available at one time or another..

[Schultzy]

I'm Stephen.
I'm British, I've been here at subsim for 9 years, despite the low post count and I'm currently hurtling headlong into my midlife crisis, being a nice even 30 years of age.
I've lived in various places, but the country I enjoyed the most and spent nearly three years in, was Austria.
I've got an MA in English, my BA was in German and at the moment I'm considering whether or not I can really afford to go ahead with a Doctorate.

Spare time (what little there is of that) is spent reading, writing, visiting subsim and moaning to all who'll listen about the ills of OSP and the lack of good, tome-like manuals. :arrgh!:

[BlueTosh]

Been playing SH4 & SH4: u-boat since mid-2007.

Got SH5 today via Amazon (they shipped it on Monday), have just installed it and watched as it downloaded the patch. Typing this up on my Mac, I'm traipsing back-n-forth between the two computers (and my dinner) to see what's what.

In real life I sit around writing screenplays. Sorry, no submarine flicks of late as Hollywood could care less :wah: .

[Capt. Friedhoffer]

My name is Chris and I am from Chicago, Illinois. I'm 33 years old. I got into the Silent Hunter series of simulations due in large part to wartime documentaries. I became fascinated with Naval warfare via submersible, it is interesting to me. I like flight simulators as well. I started with Silent Hunter 3 a few years back and then I shelved it for awhile. Fast forward and I've rediscovered it again and it is every bit as fun as I remembered. Sorry, I couldn't run Silent Hunter 4 because of pixel shader 2.0 and instead of upgrading my PC, I grabbed an X-Box 360 instead. However, this occurred when the game was first released back in 2007 I believe. I have since played the game but I still tend to like Silent Hunter 3 a bit better. My copy of Silent Hunter 5 is on its way and I'm sure it will provide more years of fun. I'm sure of that.

[Flopper]

I'd hate to see this thread die. It seems like a lot of the crew missed muster.

[Croster]

Won't get mine until Monday. Play SHIII with GWX mostly. Hopefully UBI will fix some of the stuff you all are seeing. Hopefully see you all online someday.

Croster :salute:

[Bilge_Rat]

Favourite film: 2001: A Space Odyssey







excellent...:rock:

Kubrick is a god!

[FooFighters]

Well.. time for me to enroll too :arrgh!:

My name is Dennis.. I live in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands.
32 years old.. married.. Fresh owner of the company I worked 10 years for :D

uhmm.. hobbies..
* Games ! Silent Hunter.. Flightsim X, MLB baseball..
* I am very interested in military history (subs, carriers, battlegrounds etc.)
* I love vacation / traveling (which usualy ends in military sightseeing stuff)
* Classis US cars.. I actualy own an 1958 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
* The real Kings of Rock 'n' Roll.. Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly
* Playing guitar and drums.. Foo's rule :rock:
* I am a big Baseball fan (the kind that is watching live Yankees games at 2am on mlb.tv)
* Stand up comedy.. I love guys like Russell Peters and Jeff Dunham :yeah:
* Watching movies.. favorites.. Great balls of fire, The Final Countdown, Forrest Gump and afcourse Das Boot.

Real love.. this is what we visited during our honeymoon in the US :haha:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=146075&highlight=FooFighters

This year, I tuned it down a bit.. We are only gonna visit Amarc (boneyard) in Tucson, San Diego naval base, USS Midway and SS Queen Mary (with russian sub)... and tickets for Yankees @ A's.
Short plan for this year.. Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California.

Here are some shots..

http://www.oldsmobile1958.com/extra/DB1.jpg
Inside U-995

http://www.oldsmobile1958.com/extra/DB2.jpg
Blinking chrome.. my 1958 Oldsmobile

http://www.oldsmobile1958.com/extra/DB3.jpg
Okay.. this is an oldie during my band days..

[Carotio]

I'll start to say that my real name is Lars, I live in Odense, Denmark, but it's not my native city, so I hang around in other places too... http://www.silenthuntermods.com/forum/Smileys/extended/cowbcool.gif
I think to have a computer game as the only mayor interest is unhealthy, for body, mind and life in general. That's why, I'm not totally focused on this subject alone. And it's a nerd thing, so... besides SH, my great interest is photography, where I have no real favorite subject to shoot photos of. However, I never say never to shoot some photos of pretty girls... http://www.silenthuntermods.com/forum/Smileys/extended/winky1.gif

However, I have been following the SH series since the beginning thus having played SH1 and owning SH2, SH3 (2 times), SH4 and SH4 Uboat add on. My purchase of SH5 is in waiting mode. I was looking forward to the game, I really was, but some rather unpleasant facts have made me able to wait for further development, whatever that may be... :-?

Anyway, this is me, in two photos. I'm sure you recognize one of the photos. In the second, it's me, Chad and maerean_m (one of the SH5 devs) in the conning tower of UC3 Nautilus at the subsim meet 2009 in Copenhagen.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Carotio/LBS/IndyJavatar.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Carotio/LBS/DSC01176.jpg

[bladeghost]

Hi everyone my name is jon and I have been a submarine enthusiast for over 30 years. Also Im a 3d game artist and build first person shooter levels ,I've made mods for Doom 3 and AVP 1. I've just joined the subsim forum community, and what took me so long...good question. better late than never. Looking forward to being a contributing member. All the best everyone and stay afloat!.

JV

[fallenyggdrasil]

Hallo, I´m Adrian, 34 years old from Duderstadt, Germany.
I started playing submarine simultions with "Silent Service 1" on an Amstrad CPC 464, later "Silent Service 2" and "Das Boot (by threesixty) on Amiga and Aces of the deep on PC. Played all SH parts except SH IV, as I was not interested in the pacific theatre any more. By the way, I didn´t like these scripted campaigns in SH II, where I lost interest in this game in the very first mission... but didn´t care as it was a low budget edition...

One of my hobbies besides gaming is scale model building. I used to build plastic models like this (Tirpitz 1/400, Heller):

http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/13/89/56/79/tp110.jpg

or my Type VII C/41 in 1/72:
http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/13/89/56/79/ubo210.jpg


but now turned to papercard models like this (to a huge part self built) Minehunter Type 40 (1/250):

http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/13/89/56/79/sdc10213.jpg
http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/13/89/56/79/sdc10211.jpg
Besides this another hobby is drumming in a heavy metal band *g*

Much more important of course are my wife and daughter....

Right now I´m updating my Vista and video drivers to install SH V tomorrow...

[Heretic]

My name is Mike. I'm a Wyoming native marooned in Nebraska. 44 years old. I did the Marine Corps 84-88 then did odd jobs til I finally wised up and realized I could get paid for programming. Been doing that for 16 years or so, in credit card processing. Ubi's bugs are nothing compared to what I can do to you! ;) I've been computer gaming since Gary Grigsby's Carrier Force on the Atari 800. Old school hex and counters wargaming before that. My gaming claim to fame is some of the first interface mods for Take Command: Bull Run which led to my doing the Battle of Chantilly map for TC2: 2nd Manasas.
I live with my wife and daughter, their 10 rats, two dogs, two birds, and various strays. So I mainly hide out in my Dork Boy room.
http://webpages.charter.net/mdpeyton/weirdo.JPG
Keep one hand on your joystick, one hand free for beer.

[gutted]

fallenyggdrasil:
Nice models bro! I been wanting to try my hand at a Type VII.



Heretic:
LOL. Awesome 109 'pit.

[Vikinger]

LoL Heretic.

Your garage is filled what u need. Beer and inside a replica of a messersmith ( looks like it)

But what on earth, Livining in nebraska whit out a shirt on LoL :rotfl2:

[Bort]

Well it's been a while since I posted up anything about myself, so I figured that now is as good a time as any to introduce myself further.

My name is Andrew, I'm 18, and from a suburb of Chicago. I've been computer gaming since I can remember. I would give myself a start in the late 90s with early subsims like Fast Attack moving on to things like 688i and eventually SHII when it was released. I've been around here since 2001, so I was a major lurker for about 4 years. I kind of lost touch with subsimming after SHIV had been out for a while, moving into RTS's like M2TW and ETW and FPS's like TF2 and the like. I just bought SHV and am doing my best to enjoy the parts of it that are great while banking on the modders fixing up the parts that just aren't there yet.

When I'm away from computers I am a soccer fanatic and have played for as long as I've been computer gaming (if not longer) and I play the oboe for my high school and for local gigs. When I've got free time (which is hardly ever nowadays), I love building scale models, mostly 1/72 scale airplanes but I'll construct the occasional tank or submarine. I consider myself a massive math/science nerd and love music as well as anything that has to do with physics, aviation, space, or the history of mathematicians/physicists. I'm about to embark on my bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (or MIT if I get lucky in about two weeks) to hopefully get myself closer to a dream job at NASA.

Some favorites of mine:
Movie: Hot Fuzz
TV Show: Top Gear
Music: Coldplay, The Temper Trap, Ratatat, Passion Pit, Fischerspooner
Games: Team Fortress 2, Empire: Total War, Silent Hunter IV
Teams: Cubs, Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Liverpool

And a picture of me at a gig for good measure:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u32/FixYou27/20380_343406877753_789117753_478618.jpg

[dcb]

Dan, 42, Romanian living in Bucharest, journalist since 1994, and an IT journalist between 2005 and 2009. Married, kid (who isn't into subsimming, BTW).

I've been playing games since I got my first computer (an Atari) in 1988 and been lurking on Subsim since it was a BBS (back in the '90s), but only registered in 2005, when the SH3 modding forum got limited to registered members. BTW, thanks Neal for this move, otherwise I would have been too lazy to register ever, and would have missed all the fun.:up:

(No picture for now, as I wouldn't know how to post it here).

[Wolfmanjack]

Name is dave live in california i used to be a member here a long time ago but i lost all my info for it..

Ive owned every single SH game sense the first one came out :)

[Jimbuna]

@fallenyggdrasil

Great models sir....I have just started babbling again myself after a 25 year hiatus.

@Heretic

Love the 109 cockpit.

[de vliegende hollander]

hi everone

i'm henk life in apeldoorn in the east of the netherlands
was born in rotterdam
i'm 43 years old married and have 2 sons

http://i48.tinypic.com/ngt1g7.jpg

scary :haha::har:

[JScones]

I have just started babbling again myself after a 25 year hiatus.
If your post count is anything to go by, you've been babbling for years. :O::haha:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/Me.jpg
Hi my Name is Bill I'm 71yrs old (Yup just an old Fart) Been using Sub games since Silent Service Oh way Back.Picture of me in Western Gear my other hobby,I love Country Music,and help to run a Country Club called
"The GUNFIGHTERS" hence my Subsim name.Love anything old West and American Civil War.

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2::rock:

I've always loved your 'Gunfighter' conning tower emblem, Bill, but I never pictured you as that...experienced? Mature? (I'm about to turn 60 and don't want to use the 'O' word).:sunny:

It's always cool to see what the people whose posts you've been reading actually look like. Gunfighter? You look the part.:shucks:

[Jimbuna]

hi everone

i'm henk life in apeldoorn in the east of the netherlands
was born in rotterdam
i'm 43 years old married and have 2 sons

http://i48.tinypic.com/ngt1g7.jpg

scary :haha::har:

I remember visiting your Apenheul many years back when I lived in Dordrecht....a tremendous experience :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

If your post count is anything to go by, you've been babbling for years. :O::haha:

I can't believe that typo (should have been the letter 'd') eluded me :oops:

Ya bastid :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Ya bastid :DL
You can include me in that. The only reason I didn't say anything was he beat me to it.
:rotfl2:

[Jimbuna]

You can include me in that. The only reason I didn't say anything was he beat me to it.
:rotfl2:

Tis a bloody conspiracy Neal....a bloody conspiracy a tell ya http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img134/9742/angry8se2.gif


http://www.smileygenerator.us/community/uploads/1182400429.CR.balamm-Judge.gif
Off with their heads http://imgcash5.imageshack.us/img517/4871/executedyl7.gif

Hang em high http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img517/5279/hangedxe6.gif

Flog em to death http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img144/8633/whip1ul9.gif


http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img88/595/peureux02bh4vx2.gif

[mr chris]

Well im Chris 30 years old and i currently live in Akrotiri in Cyprus.
With my wife of 4 years and my 3 year old daughter.

