Every activation is a bad activation. Let's play XCOM, Long War.

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I will also be any solder. Sign me up sir.

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anilEhilated posted:

Sign me up for whatever causes the biggest explosions. Don't really care about the face but I want the cowboy hat.
Oh, and male. Nationality anything but Russian.

edit: Hopefully my guy will live up to his ancestor's mass murdering reputation set by the Apocalypse LP.

I haven't watched past episode one yet cause I've been watching Sam and Max but I really hope my guy lives up to my Apocalypse score.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2015 04:50

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Well I survived.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2015 00:22

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ProfessorBooty posted:

You sound disappointed.

Surprised if anything. After talking up the X-COM Apocalypse me's achievements I assumed karma would ensure I die on the first day.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2015 00:29

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Could you give Gridlocked an Australian accent?

# ¿ Mar 27, 2015 02:36

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My name is Gridlocked and I read this thread.

I just don't post because eh, see new video. Watch new video. Pass out cause its 3am when i watch new video.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2015 14:38

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ProfessorBooty posted:

Thanks. This makes future planning a little easier

I am sad that I am a worthless soldier though.

Sorry sir.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2015 15:29

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FoolyCharged posted:

As long as he gets nicknamed potty poster should he earn one.

Poopin' Elmo to Strike One.
Poopin' Elmo come in Strike One.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2015 23:57

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Just saw all those sweet sweet helmets.
Can I have a sweet sweet helmet?

Edit: Also YAY BUILDINGS!

Edit 2: Also what is Long War me up to now days? Am I a barracks rat?

Gridlocked fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Apr 26, 2015

# ¿ Apr 26, 2015 16:23

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ProfessorBooty posted:

You're in the next mission. It's going to be a big focus to get infantry and gunners ranked up. You won't have a sweet hat because its already recorded. I'll be sure to give you one when I do some roster-maintenance before next recording session.

Horray!

I have to say I have found that reading the Long War wiki while watching is helping me understand quite a bit, I didn't realise so much had changed from the core game.

Also can you explain your colour code for characters? I have noticed all the scouts are in red, snipers in safety yellow etc...

# ¿ Apr 27, 2015 02:10

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Would be really awesome if you could get camo paterns and stuff not just solid colours.

# ¿ Apr 27, 2015 04:04

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Oh boy my second mission. Yay!

Looking forward to it!

Edit 1: I forgot I was an African Woman. :v:

Hopefully with an Australian accent. I can't tell if that's an Australian accent or not.

Edit 2: If I get a second kill I demand a sweet Stormtrooper esque helmet. YES! Kill 2 baby.

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2015 16:10

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Uuuugh what a great mission. Wish I was there for it

# ¿ May 1, 2015 15:46

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Getting ever closer to that officers promotion. :v:

# ¿ May 6, 2015 02:56

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ProfessorBooty posted:

I'm doing my best to have a steady update schedule . I plan to have updates out on Tuesdays and Fridays for the most part. I happen to be roommates with Kidneyman so it makes scheduling time to record very easy. Thanks for the kind words - playing the game is a lot different and more fun when there's thread involvement, and I experience the fun kind of stress when bad things go down, though I'm trying to sound less negative and frustrated.

ProfessorBooty am I cool enough to be an officer yet?

# ¿ May 8, 2015 16:39

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ProfessorBooty posted:

I'm powerleveling you the best I can. Gotta be a Corporal first, sorry buddy.

X-Com me is trying her best sir.

Also when I heard Kidneyman say "all you have to do is kill" at the start of the mission I thought he was making an All You Need Is Kill reference. I was sad when it wasn't.

# ¿ May 8, 2015 16:53

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Kidney Man posted:

Hi everybody, it's me Kidneyman. Yep, I'm that other guy in the videos who gets to bum around and relax on missions while ProfessorBooty does all the hard work. It's a smooth job but someone's gotta do it. Right?

Anyway, some of you may be wondering why I haven't participated in the forums yet or anything. Well, alright fair enough, you win. Here I am. I suppose the main reason I don't post is that I'm a really quiet person in general who tends to avoid human contact like pods on a map. Except the part about blowing up pods. I don't want to blow you guys up.

I consider myself much more of a listener than a talker, so I wouldn't expect to see a plethora of posts from me. But from this point forward I will at least periodically log in and respond to questions/comments directed specifically at me (if there are any).

So, I hope you're enjoying the series so far! I also want to thank all of you for participating like you do. You really make this a joyful endeavor for everyone.

Welcome Subcommander Kidney Man!

# ¿ May 12, 2015 14:36

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I am not going to participate in my own nicknaming because that would be weird.

However once I get promoted to officer do I get a uniform colour change? Full white so I can be a REAL Stormtrooper would be cool.

# ¿ May 13, 2015 00:49

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ProfessorBooty posted:

I choose colors! <>

Yes sir! Sorry sir!

# ¿ May 13, 2015 01:08

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ProfessorBooty posted:

What Superstring said. I could spend a little more time to point out the meld, but I'm trying to cut down on video time. The long war camera angles really help and spending even three or four minutes finding meld should result in finding the majority of the canisters.

MORE VIDS

I am hungry to see what becomes of me.

# ¿ May 14, 2015 07:20

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ProfessorBooty posted:

Its tough to tell in the middle of recording when I'll be making cuts - I'm sorry, I should have thought about this stuff beforehand. I'm not going to change mission 19 (and thankfully mission 20 is pretty quick). How about this: Instead of speeding up or cutting, I'll show a map with lines that indicates the paths the various soldiers went prior to the next combat event? I don't think that will be too tough provided I can get some good overhead views, and its more informative and less jarring than a transition.

