I feel like a tratior!!!

bookworm_020 · 09-24-06, 06:33 PM

I feel like a tratior at the moment. Playing in the med in 43' and the pickings are slim (where are the convoys??) I come across a couple of single merchants and sink them by deck gun. It's only when I take a close look at the flag, I come to the dreadful realization that I'm sinking my own fellow citizens

Well at least they went down flying the flag!!

That it, I going back to the Atlantic so I can sink my favourate prey

WilhelmSchulz. · 09-24-06, 07:50 PM

I have gotin over that(my self with sinking ships flying the Stars and Stripes) But I do know how you feel.

Pants · 09-24-06, 08:49 PM

Same here guys..same here..you feel especially bad when you have relatives who fought on both sides during WWII..makes you kinda happy and guilty at the same time

DanCanovas · 09-25-06, 03:05 AM

lol oh come on guys. its us poor brits that have the hard time of it, we're sinking our own ships for 5 years !

Achtung Englander · 09-25-06, 04:58 AM

I have no qualms about it because I am a Nazi Uboat captain

"you muzt obey orderz"

09-25-06, 05:20 AM

I have no problem with it either. Chances are even my grandfather who served in the US Navy during WW! and WW2 on US Navy DDs and DEs would even play this sim. Everyone has to admit to themselves the Germans back in the day had some pretty neat gear!

Plus, this is just a game or software simulation (take your pick) and no live farm animals were hurt in the making of and during the playing of this sim. It's just pixels on a computer screen. It is NOT real. Keep that in your head.

Matter of fact, I even crashed my 767 passenger jet into the world trade towers in FS9 just to see what would happen. Of course nothing unnormal happened. It too is just a game.

I even shot up and bombed all the ships at Pearl Harbor with my Mitsubishi AGM Zero in IL-2 Pacific Aces campaign. Still nothing happened.

I porked a prostitute in GTA Vice City and in GTA San Andreas only to kill her in cold blood right afterwards to get my $20 back. Still nothing happened. I even slaughtered a million cops with fire, bullets, a chainsaw, and rockets, and still nothing happend.

Bottom Line.....

It's just a game, let the firing commence!!

spork542 · 09-25-06, 05:24 AM

Yeah... those large merchants sure are volatile, aren't they?

HunterICX · 09-25-06, 05:42 AM

Bookworm, its an weird dilema isnt it

Mmm it 7K tons of metal that I sink...thats nice
but it has my nation flag on it....

Mmmm....

7K Ton
or let my country men go...

mmmmm.....

7K ton!!!
torpedo 1 FIRE!:rotfl:

09-25-06, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Bookworm, its an weird dilema isnt it

Mmm it 7K tons of metal that I sink...thats nice
but it has my nation flag on it....

Mmmm....

7K Ton
or let my country men go...

mmmmm.....

7K ton!!!
torpedo 1 FIRE!:rotfl:

ROFLMAO :rotfl:

That's the spirit HUNTERICX!!!! WAY TO GO MATE!!!!

Everybody just needs to think about it like Holloween!! Just because you wear the Nazi uniform in the sim doesn't mean you really are one!! Just like kids in the US that I know who dressed up like Darth Vader last year weren't really on the darkside of the force! They just wanted some damn candy, and all I want is some damn tonnage!

vienna · 09-25-06, 12:19 PM

It’s not just the military aspect of sinking your same country’s shipping, sometimes; I have had occasions where it hit me that I was sinking American merchant shipping and my late father was an American merchant marine in WWII; it is sometimes an eerie feeling. The great irony of his life is that he survived WWII duty only to be among the crew taken by the Cambodians on the S.S. Mayaguez at the end of the Vietnam war.

Sailor Steve · 09-25-06, 05:42 PM

You feel like a traitor because you ARE a traitor, you, you...traitor!

Of course, if BdU complains, you can always blame Bernard.

Henry_pl · 09-25-06, 07:27 PM

If anyone doesn't feel good when sinking ships with his country's flag- think about those poor Germans- in a majority of WW2 games you play against Germany- how do they feel when they play ex. Call of Duty

Shooting people who speak their language

It's just a game...
Electrones inside a computer...

GT182 · 09-25-06, 07:35 PM

I have a neighbor that wishes he had a computer good enough to play SHIII. He's a retired US Navy submariner that served just after WWII up thru and into the nuclear age of submarines. Right now his health isn't very good so he hasn't bothered getting the new computer. I've told him about SHIII and he was very interested, said he love to command a vGerman sub in the Atlantic.

bookworm_020 · 09-25-06, 08:36 PM

I have no problems over sinking American and UK shipping, in fact conside it a little revenge (the British for nuclear testing in Australia and Americia for calling the Ugg boot theirs!)
I just had up untill that moment never sunk my own nation till that point in time.

I got over it quickly, as the photos show, and will be attempt to sink some more soon...

Biggles · 09-26-06, 09:26 AM

That's the beauty about living in Sweden!

