#1, I found it so late I missed all this as it unfolded
#2, I found it so early I can't read the rest of it yet
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FandaHang a shining starupon the highest boughRegistered Userregular
X-Com Order of Battle:
theSquid and cB557
Heatwave and HyphyKezzy
Phoenix-D and Velmeran
Talus9952 and GONG-00
Rainfall and see317
We've got an equal number of boys and girls, everyone's paired off into couples, and on a sunny February morning like this, spring feels right around the corner. Let's have a lovely outing.
Grassy fields, low brick walls, no cover to speak of. And the Adversary is overlooking the Skyranger ramp.
Mindful of the lessons of Swanky Haberdasher, everyone snuggles up together in the back of the plane. We also get set to spark things off next turn: theSquid exchanges his rifle for the rocket launcher, and a pair of high explosive charges are primed.
Captain cB557 spots the UFO immediately after disembarking.
South of the barn, a picturesque little orchard. But we can't go picking apples just yet - not with theSquid's rocket launcher thirsting for blood. Or, uh, whatever barns have flowing through their veins. Hay, I suppose.
It thirsts for hay.
Into the open loft, Phoenix-D tosses her HI-X. GONG-00 follows up a moment later with another charge on the ground floor.
Confident that the mood has been set for romance, we end the turn.
A tiny gray figure is visible for a split second before it's obliterated - along with everything else.
Just enough of the wall is left standing for GONG-00 to use as cover.
Beyond the barn carnage - the barnage? - lie a few scattered trees, an empty wheat field, and some wild heather. This entire area of operations is beginning to look like one giant no man's land.
That doesn't stop this little fellow from coming to investigate the ruckus, though.
an_alt's been getting all the kudos for her marksmanship lately, but the truth is that Velmeran has been keeping pace with her all through sniper school. She may not have alt's kill record yet, but her firing accuracy is only a sliver behind, and with the senior squaddie drawing all the acclaim, Velmeran may feel like she's got something to prove.
Her bullet catches the Sectoid center-of-mass and punches a grisly hole right through it.
Meanwhile, the Captain picks up another contact near the UFO, and no one can manage to land a shot on it. Those low brick walls do nothing for us, but they're just high enough for a Sectoid to shelter behind, and when we try to kneel for improved accuracy, we end up losing sight of the target.
I think you know what time it is.
The Sectoid survives the blast, but it's not going to be bothering us again any time soon. And with a proxy in place on the UFO door, it won't be getting any reinforcements.
Five explosives deployed, three aliens down.
It's time to bring our message of love to the rest of this AO.
Yea, first kill with a gun! I'm being useful. Though a Sectoid isn't as interesting as my previous barn kill, at least we are following the presidents "No barn left behind" educational plan.
We are going to start getting barn tallies on the scoreboard, right? I feel like this is as critical a statistic to keep track of as muscle butter usage.
We are going to start getting barn tallies on the scoreboard, right? I feel like this is as critical a statistic to keep track of as muscle butter usage.
What if I get to shoot down a UFO that then crashes into a barn?
We are going to start getting barn tallies on the scoreboard, right? I feel like this is as critical a statistic to keep track of as muscle butter usage.
What if I get to shoot down a UFO that then crashes into a barn?
And then Elvenshae parks the bus in spitting distance of the smoldering wreckage and we can all fill out our XCOM bingo score cards!
I'm reminded by this thread that I actually never played UFO Defense, and only ever played TFTD because of my first experience with the game. I actually owned, played, and beat TFTD in all its buggy glory before I ever attempted UFO Defense.
Finally picked up a copy of UFO Def, started new game, got my base set, checked over my squad, assigned roles, started research etc, waited for first contact, shot down the UFO, dispatched the Sky Ranger, outfitted the squad, opened the ramp, took a launcher round or or something like that immediately as reaction fire straight through the open hatch (maybe it was plasma fire that killed someone holding something primed..), detonates in the middle of the squad, a bunch of other explosives and shit went off inside the Sky Ranger, squad wiped, Sky Ranger lost, quit the game, went back to playing TFTD.
I'm reminded by this thread that I actually never played UFO Defense, and only ever played TFTD because of my first experience with the game. I actually owned, played, and beat TFTD in all its buggy glory before I ever attempted UFO Defense.
