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

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!

gutted · 01-26-17, 12:45 AM

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.

Catfish · 01-26-17, 02:24 AM

20.. years..

Congratulations to you, Neal! And to us, that we found Subsim

If i remember right in 1996 i had just moved to another home in the city of Goettingen, after finishing university, and was still working here and there without getting a proper job. Doing some geological excursions in southern Germany and abroad trying to explain how this stuff worked to tourist groups, which was fun. Went to some archeological sites in Greece with friends and was interested in the Minoans. Learned sailing and was beginning to get all those permits you need in Germany, for everything..

Using Windows and OS/2, the latter already dying out at the time.
Had already played "Silent Service II" for PC earlier (two (?) 5 1/4 " disks if i remember right), and "Wolfpack" (already on 3 1/5 "), then Silent Hunter (1) and Aces of the Deep.
With the upcoming internet we had gone past the Offline BBS stuff, and then i found Subsim, i think via Netscape..

Heard of "Fast Attack" and one day a package arrived in the mail, from the US. Neal had sent me the sim, and i was hooked for years..

Nuppie · 01-27-17, 03:27 PM

688(I) Hunter Killer, Silent Hunter & Silent Service II. I also met my future wife and am now retired from the US Navy. I still enjoy Sub Sims as well as other Naval Sims. Thanks for the web site.

What's the best part about the Navy.....being in the Navy.

Onkel Neal · 01-27-17, 03:43 PM

Man, these are great stories!

ABBAFAN · 01-27-17, 05:56 PM

Well done. Excellent website. I've been here since 2001. It's funny how new the site was then. Yet twenty years later it seems no time at all has passed. In 1997 I had my first PC. I was playing command: Aces of the Deep, Sid Meier's Gettysburg, and still had the Amiga 500 with Bob's Magic Garden and The Night Breed

. I got put on report on my thirteenth birthday, was a bit of a pyromaniac, and had flirted with Satanism. Only briefly, mind. Ah yes, Brass Eye was on telly and I went to the Titanic exhibition in Hamburg aboard Father's container ship. I was surrounded by arseh**es and scoundrels. No internet. No dress sense. This was before I discovered flares, flowers and corduroy.

STEED · 01-27-17, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Man, these are great stories!

Until now...

To be honest Neal I can not remember that far back. Anyway congratulations on 20 years on the Net. If you ask this question again in 20 years and we are all still here I probably give you the same answer.

Aktungbby · 01-27-17, 09:19 PM

Nuppie!

& 44m44m!

01-26-17, 02:29 AM

1997? Young and madly in love with a foxy redhead. We were riding hard every day... her horse. [insertdisappointedsmiley]

Then she broke my heart - as girls tend to do.
Ah, the memories!

Akula4745 · 01-26-17, 05:37 AM

I turned 40 in 1997. I was single and chasing anything that even appeared feminine. Was in my second year of college after wrapping up my first career as a licensed captain. I was into golf sims back then. LOL

Thanks for all you do... and have done, Neal!

keltos01 · 01-26-17, 06:24 AM

You're talking about yesterday Neal !
1997.. let me see..

I was living in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) not far from the lake, which on a good day really looks like the sea (it's +-6 miles wide) and was taking my first diving classes in a nice murky lake water !

I was inbetween computers and at the time didn't play subs ( I had played both SIlent Service 1 n 2 and 688 attck sub before)

I was (not knowingly) looking forward to my time here at Subsim !

Kind regards

Keltos

bracer · 01-26-17, 07:11 AM

Yeah! 1997!
I was 13 and got my first electric guitar, which pretty much have shaped my life.
I was saving money to buy a Nintendo 64, which had 3d graphics!!!! :-o

It was not until many years later I got into flight sims,
which spiraled down to surface ships with Destroyer Command
and even further down under with SH3
and then I discoverd SubSim.com.

Cheers!!

Jimbuna · 01-26-17, 07:19 AM

On the day before (25th January 1997) I was celebrating the wifes 40th birthday.

Castout · 01-26-17, 08:19 AM

In 1997 I was in my second year of high school. I was garnering a reputation as a good student. I enjoyed studying and relied on myself to study from textbooks while other students relied on classes. It was good old times for me.
High hopes and dreams.

Mike Abberton · 01-26-17, 09:46 AM

In 1997, I was ...

About 6 years out of college
At my second "real" job in Newburyport Mass, getting ready to find a 3rd
Playing mostly role-playing and flight sims on a PC
Indulging in a life-time of interest in military matters, but not as much on the PC
Probably read Red Storm Rising for the 5th or 6th time.

