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In terms of game design, the original X-Com had some fucked up things that were drastically improved by the remake
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Having an alien throw an alien grenade into my skyranger first turn and kill my entire team is one of the most memorable things to ever happen to me in a game.
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only way is to get them drunk and hope their fingers slip
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Dewey there's a huge difference between grocery delivery, and wal mart grocery delivery.
Although the wal mart here realized it's the future and now they just have two actual check out lanes open, four self check out lanes, and eight self check out kiosks, and everyone else that works in the store is pretty much pulling pickup orders.
The best luck we had was with Kroger. Publix is good too but fuck Publix is for rich people.
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skippy started a sexy trend years ago and the people are clamoring for more
I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
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In terms of game design, the original X-Com had some fucked up things that were drastically improved by the remake
BUT
Having an alien throw an alien grenade into my skyranger first turn and kill my entire team is one of the most memorable things to ever happen to me in a game.
How else were you going to learn an important lesson about alien grenades
I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
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Hi I'm Vee!Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C ERegistered Userregular
Outer Wilds is chill despite the timer. It may be one of the most chill games ever.
Everyone play it or I will cast you into the fires
It is extremely chill assuming you don't have any of the particular phobias it can trigger:
deep water, agoraphobia, timer anxiety, existential dread regarding cosmic events, etc.
Day9 friggin' loved it and then stopped playing it on a dime.
This is what happened to me. There's the water planet which got me on my thalassophobia, and also another planet that mega-triggered my thalassophobia even worse despite not having any water (y'all who played the game know which one).
So I'll just never finish it, which sucks.
have you heard about the use of beta blockers to treat phobias?
although hmm that might be a bit harder to treat than spiders...
to follow up I heard an interview with a woman who screamed in terror upon seeing a spider in a cage, they gave her beta blockers and exposed her again and she was essentially cured
she remarked a spider fell on her in her car and that would have caused her to crash before. instead she was merely grossed out
holy shit
can do this for, like, my 'fear' of doing my work right now instead of putting it off?
Dewey there's a huge difference between grocery delivery, and wal mart grocery delivery.
Although the wal mart here realized it's the future and now they just have two actual check out lanes open, four self check out lanes, and eight self check out kiosks, and everyone else that works in the store is pretty much pulling pickup orders.
The best luck we had was with Kroger. Publix is good too but fuck Publix is for rich people.
half the time shit is cheaper than walmart if your buying the name brand stuff
and also stick the stuff on sale
ITS NOT FOR RICH PEOPLE GOD DAMMIT
ITS FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT WANT RAW CHICKENS BLEEDING ALL OVER THE BREAD AISLE OR DOG FECES NEXT TO THE DORITOS
ITS FOR CLEAN CIVILIZED PEOPLE
In terms of game design, the original X-Com had some fucked up things that were drastically improved by the remake
BUT
Having an alien throw an alien grenade into my skyranger first turn and kill my entire team is one of the most memorable things to ever happen to me in a game.
People have been talking about XCom / TFTD so this weekend I had a little downtime and fired up TFTD.
First turn - first UFO - first guy goes to walk out of the Triton. Door opens and a Aquatoid standing a few feet away downs my first three guys before I can take a shot at him. One of the rookies panics and autofires into the backs of two other rookies.
a roux isnt that bad if you dont get distracted and start doing something else. you kind of have to hover over it
cause if you burn your roux you've ruined your whole night
I subscribe to the Isaac Toups method of super hot and insanely fast roux making.
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
In terms of game design, the original X-Com had some fucked up things that were drastically improved by the remake
BUT
Having an alien throw an alien grenade into my skyranger first turn and kill my entire team is one of the most memorable things to ever happen to me in a game.
Having just played the original and TFTD and original with mods, there is actually a lot that the original does better. But mostly that is because it's actually a different game? New XCOM is a statistical puzzle game, where you have a few moving pieces and your goal is to find the way to get the most likely optimal outcome from them. Older XCOM is more like an actual wargame, in that you have a lot of units and your goal is to have more than your opponent, and some of them will die and you need to factor that in. Since you can't see the enemies (most of the game is moving out until you see one), you don't really have a puzzle to work with, but an unknown to approach with military tactics.
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
If Publix didn't exist I guess I would have to live off fast food because fuck Walmart is a nightmare every time I go there.
Bless your heart.
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
a roux isnt that bad if you dont get distracted and start doing something else. you kind of have to hover over it
cause if you burn your roux you've ruined your whole night
I subscribe to the Isaac Toups method of super hot and insanely fast roux making.
I watched him on Babish
he's a brave man
Bless your heart.