Finally picked up a copy of UFO Def, started new game, got my base set, checked over my squad, assigned roles, started research etc, waited for first contact, shot down the UFO, dispatched the Sky Ranger, outfitted the squad, opened the ramp, took a launcher round or or something like that immediately as reaction fire straight through the open hatch (maybe it was plasma fire that killed someone holding something primed..), detonates in the middle of the squad, a bunch of other explosives and shit went off inside the Sky Ranger, squad wiped, Sky Ranger lost, quit the game, went back to playing TFTD.
That sounds more fun and fair then digging out that last lobsterman hiding in a cruise ship closet with just standard tech.
Black lives matter.
Law and Order ≠ Justice
ACNH Island Isla Cero: DA-3082-2045-4142
Still waiting on Dan "Man of his Word" Ryckert to eat a hat
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FandaHang a shining starupon the highest boughRegistered Userregular
Did I get the kill or the assist on the barn? Oh, and the same question about the sectoid...
The judges are giving you credit for the kill on both. I didn't even see the Sectoid at the time, but going back to review the tape, its corpse is definitely visible for a few frames before Phoenix-D's blast goes off.
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FandaHang a shining starupon the highest boughRegistered Userregular
hee hee
They just keep falling for it!
Hopefully we'll find more opportunities to pitch woo as we advance on the western side of the map. Or pitch grenades. I always get those two mixed up.
Oh ... oh no.
I think we interrupted a Sectoid tryst, you guys.
They weren't here on an abduction mission, they just wanted to have a romantic picnic in the Italian countryside.
And then we ... we ...
what have we done
Well, there's nothing for it now. We'll just have to end this Sectoid's sorrows the best way we know how: by lobbing a grenade into the gaping chest wound of its dying lover.
It, uh. It doesn't seem to have worked.
That's the look of a Sectoid bent on revenge.
Fortunately, Heatwave has established a base of fire south of the wheat field, and her wild autocannon bursts come just close enough.
The bereaved Sectoid finally dies of a broken heart. Also a broken skeleton, epidermis, and everything else.
We've got eyes on the northern expanses now, and they're just as barren as the south.
Hey cB557, everything still cool over by the UFO?
Good, good.
The second barn seems reluctant to give us any trouble after seeing what we did to its partner, but Phoenix-D drops a proximity grenade on it, and GONG-00 stays behind to set up an observation post just in case it makes any sudden movements.
The rest of the team converges on the UFO.
Well, look who's woken up at last.
The last time Talus9952 took to the field against Sectoids, they put her on life support.
This one's all yours, Sergeant.
It's taken fourteen turns and seven smoke grenades to crawl across this empty, gruelling map. But the time of the long gradual build-up is over.
Your posts are so awesome, Fanda, that even if I didn't awesome every LP update post by default, you'd definitely merit all the awesomes you've been getting.
Regardless of vidjagames being art or no, this thing you've been doing is most definitely art. It makes me think and cry and laugh and ponder, and I'm a better human being for it.
FandaHang a shining starupon the highest boughRegistered Userregular
I wish everyone would stop congratulating me.
If anyone deserved to make Sergeant, an_alt, it's you. You saved lives in Chile. Hell, you damn near saved the entire operation.
But I wasn't promoted because I saved lives.
I was promoted because someone died.
I understand how you're feeling, believe me. Remember when I made Sergeant? They wheeled Talus past us on a stretcher while the Captain was pinning the bars on me.
Does it get any easier to deal with?
No. But at least this time I'll have Talus to help me.
You have me too, Captain.
Thank you, Sergeant. It means a lot. More than you know.
Maybe I shouldn't be having such a hard time with this. Every one of us knew what we were signing up for. And we've lost people before.
But never so many all of a sudden.
"Gradually at first, then all of a sudden."
Huh?
There's this character in a book I read. He went bankrupt, and someone asked him how it happened. That was his answer.
Oh...
I think a lot of disasters happen that way. Little things slowly accumulate ... things you might not notice at first, or understand the significance of ... until they reach the tipping point.
Then the avalanche is in motion, and it's too late to react.
I wonder if that's how this war will end. If we'll even see it coming.