01-26-17, 12:45 AM	#2
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,353 Downloads: 470 Uploads: 10	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. __________________ Solution Solver 2.3.2 - Visual Targeting Tools & Aids

01-26-17, 02:24 AM	#3
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,905 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	20.. years.. Congratulations to you, Neal! And to us, that we found Subsim If i remember right in 1996 i had just moved to another home in the city of Goettingen, after finishing university, and was still working here and there without getting a proper job. Doing some geological excursions in southern Germany and abroad trying to explain how this stuff worked to tourist groups, which was fun. Went to some archeological sites in Greece with friends and was interested in the Minoans. Learned sailing and was beginning to get all those permits you need in Germany, for everything.. Using Windows and OS/2, the latter already dying out at the time. Had already played "Silent Service II" for PC earlier (two (?) 5 1/4 " disks if i remember right), and "Wolfpack" (already on 3 1/5 "), then Silent Hunter (1) and Aces of the Deep. With the upcoming internet we had gone past the Offline BBS stuff, and then i found Subsim, i think via Netscape.. Heard of "Fast Attack" and one day a package arrived in the mail, from the US. Neal had sent me the sim, and i was hooked for years.. __________________ >^..^<)))>{ All generalizations are wrong. Last edited by Catfish; 01-26-17 at 02:32 AM.*

01-27-17, 03:27 PM	#4
Nuppie Bilge Rat Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	Happy 20th SubSim! 688(I) Hunter Killer, Silent Hunter & Silent Service II. I also met my future wife and am now retired from the US Navy. I still enjoy Sub Sims as well as other Naval Sims. Thanks for the web site. What's the best part about the Navy.....being in the Navy.

01-27-17, 03:43 PM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,294 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Man, these are great stories! __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-27-17, 05:56 PM	#6
ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well done. Excellent website. I've been here since 2001. It's funny how new the site was then. Yet twenty years later it seems no time at all has passed. In 1997 I had my first PC. I was playing command: Aces of the Deep, Sid Meier's Gettysburg, and still had the Amiga 500 with Bob's Magic Garden and The Night Breed . I got put on report on my thirteenth birthday, was a bit of a pyromaniac, and had flirted with Satanism. Only briefly, mind. Ah yes, Brass Eye was on telly and I went to the Titanic exhibition in Hamburg aboard Father's container ship. I was surrounded by arseh**es and scoundrels. No internet. No dress sense. This was before I discovered flares, flowers and corduroy. __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.

01-26-17, 12:10 AM	#1
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!

01-27-17, 09:19 PM	#8
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,971 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! Nuppie! & 44m44m! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-26-17, 02:29 AM	#9
Nippelspanner Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	1997? Young and madly in love with a foxy redhead. We were riding hard every day... her horse. [insertdisappointedsmiley] Then she broke my heart - as girls tend to do. Ah, the memories!

01-26-17, 05:37 AM	#10
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	I turned 40 in 1997. I was single and chasing anything that even appeared feminine. Was in my second year of college after wrapping up my first career as a licensed captain. I was into golf sims back then. LOL Thanks for all you do... and have done, Neal! __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

01-26-17, 06:24 AM	#11
keltos01 Silent Hunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 4,999 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 18	You're talking about yesterday Neal ! 1997.. let me see.. I was living in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) not far from the lake, which on a good day really looks like the sea (it's +-6 miles wide) and was taking my first diving classes in a nice murky lake water ! I was inbetween computers and at the time didn't play subs ( I had played both SIlent Service 1 n 2 and 688 attck sub before) I was (not knowingly) looking forward to my time here at Subsim ! Kind regards Keltos __________________ "Honorable Builder of Sinking Ships"

01-26-17, 07:11 AM	#12
bracer Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 765 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Yeah! 1997! I was 13 and got my first electric guitar, which pretty much have shaped my life. I was saving money to buy a Nintendo 64, which had 3d graphics!!!! :-o It was not until many years later I got into flight sims, which spiraled down to surface ships with Destroyer Command and even further down under with SH3 and then I discoverd SubSim.com. Cheers!!

01-26-17, 07:19 AM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	On the day before (25th January 1997) I was celebrating the wifes 40th birthday. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-26-17, 08:19 AM	#14
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	In 1997 I was in my second year of high school. I was garnering a reputation as a good student. I enjoyed studying and relied on myself to study from textbooks while other students relied on classes. It was good old times for me. High hopes and dreams. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Castout; 01-26-17 at 08:27 AM.

01-26-17, 09:46 AM	#15
Mike Abberton Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 135 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	In 1997, I was ... About 6 years out of college At my second "real" job in Newburyport Mass, getting ready to find a 3rd Playing mostly role-playing and flight sims on a PC Indulging in a life-time of interest in military matters, but not as much on the PC Probably read Red Storm Rising for the 5th or 6th time.