Dan Dimitrescu's last day with Ubisoft [Archive]

Onkel Neal

11-30-11, 02:13 PM

Dan, the world of Subsim says THANK YOU for all you've done for
sub games,
the Silent Hunter Series,
cool stopwatches,
friendly meetings,
dud torpedoes,
interesting demoes, and so much more.

http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/uploads/thanks.jpg

Ducimus

11-30-11, 02:23 PM

Any further details to share?

Dan was always a great guy, and an awesome supporter of the community. He took the time to help people when he didn't have to. My personal thanks.

TarJak

11-30-11, 02:31 PM

UhUdieEule

11-30-11, 02:42 PM

Bye bye :salute:

Hans Witteman

11-30-11, 02:45 PM

Didn't have the chance to know the gentlemen personally but i can say a big thank you for all you did for the Silent hunter series and wish you all the best in your next challenge. :Kaleun_Salute:

Best regards Hans

CCIP

11-30-11, 02:46 PM

Cheers and thanks Dan! Hope you're moving on to even better things.

At the end of the day, no better testament to the work you've done than the fact that SHIII scene is still 'hot' and full of fresh blood nearly 7 years since the game was released. And that's one heck of an achievement for a game you helped make :yep:

Gerald

11-30-11, 02:47 PM

Personally, he is not at all unfamiliar, although I have not had any contact, but I wish all the best with what he does in the future, :salute:

VONHARRIS

11-30-11, 02:49 PM

Thank you for bringing SH3 to the world!:salute:

mookiemookie

11-30-11, 02:53 PM

Your hard work, dedication and willingness to go above and beyond to help the members of this community build on your hard work is much appreciated. Here's hoping that the future is bright and brings you success.

frau kaleun

11-30-11, 02:55 PM

Thanks and good luck with everything! :salute:

Sea Demon

11-30-11, 03:04 PM

Best regards. And thank you.......:salute:

0rpheus

11-30-11, 03:09 PM

Never knew the chap but if he worked on the Silent Hunter series then I can't help but add my thanks!

Best wishes for future endeavours :salute:

Trevally.

11-30-11, 03:25 PM

Wishing you all the best:salute:

Sailor Steve

11-30-11, 03:25 PM

Hey Dan, we'll always have Houston. :rotfl2:

Best of luck in your next phase of life. :sunny:

Takeda Shingen

11-30-11, 03:27 PM

Thank you for all of your efforts on behalf of the SubSim community and the simulation community at large. You were always here for us, always ready to answer the questions personally. We stand in your debt.

CherryHarbey

11-30-11, 03:28 PM

so long and thanks for all the fish

Madox58

11-30-11, 03:49 PM

Best wishes and all that Mate.
:yep:

Keep us informed as to future projects so we don't have to work so hard to stalk you.
:DL

:salute:

Sonarman

11-30-11, 04:09 PM

Forget tight schedules, underfunding, intrusive DRM, bad marketing & licensing Seawolves, Ubisoft's biggest mistake yet is letting a true pro like Dan go. Someone who put their heart & soul into a product and listened to and communicated with his customer base to deliver as many fixes and features as his limited budget would allow whilst leave things as open and moddable as possible for the commmunity. We can only hope that Dan becomes a freelance game designer/developer of naval games at some time in the future and "returns to the fold".

Thank you for all you have done for the naval simulation community & best wishes to you & your family for the future.

Lewis Wingerter

11-30-11, 04:36 PM

Like many other I had never met Dan but I wish I had
Best luck in the future, and thanks for the Silent Hunter series :salute:

iambecomelife

11-30-11, 04:41 PM

All the best. You've gone beyond the call of duty, often for a harshly critical audience. We subsimmers are in your debt, whether we acknowledge it or not.

kraznyi_oktjabr

11-30-11, 04:53 PM

Thank you and best wishes to your future endeavours. :salute:

aanker

11-30-11, 04:55 PM

Thank you Dan, for everything. All the best to you in the future Sir!

Art Anker

"Pacific Thunder"
( Feb 2007 ;)

longam

11-30-11, 05:02 PM

S33 u Dan, good luck with your next adventure.

andwii

11-30-11, 05:03 PM

I was unfamiliar of you until today, but knowing all the joy Ive gotten from the Silent Hunter series, and because of SH3 I might join the navy for submarines, I will differently say good bye. You might have possibly changed my life around (financial wise, assuming I become a submariner) because musicians don't make much money at all, and SH3 lead me to obtain knowledge of submarines enough to want to work on one.

