What kind of subsim skipper are you?

Sensekhmet · 04-16-09, 06:16 AM

STRATEGIC SUBSIM SKIPPER

Interesting. It is true I'd rather have someone else carry out my orders and I like to see the big picture, but then again I do like to personally blow something up too from time to time. Then again in cRPG games I usually play with Lawful Evil characters and I feel happy to stay in the shadows and just gently prod stuff to make things happen.
Of course I'm hardly an expert at subsimming (it always nags me... who the hell would put someone like me in command?!) and some questions confused me. I'm probably closer to a HARDCORE FAILURE SKIPPER as I'd like to go 100% realism but when I do, I fail utterly so I'm kind of forced to compromise.

Fishie · 04-16-09, 09:24 AM

Says I'm hardcore- absolutely

Although, I have to admit. I leave the map update on, I let the view stabilize itself, and I leave the external view on.

Why? Because there's years of training I don't have, I can hold a pair of binocs steady by instinct, and I like the pretty colors.

done.

Sensekhmet · 04-16-09, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishie

Why? Because there's years of training I don't have

My thoughts exactly! I frequently get into trouble with simracing fanatics, when I tell them that 'no, it's not just like the real thing' and that 'no, it's not that realistic', when a PC nerd gets suddenly plopped into Formula 1 car cockpit and not only can he actually keep it on the track but even win races!

Onkel Neal · 04-16-09, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishie

Says I'm hardcore- absolutely

Although, I have to admit. I leave the map update on, I let the view stabilize itself, and I leave the external view on.

Why? Because there's years of training I don't have, I can hold a pair of binocs steady by instinct, and I like the pretty colors.

done.

Haha, well said!

pabbi · 04-16-09, 04:58 PM

HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPER
No doubt about it, you are hardcore. You are the kind of subsim player who pins up the Kriegsmarine gridmap on your wall, you use a redlamp when playing at night, your wife lets you know her mother is visiting by shouting "Alarm!" and you didn't know--or care--that Silent Hunter III has a save game feature. You cut your teeth plotting attacks in Gato, sank 28,000 tons in your first Aces of the Deep patrol, and played Dangerous Waters at 100% realism. You scoff at wannabes who whine about some niggling detail in a subsim but use the red triangle-infested auto TDC and auto-map updates. You never, ever, use anything but full realism.
You are the "sim" in Subsim.

Ok i do play 100% realism, but my oh my......i'm not that hooked on the game.

or am i......

ETR3(SS) · 04-16-09, 09:06 PM

NUKE SUBSIM SKIPPER
Periscopes are for wimps. Let's face it, any snapperhead can bring a WWII subsim to periscope depth, lock onto the red triangle and plug away. Real men never get closer than 8000 yards to their target. Your subsim of choice is made by a company in Waterford, Conn. You thrive on complex Target-Motion Analysis equations, deciphering broadband contacts, and gauging ESM signal strength. You are paler than Siberian stripper and proud of it. You long for the day you can take your Seawolf class nuke into an online game against a whole fleet of Type VIICs. One ADCAP equals "make my day".

Go figure, I was an ESM operator, and in the Control Room for BS on my boat too.

Sniper_Fox · 04-16-09, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sensekhmet

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Of course I'm hardly an expert at subsimming (it always nags me... who the hell would put someone like me in command?!) and some questions confused me. I'm probably closer to a HARDCORE FAILURE SKIPPER as I'd like to go 100% realism but when I do, I fail utterly so I'm kind of forced to compromise.

thats me... it called me a hardcore skipper... but i still suck. bad. If i can put the auto target thing on i do good because i dont sit for an hour and a half trying to get a friggin solution just to get out of position. :/ sigh..... those 2 ships i sunk in the gudgeon were with the deckgun! haha I shot about 6 torpedoes that patrol, all of them missed or were duds.

