Idiot seeks tranfer to Eastern Front!!

Foghladh_mhara · 03-06-07, 04:20 AM

I swear I am the Mr Magoo of the frickin' Kriegsmarine! I dont know if its ever happened in SH3 before but I think der Grosse Löwe is gonna refuse to give me a new boat soon. I mean I'm not an imbecile normally but put me in a U-boat and watch me disintegrate.
My latest misadventure involved patrolling grid AN23 for 24 hours. (My last patrol ended abrubtly after I crash dived in 30m of water and got DC'd which was un-neccessary as I was flooding anyway

) Surprisingly after patrolling for 24 hours i had not fulfilled my mission objective. After much muttering about mods and bugs I re-read my orders... patrol grid AM23 for 24 hours. Off i set for my designated grid. I patrol. Done. Now to find targets.
One tramp and one large merchie later I find the convoy. This is it. I'm perfectly positioned. Up scope down scope calculate range. Repeat and repeat again. I have the perfect solution. Baby cries (in real life, I dont have a baby on board) I put baby back to sleep. Back to scope, I see convoy disappearing in the distance cos I never paused it!!!!! Surface the boat to try and regain position get spotted by escort, dive deep and run at 2 knots depth charges and die. This all getting too familiar to me. Could be time to re-hire the weapons officer

Zero Niner · 03-06-07, 05:15 AM

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I enjoy reading your misadventures!!

TarJak · 03-06-07, 06:25 AM

I think I see your problem. When the baby cries hit escape and the baby will stop crying. As soon as you hit it again to get started of course the baby will start crying again. Cest la vie!

Foghladh_mhara · 03-06-07, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero Niner

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I enjoy reading your misadventures!!

I'm delighted someone is getting amusement from it

Its starting to get embarrassing. I'm the scourge of single tramp steamers everywhere but I have yet to successfully attack a convoy and live to brag about it. I think I overanalyse it a bit. The final kick in the nads came when I slunk into bed this morning at 1am after my latest failure and my girlfriend asked me why I dont play something I'm good at!! I turned my face away and whimpered myself to sleep

Brag · 03-06-07, 07:39 AM

There's always another day, another convoy. Go to 0 TC when going to baby or the loo.

A hilarious picture forms in my mind: U-boot captain embracing periscope while holding a baby :rotfl: :rotfl:

NipplesTheCat · 03-06-07, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foghladh_mhara

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero Niner

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I enjoy reading your misadventures!!

I'm delighted someone is getting amusement from it

Its starting to get embarrassing. I'm the scourge of single tramp steamers everywhere but I have yet to successfully attack a convoy and live to brag about it. I think I overanalyse it a bit. The final kick in the nads came when I slunk into bed this morning at 1am after my latest failure and my girlfriend asked me why I dont play something I'm good at!! I turned my face away and whimpered myself to sleep

At least at the end of the day you crawl into bed with a girl. Most of use uboat freaks crawl into bed alone at night wondering why the hot blonde at the bar wasnt as impressed with my patrol history as we were.

cobalt · 03-06-07, 12:35 PM

don't feel too bad, i've had about 5-6 sh3 careers and havent finished one because of me messing up sh3 core files and having to reinstall. then using differant mods and not deleting left over files, etc, and ruining installs etc

Corsair · 03-06-07, 12:47 PM

I guess we all had this type of moments...

I think I could have a couple of pages near the PC written with things I should never do again... I did use that when I started playing Combat Mission a few years ago, since it's a turn based game, you have time to have a look before planning your next moves.

leet657 · 03-06-07, 10:28 AM

Glad to see that there is someone else who makes stupid mistakes, maybe we went to the same sub school!

03-06-07, 04:20 AM	#1
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Idiot seeks tranfer to Eastern Front!! I swear I am the Mr Magoo of the frickin' Kriegsmarine! I dont know if its ever happened in SH3 before but I think der Grosse Löwe is gonna refuse to give me a new boat soon. I mean I'm not an imbecile normally but put me in a U-boat and watch me disintegrate. My latest misadventure involved patrolling grid AN23 for 24 hours. (My last patrol ended abrubtly after I crash dived in 30m of water and got DC'd which was un-neccessary as I was flooding anyway ) Surprisingly after patrolling for 24 hours i had not fulfilled my mission objective. After much muttering about mods and bugs I re-read my orders... patrol grid AM23 for 24 hours. Off i set for my designated grid. I patrol. Done. Now to find targets. One tramp and one large merchie later I find the convoy. This is it. I'm perfectly positioned. Up scope down scope calculate range. Repeat and repeat again. I have the perfect solution. Baby cries (in real life, I dont have a baby on board) I put baby back to sleep. Back to scope, I see convoy disappearing in the distance cos I never paused it!!!!! Surface the boat to try and regain position get spotted by escort, dive deep and run at 2 knots depth charges and die. This all getting too familiar to me. Could be time to re-hire the weapons officer __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

03-06-07, 07:39 AM	#5
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	There's always another day, another convoy. Go to 0 TC when going to baby or the loo. A hilarious picture forms in my mind: U-boot captain embracing periscope while holding a baby :rotfl: :rotfl: __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

03-06-07, 12:47 PM	#8
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I guess we all had this type of moments... I think I could have a couple of pages near the PC written with things I should never do again... I did use that when I started playing Combat Mission a few years ago, since it's a turn based game, you have time to have a look before planning your next moves. __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

03-06-07, 05:15 AM	#2
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I enjoy reading your misadventures!!

03-06-07, 06:25 AM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I think I see your problem. When the baby cries hit escape and the baby will stop crying. As soon as you hit it again to get started of course the baby will start crying again. Cest la vie!

03-06-07, 12:35 PM	#7
cobalt Commander Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 440 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	don't feel too bad, i've had about 5-6 sh3 careers and havent finished one because of me messing up sh3 core files and having to reinstall. then using differant mods and not deleting left over files, etc, and ruining installs etc

03-06-07, 10:28 AM	#9
leet657 Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Halifax Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Glad to see that there is someone else who makes stupid mistakes, maybe we went to the same sub school!