SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997 |
|
01-25-17, 10:13 PM | #1 |
Born to Run Silent
|
SUBSIM: 20 years on the web & still no gold watch!
On Jan. 26, 1997, Subsim debuted on the world wide web. That was twenty years ago.
Our first webpage (at least there weren't any animated gifs) . In 20 years over 122,000 people have signed onto our forums, over 32,300 logged in during 2016. 2.25 million posts. 2,163,412 mod downloads The Story of the Web's #1 Sub & Naval Resource Here's where I thank the people who made this happen: Thanks to the moderators who help keep the forums sane.Looking forward to another 20 years! Onkel Neal SUBSIM Be sure to take part in our 20th Anniversary Contest! It's easy, just read the 3rd post here. .. .
__________________
SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web |
01-25-17, 10:14 PM | #2 |
Born to Run Silent
|
__________________
SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web |
01-25-17, 10:17 PM | #3 |
Born to Run Silent
|
SUBSIM 20th Anniversary Contest This will be the easiest contest ever! Simply make a post and tell what was happening in your life in 1997. Were you recently married? Did you just join the navy or start a band? Did something cool or memorable happen to you in 1997? What was your life like in 1997? That's all, just make a post and you can also include any comments or thoughts about Subsim in the same post. If you were not born in time, just make a comment about some interesting time in your life. And don't brag about being young! Winners will be chosen in a random drawing. First prize will be an XBox1 or Playstation 4, your choice. And a Subsim shirt. Second prize will be a copy of UBOOT and a Subsim shirt. Third through fifth prize will be a Subsim shirt. Rules Any members found using multiple forum accounts or starting a new forum account to play will be removed from the contest. So, just post under a single name. You are allowed to post both in the Subsim forum and in Subsim Facebook, if you wish.
__________________
SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web Last edited by Onkel Neal; 01-26-17 at 12:23 PM. |
01-25-17, 11:02 PM | #4 |
Fleet Admiral
|
Holy Jeebus!
Way back in 1997.... Still married to a Russian girl. Niki McBee was just a puppy. Skipped a lot of class to play Aces of the Deep. Still lived in Minnesota. U-505 was still outside. One year away from finding subsim. Jim probably had hair....
__________________
|
01-25-17, 11:19 PM | #5 |
Ocean Warrior
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 2,527
Downloads: 77
Uploads: 0
|
I was still heading toward the middle of my career on the fire department, still a paramedic. I was still freshly married, not yet a dad. And just started school for sports medicine. I was well into Silent Service 2, and US Navy Fighters.
__________________
Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain! |
01-25-17, 11:24 PM | #6 |
Ace of the Deep
|
Opened a new restaurant.
__________________
Guidelines for ScenShare scenarios: 1) Enjoy creating it 2) Enjoy playing it 3) Enjoy sharing it 4) Enjoy helping others create them The PlayersDB - The Harpoon Community's #1 Choice. Harpoon3 Frequently Asked Questions |
01-27-17, 10:17 AM | #7 |
Bilge Rat
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Above 40 degrees North
Posts: 1
Downloads: 24
Uploads: 0
|
Sometime in '97
I remember watching the news to see if Hong Kong changed quickly after the British lease ran out. It was becoming easier to find news from the internet, but not finding a rational explanation as to why people believed they could hitchhike on a comet didn't surprise me.
|
01-27-17, 07:39 AM | #8 |
The Old Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Sutton Coldfield England
Posts: 1,525
Downloads: 273
Uploads: 0
|
Your location: Bungo STRAITS - oh dear, you cant get the staff!!
__________________
> > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk |
01-27-17, 07:45 AM | #9 |
Nub
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2
Downloads: 105
Uploads: 0
|
1997
In 1997 my one and only daughter was born! So that's a year I'll never forget
It was also the end of my silent hunter sessions of hours on end Now that she's 19 (almost 20) I'm thinking of starting that uup again and so I'll need the advice of the experienced skippers Keep up the good work |
01-25-17, 11:52 PM | #10 |
Gefallen Engel U-666
|
IN the year of '97 a Navy night to remember!
