SUBSIM: 20 years on the web & still no gold watch!

Akula4745 · 01-26-17, 05:37 AM

I turned 40 in 1997. I was single and chasing anything that even appeared feminine. Was in my second year of college after wrapping up my first career as a licensed captain. I was into golf sims back then. LOL

Thanks for all you do... and have done, Neal!

keltos01 · 01-26-17, 06:24 AM

You're talking about yesterday Neal !
1997.. let me see..

I was living in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) not far from the lake, which on a good day really looks like the sea (it's +-6 miles wide) and was taking my first diving classes in a nice murky lake water !

I was inbetween computers and at the time didn't play subs ( I had played both SIlent Service 1 n 2 and 688 attck sub before)

I was (not knowingly) looking forward to my time here at Subsim !

Kind regards

Keltos

bracer · 01-26-17, 07:11 AM

Yeah! 1997!
I was 13 and got my first electric guitar, which pretty much have shaped my life.
I was saving money to buy a Nintendo 64, which had 3d graphics!!!! :-o

It was not until many years later I got into flight sims,
which spiraled down to surface ships with Destroyer Command
and even further down under with SH3
and then I discoverd SubSim.com.

Cheers!!

Jimbuna · 01-26-17, 07:19 AM

On the day before (25th January 1997) I was celebrating the wifes 40th birthday.

Larrywb57 · 01-26-17, 11:43 AM

That seemed like yesterday........or was that the day before. Trying to learn how to use a computer and I still trying. Funny how things are still the same. Nine years after the birth of my daughter, the joy of my wife and I. Four years before my life changed forever. And in a few days, the birth of my grandson. Were has it all gone?

Graduations Neal! Silent Hunter 4 and this web site has help me keep my sanity for the past few years.

Guineo · 01-26-17, 12:33 PM

A year later I married, hahaha, I think it was the time of the modem to 33600, and working as a bodyguard ....... what times ....
It's a pleasure to read to you all, and thank you for everything

Muy buen trabajo,...único

Schroeder · 01-26-17, 01:15 PM

20 years on the net, that's beyond ancient in the internet age.

I was still a 9th grader in school in 1997. Not much out of the ordinary happened to me in that year though. Well, I sucked at math and had to take private lessons to get through Latin but that's about it. I do however remember being late for one of my private Latin classes because I watched the ceremony of Hong Kong being returned to China on TV (live IIRC).

Sidekikd34 · 01-26-17, 03:44 PM

In 1997, I was in high school. Not to bring down the thread, but I barely remember 1997 because my brother died in a car wreck in November 1996, so the next couple years are pretty blurry to me.

Must have been subsimming though! Probably playing this!

Loved our tour of SS-244 Cavalla in Galveston last year!

Dowly · 01-26-17, 03:47 PM

Happy 20yo SUBSIM!

PS. Dont count me in the raffle.

Wolfpack345 · 01-26-17, 04:17 PM

Well It seems I was born one year after

was launched! It's pretty crazy how time flies. I still remember the first time I played Silent Hunter 3. My Father got it and showed me how to play. The first mission I ever played was Happy-times. That is easily the most memorable gaming memory I have!

Still playing Silent Hunter over a decade later while attending college.

Castout · 01-26-17, 08:19 AM

In 1997 I was in my second year of high school. I was garnering a reputation as a good student. I enjoyed studying and relied on myself to study from textbooks while other students relied on classes. It was good old times for me.
High hopes and dreams.

CapnScurvy · 01-26-17, 09:07 AM

1997..........I was in my mid 40's, had been married for 24 years (and still going!!). I had moved into the "country" 12 years earlier, to start a farm from city life upbringings. We were heavy in 4H...... Club Advisors, County Livestock Judging Team Advisors (I was learning too), my son had the Grand Champion Hog that year at our County Fair.

I was still 2 years away from getting my Gold Watch for 25 years of service to my public employer...so, you're almost there Neal!!

Thanks for the website and your commitment to being a Submarine "junky" like the rest of us!

Admiral Halsey · 01-26-17, 09:14 AM

I was 4 that year Jesus time flies. Honestly not much to remember other then I was an ass then.

Lewis Wingerter · 01-26-17, 09:55 AM

Wow it hard to believe it been 20 years; I was in my upper 40 and my son was graduating from high school. I remember going to the site because I an a subsim playing nut.
Onkeal Neal created the best web site out there!

SmithN23 · 01-27-17, 12:22 AM

In 97 I was in 7th grade, playing 688i, Simcity 2000, SimCopter, and Streets of Simcity.

I don't come here as often as I used to but cheers to 20 years on the web!

