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Occasional SUBSIM lurker here, finally taking the plunge to registration.

I was fascinated (and overwhelmed) by subsims back in the day. I'd like to share the story of my return to the genre.

I stumbled across a picture of the con from 688 Attack Sub yesterday and was overwhelmed by nostalgia. Curious to see if this sort of game still existed, I began poking around the internet and quickly found Dangerous Waters on steam for 3 bucks. After a brief battle with international stupidity (I work in Japan, and had to trick steam to let me pay in USD) I was ready to start learning the game.

I read/watched a number of tutorials, and set up a practice mission with an (alleged) target dummy Kirov.

I went through a few clumsy maneuvers started cavitating. I soon noticed that the Kirov had dispatched a helicopter to deal with me (yes, my radar mast was thrust triumphantly through the waves), and I began to hear a faint alarm sound. My sonar detected two new contacts behaving suspiciously like torpedoes, which promptly started lashing me with pings.

The torpedoes' PINGs and alarm's SQUAWKs melded together, playing a rather hideous dirge for my ill fated ship. I ordered an emergency dive, and only then did I notice that everything was shaking. As I gained in depth, the pinging became more frantic, and the shaking more intense. I slammed the rudder to port, praying for the best.

The alarm stopped.

The shaking stopped.

Had I done it? Would we live to fight anoth--KABOOM!--Nope. Torpedoed to death horribly (and justly).

I took off my headphones and realized that the shaking sensation and alarm had NOT been caused by the game, but rather a minor earthquake which coincided nearly perfectly with the Kirov's attack on my sub.

Yep, I'm hooked.

Welcome to SubSim :sunny:

Welcome to SubSim. Great story. :salute:

Thinly Sliced Ham!:Kaleun_Salute:Earth quake? are you in CA? One of our other members was on his live-aboard in England enduring a depth charge attack in his game-as his boat was literally rammed by another vessel in the marina...life imitates art!:smug:

A warm welcome ‘Thinly Sliced Ham ’ to the Subsim family.:subsim:

You will always find someone here to help you.:)

Link to my SH3 – SH4 – SH5 posts::salute:

Step By Step Tutorials & How To Do It.

Also Included Are Some Useful Download Links

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=211804

You can use TDW’Generic File Patcher with STEAM see my Tutorial Post #125

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby (Post 2263554)

Thinly Sliced Ham!:Kaleun_Salute:Earth quake? are you in CA?

One of our other members was on his live-aboard in England enduring a depth charge attack in his game-as his boat was literally rammed by another vessel in the marina...life imitates art!:smug:

I recently (Summer) moved to Japan for work. Although there have been a handful of minor earth quakes since I got here, this was the only one I really noticed.

That's crazy! I hope the results of the accident were less disastrous than the results of the depth charge attack!

Wel-come aboard Kaleun ... :D