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joke_explainer


Welcome to BYOBCOM 3, kamisoldiers.

Once again humanity is threatened by the vile aliens trying to seriously destroy all the chill places in the world and they call on BYOB to save everybody. But they're kind of assholes about it, and if we don't preform well, they'll gently caress our poo poo up and withdraw our funding. So I'm asking for volunteers: Who will fight for humanity's future? Using the long war mod.

If this is stepping on Funnypost's toes and he was planning another one soon I'll happily withdraw it. Just feel like playing the game and thought I might as well make it an interactive thing.



(Sorry to leave a bunch of people out, I just was running out of space and effort for the title image.)

I'll be doing an Iron Man game, so it's entirely possible that we will die and fail and no good stories will come from this, but we'll give it a shot, right?

Twitch stream when I'm playing will be at: http://www.twitch.tv/securitydrone/

Can I pick my class?

Okay. I'll probably pick the skills though, as individually going through each person every level up will probably be tiresome.

When do I get customized?

gently caress it, let's make it specialist.

Signups start now, so let me know your class, country, and any other relevant details as to what you want to do. Let's kill some aliens, they probably had it coming. Also, let me know if you consent to mechanical / genetic upgrades, thanks in advance.

Customization chart, choose your customization here, just give me 3 numbers:
code:
Colors:
0    tan top with black bottom (vanilla x-com default)
1    brown top with grey dark bottom
2    cyan light with brown
3    green dark with yellow dark
4    orange with grey dark
5    white with black
6    red with black
7    yellow with black
8    cyan with brown
9    green dark with off-white
10    black with white
11    blue dark with white
12    purple-blue with grey dark
13    purple with white
14    pink light with white
15    black with yellow
16    yellow bright with black
17    blue dark with off-white
18    red bright with yellow bright
19    blue bright with yellow
20    pink dark with green
21    blue with orange
22    blue dark with orange
23    yellow dark with grey
24    purple dark with yellow
25    pink bright with blue bright
26    orange bright with purple
27    green light with orange dark
28    cyan light with off-white
29    yellow light with white
30    brown light with off-white
31    green bright with green bright
32    black with black

Headgear

18 - Motorcycle helmet, closed
19 - Beret and sunglasses
20 - Modern Kevlar Helmet, open-faced
21 - Ball cap & headset
22 - Beret
23 - Beanie w/goggles & headset
24 - Ball Cap
25 - Ball cap, Backwards
26 - Ball cap, Backwards w/Headset
27 - Beanie
28 - Stormtrooper helmet
29 - Gold Plate w/Breather Helmet
30 - Gold Plate Face Helmet
31 - Gold Eyes SciFi Helmet
32 - Sleek SciFi Helmet
33 - Blocky, faceless SciFi Helmet
34 - Bugface SciFi Helmet
35 - Hybrid SciFi Helmet
36 - Skull-Face Helmet
37 - Sleek Round SciFi Helmet
38 - Red-eye helmet
39 - Robocop
40 - Gold Eye Plate w/Breather
41 - Fedora

Armor form:

There are 117 different armor decorations. Therefore I'm narrowing this to three options: 
1 - A bulky armor build of some kind. I'll just pick one at random from the selections.
2 - A slim, agile armor build, arms exposed. Kinda the default we got going on right now.
3 - Slim but with kneepads / pauldrons and that sort of thing. More coverage but not 'bulky'.
Current Roster
code:
Name                               Class        Stats                                                 Missions      Kills Upgrades     Wounds
COL Bureau 'Rhino' Watts           ASSAULT      Aim: 88 Defense:  5 Health:  7 Move: 13 Willpower: 32       22        39
COL Finn 'Scarecrow' Pennywhistle  MEDIC        Aim: 74 Defense: 10 Health:  5 Move: 15 Willpower: 60       24        49  Gen mods
COL 'Drifter' Zombie303            SCOUT        Aim: 87 Defense:  5 Health:  8 Move: 17 Willpower: 62       24        49  Gen mods
MAJ 'Road Block' Bo-Pepper         GUNNER       Aim: 94 Defense:  5 Health:  9 Move: 12 Willpower: 72       27        71  Gen mods
MAJ GODSPEED 'Warlock' JOHNGLENN   SCOUT        Aim: 82 Defense:  6 Health:  4 Move: 14 Willpower: 68       27        30  Gen mods
CAPT Funnypost 'Rascal' Collabo    INFANTRY     Aim: 90 Defense:  5 Health:  6 Move: 14 Willpower: 65       26        97  Gen mods
CAPT 'Hex' shin42k                 SCOUT        Aim: 85 Defense:  5 Health:  7 Move: 15 Willpower: 64       25        53  Gen mods
LT Illegal 'Psycho' Carrot         INFANTRY     Aim: 93 Defense:  9 Health:  7 Move: 15 Willpower: 26       25        76
LT Cosmic 'Scotch' Charlie         ENGINEER     Aim: 75 Defense:  5 Health:  6 Move: 14 Willpower: 39       19        39  Gen mods     Wounded, 10 days
LT Donny 'Alpha' Sanchez           SNIPER       Aim: 95 Defense:  6 Health:  6 Move: 13 Willpower: 56       21        42  Gen mods
MSGT HUSKY 'Kitty' DILF            MEDIC        Aim: 93 Defense:  4 Health:  5 Move: 13 Willpower: 33       20        45  Gen mods
GSGT 'Voodoo' Saboten              ENGINEER     Aim: 76 Defense:  9 Health:  8 Move: 14 Willpower: 54       19        31
GSGT 'Wardog' Looke                ASSAULT      Aim: 87 Defense: 10 Health: 11 Move: 12 Willpower: 46       18        44
GSGT 'Ace' Classicist              MEDIC        Aim: 85 Defense:  8 Health:  7 Move: 13 Willpower: 65       22        34  Psychic 
GSGT 'Deadbolt' Sleepy Owl         PATHFINDER   Aim: 94 Defense:  4 Health:  9 Move: 15 Willpower: 45       20        44  Mech trooper
GSGT pig slut 'Doc' lisa           GUARDIAN     Aim: 85 Defense:  9 Health: 11 Move: 13 Willpower: 49       18        63  Mech trooper
GSGT 'Fast Lane' WindmillSlayer    MEDIC        Aim: 82 Defense:  5 Health:  7 Move: 14 Willpower: 52       18        38  Psychic
GSGT The Green 'Shotsy' Calx       ASSAULT      Aim: 79 Defense:  7 Health:  6 Move: 13 Willpower: 41       18        31
GSGT 'Emo' Spiderjelly             SCOUT        Aim: 88 Defense:  5 Health:  7 Move: 16 Willpower: 53       15        17               Wounded, 4 days
TSGT 'Snake Eyes' The Rage         SNIPER       Aim: 90 Defense:  6 Health:  5 Move: 13 Willpower: 23       16        22  Gen mods
TSGT 'Nix' Bukowski                SNIPER       Aim: 91 Defense:  6 Health:  5 Move: 14 Willpower: 33       14        34  Gen mods
TSGT 'Garrote' I am he             SNIPER       Aim: 91 Defense:  4 Health:  5 Move: 12 Willpower: 55       15        16
TSGT 'Solo' Siluvayne              SCOUT        Aim: 82 Defense:  5 Health:  7 Move: 17 Willpower: 36       13        23
TSGT Colonel 'Geronimo' Wood       VALKYRIE     Aim: 78 Defense:  1 Health:  9 Move: 15 Willpower: 35        9        44  Mech trooper
TSGT 'Coney' Stormyish             INFANTRY     Aim: 78 Defense:  5 Health:  5 Move: 14 Willpower: 51        8        19
TSGT 'Buster' Nosefereefer         GOLIATH      Aim: 78 Defense:  4 Health: 11 Move: 13 Willpower: 42        7        26  Mech trooper
TSGT December 'Loco' Octopodes     INFANTRY     Aim: 78 Defense:  4 Health:  7 Move: 15 Willpower: 36        7        12
TSGT 'Gonzo' Jett                  INFANTRY     Aim: 82 Defense:  4 Health:  4 Move: 12 Willpower: 58        9        18  Gen mods     Gravely Wounded, 5 days
SGT Drilldo 'Sledge' Squirt        GUNNER       Aim: 83 Defense:  7 Health:  8 Move: 13 Willpower: 35       11        16               Wounded, 8 days
SGT Humans 'Witch' Among Us        SNIPER       Aim: 85 Defense: 10 Health:  4 Move: 13 Willpower: 48       10        18               Gravely Wounded, 16 days
SGT 'Diesel' Salmiakki             ROCKETEER    Aim: 77 Defense:  6 Health:  5 Move: 13 Willpower: 39       11        16  Gen mods
SGT 'Low Rider' Anilam             SNIPER       Aim: 85 Defense:  5 Health:  4 Move: 13 Willpower: 48       10        19
SGT Darth 'Dice' Zeta              VALKYRIE     Aim: 75 Defense:  6 Health: 10 Move: 13 Willpower: 53        5        26  Mech trooper
SGT Gross 'Baroness' Dude          JAEGER       Aim: 86 Defense:  4 Health:  9 Move: 14 Willpower: 42        5        16  Mech trooper
SGT CAT 'Flash' BRUSH              GUNNER       Aim: 82 Defense:  3 Health:  5 Move: 14 Willpower: 31        4        16  Gen mods
SGT Air 'Nova' Julio               GUNNER       Aim: 80 Defense:  9 Health:  6 Move: 13 Willpower: 50        4         4
SGT OG 'Casino' Necromancer        ROCKETEER    Aim: 71 Defense:  5 Health:  6 Move: 16 Willpower: 44       11        14
CPL 'Saturn' DrunkDriverDad        MEDIC        Aim: 81 Defense:  5 Health:  5 Move: 11 Willpower: 45        1         2
CPL 'Crater' Thewizardofshoe       GUNNER       Aim: 85 Defense:  5 Health:  5 Move: 11 Willpower: 43        0         0
CPL Angry 'Cowboy' Fish            INFANTRY     Aim: 76 Defense:  8 Health:  6 Move: 13 Willpower: 35        0         0
CPL Hobo 'Ghost' Grandpa           SCOUT        Aim: 85 Defense:  5 Health:  4 Move: 15 Willpower: 45        0         0
CPL 'Enigma' Vapoursquid           SCOUT        Aim: 81 Defense:  9 Health:  4 Move: 14 Willpower: 49        0         0
CPL 'Cobra' Pizzatime              INFANTRY     Aim: 81 Defense:  6 Health:  5 Move: 12 Willpower: 38        0         0
CPL 'Nuke' Los Lobos               GUNNER       Aim: 78 Defense:  4 Health:  3 Move: 12 Willpower: 49        1         1
SPEC Dexter's Secret               SCOUT        Aim: 69 Defense:  6 Health:  4 Move: 16 Willpower: 30        1         1
SPEC WD-40                         GUNNER       Aim: 68 Defense: 10 Health:  4 Move: 14 Willpower: 28        1         1
PFC Displeased Moo Cow             N/A          Aim: 63 Defense:  6 Health:  3 Move: 12 Willpower: 38        1         0


