Forgive me for I have sinned...

nattydread · 07-22-07, 11:14 PM

Its been some time since my last confession. While playing 100% realism on very hard, I died and re-loaded my campaign.

I couldnt bring myself to accept the death because it just didnt seem right. I was submerged on silent running moving away from a distant warship contact that appeared to be tracking me from way beyond the horizon.

After sometime at high time compression and silent running below the thermocline my sonar officer lost passive sound contact. So I surfaced at high time compression to find myself under attack by two small escorts...perhaps subchasers, i couldnttell because it was at night.

I dont know if it was the distant surface contact that magically caught up tp me or if I just happened to surface into one of those sitting/sleeping mini-taskforces. My sonar officer never picked them up it seems, or they found me even at silent running under the thermocline even after I was silent running and had change course.

Either way it just didnt seem right, either they snuck in without me hearing them or I had the amazing bad luck of surfacing into a sitting taskforce...which doesnt seem right either. I cant imagine a single or group of warships would just sit out in the middle of the ocean...well they were actually they were 50nm of the coast.....but still!!! come on, that just sucks!

Anyway, please forgive me sub-warfare gods!

fair_weather · 07-22-07, 11:21 PM

*shrug*

If I get nuked I usually load up the last time I was in port and go from there. Had to reload a few times in GWX...convoys are nasty...

nattydread · 07-22-07, 11:31 PM

yeah, but I tend to approach this as a role-play, so when I die Im supposed to start over. Im just feeling a bit guilty because Im kind of side-stepping my own rules...maybe Im being to much of a prude about it

fair_weather · 07-22-07, 11:33 PM

Say it with me:

"IT'S A GAME! SAVES ARE THERE FOR A REASON!"

Sailor Steve · 07-23-07, 11:32 AM

Saves are there for TDCs. Some of us play Dead Is Dead because we want to sweat. If it's just a game to you, that's fine, but I won't repeat after you.:p

Quote:

Originally Posted by nattydread

So I surfaced at high time compression...

That's a mortal sin right there. So, no forgiveness this time.:rotfl:

Or, in the words of the old joke:
Me: "Doc, it hurts when I do this."
Doctor: "Don't do that!"

Peto · 07-23-07, 11:33 AM

AS penance, I think you should take on a Heavy Cruiser (at least) with your deck gun. Only then will your concious truly be cleansed. And this time it won't be in accelerated time so you can watch the action :hmm: .

Go forth and surface in compressed time no more

Cheers!

Peto

Sailor Steve · 07-23-07, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peto

AS penance, I think you should take on a Heavy Cruiser (at least) with your deck gun. Only then will your concious truly be cleansed. And this time it won't be in accelerated time so you can watch the action :hmm: .

Go forth and surface in compressed time no more

Cheers!

Peto

I excommunicate you!

Peto · 07-23-07, 11:45 AM

I'm afraid you're a couple years too late :rotfl:

Sailor Steve · 07-23-07, 12:18 PM

Oh, I figured that since we gave differing opinions, you would excommunicate me as well; just like the 12th-century popes.

Peto · 07-23-07, 12:32 PM

Actually Steve--both of our opinions were an attemp to bring a suffering sailor out of virtual purgatory. Since both of our goals were pure, neither of us need go back to PBS (Popes before Subs). I feel we were each offering a relief to an issue of unresolved emotional and spiritual distress.

I think we are actually on the same page here.

:hmm:

Peto

orangenee · 07-23-07, 01:04 PM

It's an advantage is saving, so you use it if you want to!!! I'm a subsim aetheist and have no such qualms about reloading a save if it all goes wrong, so don't go subscribing to the hardcore simmers dogma!!!

Elder-Pirate · 07-23-07, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peto

I think we are actually on the same page here.

:hmm:

Peto

WELL ? Come on, come on, hurry up & turn the page, this is getting interesting.

