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Platapus · 10-23-09, 10:04 PM

My suggestion:

Turn back on map contacts. Then at the same time practice doing manual plotting and notice the differences between your observations and GPS/god mode. Realize that there is a reason your Deck Watch Officer's nickname is "squinty". He is really only good for bearings.

Then when you got plotting down so that you can do it quickly (since you can't plot while paused), give no contacts another try.

It is tough to go from contacts to no contacts cold turkey. (Cold Turkey is too distracting anyway due to their little beaks chattering all the time.)

The objective is to make "no contacts" challenging but not frustrating.

10-23-09, 10:04 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	My suggestion: Turn back on map contacts. Then at the same time practice doing manual plotting and notice the differences between your observations and GPS/god mode. Realize that there is a reason your Deck Watch Officer's nickname is "squinty". He is really only good for bearings. Then when you got plotting down so that you can do it quickly (since you can't plot while paused), give no contacts another try. It is tough to go from contacts to no contacts cold turkey. (Cold Turkey is too distracting anyway due to their little beaks chattering all the time.) The objective is to make "no contacts" challenging but not frustrating. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.