Subsim community

DanCanovas · 09-09-06, 05:50 PM

just a silly thought,. i wonder how effective the subsim community would be if they could crew a sub by themselves. Can you imagine a sub full of sub enthusiasts! it would be a night mare :rotfl:

DanCanovas · 09-09-06, 05:52 PM

another thing I was thinking about was WW2 submarine veterans. Does anyone have any contact with such a person because I was wondering if they would actually be angered by our regular talking of sinking ships etc....After all these folks lived through hell and we are enjoying it in computer simulation.

jumpy · 09-09-06, 05:59 PM

Too many captains and not enough stewards, I think...

blue3golf · 09-09-06, 07:44 PM

With my "extensive" knowledge all I would be capable of is running around and screaming (or whispering depending on the situation) "Hard to Port" and "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." I think it may end up as a scene out of the movie "Down Periscope"

Perilscope · 09-09-06, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DanCanovas

...i wonder how effective the subsim community would be if they could crew a sub by themselves...

Well, considering the threads I read on a daily basis here:

1- A good portion would be too stoned to do anything.
2- Half would be disagreeing on politics and the nature of the mission undertaken.
3- Some young sailors would be telling off older officers with their foul mouths.
4- Some officers would be too much in shock to function because of those sailor's foul mouths.
5- And, half would want a mutiny on board because some officer killed the cat mascot.

The Avon Lady · 09-10-06, 01:09 AM

I refuse to do the cooking, laundry or windows!

Iceman · 09-10-06, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Perilscope

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanCanovas

...i wonder how effective the subsim community would be if they could crew a sub by themselves...

Well, considering the threads I read on a daily basis here:

1- A good portion would be too stoned to do anything.
2- Half would be disagreeing on politics and the nature of the mission undertaken.
3- Some young sailors would be telling off older officers with their foul mouths.
4- Some officers would be too much in shock to function because of those sailor's foul mouths.
5- And, half would want a mutiny on board because some officer killed the cat mascot.

lol..

Yahoshua · 09-10-06, 02:36 AM

Probably the most frightening phrase I can think of is "Bring an OLD toothbrush......"

Now apply it to everyone who comes onto the sub.

DanCanovas · 09-10-06, 05:31 AM

im not cleaning the windows either!

STEED · 09-10-06, 06:03 AM

And who gets the job to unblock the toilet?

PS. NOT ME NO WAY

PPS. NEVER

kiwi_2005 · 09-10-06, 06:44 AM

SH1 had a US sub veteran help the developers.

XabbaRus · 09-10-06, 06:44 AM

That could actually make a good reality tv show.

We'd need a decent sub simulator. DW maybe just tweaked with bugs ironed out.

kiwi_2005 · 09-10-06, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

That could actually make a good reality tv show.

We'd need a decent sub simulator. DW maybe just tweaked with bugs ironed out.

Good idea! Yet its a Uboat and we spend 60 days inside. Like in the story of U 977 that left kiel for Argentina during the end of the war and stayed submerged for 60+ days never surface. Towards the end the crew were pretty annoyed with each other

. But they made it.

U-boat 977 by Heinz Schaeffer

Perilscope · 09-10-06, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

...stayed submerged for 60+ days never surface...

60 days plus and never surface...hmm! well I think they snorkeled here and there, since 60 days without air and recharged batteries would be impossible, no?:hmm:

kiwi_2005 · 09-10-06, 07:03 AM

Of course they snorkel

i said never surfaced. Still snorkelling is not surfacing.

09-09-06, 05:50 PM	#1
DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Subsim community just a silly thought,. i wonder how effective the subsim community would be if they could crew a sub by themselves. Can you imagine a sub full of sub enthusiasts! it would be a night mare :rotfl:

09-09-06, 05:59 PM	#3
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Too many captains and not enough stewards, I think... __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

09-10-06, 01:09 AM	#6
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I refuse to do the cooking, laundry or windows! __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

09-10-06, 02:36 AM	#8
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Probably the most frightening phrase I can think of is "Bring an OLD toothbrush......" Now apply it to everyone who comes onto the sub. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

09-10-06, 06:03 AM	#10
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	And who gets the job to unblock the toilet? PS. NOT ME NO WAY PPS. NEVER __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

09-09-06, 05:52 PM	#2
DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	another thing I was thinking about was WW2 submarine veterans. Does anyone have any contact with such a person because I was wondering if they would actually be angered by our regular talking of sinking ships etc....After all these folks lived through hell and we are enjoying it in computer simulation.

09-09-06, 07:44 PM	#4
blue3golf Weps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Traverse City, MI Posts: 352 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	With my "extensive" knowledge all I would be capable of is running around and screaming (or whispering depending on the situation) "Hard to Port" and "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." I think it may end up as a scene out of the movie "Down Periscope"

09-10-06, 05:31 AM	#9
DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	im not cleaning the windows either!

09-10-06, 06:44 AM	#11
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	SH1 had a US sub veteran help the developers. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

09-10-06, 06:44 AM	#12
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That could actually make a good reality tv show. We'd need a decent sub simulator. DW maybe just tweaked with bugs ironed out. __________________

09-10-06, 07:03 AM	#15
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Of course they snorkel i said never surfaced. Still snorkelling is not surfacing. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.