Weather-guesser · 07-23-07, 01:18 PM

Hello, my name is Paul and I'm a...a...a game re-loader. Whew! The first 12th step is always the hardest.

orangenee · 07-23-07, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weather-guesser

Hello, my name is Paul and I'm a...a...a game re-loader. Whew! The first 12th step is always the hardest.

*Applauds enthusiastically and sympathetically*

Snuffy · 07-23-07, 01:30 PM

I see we need to Exorcize the "Demon of Restarting Saved Games" here.

*Where'd I put my holy water?"

Fear naught! for this demon has been expelled before.

07-22-07, 11:14 PM	#1
nattydread Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 498 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Forgive me for I have sinned... Its been some time since my last confession. While playing 100% realism on very hard, I died and re-loaded my campaign. I couldnt bring myself to accept the death because it just didnt seem right. I was submerged on silent running moving away from a distant warship contact that appeared to be tracking me from way beyond the horizon. After sometime at high time compression and silent running below the thermocline my sonar officer lost passive sound contact. So I surfaced at high time compression to find myself under attack by two small escorts...perhaps subchasers, i couldnttell because it was at night. I dont know if it was the distant surface contact that magically caught up tp me or if I just happened to surface into one of those sitting/sleeping mini-taskforces. My sonar officer never picked them up it seems, or they found me even at silent running under the thermocline even after I was silent running and had change course. Either way it just didnt seem right, either they snuck in without me hearing them or I had the amazing bad luck of surfacing into a sitting taskforce...which doesnt seem right either. I cant imagine a single or group of warships would just sit out in the middle of the ocean...well they were actually they were 50nm of the coast.....but still!!! come on, that just sucks! Anyway, please forgive me sub-warfare gods!

07-22-07, 11:21 PM	#2
fair_weather Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 197 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	shrug If I get nuked I usually load up the last time I was in port and go from there. Had to reload a few times in GWX...convoys are nasty... __________________ Information on the Real SS-228

07-22-07, 11:33 PM	#4
fair_weather Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 197 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Say it with me: "IT'S A GAME! SAVES ARE THERE FOR A REASON!" __________________ Information on the Real SS-228

07-23-07, 12:18 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh, I figured that since we gave differing opinions, you would excommunicate me as well; just like the 12th-century popes. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-23-07, 01:18 PM	#13
Weather-guesser Lieutenant Join Date: May 2007 Location: Albany, New York USA Posts: 260 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 0	Hello, my name is Paul and I'm a...a...a game re-loader. Whew! The first 12th step is always the hardest. __________________ NAVY! It's not just a job. It's a Buck Seventy-Five an hour!

07-22-07, 11:31 PM	#3
nattydread Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 498 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	yeah, but I tend to approach this as a role-play, so when I die Im supposed to start over. Im just feeling a bit guilty because Im kind of side-stepping my own rules...maybe Im being to much of a prude about it

07-23-07, 11:33 AM	#6
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	AS penance, I think you should take on a Heavy Cruiser (at least) with your deck gun. Only then will your concious truly be cleansed. And this time it won't be in accelerated time so you can watch the action :hmm: . Go forth and surface in compressed time no more Cheers! Peto

07-23-07, 11:45 AM	#8
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I'm afraid you're a couple years too late :rotfl:

07-23-07, 12:32 PM	#10
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Actually Steve--both of our opinions were an attemp to bring a suffering sailor out of virtual purgatory. Since both of our goals were pure, neither of us need go back to PBS (Popes before Subs). I feel we were each offering a relief to an issue of unresolved emotional and spiritual distress. I think we are actually on the same page here. :hmm: Peto

07-23-07, 01:04 PM	#11
orangenee Engineer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's an advantage is saving, so you use it if you want to!!! I'm a subsim aetheist and have no such qualms about reloading a save if it all goes wrong, so don't go subscribing to the hardcore simmers dogma!!!

07-23-07, 01:30 PM	#15
Snuffy XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 420 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I see we need to Exorcize the "Demon of Restarting Saved Games" here. *Where'd I put my holy water?" Fear naught! for this demon has been expelled before. __________________ ----------------- Snuffy!