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[Phalla]: Enemy Unknown -- OPERATION: DEVIL'S MOON Complete!

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    MillMill Registered User regular
    Clearly GtC or Fab should give TRV a list of the submitted names for his use during an actual XCOM: Enemy Unknown game. :P

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    BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    I will make my own role and be the guy who quick saves after every turn to un-do any fuckups. And I will do so silently. Over there.
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    AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Mill wrote: »
    Clearly GtC or Fab should give TRV a list of the submitted names for his use during an actual XCOM: Enemy Unknown game. :P

    This idea is a good idea. So, anyone else doing any speculating on a day where there is no vote to kill us with?

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    kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    There are no conversions, he denied it because that question should almost always be denied, but Will just determines your ability to resist certain abilities, not a change of alignments.
    I am completely guessing

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    PeccaviPeccavi Registered User regular
    Will is a dump stat that only scrubs put points into.

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    SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    I'm not sure if I agree that it should always be CDed, but yeah, panic is a more realistic reason to worry about it

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    Sorry folks, got home later than expected. About to check and see if I've got all the deployments in my inbox. If not, we'll be extending Day 0 until tomorrow night, which...ugh.

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    I do not. Day 0 is extended -- any deployments I don't have by "vote close" tomorrow night, I'll let @TheRoadVirus pick.

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    kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Spoit wrote: »
    I'm not sure if I agree that it should always be CDed, but yeah, panic is a more realistic reason to worry about it

    Usually. Sometimes it can be answered, but we had that "CD = yes *wink wink*" thing going for a while.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    There are no conversions, he denied it because that question should almost always be denied, but Will just determines your ability to resist certain abilities, not a change of alignments.
    I am completely guessing

    I would largely assume the mafia are already mind controlled (and fully under control) soldiers and or Thin Men who look like soldiers O_o


    kinda inclined to think the former. since the thin men kinda stick out

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    AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Yeah, my money is on Thin Men or mind control as well.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    if it were thin men, it would be like

    "Gee guys , I wonder who the infiltrator in our ranks is..."

    "I don't know , Jimmy."

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    AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Yeah, but for one-off phalla purposes that's a totally reasonable setup.

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    GrimmyTOAGrimmyTOA Registered User regular
    Two sectoids, one on the other's shoulders, wearing a trench coat.

    And Ray-Bans.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    Auralynx wrote: »
    Yeah, but for one-off phalla purposes that's a totally reasonable setup.

    just trying to inject some humor into the situation :P :)

    as I said I could see either of those two situations

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    GrimmyTOA wrote: »
    Two sectoids, one on the other's shoulders, wearing a trench coat.

    And Ray-Bans.


    wait one second, a MUTON WAS COMMANDER BROOKS ALL ALONG!?

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    ObiFettObiFett Use the Force As You WishRegistered User regular
    Auralynx wrote: »
    Yeah, but for one-off phalla purposes that's a totally reasonable setup.

    but this isn't a one-off phalla

    pretty sure our characters can level up and play in the next one

    which is why retreating is an option. if stuff goes too south, we can keep our dudes alive.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    Obi has plans for his Starbuck-expy

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    ObiFettObiFett Use the Force As You WishRegistered User regular
    Can we change our character's name?

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    GrimmyTOAGrimmyTOA Registered User regular
    Egos wrote: »
    GrimmyTOA wrote: »
    Two sectoids, one on the other's shoulders, wearing a trench coat.

    And Ray-Bans.


    wait one second, a MUTON WAS COMMANDER BROOKS ALL ALONG!?

    Jinkies!

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    SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    Hmm...if we think we're dealing with infiltrators rather than a squad of aliens, wouldn't the smartest move to be to hunker down in our respective circles and have an overwatch circular firing squad?

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    ObiFettObiFett Use the Force As You WishRegistered User regular
    Spoit wrote: »
    Hmm...if we think we're dealing with infiltrators rather than a squad of aliens, wouldn't the smartest move to be to hunker down in our respective circles and have an overwatch circular firing squad?

    I assume we will be killing aliens as well. I mean we are on a mission.

    Additionally, if the mafia aren't also represented as soldiers on the map, then figuring out who the mafia are would be really really really easy. It'd be as simple as everyone announcing where they are on the map.

    The real question is: What is the mafia's wincon?

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    AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    My phrasing could've been better: there's no reason to assume it can't be Thin Men infiltrating X-Com just because it wouldn't have made much sense in the software version. Gandalf gets to change whatever rules he likes.

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    ObiFett wrote: »
    Can we change our character's name?

    After the game.

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    Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    I do not. Day 0 is extended -- any deployments I don't have by "vote close" tomorrow night, I'll let @TheRoadVirus pick.

    May god have mercy on your souls/tentacles/chittering mandibles

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    vertrouevertroue I am Female Totes Not a SithRegistered User regular
    Dude my name is epic so hush.

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    ObiFettObiFett Use the Force As You WishRegistered User regular
    My clarification about changing names was a subtle joke in response to Egos's mention of my character being named Starbuck.