Have been a member here since the early SH3 days. SH3 was the first game that i ever tweaked with mods before then i was just a guy who played the game out of the box and that was that.
Boy has that changed.
Love music and sports in a big way.
Music wise i like The stone roses, Oasis, The strokes
Sports wise my 2 biggest loves are The New England Patriots and Manchester Utd.

This is me a year or so back.

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v275/9/85/572141674/n572141674_1536774_5684.jpg

[Schultzy]

or my Type VII C/41 in 1/72:
http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/13/89/56/79/ubo210.jpg


I know it's from a few pages back, but I just had to comment. That is one gorgeous bit of modelling! :up: Great job.

[Ablemaster]

Been playing SH series since the begining, bought SH5 and like many have great expectations, added 4 mods already and now is to my liking, love the graphics and expect great things here. SH5 someday will be the benchmark. I live in Portsmouth England and am 42 yrs old.

[gimpy117]

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs153.snc3/18043_1171541209752_1264650062_30418873_6039731_n. jpgthat's me in the middle there at an ugly sweater party
I'm Dylan Johnstone, AkA Gimpy117. just bought Sh5 and am currently at Western Michigan University

ps. i miss my beard

[U812]

Got it on my Birthday. Love it.

My name is Steve Neill. I've worked in special visual effects for years. I've done everything from Spock's ears to Ghost Busters. Models, creature effects and special make up effects.

I'm a avid RC Submarine modeler.

Visit my websites and Blog if you dare:

www.sneillfx.com (http://www.sneillfx.com)

www.foofightersmovie.com (http://www.foofightersmovie.com)

and

www.steveneill.wordpress.com (http://www.steveneill.wordpress.com)

That will save me a lot of typing.

Back to trying to figure out the new interface!

Steve

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l114/U-812/1-32%20VIIC/P1040893.jpg

[Heretic]

Got it on my Birthday. Love it.

My name is Steve Neill. I've worked in special visual effects for years. I've done everything from Spock's ears to Ghost Busters. Models, creature effects and special make up effects.

I'm a avid RC Submarine modeler.

Visit my websites and Blog if you dare:

www.sneillfx.com (http://www.sneillfx.com)

www.foofightersmovie.com (http://www.foofightersmovie.com)

and

www.steveneill.wordpress.com (http://www.steveneill.wordpress.com)

That will save me a lot of typing.

Back to trying to figure out the new interface!

Steve



You made Spock's ears. :o
We're not worthy.

[oscar19681]

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs153.snc3/18043_1171541209752_1264650062_30418873_6039731_n. jpgthat's me in the middle there at an ugly sweater party
I'm Dylan Johnstone, AkA Gimpy117. just bought Sh5 and am currently at Western Michigan University

ps. i miss my beard

The girl on the right. She,s Hot!

[oscar19681]

Hallo, I´m Adrian, 34 years old from Duderstadt, Germany.
I started playing submarine simultions with "Silent Service 1" on an Amstrad CPC 464, later "Silent Service 2" and "Das Boot (by threesixty) on Amiga and Aces of the deep on PC. Played all SH parts except SH IV, as I was not interested in the pacific theatre any more. By the way, I didn´t like these scripted campaigns in SH II, where I lost interest in this game in the very first mission... but didn´t care as it was a low budget edition...

One of my hobbies besides gaming is scale model building. I used to build plastic models like this (Tirpitz 1/400, Heller):

http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/13/89/56/79/tp110.jpg

or my Type VII C/41 in 1/72:
http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/13/89/56/79/ubo210.jpg


but now turned to papercard models like this (to a huge part self built) Minehunter Type 40 (1/250):

http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/13/89/56/79/sdc10213.jpg
http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/13/89/56/79/sdc10211.jpg
Besides this another hobby is drumming in a heavy metal band *g*

Much more important of course are my wife and daughter....

Right now I´m updating my Vista and video drivers to install SH V tomorrow...

This guy should do some skins for sh-5.

[Schwarzer-Erzengel]

Having a love hate relationship with V at present, but mods are like beers, and she gets better looking the more I have! Struggling with the interface tho, couple of candy things too, heard it before but missing the shiny sun:sunny: plus lack of uniform details, :arrgh!: the usual but the rate guys are working it'll be a proper job by next weekend!!
Oh well early days!! does make you wander where GWX might have taken this incarnation ...http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=197&pictureid=1382

[U812]

You made Spock's ears. :o
We're not worthy.


Oh sure your are!

Steve

[Zoomer96]

Hello There! My name is James DeWoody! Received my copy yesterday afternoon and I like what I see!!:sunny: I am mighty okay with Silent Hunter 5 and I think the game play has some really neat additions.:up: All the negative hype is ungrounded and unfounded.:down:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5341/meb4.png

[tonschk]

Hello There! My name is James DeWoody! Received my copy yesterday afternoon and I like what I see!!:sunny: I am mighty okay with Silent Hunter 5 and I think the game play has some really neat additions.:up: All the negative hype is ungrounded and unfounded.:down:



:rock: I agree , :yeah: I LOVE SH5 :up:

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8969/sh5good.png (http://img709.imageshack.us/i/sh5good.png/)
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1948/sh5awesome.png (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/sh5awesome.png/)

[EgoApocalypse]

Why am I doing this...........

Cause of all the good people here....

Im Andrew Colohan, live in Ireland with a lovley girl friend and a 11yr old daughter, Im 28 and work with the Irish defence forces, Love all military things related and fell in love with SH3 and here I am now loving SH5, Have been playing Guitar for 15 years and rock out to my band KILLING LAZARUS and dont like goverments very much.:down:

Big hello and thanks to everybody here.:yeah:

Big respect to all persons ever to serve abroad with any military and my only wish is that it was justified and for a greater good.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff92/A_COLOHAN/DSCF0006.jpg

[U-4053]

Howdy

Names Charlie ( U- 4053 ) been around awhile live in Elko NV. I'M retired so I do alot of online gaming, I also dabble in graphic art. I have all the Silent hunter games. It's pretty boring here in Hooterville, so I spend alot of time on my PC .

Charlie

[U812]

I agree with you guys. The game is great. I have them all too and I've spent a lot of time gaming. I think it's just great.

Just got my first command and I'm heading to the coast of England to do some hunting.

Good hunting Folks!

Steve

[meanstreak]

Hi all, guess it's time to properly introduce myself..
My name is Paul, 42 years of age and still single after all these years. I work in the horseracing world as a stable lad, wouldn't change it for anything. There's nothing better than galloping at 30mph or so in the early morning light.

My passions are classic American cars (have owned about 10 over the years including 2 Corvettes and 2 Plymouth Roadrunners) and music of the Heavy Metal variety.:rock:
Picked up an electric guitar to learn about 24 years ago and still can't play it.:doh:

Played all the SH series so far and originally joined these forums when SH3 came out, didn't post much, so little in fact that I had to rejoin with a new ID because I couldn't remember my old one when SH5 caught my interest.
I have bitten the bullet and out of curiosity bought a copy now even though when I move to my new place there is little to no signal for my mobile broadband and maybe no chance to play.

First impressions I had were not so favourable but I have to say due to the hard work of the modders of this community in changing the dreadful UI, I pay much respect.


http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s152/rjdioforever/MeandPurdy.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s152/rjdioforever/Vetteathome-1.jpg

[Ipecac]

Greetings seamen!

I'm Lee. I'm 33 and I live in San Francisco and I'm a Zookeeper.
I played Silent Hunter 4 and I think it was super awesome. See you out there, Yackair-loins.

[Lzs von swe]

Ok, you know me, Rikard from Norrkoping Sweden.
53 years, truckdriver. I hate snow, when I´m working..
Have played SHIII since release, U-553 is on station off the Brasilian coast. Preordered and prepaid SH 5 long time agoe. And I don´t regret it.
Enough said, thats me and some strange person. Some says he´s my son:hmmm:

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u101/vonswe/SH%205/Me.jpg

[SabreHawk]

Well, ahoy mates. Chuck here, and hailing from Seattle Wa. USA.
Gosh it's been like 3yrs since I logged onto the forum, but actually have read a great deal still but no posting as I usually can find what I need without saying a word.

I have been a fan of the silent hunter series since SH2, I also have SH3 but passed up SH4 for some reason. But SH5 brought me back big time and am really enjoying it so far.
Im an Apartment maint. Supervisor on a small 82 unit property in Shoreline Wa. which is manged by a rather BIG mgmt company. I enjoy Kayaking, flightsimming, and am big into RC flying. These days I've gone all electric with RC planes and really am not missing the old days of "wet power". Too noisy, slimey and oily.:nope: The technology has come so far now with micro electronics and lithium batteries that electric flight has finally come into it's own.
So this is me, proudly standing behind my trophy winning PT-19 at the Boeing Museum of Flight's RC expo last november. :salute:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b370/SabreHawk1/untitled-1.jpg

[Commie]

Cheers all,

Mariusz here, a Polish-Australian living now for 3 years in Romania! I'm 35 with a wife and 3 year old boy. Used to think I was some old 'freak' for still playing games(at least that's what my wife thinks), but seeing all the old timers(no disrespect as I'll be there eventually too:)) here has made feel a lot more comfortable and optimistic that I can get old 'disgracefully' and still enjoy myself:)

I've been a member of these forums in ancient times (2005) under some nick that I've forgotten as I didn't post that much. Been lurking since then to get news and mods on the SH series. Have been a PC subsimmer (and simmer in general) since the beginning of the 90's with Silent Service. Have all the SH's apart from 5 which seems to have quite the number of problems at the moment. Don't have all that much time to play these days so haven't yet experience all that even SH3 with GWX has to offer so I can wait for it to be in the bargain bin before trying it.
http://FastFreeFileHosting.com/file/34510/Picture-1585-jpg.html
http://FastFreeFileHosting.com/file/34510/Picture-1585-jpg.html

[Check Six]

Hi. My name is Steve, I'm a Security Supervisor in Sydney Australia, and I just turned 53 today. I spent most of my life working as a Technical Officer for the Royal Australian Navy, and the last few of my postings were sub-related. I was an Inspector of Naval Ordnance working at the RAN Torpedo Maintenance Establishment at the submarine base HMAS Platypus. I was supervising the assembly, disassembly, and testing of lightweight torpedos (Mk 44 and Mk 46). Lightweight torpedos are ship-launched, helo-launched, or Fixed-wing aircraft-launched anti-submarine weapons. I was also supervising the same processes on heavyweight torpedos (Mk48), which are submarine-launched anti-shipping and anti-submarine weapons.

My next posting was a weapons assessor, assessing Anti-Submarine Warfare exercises for the RAN Trials and Assessing Unit. In this posting, I learned the intricacies of prosecuting targets with modern torpedos (using sonar and search patterns to seek their targets). Very interesting job indeed.

I've played a few sub simulators, but have only just got SH5 so I've yet to form a firm opinion, except to say I don't like the DRM requirement to be connected to the internet to play. I also am addicted to a WW1 flight simulator "Over Flanders Fields: Between Heaven and Hell". Completely immersive sim.

I'm Vice-President of the Australian Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, the longest running Society of its type in the world. You can see what we are all about if you visit our website at www.ww1aero.org.au (http://www.ww1aero.org.au)

Happy hunting

[Gammelpreusse]

Well, guess I will have to introduce myself here. Name's Phil, 32, located in Frankfurt, Germany. I've been interested in Sims for the nearly all my life, starting submarine and flight sims as soon they became available like "GATO" or "The battle of Britian, Their finest hour".

I am with the SH series since SH3, which impressed me so much I got hooked, with the GWX team having a special part in this fascination. Thanks again for that, guys!

