He who lives in a glass house....should not cast stones.

Im the opposite! I like to do things in games that i would NEVER do in reality, its more interesting for me that way. :arrgh!:

U da man........LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Although I participated in this discussion I've got a certain feeling that it has become obsolete. You know why? I've seen the layout of the box the game is sold in and there it states the game is for children of 7 years or older. I don't think that they would sell that game to 7 year olds if you could gun down survivors (no matter if they're armed or not).
Here's a link (just click on the first pic for enlargement): http://www.amazon.de/Ubisoft-Silent-...8&s=videogames

Yeah yeah, all I knew about the guy was that he gunned down some innocent survivors. I've read up on him since.

He knows that, just like common politeness and PC are two different things. It's just that it's way too convenient these days to pull the "excaggerated PC" card whenever someone reacts to something you've said. Not likely to go away any time soon.

Really, Boris, how dare you talk after you gunned down those life-boats with your submarine off... er, waitaminute...
:p

This thread has been pwned by Subnuts :rock:

Depends on the situation. If it's a merchant or tanker I leave the crew alone. If it's a troop transport and it's swiming distance to the beach, I might just take the shot. It happened in real life, I wonder if we will get orders to do it in game???:hmm:

That is one angry submariner. ;)

In order to adequatly roleplay being a good submarine captain that doesnt shoot survivors, survivors must be shootable. I will be very disapointed with ghost liferafts and seagulls that cant be shot. Here is hoping the developers dont give in to the nancy boys that cant hanndle pixle death for moral reasons.

To simulate correctly you just cant stop bullets from hitting things its an imersion killer, and affects the gameplay with people sending torpedos straight through ghost liferafts to finish off the ship.

The "humanists" in here really need to lighten up. Seriously in Silent Hunter III you could make the case that you were sinking unarmed merchants and you were supporting Hitler and the holocaust. Of course that isn't true. The point of simulations isn't to become another person but to do things you wouldn't normally do, i.e. COMMAND A SUBMARINE! Thus in real life I do not command a submarine and thus do not shoot survivors of vessels during WWII. However if I am playing a game I would like to have both of these options open to me as they are things I don't do in real life but would like to do in a fictional patrol where no harm is done to anyone. :lost:

Exactly. :yep:

I completely disagree. If you're not going to shoot them, it makes no difference if they're shootable or not.

No need to shoot them or pick them up. Use them as a bait…..

Like everone I will do it maybe once or twice when I am bored.

In real life - real *******s from all sides, like Morton, Mears and Lemp did it, and I think they all should have been shot for that. I mean all of them who shot at lifeboats.

That's why I voted "No, are you crazy!"

For me it's not the question if you do it at times in the game, but whether you do it with a maniac grin in your face.

Let's behave like gentlemen in the game.

GE