I might get bored if I were sitting there just staring at the monitor for hours at a time, yeah. I won't say I haven't done that, because there are times when it's actually relaxing (a way to "decompress" from a far too hectic work week, for example).

But typically if I'm just sitting there with the game running, I will have the TV on in the same room and find something to watch, or I'll be reading a book, or doing something else that I can stop doing immediately if anything happens in the game that requires my attention. Other times I'll be up doing things in the same room - household chores like dusting or folding laundry. I'll go in and out of the room to do stuff as long as it doesn't involve getting out of earshot or so distracted that I miss an alert.

In a way that increases the realism for me, in RL it's not like a u-boat commander spent an entire patrol standing over the chart table monitoring their progress or up on the bridge assisting with the watch. He had to eat, sleep, and find ways to kill time when nothing was going on that required his immediate oversight or intervention. And with a good crew, that was probably most of the time.

I remember reading in one of Buchheim's books - I think it was U-Boat War - where he quoted Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock saying something like, a u-boat commander's first priority and most important "duty" was to be asleep whenever and however much he could... simply because, once they went into action, it might turn out to be a very long ordeal (either on offense or defense) during which he would have to be awake, alert, and making crucial split-second decisions for hours at a time.

So, you know, for increased realism... plot your course, go to 128 TC, and have a good nap. Just make sure the volume's high enough that any alert will be loud enough to wake you up. :D

I find that my "SH3 time", usually after the girls are in bed and my wife is watching cooking shows, is the only time I get to catch up on my reading or chores anyway. Of course, if I latch onto a juicy convoy the chores might suffer......:03:

Reminds me of a comment I heard somewhere years ago. Always thought it had to do with soldiers or those involved in combat.

Never stand when you can sit
Never sit when you can lay down
Never stay awake when you can sleep

'cause you never know when you'll get another chance

Except for all the air contacts you miss.

SH3 Commander.

Or....never do for yourself what you can get another to do for you...an old internal police saying :03:

Not at all, Im always at 8192 :D

No complaints here!

That 's good , i can stay at sea longer waiting for good weather :D

Especially when you're in a Type II and trying to just sip fuel so you can get to your grid and back. Between the modding of the Kiel canal and the more reasonable fuel load, operating a II is not such an onerous task any more.

SINK EM ALL!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...ies/pirate.gif

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