Thanks!

Herr-Berbunch

11-30-11, 05:06 PM

Good luck to you and your family with your future endeavours. But you'll still pop in here, right? :D

I don't suppose you've got the SDK in your back pocket? :hmmm:

nikimcbee

11-30-11, 05:33 PM

All the best Dan!:salute: Thanks for the great games.:salute: Don't be a stranger and drop by some time.

And if you need somebody to play paintball or airsoft, I'm always game.:D

ZL2BMH

11-30-11, 05:36 PM

I never knew him either, but as he was involved in SH series, I want to thank him for giving an old, disabled pensioner a hell of a lot of fun over the years.

Good luck.

zl2bmh Jim.

PappyCain

11-30-11, 05:37 PM

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6734/ffele1.jpg

Kip Chiakopf

11-30-11, 05:44 PM

Thank you for hours of enjoyment.

Madox58

11-30-11, 05:47 PM

One of my favorite pictures of you Mate!
:rock:
In Houston for the 2008 Subsim Meet.
Going to eat after the 'Texas Tour'.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Dan_the_Man.jpg

Although this one is Classic!!
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/IMG_0525.jpg

geetrue

11-30-11, 05:54 PM

I have this great idea for a sub sim see ... all we have to do is package it with great add-on's that you can't do without to make it more fun and extend it's shelf life on your game shelf.

$10.00 for the game at all the check out counters and
then direct them to here subsim for the add-ons

except I barely have enough money left over to buy the darn thing ...

but still a great idea

good luck Dan
I know it's rough out there
never give up

von Kinderei

11-30-11, 06:02 PM

Thanks Dan ... :yeah:

Jimbuna

11-30-11, 06:23 PM

Dan, it was great to meet you back in 2008. You've always been a great supporter of the community and I wish you well in your next endeavour.

Hope you'll still be around SS to chat now and then as well.

Hey Dan, we'll always have Houston. :rotfl2:

Best of luck in your next phase of life. :sunny:

DITTO the above....we will have that drink we couldn't get round to at GW Bush Airport.

All the best to you and the family for the future mate :sunny:

Currently at work so can't post a picture of you.....the one with the hand :03:

Madox58

11-30-11, 06:32 PM

I got a good picture of Jim and Dan.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/IMG_0527-1.jpg

Hans Witteman

11-30-11, 06:32 PM

One of my favorite pictures of you Mate!
:rock:
In Houston for the 2008 Subsim Meet.
Going to eat after the 'Texas Tour'.

Although this one is Classic!!
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/IMG_0525.jpg

Hi mate,

I taught you were taller than that and your kaleun visor look too fresh! :k_rofl:

CaptainHaplo

11-30-11, 06:32 PM

This is not the last time we will hear from Dan. His work is too good to not be sought by another group.

Dan, if anyone wants a reference - steer them here....

Your work has always been top notch, your care for your product unmatched.

On to the next adventure, my friend.:salute:

nikimcbee

11-30-11, 06:37 PM

I got a good picture of Jim and Dan.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/IMG_0527-1.jpg

Voted: "cutest couple" at prom.:haha:

Madox58

11-30-11, 06:42 PM

Hi mate,

I taught you were taller than that and your kaleun visor look too fresh! :k_rofl:

That's Kpt. and Dan.
Only picture of Dan and I together that I know of was the Live broadcast from Neal's house.
:yep:

It seemed a big deal at the time that Dan, Kpt., and I were talking.
:haha:
The conversation was mostly about AI Diving Subs in SH5 and such.
Dan was most amazed that We did have a AI Diving Sub for GWX tested.

Madox58

11-30-11, 06:44 PM

Voted: "cutest couple" at prom.:haha:

I think the conversation at that point was something about
'That's not my wallet you have in your hand.'
:hmmm:
:har:

nikimcbee

11-30-11, 06:47 PM

I think the conversation at that point was something about
'That's not my wallet you have in your hand.'
:hmmm:
:har:

Those aren't pillows!?!:haha:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/262/1257147060_2.jpg

Akula4745

11-30-11, 06:49 PM

Thank you for all you have done for the submarine simulation community and my best wishes for your future endeavors.

