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Title: Some stuff I don't get...
Post by: Saintaw on July 03, 2006, 08:36:34 AM
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... (http://www.shipsim-secure.com/index.php?id=4)


That sounds REALY exciting...
Title: Some stuff I don't get...
Post by: indy007 on July 03, 2006, 09:03:35 AM
Well.. if there's a market for Train Simulators... a boat sim could get a following... the Trains don't even leave the tracks unless you try really hard.
Title: Some stuff I don't get...
Post by: midnight Target on July 03, 2006, 09:05:28 AM
Maybe a cool iceberg slalom with the Titanic would be fun.
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Post by: Saintaw on July 03, 2006, 09:29:02 AM
I was going to say something mean about some kind of fly fishing simulation, but i see it's already been released. :rolleyes:
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Post by: CavemanJ on July 03, 2006, 09:32:27 AM
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Maybe a cool iceberg slalom with the Titanic would be fun.


Looks like you might could make a mission like that...
Title: Some stuff I don't get...
Post by: Golfer on July 03, 2006, 12:00:03 PM
They have a scorepotato problem too!

http://www.forum.shipsim.com/viewtopic.php?t=476
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Post by: Chairboy on July 03, 2006, 12:07:15 PM
It's all fun and games until, after playing for hours, you make a super tricky docking maneuver in a crowded port that disregards all the rules (yet works perfectly) and they unveil that you have been controlling ACTUAL SHIPS as part of a clever strategic outsourcing experiment.  Then Mazer Rackham comes out from behind your desk crying and shouting "You did it!  You did it!" and the whole world celebrates your achievement.
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Post by: RightF00T on July 03, 2006, 12:09:34 PM
lol Chairboy...

"Why is my shipment of bermuda shorts going to Antarctica?!?!  Tell that dweeb to come back from AFK!"
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Post by: Maverick on July 03, 2006, 12:23:41 PM
Chill out Wiggins.........
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Post by: Furball on July 03, 2006, 03:41:14 PM
its for people like nilsen to learn how to avoid hitting small objects like land in their boat.
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Post by: Mustaine on July 03, 2006, 03:47:02 PM
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Originally posted by Furball
its for people like nilsen to learn how to avoid hitting small objects like land in their boat.
BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!1111 :rofl



someone should get it and send it to him for training. :lol :D :t
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Post by: GtoRA2 on July 03, 2006, 03:47:30 PM
Oh come on, who could resist the urge to live the life of Nilson?

This way we can all get drunk and run aground on some rocks!:D
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Post by: Saintaw on July 03, 2006, 03:57:02 PM
I think he's on vacation (probably sinking some boats) as we speak.
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Post by: Meatwad on July 03, 2006, 11:12:04 PM
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Originally posted by Furball
its for people like nilsen to learn how to avoid hitting small objects like land in their boat.



Have to create a scenario of a captain drunk on cheap european liquor and lutefisk to make it feel "more at home" :D
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Post by: Thrawn on July 03, 2006, 11:14:56 PM
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Originally posted by Chairboy
It's all fun and games until, after playing for hours, you make a super tricky docking maneuver in a crowded port that disregards all the rules (yet works perfectly) and they unveil that you have been controlling ACTUAL SHIPS as part of a clever strategic outsourcing experiment.  Then Mazer Rackham comes out from behind your desk crying and shouting "You did it!  You did it!" and the whole world celebrates your achievement.



Wow, that's a great idea for a book.  ;)
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Post by: Debonair on July 04, 2006, 12:33:33 AM
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Originally posted by Golfer
They have a scorepotato problem too!

http://www.forum.shipsim.com/viewtopic.php?t=476

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that was funny, thank you
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Post by: Pooh21 on July 04, 2006, 02:05:50 AM
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Originally posted by GtoRA2
Oh come on, who could resist the urge to live the life of Nilson?

This way we can all get drunk and run aground on some rocks!:D
dont forget his spiffy wardrobe including that hawt white belt.

hi diddlely dee a Nilsons life for me!



edit: I might get this game just cause it models Hamburg, I wonder how far down the canal system I can take a 30ft yacht, maybe even to my house.
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Post by: nirvana on July 04, 2006, 04:00:26 AM
The only good part was running into other boats at 10knots and seeing the damage build up.  Overall, I don't think it's worth the $30.
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Post by: Reynolds on July 04, 2006, 04:24:29 AM
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I was going to say something mean about some kind of fly fishing simulation, but i see it's already been released. :rolleyes:

They DO?!? Un fu**ing beleivable...:eek: :huh :eek: :huh :huh

That is when you know our world is SCREWED up!
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Post by: Reynolds on July 04, 2006, 04:26:46 AM
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Originally posted by Golfer
They have a scorepotato problem too!

http://www.forum.shipsim.com/viewtopic.php?t=476


How the HELL do you cheat at a ship-driving game?!?:huh :huh :huh :huh :huh
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Post by: Kazaa on July 04, 2006, 05:22:36 AM
Dantoo, amazing shot !!!, every time I see him in B26s I think to my self fudge it. But always dive in anyway. :aok
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Post by: Kazaa on July 04, 2006, 05:23:20 AM
Wrong thread.
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Post by: beet1e on July 04, 2006, 05:39:01 AM
SAW

I think it depends on what you want out of a game. I personally played flight sims to gain an insight as to what it was like in WW2, and to learn about the teamwork/tactics etc. I have no interest in a game of StickJerk™, in which the object is to tweak various game and stick settings to the maximum effect and then pretend to be a "combat ace". Heck, X0847Marine said it best, many moons ago. :lol

For these reasons, I have greatly enjoyed Silent Hunter III - exploring the underwater world of WW2 U boat crews, and the tactical decisions to be made.