It's possible we've been spending too much time around Commander Zoom, you know.
Heh. Maybe so.
Things aren't going to get any easier, though, are they?
Not in my X-Com. Or... err... someone else's X-Com.
Stealing boots is a Mug's Game!
(Poor rate of return, especially with the bribes you need if you're going to sell in volume. Stick with jewelry and personal items, that's my advice)
Man, I was just hoping to find a pair that fit. Have you seen the requisition forms it takes to get a replacement toothbrush around here? It's nearly a ream of paper to requisition a replacement set of boots, and it's an additional 238 pages if you want to request a replacement pair in a specific size.
That's my life. Everybody always assuming the worst of me.
So, who wants to buy an exclusive cB557 or Heatwave commemorative plaque? Nearly guaranteed to bring you all the luck that neither of them had.
Now, anybody want to buy this good luck charm? Just ignore the part where it says "Property of KoopahTroopah". I got it through completely legitimate means. I swear.
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edited March 2015
Guys. This glass in the mess just lifted into the air, the contents disapeared, and then it fell back to the table. I'd say that the place is haunted but it is probably just anti-grav tests in the lab.
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#1, I found it so late I missed all this as it unfolded
#2, I found it so early I can't read the rest of it yet
Oh, ¡signup! for wherever you need a warm body.
X-Com Order of Battle:
theSquid and cB557
Heatwave and HyphyKezzy
Phoenix-D and Velmeran
Talus9952 and GONG-00
Rainfall and see317
We've got an equal number of boys and girls, everyone's paired off into couples, and on a sunny February morning like this, spring feels right around the corner. Let's have a lovely outing.
Grassy fields, low brick walls, no cover to speak of. And the Adversary is overlooking the Skyranger ramp.
Mindful of the lessons of Swanky Haberdasher, everyone snuggles up together in the back of the plane. We also get set to spark things off next turn: theSquid exchanges his rifle for the rocket launcher, and a pair of high explosive charges are primed.
Captain cB557 spots the UFO immediately after disembarking.
South of the barn, a picturesque little orchard. But we can't go picking apples just yet - not with theSquid's rocket launcher thirsting for blood. Or, uh, whatever barns have flowing through their veins. Hay, I suppose.
It thirsts for hay.
Into the open loft, Phoenix-D tosses her HI-X. GONG-00 follows up a moment later with another charge on the ground floor.
Confident that the mood has been set for romance, we end the turn.
A tiny gray figure is visible for a split second before it's obliterated - along with everything else.
Just enough of the wall is left standing for GONG-00 to use as cover.
Beyond the barn carnage - the barnage? - lie a few scattered trees, an empty wheat field, and some wild heather. This entire area of operations is beginning to look like one giant no man's land.
That doesn't stop this little fellow from coming to investigate the ruckus, though.
an_alt's been getting all the kudos for her marksmanship lately, but the truth is that Velmeran has been keeping pace with her all through sniper school. She may not have alt's kill record yet, but her firing accuracy is only a sliver behind, and with the senior squaddie drawing all the acclaim, Velmeran may feel like she's got something to prove.
Her bullet catches the Sectoid center-of-mass and punches a grisly hole right through it.
Meanwhile, the Captain picks up another contact near the UFO, and no one can manage to land a shot on it. Those low brick walls do nothing for us, but they're just high enough for a Sectoid to shelter behind, and when we try to kneel for improved accuracy, we end up losing sight of the target.
I think you know what time it is.
The Sectoid survives the blast, but it's not going to be bothering us again any time soon. And with a proxy in place on the UFO door, it won't be getting any reinforcements.
Five explosives deployed, three aliens down.
It's time to bring our message of love to the rest of this AO.
Steam profile.
Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
I'm glad you pointed that out, I clearly missed it first time
I was going to ask if anyone, like me, laughed their ass off at the operation's codename.
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Law and Order ≠ Justice
ACNH Island Isla Cero: DA-3082-2045-4142
Still waiting on Dan "Man of his Word" Ryckert to eat a hat
Elvenshae Airlines - If You're Walkin', We Messed Up!
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
... and the "LOVE BUS" sidepaint.
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
What if I get to shoot down a UFO that then crashes into a barn?