Currently I am working at a motion capture studio in Frankfurt, which gives quite a bit of insight into the gaming industry. Done work for Crytek, Epic Games, Piranha Bytes and yes, even UBI.

SH5 brought me here after already lurking for a long time. And I sincerely hope this game has a futute, as bleak as it looks now.

[Mooncatt]

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/669/bikeshow005nr0.jpg

Rob here, sat on my pride and joy

[HansLanda]

My name is Esa, I'm 36 years of age and I'm located in Finland. I have been playing all the SH series since the very first one and have liked them a lot. Although I was initially disappointed with the SHV's quality and with DRM I find myself starting to like the game more and more every day.

Especially after applying some of the great mods already available on this site. Big thanks to all the modders and other people who have been posting a lot of useful info about the game:yeah:.

I think I will even give the SHV morale system another go tonight (...if I can pass the DRM check).

[Ishmael63]

I am Keith and I received my copy yesterday. Not too happy , loved SH3 , though SH4 was okay , think that SH5 will improve once the modders get their hands on it. Is it just me or are Ubi just sending out a half baked game? Anyway enough griping. I am from Dundee and love the SH series. will look forward to reading all the comments , and asking questions.:)

[Tridente]

Hi. I'm Jose Batista and 'm here since 1995.
That's true. Do you remember old barracuda? I'm Still around and with a new user name. Reason for a change in user name - well the portuguese sub barracuda was decomissioned and we are waiting for the new flotilla, and the first is the Tridente.
Only yesterday i've received my copy (limited edition from UK) and i like the game. One thing that is annoying - where i can get a pdf from the keyboard layout? Now in the begining i need a print of that.

Tridente.

[flakmonkey]

Great thread:up:

Well my name is Tristan, im 27, from England and i honestly couldnt find a photo fit for public consumption!
Im a relative newcommer as i only discovered subsims with silent hunter 3 back in 2005.
+You`d laugh if i told you what i do for a living so im keeping quiet!

[Jimbuna]

Great thread:up:

Well my name is Tristan, im 27, from England and i honestly couldnt find a photo fit for public consumption!
Im a relative newcommer as i only discovered subsims with silent hunter 3 back in 2005.
+You`d laugh if i told you what i do for a living so im keeping quiet!

Nuclear Physicist....School Crossing Patrol....Shepherd :hmmm:

[U812]

Come on it can't be more embarrassing than working for Hollywood like I do. Have you seen their movies lately?!!!

Stev

[Seeklar]

hi folks :)
my name is peter stuart.
i'm a full time journalist/cameraman/video editor for a local tv station in belgium.
i started playing sh3 about 4 years ago, and the game was appealing from the start. a steep learning curve, which you could compensate by gradually increasing the level of realism. the high level of moddability (ubisoft should hire the people at gwx for their fine work :) , and the strong community support, make this one of the best games ever in my book.
i've known subsim also for about 4 years, visiting as a guest.
i'm a sucker for the atlantic campaigns, so sh4 is not that high on my game shelf. of course last week i got me sh5.
clearly this game should, can and will improve in the hands of modders. and i hope to be able to help by joining on these here boards :)

my sub is Seeklar, ready for sea. just don't forget to bring along torpedoes.

[Seeklar]

Hi. I'm Jose Batista and 'm here since 1995.
That's true. Do you remember old barracuda? I'm Still around and with a new user name. Reason for a change in user name - well the portuguese sub barracuda was decomissioned and we are waiting for the new flotilla, and the first is the Tridente.
Only yesterday i've received my copy (limited edition from UK) and i like the game. One thing that is annoying - where i can get a pdf from the keyboard layout? Now in the begining i need a print of that.

Tridente.

had the same problem, keyboard layout in the booklet is unreadable, and the one in the pdf that came with the disk is just as bad. you'll find a decent layout at the ubisoft-site though. you could try to save that one on your hd and print it out.

[capthelm]

Come on it can't be more embarrassing than working for Hollywood like I do. Have you seen their movies lately?!!!

Stev

great writers and directors are dying off.


i agree most of the movies are crap today. :down:

[capthelm]

Why am I doing this...........

Cause of all the good people here....

Im Andrew Colohan, live in Ireland with a lovley girl friend and a 11yr old daughter, Im 28 and work with the Irish defence forces, Love all military things related and fell in love with SH3 and here I am now loving SH5, Have been playing Guitar for 15 years and rock out to my band KILLING LAZARUS and dont like goverments very much.:down:

Big hello and thanks to everybody here.:yeah:

Big respect to all persons ever to serve abroad with any military and my only wish is that it was justified and for a greater good.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff92/A_COLOHAN/DSCF0006.jpg


axe player too great!, good to see hear other musicians :rock:

check out my music demos all my own instrumentals played/ produced by me. :yeah: i enjoy playing the mellow melodic tones on my SG. but i do thrash the strings a little,.. from time to time.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ContributorID=30281602

[U-46 Commander]

Hello everyone,

I'm 20 years old, live in a small country town of Burt, Iowa. Redneck Country. I currently work at the local lumberyard as a yardman/delivery. For my hobbies I enjoy building computers, shooting my guns, playing computer simulations and Civil War Re-enacting. My First simulation was Janes WWII fighters.

Nathaniel Dirksen

[man of iron]

:yeah:I am 60 years old and have worked my way through all the subsims.This is the bestso far.But what makes all of them better is the great work the modders do.I am always amazed how quick you are to make the game better.

[Cpt Haddock]

Time to get on board again, and as Man of Iron so rightly says the Modders make it, with out them we would be scuppered.

Really enjoying the sim, trying the new mods and improvemnts out, was one of the ones stuck on the fence over DRM, but re-ordered and havent regreted a penny of it.

Top work Neal you legend.:yeah:

[man of iron]

My name is Bill .I don't like the on line stuff either.But so far no problem.

[nycoroner05]

Been into Sub Sims since the old Dos days with Silent Steel and 688 Attack Sub then Silent Hunter came out and that was great. Still have it and play it from time to time. Have all the SH series. Big in FPS like Unreal Tournment.

Native Ca now living in upstate NY. Former US Marine assigned to security for the USS Los Angeles. That was cool...

Glad to be a part of a great site.

[haz]

dont have sh5.maybe later still getting over mfs-x using as a coffee coaster at moment.anyways name is Kyle live in very small town in ne south dakota.am paralised waist down.have 1 daughter in college.one in high school.forced retired diesel mechanic:damn: see above.served in coast guard.mostly air sea rescue as idiot who jumped out of good choppers to rescue people.left as cpo 1st.major ww2 history buff.getting old 48.major archery person,in wheel chair so teach instead of hunt.mostly served in alaska and washington state.a while pullling navy pilots out of drink from miramar..lol that was always fun.love reading forums here.sh1-sh4.

[McBeck]

Hi there

Been here for more years than I can count.

My real name is Jonathan, but Neal calls me Jon.
Im 35 years old and live i Copenhagen Denmark.

Subs been a pleasure of mine since my dad made me watch "Das Boot" when I was 14.

Im proud to call Neal and Peter my friends......Peter is the guy in Denmark who build hi own submarines...and now his own rocket into space!
That man is always an insperation to be around...

Heres a pic of the Nautilus and his latest rocket:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3986403097_cfaf89ba3c.jpg

http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/gfx/HEAT1X-test01.jpg

Video of the latest test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FUPMfamZU&feature=player_embedded


Visit his rocket project website:
http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/

What great fun!!!:salute:

[capthelm]

Hi there

Been here for more years than I can count.

My real name is Jonathan, but Neal calls me Jon.
Im 35 years old and live i Copenhagen Denmark.

Subs been a pleasure of mine since my dad made me watch "Das Boot" when I was 14.

Im proud to call Neal and Peter my friends......Peter is the guy in Denmark who build hi own submarines...and now his own rocket into space!
That man is always an insperation to be around...

Heres a pic of the Nautilus and his latest rocket:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3986403097_cfaf89ba3c.jpg

http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/gfx/HEAT1X-test01.jpg

Video of the latest test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FUPMfamZU&feature=player_embedded


Visit his rocket project website:
http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/

What great fun!!!:salute:

builds his own subs wtf? :rock: , now thats taking sh5 to a whole new level.

amazing ..

[Sailor Steve]

builds his own subs wtf? :rock: , now thats taking sh5 to a whole new level.

amazing ..
That was a big part of the Copenhage Subsim meet last September. They all got to go for a ride and took pictures and videos and...

Did you not read the forums that month?

[Kretschmer the IV]

Hey guys,

i am quite fresh to subsim, so i just say something about me.

Born Croatian i live in Germany for 13 years. I am working at an antivirus company. My hobbies are simming (of course), reading books about uboats, outdoor trips and good movies.

Im playing sims since ace of aces on C64 ;)

Thats me on the AERO in Friedrichshafen (very cool, there was an B25 and a Me109)

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2641/61/38/1493117250/n1493117250_30299648_139104.jpg

And thats me on an outdoor trips in the Allgäuer Alps

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v334/61/38/1493117250/n1493117250_30035974_421.jpg

[robbo180265]

Hi,

Well SH5 has dropped to £22 on Amazon UK so I thought I'd take the plunge and get it. The difference I've donated to Subsim :DL

Real name: Adin Roberts , I live just outside Brighton in the UK.

Haven't been a regular at Subsim for a while (R/L issues) That said I'm back now Mwahahaha.

Thats me on the right of the photo

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w181/robbo180265/sub.jpg

[CAPTAINQUINN]

good day.
my name is ian.
i live in new hampshire. i am a fan of series land rovers, electric guitars and filmaking.
i have been playing guitar for about 30 years and still suck.
my next film project is a sub film.
i am experimenting with blue and green screening live actors into pc based video games.
i am a big fan of the sh series games.
i have put off my project until the release of sh5. unfortunately im having some issues with the program. boo hoo.
i might have to revert back to sh3 and sh4.
i am a computer idiot and will undoubtedly be asking for some help along the way.
thats my story and in sticking to it.
im glad to be on board.
cheers.
ian

[Brewtality]

I'm Thomas from Norway. 31 years old, a carpenter by trade, but currently back in school to become a teacher (5-10th grade teacher)
I am also a part-time rocker, singer in a locally acclaimed Heavy Metal band, a full time father and I am married to the girl of my dreams (shh don't tell her that I said that...)

I've been hanging around these forums for a while, but not so much when I'm not currently playing a Silent Hunter game. SHIII + GWX + SH3 commander and a few more mods is my all time sub-favorite game, but I currently feel that Silent Hunter V can become huge with a few official fixes and a few fan made mods. A diamond in the rough for me, something I felt completely absent in Silent Hunter IV apart from the great graphics.

A pic of me, small but big enough...
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v22943/612/16/n563430922_9319.jpg

Stay Heavy folks, and see you around! :rock:

[Mazze]

Hi! My name is Mats and i am 46 years old and living in Sweden. I was a member of subsim long time ago, joined first time when Silent hunter 2 and Destroyer Command was released, i think it was. (loved them games in multi-player) But disapeared after a year or 2. But now im back and looking forward to play this new game and be a part of your community. :yeah:

[Penguin]

Ahoy,
my name is Steve, my physical age is 37, my mental depends - don't ask my girl! :O:
I live in Düsseldorf, Germany - within torpedo range of Ubisoft Germany. No assault request, please! :arrgh!:
I've been playing computer games since the age of the VIC 20, my first subsim was Silent Service on the C64 - the first sim which really got me.
I came back to subsimming (is this a word? - I guess here it is) through SH3 which was quite a difference to SilSer and it woke a deep interest for u-boats in me.
I've always been interested in history, especially WW2, however not particulary in U-boats. SH3 changed that, so in addition to the price of the game came a s-load of time and money on books and of course an immense amount of time playing it.
I work as a broadcast technician for TV. Besides I read anything I get my hands on, love loud music and "I don't like govenments very much" - thanks for the qoute, EgoApocalypse.
Oh, and I am eagerly aticipating SH5 -the second Ubi removes their ridicolous DRM -> bought!

