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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
I do think that a person who plays a great deal of call of duty or Silent Hunter 3 for example - might be much more inclined to join the Army or the Navy than a person who does not play such games.
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I wanted to join the Kriegsmarine after playing SH3, but they told me that the application deadline ended in May 1945
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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
Playing Silent Hunter 3 and becoming interested in the history of the war in the Atlantic has caused me to read half a dozen books on the subject that i otherwise might have skipped over in the book store without the influence of the subsim genre. Therefore, in some way - i was influenced by the simulation.
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This is also true for me, before SH3 I had no special interest in submarines, though always in WW2. Now I have many books on the subject in my shelf - still not enough
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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
Additionally; Though i had always been interested in airplanes, i had my career sights firmly set on being an architect - had my father not purchased Microsoft Flight Simulator for me in my early teens... i might not have become a big fan of the MSFS Series and ultimately i may not have chosen aviation as a career path over architecture.
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Would you say that playing a flightsim did help you to prepare for your training? Was it easier to learn it, compared to pilots who never played one before? -
IF there are pilots who never did so.