Let's Play X-Com: Enemy Within!

[KingdomAces]

...so I just watched the stream. Yeah. I know that my X-Com playing style is extremely far from what it should be, but if this were my game I would probably just delete the file and start a new one, possibly on a lower difficulty. Also, following this up with a Metis application. I know it makes absolutely no sense based on Persona, but I don't think I've played any other games with female androids.

Anyway, whatever happens, I'll try to be there for the stream tomorrow.

And Dan, I think you are actually still alive. I don't remember you being put on a mission, though I could be just being forgetful.

[KingdomAces]

X-COM APPLICATION
Name: Metis
Gender: Female
Race: Asian
Hair: Short and straight. She has a visor that is generally above her head, which can look like headphones I guess?
Hair Color: Somewhere between black and dark blue.
Facial Hair: None.
Armor Tint: Black.
Why I Should Hire YOU: I must protect my sister!

...wait, too late.

Her page on the SMT wiki, in case I'm bad at describing things again.

[MathBlade]

X-COM APPLICATION
Name: Pi
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian
Hair: Short and straight. As butch as possible.
Hair Color: Purple if possible. If not Red.
Facial Hair: if you need to make Pi male go with light stubble. Otherwise none.
Armor Tint: purple
Why I Should Hire YOU: because nerds rule!
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[Gammagooey]

...so I just watched the stream. Yeah. I know that my X-Com playing style is extremely far from what it should be, but if this were my game I would probably just delete the file and start a new one, possibly on a lower difficulty. Also, following this up with a Metis application. I know it makes absolutely no sense based on Persona, but I don't think I've played any other games with female androids.

Anyway, whatever happens, I'll try to be there for the stream tomorrow.

And Dan, I think you are actually still alive. I don't remember you being put on a mission, though I could be just being forgetful.

Spoiler: massive stream spoilers

It is quite bad but there's still a decent chance of pulling it out if I can get through the next 2-3 missions without horrific causalties, and because Reck hit Sergeant before he died we get to bring 5 people on missions from now on. We're down to 7 soldiers with another 2-3 on the way, and despite them all being rookies if I can get one either heavy or assault plus one other squaddie that I can make into a MEC it should be enough to hold over til next month, and most importantly both of the missions failed weren't actually important at all- no panic increase for failing them so the world strategy is still perfectly fine.

Also yeah Dan's still alive.

also also if I have to start again I'd probably stay at classic- the UFO mission would have not been the catastrophic failure it was if I had brought a MEC like I should have and the second mission was actually just absurd thin men horseshit- they have a 10% chance to crit MECs and a 20% to crit everything else that they're not flanking and we would have NOT lost either Cheery or Cybele to a normal hit there. Reck dying afterwards was a combination of me tilting and not thinking about where he should be positioned until it was too late and just a consequence of only have one dude left who didn't hit any shots on his way to that cover position. (with that thin man knocking down every piece of cover he hid behind along the way)

[Gammagooey]

Also kingdom the stream isnt happening til next week since ill be driving to gencon all of tomorrow night

[Feirei]

Bump for gamma

[Gammagooey]

I was tired >_>

update tonight fo' real though

wednesday morning edit: godamnit I am bad at getting things done, the next update is 3/4 done but I have to leave for work in 10 minutes.

[Gammagooey]

Aaaand my modem has broken seemingly to punish me for not getting shit done

Sorry for being the worst, ill get everything up as soon as I can ;-;

[Gammagooey]

Gamma: We've got a landed UFO in the United States, there'll be a few more aliens than we had on the crashed one last month but it's nothing we haven't done before.



Aigis: Greetings, Commander. New parameters deemed acceptable. At your command.



Morph: Heheh, I brought a secret weapon Commander.

Gamma: What are you talking about soldier?

Morph: I'm gonna give the aliens the ooold flashbang, if you know what I mean.

Gamma: The armor doesn't work that way, and you'd get your dick shot off.

Lixiang: Don't be so harsh, it sounds like that might be an improvement.


Totally forgot to finish customizing her hair+armor before starting the mission, sorry >_>

Lixiang: Let's kick some alien ass.






Gamma: You'll be touching down in an Oklahoma forest shortly.

Ani: Oklahoma has forests?

Gamma: Yes, they're privately owned but the citizens in the area were given an emergency evacuation order as soon as we discovered the ufo, there shouldn't be any at the crash site. And remember to try to keep the UFO intact if at all possible, every piece of tech we can recover is another bit towards researching or buying what we need to win this war.

Caled: Understood sir!



Caled: Ani and Lixiang, scout that ridge for aliens.

Ani: Nothin' this way.



Lixiang: There's 3 thin men in front of the UFO!



Gamma: Those thin men are extremely dangerous, ani and Lix fall back, Aigis and Caled watch the corners and try to take shots at any of them that move to get a better shot.

Lixiang: There's one hugging the side coming towards me!



Lixiang: AUGH

Caled: Another one coming towards us, I have a shot!


Caled: Alien hit but still standing!

Aigis: Thin men remaining behind barriers- shot is not possible.


Ani: Can't hit DEEESE NUTS, IM COMIN' FOR YA


Ani: MY DICK

Spoiler: Thin Man Cam

Caled: Ani's down and Lix is losing a lot of blood! We need to take these things out NOW! Firing!


Aigis: Advancing and opening fire.


Aigis: Target wounded.

Caled: Why won't these things fucking DIE?! Oh fuck, one's coming around me!


Caled: AAAAGH


Aigis: Caled down, enemy flanking my position.



Aigis: I cannot....continue.

Gamma: Is anyone alive, down there, report! ANYONE!

Skyranger Pilot: This is Big Sky, all other human lifesigns have gone dark. Returning to base.

Gamma: God fucking damnit.





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Yeah that took way longer than I hoped for a lot of various reasons and I still need to do the last update tomorrow (which means probably monday for saavy readers)

WILL be streaming at Monday at 9pm EST and probably Wednesday at 9 too to make up for not doing anything for an entire week+some more days.

[Feirei]

#wiped

Next bulletsponge maybe tomorrow. Idk what I'm gonna do atm.

[caledfwitch]

this is not an accurate representation of what really happened

at least 10000% more swearing at thin men is needed

[caledfwitch]

on that note rip in pieces everyone <3

[xRECKONERx]

why the fuck did we send the rookies

[ActionDan]

Isn't that all that's left

[xRECKONERx]

uhhh how about our whole main squad?

[ActionDan]

Deads I think.

[Feirei]

Dead, wounded, or given a day off?

[xRECKONERx]

i see no post from gamma that shows us getting dead or wounded

[Feirei]

EVERYONE other than you, dead and alive, are rookies and squaddies. He probably wanted more squaddies and got the short end of the stick.

[xRECKONERx]

Cybele, me, RC, Dog...

[Feirei]

Dog's a Rk and unless it wore off, RC is wounded.

You'll have to bitch at him though, not me. Idfk.

[Gammagooey]

Dog is a rookie, RC was wounded, you had a promotion that I was waiting on, and Cybele hadn't chosen whether she wanted a flamethrower or a gigantic robot punch. (and Cybele was coming anyway until the stream chat said that I should wait for her)

[Gammagooey]

yeah update isn't coming til tomorrow unless i can't sleep for the next 2 hours or something

aaand more importantly x-com is on sale on steam for 16.50 with full game+expansion or 10.00 for just the expansion

[ActionDan]

Er. Ok. I guess

[Gammagooey]

>_> well don't be hyped and play fun things then fine