SH3 triggering phobia of shipwrecks.

As a kid I didn't swim around a lot in the ocean that much because there were a couple of big factories around where I lived, saw a couple of 'mutated' fish and didn't want to go swimming after that. Well, I think they were mutated. Since then the waters have been cleaned up a lot though due to stricter regulations.

Yea I know what you mean, the game manages to capture the whole process of a ship sinking in those conditions very well. However, I'm not really as much afraid as interested in the whole thing. Not many games give such a view, making SH3 and 4 (haven't yet played it) pretty unique.

[Pillar]

lol - I have this too. Nothing ever has happened to me in my life that would have given it to me as far as I can remember, so it's a mysterious thing. I get panic just seeing a large rock below me while swimming in a lake. A sunk boat would be killer. It's really strange. Nothing on a game (e.g., SH3) has ever done it for me though.

[Cohaagen]

I thought I was the only one who had this odd phobia!

I think it stems from when I was a small child. I was fascinated by the sea and my father bought me Robert Ballard's book on the wreck of the Titanic, which he had recently discovered. I literally had to cover my eyes every time I turned a page, and gradually peek at the photographs one section at a time. Over 20 years later it still frightens me, especially that famous shot of the ship's bow looming into view out of the darkness. Shipwrecks, particularly warship wrecks, alternately fascinate and terrify me. There is a photograph of the wreck of the Karlsruhe, sunk at Jutland, which shows a part of the ship where there are a number of human skulls amongst the wreckage - it is one of the most horrifying things I've ever seen, but every so often I have to look at it!

[Kapt Z]

Originally Posted by Cohaagen

I thought I was the only one who had this odd phobia!

I think it stems from when I was a small child. I was fascinated by the sea and my father bought me Robert Ballard's book on the wreck of the Titanic, which he had recently discovered. I literally had to cover my eyes every time I turned a page, and gradually peek at the photographs one section at a time. Over 20 years later it still frightens me, especially that famous shot of the ship's bow looming into view out of the darkness. Shipwrecks, particularly warship wrecks, alternately fascinate and terrify me. There is a photograph of the wreck of the Karlsruhe, sunk at Jutland, which shows a part of the ship where there are a number of human skulls amongst the wreckage - it is one of the most horrifying things I've ever seen, but every so often I have to look at it!

Do you remember that photo from TITANIC that shows a pair of leather boots lying on the bottom? You can tell they were worn by a victim and after all these years lying on the bottom all that is left of the man is his boots.

[Stealth Hunter]

It's not so much the prospect of seeing the wreck that disturbs me, and the same can be said for the actual dive. It's what's in the water that scares me more than anything...

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

Do you remember that photo from TITANIC that shows a pair of leather boots lying on the bottom? You can tell they were worn by a victim and after all these years lying on the bottom all that is left of the man is his boots.

[Stealth Hunter]

Originally Posted by Cohaagen

I thought I was the only one who had this odd phobia!

I think it stems from when I was a small child. I was fascinated by the sea and my father bought me Robert Ballard's book on the wreck of the Titanic, which he had recently discovered. I literally had to cover my eyes every time I turned a page, and gradually peek at the photographs one section at a time. Over 20 years later it still frightens me, especially that famous shot of the ship's bow looming into view out of the darkness. Shipwrecks, particularly warship wrecks, alternately fascinate and terrify me. There is a photograph of the wreck of the Karlsruhe, sunk at Jutland, which shows a part of the ship where there are a number of human skulls amongst the wreckage - it is one of the most horrifying things I've ever seen, but every so often I have to look at it!

Looking at the pictures of the Titanic, I can understand why it would scare a kid. I mean, just look at the state of the wreck and the utter blackness of the ocean that far down. The lights cast eerie shadows upon the skeleton of the great ship, and the rusticles that have formed on it transform it into a cavernous-like thing, that one knows was constructed by humans on the surface almost a hundred years ago.

Things like photographs of actual sinking ships and bodies and things being destroyed has disturbed me since the end of the war in 1988. Skeletons, however, I don't mind them as must (the same for mummies). Ever seen that picture of the HMS Queen Mary blowing up at Jutland? That one bothers me, a lot.

[Task Force]

All pending. For some reason. Im scard of mines. I wont even go near them. I am also scard of things like the bottoms of ships. (I dont know why.) but its only deep drafted ones. not shallow ones.

Not U boats, or fleet boats, but modern (realy large subs) also give me the chills. (also a mystery to me.) Icebergs also.

But shipwrecks/ sinking ships, no. I can watch them sink all day in sh3.
(Im sure it would be different in real life though, real people dieing.)

[Torplexed]

You guys better never watch the movie, The Deep.

I remember being enthralled as a kid when the first pictures of the Union Civil War ironclad Monitor were published in National Geographic. The ship's famous outline was still recognizable---barely. It's sort of like identifying a half-decomposed body with all the marine encrustations that have grown over the century and a half. Due to capsizing she's now a raft on a cheesebox instead of a cheesebox on a raft.

[Task Force]

Originally Posted by Torplexed

You guys better never watch the movie, The Deep.

I remember being enthralled as a kid when the first pictures of the Union Civil War ironclad Monitor were published in National Geographic. The ship's famous outline was still recognizable---barely. It's sort of like identifying a half-decomposed body with all the marine encrustations that have grown over the century and a half. Due to capsizing she's now a raft on a cheesebox instead of a cheesebox on a raft.

Yea, that ship was raised and put in a museam in virginia. (or atleast part)

[Torplexed]

Yeah...the Monitor's revolutionary turret has been raised since. However, they found a skeleton inside. I don't recall if who it was ever identified.