SUBSIM: 20 years on the web & still no gold watch!

Onkel Neal · 01-25-17, 10:14 PM

Onkel Neal · 01-25-17, 10:17 PM

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.

nikimcbee · 01-25-17, 11:02 PM

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....

fireftr18 · 01-25-17, 11:19 PM

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.

Herman · 01-25-17, 11:24 PM

Opened a new restaurant.

thewison · 01-27-17, 01:38 AM

1997 was when my daughter was born. It is her 20th Anniversary as well!

Congrats! Thanks for your work on the site!

v-i-c- · 01-27-17, 01:51 AM

Entire 1997 I was busy building my (former) recording studio:

Underbank · 01-27-17, 10:17 AM

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.

Icewarp · 01-27-17, 10:26 AM

Uow, it's been quite a while...
In 1997 I was at high school, enjoying life with much less responsibility than today (Maybe...). I wasn't into subsim games yet, because I remember I spent a lot of time playing Duke Nuken 3D lol.

Cool times. Happy birthday!

Chromatix · 01-27-17, 10:27 AM

I had just moved from school to college, where I first got access to the Internet for real. It really was early days back then.

I was so far ahead in my programming courses that I spent most of my time downloading files to floppy disks (to take home) and occasionally answering questions posed by the teacher, after a suitable period of baffled silence from the rest of the class. There's a world of difference between trying to learn programming by taking a class on it, and learning programming by practical means before taking a class just to get a certificate on what you already know. That was my first experience of people doing the former rather than the latter.

At the time, I had no idea about subsims. I didn't even have a PC! I did have a growing collection of Macs...

mookiemookie · 01-27-17, 10:28 AM

I was a junior in high school. I had just run my fastest mile ever (5 min 29 sec). I'm trying to get back there, but probably never will!

I hadn't played a sub sim since Silent Service on the NES. SH3 was a few years away yet.

Red Devil · 01-27-17, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

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....

Your location: Bungo STRAITS - oh dear, you cant get the staff!!

xatharas · 01-27-17, 07:45 AM

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

Aktungbby · 01-25-17, 11:52 PM

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.

viper1 · 01-26-17, 12:10 AM

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!

01-25-17, 10:14 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,293 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	__________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-25-17, 10:17 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,293 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	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	#3
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,925 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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	#4
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,526 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	#5
Herman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,185 Downloads: 269 Uploads: 1046	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, 01:38 AM	#6
thewison Bilge Rat Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	One of the best years of my Life 1997 was when my daughter was born. It is her 20th Anniversary as well! Congrats! Thanks for your work on the site!

01-27-17, 01:51 AM	#7
v-i-c- Watch Officer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Posts: 343 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Entire 1997 I was busy building my (former) recording studio: __________________ WOTA: Wolves of the Atlantic™ - upcoming mobile U-boat simulation for iOS (later Mac, PC, Linux) • subsim forum • facebook

01-27-17, 10:17 AM	#8
Underbank 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, 10:26 AM	#9
Icewarp Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brazil Posts: 11 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Uow, it's been quite a while... In 1997 I was at high school, enjoying life with much less responsibility than today (Maybe...). I wasn't into subsim games yet, because I remember I spent a lot of time playing Duke Nuken 3D lol. Cool times. Happy birthday! __________________

01-27-17, 10:27 AM	#10
Chromatix Watch Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 26 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I had just moved from school to college, where I first got access to the Internet for real. It really was early days back then. I was so far ahead in my programming courses that I spent most of my time downloading files to floppy disks (to take home) and occasionally answering questions posed by the teacher, after a suitable period of baffled silence from the rest of the class. There's a world of difference between trying to learn programming by taking a class on it, and learning programming by practical means before taking a class just to get a certificate on what you already know. That was my first experience of people doing the former rather than the latter. At the time, I had no idea about subsims. I didn't even have a PC! I did have a growing collection of Macs... __________________ In a submarine battle, you can be: on fire, underwater, under fire, & taking on water... simultaneously.

01-27-17, 10:28 AM	#11
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I was a junior in high school. I had just run my fastest mile ever (5 min 29 sec). I'm trying to get back there, but probably never will! I hadn't played a sub sim since Silent Service on the NES. SH3 was a few years away yet. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-27-17, 07:45 AM	#13
xatharas 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	#14
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,963 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	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; 01-26-17 at 12:19 AM.

01-26-17, 12:10 AM	#15
viper1 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!