Jimbuna

11-30-11, 06:52 PM

I think the conversation at that point was something about
'That's not my wallet you have in your hand.'
:hmmm:
:har:

That one's been cropped I may have the full version :hmmm:

Madox58

11-30-11, 07:00 PM

Jimbuna

11-30-11, 07:13 PM

I only cropped the left, right, and upper areas.
Those were just back ground trees and such.
I'm sure there are different versions of the same pose as many people were taking pictures at the time.
:D

One has to remember the thoughts at the time.
'GWX Team members from all over the World meet Dan'
:o

Well we had a day in Houston instead of visiting the Cavalla so nobody would be able to blame us for her running aground :O:

I think a few people thought I'd brought my son to America with me when they saw the size of Todd :DL

Sailor Steve

11-30-11, 07:24 PM

Well we had a day in Houston instead of visiting the Cavalla so nobody would be able to blame us for her running aground :O:
Yes indeed. While the Grey Wolves were

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Thosefouragain.jpg

Dan was with the rest of us

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Group.jpg

and

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/TheWholeTeam.jpg

And here is the man himself, hard at work...

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/BeachcomberDan.jpg

GT182

11-30-11, 07:44 PM

All the best Dan. Know that you did good for all of us at Subsim. And for that, all of us are forever grateful. Best of luck in any and all future endevors.

Drop by and say Hi once in awhile..... we'll all miss ya mate. :salute:

You know, that bubbly face bloke looks kinda familiar. Or you've got a twin around here in my neck of the woods Jim.

Jimbuna

11-30-11, 07:57 PM

You know, that bubbly face bloke looks kinda familiar. Or you've got a twin around here in my neck of the woods Jim.

They reckon many people have a lookalike somewhere in the world...perhaps you've found mine :DL

Torplexed

11-30-11, 08:35 PM

Goodbye Dan. Thanks for the many hours of simulated submarining. Best luck in your new endeavors and please come back to visit us from time to time. :salute:

Reece

11-30-11, 09:22 PM

I wonder if this decision has anything to do with him being a father now?:hmmm:
Either way thank you for all the effort you have put into the Silent Hunter series, I understand that the problems with the last version was out of your control, in fact it must have been quite frustrating when someone else is pulling the strings.
All the best to the future, and again, Thanks!:yeah:

ReallyDedPoet

11-30-11, 10:06 PM

Cheers and best of luck to you :yep::up:

THE_MASK

12-01-11, 12:46 AM

Keep up the good work :up:

Arlo

12-01-11, 02:00 AM

http://derp0.chanarchive.org/content/52_a/47127265/1300316712934.jpg

Zedi

12-01-11, 02:38 AM

Multumesc Dan.. you were a great help in the times when I started OH2 for SH5, you are a true friend of this community. Good luck in everything you do in the future. Bafta! :salute:

Hitman

12-01-11, 03:15 AM

A huge thanks for all your support and dedication, and a huge wish of all the best in your next endeavours :up: May you enjoy as much success as till now :salute:

urfisch

12-01-11, 03:56 AM

thx dan. the third part of the series was the most immersive. thanks for giving us such a nice game and support during hard times with ubisoft itself.

:salute:

if you have some free time, maybe you can join some modteam here now...

:up:

HunterICX

12-01-11, 04:15 AM

Thank you and keep up the good work :salute:

HunterICX

Sepp von Ch.

12-01-11, 04:29 AM

Thank you Dan!
http://s8.postimage.org/q4r56b3u9/2lh6.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/q4r56b3u9/)

coronas

12-01-11, 08:03 AM

All the best, Dan! Good Luck!
:salute:

soopaman2

12-01-11, 08:13 AM

Thanks for the memories.

I suppose the series will die out now? Or at least be a shell of it's former self. Kinda like any modern warfare game after the first one, when they canned the series creators.

Selfish of me to say something like that, but I am kinda an SH fanboy. Thanks for the blood sweat and tears you poured into the series. It shows. :salute:

HW3

12-01-11, 08:22 AM

A big thank you for all you have done for the Silent Hunter community, and my best wishes to you and your family in your future endeavors.

:salute:

pabbi

12-01-11, 08:43 AM

Thanks for all the fun i have had playing The SH games.:yeah: Have a great live.:salute:

Dowly

12-01-11, 12:21 PM

Thanks and good luck. :salute:

Chad

12-01-11, 12:55 PM

Good luck Dan!

