Test your patience

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

What is it about this ship that has captured so many peoples Imagination and that people can't seem to let this ship lay in peace where it is ?

The tradegy of it, to put it simply. Plenty of controversies and what-if's also help keep the discussion going.

Originally Posted by Skybird

Its a game, a sinking-ship simulator where players have to explore the Titanic as a passenger, under time pressure obviously. Whether they did themselves a favour by trying to advertise their game with this 160 min. slo-mo commercial - I have my doubts.

It doesn't hurt. It shows that the team have researched their stuff.

[Fahnenbohn]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Ach nein...

Anyway, back on topic

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[Commander Wallace]

[QUOTE=Dowly;2398542]The tradegy of it, to put it simply. Plenty of controversies and what-if's also help keep the discussion going.



I'm sure you're probably right as there have been many auctions for artifacts and a number of movies made of the tragedy as well as the expeditions to Titanic by Ballard and Cameron which inspired his movie .

Originally Posted by Skybird

Its a game, a sinking-ship simulator where players have to explore the Titanic as a passenger, under time pressure obviously. Whether they did themselves a favour by trying to advertise their game with this 160 min. slo-mo commercial - I have my doubts.

It's an interesting video and I'm wondering how accurate the depiction is as some have speculated based on survivor's accounts that the Titanic broke in half before it sank. Indeed, Titanic was found broke in half with both parts separated by a small debris field lending some credibility to that theory.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

It's an interesting video and I'm wondering how accurate the depiction is as some have speculated based on survivor's accounts that the Titanic broke in half before it sank.

The ship breaks in two in the video as well.

[Aktungbby]

Never mind the Titanic: full of snobs and white trash (ahhh the Victorian Era) in a poorly constructed or repaired expansion joint failure? brittle steel vessel trying to set a speed record during a coal strike! Thank god; whichever ship it was, it was only half full, (1317 vs 2566 passengers) as it was the low point of the travel season! The real RMS Titanic was conveniently scrapped in 1936!

[Dowly]

I almost stopped watching that, but holy crap that jaw is mesmerizing.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Dowly

The ship breaks in two in the video as well.

Right. However, some eyewitness accounts have said it broke up before it sank, other eyewitness accounts say it sank in one piece. It has been theorized that if it did sink in one piece, trapped air may have caused an implosion resulting in the ship breaking apart while under water and now resting with the stern separated from the bow.

[Oberon]

I was always under the impression, until recent times, that the ship broke in two at a fracture point underneath the surface, however I will give the developers of this video and game their due, they have done an ungodly amount of research into the Titanic, so I am inclined to follow their version of events, and indeed, this paper supports this:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...ally-break-up/

[Fahnenbohn]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I was always under the impression, until recent times, that the ship broke in two at a fracture point underneath the surface, however I will give the developers of this video and game their due, they have done an ungodly amount of research into the Titanic, so I am inclined to follow their version of events, and indeed, this paper supports this:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...ally-break-up/

" ... and engineers, like scientists, must always be prepared to deal with new evidence that may force us to discard our previous concepts and embrace new ones.

But we also hope that in the absence of such evidence, our work will be respected. If there is to be a debate over the validity of our work, we hope that it will take place in open scientific and professional forums, and that the outcome of the debate will be determined in the best tradition of scientific inquiry."

So bad that such a good disposition is not allowed for some particular subjects ... But political ideologies are above the truth ...

[Oberon]

....getting back on topic...

[Fahnenbohn]

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Oberon

....getting back on topic...

And the topic is testing your patience. Well......

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

And the topic is testing your patience. Well......

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Right. However, some eyewitness accounts have said it broke up before it sank, other eyewitness accounts say it sank in one piece. It has been theorized that if it did sink in one piece, trapped air may have caused an implosion resulting in the ship breaking apart while under water and now resting with the stern separated from the bow.

I would say that the ship started to break apart on the surface. I find it hard to believe that about a dozen survivors would testify seeing the ship break up, if it didn't.

[Skybird]

Just realised that somebody else was two days earlier than me. That is because initially I did not even knew it was a game, also I visit subsim game forum not that often. Sorry, did not want to steal somebody's credits for linking it first.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=225662