HMS Hood Teaser

[BuccaneerBill]

Oh and Hood was never 'one-shotted' like some people seem to think. 

[Aotearas]

 

While I can understand were you are coming from the Hood in game (when it arrives) is not "real" and when the in game Hood is sunk there will be no large loss of life, unlike the events that unfolded on the real HMS Hood on that fateful day.

 

Yes I understand that that what I said could be regarded as a little hypocritical but regardless of that when the Hood arrives in game I will sail it with pride and as a mark of respect for her crew. I can say the same for my Bismarck and Yamato. 

 

Lastly I feel as if I should explain the reason for my original post. Every time I see a topic with regards to HMS Hood regardless of if it is on this forum or any other at least one person (sometimes more) always brings up Bismarck and detonations in such a way that some people may just take offense. Now don't get me wrong I am quite prepared to be offended this is the internet after all and I also understand that most of the time it's done with "tongue in cheek" and that very little if anything is meant by it but when you see it mentioned several times in one thread or mentioned every time the Hood is mentioned, well one cant help but get a little annoyed with it.

 

Personally I like to make a point of not making jokes about such things regardless of how it may be interpreted.

 

I just don't think it has to do with disrespect or making light of a tragic (insofar as war can be tragic, someone was going to die anyway as is the nature of warfare) encounter at all. Hence my reaction.

 

I however unconditionally agree that the joke is tiring when it's being made so often. It was a chuckle the first couple times but by now it's just beating a dead horse.

[puxflacet]

Oh and Hood was never 'one-shotted' like some people seem to think. 

 

but three-shotted...or rather three-salvoed

[Hedgehog1963]

Timing of this suggest April Foolery.

[puxflacet]

Timing of this suggest April Foolery.

 

can you imagine the rage?

[WestyII]

 

Personally I take issue with all this whole "Hood detonation" thing......just remember the very large loss of life when the Hood went down. I know its all done as a bit of a joke and that noting is meant by it but still people died.

 

I'm not going to go as far as to say that those who keep bringing this up should be ashamed of themselves but the least that could be done is to show some respect for the dead. 

 

Anyhow I'm looking forward to having the Mighty Hood in my port

 

I agree with this sentiment. I do not find it offensive that people joke about it, I just find it rather distasteful. Not to mention the comment has been made dozens of times on this thread alone, it is possibly the most over used ‘joke’ on the forum, it is not funny the 100^th time reading it.

Furthermore, a similar fate happened to USS Arizona, and I see no-one joking about that?

[puxflacet]

one can say that it is distasteful to have a game like this...we indeed shouldnt forget that there were men dying on these things

[BuccaneerBill]

 

but three-shotted...or rather three-salvoed

 

Not even that because the Eugen was hitting her too :p. It was Bismarcks 5th salvo too.

[puxflacet]

BuccaneerBill, on 28 March 2017 - 02:33 PM, said:

Not even that because the Eugen was hitting her too

 

i know. i actually counted first salvo to be eugen's and the two later being bismarcks...but i found that eugen scored later a few other hits as well...so 5 or 6 shotted? (although some sources says that eugen switched fire to the prince of wales)...one thig is sure: she was 5-minuted

[Exocet6951]

 

Furthermore, a similar fate happened to USS Arizona, and I see no-one joking about that?

 

Because the Americans don't go around spamming the forums with threads and posts like:

"HMS Hood bestest ship in the world!"

"Where's muh Hood?"

"WG haets brits because no RN"

"Why [insert derogatory term for another nation] but no Hood?"

"Hood must be in game because it's the best looking ship evar!"

 

Basically, no one references the Arizona because no one is felating that ship, and the USN in general on a weekly basis.

[creamgravy]

"Hood must be in game because it's the best looking ship evar!"

 

Quoted for truth.

[puxflacet]

i noticed a strange thing while watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzlkfKivpw 

anyone knows what for it is? doesnt seem to have any acces other than from the window from above ....(although someone from hmshood.com in the comments says that this model isnt accurate)

 

[piritskenyer]

 

Because the Americans don't go around spamming the forums with threads and posts like:

"HMS Hood bestest ship in the world!"