Jimbuna

12-01-11, 01:28 PM

Remember this one Dan?....the 'hand job' :DL

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8846/jimdanbumphoto.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/jimdanbumphoto.jpg/)

elanaiba

12-01-11, 04:32 PM

Why you little.... :)

Thank you, my friends. You, the community, made it all worth it.

In a sense, I feel I have taken more than I have given here on Subsim. This is esp. true as in the last part of my SH career I was less involved in the detail work - had more guys to lead - which means i had less technical info to give to the modders.

It also didn't help that after passing 30 my memory has started going down down down...

It was time to move on. I was burned on SH, and it was long past the time to move on from Ubi. I just couldn't afford to simply leave after SH5.

Now its a new job in a smaller studio and company, with great friends. Its also a smaller job and a totally different project, but something with connections to another passion of mine and my first projects. Its not the excitement I felt when coming to Ubi ("a sub sim!? I have to be there!") but Im not that young anymore ;)

So ... no more subsims for now but i didn't come here as part of my job, and I won't stop coming.

Sailor Steve

12-01-11, 04:39 PM

That's good to hear. :sunny:

Takeda Shingen

12-01-11, 04:46 PM

Absolutely great news. We would hate for you to be a stranger. You'll always have a home on SubSim.

AVGWarhawk

12-01-11, 04:48 PM

Dan,

Many thanks! You put a face on a virtual world of UBI Soft for us here at SS. Good luck in your future endeavours.

frau kaleun

12-01-11, 05:03 PM

So ... no more subsims for now but i didn't come here as part of my job, and I won't stop coming.

Well that's good, because we certainly aren't gonna stop playing. :D

Also we will be needing more adorable baby pictures to nom on. And when I say "we," I mean mostly me. :O:

Madox58

12-01-11, 05:31 PM

something with connections to another passion of mine and my first projects
So you going to keep us guessing?
Or is it Top Secret?
:hmmm:

Maybe a clause that says 'don't bring those crazy Subsim people round here!'
:haha:

Sittingwolf

12-01-11, 05:54 PM

We don't know each other but I am terribly sorry to hear you leave. :cry::damn:

Kpt. Lehmann

12-01-11, 06:02 PM

Dan, it was an honor to meet you, mate. For you, I hope that your transition is a weight removed from your shoulders... and a pathway to future successes. Thanks for all your hard work on the Silent Hunter series. Here is wishing you fair winds and following seas! ~Salute!~

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/IMG_0525.jpg

Jimbuna

12-01-11, 06:47 PM

the_tyrant

12-01-11, 09:36 PM

Thanks for silent hunter!:salute:

Myxale

12-02-11, 03:33 AM

Smooth sailing to wherever your boot sails, mate!:salute:

BigBANGtheory

12-02-11, 04:56 AM

Good luck with your new job and project, hoping one day soon you'll be running your own games dev company and studio.

kiwi_2005

12-02-11, 04:58 AM

All the best for whatever project yur doing next. :salute:

Seehund23

12-02-11, 05:10 AM

Good luck Dan!:up:

limkol

12-02-11, 06:20 AM

All the best to you and the growing family and cat! It was a pleasure meeting you in Copenhagen with the rest of the guys. Hope the new job brings you new challenges and new rewards. Thanks for all that you have given Subsim throughout the years:salute:

berobispo

12-02-11, 08:12 AM

Thanks for the Silent Hunter Series! My favourite game of all times!

danasan

12-02-11, 09:51 AM

Cheers and best of luck to you :yep::up:

Brag

12-02-11, 10:13 AM

Never met you. Thanks for providing an exciting and fun world. Wishing you all the best with your new endeavours. :salute::salute::salute:

irish1958

12-02-11, 10:20 AM

Thanks for all you have done. It has given me years of pleasure and relaxation. The best for you in the future.:sunny:

Plank

12-02-11, 12:18 PM

Your rumb line is plotted, your sails set for over the horizon is your best bet yet.

Most great explorers are restless.

Capt. Plank

JU_88

12-02-11, 05:15 PM

Late to party, but like everyone else, Dan- thanks for all you have done for the SH series and beyond. Ubi dont deserve you anyway.
See you around - online :DL

Victor Schutze

12-03-11, 09:44 AM

Thank you for SH3! :D

Echolot

12-03-11, 10:56 AM

Good luck and all the best to you and your new projects.:salute:

Kremmen

12-03-11, 02:56 PM

I too would like to add my thanks and to wish you all the best for the future.