[EgoApocalypse]

axe player too great!, good to see hear other musicians :rock:

check out my music demos all my own instrumentals played/ produced by me. :yeah: i enjoy playing the mellow melodic tones on my SG. but i do thrash the strings a little,.. from time to time.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ContributorID=30281602

Cool stuff...............White SG nice, Got a Wine one myself.

Nice syths, sample and vibes.

Ego,

[jimimadrid]

I live in Düsseldorf

Hey Penguin, i'm missing here in Augsburg the Altbier and the Stuten. :dead:

[Penguin]

Hey Penguin, i'm missing here in Augsburg the Altbier and the Stuten. :dead:

haha, I could send you a care-package with some Uerige´s! :DL
Cheers to Augsburg!

[Task Force]

Im sure most everyone knows me... I have SH5, just waiting for it to mature...

Well... what to say... I started with subgames along time ago, with Silent service 2 on the supernintendo... Also have been into flight sims (started with FS 98 if I recall. Went on to Picific fighters, then To Il2. I also like strategy games, mainly play Hearts of Iron 2, and the Total war series Err... not much else I guess the ocationaly the FPS...

[Sledgehammer427]

well, Since I got the game, I guess I'll chip in :D

I'm Owen, 19 years old and I come from a mill town in north-western Illinois, actually, the only reason we are anything bigger than a village, is because of the mill (Northwestern Steel and Wire) But since that closed down...everyone's just kinda living here now. I'm kind of the leader of the "sub club" around here, being the most knowledgeable in submarines among my friends, and somehow, I have owned every Silent Hunter ever made....I know. I play the occasional tanksim, but my tactical expertise barely goes past convoy attacks so in tank games it gets a little awkward. I am still an avid flightsimmer, and I wanna get my license, so I can buy a plane and start earning money flying people everywhere.
Of course, I have nothing better to do since my girlfriend is in Finland on foreign exchange, there's a long story there. (So, Dowly, if you ever come across a crazy american girl, run for your life, she might just be mine:D)

I stumbled across SUBSIM trying to find a fix to my complaints about something in stock SHIII, and I've been kinda stuck here ever since. I am honored to be a moderator here, and now, a relatively long-time member. :|\\

[Captain_AJ]

Hello all simmers , Iam art .. I am a insurance agent and a motorcycle rider , I have been around the world a few times .. I started playing sh3 and than moved into sh4 .. I have always been facinated with WW2 history , Also I have been in the fourm paying close attention to keltos modding of sh4 ,, Recently a travisty occured in my life I have lost my computer and home amoungest other things ,, however life has taken a turnaround and I am getting a few things back again , the very first thing I did before ordering a new computer. I ordered sh4 and sh5 and also il2 1946.I ordered those threw here on subsim,, subsim has been the most imformative data base for me on all the subjects of subsimming . I have been using the handle of kimura ijn ,, Kimura was also used in relation to cfs2 , sisnce I was a virtual pilot for the 68 sentai ....http://68sentai.tripod.com/.. we were a group of pilots that fought against virtual enemeies . we had a group of crazy guys from japan that were also apart of this group . I have also flew in il2 as the 244 sentai ..however many hours of virtual flying and my age makes the little dots in the distance seem way to small .. and thats when I started sailing in the u-boat of sh3 .. I seem to have alot of times drinking vodka and getting smashed while sitting at my computer desk while the ship was still sailing the next day . I used real time and sometimes slept at my computer .. while the morning was wnning and my head was still spinning from the last nites drink . I learned to speak japanese while flying .. this was a total imersion factor ,, so I am still wishing to fly once in awile and once a while sail in a long drawn out campaign in sh5 ,, I went down alot in sh3 and sh4 in the higher settings .. one campaign that I will never forget is I was tracking a convoy the weather was foggy I than surfaced and behold a frieghter was just left of my bow bearing down on me fast I crashed dived only to get hit . than a corvette kept slammimg me I sank

I am now 48 old I live in NC and but always have had fun playing sims I notice alot of simmers listen to metal .. well I do as well dimu borgir is one my favorites

Art (kimuraIJN)

[Phantom453]

Hi All,
My name is Paul, 45 y/o and I live in Adelaide South Australia ... and a one-eyed Adelaide Crows fan (the other Aussies will know what I’m talking about there).
I also enjoy downhill skiing, jet skiing, volleyball and a bit of military history on the side with a focus on armoured warfare (mostly WWII) and submarine warfare (of course). On the computing side I’ve being playing since I bought a C64 – mostly flight, sub and armoured sims – the more detailed the better (love Black Shark at the moment). I also like the more detailed war games – panzer/ modern campaigns, Hearts of Iron etc. The very occasional shooter too.
As this is my first post, I’d just like to acknowledge all the really helpful people in this community who give of their time, knowledge and experience to help others. In particular, those who sort out the technical problems and, of course, the modders – well done and thanks to you all.

[jimimadrid]

Hi All,
My name is Paul, 45 y/o and I live in Adelaide South Australia ... and a one-eyed Adelaide Crows fan (the other Aussies will know what I’m talking about there).
I also enjoy downhill skiing, jet skiing, volleyball and a bit of military history on the side with a focus on armoured warfare (mostly WWII) and submarine warfare (of course). On the computing side I’ve being playing since I bought a C64 – mostly flight, sub and armoured sims – the more detailed the better (love Black Shark at the moment). I also like the more detailed war games – panzer/ modern campaigns, Hearts of Iron etc. The very occasional shooter too.
As this is my first post, I’d just like to acknowledge all the really helpful people in this community who give of their time, knowledge and experience to help others. In particular, those who sort out the technical problems and, of course, the modders – well done and thanks to you all.


Hi Phamtom,

White letters and a bigger Font would help my old eyes to read your post better.:salute:

[jwilliams]

Hi all,

I've been looking forward to getting SH5, even though I've heard alot of negative things. Been playing SH5 all day today and can say that its better than I was led to beleive. Still needs alot of work tho. Hopefully the Devs release some good patches that fix most of the bugs and missing content. :yep:
Hopefully SH5 can be turned into SH3 GWX, with that bautiful graphics engine. thats what im hoping for anyhow.

I've always been into simultion games. mostly Formula one and flight sims. Then in 1990 i discovered Silent Service II and was instantly hook on subsims.
I have been playing Silent Hunter 3 for the last 5 or so years. I've never managed to complete it. Usualy end up getting killed. Damn that GWX team. :O:

Good Hunting.

J.Williams :salute:

[Pumbator]

Hi, everybody.

Well, I'm Silent Hunter fan for a couple years now. I got SHIII by an accident, just stepped into it while searching for another game. I remembered that my grandfather used to play SHI or SHII when I was young, so I had to give it a try :)

As for now, of course bought SHV as soon as it was available in Poland. A little bit dissapointed I am, but still I am sure Ubisoft won't leave us crying, and modders will do the glorious job of making it a simulator again (I want to start modding it myself). And that would be it. :)

Cheers and good hunting!

[BadX-Man]

My name is Johnny,i´m 46y/o and i live in Sweden.
My introduction to subsims was Silent Service on Nintendo NES,I played multiplayer with a friend of mine.(Meaning both of us sitting in front of the tv discussing an upcoming problem on the horizon :))
I got my first PC 1997,playing mostly Silent Hunter,Red Alert and Myst on that machine with a 15" CRT...now i´m playing SH5 on a 26" LCD,so things have improved a bit in 13 years :D.

I would also like to send a big Thank you to all the sharp brains out there,that dig deep and modify the gamefiles to improve our journey on and under the sea.:up:

[Yanknhimer]

Ahoy
My name is Yank and I am 64 y/o and reside in Pennsylvania [U.S.A] I do not have a picture to post at present, I am a new member here. I am a retired police officer and a vet [Marine Force Recon 1] served 6 yrs w/2 tours in Nam and a avid gamer and like ride motor cycles.

I have been playing games cense MSCFS2 and enjoy the SH series games, I am getting the SHV for sure.

Yanknheimer

[Reaves]

Got it from Steam.

[Jimbuna]

Ahoy
My name is Yank and I am 64 y/o and reside in Pennsylvania [U.S.A] I do not have a picture to post at present, I am a new member here. I am a retired police officer and a vet [Marine Force Recon 1] served 6 yrs w/2 tours in Nam and a avid gamer and like ride motor cycles.

I have been playing games cense MSCFS2 and enjoy the SH series games, I am getting the SHV for sure.

Yanknheimer

Welcome aboard matey http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Erik the Black]

Yar.

Long time lurker, silent appreciator of the game-saving magicians that make my entertainment worth the money I spent on it. Without you guys, I would never have stood in my living room in front of my big screen TV (I play on an Alienware laptop with HDMI), in my boxers and a white captain's hat, a bottle of Jager in one hand, and binoculars in the other, humming Westerwald and yelling at Bernard, with the sounds of sea spray and diesel engines shaking the pictures off my wall through a 1000W surround sound home theater system.

I am also a technical/deep wreck diver who has a special place in his heart for shipwreck archeology. Not only have I stood watch on the bridge, walked between the diesels, manned the deck gun, and crammed myself into the torpedo tubes of a half a dozen U-boats, I've also seen "ship caustic effects" on a T3 tanker - up close and personal.

http://www.theblacksheep.org/gallery/penetration2.jpg

Neat little hole my ass!

If you have any questions about shipwrecks, feel free to ask. More than likely I've touched it, most especially if it is in the Outer Banks.

[clwydian]

Hi, motorcycling psychiatrist from Wales likes simulations that involve torpedo shapes (oo-er missus!). Played silent service II years ago and seawolf - just bought SH5 on impulse, had to buy a new pc to run it, then a video card-- but its going now :) cant wait for them to finish it lol.

Carl
@clwydian on twitter

[WolfgangKurtz]

Hi My name is Andy. Wolfgang or Wolf in game. I have been a Silent hunter gamer since the begining. Just love Sim games. Am Heavily into Flight Sims as well Work with Her Majesties Coastguard and live on the East Coast in Norfolk (No Jokes about tractors Please)
I must admit I am a little dissapointed with the new game and it needs a lot of work done on it but i know the brave band of Modders who work tirelessly without pay to make this game playable and enjoyable.
Think that Ubisoft should hire these guys and pay them for all their hard work
Wolf

[conus00]

Hi,
conus00 reporting!
My name is Libor, 36-years-old born and raised in former Czechoslovakia. Moved to the USA when I was 25 and still living here. Recently resident of Ohio but planning on moving to Tampa, FL at the end of May.

Graphic designer by trade but have been recently making living by officiating ice-hockey.
Big hobbies are playing games and building models of submarines.

I was dead set on NOT buying SHV but I got my hands on copy for $16 so I couldn't pass. Got it mostly for modding though.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/DSC01843.jpg

[U812]

What king of model Submarines? I build them too. Radio controlled.

Welcome aboard.

I have been playing the game off and on all week and I haven't had many problems at all and the game runs smooth.


conus00 visit my web site and take a look at my subs.

www.sneillfx.com (http://www.sneillfx.com)

Enjoy,

Steve AKA in game: U812

[Madox58]

I'm Privateer online.
My real name is Jeff and I'm 52 years young.
I ride the best Motorcycles on Earth.
Triumph!
:yeah:
Served with the 82nd Airborne in the '80s
I've had the Silent Hunter series from day 1.
I can't play Version 5 yet,
but I can dabble in the files!
That's what I'm good at.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/100_0277.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Triumph?

Get a Norton, man!
:rotfl2:

[Madox58]

Hey! Hey!
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/findingnemocrab.jpg

[She-Wolf]

Gosh, will anyone bother to read this far? Hello y'all. You will guess ( I hope) from my screen name that I am a lady - not many of us on here, but don't get too interested young fellas - I am no calendar girl, and probably old enough to be a grannie for a good few of you. I live in a beautiful part of Hampshire England, looking over the Downs; very blessed in that respect. I have SH2,3, 4 and now 5. The two games I most played on Amigas were a sub-sim whose name I have forgotten, and the space game Elite (I still play Egosoft's X-series space games ) and that subsim got me hooked, because, although the graphics were basic, you still got that tension as you heard the ship passing overhead..

