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11-23-14, 06:01 AM | #1 |
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Ahoy there!
Occasional SUBSIM lurker here, finally taking the plunge to registration.
I was fascinated (and overwhelmed) by subsims back in the day. I'd like to share the story of my return to the genre. I stumbled across a picture of the con from 688 Attack Sub yesterday and was overwhelmed by nostalgia. Curious to see if this sort of game still existed, I began poking around the internet and quickly found Dangerous Waters on steam for 3 bucks. After a brief battle with international stupidity (I work in Japan, and had to trick steam to let me pay in USD) I was ready to start learning the game. I read/watched a number of tutorials, and set up a practice mission with an (alleged) target dummy Kirov. I went through a few clumsy maneuvers started cavitating. I soon noticed that the Kirov had dispatched a helicopter to deal with me (yes, my radar mast was thrust triumphantly through the waves), and I began to hear a faint alarm sound. My sonar detected two new contacts behaving suspiciously like torpedoes, which promptly started lashing me with pings. The torpedoes' PINGs and alarm's SQUAWKs melded together, playing a rather hideous dirge for my ill fated ship. I ordered an emergency dive, and only then did I notice that everything was shaking. As I gained in depth, the pinging became more frantic, and the shaking more intense. I slammed the rudder to port, praying for the best. The alarm stopped. The shaking stopped. Had I done it? Would we live to fight anoth--KABOOM!--Nope. Torpedoed to death horribly (and justly). I took off my headphones and realized that the shaking sensation and alarm had NOT been caused by the game, but rather a minor earthquake which coincided nearly perfectly with the Kirov's attack on my sub. Yep, I'm hooked. |
11-23-14, 06:15 AM | #2 |
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Welcome to SubSim
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11-23-14, 06:53 AM | #3 |
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Welcome to SubSim. Great story.
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11-23-14, 09:49 AM | #4 |
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Welcome Aboard!
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11-23-14, 09:54 AM | #5 |
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welcome aboard!
Thinly Sliced Ham!Earth quake? are you in CA? One of our other members was on his live-aboard in England enduring a depth charge attack in his game-as his boat was literally rammed by another vessel in the marina...life imitates art!
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11-23-14, 07:08 PM | #6 |
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A warm welcome ‘Thinly Sliced Ham ’ to the Subsim family.
You will always find someone here to help you. Link to my SH3 – SH4 – SH5 posts: Step By Step Tutorials & How To Do It. Also Included Are Some Useful Download Links http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=211804 You can use TDW’Generic File Patcher with STEAM see my Tutorial Post #125
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11-23-14, 07:16 PM | #7 |
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Welcome :-)
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11-23-14, 08:00 PM | #8 | |
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That's crazy! I hope the results of the accident were less disastrous than the results of the depth charge attack! |
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12-02-14, 06:19 PM | #9 |
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Wel-come aboard Kaleun ...
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