"Where's muh Hood?"

"WG haets brits because no RN"

"Why [insert derogatory term for another nation] but no Hood?"

"Hood must be in game because it's the best looking ship evar!"

 

Basically, no one references the Arizona because no one is felating that ship, and the USN in general on a weekly basis.

 

Also because Arizona was sunk at her moorings, not in "actual" combat. Hood is more famous for having the legend shattered.

[_Flyto_]

Bismarck liked this.

 

So, the dream of having a separate British Battlecruiser line now is over. Damn.   Indefatigable, Invincible, Lion, Queen Mary, Tiger, Renown, Hood, G3. Would have been one hell of a fantastic tree.

 

I don't think a single premium proves this - if a battlecruiser line were released, this ship could easily be relocated to it! (actually, if the split DD lines are anything to go by, it might just be a split Battleship line, which premiums would sit outside of anyway).

 

I have doubts about how battlecruisers would (will) be balanced to work in this game, but that's a different topic.

[woodyudet_17]

 

I don't think a single premium proves this - if a battlecruiser line were released, this ship could easily be relocated to it! (actually, if the split DD lines are anything to go by, it might just be a split Battleship line, which premiums would sit outside of anyway).

 

I have doubts about how battlecruisers would (will) be balanced to work in this game, but that's a different topic.

Agreed - you could quite easily put one of Hood's planned but unbuilt sister ships in a BC tree. I really hope there is a BC tree, or at worst a line of RN BBs that are all in effect BCs. There are enough actual and paper ships to cover 3-8 - I wouldn't have T9 or T10 given that WW2 fast battleships are in effect a hybrid.

[Ragweek]

 

Because the Americans don't go around spamming the forums with threads and posts like:

"HMS Hood bestest ship in the world!"

"Where's muh Hood?"

"WG haets brits because no RN"

"Why [insert derogatory term for another nation] but no Hood?"

"Hood must be in game because it's the best looking ship evar!"

 

Basically, no one references the Arizona because no one is felating that ship, and the USN in general on a weekly basis.

Lmao . I've not seen so much offence and British comments in a while.( the reference of how the Brits talk is like that of a 5 year olds ).

 

 

As a proud Italian I kinda feel for the British on this matter.  There is even a large number of people posting we want the Italian fleet bla bla....  They are have the right to voice their opinions in my view.

 

Why do people like you feel the need to belittle them?

 

The reality is it is just racist flame bate.

[Exocet6951]

Lmao . I've not seen so much offence and British comments in a while.( the reference of how the Brits talk is like that of a 5 year olds ).

 

 

As a proud Italian I kinda feel for the British on this matter.  There is even a large number of people posting we want the Italian fleet bla bla....  They are have the right to voice their opinions in my view.

 

Why do people like you feel the need to belittle them?

 

The reality is it is just racist flame bate.

 

Because it's annoying to read people's opinions stated as if they were facts, and such spewed on a daily/weekly basis on the forum?

That, no, not everyone immediately recognizes the HMS Hood as an uber naval legend of international and almost mythical proportion.

 

 

When people put things on pedestals and belittle others and force their own views on others about what deserves to be on that pedestal, you shouldn't be surprised when those same others rattle the pedestal around.

[Admiral_H_Nelson]

 

Because the Americans don't go around spamming the forums with threads and posts like:

"HMS Hood bestest ship in the world!"

"Where's muh Hood?"

"WG haets brits because no RN"

"Why [insert derogatory term for another nation] but no Hood?"

"Hood must be in game because it's the best looking ship evar!"

 

Basically, no one references the Arizona because no one is felating that ship, and the USN in general on a weekly basis.

 

Maybe the Americans have not been so vociferous because their ships were in the game FROM THE VERY START.

In fact, in a index of patriotism, if a German/Dutchman/Pole are 5 or 6, and a Brit is 8 or 9, an American would be about  857!

