Wait, I remember this place!

Shawshank237 · 07-14-17, 07:22 AM

Hey all. Seems that Cold Waters is bringing back all of these long lost sub sim players, myself included. Since I was a kid I've played a lot of the sub sims from day one but I think I always gravitated back the most to 688(I).

Submarines have always fascinated me but after touring the USS COBIA and learning that fleet boats were built in Manitowoc during WWII (about an hour and a half north of Milwaukee) it only got worse. Pretty soon I needed to know everything about the diesel boats and eventually US and Soviet Cold War subs.

I hung out pretty regularly on the Bottom Gun BBS at submarinesailor.com and Ron Martini's, was a member of the Naval Submarine League and USSVI and helped out with supporting a couple of sub vets running their own web sites. And as life goes, it took me in another direction that had nothing to do with the boats.

Anyway, after seeing the videos for Cold Waters and dusting off my copies of Dangerous Waters and Silent Hunter I'm creeping back. It's good to see the SubSim radio Room again and know that there's still plenty of virtual bubbleheads around.

fitzcarraldo · 07-14-17, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawshank237

Hey all. Seems that Cold Waters is bringing back all of these long lost sub sim players, myself included. Since I was a kid I've played a lot of the sub sims from day one but I think I always gravitated back the most to 688(I).

Submarines have always fascinated me but after touring the USS COBIA and learning that fleet boats were built in Manitowoc during WWII (about an hour and a half north of Milwaukee) it only got worse. Pretty soon I needed to know everything about the diesel boats and eventually US and Soviet Cold War subs.

I hung out pretty regularly on the Bottom Gun BBS at submarinesailor.com and Ron Martini's, was a member of the Naval Submarine League and USSVI and helped out with supporting a couple of sub vets running their own web sites. And as life goes, it took me in another direction that had nothing to do with the boats.

Anyway, after seeing the videos for Cold Waters and dusting off my copies of Dangerous Waters and Silent Hunter I'm creeping back. It's good to see the SubSim radio Room again and know that there's still plenty of virtual bubbleheads around.

Welcome aboard!

Subsims are very addictive. Close the hatch and go deep. Good hunt!

Fitzcarraldo

u crank · 07-14-17, 05:22 PM

Welcome to SubSim Shawshank237.

Aktungbby · 07-14-17, 09:49 PM

Shawshank237!

HW3 · 07-15-17, 12:17 AM

Welcome Aboard!

Jimbuna · 07-15-17, 06:06 AM

Welcome

07-14-17, 07:22 AM	#1
Shawshank237 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 7 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Wait, I remember this place! Hey all. Seems that Cold Waters is bringing back all of these long lost sub sim players, myself included. Since I was a kid I've played a lot of the sub sims from day one but I think I always gravitated back the most to 688(I). Submarines have always fascinated me but after touring the USS COBIA and learning that fleet boats were built in Manitowoc during WWII (about an hour and a half north of Milwaukee) it only got worse. Pretty soon I needed to know everything about the diesel boats and eventually US and Soviet Cold War subs. I hung out pretty regularly on the Bottom Gun BBS at submarinesailor.com and Ron Martini's, was a member of the Naval Submarine League and USSVI and helped out with supporting a couple of sub vets running their own web sites. And as life goes, it took me in another direction that had nothing to do with the boats. Anyway, after seeing the videos for Cold Waters and dusting off my copies of Dangerous Waters and Silent Hunter I'm creeping back. It's good to see the SubSim radio Room again and know that there's still plenty of virtual bubbleheads around.

07-14-17, 05:22 PM	#3
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Welcome to SubSim Shawshank237. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

07-14-17, 09:49 PM	#4
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07-15-17, 12:17 AM	#5
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07-15-17, 06:06 AM	#6
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