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[Ashsaber]

XCOM with the Long War mod, because I saw it on another thread, tried the mod, and liked it. :3

So!

Uh...I'm not quite sure how this is gonna go, really. Per most XCOM plays submit a...
Name, Nickname, and Your desire to live.
As well as a class preference (given that early game people are rookies without classes you probably won't get your desired class)
As well as a gender and nationality (which will probably be disregarded very, very quickly)

(In the Long War, air units can be claimed, but since I tend to get them killed really quickly...)

And, as a final note: Unlike most people who are all humble when they say they're not good at XCOM, I actually am not good at XCOM. The turnover rate is going to be pretty high. So give me plenty of named corpses to use.

Also gonna be playing it on Normal Classic since I want to have fun.

Spoiler: Unit Roster (Any data not provided will be filled by your screen name. You can opt to change it at any time though.) (click to show/hide)

 American Specialist Walter Margrave "Wizard" (Scout, 6 missions, 6 kills) Ded by Thin Man
 Scottish Lance Corporal Jack Moghopper "Canuck" (Engineer, 4 missions, 8 kills)
 Russian Lieutenant Lawrence Wittaker "Lawman" (Infantry, 8 missions, 16 kills)
 American Corporal Jimmy Joe Bob "n9103" (Gunner, 7 missions, 8 kills)
 Chinese Lieutenant Sly Jackson "Chosen" (Assault, 5 missions, 10 kills)
 "Japanese" Specialist Elusive Sky Medic "Crazy" (Medic, 2 mission, 3 kills) Ded by Outsider
 Scottish Corporal Jack Playergamer "Steve" (Assault, 4 missions, 14 kills)
 Specialist Conor Neblime "Bucket man" (Rockeeter, 5 missions, 6 kills) Ded by Thin Man
 Russian Specialist Boksi Boksi "Boksi" (Assault, 2 mission, 1 kill) Ded by Sectoid
 Russian Corporal Libitina Kaladin "Black Widow" (Sniper, 6 missions, 14 kills)
 Scottish Specialist Donald McCord "Smack" (Assault, 3 missions, 1 kill)
 American PFC Charlie Narakamus "Muckamuck" (Medic, 1 mission, 1 kill)
 British Red shirt Wolfhunter 107 "Wolf" (Not yet deployed)

Spoiler: Playlist Link (click to show/hide)

From the Beginning
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjB6Z8VcGog&list=PL3DU-AFaZHocI4uL4r8XEqgXUHiM5FOPW
Most Recent (Episode 9)
 http://youtu.be/L14kxyBAiMg

And as a first question: Where should the XCOM home base be?

Second question: Should we use Cinematic mode?
Cinematic mode gives us better accuracy, so we can competently fail instead of fail with incompetence.

Questions Answered, Game has started.

Casualty Tally:
Red Shirts: Lots
"Agents": 4

[Margrave]

Don't worry, I'm sure you'll only be provided with Earth's best for the defense against the alien hordes.
Probably.

Name: Walter
(Former Occupation: Amateur Magician)
Nickname: the Wizard
Desire to Live: Meh. I only want him to die well.
Class Preference: Rookie
Gender: Male
Nationality: Rhymes with 'Murica


XCOM HOME: Easter Island. Barring that then it should be in the Himalayas.

[Ashsaber]

Oh, I'm not worried. Everyone's going to die (possibly to 11 hp Crysallids on the second mission, but who's counting?)

[moghopper]

Name: Jack
(Former Occupation: Sasquatch Hunter)
Nickname: Canuck
Desire to Live: He wants to hunt down and kill Sasquatch, who he believes is leading the aliens
Class Preference: Infantry (Spec'd for endurance and defense)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Canadian


XCOM HOME: Labrador (Canada) The aliens will never find the base, mostly because few can even remember the area exists!

[BFEL]

Name: Lawrence Wittaker
Nickname: Lawman
Desire to live: Lawrence has a wife and 2 loving children. He is already dead inside.
Class: Sniper
Gender: Male
Nationality: whatevs

XCOM BASE: Europe
Cinematic: DATS CHEATIN HOMBRE

[n9103]

Fodder Reporting!

Name: Jimmy Joe Bob
Desire to live: lon' enough to keel all dem sumabitches!
Class: Assault, or whatever uses an autocannon (since there's no shotgun)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Appalachian Backwoods American Hick

[Playergamer]

Name: Uh...not entirely sure. He kinda skipped that part of the application.
Nickname: Steve
Desire to live: None.
Class: Assault
Gender: Male
Nationality: Australian.

[wer6]

Name: Refers himself to "The Elusive Sky medic."
Nickname: Crazy Bastard
Desire to Live: End him in a explosive exit.
Class Preference: MEEEEEDDIIIIIC "spleech"
Gender: any.
Nationality: African country of voodoo


XCOM HOME: JAPAN IS OUR LAST HOPE.
[/quote]

[Solarflare]

Name: Sly Jackson
Nickname: The Chosen one
Desire to Live: Be a Hero for living, and have him die, in a sacrifice effort, however only, when NEEDED to do so.
Class Preference: Infranty or Support
Gender: Male
Nationality: White

xcom home base: Anywhere is fine to him

[Ashsaber]

Alrighty...

Although I do need to play through the intro mission first.

So there's that. (I'll have it up by tomorrow)

EDIT~~

Spoiler: Link for youtube (click to show/hide)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjB6Z8VcGog&list=PL3DU-AFaZHocI4uL4r8XEqgXUHiM5FOPW

I'm not quite sure if I want to embed it to begin with, so...uh, yeah. It's a thing now.

(Yes I know it's qualitatively horrid)

((More importantly tell me if it doesn't work. I'm nervous as hell about...well, talking into a microphone))

[neblime]

Name:Whatever the game generates for me
Nickname:Bucket man
Desire to live:Moderate, if it looks like I might do something cool or save someone else some risk can be ignored
Class: Assualt or support, leaning towards support
Gender: doesn't matter
Nationality: Australian

[Arcvasti]

PTW

[moghopper]

Well, I guess since I didn't get the Infantry Class, I can go with the Engineer Class.

Here's the Skills I want at each level:
1- Grenadier (Duh)
2- Sapper
3- Dense Smoke
4- Smoke and Mirrors
5- Heat Warheads
6- Packmaster
7- Bombardier

As for weapons:
Primary- Shotguns
Secondary- Machine Pistol

[Ashsaber]

I'm doing the next piece on friday.

In the event that people don't suggest upgrades, I'll just pick them out myself.

Fair?

[Margrave]

I'm doing the next piece on friday.

In the event that people don't suggest upgrades, I'll just pick them out myself.

Fair?

The Wizard agrees. He has a preference for anything flashy though.