Possibly june 2005, it was a gift from my father after good remarks in the degree I was taking. :D

From looking at the receipt, I purchased SH3 on 8 April 2005. I never installed it for more than a year though because of the problems reported about the Starforce protection. Once I did install it I've never really stopped playing it.:yeah:

Nemo

Since 2005.
I have discovered the GWX at 2010 and then I joined this forum.
I like very much to experiment with various mod combinations despite the CTDs.
I didn't have a stable Internet connection before 2009

two weeks after it was released,

wow i've been at it that long. had Silent Hunter 2 before that as well.

Since the game came out in the Netherlands.
I thought march 2005

I played for a year on and off when it was first released but stopped because I felt there was no real goal in playing the game.

Now with all the mods, sh3 commander and GWX, I can play a real ww2 sub game!!!

I bought sh5, but came back here. It needs lot's of work from modder's still before I immerse myself into it.

You've got a lot of company there...

Seems like scads of people are waiting for it to become 'playable.'

Around the end of 2007, or start of 2008. Best guesstimation.

2005 for me. :DL