I have tried that train simulator - it was fun, but not something I would want to play over and over.
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Post by: DiabloTX on July 04, 2006, 05:49:45 AM
I CAN'T wait for this sim:

Buckingham Palace Sentry Simulator!!!!!!

(http://www.tigerdave.com/images/lon-temforum/buckingham_guard.jpg)
Title: Some stuff I don't get...
Post by: Reynolds on July 04, 2006, 05:59:42 AM
LOL!!! Oh, and how is Silent Hunter III? i only have number two :(
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Post by: beet1e on July 04, 2006, 06:20:40 AM
Diablo! Looks like a typical scene from American "foot" ball - the ¾ of the game in which folks just stand around after a man dressed in a zebra outfit approaches, blowing a whistle, waving his arms, and sometimes throwing his yellow handkerchief into the fray...
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Post by: beet1e on July 04, 2006, 06:21:38 AM
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Originally posted by Reynolds
LOL!!! Oh, and how is Silent Hunter III? i only have number two :(
Never had II, so I can't compare.
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Post by: Reynolds on July 04, 2006, 06:28:23 AM
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Originally posted by beet1e
Diablo! Looks like a typical scene from American "foot" ball - the ¾ of the game in which folks just stand around after a man dressed in a zebra outfit approaches, blowing a whistle, waving his arms, and sometimes throwing his yellow handkerchief into the fray...


LOL!!! I love the zebra outfit part...
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Post by: Reynolds on July 04, 2006, 06:29:15 AM
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Originally posted by beet1e
Never had II, so I can't compare.


What types can you use?
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Post by: Saintaw on July 04, 2006, 09:31:54 AM
There's a 5 page thread about SHIII in here somewhere, lots of info and screenshots.

Beetle, did you finaly manage to get off on a campaign, or are you still playing with the training missions? :D

Back on track: I've played worse games, but I usualy had the good excuse of not knowing what I bought!
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Post by: beet1e on July 04, 2006, 11:18:33 AM
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Originally posted by Saintaw
Beetle, did you finaly manage to get off on a campaign, or are you still playing with the training missions? :D
LOL SAW, you cheeky monkey! :lol

Yes, I have a career going. Quite often when I get involved with a large convoy, I'll save the game, then come back to that save point and attack the convoy using different tactics, and see what works best - torpedoes at different depths,  different spread etc. But I don't equate ego to tonnage sunk, or masquerade as an aspiring U-boat captain - LOL. It's a game...

BTW, half the time my sonar does not work. And in time compression, I am apt to get jumped by aircraft or lone destroyers. Game quirks I guess...
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Post by: deSelys on July 04, 2006, 01:19:46 PM
Hey Beet1e, a real hardcore sub simmer DOESN'T use time compression!!

:D
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Post by: beet1e on July 04, 2006, 03:14:20 PM
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Originally posted by deSelys
Hey Beet1e, a real hardcore sub simmer DOESN'T use time compression!!

:D
LOL - you gotta be kidding me! Can you imagine sitting in front of a computer screen for several weeks?

:lol
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Post by: deSelys on July 04, 2006, 04:24:03 PM
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Originally posted by beet1e
LOL - you gotta be kidding me! Can you imagine sitting in front of a computer screen for several weeks?

:lol


That and breathing from a plastic bag to simulate the lack of oxygen during a long dive...

Oh yeah, no bathing and no wimin neither*















* actually, the no girl part is easy to achieve without any hygiene nor social life.
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Post by: -dead- on July 04, 2006, 06:53:47 PM
Their box ship is tiny! It's not even Panamax. Right that's the unhealthy amounts of shipping knowledge out the way.

Now then, for fans of SHIII & the shipping sim: excitement awaits! (http://www.ais.org/~gary/webcam/cam.html)
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Post by: DiabloTX on July 04, 2006, 07:48:56 PM
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Originally posted by beet1e
Diablo! Looks like a typical scene from American "foot" ball - the ¾ of the game in which folks just stand around after a man dressed in a zebra outfit approaches, blowing a whistle, waving his arms, and sometimes throwing his yellow handkerchief into the fray...


England lost.  Get over it.

;)
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Post by: tedrbr on July 04, 2006, 10:55:00 PM
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Originally posted by deSelys
Hey Beet1e, a real hardcore sub simmer DOESN'T use time compression!!

:D



Quite right..... you set up the computer in a closest with a dim bulb and live there for 30 days while on patrol.
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Post by: Reynolds on July 05, 2006, 04:24:31 AM
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I CAN'T wait for this sim:

Buckingham Palace Sentry Simulator!!!!!!

(http://www.tigerdave.com/images/lon-temforum/buckingham_guard.jpg)



Dude, i would SOO PWN you at that game!
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Post by: Nilsen on July 05, 2006, 04:26:45 AM
:D
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Post by: Debonair on July 05, 2006, 05:20:49 PM
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I CAN'T wait for this sim:

Buckingham Palace Sentry Simulator!!!!!!

(http://www.tigerdave.com/images/lon-temforum/buckingham_guard.jpg)


f#*!ing camper!!
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Post by: Reynolds on July 05, 2006, 10:40:41 PM
lol