Um... thanks. I think.

Heywaiduhminnit - you mean you didn't wash down your beer with... more beer?

And you call yourself an Australian.

Dont u guys thing lurker is a negativ synonym? I mean, just because we have an interest and read about issues, does not automaticlyt give us an inclination to write?

I was present while SH:3 was launched. I can remember some of u guys talking about submerging your feet in cold water to amplify the 'atmosphere'. Why not remove the time accelerator and not shave for
3 months? And your IRL crew-compartment should never se the light of day, live like a wampire. Imagine having absolute no privacy and getting depthcharged 15 hours straight while you cant do anything but try to cope with it?

Come to thing about it, why are we so fashinated about all this? 30000 submariners died a horrible death and at least as many on the allied side. Normal guys like you and me (no, mostly a lot younger) and they were only doing their duty to the country they loved (most were'nt nazists, but they were duped. Hitler gave germany their pride again but his real agenda never became public). Learn from history, man never changes but hopefully were are more aware today.

A mans gotta eat sometime. Beer is food but sometimes I like something I can sink my teeth into.

Well, that pie does look it would give one's teeth a fair workout, I'll give you that much. :O:

Not really. When I look at the stats and see 200 'Captains' and 800 'Stowaways' reading the forums, I think "Who are all these people?" Don't they have anything to say?"

Then one pops in asking for help, and never posts again, sometimes not even answering the answers to say "Thank you".

I love talking to people, and if I'm in a conversation just knowing that there are dozens of people listening in, who may or may not have something worthwhile to add, makes me depressed. Maybe some of them don't have anything to say, but I'll never know, will I?

Welcome!
Nothing at all negative about being a lurker. I was one here once and am still on a number of other forums where my fat fingers haven't had the inclination to run away with themselves.

As to the fascination I'm not sure what drove me into subs. My Father was Navy but on Aircraft Carriers so I always had an interest in all things nautical. I guess when I was younger subs seemed cool because they could get around without being seen.

The historical side has always been an interest of mine and reading and learning about how things worked, why they were done and the motications behind the history as always been interesting to me.

Yeah, "lurker" in general usage in English does have a somewhat negative connotation. Not sure it's the same online, as "lurking" on an internet forum usually serves a useful purpose. It's really the only way to get a "feel" for a forum and its membership and code of conduct and in my experience most of the time people appreciate someone doing that before they start posting.

Anyway, I imagine everybody's done it - not every forum is one where you feel inclined to join in the conversation. Sometimes you just want a bit of info, and once you get it, you're satisfied and don't need to come back. I've lost count of how many such places online I've registered with over the years... no doubt most of them no longer exist!

"Man" may never change, but certainly individual people can and often do.

I don't know know why I personally find u-boats, etc., so fascinating... other than that, like you, I've always been drawn to history and military history in particular. Studying martial arts has made me even more interested in the "warrior" aspect of human experience, while at the same time giving me a way to express that same part of myself in a constructive way... and it's made me a much more peaceful and easy-going person in my life overall, much less likely to react with aggression when and where it's not absolutely necessary.

And like you I saw the movie Das Boot and was mesmerized by it and I think that experience made me want to find out more. Never thought I'd end up subsimming, but... there you go. :D

How about one of these then? It's a stubby (which means "short beer bottle")...

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1235/image1yw.jpg

(no, the person is not me).

Going on my join date/post ratio I confess, I am a pro-lurker :D

There's too much good stuff to read, no time for typing.

You call it a stubby, I call it a bender. :O:

Welcome, Orbitchicken! :salute:

Goes well with another of our "conservatively sized" consumables...

http://www.fundraising.com.au/admin/..._DairyMilk.jpg
10kg of heaven.

Well I was gonna make a joke about everything being bigger down under...

hmm, I still remember when I chopped lurkers as a paladin in Ultima Underworld I+II (published by the great Looking Glass Studios). but SubSim wouldn't do that to the "stow-away" at all, I guess.

was lurking myself for 2years when I had issues with SH3 stock-game. only when I tried GWX for the first time (3months ago) I felt the need to come out of the dark and to thank the people who created this brilliant work.
and now I'm hooked.

Three posts in three years, I guess that still qualifies me as a lurker.
In fact I'm sure I had a login before 2007 but couldn't remember what my name was :rotfl2:

ahoy, tonyw123!

:salute:

Hi Noren ! Great post.

I am one of the most pacific person you can think of.
But there is something glamourous about that U-boat craze.
The Germans, who were proud warriors and also were a technologically advanced nation, had an impressing range of weapons.
Even if we humans are mostly pacific in nature, there is still a warrior part in ourselves that can't help but shoot at an enemy,
- an enemy we think is responsible for our troubles -
and that we fear will invade our countries, loot our goods, rape our women etc..
(behind the smokescreen, we can see that we are also carefully being brainwashed in believing this by politicians/corporatists :hmmm:)

As i am an avid reader of alternative history, i would say i must agree.

- But it's like walking in a minefield for the man who dares to question this matter... -

One important part of making war, is the control of information...
and i would say we are all more or less 'victims' of this kind of weapon. :yep:

Sometimes i tell myself i should have a respectful thought for those
guys who courageously died (for real) in an horrible war that allows me
today to enjoy these games in front of my PC screen.

salute. :up:

You are on the road to recovery o'silent one! :up:

LURKER vs. POSTER
 

Remember, A poster has 3 positive attributes; he offers a constructive opinion, he posts to give assistance, and he posts requesting assistance.

A lurker is as a siphon for his personal needs only.

Welcome aboard and get to posting your 3 positive attributes. Some of us have 4 positive attributes; the 4th only obtained with rank and time being that of an ass.... as a result of what we have to deal with at Subsim.

Welcome aboard......:salute:

Three posts in three years? Your nickname Jibber Jabber? :hmmm: You have professed your lurker-ness. You are on the road to recovery. Welcome to the typed language we use to communicate. I think you will enjoy it.:up: