BMPixy
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Things that are not allowed at XCOM #1731 - Soldiers are no longer allowed to yell 'WITNESS ME' when the Commander is addressing the troops. Stroking their ego is exactly why we're in this mess.
OOC X-COM Think Tank (part 4)
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Things that are not allowed at XCOM #1731 - Soldiers are no longer allowed to yell 'WITNESS ME' when the Commander is addressing the troops. Stroking their ego is exactly why we're in this mess.
Taxor_the_First
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I'd rate that a funny, but the ratings system is currently borked.Okay, this is completely off-topic, but this just happened and I needed to share it.
Welcome to the F*ck Tower
WE'VE GOT FUN AND GAMES
BlueBead
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Aww, RIP the rating system. D:
But yeah... It took 1 frag, 1 incendiary, and 1 flashbang grenade, but the f*ck tower perished. My grenadier had a good day.
DarkGemini24601
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Grenadiers strongest class there is. (Also if you haven't got Acid Grenades you haven't lived.)
BMPixy
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So, while I was browsing the web earlier today trying to ignore impending responsibilities, I ran across the little site called I Write Like - which takes samples of your writings and determines what kind of famous writer you are most similar to. (Here's a link for you guys to try it out: iwl.me ) So, me being me, I decided to plug in works over the past year or so, to see how I've changed as a writer - and boy has it been a ride.
12 months ago I wrote like Dan Brown.
9 months ago I wrote like James Fenimore Cooper (the guy who wrote The Last of the Mohicans).
6 months ago I wrote like Arthur C. Clarke.
3 months ago I wrote like Edgar Allen Poe.
And my most recent works show similarities with Anne Rice (whom Wikipedia tells me writes Gothic horror, Christian literature, and erotica, plus the Vampire Chronicles series).
So yeah, quite the wild ride there. Anyways, I don't expect this kind of charting from you guys, but it'd be interesting to see what results you guys get.
12 months ago I wrote like Dan Brown.
9 months ago I wrote like James Fenimore Cooper (the guy who wrote The Last of the Mohicans).
6 months ago I wrote like Arthur C. Clarke.
3 months ago I wrote like Edgar Allen Poe.
And my most recent works show similarities with Anne Rice (whom Wikipedia tells me writes Gothic horror, Christian literature, and erotica, plus the Vampire Chronicles series).
So yeah, quite the wild ride there. Anyways, I don't expect this kind of charting from you guys, but it'd be interesting to see what results you guys get.
BlueBead
Member
Yeah, acid grenades are freakin' lovely.
Also mimic beacons, while technically not grenades, are over powered as heck. I love them so much and I hope they never get nerfed.
DarkGemini24601
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Jake said balancing Mimic Beacons was "on his plate".
Taxor_the_First
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Pasted in a few sections from various times. Back in the middle of SoD, I wrote like Douglas Adams. Since then, apparently I now write like Dan Brown.
Honestly I was expecting Terry Pratchett in there somewhere, but I'll take it.
BlueBead
Member
Jake said balancing Mimic Beacons was "on his plate".
Nooo! Worst news ever! D:
Probably for the best, though, hahah...
DarkGemini24601
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I'd say I won't try to rely on them as a crutch for my Legendary playthrough, but let's be honest, as soon as Faceless research is done and I have two bodies in cold storage...
BlueBead
Member
They are very much my get-out-of-jail-free card. I always have one or two on missions. I try not to use them for gimmicky BS, but if things are going terrible and I have people out of position, I just slap one down for basically a free turn.
Speaking of broken things, has anyone tried lighting Beserkers on fire? It completely disables them. They can still move, but not attack. At least as far as I've seen.
Lastly, I forget who it was here that had the character Ammelia, but I remember [drawing her] late 2014 and thinking, "Wow, I have no idea how to draw hair buns." Now I'm drawing my randomly generated soldier who has a man bun, and I still don't know how hair buns work. And while I'm digging through my Imgur, thought I'd bring back this gem: [link]
Looking through old art is fun, if not a little bit painful.
24 months ago I wrote like David Foster Wallace
19 months ago I wrote like Stephen King
6 months ago I wrote like Arthur Conan Doyle
2 months ago I wrote like Stephen King
...you just had to dig too much. You just couldn't leave the past in the past, now could you? Cocks gun.They are very much my get-out-of-jail-free card. I always have one or two on missions. I try not to use them for gimmicky BS, but if things are going terrible and I have people out of position, I just slap one down for basically a free turn.
Speaking of broken things, has anyone tried lighting Beserkers on fire? It completely disables them. They can still move, but not attack. At least as far as I've seen.
Lastly, I forget who it was here that had the character Ammelia, but I remember [drawing her] late 2014 and thinking, "Wow, I have no idea how to draw hair buns." Now I'm drawing my randomly generated soldier who has a man bun, and I still don't know how hair buns work. And while I'm digging through my Imgur, thought I'd bring back this gem: [link]
Looking through old art is fun, if not a little bit painful.
BlueBead
Member
Oh, please. Just this week I went through my deviantART gallery to clean up. I started posting art to deviantART in 2006 when I was 11 years old. You have seen NOTHING. I have stared into the abyss and it stared back with horrible anatomy and poorly aliased lines.
In fact, I just recently made a stupid mini-comic thing making fun of my first digital drawing: [link]
The irony was too strong to pass up, given that I'm basically a 99% digital artist now. Also interesting proof that I've kept the internet alias "BlueBead" for a decade now. :v
Dahlexpert
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Oh, please. Just this week I went through my deviantART gallery to clean up. I started posting art to deviantART in 2006 when I was 11 years old. You have seen NOTHING. I have stared into the abyss and it stared back with horrible anatomy and poorly aliased lines.
In fact, I just recently made a stupid mini-comic thing making fun of my first digital drawing: [link]
The irony was too strong to pass up, given that I'm basically a 99% digital artist now. Also interesting proof that I've kept the internet alias "BlueBead" for a decade now. :v
Saw the comic, and I loved the insane laugh in the comic.
BlueBead
Member
It pretty accurately sums up how I felt that night. Sleep-deprived and slap-happy as shit. When I saw the original drawing from 2006 I just lost it. Irony too strong.
Frostlich1228
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Season 2: Arthur Clarke
Season 3: Ursula K. Le Guin (Who?)
SoD: Chuck Palahniuk (Writer of Fight Club... Apparently The first rule of SoD is don't talk about SoD)
VoF: Charles Dickens
Sure seems like I got better XD
BlueBead
Member
I'm going to be a butt and self-promote the XCOM-themed drawing I just finished.
Figured y'all would be more interested in it than my normal circles, because out of my usual group of friends and acquaintances I'm the only one that plays XCOM.
["XCOM- Calvin Wright" on deviantART]
It took forever to get those shoulder pads to look decent. I hate drawing armor so much. :6
Figured y'all would be more interested in it than my normal circles, because out of my usual group of friends and acquaintances I'm the only one that plays XCOM.
["XCOM- Calvin Wright" on deviantART]
It took forever to get those shoulder pads to look decent. I hate drawing armor so much. :6
DarkGemini24601
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I love the EXALT bandanas.I'm going to be a butt and self-promote the XCOM-themed drawing I just finished.
Figured y'all would be more interested in it than my normal circles, because out of my usual group of friends and acquaintances I'm the only one that plays XCOM.
["XCOM- Calvin Wright" on deviantART]
It took forever to get those shoulder pads to look decent. I hate drawing armor so much. :6