What kind of subsim skipper are you?

[jazzabilly]

HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPER

I almost went with Pam Anderson - she's from a small town in British Columbia, like me. We're tough.

In the end I went with Snoopy- cartoon character's can't be injured.

[Leon West]

CASUAL SUBSIM SKIPPER You fell in love with Aces of the Deep. Your playing style is relaxed, more for fun than historical accuracy. You always play Sub Command or Dangerous Waters from the NavMap (rightclick is your friend), if you ever ventured to play them at all. Probably you prefer WWII subsims like Silent Hunter 3, SH4 and Aces. You may try the manual TDC, but you prefer to leave the auto map contacts on, (blank maps scare you). Even though you know submarine skippers missed targets occasionally in real life, you cannot resist reloading a mission to take another shot at a 10,000-tonne troopship that got away. One ship, one torpedo, finished off with the deck gun--that's the creed you live by

Considering that I got SH4 Gold Edition shortly after this shiny new laptop I got for Christmas, I'd say this quiz is spot-on...I'm still cutting my teeth on subsims, but I'm glad I chose SH4 as my teething ring. I'm enjoying this game lots! Casually, obviously..lol

[denis_469]

NUKE SUBSIM SKIPPER

Periscopes are for wimps. Let's face it, any snapperhead can bring a WWII subsim to periscope depth, lock onto the red triangle and plug away. Real men never get closer than 8000 yards to their target. Your subsim of choice is made by a company in Waterford, Conn. You thrive on complex Target-Motion Analysis equations, deciphering broadband contacts, and gauging ESM signal strength. You are paler than Siberian stripper and proud of it. You long for the day you can take your Seawolf class nuke into an online game against a whole fleet of Type VIICs. One ADCAP equals "make my day".

[joeljansson]

ROLE-PLAYING SUBSIM SKIPPER
Your taste in sub and naval games runs the gamut from Grey Wolf to Silent Hunter 4. You have tried them all, at varying realism options. You're a lit-tle old-er than the typical subsim skipper, and probably remember using a tape cassette player to load programs onto your Radio Shack TRS-80. (Or perhaps you're wise beyond your years.) Your primary joy is using your imagination to put yourself into the game. You are able to overlook little details like the crew appearing instantly on the bridge, or wonky AI: to you, these are easily worked into the story as a crew who are really light on their feet, and frigates that have green skippers. The game platform gets you halfway there, your imagination does the rest. You spend lots of time setting up your crew management so it's just right and may even talk to them. You relish managing support and logistics in games like Pacific Storm, Navy Field, and Silent War. a little to old? i THINK im 12 but if you say so

[MonTana_Prussian]

HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPER ...You are the "sim" in Subsim......

Cool!

[goggles]

casual subsimmer

im disappointed in myself

time to start a new career

[eljeffo41]

Hardcore!!!!

[Max2147]

You fell in love with Aces of the Deep. - Not really. Fleet Command was my first naval combat game, then Sub Command, then SH4.

Your playing style is relaxed, more for fun than historical accuracy. - Fairly true. I take historical accuracy seriously, but I'm not fanatical about it.

You always play Sub Command or Dangerous Waters from the NavMap (rightclick is your friend), if you ever ventured to play them at all. - Spot-on. I played Sub Command, always on the NavMap. Dangerous Waters looked like too much techy stuff for me. Fleet Command is still my all-time favorite.

Probably you prefer WWII subsims like Silent Hunter 3, SH4 and Aces. - Spot-on, although SH4 is the only one I've played.

You may try the manual TDC, but you prefer to leave the auto map contacts on, (blank maps scare you). - Spot-on again. Tried manual TDC in training, failed miserably, now live with my colored arrows. I can't imagine life without auto map contacts.

Even though you know submarine skippers missed targets occasionally in real life, you cannot resist reloading a mission to take another shot at a 10,000-tonne troopship that got away. - Not true. I chase down my targets after misses, even if it means shooting off half my torpedo load. I only reload after CTD's or getting sunk.

One ship, one torpedo, finished off with the deck gun--that's the creed you live by. - Close. Small merchant - only deck gun. Medium - one fish, then deck gun. Large - Two fish, then deck gun. If they have deck guns, then I keep my head down.

Altogether very impressive accuracy!

[quietguy52]

Line up in the "street", face off, give 'em the "eye", who's the quickest draw, fastest to crash dive and get away before seeing the first DC...

I challenge myself, my boat and the crew.


Lennie

[Morpheus]

STRATEGIC SUBSIM SKIPPER
For you, Silent Hunter 4 is just Battleship with shiny, moving pieces. You see the big picture, you think long term, and you are indifferent to political consequences. They would not have put you in charge of a $2 billion attack sub if they didn't want you to use it. You learned that back in Red Storm Rising and you never forgot. You prefer handling large scale operations like Fleet Command and Fighting Steel. Half your time is spent setting up mind-numbingly complex battle plans, with 8 layers of contingencies. You pray for the day Sonalysts will release a ballistic missile sub. With nukes. Every day is a good day for the other side to die. Your motto is "Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud."


kr morph

[SteveW1]

HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPER
No doubt about it, you are hardcore. You are the kind of subsim player who pins up the Kriegsmarine gridmap on your wall, you use a redlamp when playing at night, your wife lets you know her mother is visiting by shouting "Alarm!" and you didn't know--or care--that Silent Hunter III has a save game feature. You cut your teeth plotting attacks in Gato, sank 28,000 tons in your first Aces of the Deep patrol, and played Dangerous Waters at 100% realism. You scoff at wannabes who whine about some niggling detail in a subsim but use the red triangle-infested auto TDC and auto-map updates. You never, ever, use anything but full realism.
You are the "sim" in Subsim.

Only way to play, 100% all the time

Steve

[JALU3]

Strategic subsim skipper

[egarcia]

CASUAL SUBSIM SKIPPERYou fell in love with Aces of the Deep. Your playing style is relaxed, more for fun than historical accuracy. You always play Sub Command or Dangerous Waters from the NavMap (rightclick is your friend), if you ever ventured to play them at all. Probably you prefer WWII subsims like Silent Hunter 3, SH4 and Aces. You may try the manual TDC, but you prefer to leave the auto map contacts on, (blank maps scare you). Even though you know submarine skippers missed targets occasionally in real life, you cannot resist reloading a mission to take another shot at a 10,000-tonne troopship that got away. One ship, one torpedo, finished off with the deck gun--that's the creed you live by.

Almost true, my first was Aces of the Deep, it scares me blank maps and I use to fire one torpedo at time... perhaps two if target is huge. On the other side, I never reload a mission.


Nice quiz, btw.

[Folducker]

HARDCORE SUBSIM SKIPPER
No doubt about it, you are hardcore. You are the kind of subsim player who pins up the Kriegsmarine gridmap on your wall, you use a redlamp when playing at night, your wife lets you know her mother is visiting by shouting "Alarm!" and you didn't know--or care--that Silent Hunter III has a save game feature. You cut your teeth plotting attacks in Gato, sank 28,000 tons in your first Aces of the Deep patrol, and played Dangerous Waters at 100% realism. You scoff at wannabes who whine about some niggling detail in a subsim but use the red triangle-infested auto TDC and auto-map updates. You never, ever, use anything but full realism.
You are the "sim" in Subsim

[Franklin Van Valkenburg]

Hardcore SUBSIM Skipper!

Heck yeah... I feel the adrenaline pumping when I go on a torpedo run!