If I'd ever tried to be a "traitor" I'd only get penalty for it, since Swedish ships is to be concidered Neutral, so what's the point anyway?

Oh, and where were you mate when you sank those Aussies? In the pacific?

09-24-06, 06:33 PM	#1
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I feel like a tratior!!! I feel like a tratior at the moment. Playing in the med in 43' and the pickings are slim (where are the convoys??) I come across a couple of single merchants and sink them by deck gun. It's only when I take a close look at the flag, I come to the dreadful realization that I'm sinking my own fellow citizens Well at least they went down flying the flag!! That it, I going back to the Atlantic so I can sink my favourate prey __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

09-24-06, 07:50 PM	#2
WilhelmSchulz. The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Virgina Beach Posts: 1,301 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I have gotin over that(my self with sinking ships flying the Stars and Stripes) But I do know how you feel. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink… others require our assistance."

09-24-06, 08:49 PM	#3
Pants Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Somewhere in the Atlantic Posts: 849 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Same here guys..same here..you feel especially bad when you have relatives who fought on both sides during WWII..makes you kinda happy and guilty at the same time __________________ Ex GWX Dev Team member and proud GWX user

09-25-06, 03:05 AM	#4
DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	lol oh come on guys. its us poor brits that have the hard time of it, we're sinking our own ships for 5 years ! __________________

09-25-06, 04:58 AM	#5
Achtung Englander Loader Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 81 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have no qualms about it because I am a Nazi Uboat captain "you muzt obey orderz" __________________ Achtung ! Spitfeur !!

09-25-06, 05:20 AM	#6
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I have no problem with it either. Chances are even my grandfather who served in the US Navy during WW! and WW2 on US Navy DDs and DEs would even play this sim. Everyone has to admit to themselves the Germans back in the day had some pretty neat gear! Plus, this is just a game or software simulation (take your pick) and no live farm animals were hurt in the making of and during the playing of this sim. It's just pixels on a computer screen. It is NOT real. Keep that in your head. Matter of fact, I even crashed my 767 passenger jet into the world trade towers in FS9 just to see what would happen. Of course nothing unnormal happened. It too is just a game. I even shot up and bombed all the ships at Pearl Harbor with my Mitsubishi AGM Zero in IL-2 Pacific Aces campaign. Still nothing happened. I porked a prostitute in GTA Vice City and in GTA San Andreas only to kill her in cold blood right afterwards to get my $20 back. Still nothing happened. I even slaughtered a million cops with fire, bullets, a chainsaw, and rockets, and still nothing happend. Bottom Line..... It's just a game, let the firing commence!! Last edited by SubSerpent; 09-25-06 at 05:24 AM.

09-25-06, 05:24 AM	#7
spork542 Chief Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 328 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Yeah... those large merchants sure are volatile, aren't they? __________________

09-25-06, 05:42 AM	#8
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Bookworm, its an weird dilema isnt it Mmm it 7K tons of metal that I sink...thats nice but it has my nation flag on it.... Mmmm.... 7K Ton or let my country men go... mmmmm..... 7K ton!!! torpedo 1 FIRE!:rotfl: __________________

09-25-06, 12:19 PM	#10
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	It’s not just the military aspect of sinking your same country’s shipping, sometimes; I have had occasions where it hit me that I was sinking American merchant shipping and my late father was an American merchant marine in WWII; it is sometimes an eerie feeling. The great irony of his life is that he survived WWII duty only to be among the crew taken by the Cambodians on the S.S. Mayaguez at the end of the Vietnam war.

09-25-06, 05:42 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	You feel like a traitor because you ARE a traitor, you, you...traitor! Of course, if BdU complains, you can always blame Bernard. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-25-06, 07:27 PM	#12
Henry_pl Seaman Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cracow, Poland Posts: 33 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If anyone doesn't feel good when sinking ships with his country's flag- think about those poor Germans- in a majority of WW2 games you play against Germany- how do they feel when they play ex. Call of Duty Shooting people who speak their language It's just a game... Electrones inside a computer...

09-25-06, 07:35 PM	#13
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	I have a neighbor that wishes he had a computer good enough to play SHIII. He's a retired US Navy submariner that served just after WWII up thru and into the nuclear age of submarines. Right now his health isn't very good so he hasn't bothered getting the new computer. I've told him about SHIII and he was very interested, said he love to command a vGerman sub in the Atlantic. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

09-25-06, 08:36 PM	#14
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I have no problems over sinking American and UK shipping, in fact conside it a little revenge (the British for nuclear testing in Australia and Americia for calling the Ugg boot theirs!) I just had up untill that moment never sunk my own nation till that point in time. I got over it quickly, as the photos show, and will be attempt to sink some more soon... __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

09-26-06, 09:26 AM	#15
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's the beauty about living in Sweden! If I'd ever tried to be a "traitor" I'd only get penalty for it, since Swedish ships is to be concidered Neutral, so what's the point anyway? Oh, and where were you mate when you sank those Aussies? In the pacific? __________________