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Akratic Method posted:And that 2nd avatar Kill Zone is why I never really liked that skill. You just don't know what you're getting when you click: fields of view are too janky in XCOM, and at longer ranges you may not have two adjacent visible squares for enemies to move between with all the little columns and other blockers. (But it is still great when it works, though, and I've stopped exclusively doing gunslinger-type Sharpshooters.) And congratulations on completing the LP Jade! I hope you can get Vegas to work again soon because I'm really looking forward to a Battle Brothers LP.
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The final room is why I like having two rangers on the final mission. One with rapid fire to help butcher the really tough enemies and a second one with reaper who can help keep the numbers down as a way of cleaning up after the rest of the squad. In terms of enemy placement there is no rhyme or reason about it as the very first time I did this mission I ran into a sectopod in the very first area.
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Dark Flame Master posted:Is this about right? Ha... Except I'm taller than Guava
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Jul 9, 2017 20:46
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Congratulations on finishing the LP Jade Star, it was a great ride.
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One thing I like about the commander's avatar is that it has the colonel rank icon from Enemy Unknown. Dunno if that ever got pointed out.
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Thanks for another great LP. A Mercenary Captain's Guide to Battle Brothers sounds dope and ridiculously bloody  . Definitely looking forward to it!
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Jul 10, 2017 03:58
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It's probably one of several possibilities, but were you thinking of the "rear end in a top hat aliens running from a bigger threat in the core" space 4X game called Sins of a Solar Empire? It's from 2008 rather than DOS-era, but it does include that element. Also, the "Betrayer!" line from the Ethereal chorus is another good hit on the possession theory- no reason to say that to a guy you kidnapped, unless they're talking about the (brainless) Avatar itself. Another Ethereal working against them, though, would fit nicely.
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Terrifying Effigies posted:A Mercenary Captain's Guide to Battle Brothers sounds dope Stealing this. Needed a good idea for thread title.
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Jul 10, 2017 10:36
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The human apartment in the alien base is obviously where the Speaker trains his impersonating human behaviour skills.
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Jul 10, 2017 11:35
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I honestly hope MarioCOM happens. At the very least, it'd probably make a good joke video. Just play it straight, and use all the XCOM lingo. Tell us how good Mario is with Death from Above.
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Jul 10, 2017 13:38
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Terrifying Effigies posted:Thanks for another great LP. A Mercenary Captain's Guide to Battle Brothers sounds dope and ridiculously bloody I am unreasonably excited to see a Battle Brothers LP.
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Zomborgon posted:It's probably one of several possibilities, but were you thinking of the "rear end in a top hat aliens running from a bigger threat in the core" space 4X game called Sins of a Solar Empire? It's from 2008 rather than DOS-era, but it does include that element. I thought it was probably Starflight, in which the setup for the plot is, "Something is causing suns to go nova, in a steady progression from the galactic core outwards. Based on the current rate of spread, we have about 5 years before the nova wave reaches the Sol system and all life on Earth is destroyed. Go out there, figure out what's causing this, and stop it." 800 planets to explore, yet it fit on a single 720K floppy due to the clever way the planets were procedurally generated.
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I've never quite understood the whole "we're subjugating you to combat a larger threat that would subjugate you even worse" stance aliens seem to love to take. Like, you've studied humanity, you've seen how they react to poo poo. Why not just say hi and ask for help? Too much work? e: I know it's all narrative convenience, but it's just dumb to me
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Tax Refund posted:I thought it was probably Starflight, in which the setup for the plot is, "Something is causing suns to go nova, in a steady progression from the galactic core outwards. Based on the current rate of spread, we have about 5 years before the nova wave reaches the Sol system and all life on Earth is destroyed. Go out there, figure out what's causing this, and stop it." 800 planets to explore, yet it fit on a single 720K floppy due to the clever way the planets were procedurally generated. There was also the awesome Sega Genesis port, which redid the whole game to give it much better graphics and made some of the gameplay a little more action-y when you went out in the TV or got into space fights. That was one of the first big space games I ever played when I was a kid.
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Jul 10, 2017 14:06
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zxqv8 posted:I've never quite understood the whole "we're subjugating you to combat a larger threat that would subjugate you even worse" stance aliens seem to love to take. Could just be imperialist self-justification. Many empires do not want to admit they just like to subjugate others. The Roman republic went out of it's way to ensure every war was a "defensive" war.
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Random_Username posted:I honestly hope MarioCOM happens. At the very least, it'd probably make a good joke video. Yes. Yes!
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Grizzwold posted:One thing I like about the commander's avatar is that it has the colonel rank icon from Enemy Unknown. Dunno if that ever got pointed out. A quote I saw, is that the Skull & Wreath icon goes to the highest rank attainable - and no one outranks the Commander. But yes, was a fun LP Jade! Many giggles were had - I'm going to go ahead and say one of my favorite moments was Guava's ragequit when the Archon King got executed.
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Jul 10, 2017 19:16
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Random_Username posted:I honestly hope MarioCOM happens. At the very least, it'd probably make a good joke video. Jade is incredibly opposed to the idea and under no circumstances will purchase the game. At this point, I don't even think he'd play it if someone purchased it for him when it comes out.
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Jul 10, 2017 20:24
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Olesh posted:Jade is incredibly opposed to the idea and under no circumstances will purchase the game. At this point, I don't even think he'd play it if someone purchased it for him when it comes out. Maybe someone can send him gameplay footage and they can just make fun of it for ten minutes. That'd be enough. But lol not gonna happen.
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Jul 10, 2017 20:27
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Night10194 posted:I am unreasonably excited to see a Battle Brothers LP. There was one by HerpicleOmmnicron5, but it petered out quickly.
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Congrats again on the lp Jade, you almost managed to get through this one without the JAIDS popping up  Also a side note since i'm a filthy console peasant playing this game, this mission is kind of hell to get through since everything takes a hell of a long time to do. The game is normally perfectly fine minus a few framerate drops here and there and some glitchyness but nothing that's out of the ordinary for an X-Com game anyway. This final mission though? The game just took a complete poo poo performance wise trying to manage everything going on onscreen at once. The same kinda thing happens with the Avenger defense mission but not quite to the same scale since there's not nearly as much to blow up in those missions as there is here. Alien turns would take minutes to go through as the game would just stop everything and have to process before all the aliens would move at once and then do their actions one by one. The Avatar room didn't have this problem strangely but that part is hard enough on it's own without the game making GBS threads itself.
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Jul 10, 2017 22:53
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Night10194 posted:I am unreasonably excited to see a Battle Brothers LP. Capt Jade: "Bad news Mr. Goon, your character rolled poorly so now he gets to be on Mr. Goon: "Don't you mean spearwall duty?" Capt Jade: "Yeah sure whatever makes you feel better buddy!" Mr. Goon: 
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Terrifying Effigies posted:Capt Jade: "Bad news Mr. Goon, your character rolled poorly so now he gets to be on Hey, I'll finally LP a squad based game where I can not honestly say it will be a clean run. People are going to die in battle brothers.
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Jul 11, 2017 05:43
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And commit all the atrocities that Guava desires.
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Jul 11, 2017 05:45
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Jade Star posted:Hey, I'll finally LP a squad based game where I can not honestly say it will be a clean run. People are going to die in battle brothers. Many Ratcatchers Died To Bring You This LP.
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Jul 11, 2017 06:00
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I eagerly await the submissions of Nota Crysallid and Muton Jones in feudal europe.
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Just wanted to pop in and say thank you for this LP. My friend had been talking up the game for a while, but seeing it in action here got me to take the plunge and buy it.
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Jul 11, 2017 06:13
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Hunt11 posted:And commit all the atrocities that Guava desires.
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Kurieg posted:I eagerly await the submissions of Nota Crysallid and Muton Jones in feudal europe. Don't forget about your boy Shield Bearer.
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Hooray LP finished! Also hooray for only mild (by it's standards) JAIDS interference!Kurieg posted:I eagerly await the submissions of Nota Crysallid and Muton Jones in feudal europe. Jimmy Muton (who outshone Julian on that last mission shot for shot,) Archie and Archer will probably fit right in dying for the cause in Battle Brothers.
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This was a good LP. Guava, Skippy, and Lunethex did a great job. Not sure what the other guy was up to though.
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Olesh posted:Jade is incredibly opposed to the idea and under no circumstances will purchase the game. At this point, I don't even think he'd play it if someone purchased it for him when it comes out. is he so opposed he delegated this post to someone else?
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Olesh never posts unless there is a great need, and he will be the hero that everyone then needs and deserves at that point in time there is a great need.
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Jul 11, 2017 17:51
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Psion posted:is he so opposed he delegated this post to someone else? You can prefix with "Based on what he said in the video," if you like.
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Jul 11, 2017 20:12
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So then clearly we need to get Guava to LP the Rabbids game, and then Jade can be his co-commentator.
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Psion posted:is he so opposed he delegated this post to someone else? Olesh has a history of supplying me with terrible games to contractually obligate me to stream them.
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Jul 12, 2017 00:22
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Jade Star posted:Olesh has a history of supplying me with terrible games to contractually obligate me to stream them. You take that back, Jazzpunk was awesome.
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Okay, yeah, Jazzpunk was amazing. But I'd forgotten that was from you. I guess that balances out a few of your sins. I mean you do try, with that uh, space roguelike sorta thing that was balls hard and uh... You know I can't really remember things very well.
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the point is, jade, you and I both know you'll end up playing MarioCOM and that's okay
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zxqv8 posted:I've never quite understood the whole "we're subjugating you to combat a larger threat that would subjugate you even worse" stance aliens seem to love to take. En route to our planet, they'd be detected and probably catch every missile (and possibly nuke) on Earth before they could successfully land. If they could even get as far as landing, they'd be facing nonstop attempts to kill and dissect them.
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