We are an odd bunch

Sniper_Fox · 01-16-08, 10:17 PM

speaking about how you always lose and the game automatically ends in '45

there were many kaluens who refused to surrender their boat and kept on fighting till they had nothing left, and then when confronted, would rather scuttle their ship, and in some cases went down with it...

JCWolf · 01-16-08, 11:01 PM

That's all very good points no doubt!

But see this way!

If you make it to the end of the game, without dieing
You don't loose and got your crew alive !

I think that is a good feeling in the end!

I don't no how many times I have started a new career ( Thanks to GWX

)

But never reached the end of the war !

Maybe now ?? ( If the GWX team let me

)

Brer Rabbit · 01-16-08, 11:40 PM

Since I have only recently begun to play or reenact the u-boat experience -- I began to approach as tryin to find the balance between the curundrum of "Mission first -- People always." In this I see my job to complete my assigned mission and return with my men and boat intact.

The challenge of this simulation is seeing how long you can keep this balance before the odds catch up with you -- and your crew. I am playing stock 84% and am currently at the end of 1940. I have had a good career so far, but not spectacular by the standards that I often read in the forum.

I have made so many mistakes so far that sometimes when I look in the mirror I swear I'm looking at the face of Bernard. Fortunately its early in the was when there is more room for error. Later I fully expect that my mistakes will have real consequences. In submarine warfare the ocean can be mighty unforgiving for even the slightest mistake. Thats not even mentioning that there are folks and machines actively hunting you and ready to take advantage of your mistakes.

The SH family of simulations as well as all the others have done a marvelous job of giving the layman a slight taste of the experience -- and we get to resurrect after each fatal mistake, and start our careers again a little bit wiser.

Blacklight · 01-17-08, 12:31 AM

For me, it's not winning or losing. First off.... It's for the sense of adventure and the feeling that it's you against the world. Seccond, it's about attempting to top my tonnage reccord with every career. I always use SHIII Commander to keep track of kills and total tonnage. When I die, I go back to 1939 and start a new career with the goal of lasting longer and beating whatever my reccord tonnage is (I was about to pop in to tell Balz that I topped his first GWX 2.0 patrol with mine but when I logged in, he had just posted his "Balz gets One Million Tons in One Mission" thread. Oh well... gives me something new to strive for.)

My ultimate personal reccord for me to beat so far is 216850 tons and I'm nearing that in my current career so I think I'm going to set a new reccord for myself.

01-17-08, 10:57 AM

Video games are the ONLY time you will hear me speak positively about getting old. You know why? Games keep getting BETTER with age!

Look at Pac Man from the 1980's. Now hold SH3 or SH4 next to them. Future is looking bright.

flag4 · 01-17-08, 11:14 AM

remember, it's only a... game :rotfl:

or, if you are thinking about "time wasting" as your other half is, then consider the poem 'Days' by Philip Larkin. it came to mind reading your post...

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/days/

if SH3 makes you happy - helps you escape, even if it is to the bottom sometimes, then BINGO!!

no shrink required - this is your therapy

codmander · 01-17-08, 11:16 AM

speak for yourself I for one am even not odd

Sailor Steve · 01-17-08, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sniper_Fox

speaking about how you always lose and the game automatically ends in '45

there were many kaluens who refused to surrender their boat and kept on fighting till they had nothing left, and then when confronted, would rather scuttle their ship, and in some cases went down with it...

Which ones? Donitz gave his 'cease fighting' order on May 4, the formal surrender was issued on May 7. The last u-boat was sunk on May 8.
http://www.uboat.net/fates/losses/1945.htm

Given the time it takes for orders to actually be recieved (submerged boats sometimes don't get messages for days), I find the idea that they fought "till they had nothing left" to be a bit far-fetched.

von hally · 01-17-08, 03:22 PM

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF US!

IVE PLAYED HUNDREDS OF GAMES/SIMS AND NONE COMES CLOSE TO SH3!

DONT GO PONDERING YOUR SANITY......IF EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS MISSING OUT ON SH3 THEN IT IS THEY THAT ARE MAD!!!!

