Immersion

[19Herr_Rapp86]

Kind of a different topic. I was just wondering (and I hope RockinRobbins posts on here because he likes to talk about his immersion into the Silent Hunter World, which is what gave me the idea for this post ) how many people are like me here in the submarine simulation world. For me, I like to conduct my patrols at real time. When I get home from work I catch my clock up to what time it is here (Central Daylight Time), and then park myself on the bridge of my beautiful boat, kick on the radio (courtesy of the Silent Hunter 4 sound mod Hawaiian Radio Music pts 1 - 4 ), and kick back in my chair and read a book. To others this may seem a bit boring but for me, this is great stuff. I get to be a sub skipper, at real time. On weekends I do not have to work, I'm going to try and incorporate another type of immersion into the game. Setting the speakers louder than normal so that important events can awake me from my sleep and I can resume my duties at the conn. It brings so much more to the game to be able to experience not only the thrill of the hunt, the terror of being hunted, but also the boredom and idleness of being at sea for long periods of time. Now that's what I call realism factor of 100% I'd like fellow Captains to post their stories here of how they immersify themselves in their little submarine world.