I am a computer geek. Been interested in them since Speccy days and have for many years built and fixed PC's first as a business, then as a hobby. There was great satisfaction in reclaiming a machine from the local tip, getting it up and working and giving it to a needy person who could not afford to buy. Nowadays folks mostly want laptops, so though I still fix 'em when folks have a problem, I no longer keep a stock of monitors, parts and computers in the bedroom. At one time we had so many it was like Houston Space Control Centre up there.

My Avatar is Maisie, our dog, sadly lost to cancer 18 months ago.

Although I have been on here for some time now, and have all these games, I think I will always be a beginner, a cabin boy - but I have fun, and that is what it is all about :):rotfl2:

[Flopper]

Gosh, will anyone bother to read this far?

Indeed, we will. I've got the threads sorted last to first, so yours is right up on top for me... well until I hit "submit reply" I guess. :DL

[Front Runner]

Front Runner here. Long time simmer. Been playing subsim since C64 days.
SH3, SH4 and now SH5.
Served on USS Tusk SS426 1969.
My pic is aboard the cruiser down in SW FLA. It was cold that day, full foulies and 40 degrees F. Brrrrr.

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t81/Front_Runner_SS426/FrontRunner.jpg

[pythos]

Pythos reporting for duty.

I am an odd one. I am a goth, and the pic says it all.

Don't judge a book by its cover. Like my name my look here is only for show.

I am quite Boring actually. But I love Submarines, and Aircraft. I am a commercial pilot, instrument rated, working on the CFI. I am also an A&P.

Airplanes are my life, but I also love music, and find beauty in those things most do not (accept for violent images for the most part, no beauty in that to me).



I have been playing subsims since Silent Service on my Tandy 1000EX. I dropped out for a bit until Silent Hunter 2

One of my top ten favorite films is DAs Boot, followed closely by 20,000 leagues under the sea. Hunt for Red October is also up there.

I am a heavy metal fan that also likes Japanese visual kei, and Symphonic Metal is my fave style of music.

I am also a beginning musician and learning guitar, with ambitions to form a symphonic metal band with Visual Kei style.

Before anyone asks, NO I DO NOT WORSHIP THE DEVIL. Forget all the media has said about Goths after Columbine. That was a load of crap.

LOL.

Since I mentioned my guitar playing, a friend thought it would be cool to post a pic she photoshoped of me with my axe. I rather like it.

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs468.ash1/25684_1221995149271_1210737866_30516063_1621469_n. jpgSo here it is. For those that may know, yes that is a Jeune Fille X.

[Schultz]

Hello folks , my name is Popescu Pompiliu Ion, I'm 17, I live in Romania in a town named Rosiorii de Vede , that is 100 km far from Bucharest.
I have been playing PC games since I was little, very little, my father had a very old PC , he didn't knew how to use it , it was one of those with MS-DOS,but my first good PC was bought in 2003 and the first games played were GTA:Vice City and Vietnam. :haha:
I like to read a lot, I'm very interested in PC games and also in history , most of it is WW 2, especially subs :D, and I listen to classic music.
I don't have a job, i'm at high school.
Here are some pictures with me, the first is me in the school uniform and the second is me visiting London, , on Baker Street , at Sherlock Holmes Museum, the third is me with Bush(at Madam Tussaud's), the 4th is me at Windsor castle with my bodyguards :haha:,.Friday I will be going on a 7 day excursion to Tunisia with my father.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5702/dscf7853h.jpg
http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/7383/p1010530.jpghttp://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8738/p1010442b.jpg

[macstu23]

Ahoy shipmates. I'm an old Silent Hunter player and modder making a return to the Subsim forums after a long absence. My last log-in on this forum was back in 2007, so here I am again, happy to be back and thankyou Neal for helping me recover my account.

I started off Subsimming way back in the day with Silent Hunter 2. I quickly moved on to Silent Hunter 3 when that was released, and ever since have been playing that with the excellent GWX expansion, which used some of the aircraft skins I created for SH3. I gave Silent Hunter 4 a complete miss since my PC at the time wouldn't have been able to run the game anyway.

So now I'm back with a bigger, beefier PC and a copy of Silent Hunter 5, which I'm hopeful can become a great game with a bit of tweaking and modding. I will admit I've have been having a few initial difficulties with SH5 (Only acquired it two days ago and haven't yet got out of the Kiel Canal) but those worries belong in a different thread.

I've always been a fan of the tactical/strategy war game, particularly those with a naval setting. I've been a dedicated Combat Flight Simmer in the past and for a long time also been addicted to the 'Total War' series of games, especially Empire and Napoleon which I've been playing rather a lot of lately.

Great to be back and I look forward to seeing what the community can turn SH5 into. If anything like the amount of work and expertise goes into modding SH5 that went into GWX, then it definitely has the potential to be amazing.

[subdragoon]

Hello all,

I am new to this community and hope to make some contributions along with the fabulous modders here on subsim.com. I'm 25 and a commercial pilot living in the Chicago area. On the side I am a dub and reggae musician and producer (Dub Dragoon dub system - thought SUBdragoon would be a good name for this place :03:). I'm an active member in the IL2-1946 communities over at AllAircraftArcade and SAS1946 and do simartwork (skins, screenshots, and videos). I also do sountracks and scores to be used with sim films. I'm a WW2-fanatic and find a good way to see it is through a good sim like IL2 or SH, especially with the great modders that contribute to these games. Flying is my main cup-of-tea and my life, but I've always thought if I wasn't a pilot, I'd be a submarine commander.

I've played SH3 for about 5 years, took some time off, and with a recent visit to see the U-505 in Chicago (only Type IXc existing in world), I've regained interest in the series. I recently got a copy of SH5, and like everyone else, I'm a little disappointed, but know that communities like these can do a lot to fix the screwups of a bad release. So far, the mods are doing wonders to improve this one. :rock:

I hope to contribute what I can and am happy to be here.

Cheers,

Jason, the sub dragoon :arrgh!:

[Ktl_KUrtz]

Hi to all my Budd's from III and to all the new guys and gals here in V!:up:
KUrtz

[rogue41]

Hi my name is Ian im 45 years old live in Nottingham England .I drive a heavy goods truck for a local builders merchant been their 25 years .Play il2 sturmovik company of heroes and sh5 of course .hello to all u other sims players :up:

[Cass Torr]

Hi all, I'm Cass Torr,I'm 28 Years Old, I'm from Argentina and I'm a Biology student. I've been playing SH3 since 2007, I'be played SH4, IL2-Sturmovich and now, I'm getting to know SH5. Nice to meet you all!

[Buddahaid]

Hi all.
Little fun I had in China a few years back performing for a euroamerican arts fest.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/DCP_2743.jpg

Just a pose for the camera. It was hard to get the guy to stop smiling. :D


I work as a Clinical Engineer for a health system and am also a semi-serious musician in my spare time playing drums for a celtic-rock band called Avalon Rising mainly. www.flowinglass.com

Here's my pet car.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/DCP_1846.jpg

Other interests are balsa models and subsims of course. Oh, and I reside in San Rafael, CA and have had close association with Mare Island all my life, ergo the love of the boats.

Cheers

[U812]

I think you might have my old Spitfire. Sure looks like it. I'm originally from the SF. I got mine when I was 18. It was a 67 BRG. But I had the 69 bumper put on it. Wish I had never sold it. That and my 64 Alpa Veloce.

This is my current pet and unlike Spite Fire always runs but lacks the smell ad luster of a Brit Sports car. Those were the days. Watching re-runs of the Prisoner and driving fast my Spite. You lucky dog.

BT spent 90 % of my time in your town in those days. My dad lived over there when he worked at Mare Island. He was an engineer and worked on the subs.

Damn nice car. Makes me drool!

U812

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l114/U-812/misc/netuf8.jpg

[Buddahaid]

I think you might have my old Spitfire. Sure looks like it. I'm originally from the SF. I got mine when I was 18. It was a 67 BRG. But I had the 69 bumper put on it. Wish I had never sold it. That and my 64 Alpa Veloce.

This is my current pet and unlike Spite Fire always runs but lacks the smell ad luster of a Brit Sports car. Those were the days. Watching re-runs of the Prisoner and driving fast my Spite. You lucky dog.

BT spent 90 % of my time in your town in those days. My dad lived over there when he worked at Mare Island. He was an engineer and worked on the subs.

Damn nice car. Makes me drool!

U812



Dad worked for electronics shop 67 servicing the radar, sonar and scopes as well I think, mainly for the polaris subs. In any case, I have family roots that go back nearly to Admiral Farragut's time as base commander. I watched the SSBN Vallejo and SSBN Kamehameha launches. I also had a ships plaque for the SSN Scorpion for awhile. Gave it back after the accident for a family member of the lost crew.

Anyway the Spitfire is a '65 that used to be white when new, however it was imported to SF when new.

[U812]

Then our Dads might have known each other. My dad worked there up to 64 but was killed in a car accident on the way to work. His name was Tom Neill. He was vice president of Hornbine Engineering. He use to take me out there and I can still see in my mind the line up of Fleet boats in moth balls.

Small world. His house was in Teralinda.

Steve

[Buddahaid]

Sorry to hear about your Dad. That must have been on Hwy 37 well before the median wall was put up. I'll ask Dad if he remembers, but he's pretty old these days and his memory isn't to good. And yes! The great big pile of about forty fleet boats was cool. Wish it was still there now.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0830003.jpg

Scott

[zinosumatra]

I preordered SH5 :up:, then joined the resistance and canceled the preorder :down:, then bought SH5 the day it was released :up:. The difference between a naysayer and a concerned customer is actually dropping the $50. The developers deserve support - no money, no honey.

Name: Aaron
SSN: ***-**-****
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Revolutions: 33
Occupation: Yelling at people, but only in mime
Hobbies: Playing with chaos

http://www.thelimerickgroup.com/amc.jpg

[KiwiVenge]

Ordered up Sh5 today after waiting to see how things were going with it for a bit.

Name: Chris
Age: 46
Location: Whangarei, New Zealand. Born in Canada moved to NZ in 2001
Occupation: Department of Corrections, Community Probation and Psychological Services.

Was in at the ground floor of SH3, skipped sh4 (was lost in the lands of an MMO) and now back for SH5. Played some SH2 or 1 (not sure) on a buddies PC way back when. Carpenter by trade but gave it up to get into my new career. Still love building but needed a change.
Main hobby would of been travelling, but that got knocked on the head a bit when I got married then a few years later a son. Happily working and living the good life in New Zealand with my wife and son :)

Photo of me my wife took. My reaction is in regards to her pointing the camera at me, she decided to make a Xmas greeting from it ...
Was the only one I had of me on photobucket.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/KiwiVenge/MerryXmas.jpg

Hope people see the humour and not take offence. Will remove if deemed in bad taste for this thread.

[U812]

Yep at the bridge. Foggy, raining and a drunk driver being chased by the HPs. I was 13.

Please ask him. You never know. I have had a hard time locating any of my Dads old friends.

Seeing all those old boats is a great memory. Even then I wanted a big model I could radio control. Now I have a bunch including a Gato.

Steve

[Sabre]

Kiwi that's a great Xmas card!:DL

Anyways.. even though I've been a member here since 02 I spend most of my time lurking. Subsim is the best place to look for info on any and all naval warfare games/sims. I think we can all agree on that :up:

First joined here when SH2 was on the horizon and lots of folks were worked up over at Wolfpack League. I was in 6th Flot Hundius there. Oh the hours we spent trying to get that to work good...after the MP patch was released.

Ex RCN stoker here (8 years) Victoria. Currently live in Edmonton,Alberta...for about 21 years now.. GO OILERS! I think I saw someone post that earlier..hehe

FedEx guy Extrordinair (ground Ops) 21 years, all in YEGA
51 years old as of last monday (March 22)

Oh, and here's a pic of me and "the wife".. 14 yr old Senegal parrot who thinks she runs the show:
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr356/porkibus/Photo2.jpg

All good sailors should have a parrot say what?

[Able72]

Hello Hello, I've been gaming since as long as I can remember.

My first sub game was sub hunt, on the intellivision.

I play all kinds of games, but particularly enjoy sims. WWII Combat Flight sims (IL-2 and the like), WWII Sub sims (SH3,4,and now 5), and a few racing sims/games (more game than sim).

I have my own website devoted to gaming. You can check it out here:

http://www.theblackfedora.com (http://www.theblackfedora.com/)

I'm always looking for contributing authors so if you would like to write and get published on the web, shoot me an email at webmaster@theblackfedora.com

If your interested in IL-2 you can join me over at II/JG-53 squad here:

http://www.freewebs.com/jagdgeschwader53/

Now if only I could figure out how to change my login name here. . . .

[TheBlobThing]

Magnus from Denmark here. I study history at Copenhagen University.

I'm 26 years old and live with my girlfriend in Copenhagen. Currently looking for a job to supplement my grant.

Got introduced to subsimming by SH3. Been playing computer games for as long as I can remember. My earliest gaming memory is of my father showing me an edutainment game he got me from one of his business trips to Germany called "Kinderkomp" on 5.25" floppy disks. This was on his old 8086 with 16 colours :D

Have had a computer ever since. My favourite games series is the Total War series. Played them all except for Medieval: Total War. Also play FPS'es to get my adrenaline fix.

I love hard rock classics, Stones, Motorhead, AC/DC and new and old punk rock and hardcore punk music. Even played in an (admittedly pretty bad) punk band which toured Europe several times.

I'm pretty active at the Total War community TW Center too (under the same name) but I've never experienced a community such as Subsim. The percentage of really nice, helpful and mature people here is higher than I've seen on any other forum. :salute:

[Surfrider]

Hi.I'm 43 years old/young man from Finland.I'm still single, so maybe a woman who like to play lan games,would introduce her self :salute:.Okay no jokes.I play mostly allkind off simulators,but sometimes rps,like Gothic 3 is my long time project,5 month of playing and still lot of quest to to.I'm driving good old Chevy van 350cid in my everyday driving's,i say to pollution :rock:.I've got a cat,it likes to lying front of me in my keyboard when i'm in computer

[Onkel Neal]

I preordered SH5 :up:, then joined the resistance and canceled the preorder :down:, then bought SH5 the day it was released :up:. The difference between a naysayer and a concerned customer is actually dropping the $50. The developers deserve support - no money, no honey.

Name: Aaron
SSN: ***-**-****
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Revolutions: 33
Occupation: Yelling at people, but only in mime
Hobbies: Playing with chaos

http://www.thelimerickgroup.com/amc.jpg


:haha: :sign_yeah:



Kiwi that's a great Xmas card!:DL

Anyways.. even though I've been a member here since 02 I spend most of my time lurking. Subsim is the best place to look for info on any and all naval warfare games/sims. I think we can all agree on that :up:

First joined here when SH2 was on the horizon and lots of folks were worked up over at Wolfpack League. I was in 6th Flot Hundius there. Oh the hours we spent trying to get that to work good...after the MP patch was released.

Ex RCN stoker here (8 years) Victoria. Currently live in Edmonton,Alberta...for about 21 years now.. GO OILERS! I think I saw someone post that earlier..hehe

FedEx guy Extrordinair (ground Ops) 21 years, all in YEGA
51 years old as of last monday (March 22)

Oh, and here's a pic of me and "the wife".. 14 yr old Senegal parrot who thinks she runs the show:
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr356/porkibus/Photo2.jpg

All good sailors should have a parrot say what?



welcome aboard, Sabre!

[McHub532]

My name is: Carl
Age: 40 yrs
Hometown: Smalltown Michigan
Currently Living: Gilbert, Arizona (2 months)
Profession: Drinking Water Plant Operator

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2740/4466727332_1573b2817a_o.jpg

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Resume:
Lake Superior State University, Michigan
Associates degree Water Quality Technology
Associates degree Natural Resources Technology
1992-1996
United States Air Force
Sheppard AFB, Texas (1 1/2 years)
Spangdahlem AB, Bitburg AB, Germany (3 years)
1996-1999
Small town Michigan Water Treatment Plant
2000-2007
Big city Michigan Water Treatment Plant
2008-late 2009
Baghdad, Iraq (civilian contractor work: profession related)
2010-Present
Big city Arizona Water Treatment Plant
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Political Views: Extreme Conservative
Religious Views: 100% sold out to Jesus
Family: 1 wife (married 12 years), 1 daughter (11 years)
Vehicles: 1 minivan, 1 Kia Spectra

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Simulator History:
1992 F-16 Fighting Falcon 2.0
1993 F-16 Fighting Falcon 3.0 (memory hazy on dates)
F-15 Strike Eagle
A-10 Tank Killer
Several Helicopter (military and civilian) simulator
2008 Silent Hunter 3
Silent Hunter 4 - Trigger Maru Overhauled
2010 Silent Hunter 5 (just ordered it today)
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/3101324121_7c6ec15438_o.jpg

[Hanomag]

Welcome Aboard New Kaluens.... and good to see the old ones again. :up:

[ottoramsaig]

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww277/BLEDSOE_album/HOTASHELL.jpgMissed alot being deployed. Came back to a virtual war going on at the UBI forum. Completed SH2,3,4 and just purchased V. Lot of complaining but I figure we will sort it out soon............Glad to be back.

[McHub532]

Missed alot being deployed. Came back to a virtual war going on at the UBI forum. Completed SH2,3,4 and just purchased V. Lot of complaining but I figure we will sort it out soon............Glad to be back.

Welcome back!
Oh no! Behind you is the base of one of those horrid T-Walls.
I was hoping never to see another one of those. heh.

I was at Camp Cropper, Baghdad for 1 1/2 years. Where were you at over there?

[Sailor Steve]

COMPLETED SH3 and SH4??? How do you do that? Finish a career all the way through the war?

Even if I managed that (which I haven't in five years) I still would never consider a dynamic sim like these to be 'completed'.

But don't get me wrong, that's just me.:sunny:

[Jimbuna]

Missed alot being deployed. Came back to a virtual war going on at the UBI forum. Completed SH2,3,4 and just purchased V. Lot of complaining but I figure we will sort it out soon............Glad to be back.

Are you an American located in Manchester UK? :hmmm:

I've a feeling I'm about to learn of a location in the US that goes by the same name :DL

[digitizedsoul]

Not getting sh5 yet, but I'm still going to hop in here, since I never did introduce myself, and I practically live on this site.

My name is Steve. I'm a (seasoned and nearly worn out) software engineer in Asheville, North Carolina. My first subsim was Silent Service on a commodore 64 (if my memory serves me) but I left the genre for 20+ years, until discovering the SH series in late December. Now I've become obsessed.

My first real computer was an IBM 8088. I purchased 4 mb of ram to upgrade my 486 circa 1994, for $212.00. I'm glad I did not purchase the 9 GB Micropolis hard drive for $4000.00. I suppose my point is I don't bother trying to keep up with the latest in hardware. Currently I'm on a 3 year old box that runs sh3 great, but my sh4 framerates are a little low (the main reason I'm not dashing out there to get sh5).

I'm a huge fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tom Petty, Skynyrd, Bruce, and Alice in Chains. I'm waiting for the ice to give way to some nice weather so I can hop back on my 07 Road Glide and put on about another 15 K miles of back country roads again this summer. But in the mean time, subsim.com rules! :rock:

edit: I should mention too, I was an ASW sensor operator in the USN back in the 80's. P3C Orion flight crew. I play a 5 string Music Man Stingray bass and a Gretch Jet 6 string. Here's a shot of me with my sweetheart in the driveway:

http://www.dailycelebrations.com/dawn.jpg

I am also from asheville, although in Atlanta right now. Was just up there this weekend and WISH I still had a bike!!!

[ottoramsaig]

Welcome back!
Oh no! Behind you is the base of one of those horrid T-Walls.
I was hoping never to see another one of those. heh.

I was at Camp Cropper, Baghdad for 1 1/2 years. Where were you at over there?
I was at Cropper also for a while. What your looking at is and escort mission from the Flying Man to Compond V and Remberence 2. Life was easy for us at Cropper then we got transfered to Grizzly :( No PX, Star Card, USO just surrounded by nothing. Going to Balad (motarrittaville)was the only upbeat misson we ever got.

[McHub532]

I was at Cropper also for a while. What your looking at is and escort mission from the Flying Man to Compond V and Remberence 2. Life was easy for us at Cropper then we got transfered to Grizzly :( No PX, Star Card, USO just surrounded by nothing. Going to Balad (motarrittaville)was the only upbeat misson we ever got.

Fantastic! When were you are Cropper? I was there from March 2008-September 2009. I worked back at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (Civilian Contractor: I'm sure you know the company but it's so humiliating to name it that I always just say Civilian Contractor). (I never got along with the company very well; I always insisted on quality, doing it right and doing it honest.. I butted head with management daily).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/4478878460_3f6f5f4ba7_o.jpg
The above is the WWTP office and the bunker we were making up around it. Sort of a cool man-cave when it was done. :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2729/4478877572_fa5c73e0c2.jpg
The above is me with the SCW (Sub Contract Workers) I worked with. All incredible hard working guys from India/The Philippians. Greater integrity and character than any of the guys I worked with in the company itself.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4478878450_68814d584b.jpg
Taken from near my room looking West at the outer wall. I am South of the compounds.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4478876046_2fefac8faf.jpg
I took the above picture while inside an outhouse. As yo know taking pictures on Cropper was 'at your own risk'. A big no-no. So what I took/share is always stuff generic and not revealing. The building here is the gym.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4478877998_82a3e286e9.jpg
The above is me hanging out on Saddam's throne that was given to him by Yasser Arrafat.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4478250783_87ef7f018d.jpg
Above, I am the goofy looking one on the left.

[FallenAngel]

Not so young former frequent IL2 on-line player (now from time to time), i loved SH3 as well, but not so much SH4 (less fascinating), with SH5 the thrill is back! I really appreciated the approach of the game, the possibility to move a see what's going on inside the sub. I's all very immersive and drammatic. It surely deserves joining a community. A great community like this.
Hi all!!

[StinkiePoep]

hi,
Im Michiel from Belgium im 20 years old i guess im one of the youngest around here, im interested in WW2 my whole life, i made models from tanks and ships when i was 10 years old.
i heared about silent hunter when i was 10-12 years old when my best mate dad played silent hunter 2 or 3 im not sure. last year i played SH4 for a while but i quited because of WoW. now im tired of WoW and bought SH5, i still suck at the game because i dont know much tactics and stuff so im restarting almost every week with SH5 till i know it a little :)

gz Michiel

Im the one on the right with the green tshirt, the girl in the middle is my girlfriend
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9033/ikendelphine.jpg

[Flopper]

I am also from asheville, although in Atlanta right now. Was just up there this weekend and WISH I still had a bike!!!

Nice to meet you. Mid 70s and sunny today... WILL be in the wind this weekend! :D

[Lord Justice]

Imprisoned, compliments of HM service as a youth in 4 instituitions, boxing, fighting, women, drugs, chess, running, spent convictions then served HM in army, more boxing, war. Nearly joined Foreign legion decided to drink and womanise instead, settled, nice woman 2 kids later at 36 iam present and file fit for duty. :salute: Always followed sh series since AOD. Perhaps looking back angry i never joined the silent service !! Indeed a super invention, but being a realist my energy was indeed spent to better use. So a toast to all in our community and to men whom not affraid to tell it as it is. thank you. :oops:

[Onkel Neal]

Gosh, will anyone bother to read this far? Hello y'all. You will guess ( I hope) from my screen name that I am a lady - not many of us on here, but don't get too interested young fellas - I am no calendar girl, and probably old enough to be a grannie for a good few of you. I live in a beautiful part of Hampshire England, looking over the Downs; very blessed in that respect. I have SH2,3, 4 and now 5. The two games I most played on Amigas were a sub-sim whose name I have forgotten, and the space game Elite (I still play Egosoft's X-series space games ) and that subsim got me hooked, because, although the graphics were basic, you still got that tension as you heard the ship passing overhead..