DO YOU THINK THE LARGE SCARY TEXT MEANS I MIGHT NEED A DOCTOR:hmm: I BETTER GO LIE DOWN...I SCARED MYSELF THERE

Sailor Steve · 01-17-08, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by von hally

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF US!

IVE PLAYED HUNDREDS OF GAMES/SIMS AND NONE COMES CLOSE TO SH3!

DONT GO PONDERING YOUR SANITY......IF EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS MISSING OUT ON SH3 THEN IT IS THEY THAT ARE MAD!!!!

DO YOU THINK THE LARGE SCARY TEXT MEANS I MIGHT NEED A DOCTOR:hmm: I BETTER GO LIE DOWN...I SCARED MYSELF THERE

It's okay, just lie back and relax. Now, where did I put that needle?

me262 · 01-17-08, 04:47 PM

I do not belive I have gone more than a few days without my SH3 fix. I wounder if that because it needs so many different skills, just to get out of the harbour. I cannot think of many people who would wait 45 minutes in real time just waiting for a tramp steamer, fire your last fish and.....miss

Thunder · 01-17-08, 04:47 PM

somewhat apt...

it's astounding;
Time is fleeting;
Madness takes it's toll.
But listen closely . . .

Not for very much longer

I've got to keep control.
I remember doing the time warp
Drinking those moments when
The darkness would hit me

And a void would be calling . . .

Let's do the time warp again.
Let's do the time warp again.

STEED · 01-17-08, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by von hally

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF US!

IVE PLAYED HUNDREDS OF GAMES/SIMS AND NONE COMES CLOSE TO SH3!

DONT GO PONDERING YOUR SANITY......IF EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS MISSING OUT ON SH3 THEN IT IS THEY THAT ARE MAD!!!!

DO YOU THINK THE LARGE SCARY TEXT MEANS I MIGHT NEED A DOCTOR:hmm: I BETTER GO LIE DOWN...I SCARED MYSELF THERE

Excuse me for a moment...................................

STEED gets his glasses

Ermm, hang on................................................

STEED gets his magnifying glass out

That's better, now I can read this post.

Jimbuna · 01-17-08, 05:20 PM

Quick.....whilst his back is turned

High Voltage · 01-17-08, 11:24 PM

Okay, so i'm due for major knee surgery sometime in march to repair my ACL. Will be off my feet for 6 weeks when not in rehab. 1 guess as to how I'll be spending my time convalescing? And my wife won't be able to say a thing...

Kpt Friedrich Schullman reporting for duty!

01-16-08, 10:17 PM	#1
Sniper_Fox Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North of Malta, shadowing your pretty little C3 Cargo! Posts: 212 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	speaking about how you always lose and the game automatically ends in '45 there were many kaluens who refused to surrender their boat and kept on fighting till they had nothing left, and then when confronted, would rather scuttle their ship, and in some cases went down with it... __________________ Im a one U-boat wolfpack. Ive hit the bottom of the Mediterranian at 250 metres in my VIIC and brought that babe back up, and still made it back to La Spezia. Ive sunk more destroyers than I have merchants...youll wish you never sailed into U-87s hunting grounds. When you pull into port, dont lull yourself into a false sense of security, your mines and subnets are just a petty challenge for my crew and I.

01-16-08, 11:01 PM	#2
JCWolf Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Spain , Crossing Gibraltar! Posts: 2,292 Downloads: 202 Uploads: 1	That's all very good points no doubt! But see this way! If you make it to the end of the game, without dieing You don't loose and got your crew alive ! I think that is a good feeling in the end! I don't no how many times I have started a new career ( Thanks to GWX ) But never reached the end of the war ! Maybe now ?? ( If the GWX team let me ) __________________ JCWolf Mediafire SHIII Page User name : JCWolf Password : stefre@jcm

01-17-08, 12:31 AM	#4
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	For me, it's not winning or losing. First off.... It's for the sense of adventure and the feeling that it's you against the world. Seccond, it's about attempting to top my tonnage reccord with every career. I always use SHIII Commander to keep track of kills and total tonnage. When I die, I go back to 1939 and start a new career with the goal of lasting longer and beating whatever my reccord tonnage is (I was about to pop in to tell Balz that I topped his first GWX 2.0 patrol with mine but when I logged in, he had just posted his "Balz gets One Million Tons in One Mission" thread. Oh well... gives me something new to strive for.) My ultimate personal reccord for me to beat so far is 216850 tons and I'm nearing that in my current career so I think I'm going to set a new reccord for myself. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