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
Dewey there's a huge difference between grocery delivery, and wal mart grocery delivery.
Although the wal mart here realized it's the future and now they just have two actual check out lanes open, four self check out lanes, and eight self check out kiosks, and everyone else that works in the store is pretty much pulling pickup orders.
The best luck we had was with Kroger. Publix is good too but fuck Publix is for rich people.
half the time shit is cheaper than walmart if your buying the name brand stuff
and also stick the stuff on sale
ITS NOT FOR RICH PEOPLE GOD DAMMIT
ITS FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT WANT RAW CHICKENS BLEEDING ALL OVER THE BREAD AISLE OR DOG FECES NEXT TO THE DORITOS
ITS FOR CLEAN CIVILIZED PEOPLE
In terms of game design, the original X-Com had some fucked up things that were drastically improved by the remake
BUT
Having an alien throw an alien grenade into my skyranger first turn and kill my entire team is one of the most memorable things to ever happen to me in a game.
People have been talking about XCom / TFTD so this weekend I had a little downtime and fired up TFTD.
First turn - first UFO - first guy goes to walk out of the Triton. Door opens and a Aquatoid standing a few feet away downs my first three guys before I can take a shot at him. One of the rookies panics and autofires into the backs of two other rookies.
**chefs kiss**
in TFTD remember the chumps prayer: click end turn before opening the door of the sub. unlike original xcom they can't just toss in a grenade in the back.
the reason being that on that first turn the aliens all are stationary with all their time units ready for overwatch fire. if you just skip your first turn a lot of the aliens will spend their time units walking around and you have better odds of not getting gunned down as you walk out the door.
Attacked by tweeeeeeees!
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
If someone starts agreeing my posts and responding I agree their posts because I assume that's the entry level manipulation tactic.
coooooould be
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Hi I'm Vee!Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C ERegistered Userregular
I'm waiting on a phone call from the healthcare provider that will ostensibly be taking me on as a patient for gender stuff. This is like their initial patient screening call or something? Hopefully they don't think I'm not trans enough ololol
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
Dewey there's a huge difference between grocery delivery, and wal mart grocery delivery.
Although the wal mart here realized it's the future and now they just have two actual check out lanes open, four self check out lanes, and eight self check out kiosks, and everyone else that works in the store is pretty much pulling pickup orders.
The best luck we had was with Kroger. Publix is good too but fuck Publix is for rich people.
half the time shit is cheaper than walmart if your buying the name brand stuff
and also stick the stuff on sale
ITS NOT FOR RICH PEOPLE GOD DAMMIT
ITS FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT WANT RAW CHICKENS BLEEDING ALL OVER THE BREAD AISLE OR DOG FECES NEXT TO THE DORITOS
ITS FOR CLEAN CIVILIZED PEOPLE
Dewey I love you but I'm a Kroger boi
kroger stops in auburn
it doesnt exist over here
edit: we half an aldi's nearby but it's in eastchase and all my frozen stuff would thaw out before I got out of that traffic hellhole.
You need to own the original game(s) and copy over the art assets but it replaces the engine and to fix bugs and make it run better on a modern machine. Also lets you zoom out more in battles which is very helpful.
Attacked by tweeeeeeees!
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
i have stopped shopping at kroger specifically because of how poorly they've treated my beautiful baby boy chu
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
i know all retail sucks but they made this personal
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AtomikaLive fast and get fucked or whateverRegistered Userregular
GladDOS
Target does fantastic delivery through Shipt
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
In terms of game design, the original X-Com had some fucked up things that were drastically improved by the remake
BUT
Having an alien throw an alien grenade into my skyranger first turn and kill my entire team is one of the most memorable things to ever happen to me in a game.
People have been talking about XCom / TFTD so this weekend I had a little downtime and fired up TFTD.
First turn - first UFO - first guy goes to walk out of the Triton. Door opens and a Aquatoid standing a few feet away downs my first three guys before I can take a shot at him. One of the rookies panics and autofires into the backs of two other rookies.
**chefs kiss**
I will say that my two biggest pieces of advice for anyone playing old XCOM are:
1) enemies start their turn with full time units, so if you stand still where no one can see you for a turn, you won't have to deal with quite as insane reaction fire
2) SMOKE GRENADES ARE FRIEND, LOVE SMOKE GRENADES
In TFTD the dye grenades suck but openxcom fixes that, so use openxcom and use dye grenades (they're almost surely bugged in the original). But basically they reduce line of sight tremendously, so you throw one out first turn and then your troops advance in the smoke, which means that instead of a trillion enemies seeing you, only like three do, and you can deal with that, and you don't get murdered by random aliens seeing you in great numbers for the first few turns.
ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
edited August 2021
My other recommendation is to find the guy who always gets mind controlled an put him in the middle of the skyranger with a blaster launcher, because it's hilarious.
Shivahn on
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
i want to shop at kroger a single time just to try that cubano frozen pizza.
thats it
just that one item and im done.
Bless your heart.
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
How to get an agree from Eddy: engage in lengthy, speculative prose about how a human experience is terrible but also beautiful, and end with a low insult, crass sexual comment, or self-deprecation
How to get an agree from Donkey Kong: compose a conspiratorial, pseudoscientific statement that is aggressively wrong, ideally mixing multiple pseudosciences or conspiracies
How to get an agree from skippydumptruck: share good news or good recipes
At present there is no known formula for getting an awesome from these users, perhaps because they find the word offensive to their constitutions
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Having an alien throw an alien grenade into my skyranger first turn and kill my entire team is one of the most memorable things to ever happen to me in a game.
only way is to get them drunk and hope their fingers slip
Although the wal mart here realized it's the future and now they just have two actual check out lanes open, four self check out lanes, and eight self check out kiosks, and everyone else that works in the store is pretty much pulling pickup orders.
The best luck we had was with Kroger. Publix is good too but fuck Publix is for rich people.
skippy started a sexy trend years ago and the people are clamoring for more
There is another interpretation of these events, jake
D3 Steam #TeamTangent STO
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How else were you going to learn an important lesson about alien grenades
holy shit
can do this for, like, my 'fear' of doing my work right now instead of putting it off?
half the time shit is cheaper than walmart if your buying the name brand stuff
and also stick the stuff on sale
ITS NOT FOR RICH PEOPLE GOD DAMMIT
ITS FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT WANT RAW CHICKENS BLEEDING ALL OVER THE BREAD AISLE OR DOG FECES NEXT TO THE DORITOS
ITS FOR CLEAN CIVILIZED PEOPLE
People have been talking about XCom / TFTD so this weekend I had a little downtime and fired up TFTD.
First turn - first UFO - first guy goes to walk out of the Triton. Door opens and a Aquatoid standing a few feet away downs my first three guys before I can take a shot at him. One of the rookies panics and autofires into the backs of two other rookies.
**chefs kiss**
I subscribe to the Isaac Toups method of super hot and insanely fast roux making.
Having just played the original and TFTD and original with mods, there is actually a lot that the original does better. But mostly that is because it's actually a different game? New XCOM is a statistical puzzle game, where you have a few moving pieces and your goal is to find the way to get the most likely optimal outcome from them. Older XCOM is more like an actual wargame, in that you have a lot of units and your goal is to have more than your opponent, and some of them will die and you need to factor that in. Since you can't see the enemies (most of the game is moving out until you see one), you don't really have a puzzle to work with, but an unknown to approach with military tactics.
I watched him on Babish
he's a brave man
Dewey I love you but I'm a Kroger boi
in TFTD remember the chumps prayer: click end turn before opening the door of the sub. unlike original xcom they can't just toss in a grenade in the back.
the reason being that on that first turn the aliens all are stationary with all their time units ready for overwatch fire. if you just skip your first turn a lot of the aliens will spend their time units walking around and you have better odds of not getting gunned down as you walk out the door.
coooooould be
kroger stops in auburn
it doesnt exist over here
edit: we half an aldi's nearby but it's in eastchase and all my frozen stuff would thaw out before I got out of that traffic hellhole.
https://openxcom.org/
You need to own the original game(s) and copy over the art assets but it replaces the engine and to fix bugs and make it run better on a modern machine. Also lets you zoom out more in battles which is very helpful.
I will say that my two biggest pieces of advice for anyone playing old XCOM are:
1) enemies start their turn with full time units, so if you stand still where no one can see you for a turn, you won't have to deal with quite as insane reaction fire
2) SMOKE GRENADES ARE FRIEND, LOVE SMOKE GRENADES
In TFTD the dye grenades suck but openxcom fixes that, so use openxcom and use dye grenades (they're almost surely bugged in the original). But basically they reduce line of sight tremendously, so you throw one out first turn and then your troops advance in the smoke, which means that instead of a trillion enemies seeing you, only like three do, and you can deal with that, and you don't get murdered by random aliens seeing you in great numbers for the first few turns.
that was thc and cbd, baby!
I Shipt my pants last week
thats it
just that one item and im done.
what about fear itself?
Anyway I have no opinions
ur a butt
i shipt two pairs of jeans!
and they both fit!
it's a miracle service based on that alone