Clearly the most disturbing time ever to be a Subsim member

While we're at it, lets mention the "Mod Wars" and the "Right, that's it, i'm leaving" statements and "hey, you stole my apple image" and and and.....sigh, so many happy memories.

[TDK1044]

Hey...where's Gizzmoe? If we really want to relive SHIII then Gizz is a must!!!!

[Onkel Neal]

Great times in Subsim history

Shock and awe that comes from being bumped into a new forum

SH2: What have I done to deserve this?? (Note: Rommel McDonald was the SH2 Assoc. Producer )

More SH2 woes: the agnst!

The first SH2 interview, where I get tricky and try for a clever play on words, "Innerview"...first major FAIL.



The SH2 beta preview; note, the game was very close to being cancelled at this point. VERY close, and with it, the Silent Hunter franchise would have gone the way of Duke Nukem... Haha, at the time (early 2002) this was considered a major step forward inself: "SH2 is a Windows stable product and that means no more boot disks or archaic DOS configurations".

The beginning of SH3 madness This piece was written by Drebbel in Germany at a games show: "Tiberius surfaced close to a convoy and and panned around, showing the convoy from the bridge point of view. Seeing the convoy on the horizon and the lookouts on the U-boat bridge was a very impressive and immersive sight. It created a great atmosphere and I immediately got the feeling of 'being there'. "

Hope you enjoy these tidbits

[TDK1044]

Man, what a trip down memory lane.

[JScones]

Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

While we're at it, lets mention the "Mod Wars" and the "Right, that's it, i'm leaving" statements and "hey, you stole my apple image" and and and.....sigh, so many happy memories.

And don't forget the "SH4 is way better than SH3" and "No, SH3 is way better than SH4" threads. Pure joy.

Ah, the memories...

I wonder how long it will be before we get a "Deck gun rate of fire" thread. You haven't witnessed Subsim at its best unless you experience first hand a deck gun rate of fire thread.

Admittedly though, the competition did lead to some great findings that led to SH3 being pushed well beyond the limits that anyone thought possible. And it was great to always see an inbox full of Neal's PMs.

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

and lets not forget the talk of a class action lawsuit against ubisoft because sh4 was full of bugs

There's really nothing that can top that, is there?

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Not to mention any up and coming's that have yet to be seen. You'll see em coming out of the wood works once SH5 is released.

Looking forward to it.

[sergei]

Originally Posted by JScones

I wonder how long it will be before we get a "Deck gun rate of fire" thread. You haven't witnessed Subsim at its best unless you experience first hand a deck gun rate of fire thread.

Seconded that. I remember when I was still a lurker starting to read a post about something seemingly unrelated, that degenerated into an argument about the deck gun that went on for about 15 pages.
As I was totally uninvolved it was a very entertaining thread.
Man, people get passionate about the deck gun eh?
Like you said, looking forward to the first deck gun ROF thread for SH5. Maybe we should give out a prize to the first person who turns up to complain about it?

I wonder how long it will be before we get a "Deck gun rate of fire" thread. You haven't witnessed Subsim at its best unless you experience first hand a deck gun rate of fire thread.

My all time favourite without a shadow of a doubt

Oh and FIFTEEN SECONDS!

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

My all time favourite without a shadow of a doubt

Oh and FIFTEEN SECONDS!

No kidding. That's what I find most amusing about these runups to a new subsim--the rampant, passionate, frenzied discussions about feature xxxx. I guess that is part of what makes the runup fun.

My god, just peruse the archives for "dynamic campaign", DD torpedo attacks, "cherry picking", swinging sausages, etc. People get soooo emotional about these things and then years later, can't remember what they are. Some people are ready to boycott, petition, tear each other apart... over a game

FOUR SECONDS, stupid! If you'd just read any of the books...

Oh I leave Beery to do all the book reading

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Apology accepted

Imagine how skinny these forums would be without the rants....content is content and there's no such thing as bad PR

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by JScones

And don't forget the "SH4 is way better than SH3" and "No, SH3 is way better than SH4" threads. Pure joy.

Ah, the memories...

Memories? That one's still going on as we type.

I wonder how long it will be before we get a "Deck gun rate of fire" thread. You haven't witnessed Subsim at its best unless you experience first hand a deck gun rate of fire thread.

Oh, yeah. It starts with a complaint that "all the books say..." and gets into a learned discussion/tirade/attack, and six pages later somebody who's read something somewhere says "Well, if you'd read all the books you'd know the truth..." and it starts all over again.

No wonder poor Beery comes around so rarely.

There's really nothing that can top that, is there?

I'm sure we'll come up with something.

Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

Oh and FIFTEEN SECONDS!

FOUR SECONDS, stupid! If you'd just read any of the books...


Sorry, couldn't resist.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by JScones

I wonder how long it will be before we get a "Deck gun rate of fire" thread. You haven't witnessed Subsim at its best unless you experience first hand a deck gun rate of fire thread.

Ahhhhahahahahaha I love those threads!

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

While we're at it, lets mention the "Mod Wars" and the "Right, that's it, i'm leaving" statements and "hey, you stole my apple image" and and and.....sigh, so many happy memories.

It was not 'MOD WARS'...it was 'competition.' I was always told that competition is good. If that is the case then the mod competition was just out of this world!

Let's face it, ingrained into our very fiber is the idea that the next addition will be loaded with bugs, inconsistency, lack of forethought and will definitely get your family pet pregnant. How did we get this way....read the thread! Even so, SH5 will be a great simulation. Everyone, just wait and see!