Edit: I'll try to show what this would look like sometime this weekend.

That sounds like a good idea actually.

For when you encounter new maps you could even post an overhead of it and show your favorite routes and stuff there for the people who are interested in the little details.

# ¿ May 15, 2015 15:36

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Guess I gotta wait till the next mission to see my Nickname and if I get that offer promotion.

Nice new editing Prof, cutting the video down by half makes it a lot more watchable and less skipping things. And having the strat talk as a 2nd video means I can now watch it on the side if I get bored.

# ¿ May 19, 2015 14:26

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You got my hopes up so much when you were like "Gonna change your colour so you don't complain" Professor.

I was all :dance:

I AM THE STORMTROOPER OF XCOM.

Then I was :barf:

Baby Poop Green.

You sneaky devil.

# ¿ May 20, 2015 08:27

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Toned down sir!

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# ¿ May 22, 2015 14:32

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Man I was looking to see if I could pick up Enemy Within so I could start my own Long War game (I would be playing Witcher 3 except I am worried it will break my already fragile, dying PC) but I can't find it for less then 20 bucks anywhere, it's still 50 on Steam too.

# ¿ May 23, 2015 01:14

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Professor you are a lifesaver. My PC is currently choking to death and I am 3 days away from my replacement parts arriving. I can't play any video games and all I have is youtube, thank you for providing content I want to watch.

Edit: Even better we are going to save my home country!

Gridlocked fucked around with this message at 13:19 on May 25, 2015

# ¿ May 25, 2015 13:09

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Kidneyman: Would you say I have stormtrooper accuracy. Missing when under pressure but hitting when I'm the hero.

# ¿ May 25, 2015 14:46

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ProfessorBooty posted:

I'll bring Rocketeers on a terror mission once they make a few more ranks. It sucks to accidentally blow a hole in the wall and activate seven more cryssalids.

Booty I don't feel you did enough to save my cat. :colbert:

# ¿ May 26, 2015 01:44

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Veloxyll posted:

To be fair, it was YOUR mission Even if you made Tom tank instead of you

Tom broke ranks and rushed ahead. Also he missed on a 100% shot, who does that?

# ¿ May 26, 2015 01:49

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TomViolence posted:

I take complete responsiblity for this. I just wanted more ears for muh necklace. What d'you mean 'lids don't have ears?

They have skulls. :black101:

# ¿ May 26, 2015 01:58

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YEEEEEEEEEEEES NEW EPISODE

You are my favorite LP at the moment Booty.

# ¿ May 27, 2015 13:06

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ProfessorBooty posted:

Keep on forgetting to de-private the video before adding and editing the thread

I still love you!

# ¿ May 27, 2015 13:11

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Also you have already nicknamed Cedric.

"Meldrunner"

Edit: Also I noticed that Puukko is a non-Goon. Is there a Goon in the thread who hasn't claimed a character yet? Alternatively: Insert Kidneyman into the game.

Gridlocked fucked around with this message at 16:34 on May 27, 2015

# ¿ May 27, 2015 16:18

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ProfessorBooty posted:

^^ I'll update your request ^^

Puukko posted on page 1!

e: I have a list of people who posted in the thread. They may be conscripted someday. I'm giving priority to explicit volunteers (and a slight priority to people who are 'obviously still watching'). The only people that aren't fair game are those that explicitly ask not to join.

e2: Kidneyman wouldn't be a good idea because if he says something that makes me snap I'd likely run his avatar out to get shot. That's bad juju.

Oh so he did. The name sounded like a default name.

# ¿ May 28, 2015 00:51

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Question Professor:

Why is it that having less interceptors means having the lower quality weapons? I would imagine the quantity/quality argument would appear here.

Is it because it is not worth expending the resources required to get those higher quality weapons in a situation where you could just replace an interceptor each time it died?

Edit: Also thank you once again for the best LP on the forum.

# ¿ May 29, 2015 13:32

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ProfessorBooty posted:

What I did was I figured how much it would cost in resources (money + grey market price for raw materials, such as alien alloys) for each interceptor. For the two weapons with foundry projects, I added the cost of that foundry project spread over how many interceptors there are (so the more interceptors you have, the 'cheaper' the foundry project is per interceptor). I then divided this cost by the DPS of the weapon, giving a 'dollars per DPS', I summarized the overlapping points in the post. Having less interceptors means you're not spreading the foundry project cost around.

Also, its never good to lose an interceptor, not only are they expensive, but its very tough getting interceptor experience, which is invaluable.

Not to argue with you, it's your LP, but it seems to me having more interceptors is less reason to need the bigger guns because you can throw more interceptors at a target that way.

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Puukko naamassa posted:

I'm open to any and all nickname suggestions for my guy, since I can't seem think up any of my own right now.

Bruno

# ¿ Jun 2, 2015 09:42

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Can someone tell me why I'm Road Rage again? I remember getting the name suggested but I don't remember what I did for it.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2015 15:12

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Nekomimi-Maiden posted:

I suggested it mostly based on meaning, and Booty liked it; a gigantic traffic jam [or a Gridlock] would naturally inspire Road Rage, after all.

Kurieg posted:

Your name is Gridlocked. A Gridlock on the highway would lead to road rage.

Also I haven't watched the video yet since I've got a meeting soon but I hope to god I don't die.

Oh haha. I thought it was something to do with me blowing up a car in a mission :v:

I thought they were all mission related.

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HOLY POOPS!

I WANT BANANA MANS ARMOUR ON GRIDLOCKED THAT LOOKS BADASS.

Also show us allll the alternate armour models Booty. Show them all.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2015 15:54

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