You bet, we bothered to read this far. :salute: Thanks for the intro.



Ahoy shipmates. I'm an old Silent Hunter player and modder making a return to the Subsim forums after a long absence. My last log-in on this forum was back in 2007, so here I am again, happy to be back and thankyou Neal for helping me recover my account.

I started off Subsimming way back in the day with Silent Hunter 2. I quickly moved on to Silent Hunter 3 when that was released, and ever since have been playing that with the excellent GWX expansion, which used some of the aircraft skins I created for SH3. I gave Silent Hunter 4 a complete miss since my PC at the time wouldn't have been able to run the game anyway.

Great to be back and I look forward to seeing what the community can turn SH5 into. If anything like the amount of work and expertise goes into modding SH5 that went into GWX, then it definitely has the potential to be amazing.

Welcome aboard!

Hi all.
Little fun I had in China a few years back performing for a euroamerican arts fest.



Just a pose for the camera. It was hard to get the guy to stop smiling. :D


I work as a Clinical Engineer for a health system and am also a semi-serious musician in my spare time playing drums for a celtic-rock band called Avalon Rising mainly. www.flowinglass.com (http://www.flowinglass.com)

Here's my pet car.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/DCP_1846.jpg

Other interests are balsa models and subsims of course. Oh, and I reside in San Rafael, CA and have had close association with Mare Island all my life, ergo the love of the boats.

Cheers

Nice wheels!! :yeah:



Not so young former frequent IL2 on-line player (now from time to time), i loved SH3 as well, but not so much SH4 (less fascinating), with SH5 the thrill is back! I really appreciated the approach of the game, the possibility to move a see what's going on inside the sub. I's all very immersive and drammatic. It surely deserves joining a community. A great community like this.
Hi all!!

Thanks for joining our community, and helping make it better. :shucks:

[Sailor Steve]

...am also a semi-serious musician in my spare time playing drums for a celtic-rock band called Avalon Rising mainly. www.flowinglass.com (http://www.flowinglass.com)
:rock:Awesome stuff! I love your sound!:sunny:

[theluckyone17]

I've been around for a while, but seein' as I haven't done a bio before, I may as well toss one out there...Silent Hunter 5 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=244)

Name's Noel.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=254&pictureid=1666

Been gaming since '84 (at the ripe ol' age of 4 with King's Quest). Simulators started with MSFS 2.0. I've bought too many to count through the years, but they've centered around flight simulators and sub simulators... MSFS, X-Plane, Il-2, Aces Over Europe, Aces of the Pacific, Falcon 3, Falcon 4, Falcon AF, DCS Blackshark, A10 TK 2, Aces of the Deep, SH3 through 5, etc. I dabble a bit in some RPG's, mostly the Elder Scrolls series and Fallout. Every now and then I'll pick up a FPS or RTS just for kicks, when I feel the need to make things go boom without a lot of thinking.

As for the rest of my interests: radio control model aircraft, general fix-it guy (cars & general woodworking, gadgets, etc). I'm a bit of a Subaru fanatic, so don't get me started on the topic if you don't have an hour to kill. I love my music, but my taste is eclectic... anything from old country/rock (Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, etc) to Pink Floyd... got a thing for Celtic Rock, too. Discovering Avalon Rising right now (thanks Buddahaid http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/viewpost.gif! (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1327076#post1327076)). Big into Linux, an "alternative" operating system. For those less computer orientated, it ain't Windows :D.

Been working for the Geek Squad as a "Double Agent" (In Home Service) for the past five years. It's not horrible work, but it combines the best (and worst) of dealing with the general public and computer services. It pays the bills, and has some really nice perks.

[SloppyMk27]

Hi

I'm Scott.
http://standardcommunication.net/Scott01.jpg
I've been in the computer gaming world for as long as I can remember. This includes Asteroids on the Atari 2600 and Parsec on the TI-99/4A. I've also been building and fixing computers for as long as I can remember. I have a lot of things that keep me occupied. Work, Silent Hunter series games, Guild Wars, and various computer and car projects. SH3 was the first of the Silent Hunter series I've come across and been on and off, but lately I've been on more and more playing and becoming more involved with the SH Series games and the SubSim Community.
Glad to be here!:up:

[Mike S]

Hi,

I blame it on Toshiba back in 2005 I bought a Toshiba Satellite M40 laptop for photography in the first instance and to find out whether the computer would run graphical games I bought a few Sims (initially car related which did not hold my interest), then IL-2, Pacific Fighter and IL 1946 using NaturalPoint TrackIR. I still fly occasionally but when I saw a review at SimHQ about SH3 (2007) I had to buy it. I enjoy playing chess and U-Boot Sims are essentially Chess on the Water with a bit more action ;) - . I live in NZ but was born in Australia and I lived in Germany for a period of time. My great uncle was on the battleship Bismarck - he was a radio operator (died at age 23). I work in the IT services industry.

Currently I use SH5 on a Toshiba X500 (i7, 4GB RAM, GTS 250M graphics with 1GB of GDDR5) seems to be ok for the Sim. I have a lot of respect for the great work the Modders are doing and used GWX 3.0 on SH3 (purchased of Subsim). I am looking forward to more comprehensive patches and advanced mods for SH5.

Also, weiterhin gute Fahrt! Happy hunting, Mike :arrgh!:

[ysydor18]

Hi everywone...i'm new here and i already know that i will be receved with pleasure in your comunity as it is the BEST. I'm very proud that silent hunter is an ubisoft romanian producer cuz i'm from there and i'm surprised that a country like ours could make such a great game!. I'm a movie maker fan so i present u some trailers (on my yt page u will find the movie)

i'm a photoproducer too:

this is me:
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/ysydor20/14731_1194710821774_1048542348_4862.jpg


http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/ysydor20/19456gf.jpg

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/ysydor20/il23364ff.jpg






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsXpSqhsrkQ




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh2nqYlI4Rc&feature=related





i hope u will like them. pls comment them. I'm so glad that i will start to make a movie even with SH5 so be ready!
Thx so much
Ysy-Italy

[Lomaric]

Lomaric-

37 years of age and live in Connecticut. I am currently on my 19th year as a US Submariner. I am a Sonar Technician currently stationed onboard the USS Missouri (SSN780) which will be commissoned here in about 2 months. USS Missouri is a Virgina Class Submarine, the newest fast attack submarine in the US Fleet.

I have been playing submarine simulators since my C64 days with Silent Service, I was so amazed with that game. I picked up a copy of Silent Hunter on my second trip to Hawaii while onboard the USS Alaska (SSBN-732) and my buddy and myself spent the next 2 days playing the game onboard until we left port.

I don't get around to posting on Subsim much but I try and read the forums as much as possible. My schedule is very busy with the work-up for our initial run, but if you want talk subs I will try and reply. lomaric@hotmail.com

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n255/Lomaric/11061_208208580659_656100659_463283.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n255/Lomaric/CPOBall-1.jpg

[vonTorpitz]

Hello one and all. My name is Aaron Tataryn. I'm 36 years old, and its good to be aboard. Ive been an avid subsim player since the release of SH3. I used to be a sonar operator in the Canadian Navy, aboard the Canadian Patrol Frigate H.M.C.S. Ottawa, during which time I was primarily involved in ASW activity. I was posted to Canada's Pacific Fleet and based at C.F.B. Esquimalt on Vancouver Island. My Navy days are over now, my sea legs are gone, but hunting with sonar and torpedoes is still near and dear to my heart and I still get massive thrills from it, even if it is done on my PC. My main interests are submarines (heh), history and strategy. I like to write and I play the guitar. I live in Victoria, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, and life is fine here.

The truth is: SH5 has all the potential in the world to become the best subsim ever made, but currently it falls well short of this goal. Luckily though, the SH series has always enjoyed massive improvements by some of the best that the modding community has to offer, and its getting better all the time. I'm not a modder yet myself but I hope to learn the basics here and until then, help out in any way I can through testing, feedback and such. I'm really looking forward to the future of SH5. Good Hunting!


Heres a shot of me at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii:
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2617/pearlharborinwhites.jpg
and another of me in Canada:
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5340/65074771.jpg

and one as a civilian:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/3927/stickywicketrooftop.jpg

Danke und Seig!

vonTorpitz

[YellowTailedNoob]

Greets,

I am completely new to sub sims. Flight simulation has always been my hobby, but when SH5 was released, I had to jump in (no pun intended).

Being an experienced flight simmer, and a noob at sub sims, I am very thankful to you all for providing the assistance you do. It is good to see that, like flight simming, there are tons of simmers who wish to do what they can to help we greenhorns.

Thanks!
Chip B.

[Solowka]

Guten tag,

i`m steve from the UK, been playing silent hunter for many a year and its a great game, especially sneaking thru the straits of Gibraltar which is particularly brown trousers time.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Steve http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[AcidEric]

Hi

i'm AcidEric i'm back active again now sh5 is out.
i'm in the uk

AE

[Jimbuna]

Welcome back Eric http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Ross59]

Hi my name is Ross Clunie and I live in Waikato region (just south of Hamilton) of New Zealand. Been playing Silent hunter on and off since SH2, which I thought was great. SH3 was better but I didn't get into SH4 at all. Took me a while to get into SH5 but I am really starting to enjoy it, I think that one of the problems with SH5 was the completely different GUI which was hard to adjust to, seemed to step away from the simulator style, I suspect the developers are trying to attract a different audience / player. A big thanks to all the modders out there who have made this series as good as it is and already improved SH5.
I have been playing computer games since the old Atari 800 days back in the early 80's. My favorite style of game is the military sim and I was heart broken when the "Janes" titles ended, My two all time favs were Janes Longbow and Janes Navy Fighters.
Looking forward to the improvements and mods to come.
Happy hunting to all
:yeah:

[buck28]

Hi all. My name is Todd Neil, but my nickname is Buck. I've been around
for awhile, but don't post much. I've purchased and played every game
made concerning submarines. I purchased SH5 as soon as it was released.
Bugs or not, it's great. With the support of the brilliant modding comunity,
this will probably end up the best of the bunch. My biggest complant: I
would like the clocks, and all gauges to be functional on my boat. I'm not
to happy with having to have a full time internet connection, but I'm willing
to flex, to get the sim. Anyway, modders, keep it going. You guys
are what make this site what it is. A wonderful place to share information
and relax after a long day of paper pushing. I'm a purchasing manager and
live in Des Moines, Iowa. A long way from the ocean. I was in the Navy for
7 years, on a minesweeper no less.:haha:
Keep up the good work everyone.
Buck28
:salute:

[raven1309]

Hi my name is Ralph i live in Scotland . I have played sh since sh2 ,now enjoying sh5 :salute:

[severniae]

Hi All,

Been posting for a while, but thought I'd finally introduce myself here!

My name is James, 23 from Nottingham, England.

I left school at the age of 18 to try and forge a career in the IT industry. Didn't quite work out to plan as I ended up working in telecommunications for 4 years!
I now enjoy working as an IT Manager in a small telecommunications firm (no matter how hard I try, I can never escape telecoms!)

I enjoy Horse riding, Gliding, and, obviously gaming. Been a long time gamer, first ever subsim was Silent Hunter 1, when I was probably not quite old enough to properly understand it, but a love for all things submarine was born at an early age! I now spend a great amount of my time researching 1st - 2nd world war submarine warfare, and 18th Centuary British Naval warfare and economics (just a couple of my somewhat odd history obcessions!)

