For Real

sonicninja · 12-01-09, 12:06 PM

having played SH3 for the last 4 years i only usually play in the winter months or when I am actually at sea on a real submarine to pass the long boring hours, this winter so far i have managed to recruit 8 fellow submariners into playing SH3 with GWX Gold. At work I have now noticed the following symptoms of my newly recruited Kaleuns:-

1. Black Rings under the eyes from patrolling past midnight during the week

2. Whispering in corners about personal tactics or battles from the night before

3. Making excuses about DIY tasks and avoiding nights out down the pub, and then discovering they were up till 4am in the Straights of Gibraltar

4.Giving thier wives spending money to go into town all day on a weekend so that they can finally attack that convoy they have been shadowing all week

5. Spending hours loafing at work on the computer googling SH3 videos and tactics on YouTube

Its quite comical to see them all and how they are developing into thier own little wolfpack, i guess this is what I was like 4 years ago and admitably I do stay up late just to hit that convoy one more time, but when real-life submariners are spending the working day planning thier attacks for a submarine simulator in the evenings, questions need to be asked

Pisces · 12-01-09, 01:59 PM

It's time to worry when you hear your co-workers reply with "Jawohl, Herr Kaleun" after they get tasks assigned to them.

Abd_von_Mumit · 12-01-09, 02:08 PM

I envy you your real life sub experience. This must be sooo booooriiing... Yeah, I do envy you indeed.

sonicninja · 12-01-09, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

I envy you your real life sub experience. This must be sooo booooriiing... Yeah, I do envy you indeed.

If only life on a real submarine was half as exciting as SH3, listening to North Atlantic Prawns migrating south is as good as it gets most of the time

Jimbuna · 12-01-09, 03:31 PM

It must be very gratifying to be the leader of your own wolfpack

Gabucino · 12-01-09, 03:58 PM

Can I haz a real submarine?

Lt.Fillipidis · 12-01-09, 04:01 PM

Someone who works and lives in a ship plays a game about ships.
Now that's bizzare!

12-01-09, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pisces

It's time to worry when you hear your co-workers reply with "Jawohl, Herr Kaleun" after they get tasks assigned to them.

This is one cool reply!

Draka · 12-01-09, 09:10 PM

Nah - it's when they start yelling "Wasserbomb" .......

sonicninja · 12-02-09, 02:10 AM

we are now considering swapping our cap badges for swordfish emblems so we are able to recognise fellow Kaleuns around the dockyard, we think this would be less inappropriate than wearing a knights cross on our Royal Navy uniforms

TarJak · 12-02-09, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicninja

we are now considering swapping our cap badges for swordfish emblems so we are able to recognise fellow Kaleuns around the dockyard, we think this would be less inappropriate than wearing a knights cross on our Royal Navy uniforms

Maybe you should all get one of these:

12-01-09, 12:06 PM	#1
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	For Real having played SH3 for the last 4 years i only usually play in the winter months or when I am actually at sea on a real submarine to pass the long boring hours, this winter so far i have managed to recruit 8 fellow submariners into playing SH3 with GWX Gold. At work I have now noticed the following symptoms of my newly recruited Kaleuns:- 1. Black Rings under the eyes from patrolling past midnight during the week 2. Whispering in corners about personal tactics or battles from the night before 3. Making excuses about DIY tasks and avoiding nights out down the pub, and then discovering they were up till 4am in the Straights of Gibraltar 4.Giving thier wives spending money to go into town all day on a weekend so that they can finally attack that convoy they have been shadowing all week 5. Spending hours loafing at work on the computer googling SH3 videos and tactics on YouTube Its quite comical to see them all and how they are developing into thier own little wolfpack, i guess this is what I was like 4 years ago and admitably I do stay up late just to hit that convoy one more time, but when real-life submariners are spending the working day planning thier attacks for a submarine simulator in the evenings, questions need to be asked

12-01-09, 01:59 PM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	It's time to worry when you hear your co-workers reply with "Jawohl, Herr Kaleun" after they get tasks assigned to them. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

12-01-09, 02:08 PM	#3
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	I envy you your real life sub experience. This must be sooo booooriiing... Yeah, I do envy you indeed. __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to

12-01-09, 03:31 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It must be very gratifying to be the leader of your own wolfpack __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-01-09, 03:58 PM	#6
Gabucino Gunner Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 99 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Can I haz a real submarine? __________________ -- U-47 Personnel file

12-01-09, 04:01 PM	#7
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Someone who works and lives in a ship plays a game about ships. Now that's bizzare!

12-01-09, 09:10 PM	#9
Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	Nah - it's when they start yelling "Wasserbomb" .......

12-02-09, 02:10 AM	#10
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	we are now considering swapping our cap badges for swordfish emblems so we are able to recognise fellow Kaleuns around the dockyard, we think this would be less inappropriate than wearing a knights cross on our Royal Navy uniforms