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Application sent, Jade! It's the return of Nittien Stomperud! Here's to 60+ more kills! 
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Jimmy4400nav posted:Nice, here's hoping to see that legendary bad rear end again. I sent in the son of James Dean. Can the "Rebel"'s son blow up as many aliens as his pappy could with high explosives? At least the nickname turned out to be way on the nose. Vive la resistance! Blind Sally posted:tbh, my application was Isobel Guitierrez Ahaha, oh man, that was a thing. Too bad about there being no possibility of getting mec'd, but from the looks of it there will be other awesome things to come. Perhaps made by you, if your Chris Salid picture was anything to go by. Man, it's like the old endgame crew is getting back together! Now we only need Isis "Saint" Tellar, Alex "Shellshock" Johnson and... oh. Tony "Kill Steal" White. Rest in peace, buddy.  And for anyone who feels like spending some time catching up (or reminiscing) while we wait, here's a link to Jade's previous XCOM thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3607006
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Jul 12, 2016 11:01
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apostateCourier posted:I'm already in the pool from Jade's streaming habits. Hah! I've cleverly avoided this by sending him a .bin file of Nittien. I assume he'll be too lazy to actively mess with the colors. I even included a background blurb as a nod to our non-canon past.
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Jul 12, 2016 19:55
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Private Botch posted:Tony never died. The final mission never happened and we didn't even get to play with that sweet sweet plasma tech. All that was some fevered alcohol induced dream of how things could have been. He's still out there waiting for his chance for redemption. Hey, he died in our hearts man, in an apocryphal story about what it would take to save all of mankind. That fanfic was the tale of ages for our weary resistance fighters. An alternate history project, to illustrate how things might've been if our govts hadn't just bent over backwards in the face of the alien oppressors! Stand up for yourself and you too can be a selfless psychic badass hero like Tony White probably would have been! XCOM 2 playthrough-related: I bought all of the DLCs yesterday, and I have this to say about how they're interacting with my current (early-to-mid-game) run: Oh poo poo. Oh holy poo poo. Oh god, why. You son of a bitch, Jake. You son of a bitch. So here's to Jade running the same gauntlet! Incidentally, turns out you can kind of kite muton berserkers. Thus, a haiku and a picture: Berserker rampage Thank god for grenadiers And friend gravity  There was something DLC-related there as well, but spoiler policy forbids me to speak of it. I'm just amazed I made it out. And that what remains of that roof is still standing.
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Jul 12, 2016 22:05
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zyxophoj posted:We're going for realism here. The effectiveness of starting armour is accurately depicted by the half-naked outfits from Anarchy's Children, and the hugely popular "Twitchy" attitude is appropriate for a squad that is likely to chain-panic the moment somebody stubs their toe. Not just that, but XCOM/the resistance is scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point and can't afford to be too picky. A lot of the soldiers' background blurb in-game make a point of mentioning this. So what if the only people willing to fight to the death for the cause want to dress up in biker leather and are using half the weapons budget on hair gel? That freaky Mad Max cosplayer might be all that stands between humanity and destruction! Besides, it's urban camouflage. Not even the aliens take cosplayers seriously.
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Jul 13, 2016 09:02
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One more, in celebration. Commander Jade Star. Let's Play XCOM-in' it up. This gon' be wicked.
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Jul 16, 2016 01:27
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Gridlocked posted:Well remember at the end of Enemy Unknown the Ethereals point out they were running from something. My bet is someone out there made an alien AI with poorly defined priorities or foolishly breached into dimensions where they found something that happily started breaching back. Maybe some combination of the two. Y'know, the Insert Sci-Fi Threat Here usual.
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Jul 16, 2016 15:33
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Considering how they reflect my view of the original game's cast this seems like the time to share the extra haikus I sent to Jade Star along with my original soldier application. Shen speaks much wisdom The likable character Is often least dumb Power up strange tech Doctor Vahlen is insane Could have been a bomb Bothersome Bradford Best sweater that ever wore A wooden actor
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Jul 16, 2016 23:15
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Lunethex posted:Hurslcarls Nittien. 
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Jul 21, 2016 22:34
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Shogeton posted:Well, as a bit of a 40K geek, I might go for 'Commissar' on Cain? With his trusty
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Jul 25, 2016 01:03
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Aw yeah, James Dean and Alexandra showed up! And Man "Hottie" Whore is the most amazing thing! This LP is already giving me such joy. I can't wait to see all that is to come. I can just imagine how Man Whore's recruitment went down. Avenger posted:Bradford: "Alright team, I know we're hard up for competent soldiers, so I've arranged for an old drinking buddy of mine to be brought onboard. He's a hard man, in his own way."
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Jul 29, 2016 00:24
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N-thing Angry "Red" Lobster. Suggesting Alessandra "Bloody" Margottini because that makes her name sound like a drink, and I can't unhear Chris "Can't Kiss" Gasmask.
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Jul 31, 2016 08:03
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Godnnelg posted:Yea that moment when you skulljack... Come now, you're making this thread sound like some dark, dank recess of the internet. ... ah. Right. Carry on.
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Aug 7, 2016 06:27
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Materant posted:https://www.twitch.tv/sa_jadestar/v/77346879 FTFY Siobhan "Stingbringer" MacKenzie, because she looks like a mutant bee, and Eph "Kahoreheuaua" Phatha, in honor of his New Zealander roots, and no other reason. Scribbleykins fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Aug 14, 2016 |
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Aug 14, 2016 21:18
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Ephphatha posted:Them's fighting words mate! Aw crikey.  Y'know, it would really help if one of you two nations got off your asses and got a better more different flag so I wouldn't need to
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Aug 15, 2016 18:33
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Ciaphas posted:I was gonna say some kinda obscure venereal disease, myself Well, he is French. ... but I do agree it's a really good name.To be fair, the Asterix books are full of good names, and lots and lots of puns that sadly do not always translate well.
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Aug 16, 2016 23:28
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How about Julian "Romhack" Shen? Or maybe Julian "DisOWNED" Shen. Or possibly Julian "Serfbot" Shen.
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Aug 26, 2016 16:05
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Alien Rulers, at last. Best of luck dealing with their brand of  , Jade.My experience with the Rulers has been mixed. For one, we got off to a rough start. It turns out that if you are in the middle of a playthrough when you download the DLC and you, unthinkingly, apply that DLC to your game without knowing what this entails, there is exactly zero Vahlen missions to coach you into the concept. Alien rulers just show up, out of nowhere, to wreck your day, on some mission and you have no idea what even oh god is this a joke why does it have so many hit points and wait did it just move again oh shi-. Needless to say, an Alien Ruler showing up right as another enemy pod has activated can be very, very bad and can lead to a quick and demoralizing loss depending on where you are in the game and what personnel you've brought with you. On the other hand, if you somehow scramble successfully, it probably made your day interesting and your victory worthwhile. I cannot wholly disapprove of getting my teeth kicked in when it also leads to situations like the one below. Scribbleykins posted:XCOM 2 playthrough-related:
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Sep 15, 2016 21:52
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MC Smoke Sensei posted:James "Rebel Jr." Dean Jr. is best. Lunethex posted:no, Man "Feelgood" Whore Yup, those.
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Oct 9, 2016 21:10
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A pox upon you, Jade Star. JAIDS 24/7.  Failing that, rename Ciaphas "Hero of XCOM" and bring on Skippy "Granada" Granola. The gun's gotta be Guava Rage.
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Oh hey, my Nittien application! Boy, was I poorly prescient. "At this point we can't really afford to pass up on free help." With you two just having talked about being able to spend months of in-game time without even coming close to losing.  At least I can imagine the Commander making a spit-take with their coffee as they're going through the recruit applications. "Wait, Nittien was real?" Also, Margottini surviving a single pip of health to take dreadful revenge, then drawing away the faceless that could've killed the last civilian and failed the mission. MVP.  With those two, it does seem like women make for the best badass snipers.
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