    So no worries there, Vert.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    3 of us got it

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    Iron WeaselIron Weasel Dillon! You son of a bitch!Registered User regular
    Ok, out of the hospital and catching up.

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    Ok, out of the hospital and catching up.

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    Mikey CTSMikey CTS Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Oh what the holy fuck...So I went to bed last night angry about the government shutdown, but thinking it'll be okay. It won't affect me. Now, I handle a product that works directly with the National Do Not Call list. So I went to register some new clients so they can begin using our product when I got...
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    vertrouevertroue I am Female Totes Not a SithRegistered User regular
    Wow

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    The AnonymousThe Anonymous Uh, uh, uhhhhhh... Uh, uh.Registered User regular
    Mikey CTS wrote: »
    Oh what the holy fuck...So I went to bed last night angry about the government shutdown, but thinking it'll be okay. It won't affect me. Now, I handle a product that works directly with the National Do Not Call list. So I went to register some new clients so they can begin using our product when I got...
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    Clearly, the Democrats are to blame for this!

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    AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Mikey CTS wrote: »
    Oh what the holy fuck...So I went to bed last night angry about the government shutdown, but thinking it'll be okay. It won't affect me. Now, I handle a product that works directly with the National Do Not Call list. So I went to register some new clients so they can begin using our product when I got...
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    Clearly, the Democrats aliens controlling the minds of our government are to blame for this!

    FTFY / X-Com.

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    edited October 2013
    TAC: HQ, squads Alpha, Joker, Eagle, Sparta and Wizard have all reached the drop zone.  They're spread out around the building now, Wizard Squad is nearing the back exit.
    
    HQ: Solid copy, Tactical.
    
    ???: Hello, Commander.
    
    HQ: ...the hell?  Who's that?  How did you get--
    
    ???: You'll find I -- well, we -- you'll find that we've gotten much further than you would dare to imagine.
    
    HQ: What's that supposed to mean?
    
    ???: We are among you. *STATIC*
    
    TAC: Sir!  Sir, Wizard squad is gone.
    
    HQ: Repeat?
    
    TAC: Gone.  Completely.
    
    HQ: Explain yourself, Tactical.
    
    TAC: There was an explosion, we're --
    
    HQ: Was it an IED?  A land mine?  A rocket?  Give me--
    
    TAC: Sir, it was one of them.  One of the squad members, he--
    
    HQ: You're telling me--
    
    TAC: Yes sir.  A Wizard did it.
    

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    HQ: Goddamn it, soldier.
    
    TAC: Sir, we've got a tactical assessment of the remaining squads, they're in position and ready to breach the building.  No sight of x-ray activity yet.
    
    HQ: Well, at least it--
    
    TAC: Sir!
    
    HQ: Fucking stop interrupting me, soldier.
    
    TAC: Yes sir!  Only we've lost radio contact with the ground teams, sir.
    
    HQ: We've WHAT?
    
    TAC: Yes sir.  There seems to be some sort of interference.  We've still got the satellite imagery, but it seems the ground teams have noticed their comms aren't working.
    
    HQ: Goddamn it, then what do we have?
    
    TAC: A clusterfuck, sir.  A clusterfuck.  We're working on it.
    
    HQ: Get me something, NOW.
    
    ---THE DEAD---
    Wizard Squad
    -- That's XCOM, baby!

    Currently Visible Units:
    Assuran--T19
    Auralynx--E30
    Buddha--F37
    Chiasaur--F36
    Cythraul--Q35
    Ebum--H38
    Egos--U6
    Flarne--V19
    GrimmyTOA--F34
    Iron Weasel--T25
    jdarksun--R28
    kime--R31
    Megafrost--U8
    Mikey CTS--R29
    Mill--X5
    ObiFett--X27
    Peccavi--S18
    SeGaTai--T21
    shalmelo--T23
    SLyM--R32
    Spoit--E27
    The Anonymous--Q34
    Trust--W8
    Turanos--W14
    undergroundmonorail--E33
    Vertroue--U14

    Comms are down! This means that players may not PM each other as normal. Instead, only players who are within 3 tiles of each other may communicate via PM/other out-of-thread means.

    Day 1 has begun. Submit your orders here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cGtO7_EI8Zkld13Ec6U4cQH3iG8RHua5WwwwE3XB4Ko/viewform

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    kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Can we count by diagonals?

    Also, I laughed more than I should have at "a Wizard did it", bravo

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    edited October 2013
    It occurs to me that I didn't clarify this because I thought it was obvious, but: When counting your 5 tiles of movement or your 15 tiles of vision, remember that you should NOT count diagonally, only in the 4 cardinal directions. This means that even if you have a clear LOS to something, if it's further than 15 tiles away (or 7-8 diagonally), it won't be visible to you.

    EDIT: Beaten by kime's question.

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    (Everyone can see the map, right?)

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    MegafrostMegafrost Leader of the Decepticons Registered User regular
    What map?
    Oh, THAT map.

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