GWX beats the real thing!!!

sonicninja · 01-23-09, 09:11 PM

ahoy, i just thought it was worth mentioning this small point as I hear so much praise on this site for the GWX team and deservedly so

.
As you can see from my joining date ive knocked around this site for almost 5 years now so i know a bit about Sh3, not so much the modding side of it but the playable side anyway, my job takes me away quite alot so i only get to visit the site every so often.

Anyway, to the point:-

Ive been serving in submarines for the last 9 years now and I remember back in 2002 when I was on HMS Tireless and we went to America to sink the USS Wainwright on an excercise, i remember it well, going to action stations, the sound of High Pressure Air as the eel left the submarine, and then everyone in the control room watching the Pericam (Periscope Camera), the 1st torpedo hit and everyone cheered a bit, the second missed (god knows how, it was a stationery target).
Any modern ship would have broken in half but the Wainwright was built a long time ago and she stayed afloat due to her hardened materials.

Anyway, my point being having been in the water when it happens for real i didnt get that feeling that i do now when i intercept a target, line up, check my data and then fire off my eels and wait for that all important sound of the target breaking up and then the cheer of my boys before the chief gives them a quick b@llocking to keep the noise down

.

Thats my point Kaleuns, having done it for real, GWX gives you that much more that makes it feel better than real, they give you the realism, the achievement and that rewarding feeling all nicely wrapped up like a little bag of realism and so do all those other modders out there.......great work GWX and all the others modders out there that bring SH3 out of the dark depths and back into the waves of glory!

nuff said

keep up the good work

Lanzfeld · 01-23-09, 09:26 PM

...and we cant get killed!!!

Weiss Pinguin · 01-23-09, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lanzfeld

...and we cant get killed!!!

Definite bonus

Laufen zum Ziel · 01-24-09, 11:48 AM

I think your thread reflects what we all feel about
GWX and the DEV team.

IanC · 01-24-09, 12:16 PM

SHIII and GWX are great but...
It's the fact that you actually served on the real thing that makes the sim so real to you. Your brain looks at the computer screen and brings back all the senses you already experienced. For example, I've never been on a warship, I've never smelt that oil mixed with the motion of the ocean, so for me a computer sim is nowhere near the real thing. Did I make sense?

Hanomag · 01-24-09, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by IanC

SHIII and GWX are great but...
It's the fact that you actually served on the real thing that makes the sim so real to you. Your brain looks at the computer screen and brings back all the senses you already experienced. For example, I've never been on a warship, I've never smelt that oil mixed with the motion of the ocean, so for me a computer sim is nowhere near the real thing. Did I make sense?

Just sit in a rocking chair and spill deisel fuel on yourself... :hmm:

Then take a break and eat some moldy bread with goat cheese!

Jimbuna · 01-24-09, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Hanomag

Quote:

Originally Posted by IanC

SHIII and GWX are great but...
It's the fact that you actually served on the real thing that makes the sim so real to you. Your brain looks at the computer screen and brings back all the senses you already experienced. For example, I've never been on a warship, I've never smelt that oil mixed with the motion of the ocean, so for me a computer sim is nowhere near the real thing. Did I make sense?

Just sit in a rocking chair and spill deisel fuel on yourself... :hmm:

Then take a break and eat some moldy bread with goat cheese!

Don't bother showering or shaving for a couple of months

Kapt Z · 01-24-09, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanomag

Quote:

Originally Posted by IanC

SHIII and GWX are great but...
It's the fact that you actually served on the real thing that makes the sim so real to you. Your brain looks at the computer screen and brings back all the senses you already experienced. For example, I've never been on a warship, I've never smelt that oil mixed with the motion of the ocean, so for me a computer sim is nowhere near the real thing. Did I make sense?

Just sit in a rocking chair and spill deisel fuel on yourself... :hmm:

Then take a break and eat some moldy bread with goat cheese!

Don't bother showering or shaving for a couple of months

and pack 40 or so other guys who haven't either into a few small rooms for the duration....

IanC · 01-24-09, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanomag

Quote:

Originally Posted by IanC

SHIII and GWX are great but...
It's the fact that you actually served on the real thing that makes the sim so real to you. Your brain looks at the computer screen and brings back all the senses you already experienced. For example, I've never been on a warship, I've never smelt that oil mixed with the motion of the ocean, so for me a computer sim is nowhere near the real thing. Did I make sense?