It was the year of '97; I was doing the weekend night-watch of the Old Federal Bldg on UN PLaza at 9th and Market in San Francisco.(Formerly ADM Nimitz's HQ) B.A.R.T Access; street dwellers; and a large Farmer's market on Wed. and Sat. In short: a busy head-on-a-swivel beat: I had pulled an 18 hour shift as the government contractor was new and no relief had been arranged. I had called a supervisor to complain and he promised I would B off at 03:00 ...Whilst on exterior solo patrol around 02:00, I was approached by two young sailors who mistook me 4 what seemed to them to be the 'constituted authority'..ME in full gear in mid plaza. They explained they were day-touring/shore-leave and didn't know how to get back to their ship across at Alameda Naval base ( '97 the last year it closed)...They were 20ish; literally from Oklahoma; and "had met 2 girls....only one of them wasn't a girl" (In 'Frisco?in the Tenderloin? What a $hock!) Having a baby brother serving as helmsman on the USS Oklahoma City, USS San Bernadino, and USS Little Rock; and doing strange things in strange ports from Bangkok to Scapa Flow...these kids have mothers who worry; so I took matters in hand to prevent further 'damage to government 'property'; I informed them that, as a former naval person (NPQ"d out in '73), I would drive them back to their ship. Meanwhile they were to go to the all-night Carl's Jr also on the plaza and not move till I arrived within the hour which they obediently did. Upon relief, I strode to the restaurant and they were dutifully waiting. I drove them across the Bay Bridge to the base cramped in my Tercel; The Marine gate guard saw I was on a mission of mercy-child rescue and let me pass- fully armed; I pulled up at the gangplank of their fleet oiler and Officer of the Deck appeared relieved to collect his 'kids'; thanked me profusely; and offered me a tour of the ship! I was too beat after 24 hours and still had 50 miles to drive home so I declined...I wish I'd done that tour! I made it home by 05:00 and was so wired I couldn't sleep so I got a in game of Aces of the Deep B 4 crashing.
__________________
"Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 10-19-24 at 10:48 AM. Reason: Ruby colour change |
01-26-17, 12:10 AM | #11 |
Swabbie
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 5
Downloads: 40
Uploads: 0
|
1997... wow... I was just starting High School my freshman year. Knew I wanted to join the military and could not wait. Parents moved away and left me to live with my grandpa while I finished school. '97 was really the best year of my childhood!
|
01-26-17, 12:45 AM | #12 |
The Old Man
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: New Orleans, LA.
Posts: 1,378
Downloads: 480
Uploads: 11
|
I turned twenty years old in march '97. Started college in the fall that year for computer science.
My PC at the time was likely a 133mhz pentium. Can't remember the exact year i got that one, but seems like the time frame. Game wise i was still playing alot of Doom & Air Combat sims (which i had been a total junkie for since the original Falcon). Beer, Friends, Heavy Metal, and PC games were pretty much my life at that point. |
01-28-17, 06:56 AM | #13 |
Bilge Rat
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 1
Downloads: 3
Uploads: 0
|
1997.
Well i dont know if I was even in my parents plans for the next couple of years hahaha. |
01-29-17, 06:46 PM | #14 |
Bilge Rat
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ENZV
Posts: 1
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
|
A trip down memory lane...
Let me think...
I enjoyed playing lots of submarine games at the time, I can't really remember the titles of the top of my mind. 1997 was also the year I visited a nuclear submarine. I also remember the summer hit that year: Paradisio with Bailando, at least where I lived. -Thor- |
02-15-17, 08:59 AM | #15 |
Nub
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 2
Downloads: 34
Uploads: 0
|
20 Years Ago
I was, and still am, married (34yrs).
My two children were in grade school. I was coaching my sons hockey team. Enjoying life....still am. |
|
|