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Continent Choice.

North America
- 1 (6.7%)
South America
- 0 (0%)
Africa
- 2 (13.3%)
Europe/Asia
- 4 (26.7%)
Antartica/Hawaii/Austrailia
- 8 (53.3%)

Total Members Voted: 15

Voting closed: December 06, 2011, 04:17:16 am


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Author Topic: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Base in the middle of the ocean? Not a problem.  (Read 17234 times)

Pray_for_Snow

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Hey everyone. I really loved playing the X-COM series in my childhood. I know many people my age, and especially those younger, never got the chance to play this wonderful game, the one which started the series. I see that there is an X-COM: Apocalypse LP here, and while I wish the LP'er good luck, I still think that the first game is much better. The second, X-COM: Terror From the Deep, is the best of the series, but I'd rather not play it due to it being infinitely harder than the first game, meaning I've never beaten it.

Anyways, this LP will be entirely screenshot based, with recaps included. Also, followers can and should offer input to the game. Whenever I end a month in X-COM, I will prompt the thread-watchers with various things in a poll: Research options, building ideas, and equipment for squads. But most importantly..... I am letting you all name soldiers after yourselves! So, you, Urist McWatcher, you can name a character in this game to your choosing and watch them get gunned down by plasma fire! If your character does die, I will be naming their replacement after your now deceased character (I like to think of this as imperfect cloning, as the stat gains are lost, and new stats are generated for your replacement; even gender and race might change!).

My next post will have more details on everything, including items, locations for our base, beginning research, and applications for character slots. Currently, the game gives you eight soldiers, and I will not hire any more than that until other people begin applying or until I build up enough extra money to spend it anywhere I want.

This is Pray_for_Snow, signing off for now.



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My X-COM UFO Defense LP. Finals Week Hiatus.

Untouchable

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 03:05:10 am »

Name: Big McLargeHuge
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male


Personality: Your generic 80's action hero type of guy, he's here to kick ass and chew bubblegum and he's severely lacking in bubblegum.

Weapons: Auto Cannon for me. It's the manliest thing that he can use.

Pray_for_Snow

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2011, 04:14:57 am »




Okay, there will be a huge amount of photographs in these posts. Hopefully I don't break some limit. The post will be segmented into sections.


Spoiler: Craft and Soldiers (click to show/hide)


Those of you wishing to make a character, Give a name, equipment, and some background on hem. When choosing weapons with multiple ammo sources, please specify. If you pick too much and can't carry it all unencumbered, TOO BAD. You should tell me if it bugs you, otherwise I will not change your loadout.
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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2011, 05:57:32 am »

Woo! Another X-Com LP!

Name: Hexedy
Weapon: Any form of rifle.
Personality: An ambitious, misanthropic young man who is almost always angry at everyone, but most especially at himself.
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Kilroy the Grand

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 07:05:30 am »

Sir Hatsworth the XV, esquire
Weapon: small blasters, or grenades, those are the only two options
Personality:Low bravery, but high move.
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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2011, 01:05:03 pm »

"Roamin'" Roman Howard
Weapon: Sidearms (pistols) and stun weapons
Bio: When signing up to be part of the crew for a space station funded by Nanotrasen, his application got mixed up with an extraterrestrial extermination force. "This doesn't seem right." he says to himself as he is not boarded onto an experimental space station, but instead an underground base. The layout doesn't seem too different from what he initially expected since they're structured somewhat similarly. He does what he could to cope with the fact that he's at the wrong place.

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2011, 02:30:01 pm »

Thanks for all the replies. If Antarctica/Hawaii/Australia wins by doube the votes, I will build the base in Hawaii, the worst location in the game.
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Julius Clonkus

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2011, 04:22:05 pm »

So I just saw a new X-Com Let's play! and thought why the hell not.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also, I approve of a Hawaii Base.
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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2011, 04:41:31 pm »

Name: Stone Cold
Weapons: Any rifle, preferably laser when we get them because lasers are cool.
Bio: an ex-space station captain, Stone Cold went job hunting. After a job as an assassin that sunk rather quickly, he went to try and get a job at the new anti-alien organization X-COM...

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2011, 04:42:39 pm »

Oh another of thos,e give me 5 min to pull back my old char
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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2011, 04:43:12 pm »

Name: Don Jean Crasher
Loadout: A Stun rod and some electroflares, maybe a side-arm if you're a chicken.  :P
Bio: A man who has time-traveled from the post-apocalyptic future where taserswords are the norm and crocodiles live in houses.
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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2011, 04:45:48 pm »

Name: Ackam Babaganoush

Weapon : Some rifle-y weapons.

Bio: A young man from a VERY large family, he decided to try and join X-Com to protect hte earth from those DAMN DIRTY APE ALIENS
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Pray_for_Snow

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2011, 05:48:01 pm »

I will close off the voting at 15 votes or Monday night.



ALSO: Pick a name for the base.
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Jacob/Lee

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2011, 07:14:36 pm »

Boatmurdered.

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Re: Let's Play! X-COM: UFO DEFENSE - Higher mortality rates than Dorf Fort.
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2011, 07:40:36 pm »

Alright

Name: (Shocker) Max Yeskly
Bio: A short bearded, drunken man, enjoys fighting, he likes cats for their aggression.
Weapon: Rifles, preferably lazor.
Picture: Use mah profile pic
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