:salute:

Wiking

12-04-11, 01:42 AM

Thank you, and all the best in the future. SH will never die.:rock:

El Dude

12-05-11, 12:58 PM

Thanks for SH3 and good luck:up:

Penguin

12-05-11, 01:44 PM

Thanks Dan for the joy you brought to us and your vital help to the community!
:salute:
All the best for your next job!

Rongel

12-05-11, 01:59 PM

Yep, thanks for all the sub-work and good luck with future projects! :salute:

It's really nice to see a devoloper of these great games in the forums!

Catfish

12-05-11, 02:32 PM

Thanks Dan for all your hard work, and holding course when things looked bad.
It sure was not your fault Ubisoft decided to introduce this dreaded online requirement that almost completely sunk Silent Hunter V. I hope they have learned something, but looking at what is going on i would not bet on it.

I hope you will have a good time and interesting work in your new company, to work for and with :yep:
Thank you and your former team a lot !

Greetings,
Catfish

joea

12-05-11, 03:55 PM

Good luck Dan-silent hunter has been a part of my life since 2005-so much lost time, so many late hours tracking convoys!

Good luck in your new project and:

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!:Kaleun_Applaud:

martes86

12-05-11, 07:10 PM

On behalf of the 24th Flotilla, I give you our thanks, and a farewell for your new job endeavour. You have been an important part of the development of 3 of our favourite subsims, all of which have changed things in the way we sailed our boats, to have a modern approach at it, while also having fun.

On a personal note, I must also say that it's been a pleasure meeting you in person back in Copenhaguen in 2009, a nice opportunity to finally meet some of the men behind our sims (a thrilling event given my professional background), and someone with whom I found out to have so many things in common, specifically, our love for subs, and airsoft hehe. :DL

See you around! :salute:

nemo7

12-06-11, 01:21 AM

Fair winds and following seas her Kaleun..:yep:

Highbury

12-07-11, 01:14 AM

Although I have never met you, and you have never heard of me, your work was a big part of my life for years.

Thank you :salute:

Rip

12-12-11, 01:46 AM

Well I am a little late but let me add the good luck wishes and fond memories of the 2008 subsim meeting. I look forward to hearing about your new project whenever that becomes feasible.

:salute:

Rip

Eightbit

12-15-11, 07:47 AM

Thanks for everything you have done Dan. And nice shirt.

unfurth

12-16-11, 01:42 PM

Thank you dan for giving me many awesome games to be heavily addicted to! :salute: i salute you

Sailor Steve

12-16-11, 02:54 PM

WELCOME ABOARD, Unfurth! :sunny:

Jimbuna

12-16-11, 06:18 PM

Thank you dan for giving me many awesome games to be heavily addicted to! :salute: i salute you

Welcome to SubSim :salute:

horsa

12-17-11, 09:03 AM

A pleasure meeting you in Copenhagen in 2009, Dan.

All my best wishes to you for your future career.:up:

joegrundman

12-17-11, 09:18 AM

Although I have never met you, and you have never heard of me, your work was a big part of my life for years.

Thank you :salute:

:sign_yeah:

jason210

12-17-11, 09:51 AM

Yes, thanks for what you have done for the community here. However, I must say, that I find it scary that you think you're too old at 30 to do that kind of thing!

Kresge

12-18-11, 02:32 PM

Best of luck on your future endeavors Dan :up:

Faamecanic

12-20-11, 08:57 PM

Havent checked in here in a few months and WOW!!

Thanks for all you have done for the SH series Dan!! May fair winds always fill your sails, and the sun and moon light your passage! :salute:

Admiral Von Gerlach

12-31-11, 02:22 PM

Thanks for your remarkable work and support on the series. Hope all goes well with the new studio.

robbo180265

01-01-12, 04:24 AM

Thanks for all the hard work Dan , for steering the modders in the right direction on occasions , and for being a part of the SH team.

Good luck in all that you do from now on :DL

Mythreal

02-27-12, 10:51 AM

Thank you very much for the Silent Hunter series, and best wishes for your future.:salute:

maillemaker

02-27-12, 12:17 PM

Hey Dan! I've never met you, but thanks a lot for all your work on the Silent Hunter Series.

I've been a long-time subsim player. My first submarine game was some program in the old TI99/4A. I've played many others over the years as PC technology advanced - Silent Service, Attack Sub 688, Seawolf, and Wolfpack.

The Silent Hunter series, particularly Silent Hunter III, has given me literally years of entertainment.

Great job!

Steve