Call me a nerd, but.....

aj906 · 04-15-11, 07:32 AM

I have just spent the last four and a half hours glued to the computer watching a quadrant of AL33....

I play with full real (except externals, cause I like the screen shots) and decided I should try and do a stint on watch to see what it was like. Dentist appointments are annoying. Mother-in-laws are painful. This was agony. And I was sitting in a chair out of harm's way and not being sprayed with February's North Atlantic spray!

So, call me a nerd, but the challenge is out there

Find a space of ocean to call your own. Cut the watch crew to just a single sailor. Turn up the speakers and turn off the iPoooood and gramaphone and see how long it is before you loose the will to live. (And remember, it matters what you scan because with just a sailor, you don't get a fail safe!)

It really hit home just how boring it must have been for a real life crew simulating the run to AH 12 no less (above New Foundland and in the Hudson Straights, thank you very much Mr Dönitz!) I did on a previous patrol for 15 weeks and heard nothing but destroyers off Reykjavik and managed just 81 tons of a fishing vessel via gunfire (the crew of which I took pity on, surfaced beside the boat, counted to 100 for real life evac, sunk, hung around to grab the half a dozen guys then chuffed off back to St Nazaire).

Bakkels · 04-15-11, 08:09 AM

kaleun AJ906 reporting for duty

I wish I had the patience for that. However after a few of these patrols you must get really excited when you do spot a ship I imagine.

She-Wolf · 04-15-11, 08:18 AM

dear 'Nerd' I admire your dedication! I would die of boredom in 15 minutes I am sure!

Fish In The Water · 04-15-11, 08:58 AM

Takes an immense amount of patience, enough to make a sniper seem like a kid with A.D.D!

Sailor Steve · 04-15-11, 12:22 PM

YOU'RE A NERD!

Well, you told me to.

Nothing wrong with boring yourself pretending to be a sub captain. Many of us qualify for that title.

STEED · 04-15-11, 12:37 PM

I would have fallen asleep out of shear boredom.

04-15-11, 07:32 AM	#1
aj906 Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 107 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Call me a nerd, but..... I have just spent the last four and a half hours glued to the computer watching a quadrant of AL33.... I play with full real (except externals, cause I like the screen shots) and decided I should try and do a stint on watch to see what it was like. Dentist appointments are annoying. Mother-in-laws are painful. This was agony. And I was sitting in a chair out of harm's way and not being sprayed with February's North Atlantic spray! So, call me a nerd, but the challenge is out there Find a space of ocean to call your own. Cut the watch crew to just a single sailor. Turn up the speakers and turn off the iPoooood and gramaphone and see how long it is before you loose the will to live. (And remember, it matters what you scan because with just a sailor, you don't get a fail safe!) It really hit home just how boring it must have been for a real life crew simulating the run to AH 12 no less (above New Foundland and in the Hudson Straights, thank you very much Mr Dönitz!) I did on a previous patrol for 15 weeks and heard nothing but destroyers off Reykjavik and managed just 81 tons of a fishing vessel via gunfire (the crew of which I took pity on, surfaced beside the boat, counted to 100 for real life evac, sunk, hung around to grab the half a dozen guys then chuffed off back to St Nazaire). __________________ Gott weiß ich will kein Engel sein...!

04-15-11, 08:09 AM	#2
Bakkels Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Posts: 709 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 6	kaleun AJ906 reporting for duty I wish I had the patience for that. However after a few of these patrols you must get really excited when you do spot a ship I imagine. __________________ My sh3 skins : http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/Bakkels Or go to the sh3 downloads section > skins

04-15-11, 08:18 AM	#3
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	dear 'Nerd' I admire your dedication! I would die of boredom in 15 minutes I am sure! __________________

04-15-11, 12:22 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	YOU'RE A NERD! Well, you told me to. Nothing wrong with boring yourself pretending to be a sub captain. Many of us qualify for that title. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-15-11, 12:37 PM	#6
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I would have fallen asleep out of shear boredom. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-15-11, 08:58 AM	#4
Fish In The Water Prince of the Sea SUBSIM Welcome Committee Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Watching over U-253 Posts: 3,527 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 2	Takes an immense amount of patience, enough to make a sniper seem like a kid with A.D.D!