 

I feel that I should be the one to point this out since most of you will already now that I am not a fan of the Royal Navy in World of Warships (to put it mildly).

 

[BuccaneerBill]

Not even that because the Eugen was hitting her too

 

i know. i actually counted first salvo to be eugen's and the two later being bismarcks...but i found that eugen scored later a few other hits as well...so 5 or 6 shotted? (although some sources says that eugen switched fire to the prince of wales)...one thig is sure: she was 5-minuted

 

Yea poor Hood.

[BuccaneerBill]

 

Because it's annoying to read people's opinions stated as if they were facts, and such spewed on a daily/weekly basis on the forum?

That, no, not everyone immediately recognizes the HMS Hood as an uber naval legend of international and almost mythical proportion.

 

 

When people put things on pedestals and belittle others and force their own views on others about what deserves to be on that pedestal, you shouldn't be surprised when those same others rattle the pedestal around.

 

Hood was the largest and fastest Battleship for how many years, 15? 20? Don't need to justify her on a pedestal as she already is. Just a fact.

[Exocet6951]

 

Maybe the Americans have not been so vociferous because their ships were in the game FROM THE VERY START.

In fact, in a index of patriotism, if a German/Dutchman/Pole are 5 or 6, and a Brit is 8 or 9, an American would be about  857!

 

I feel that I should be the one to point this out since most of you will already now that I am not a fan of the Royal Navy in World of Warships (to put it mildly).

 

 

Not the battleships though, nor CVs.

And I don't remember seeing the forums alittle with salt and rage over the lack of Iowa or Midway.

 

Sure there were topics about them, but no one telling me point blank that the "Iowa is the prettiest ship ever made, that's a fact, and that she's a legend that literally everyone can recognize".

Because when it comes to fanboyism, the brits are even more virulent than wehraboos. They don't make claims as extraordinary though. Little miracles.

 

 

Honestly, I'm a huge fan of the RN, and have been for 20 years, since I played an awesome MS-DOS game about the Atlantic.

But reading these forums over the years preceding the release of the RN made me wish that it would get delayed for years, just to knock them down a peg. Or five.

[txtspeak]

 

Not the battleships though, nor CVs.

And I don't remember seeing the forums alittle with salt and rage over the lack of Iowa or Midway.

 

Sure there were topics about them, but no one telling me point blank that the "Iowa is the prettiest ship ever made, that's a fact, and that she's a legend that literally everyone can recognize".

Because when it comes to fanboyism, the brits are even more virulent than wehraboos. They don't make claims as extraordinary though. Little miracles.

we gotta think of something for people who fanboy over being british

 

teaaboo perhaps?

[BuccaneerBill]

 

Not the battleships though, nor CVs.

And I don't remember seeing the forums alittle with salt and rage over the lack of Iowa or Midway.

 

Sure there were topics about them, but no one telling me point blank that the "Iowa is the prettiest ship ever made, that's a fact, and that she's a legend that literally everyone can recognize".

Because when it comes to fanboyism, the brits are even more virulent than wehraboos. They don't make claims as extraordinary though. Little miracles.

 

 

Honestly, I'm a huge fan of the RN, and have been for 20 years, since I played an awesome MS-DOS game about the Atlantic.

But reading these forums over the years preceding the release of the RN made me wish that it would get delayed for years, just to knock them down a peg. Or five.

 

Uhh the US ships have been here near enough from the start? You also know these are not the American forums? Ok just checking. Americans ain't here.

 

 

[Ragweek]

That's what I was thinking. 

 

They are hardy going to be upset like the British that the RU navy has beaten them because it didn't 

[Webley_Mark]

i noticed a strange thing while watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzlkfKivpw 

anyone knows what for it is? doesnt seem to have any acces other than from the window from above ....(although someone from hmshood.com in the comments says that this model isnt accurate)

 

 

Hmmm... We need some photos! Because I'm pretty sure this things shouldn't be there.

 

Best I can find for the moment :

 

 

And this... Thing doesn't seem to be there.

 

Nor there :

 

 

I think we can clearly see that this is not ther either :