Wounded:

Killing Machine:             Funnypost 'Rascal' Collabo, 97 freaking kills, I wonder who #100 will be?
Always Ready:                GODSPEED 'Warlock' JOHNGLENN & 'Roadblock' Bo-Pepper, 27 missions
Iron Will:                   GODSPEED 'Warlock' JOHNGLENN, 64 will
Dead Eye:                    Donny 'Alpha' Sanchez, 95 aim
Unbreakable:                 'Wardog' Looke, 11 health, 10 defense (tough as a mech by base stats, though suit buffs defense a lot)
Speed Demons:                'Drifter' Zombie303 and 'Solo' Siluvayne, 17 move

6 spare soldiers right now, ripe for renaming. USA, Norway, 2 French and 1 Nigeria, all male except the Nigerian.

Memorial Wall, RIP:
code:
Memorial                           Kills          Missions         Last Op                     Date
CPL GODSPEED 'Blitz' JOHN GLENN    14             6                Operation Red Thorn         4/21/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
LT Sleepy 'Thunder' Owl            15             7                Operation Twisted Mountain  4/22/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
LCPL HUSKY DILF                    7              5                Operation Twisted Mist      4/1/2015 (Plasma Carbin, Thin Man)
LCPL Classicist                    19             4                Operation Broken Heat       4/6/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Floater)
LCPL Bukowski                      4              4                Operation Cryptic Empire    4/11/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Floater)
-- SPEC Bukowski                   6              2                Operation Twisted Mountain  4/22/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
LCPL The Green Calx                4              5                Operation Twisted Mountain  4/22/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
SPEC Arnold of Soissons            1              2                Operation Twisted Mountain  4/22/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
SPEC Colonel Wood                  2              2                Operation Twisted Mountain  4/22/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
-- PFC Colonel Wood                0              2                Operation Sacred Pyre       3/13/2015 (Plasma Pistol, Sectoid)
SPEC Looke                         4              2                Operation Glass Spark       3/10/2015 (Drone Beam)
-- PFC Looke                       1              1                Operation Red Thorn         4/21/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
SPEC Funnypost Collabo             3              2                Operation Blinding Fall     3/18/2015 (Plasma Pistol, Sectoid)
SPEC I am he                       1              3                Operation Cryptic Empire    4/11/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Floater)
SPEC Salmiakki                     1              3                Operation Cryptic Empire    4/11/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Floater)
SPEC Jett                          4              2                Operation Red Thorn         4/21/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
SPEC Spiderjelly                   2              2                Operation Red Thorn         4/21/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
PFC Air Julio                      2              1                Operation Glass Spark       3/10/2015 (Plasma Pistol, Sectoid)
PFC Anilam                         2              2                Operation Blinding Fall     3/18/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Outsider)
PFC DrSanchez                      0              1                Operation Red Thorn         4/21/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
PFC DrunkDriverDad                 1              1                Operation Twisted Mountain  4/22/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
PFC Fluffieduckie                  2              2                Operation Broken Heat       4/6/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Floater)
PFC OG Necromancer                 4              1                Operation Cursed Crone      4/17/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Floater)
PFC The Wizard of Shoe             0              1                Operation Demon Sentinel    3/4/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Outsider)
-- PFC The Wizard of Shoe          0              1                Operation Twisted Mountain  4/22/2015 (MIA and presumed lost)
PFC Siluvayne                      0              1                Operaiton Silent Dawn       5/11/2015 (Plasma Carbine, Muton)
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joke_explainer fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Sep 1, 2014

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HUSKY DILF

aggressively chill
yo sign me up

snyper for USA

pig slut lisa

irl is good


i want to be a thing

i don't know this game is

make me a bard from mexico if those are a class and country that makes sense

otherwise please adivse

cool title image btw ;)

Gross Dude

Gross Dude
I don't understand what this is, but I'm in. .What is it\?

problematic hug

yeh ok

problematic hug

thanks for putting my avvie in :3:

literally this big



Here comes
the Squirtle Squad!
I want in, but I don;t know what class I want yet.

e: I wish this game had tanks that would be cool.

e: just name a goliath after me

e: but you have to pretend my brain is in a jar, controlling the goliath

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN


I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.


do with me what you will, my captain

tao of lmao

make me a pilot

bwatts

i want to be somebody but only if i do well

joke_explainer


pig slut lisa posted:

i want to be a thing

i don't know this game is

make me a bard from mexico if those are a class and country that makes sense

otherwise please adivse

cool title image btw ;)

Basically, it's a tactical turn-based semi-rpg in the vein of XCOM: Ufo Defense. It got remade into a fancier and less sophisticated game a couple years back. There's a realtime element of strategy in dealing with a constantly increasing UFO invasion and dealing with economics/logistics, and then a tactical, turn-based element where you actually fight on the ground with a small handful of soldiers versus a ground force of aliens. The soldiers are kinda like RPG characters: They level up, get nicknames, get skills and abilities to help with the war. So you guys be the soldiers, and I'll command them. It's happened a couple times before, Funnypost did BYOBCOM for both this game and Xenonauts, a similar game which is also really good.