A rather bad picture;
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=281&pictureid=1958

[ariel30]

http://www.szczepanscy.webpages.pl/mm_health_photo.jpgI am Henryk, I have 51 years two children and I am a citizen for unemployed persons Republic of Poland.

[Jack Davidson]

G'day,

Jack here, from Australia.

I've visited SUBSIM on and off for quite a few years now for tips, problem solving and links, etc, what a great site!! :up: I should have done so a long time ago but now is the time to join the community here. :salute:

I have a keen and broad interest in history and the military of all eras.

I was working for a short while with the company that released "Das Boot" in Australia back in the early '80s...remember seeing the promotional material prior to release and thinking wow, this is fascinating. The movie became a lasting favourite of mine (more recently read the book too) and, along with other movies and books (Tom Clancy's work comes to mind), stirred up an ongoing interest in submarine warfare for me.

I have memories of a U-Boot game that I played a few times on a friends PC back in the early '90s...can't remember what it was called, but I think that's what first switched me on to sub simulators... then 688 on Sega...then SH2, Destroyer Command. SH3 became one of my all time favourite games, modded to a certain extent (SH Commander, war time tunes, and a few other things). Although it's a mess at the moment, I'm really hoping SH5 can rise to greater heights via much needed patches and the excellent work of the modders here. I'm already eyeing off a few mods to dl, although I may just wait and see what the next patch brings before I start adding mods. SH5 is on the shelf for me at the moment.

I used to kick around the Pirates Ahoy forum quite a bit and did a little bit of modding for the Pirates Of The Caribbean Build Mod community. :arrgh!:

Anyway, enough about me. :D Glad to be coming aboard.

Cheers,

Jack

p.s. severniae, yeah mate, naval warfare during the Age of Sail is a fav interest of mine too...:yeah:

[robbo180265]

Hiya and welcome to subsim:up:

[Jack Davidson]

Cheers,

Thanks Robbo. :salute:

[M-Theory]

Hi all, I played SH3, have SH4 but haven't ever installed it for some reason (too many games maybe - also have Battleground Europe waiting to be installed), so have ended up skipping to play SH5, which I bought about four weeks ago. Personally, on balance, I think SH5 is great. I live within half a mile of where big parts of the Mullberry Dock were built for the Normandy bridge-head. There's a pub here called The Mullberry. Also, in the local civic cemetary there is a grave of four or five German U-Boat crewmen whose bodies washed onto the beaches here during WW2. Long time since I have looked at it, but the headstone says something along the lines of, "Strangers, by strangers mourned..." A reminder perhaps that real war is a huge plague and tragedy, unspeakable cruelty, and best only carried out in a game. I don't have a console and tend to only play PC games at weekends, with a few cold beers, so have only got to the second mission in the Happy Times part of the campaign. I haven't tried the online yet and wonder if it is any good? Other games I play: Red Orchestra, Battlefield Bad Company 2, MS Flight Sim X(with North Wales scenery and where I discovered you can't indeed land a 747 at Caernarfon airport), IL2, Saboteur, and one of my favourites, Empires Total War. My all time favourite sim, however, was EF2000, which was launched from the command line in MS-DOS. Pity that one hasn't been properly updated to new systems.

[THE_MASK]

I am sober , i was named after John Glenn the astronaut . You may call me ****** .

[Maus]

Good afternoon,

My name is Chad, I'm 38 years old and hail from West Bend, Wisconsin, USA. I am totally new to submarine sims, but thought that SH5 would be a good place to start. I have always had a healthy interest in WW2 and the German armed forces in general. It all started when I built my first 1/35th scale German tank. I am currently working on several Revell type 7 U-Boats. I also play airsoft.

I am looking forward to downloading and applying mods (been lurking in the mods forum), and in general learning how to rule the waves. :)

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Good afternoon,

My name is Chad, I'm 38 years old and hail from West Bend, Wisconsin, USA. I am totally submarine sims, but thought that SH5 would be a good place to start. I have always had a healthy interest in WW2 and the German armed forces in general. It all started when I built my first 1/35th scale German tank. I am currently working on several Revell type 7 U-Boats. I also play airsoft.

I am looking forward to downloading and applying mods (been lurking in the mods forum), and in general learning how to rule the waves. :)

Cheers Maus! Welcome to Subsim.:arrgh!:

(Not that you'd care, but I have a totally cool black Labrador Retriever named "Maus" so your post caught my eye.)

[Bleh]

Hi Guys and Girls,

My name is Kev, i'm 28 and live in Stoke on Trent in the UK. (this is sounding like an intro from blind date). I graduated from Staffordshire University in 2008 with a degree in Network Computing and have been working for Stoke on Trent City Council ever since as a network consultant. Unfortunately my contract recently came to an end and i am now unemployed.

I have been gaming for as long as i can remember, starting with the old side scrollers and eventually moving onto online games such as Duke Nukem 3D. I eventually moved onto games such as CounterStrike, Call of Duty etc, but as i aged i found a love for Sims, especially sub sims :D I spend my spare time when not on the pc playing Airsoft or reading.

A pic of me airsofting (luckily i didnt break the camera):
http://i44.tinypic.com/zlsvoj.jpg

[robbo180265]

Welcome to Subsim guys - glad to have you with us:salute:

[edistr]

hi there, i am new here and i want to tell you that i am glad i found this forum, thank you for the precious information you've posted here!nice pic Bleh!

[mr chris]

hi there, i am new here and i want to tell you that i am glad i found this forum, thank you for the precious information you've posted here!nice pic Bleh!


Welcome to the good ship Subsim edistr. :up:

[cpt.spalding]

G'day,my name is John,been gaming since_well long long time.Ex Aussie Armoured Corp. When I joined up "Centurian" was'nt a Tank, it was a rank:haha:.Just love subsims been at it since silent Service, sh2, sh3.Joined this forum last year,but have been following threads for years. Brought Sh5 on release, and_ well not impressed, having said that it is now with the help of the modding community and a little input from UBI, the best subsim around and it will get better. Enough said.My log in_Cpt.Spalding is a reference to the great Groucho Marx.:yeah:
The World would not be in such a snarl,
if Marx had been Groucho, instead of Karl.:rotfl2:

[Sailor Steve]

Hooray for Captain Spalding, the African explorer! "Did someone call me snorer?" Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!:rock:

Welcome aboard, Mr. Firefly!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SteveStuff/51RbrZxV9BL__SS500_.jpg?t=1273963914

[cpt.spalding]

great stuff sailor steve.just let it be.:rotfl2:

Oh just a thought. Is it so that Karl Marx's grave is ,just another
Communist plot.

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2::rock:

I'm trying to stop choking now, laughing too hard. I don't even know you and already I hate you!:D

[edit] I think you're going to get on very well here.

[cpt.spalding]

:salute: Glad to be active. Glad to be onboard. Glad to be alive.:up:
and yes sailor steve me am big marx bro fan

[moscowexile]

Privet iz Moskvy!

Hi from Moscow!


I've been addicted to subsim since I first picked up a Russian pirated copy of SH2 off a street trader some years ago in Moscow. Much later I got my hands on the genuine article as well as copies of SH3 and SH4 in English/German whilst on a flying visit to the UK. Then I discovered this site together with all the wonderful mods that many people far more talented than I have worked hard to put together.

SH3 is by far my favourite subsim, but I have been absent from the forum for a long time now because of incompatibility problems after having invested in a new PC with Windows 7 OS last December. Hopefully, I have managed to crack the problems that have been bugging me for several months and my return to sanity has been mostly due to the great help that this community provides.

Yesterday I bought SH5. It's a Russian version, of course, which I don't really like: I always play Silent Hunter with maximum total immersion effect, and that means that Deutsche Seeleute must speak German. There is no change-language feature on SH5 and I should like to know if the English language version of this game has a German option as does SH3.

As regards downloading a German version of SH5, I believe that the game has been withdrawn because of the presence of swastikas in the graphics.

Whatever! So far, I cannot pass a considered judgement on SH5, but my first impressions are not too good: I much prefer my heavily modded SH3, which I play with GWX Gold or WAC or NYGM. I just hope that those gifted members of this community will soon provide mods that will bring the standard of SH5 up to the level to which I have become accustomed to playing with SH3.

As regards myself, I am English. I come from Lancashire in the Northwest of England and I am 61 years old. I worked in my home county as a coal miner before moving to Germany in search of work in 1985. After that I wandered around a while before finally dropping anchor in Russia. During my wandering years, I also found time to graduate in German and Russian in 1991, having studied both in Germany and the USSR.

In effect, I emigrated to Russia 15 years ago. I say "emigrated" because, although I still hold a British passsport, I very seldom go back to my homeland.

I am married to a Muscovite and have three children, all born in Moscow, the youngest seeing the first light of day just under two years ago.

Look forward to seeing how SH5 will develop in the not too distant future.

I should have liked to enclose a picture of myself but I cannot fathom out how.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard to you both http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[madmex]

am Jack from the Netherlands, 47 year old and game player with sh, wow,cod etc etc.
love the multiplayer games but i had more expect from sh multi.so i hope i can do some games with sh5.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome Jack http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Bleh]

nice pic Bleh!

Thanks edistr, I got stupidly sunburned that day :(

[Akulla72]

Hello all,

I'm Roger, 37 in the military, stationed out here at Ft Lewis, Wa state.

Been playing sub sims since way back in the C64 days with Red Storm Rising, and later with Silent Service and then all the SH games.

[Méo]

Welcome aboard Akulla :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard matey http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[voss]

Finally, I upgraded my hardware to the point where I can play SH5. I finished the "tutorials" and am now slowly, and lovingly, navigating out of the Kiel harbor on my first patrol. No need for TC as I get to know every crew member, and nook and cranny, of this beautiful boat!:D

I've been a diesel sub enthusiast since I was a kid (and that was a long, long time ago) and have eagerly played various sims and games on the Commodore 64 (Silent Service), Mac (Drumbeat), and, now, PC (SH2, SH3+GWX3, SH5). Thanks to all of you hardworking forum administrators and modders for making the Silent Hunter series the best U-boat simulators ever! I look forward to all of the tips, advice, fixes and improvements.:rock:

[robbo180265]

Welcome aboard matey:salute:

[Kemppu]

Hello all, in real world im 21years old Finnish aircraft mechanic,
but i have same kind of bohemian beard and haircut than WW2 sub crew, hope thats a good start:DL.
Im quite casual player of sub sims (SH3,SH4,SH5)
but still i feel great joy after lurking under the sea unnoticed, blowing some ships to kingdom come, succsessfully evading the escorts
(more joyable if they allmost hit me with depth charges:))
and get to home base without a scratch.
I cant imagine how great it feels if u do this in 100% realism(or for real).

I wish you all good hunting:salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[u-168]

Hi all.

Im Alex 16 years of age uboat sim lover lol i love my copys of sh3,4,5 and would fight for them:D Im into rc Trucks and planes i like to go offroad and shoot my air rifles i am an archer and a qualified range officer and petrol head i am in the army cadets and collect ww2 stuff i.e. fighter plane bits and bobs and ww2 rifles most of my family was in ww2 and a whoop merchants on sh5.

And i love the GWX team :)
Alex:salute:

[kylania]

Welcome Aboard U-168! :salute:

[o0steveo0o]

Hello all. Just wanted to say hi. Ive played SH4 before but could not really figure it out. Just brought SH5 and in my opinion is it's much easyier to play and get into for the newbi's, a little too easy now. Thanks all for all the info thats posted here, would be lost without it.

[Jimbuna]

Hi all.

Im Alex 16 years of age uboat sim lover lol i love my copys of sh3,4,5 and would fight for them:D Im into rc Trucks and planes i like to go offroad and shoot my air rifles i am an archer and a qualified range officer and petrol head i am in the army cadets and collect ww2 stuff i.e. fighter plane bits and bobs and ww2 rifles most of my family was in ww2 and a whoop merchants on sh5.

And i love the GWX team :)
Alex:salute:

Cheers Alex http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif