My life is now complete

[msieving1]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Lest we forget...here is the end of Warspite.
Better to have gone down surrounded by enemies, with all guns blazing.

Not for the crew.

[LoBaron]

On the other hand the reason for 1786 clicks and counting could be all those people are searching for hints on "how to make their life complete" as well. Something like the metaphysical safe haven of the WitP AE forums.

[Czert]

ORIGINAL: msieving1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Lest we forget...here is the end of Warspite.
Better to have gone down surrounded by enemies, with all guns blazing.

Not for the crew.

virual crew ? well they have no life [:D]

[oldman45]

This is my morning dose of laughter, makes the day better. [8D]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Lest we forget...here is the end of Warspite.
Better to have gone down surrounded by enemies, with all guns blazing.

warspite1

Indeed so. I recall the words of Admiral Fraser, aboard HMS Duke of York. As he stood on the bridge watching the blazing Scharnhorst sink beneath the icy waves, he turned to his no.1 and said "Oh damn bad luck, what? I wish that was us. Knowing our cursed misfortune, Duke of York will be scrapped at the end of the war"....

Similarly Rear Admiral Lee felt much the same way as he watched the burning hulk that was once the battleship Kirishima fighting her losing battle for survival. He turned to his XO and lamented "S***! Nimitz will have me court-martialled for this! If only I had allowed Washington to be pummelled into oblivion... but oh no, I had to go and win the battle...what a schmuck..."

I can't fault your logic once again Zorch - oh, except for one tiny detail.... its total sloblocks [;)]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Lest we forget...here is the end of Warspite.
Better to have gone down surrounded by enemies, with all guns blazing.

warspite1

Indeed so. I recall the words of Admiral Fraser, aboard HMS Duke of York. As he stood on the bridge watching the blazing Scharnhorst sink beneath the icy waves, he turned to his no.1 and said "Oh damn bad luck, what? I wish that was us. Knowing our cursed misfortune, Duke of York will be scrapped at the end of the war"....

Similarly Rear Admiral Lee felt much the same way as he watched the burning hulk that was once the battleship Kirishima fighting her losing battle for survival. He turned to his XO and lamented "S***! Nimitz will have me court-martialled for this! If only I had allowed Washington to be pummelled into oblivion... but oh no, I had to go and win the battle...what a schmuck..."

I can't fault your logic once again Zorch - oh, except for one tiny detail.... its total sloblocks [;)]

You just don't like that pic of Warspite aground, do you? [:D]
Can't understand why Britain didn't preserve any of their dreadnoughts.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Lest we forget...here is the end of Warspite.
Better to have gone down surrounded by enemies, with all guns blazing.

warspite1

Indeed so. I recall the words of Admiral Fraser, aboard HMS Duke of York. As he stood on the bridge watching the blazing Scharnhorst sink beneath the icy waves, he turned to his no.1 and said "Oh damn bad luck, what? I wish that was us. Knowing our cursed misfortune, Duke of York will be scrapped at the end of the war"....

Similarly Rear Admiral Lee felt much the same way as he watched the burning hulk that was once the battleship Kirishima fighting her losing battle for survival. He turned to his XO and lamented "S***! Nimitz will have me court-martialled for this! If only I had allowed Washington to be pummelled into oblivion... but oh no, I had to go and win the battle...what a schmuck..."

I can't fault your logic once again Zorch - oh, except for one tiny detail.... its total sloblocks [;)]

You just don't like that pic of Warspite aground, do you? [:D]
Can't understand why Britain didn't preserve any of their dreadnoughts.

warspite1

No I don't like it - its very sad [:(]

Having said that, her refusal to go to the breakers - and to stubbornly make her own end, is all part of her wonderful story [&o]

Why didn't we keep her? Well its very simple - after two world wars, the UK was absolutely stoney broke. There was no money for proper forces let alone museum ships. It was a real shame, but…….

[LoBaron]

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Indeed so. I recall the words of Admiral Fraser, aboard HMS Duke of York. As he stood on the bridge watching the blazing Scharnhorst sink beneath the icy waves, he turned to his no.1 and said "Oh damn bad luck, what? I wish that was us. Knowing our cursed misfortune, Duke of York will be scrapped at the end of the war"....

Similarly Rear Admiral Lee felt much the same way as he watched the burning hulk that was once the battleship Kirishima fighting her losing battle for survival. He turned to his XO and lamented "S***! Nimitz will have me court-martialled for this! If only I had allowed Washington to be pummelled into oblivion... but oh no, I had to go and win the battle...what a schmuck..."

I can't fault your logic once again Zorch - oh, except for one tiny detail.... its total sloblocks [;)]

This is very much in line to what are commonly assumed to be the last words of RADM Shinoda, the skipper of Yamashiro, who, when finally the old battleship was hit by those last 2 torpedoes launched by Newcomb, turned to his XO Cpt. Ozaki Toshiharu and said: "Now I feel better. I already feared our great ship would escape and return home to rust in Tokyo Bay with the other remains of Combined Fleet due to fuel shortages. Disgrace has been averted."

[LoBaron]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Indeed so. I recall the words of Admiral Fraser, aboard HMS Duke of York. As he stood on the bridge watching the blazing Scharnhorst sink beneath the icy waves, he turned to his no.1 and said "Oh damn bad luck, what? I wish that was us. Knowing our cursed misfortune, Duke of York will be scrapped at the end of the war"....

