Back to sea once again...

Kaleun Volk · 05-22-15, 11:41 AM

Just now getting back into SHIII after too long away. I had the urge to play SH for a while now, and when I got the chance I was confronted by the dreaded StarForce shenanigans that haunts the DVD, like an angry sea maiden when you promise to be home by 5pm for dinner, but you choose not to return on time, knowing that no excuse will make up for the fact you forgot her anniversary...

And there it was, like sun bursting through the clouds after a raging storm, the SHIII fix. After downloading GWX3 (good lord, the final version is a masterpiece), I put on my pea coat, grabbed my wheel cap, and made for port with all due haste.

After assuring that the boat was in good order, I looked over the orders for my new command, U-53, a Type VIIB. AM41, off the Rockall Bank. I let out a long sigh. Sure, the grid was thematically nice, playing into many a submarine trope, but I craved tonnage. With just short of 34k km of range and a requirement of only 24hrs to patrol the grid, I decided like any captain worth his salt to seek out glory and tonnage for the Kreigsmarine.

With a favorable wind, and a full brass band playing off our farewell at 0200 for some reason obfuscated to me, we left port, and returned to the sea, to where home was always supposed to be: amongst good comrades, in those moments of quiet desperation, those stretches of boredom where differences and annoyances flare into conflict even amongst the closest of brothers, and a bond shared between all digital submariners is forged, stronger than the most formidable of pressure hulls.

tl;dr I installed SHIII and I came back after a few years to bug you guys with questions and stories.

Aktungbby · 05-22-15, 11:54 AM

Kaleun Volk!

after a four year silent run!

UKönig · 05-22-15, 01:16 PM

Who can explain the allure and appeal of the submarine?

Especially a game in which the player is the historical enemy? Personally, I tend to side with the underdog in most situations, and these guys were just that. You're on the ropes right from the get-go. The odds are stacked heavily against you. Your equipment is obsolete. And yet, you try. You try not to die, but as the numbers show, most of the boats and crews never made it back.

u crank · 05-22-15, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by UKönig

Especially a game in which the player is the historical enemy? Personally, I tend to side with the underdog in most situations, and these guys were just that. You're on the ropes right from the get-go. The odds are stacked heavily against you. Your equipment is obsolete. And yet, you try. You try not to die, but as the numbers show, most of the boats and crews never made it back.

That was always the reason I play SH3/GWX. And no starting in '39.

I usually liked the Das Boot start....fall 1941, just when things start to get hot.

THEBERBSTER · 05-22-15, 05:54 PM

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Kpt. Lehmann · 05-22-15, 07:22 PM

Cheers, Kaleun Volk and company.

You've inspired me a bit. It has been a long time since I've smelled the sea salt myself. Hopefully I can dust off the diesels and cast off again soon.

Good hunting, gentlemen.

Sink'em ALL!

Rambler241 · 05-24-15, 06:19 AM

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It has been a long time since I've smelled the sea salt myself.

It's not sea salt you're smelling, it's the remains of last night's beef stew, lovingly prepared by Otto in the sparkling, pristine galley, and still lurking deep in your week-long beard. Otto was a pig farmer, BTW, and I don't think he's washed his hands since he left to join the KM. Beef stew - not much beef, or what passes for beef in these austere times, and too much stewing (give it another full Watch or so). The family of rats in the forward torpedo room hasn't been seen for two days, either.

UKönig · 05-24-15, 05:43 PM

Like the Bomber crew that roasted their lucky bird mascot, in the mistaken impression that they were retired, and then got handed One. Last. Mission...

Rambler241 · 05-27-15, 06:31 AM

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and then got handed One. Last. Mission...

Meaning "last" in the sense that the lucky mascot "worked" for all preceding missions? I wonder what sort of bird mascot would be worth roasting?

05-22-15, 11:41 AM	#1
Kaleun Volk A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 72 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Back to sea once again... Just now getting back into SHIII after too long away. I had the urge to play SH for a while now, and when I got the chance I was confronted by the dreaded StarForce shenanigans that haunts the DVD, like an angry sea maiden when you promise to be home by 5pm for dinner, but you choose not to return on time, knowing that no excuse will make up for the fact you forgot her anniversary... And there it was, like sun bursting through the clouds after a raging storm, the SHIII fix. After downloading GWX3 (good lord, the final version is a masterpiece), I put on my pea coat, grabbed my wheel cap, and made for port with all due haste. After assuring that the boat was in good order, I looked over the orders for my new command, U-53, a Type VIIB. AM41, off the Rockall Bank. I let out a long sigh. Sure, the grid was thematically nice, playing into many a submarine trope, but I craved tonnage. With just short of 34k km of range and a requirement of only 24hrs to patrol the grid, I decided like any captain worth his salt to seek out glory and tonnage for the Kreigsmarine. With a favorable wind, and a full brass band playing off our farewell at 0200 for some reason obfuscated to me, we left port, and returned to the sea, to where home was always supposed to be: amongst good comrades, in those moments of quiet desperation, those stretches of boredom where differences and annoyances flare into conflict even amongst the closest of brothers, and a bond shared between all digital submariners is forged, stronger than the most formidable of pressure hulls. tl;dr I installed SHIII and I came back after a few years to bug you guys with questions and stories.

05-22-15, 11:54 AM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,104 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome back! Kaleun Volk! after a four year silent run! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-22-15, 01:16 PM	#3
UKönig Captain Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 495 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Who can explain the allure and appeal of the submarine? Especially a game in which the player is the historical enemy? Personally, I tend to side with the underdog in most situations, and these guys were just that. You're on the ropes right from the get-go. The odds are stacked heavily against you. Your equipment is obsolete. And yet, you try. You try not to die, but as the numbers show, most of the boats and crews never made it back. __________________ Because I'm the captain, that's why!

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05-22-15, 07:22 PM	#6
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 7,001 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Cheers, Kaleun Volk and company. You've inspired me a bit. It has been a long time since I've smelled the sea salt myself. Hopefully I can dust off the diesels and cast off again soon. Good hunting, gentlemen. Sink'em ALL! __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

05-24-15, 05:43 PM	#8
UKönig Captain Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 495 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Like the Bomber crew that roasted their lucky bird mascot, in the mistaken impression that they were retired, and then got handed One. Last. Mission... __________________ Because I'm the captain, that's why!