Just sit in a rocking chair and spill deisel fuel on yourself... :hmm:

Then take a break and eat some moldy bread with goat cheese!

Don't bother showering or shaving for a couple of months

and pack 40 or so other guys who haven't either into a few small rooms for the duration....

What!? Spill deisel fuel on 40 shaved guys in the shower!? Sickos... I'm outta here!

Weiss Pinguin · 01-24-09, 01:55 PM

I'm with you

Dowly · 01-24-09, 02:31 PM

GWX is good, heck, the best there is if you ask me, but darn, dont tell me it "beats the real thing"!

bigboywooly · 01-24-09, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

GWX is good, heck, the best there is if you ask me, but darn, dont tell me it "beats the real thing"!

Says the flyer
:rotfl:
Dont remember you serving with the Suomen merivoimat

mengle · 01-24-09, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

GWX is good, heck, the best there is if you ask me, but darn, dont tell me it "beats the real thing"!

Says the flyer
:rotfl:
Dont remember you serving with the Suomen merivoimat

Nope says the corporal

but as we all know corporals can become a dictator
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Dowly · 01-24-09, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

GWX is good, heck, the best there is if you ask me, but darn, dont tell me it "beats the real thing"!

Says the flyer
:rotfl:

And a fricking proud one.

Quote:

Dont remember you serving with the Suomen merivoimat

Nope, never did. Nor have said I've served there.

But be my quest, go say to an uboat veteran that "our mod/game is just how it was back in your days" and you get your balls kicked to your throat if not by the guy, I volunteer to the job.

bigboywooly · 01-24-09, 04:41 PM

Wouldnt dream of it Dowly
But if a serving bubblehead can empathise then.................
meh

Pure Minua

:rotfl:

01-23-09, 09:11 PM	#1
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	GWX beats the real thing!!! ahoy, i just thought it was worth mentioning this small point as I hear so much praise on this site for the GWX team and deservedly so . As you can see from my joining date ive knocked around this site for almost 5 years now so i know a bit about Sh3, not so much the modding side of it but the playable side anyway, my job takes me away quite alot so i only get to visit the site every so often. Anyway, to the point:- Ive been serving in submarines for the last 9 years now and I remember back in 2002 when I was on HMS Tireless and we went to America to sink the USS Wainwright on an excercise, i remember it well, going to action stations, the sound of High Pressure Air as the eel left the submarine, and then everyone in the control room watching the Pericam (Periscope Camera), the 1st torpedo hit and everyone cheered a bit, the second missed (god knows how, it was a stationery target). Any modern ship would have broken in half but the Wainwright was built a long time ago and she stayed afloat due to her hardened materials. Anyway, my point being having been in the water when it happens for real i didnt get that feeling that i do now when i intercept a target, line up, check my data and then fire off my eels and wait for that all important sound of the target breaking up and then the cheer of my boys before the chief gives them a quick b@llocking to keep the noise down . Thats my point Kaleuns, having done it for real, GWX gives you that much more that makes it feel better than real, they give you the realism, the achievement and that rewarding feeling all nicely wrapped up like a little bag of realism and so do all those other modders out there.......great work GWX and all the others modders out there that bring SH3 out of the dark depths and back into the waves of glory! nuff said keep up the good work

01-24-09, 11:48 AM	#4
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	I think your thread reflects what we all feel about GWX and the DEV team. __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

01-24-09, 01:55 PM	#10
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	I'm with you __________________

01-24-09, 04:41 PM	#15
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Wouldnt dream of it Dowly But if a serving bubblehead can empathise then................. meh Pure Minua :rotfl: __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

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01-23-09, 09:26 PM	#2
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	...and we cant get killed!!!

01-24-09, 12:16 PM	#5
IanC Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Running silent and deep Posts: 902 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	SHIII and GWX are great but... It's the fact that you actually served on the real thing that makes the sim so real to you. Your brain looks at the computer screen and brings back all the senses you already experienced. For example, I've never been on a warship, I've never smelt that oil mixed with the motion of the ocean, so for me a computer sim is nowhere near the real thing. Did I make sense?

01-24-09, 02:31 PM	#11
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	GWX is good, heck, the best there is if you ask me, but darn, dont tell me it "beats the real thing"!