Diqnol

I would sign up but it seems I did not pass basic. Instead I'm going to be that crazy alien voice monologue.

cuntman.net

im a pilot or if not that then a shotgun guy

Looke

pls

i am he

Make me the best guy, give me the best job there is, and make me the best at it.

thewizardofshoe

I am ready to die for the yob

posting smiling
me. zimbabwean assault.

problematic hug

the alien menace :argh:

Pinche Rudo

I'm here to kill some loving Xeno scum

nvm no cake

didn't we already do this? oh well sign me up

Bukowski

hammulder
make me a canadian engineer please :)


give me a carbine as well too!



lets kick some butt :clint:

deep dish peat moss

Make me a guy

joke_explainer


Okay we started but I accidentally picked the wrong continent to build a base on. So restarting rather than stick with a lame bonus. Our base will be in Asia, as I normally do Africa but I'm interested in the foundry bonuses help mid-game.

joke_explainer


The Green Calx posted:

didn't we already do this? oh well sign me up

Yeah, it was a great thread. I just wanted to play the game and thought it would be fun, sorry if it's repetitive.

joke_explainer


Dennis Rasmussen posted:

Okay we started but I accidentally picked the wrong continent to build a base on. So restarting rather than stick with a lame bonus. Our base will be in Asia, as I normally do Africa but I'm interested in the foundry bonuses help mid-game.

Wait I just remember the foundry is terrible. Back to Africa.

tyler

im in!

alnilam

make me a guy, my parents were killed by the bug metero in buenos aires or w/e

deep dish peat moss

i'm from byobos aires and I say kill em all

joke_explainer


HUSKY DILF posted:

yo sign me up

snyper for USA

You're Ukrainian instead! Sorry, turns out you can't customize the nations like I thought I remembered being able to do. But you did get the only sniper so far:



Classicist posted:

me. zimbabwean assault.

Nigerian Specialist (Shotgunner) is best I can do. Meet Yobber Classicist:




pig slut lisa posted:

i want to be a thing

i don't know this game is

make me a bard from mexico if those are a class and country that makes sense

Done! Unfortunately, you are from India. Here's Pig Slut Lisa. I'm sure the other soldiers are confused by the name as much as we are.



Getting the rest in...

posting smiling

Dennis Rasmussen posted:

Nigerian Specialist (Shotgunner) is best I can do. Meet Yobber Classicist:



:swoon:

joke_explainer


Gross Dude is popular in the barracks. He's also our only heavy gunner, so I'm sure he'll be busy after he recovers getting blown to pieces on the start mission.


Finn looks a little anxious. I'm sure he'll do well in the future once I get some better armor on these guys.


Godspeed John Glenn looks like the kind of guy you'd only see at 3:00 AM at a truck stop.


The mysterious Bureau Watts hails from Korea.

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN


I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.


Dennis Rasmussen posted:

Godspeed John Glenn looks like the kind of guy you'd only see at 3:00 AM at a truck stop.

This is true and correct :)

joke_explainer


Air Julio posted:

make me a pilot

I'll look into a way to change the pilot names, it's not letting me customize it for now. You want just a normal soldier spot?

joke_explainer


Sleepy Owl, Colonel Wood, Looke, Iamhe, Thewizardofshoe, Bukowski, zombie303, Funnypost Collabo, The Green Calx. Colonel Wood is from Israel! Who would have guessed.

http://imgur.com/a/9v3aK

i am he

I'm from Russia, just like in real life, and I'm sexy, again, mirroring my reality.

joke_explainer


And finally, Anilam:



Air Julio, until I figure out how to rename the fighters:


Illegal Carrot, until I can build a tank and put his brain in it: (Maybe a good candidate for a mekwarrior dude later?)

joke_explainer


Alright, that settled, time to get on with it. We're building two fusion generators, and researching Alien Remains from the start mission. Where will be deploy next? Stream's back up, by the way, had it off for the boring screenshotting.

joke_explainer


We shot down a small alien craft! Dispatching the team immediately. Unfortunately all our dudes from the tutorial mission are still pretty injured, so it's a team of all fresh folk.

PFC Iamhe
PFC Sleepy Owl
PFC Gross Dude
PFC Pig Slut Lisa
PFC Looke
PFC thewizardofshoe

Let's hope for the best. Skyranger taking off.

joke_explainer


Probably should just make everyone's names their lastname so they show up better. I'll handle that after this mission.

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i am he

I'm going to do well, I know it.

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