Similarly Rear Admiral Lee felt much the same way as he watched the burning hulk that was once the battleship Kirishima fighting her losing battle for survival. He turned to his XO and lamented "S***! Nimitz will have me court-martialled for this! If only I had allowed Washington to be pummelled into oblivion... but oh no, I had to go and win the battle...what a schmuck..."

I can't fault your logic once again Zorch - oh, except for one tiny detail.... its total sloblocks [;)]

This is very much in line to what are commonly assumed to be the last words of RADM Shinoda, the skipper of Yamashiro, who, when finally the old battleship was hit by those last 2 torpedoes launched by Newcomb, turned to his XO Cpt. Ozaki Toshiharu and said: "Now I feel better. I already feared our great ship would escape and return home to rust in Tokyo Bay with the other remains of Combined Fleet due to fuel shortages. Disgrace has been averted."

On a similar note, rumor has it that Cpt. Edward Howe Watson, overlooking the row of upturned destroyer hulls at Honda Point, mumbled to himself: "At least we did not have to sell them for scrap metal..."

[Czert]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Indeed so. I recall the words of Admiral Fraser, aboard HMS Duke of York. As he stood on the bridge watching the blazing Scharnhorst sink beneath the icy waves, he turned to his no.1 and said "Oh damn bad luck, what? I wish that was us. Knowing our cursed misfortune, Duke of York will be scrapped at the end of the war"....

Similarly Rear Admiral Lee felt much the same way as he watched the burning hulk that was once the battleship Kirishima fighting her losing battle for survival. He turned to his XO and lamented "S***! Nimitz will have me court-martialled for this! If only I had allowed Washington to be pummelled into oblivion... but oh no, I had to go and win the battle...what a schmuck..."

I can't fault your logic once again Zorch - oh, except for one tiny detail.... its total sloblocks [;)]

This is very much in line to what are commonly assumed to be the last words of RADM Shinoda, the skipper of Yamashiro, who, when finally the old battleship was hit by those last 2 torpedoes launched by Newcomb, turned to his XO Cpt. Ozaki Toshiharu and said: "Now I feel better. I already feared our great ship would escape and return home to rust in Tokyo Bay with the other remains of Combined Fleet due to fuel shortages. Disgrace has been averted."

On a similar note, rumor has it that Cpt. Edward Howe Watson, overlooking the row of upturned destroyer hulls at Honda Point, mumbled to himself: "At least we did not have to sell them for scrap metal..."

last episode refers to what event ?

[LoBaron]

Honda Point Disaster

[warspite1]

The Honda Point disaster in 1923. A number of US destroyers were lost after running aground in bad weather.

Edit: Beaten to it [;)]

[LoBaron]

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Edit: Beaten to it [;)]

I was hitting F5 faster. [:D]

[warspite1]

So, after 70+ posts and over 2,000 hits, where have we got to?

Well I think it's clear we have reached two conclusions upon which we can all agree:

1. HMS Warspite is THE greatest, the most beautiful, the toughest and the most ballsy of any warship, of any type, in any navy, EVER. FACT.

2. WITP-AE is, on the surface, a complex and realistic computer game. However, scratch the surface and it is apparent that the game is no more realistic a depiction of the Pacific War than Ker-plunk.... The game designers have embarrassed themselves with a most basic error that renders the game totally unplayable.

Just to let you know, I have sent my bin by UPS to Zorch. Could the next person please post their name and address here so that Zorch can forward the bin to them?

[kaleun]

You might want to read my opponents AAR "A Noob that will die in infamy"

Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133

Weather in hex: Heavy rain
9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
BB Warspite, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133

Weather in hex: Heavy rain.
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 7
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
Allied Ships
CL Ceres
BB Warspite, and is sunk.

Or you might check out mine, Cherry Blossoms Falling.


(shameless plug)

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Just to let you know, I have sent my bin by UPS to Zorch. Could the next person please post their name and address here so that Zorch can forward the bin to them?

OK. Zorch, send it my way when you're done. I'm at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. Address it to "Chickenboy in Charge" or "CIC" for short. It'll get to where it needs to be.

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: oldman45

This is my morning dose of laughter, makes the day better. [8D]

+1, except its my evening dose, go to sleep laughing.

[warspite1]

Is Ker-Plunk available on computer?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: kaleun

You might want to read my opponents AAR "A Noob that will die in infamy"

Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133

Weather in hex: Heavy rain
9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet - all shot down by HMS Warspite
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet - all shot down by HMS Warspite
BB Warspite, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage, but just like at Jutland, off Crete, at Salerno and in the English Channel, the old girl took the punishment like the old trooper she is - her fire control parties fought the fires, brought them under control and quickly restored her to fighting effectiveness.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133

Weather in hex: Heavy rain.
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8 shot down by HMS Warspite
G4M1 Betty x 6 shot down by HMS Warspite

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 7 were not required
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3 were not required
Allied Ships
CL Ceres
BB Warspite saves the day once again.

The Royal Navy warships return to Australia in time for tea and medals - Hussah!!

warspite1

Hi Kaleun - I fixed that error for you.

[oldman45]

Warspite, you owe me a keyboard after I spilled my coffee reading that last one....[:D]