Brand new member here - hello!

dom5 · 01-12-21, 09:40 AM

Hi all,

I've just joined Subsim, having popped in as a stowaway a few times over the years.

I guess my first adventure with Submarine computer games was "U-Boat Hunt" on my 48k ZX Spectrum, back in the mid-80's. Seems like a long time ago now

Since then I've always enjoyed the idea and setting, but i got really heavily into Flightsims around 2003 and all my attentions went that way for ten years or so. Then the demands of family life and the death of my gaming PC meant I couldn't spend any time on simulation at all for a while...

I've just returned to the fold now because I bought a board game with accompanying app - "U-Boot: The Board Game" which was nicely designed, but I couldn't get the experience I was looking for from it, while playing solo. By chance, I saw a video on Youtube about SH3, and I was instantly hooked on the idea. Luckily, my wife has just got a new iPad and no longer uses her 2008 Windows 7 laptop, so I've commandeered that and loaded the DVD version of SH3, which I found in a charity shop last year for £1.

Long intro I know (I hope you're not all asleep now?) but I'm glad to be here and may have some newbie questions once i've had a good scan of the FAQ threads...

HW3 · 01-12-21, 11:31 AM

Welcome Aboard!

Aktungbby · 01-12-21, 11:43 AM

dom5!

u crank · 01-12-21, 02:57 PM

Welcome to SubSim dom5.

blackswan40 · 01-12-21, 03:09 PM

Hi dom5 now you've gone and done it Joining Subsim we are like the mafia but more friendly but do you know that theres a Subsim Custom that goes back years all new members have to buy the first round of drinks in the Subsim Bar
hope you got deep pockets he he he just kidding.
Welcome to Subsim Sir Salute

dom5 · 01-12-21, 04:37 PM

Thanks for the welcome guys

And no problem for the round of beers - I have a slab of cold 'virtual' beers right next to me. How shall I deliver them to you?

Cheers

Jimbuna · 01-13-21, 02:31 PM

Welcome aboard matey

fitzcarraldo · 01-15-21, 11:55 AM

Welcome aboard!

If you have a Facebook account, you can join us

https://www.facebook.com/groups/25990473292/

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

01-12-21, 09:40 AM	#1
dom5 Nub Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Buckingham, UK Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Brand new member here - hello! Hi all, I've just joined Subsim, having popped in as a stowaway a few times over the years. I guess my first adventure with Submarine computer games was "U-Boat Hunt" on my 48k ZX Spectrum, back in the mid-80's. Seems like a long time ago now Since then I've always enjoyed the idea and setting, but i got really heavily into Flightsims around 2003 and all my attentions went that way for ten years or so. Then the demands of family life and the death of my gaming PC meant I couldn't spend any time on simulation at all for a while... I've just returned to the fold now because I bought a board game with accompanying app - "U-Boot: The Board Game" which was nicely designed, but I couldn't get the experience I was looking for from it, while playing solo. By chance, I saw a video on Youtube about SH3, and I was instantly hooked on the idea. Luckily, my wife has just got a new iPad and no longer uses her 2008 Windows 7 laptop, so I've commandeered that and loaded the DVD version of SH3, which I found in a charity shop last year for £1. Long intro I know (I hope you're not all asleep now?) but I'm glad to be here and may have some newbie questions once i've had a good scan of the FAQ threads... Last edited by dom5; 01-12-21 at 09:42 AM. Reason: edited to add missing word!

01-12-21, 11:31 AM	#2
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Welcome Aboard! __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

01-12-21, 11:43 AM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,984 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! dom5! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-12-21, 02:57 PM	#4
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 dom5. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

01-12-21, 03:09 PM	#5
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,782 Downloads: 603 Uploads: 31	Hi dom5 now you've gone and done it Joining Subsim we are like the mafia but more friendly but do you know that theres a Subsim Custom that goes back years all new members have to buy the first round of drinks in the Subsim Bar hope you got deep pockets he he he just kidding. Welcome to Subsim Sir Salute __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea

01-12-21, 04:37 PM	#6
dom5 Nub Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Buckingham, UK Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the welcome guys And no problem for the round of beers - I have a slab of cold 'virtual' beers right next to me. How shall I deliver them to you? Cheers

01-13-21, 02:31 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome aboard matey __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-15-21, 11:55 AM	#8
fitzcarraldo Argentinian Skipper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Somewhere between Buenos Aires and the Bungo Suido Posts: 5,318 Downloads: 3345 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! If you have a Facebook account, you can join us https://www.facebook.com/groups/25990473292/ Regards. Fitzcarraldo __________________ *My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity - Wilfred Owen.*