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And thus Skynet was blown to pieces by sufficiently avanced technology.

What service/branch/whatever do they pull from? 

 

Quote from: Hanslanda on January 09, 2013, 09:55:33 pm

Quote from: Lightningfalcon on January 09, 2013, 09:55:02 pm

Quote from: Hanslanda on January 09, 2013, 09:36:13 pm

Swizterland: Populated exclusively by walking war-crimes.

But yet they never get in any wars.

Reality: Fucking confusing.

The Swiss obviously are waiting for the rest of us to develop plasma tach so they can take us down with sharpened sticks and gloat.

Why are we walking about the Swiss biding their time in order to reenact every Civ game ever played?  How did we even get to that point? 

Playing the original X-Com just gave me an awesome idea- A co-op computer game where you control some organization/government with gameplay similar to X-Com, but much more in depth in various areas.  The basic premise would be, of course, to control an agency to do lots of awesome stuff, and most of the major gameplay would either TBS or RTS.  The twist would be that different sections of the agency, under the control of the different players, would be scored separately, and each section would have two roles.  The first role would be something combat related, such as ground combat, air combat, and naval combat.  The second role would be a secondary role, such as logistics, intelligence, and research.  The way it would be set up is that you have to all work together to beat the game, but you would also actively compete against each other. 
For example, Player 1 might be in charge of the air forces and logistics, Player 2 might be in charge of ground forces and research, and Player 3 would be in control of Naval forces and intelligence.  Player 1 would need to get the other players good weapons and armor and things, but he would try to keep as much of the good stuff for himself, while Player 2 would concentrate research on things like rifles and tanks, and Player 3 would concentrate on learning things about underwater minefield emplacements, or what the specifications of the enemy battleships are.  Then, when combat starts, each player will have to mutually support each other.  Player 2 would take out enemy SAMs and coastal guns, while Player 3 would bombard land positions and offer ESM support, and Player 1 would help take down enemy fortifications and armor.  Then, in the secondary roles, Player 1 would want to have his planes upgraded to have lasers, while Player 2 would want a new shipment of artillery.  Since neither player can get those things by themselves, they would need the other players to do those things for them.  But at the same time, if you help them too much, then you take away an edge your faction would need, and the other player might start getting more kills/points.  The game would be just as much about blowing up aliens/russians/koreans/nazis/demons as it would be about trading favors, backstabbing, and grand strategy. 

TL;DR/Didn't Understand- A co-op strategy game where each player is in charge of either logistics, research, intellegence, etc, and must limit how much they help other players, while getting other players to help them. 

No, its more along the lines of 'you can't just stay in front of your computer all day, you have to make plans with people.' etc, etc.

People?  Who needs people.  People just want to chat about stupid things like football scores and women. 

Quote from: Lightningfalcon on January 08, 2013, 08:15:55 pm

That was the first time I've ever heard Born Mobile.
I have no words to describe what I saw.  None.  Zip.  Nada.

You clearly aren't a member of Generation M.

Also, I just noticed Big Bird made an outsourcing joke.  It had the smell of racism, but I couldn't quite place it.  It sure as hell was one of the more awkward moments in the presentation.  Nervous laughter all around!

I'm whatever the current high school generation is.  If that's what generation M is...
I think the racism was the "All the owls are getting the jobs that us normal birds should have!"

Just got done with my first non-tutorial playthrough.  Found a gunstore, and got myself a Remington, some ammo, but was unable to get more due to lack of backpack.  Once I found one, returned and got a Ruger and Glock, with the corresponding ammo.  Killed a few hordes of zombies, found a science lab in the middle of nowhere, and eventually got killed.  Few questions-
What are the other @'s on the map? 
Is there any quicker form of traveling?
Does smashing stuff attract zombies? 
And how do I locate other people?