why do you like sh3 so much

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hi hunters

i was wondering why i like sh3 so much - as i was getting battered the other night off the north west coast of ireland.
i felt, what i only can describe as, real concern for my virtual crew. does this make sense or am i, as my friend described me, a sad bast*%#
i dont know and care even less. and yet there it was - real concern for a virtual fictional crew .

i have read over the years plenty on the u-boat war, watched doco's on telly, dvd's too bought and borrowed. recorded things from the radio and telly, followed websites, watched, the other night, 'u-boots westwards' on google. not forgetting the unputdownable 'shadow divers.'
i supose with hindsight, the war in the atlantic was doomed from the begining - even with the patriotic cammoraderie of the crews and those who helped them. i dont think they really stood a chance. clay blairs two volume history expalins that very well.

so, for me, maybe something of the doomed heroism these men displayed - the enevitable tragedy of it all: they didnt really get the support they deserved.
but all this still does'nt expalin why i like it so much.
it takes hours and days to play, it gives me a bad back, i squint at the screen to see, i lean in to the hydrophones to listen at "All Stop."
i ignore callls of "dont forget to bring the washing in when it rains !!"
" can i have some help in the kitchen ?"
" your children are on the road !!"

it goes on.
i'm still not that good at it. can't do manual mapping and torpedo's and stuff, take risks when i'm tired and get blown to hell, drink too much coffee on a sunday when it's an 'all-dayer'
dont have a shower 'till 4 in the afternoon.....

it goes on.

so, i was just wondering what it ist like for others, who are quietly obsessed...

any thoughts are welcome

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