Task Force · 07-26-09, 06:06 PM

NUKE SUBSIM SKIPPER
Periscopes are for wimps. Let's face it, any snapperhead can bring a WWII subsim to periscope depth, lock onto the red triangle and plug away. Real men never get closer than 8000 yards to their target. Your subsim of choice is made by a company in Waterford, Conn. You thrive on complex Target-Motion Analysis equations, deciphering broadband contacts, and gauging ESM signal strength. You are paler than Siberian stripper and proud of it. You long for the day you can take your Seawolf class nuke into an online game against a whole fleet of Type VIICs. One ADCAP equals "make my day".

Yay, It didnt say I was a noob!

Jensthemens · 07-26-09, 08:15 PM

ROLE-PLAYING SUBSIM SKIPPER

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04-16-09, 09:24 AM	#2
Fishie Loader Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 82 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Says I'm hardcore- absolutely Although, I have to admit. I leave the map update on, I let the view stabilize itself, and I leave the external view on. Why? Because there's years of training I don't have, I can hold a pair of binocs steady by instinct, and I like the pretty colors. done. __________________ One fish, two fish, three fish, BOOM! Fishie, Commander SS-215 Fear the Growler!

04-16-09, 04:58 PM	#5
pabbi Subsim Overlord Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: On the top of the world Posts: 216 Downloads: 455 Uploads: 0	HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPER No doubt about it, you are hardcore. You are the kind of subsim player who pins up the Kriegsmarine gridmap on your wall, you use a redlamp when playing at night, *your wife lets you know her mother is visiting by shouting "Alarm!"* and you didn't know--or care--that Silent Hunter III has a save game feature. You cut your teeth plotting attacks in Gato, sank 28,000 tons in your first Aces of the Deep patrol, and played Dangerous Waters at 100% realism. You scoff at wannabes who whine about some niggling detail in a subsim but use the red triangle-infested auto TDC and auto-map updates. You never, ever, use anything but full realism. You are the "*sim*" in Subsim. Ok i do play 100% realism, but my oh my......i'm not that hooked on the game. or am i...... __________________ On the top of the world

04-16-09, 09:06 PM	#6
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	NUKE SUBSIM SKIPPER Periscopes are for wimps. Let's face it, any snapperhead can bring a WWII subsim to periscope depth, lock onto the red triangle and plug away. Real men never get closer than 8000 yards to their target. Your subsim of choice is made by a company in Waterford, Conn. You thrive on complex Target-Motion Analysis equations, deciphering broadband contacts, and gauging ESM signal strength. You are paler than Siberian stripper and proud of it. You long for the day you can take your Seawolf class nuke into an online game against a whole fleet of Type VIICs. One ADCAP equals "make my day". Go figure, I was an ESM operator, and in the Control Room for BS on my boat too. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

07-26-09, 06:06 PM	#8
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	NUKE SUBSIM SKIPPER Periscopes are for wimps. Let's face it, any snapperhead can bring a WWII subsim to periscope depth, lock onto the red triangle and plug away. Real men never get closer than 8000 yards to their target. Your subsim of choice is made by a company in Waterford, Conn. You thrive on complex Target-Motion Analysis equations, deciphering broadband contacts, and gauging ESM signal strength. You are paler than Siberian stripper and proud of it. You long for the day you can take your Seawolf class nuke into an online game against a whole fleet of Type VIICs. One ADCAP equals "make my day". Yay, It didnt say I was a noob! __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

04-16-09, 06:16 AM	#1
Sensekhmet Loader Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 89 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	STRATEGIC SUBSIM SKIPPER Interesting. It is true I'd rather have someone else carry out my orders and I like to see the big picture, but then again I do like to personally blow something up too from time to time. Then again in cRPG games I usually play with Lawful Evil characters and I feel happy to stay in the shadows and just gently prod stuff to make things happen. Of course I'm hardly an expert at subsimming (it always nags me... who the hell would put someone like me in command?!) and some questions confused me. I'm probably closer to a HARDCORE FAILURE SKIPPER as I'd like to go 100% realism but when I do, I fail utterly so I'm kind of forced to compromise.

07-26-09, 08:15 PM	#9
Jensthemens Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	ROLE-PLAYING SUBSIM SKIPPER I approve this message