SubSim Meet 2009 Videos

Von Hinten · 02-19-10, 04:12 PM

Going over 'the docking sequence' again, something occurred to me: the name submarine simulation may not the best one chosen for the games we play. Allow me to explain.

When someone practices enough with a flight simulator like MS Flightsim, one could actually not only get a plane up and running but with a fair amount of certainty get that baby up in the air and most likely down again as well. And I mean down as in safely landed in one piece, not the kind of down that gravity itself so happily provides.

And a few people who have been using racing simulators for a number of years, have been able to make a pretty decent attempt at a racing career. It's not likely they'll be the next Indy or Daytona 500 champion at their first attempt, but still: they can handle a racing car pretty well.

When watching us however, the Subsim crew, on average (yours truly sadly not included) adversaries not to be taken lightly when it comes to operating the various submarine simulations, trying a brave attempts at operating a sub, giving engineering a futile attempt (yours truly undeniably included), throwing around landlines, etc.

Well, I doubt that showing these vids to a sub commander will help us getting a job aboard a submarine that much easier.

martes86 · 02-20-10, 10:49 AM

Yeah, they'd probably tell us we've seen Das Boot too many times.

02-19-10, 04:12 PM	#1
Von Hinten Commander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 466 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Going over 'the docking sequence' again, something occurred to me: the name submarine simulation may not the best one chosen for the games we play. Allow me to explain. When someone practices enough with a flight simulator like MS Flightsim, one could actually not only get a plane up and running but with a fair amount of certainty get that baby up in the air and most likely down again as well. And I mean down as in safely landed in one piece, not the kind of down that gravity itself so happily provides. And a few people who have been using racing simulators for a number of years, have been able to make a pretty decent attempt at a racing career. It's not likely they'll be the next Indy or Daytona 500 champion at their first attempt, but still: they can handle a racing car pretty well. When watching us however, the Subsim crew, on average (yours truly sadly not included) adversaries not to be taken lightly when it comes to operating the various submarine simulations, trying a brave attempts at operating a sub, giving engineering a futile attempt (yours truly undeniably included), throwing around landlines, etc. Well, I doubt that showing these vids to a sub commander will help us getting a job aboard a submarine that much easier. __________________ Regardz, Von Hinten UC3 Nautilus' engineer for 45 minutes!

02-20-10, 10:49 AM	#2
martes86 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Colourful Seville - Spain Posts: 971 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Yeah, they'd probably tell us we've seen Das Boot too many times.