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Switch: SM-6352-8553-6516
And then Elvenshae parks the bus in spitting distance of the smoldering wreckage and we can all fill out our XCOM bingo score cards!
On the other hand, you're probably completely scarred for life, so yay?
Finally picked up a copy of UFO Def, started new game, got my base set, checked over my squad, assigned roles, started research etc, waited for first contact, shot down the UFO, dispatched the Sky Ranger, outfitted the squad, opened the ramp, took a launcher round or or something like that immediately as reaction fire straight through the open hatch (maybe it was plasma fire that killed someone holding something primed..), detonates in the middle of the squad, a bunch of other explosives and shit went off inside the Sky Ranger, squad wiped, Sky Ranger lost, quit the game, went back to playing TFTD.
That sounds more fun and fair then digging out that last lobsterman hiding in a cruise ship closet with just standard tech.
Law and Order ≠ Justice
ACNH Island Isla Cero: DA-3082-2045-4142
Still waiting on Dan "Man of his Word" Ryckert to eat a hat
The judges are giving you credit for the kill on both. I didn't even see the Sectoid at the time, but going back to review the tape, its corpse is definitely visible for a few frames before Phoenix-D's blast goes off.
hee hee
They just keep falling for it!
Hopefully we'll find more opportunities to pitch woo as we advance on the western side of the map. Or pitch grenades. I always get those two mixed up.
Oh ... oh no.
I think we interrupted a Sectoid tryst, you guys.
They weren't here on an abduction mission, they just wanted to have a romantic picnic in the Italian countryside.
And then we ... we ...
what have we done
Well, there's nothing for it now. We'll just have to end this Sectoid's sorrows the best way we know how: by lobbing a grenade into the gaping chest wound of its dying lover.
It, uh. It doesn't seem to have worked.
That's the look of a Sectoid bent on revenge.
Fortunately, Heatwave has established a base of fire south of the wheat field, and her wild autocannon bursts come just close enough.
The bereaved Sectoid finally dies of a broken heart. Also a broken skeleton, epidermis, and everything else.
We've got eyes on the northern expanses now, and they're just as barren as the south.
Hey cB557, everything still cool over by the UFO?
Good, good.
The second barn seems reluctant to give us any trouble after seeing what we did to its partner, but Phoenix-D drops a proximity grenade on it, and GONG-00 stays behind to set up an observation post just in case it makes any sudden movements.
The rest of the team converges on the UFO.
Well, look who's woken up at last.
The last time Talus9952 took to the field against Sectoids, they put her on life support.
This one's all yours, Sergeant.
It's taken fourteen turns and seven smoke grenades to crawl across this empty, gruelling map. But the time of the long gradual build-up is over.
The final engagement will be sudden and decisive.
Regardless of vidjagames being art or no, this thing you've been doing is most definitely art. It makes me think and cry and laugh and ponder, and I'm a better human being for it.
Or wait do we send an EOD team to recover primed prox grenades? And by EOD team I mean rookie hazing?
We're all dead here.
Some of us are just too stubborn to stop moving.
Why I fear the ocean.
It says Candied Merkin.
All my awesomes, all my love, all my explosives.
Steam profile.
Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
*salute*
Law and Order ≠ Justice
ACNH Island Isla Cero: DA-3082-2045-4142
Still waiting on Dan "Man of his Word" Ryckert to eat a hat
...Someone help me get their boots.
No.
Not in my X-Com. Or... err... someone else's X-Com.
Stealing boots is a Mug's Game!
(Poor rate of return, especially with the bribes you need if you're going to sell in volume. Stick with jewelry and personal items, that's my advice)
Why I fear the ocean.
Man, I was just hoping to find a pair that fit. Have you seen the requisition forms it takes to get a replacement toothbrush around here? It's nearly a ream of paper to requisition a replacement set of boots, and it's an additional 238 pages if you want to request a replacement pair in a specific size.
That's my life. Everybody always assuming the worst of me.
So, who wants to buy an exclusive cB557 or Heatwave commemorative plaque? Nearly guaranteed to bring you all the luck that neither of them had.
Luck charm, twice used.
Might be unlucky.
The Arnold Classic was in town this weekend, and my girlfriend's housemate returned from the fray with this:
(I hadn't realized muscle butter is an Actual Thing)
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