Your most laughable career?

Sailor Steve · 06-30-08, 09:52 PM

I'd have to go for the time I was re-doing the Acadamy. I was shooting the deck gun at a merchant from real close when he suddenly exploded, taking me with him.

Never even made it to the 'career'.:rotfl:

joegrundman · 06-30-08, 10:00 PM

I was running on the surface between ireland and scotland in rain and poor visibility. I KNEW i should be underwater in such conditions, but i just wanted out of the strait, so i ran at high speed on the surface.

Yup, i encountered a Revenge class BB at 700 yards. i lasted about 10 seconds

EDIT: Sailor steve - i think you are the winning this competition at the moment, and the guy who crashed into the friendly merchant is runner up

msalama · 06-30-08, 10:46 PM

LoL guys

Great stories...

downunder · 07-01-08, 05:14 AM

Mine would have to be the first time i played Sub vs Sub on multiplayer. Fiquring i would be playing guys who play this all the time, i thought they would be onto me straight away. So i thought ill make it harder for them by selecting flank speed and hard left, Little did i know i was in a fiord and crashed into the cliff and sank.

BulSoldier · 07-01-08, 05:31 AM

What happened to me recently was my first patrol with new career and type VII. On my way out of kionsberg on that damn canal i ran aground because the map is little offplace and there are tide waves every few seconds that either mask the ground or for my horror they pulled out and i saw how my entire boat sit on the ground and the waves washed my (her actually bottom

) and neither flank ahead neither emergency backwards helped.Just sat there waiting to selfdestruct.

KeptinCranky · 07-01-08, 02:31 PM

I thought I'd try and do better.....

Ran into an unescorted King George V and Three-stacker Heavy Cruiser, first patrol with a brand new IXb,

hit it with one eel, thought meh, that won't sink and went to get a coffee while my boat quietly made it's way to eighty meters... when I come back it's no longer on the hydrophone, then when I listen properly I get a stationary contact right up close...

went back to periscope depth, saw her at 500 meters, hit her with 3 more eels, then did the following...

I thought I'd try a boarding action, where their guns couldn't reach me...

that worked out well, except for Bernard not shutting down the engine....

amazingly, that didn't kill me.... instantly..., the pressure at 174 meters did though

Do I get a cooky?

Jimbuna · 07-01-08, 03:02 PM

tell em the truth Pinnochio

Tell em what you were really hunting for

Blacklight · 07-01-08, 03:47 PM

I have a couple careers that went Bernard on me.

The most embarassing was when I was driving out of Wilhelmshaven. I spoted the Tirpitz docked there so I decided to steer over for a closer look and to take some snapshots of my Uboat next to it. Then the phone rang. I left Bernard in charge and answered the phone. The conversation lasted longer than I expected and when I returned, I got back just in time to see my Uboat plow right into the Tirpitz. After that embarrasing fiasco, as we were leaving the harbor, we got too close to the sub net. *BANG !!* All hands lost except me and Bernard.

06-30-08, 09:52 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'd have to go for the time I was re-doing the Acadamy. I was shooting the deck gun at a merchant from real close when he suddenly exploded, taking me with him. Never even made it to the 'career'.:rotfl: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-30-08, 10:00 PM	#2
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I was running on the surface between ireland and scotland in rain and poor visibility. I KNEW i should be underwater in such conditions, but i just wanted out of the strait, so i ran at high speed on the surface. Yup, i encountered a Revenge class BB at 700 yards. i lasted about 10 seconds EDIT: Sailor steve - i think you are the winning this competition at the moment, and the guy who crashed into the friendly merchant is runner up __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

07-01-08, 05:14 AM	#4
downunder Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 135 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Mine would have to be the first time i played Sub vs Sub on multiplayer. Fiquring i would be playing guys who play this all the time, i thought they would be onto me straight away. So i thought ill make it harder for them by selecting flank speed and hard left, Little did i know i was in a fiord and crashed into the cliff and sank. __________________ May your hatches be tight, and your smokes dry.

07-01-08, 05:31 AM	#5
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	What happened to me recently was my first patrol with new career and type VII. On my way out of kionsberg on that damn canal i ran aground because the map is little offplace and there are tide waves every few seconds that either mask the ground or for my horror they pulled out and i saw how my entire boat sit on the ground and the waves washed my (her actually bottom ) and neither flank ahead neither emergency backwards helped.Just sat there waiting to selfdestruct. __________________ By the hour !

07-01-08, 03:02 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	tell em the truth Pinnochio Tell em what you were really hunting for __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-30-08, 10:46 PM	#3
msalama Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In an octopus's garden Posts: 565 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	LoL guys Great stories...

07-01-08, 02:31 PM	#6
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I thought I'd try and do better..... Ran into an unescorted King George V and Three-stacker Heavy Cruiser, first patrol with a brand new IXb, hit it with one eel, thought meh, that won't sink and went to get a coffee while my boat quietly made it's way to eighty meters... when I come back it's no longer on the hydrophone, then when I listen properly I get a stationary contact right up close... went back to periscope depth, saw her at 500 meters, hit her with 3 more eels, then did the following... I thought I'd try a boarding action, where their guns couldn't reach me... that worked out well, except for Bernard not shutting down the engine.... amazingly, that didn't kill me.... instantly..., the pressure at 174 meters did though Do I get a cooky?

07-01-08, 03:47 PM	#8
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I have a couple careers that went Bernard on me. The most embarassing was when I was driving out of Wilhelmshaven. I spoted the Tirpitz docked there so I decided to steer over for a closer look and to take some snapshots of my Uboat next to it. Then the phone rang. I left Bernard in charge and answered the phone. The conversation lasted longer than I expected and when I returned, I got back just in time to see my Uboat plow right into the Tirpitz. After that embarrasing fiasco, as we were leaving the harbor, we got too close to the sub net. BANG !! All hands lost except me and Bernard. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

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