01-26-17, 05:37 AM	#1
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	I turned 40 in 1997. I was single and chasing anything that even appeared feminine. Was in my second year of college after wrapping up my first career as a licensed captain. I was into golf sims back then. LOL Thanks for all you do... and have done, Neal! __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

01-26-17, 06:24 AM	#2
keltos01 Silent Hunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 4,999 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 18	You're talking about yesterday Neal ! 1997.. let me see.. I was living in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) not far from the lake, which on a good day really looks like the sea (it's +-6 miles wide) and was taking my first diving classes in a nice murky lake water ! I was inbetween computers and at the time didn't play subs ( I had played both SIlent Service 1 n 2 and 688 attck sub before) I was (not knowingly) looking forward to my time here at Subsim ! Kind regards Keltos __________________ "Honorable Builder of Sinking Ships"

01-26-17, 07:19 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	On the day before (25th January 1997) I was celebrating the wifes 40th birthday. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-26-17, 11:43 AM	#5
Larrywb57 Ensign Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NC Posts: 228 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 0	Wow Twenty years! That seemed like yesterday........or was that the day before. Trying to learn how to use a computer and I still trying. Funny how things are still the same. Nine years after the birth of my daughter, the joy of my wife and I. Four years before my life changed forever. And in a few days, the birth of my grandson. Were has it all gone? Graduations Neal! Silent Hunter 4 and this web site has help me keep my sanity for the past few years. __________________ Win 10 64-bit│AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Quad-Core Processor 16.0GB Ram│ NVIDO GeForce GTX 650

01-26-17, 01:15 PM	#7
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	20 years on the net, that's beyond ancient in the internet age. I was still a 9th grader in school in 1997. Not much out of the ordinary happened to me in that year though. Well, I sucked at math and had to take private lessons to get through Latin but that's about it. I do however remember being late for one of my private Latin classes because I watched the ceremony of Hong Kong being returned to China on TV (live IIRC). __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

01-26-17, 07:11 AM	#3
bracer Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 798 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Yeah! 1997! I was 13 and got my first electric guitar, which pretty much have shaped my life. I was saving money to buy a Nintendo 64, which had 3d graphics!!!! :-o It was not until many years later I got into flight sims, which spiraled down to surface ships with Destroyer Command and even further down under with SH3 and then I discoverd SubSim.com. Cheers!!

01-26-17, 12:33 PM	#6
Guineo Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: España Posts: 10 Downloads: 265 Uploads: 0	A year later I married, hahaha, I think it was the time of the modem to 33600, and working as a bodyguard ....... what times .... It's a pleasure to read to you all, and thank you for everything Muy buen trabajo,...único

01-26-17, 03:44 PM	#8
Sidekikd34 Part-time skipper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: All over the Pacific... Posts: 27 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	More than half my life ago! In 1997, I was in high school. Not to bring down the thread, but I barely remember 1997 because my brother died in a car wreck in November 1996, so the next couple years are pretty blurry to me. Must have been subsimming though! Probably playing this! Loved our tour of SS-244 Cavalla in Galveston last year!

01-26-17, 03:47 PM	#9
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,056 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Happy 20yo SUBSIM! PS. Dont count me in the raffle.

01-26-17, 04:17 PM	#10
Wolfpack345 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2012 Location: Under the Sea Posts: 119 Downloads: 238 Uploads: 0	Well It seems I was born one year after was launched! It's pretty crazy how time flies. I still remember the first time I played Silent Hunter 3. My Father got it and showed me how to play. The first mission I ever played was Happy-times. That is easily the most memorable gaming memory I have! Still playing Silent Hunter over a decade later while attending college. __________________ Check out my Channel. http://www.youtube.com/c/Wolfpack345

01-26-17, 08:19 AM	#11
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	In 1997 I was in my second year of high school. I was garnering a reputation as a good student. I enjoyed studying and relied on myself to study from textbooks while other students relied on classes. It was good old times for me. High hopes and dreams. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Castout; 01-26-17 at 08:27 AM.

01-26-17, 09:14 AM	#13
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	I was 4 that year Jesus time flies. Honestly not much to remember other then I was an ass then. __________________ "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years" - Ferdinand Foch on the Treaty of Versailles.(Boy was he ever right.)

01-26-17, 09:55 AM	#14
Lewis Wingerter Planesman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moline IL Posts: 181 Downloads: 282 Uploads: 0	Wow it hard to believe it been 20 years; I was in my upper 40 and my son was graduating from high school. I remember going to the site because I an a subsim playing nut. Onkeal Neal created the best web site out there!

01-27-17, 12:22 AM	#15
SmithN23 Gunner Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 91 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	In 97 I was in 7th grade, playing 688i, Simcity 2000, SimCopter, and Streets of Simcity. I don't come here as often as I used to but cheers to 20 years on the web! __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Bruke