01-17-08, 11:14 AM	#6
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	*remember, it's only a... game :rotfl:* *or, if you are thinking about "time wasting" as your other half is, then consider the poem 'Days' by Philip Larkin. it came to mind reading your post...* http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/days/ *if SH3 makes you happy - helps you escape, even if it is to the bottom sometimes, then BINGO!!* *no shrink required - this is your therapy* __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut Last edited by flag4; 01-17-08 at 11:27 AM.

01-17-08, 04:47 PM	#11
me262 Seaman Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 32 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I do not belive I have gone more than a few days without my SH3 fix. I wounder if that because it needs so many different skills, just to get out of the harbour. I cannot think of many people who would wait 45 minutes in real time just waiting for a tramp steamer, fire your last fish and.....miss __________________ Uboats to the bitter end

01-16-08, 11:40 PM	#3
Brer Rabbit Briar Patch Runner Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 95 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Since I have only recently begun to play or reenact the u-boat experience -- I began to approach as tryin to find the balance between the curundrum of "Mission first -- People always." In this I see my job to complete my assigned mission and return with my men and boat intact. The challenge of this simulation is seeing how long you can keep this balance before the odds catch up with you -- and your crew. I am playing stock 84% and am currently at the end of 1940. I have had a good career so far, but not spectacular by the standards that I often read in the forum. I have made so many mistakes so far that sometimes when I look in the mirror I swear I'm looking at the face of Bernard. Fortunately its early in the was when there is more room for error. Later I fully expect that my mistakes will have real consequences. In submarine warfare the ocean can be mighty unforgiving for even the slightest mistake. Thats not even mentioning that there are folks and machines actively hunting you and ready to take advantage of your mistakes. The SH family of simulations as well as all the others have done a marvelous job of giving the layman a slight taste of the experience -- and we get to resurrect after each fatal mistake, and start our careers again a little bit wiser.

01-17-08, 10:57 AM	#5
Flamingboat Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Video games are the ONLY time you will hear me speak positively about getting old. You know why? Games keep getting BETTER with age! Look at Pac Man from the 1980's. Now hold SH3 or SH4 next to them. Future is looking bright.

01-17-08, 11:16 AM	#7
codmander Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: cape cod mass. Posts: 678 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	speak for yourself I for one am even not odd

01-17-08, 03:22 PM	#9
von hally Commodore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 634 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF US! IVE PLAYED HUNDREDS OF GAMES/SIMS AND NONE COMES CLOSE TO SH3! DONT GO PONDERING YOUR SANITY......IF EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS MISSING OUT ON SH3 THEN IT IS THEY THAT ARE MAD!!!! DO YOU THINK THE LARGE SCARY TEXT MEANS I MIGHT NEED A DOCTOR:hmm: I BETTER GO LIE DOWN...I SCARED MYSELF THERE

01-17-08, 04:47 PM	#12
Thunder Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: cape Town Posts: 142 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	somewhat apt... it's astounding; Time is fleeting; Madness takes it's toll. But listen closely . . . Not for very much longer I've got to keep control. I remember doing the time warp Drinking those moments when The darkness would hit me And a void would be calling . . . Let's do the time warp again. Let's do the time warp again.

01-17-08, 05:20 PM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Quick.....whilst his back is turned __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-17-08, 11:24 PM	#15
High Voltage Chief Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: U-33. Depth Charges...sinking.. Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Okay, so i'm due for major knee surgery sometime in march to repair my ACL. Will be off my feet for 6 weeks when not in rehab. 1 guess as to how I'll be spending my time convalescing? And my wife won't be able to say a thing... Kpt Friedrich Schullman reporting for duty! __________________ The new-moon night is black as ink. Off Hatteras the tankers sink. While sadly Roosevelt counts the score-- Some fifty thousand tons--by MOHR