I'm not sure what your point is about the "hardcore sim crowd". I didn't respond yesterday because I haven't been online since the day before that. It's an interesting story, but again, is there a point beyond Admiral Christie's "strangeness"?
Is it about criticizing players who make a point of attacking destroyers (as I recently did)? Sure it was done, but it took torpedoes away from the job of sinking merchants and it was also risky. Remember,
Harder didn't come back from her sixth patrol.
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During his short but impressive career Dealey’s USS Harder sank 16 enemy ships totaling over 50,000 tons.
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While Commander Dealey was the bravest of the brave, and 16 ships and 50,000 tons in 6 patrols is nothing to sneeze at, it's also not the most impressive of scores.
http://www.submarinebooks.com/DestroyerKiller.htm
I don't condemn gamers for playing like gamers, but I'm more impressed when they play as if their life was really on the line.
And if what I just wrote has nothing to do with what you meant, I'll crawl back under my bridge and wait for some defenseless billy-goats to come along.
