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04-12-09, 06:45 AM | #331 |
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HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPERNo doubt about it, you are hardcore. You are the kind of subsim player who pins up the Kriegsmarine gridmap on your wall, you use a redlamp when playing at night, your wife lets you know her mother is visiting by shouting "Alarm!" and you didn't know--or care--that Silent Hunter III has a save game feature. You cut your teeth plotting attacks in Gato, sank 28,000 tons in your first Aces of the Deep patrol, and played Dangerous Waters at 100% realism. You scoff at wannabes who whine about some niggling detail in a subsim but use the red triangle-infested auto TDC and auto-map updates. You never, ever, use anything but full realism.
You are the "sim" in Subsim well....exernal view is nice |
04-12-09, 10:00 AM | #332 |
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STRATEGIC SUBSIM SKIPPER I'm a calculating B*****d.
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04-12-09, 10:35 AM | #333 |
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I'm a taker of harbors...
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04-12-09, 11:10 AM | #334 |
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It says Im "Poof playing with Torpedoes"
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04-12-09, 08:00 PM | #335 |
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I played at 100% for a long time, but finally turned on the cam...gotta have my SS's. I always plan not to use it during an attack, but sometimes gotta take a peek....so some patrols I turn it off, some on.
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04-12-09, 08:30 PM | #336 |
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Same for me,I now have only the CAM(not used for ID's or attacks) and Map contacts unchecked
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04-12-09, 09:14 PM | #337 |
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I'm not at liberty to disclose this information to those without a TS clearance.
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04-13-09, 01:25 PM | #338 |
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ROLE-PLAYING SUBSIM SKIPPER - Well it got the ''role playing'' part right!
Your taste in sub and naval games runs the gamut from Grey Wolf to Silent Hunter 4. You have tried them all, at varying realism options. You're a lit-tle old-er than the typical subsim skipper, and probably remember using a tape cassette player to load programs onto your Radio Shack TRS-80. (Or perhaps you're wise beyond your years.) Your primary joy is using your imagination to put yourself into the game. You are able to overlook little details like the crew appearing instantly on the bridge, or wonky AI: to you, these are easily worked into the story as a crew who are really light on their feet, and frigates that have green skippers. The game platform gets you halfway there, your imagination does the rest. You spend lots of time setting up your crew management so it's just right and may even talk to them. You relish managing support and logistics in games like Pacific Storm, Navy Field, and Silent War. |
04-14-09, 04:12 PM | #339 |
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The casual description seems to suit me better, but based on what I know, andhow I react I was refered to as hardcore. I'm not quite there, but in silent running, I make sure to stay completely quiet...
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04-15-09, 02:08 AM | #340 |
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HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPERNo doubt about it, you are hardcore. You are the kind of subsim player who pins up the Kriegsmarine gridmap on your wall, you use a redlamp when playing at night, your wife lets you know her mother is visiting by shouting "Alarm!" and you didn't know--or care--that Silent Hunter III has a save game feature. You cut your teeth plotting attacks in Gato, sank 28,000 tons in your first Aces of the Deep patrol, and played Dangerous Waters at 100% realism. You scoff at wannabes who whine about some niggling detail in a subsim but use the red triangle-infested auto TDC and auto-map updates. You never, ever, use anything but full realism.
You are the "sim" in Subsim. You know, the funny thing is that I started playing subsims for the first time 4 days ago. |
04-16-09, 06:16 AM | #341 |
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STRATEGIC SUBSIM SKIPPER
Interesting. It is true I'd rather have someone else carry out my orders and I like to see the big picture, but then again I do like to personally blow something up too from time to time. Then again in cRPG games I usually play with Lawful Evil characters and I feel happy to stay in the shadows and just gently prod stuff to make things happen. Of course I'm hardly an expert at subsimming (it always nags me... who the hell would put someone like me in command?!) and some questions confused me. I'm probably closer to a HARDCORE FAILURE SKIPPER as I'd like to go 100% realism but when I do, I fail utterly so I'm kind of forced to compromise. |
04-16-09, 09:24 AM | #342 |
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Says I'm hardcore- absolutely
Although, I have to admit. I leave the map update on, I let the view stabilize itself, and I leave the external view on. Why? Because there's years of training I don't have, I can hold a pair of binocs steady by instinct, and I like the pretty colors. done.
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04-16-09, 10:13 AM | #343 |
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My thoughts exactly! I frequently get into trouble with simracing fanatics, when I tell them that 'no, it's not just like the real thing' and that 'no, it's not that realistic', when a PC nerd gets suddenly plopped into Formula 1 car cockpit and not only can he actually keep it on the track but even win races! |
04-16-09, 01:24 PM | #344 | |
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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. Last edited by Sniper_Fox; 04-16-09 at 01:34 PM. |
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04-16-09, 03:16 PM | #345 |
Sailor man
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Not that good but learning
I run at about 83% I think, I just don't want the hassle of the stabilized periscope. I will sometime soon but for right now manual targeting running TMO (SCAF)
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