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Sectoid Leader · 04-13-2003, 11:36 PM

We will rule you all.

And your slimy alien too.

sterlingice · 04-14-2003, 12:05 AM

Death to sectoids!

SI (and Jr and III and IV and...)

3ric · 04-14-2003, 01:18 AM

Wo-hoo! X-COM vets reunite, here they come!

klayman · 04-14-2003, 05:59 AM

You Bastard! You killed my father! Prepare to die.

DataKing · 04-14-2003, 10:36 AM

Take your overgrown heads and your anal probes and GET THE HELL OFF MY PLANET!

Qwikshot · 04-14-2003, 10:44 AM

Lock and loaded?!?

SplitPersonality1 · 04-14-2003, 10:44 AM

Bite me, you sectoid scum.....

errr. maybe not.

RendeR · 04-14-2003, 11:29 AM

I will FONG you, I swear, on the holy mother I will FONG you...PAIN...LOTS of PAIN.....

3ric · 04-14-2003, 11:36 AM

All your base are belong to us!

revrew · 04-14-2003, 12:47 PM

And your women, too.

Ugh. Not that I know what we'd do with them.

Kodos · 04-14-2003, 04:21 PM

The sectoids are just mad because they are the 98-pound weaklings of the cosmic playground. Death to them all!

Kodos · 04-14-2003, 04:26 PM

P.S. - I wonder where Captain Asshat went?

sachmo71 · 04-14-2003, 05:00 PM

I've got a blaster launcher that says you are wrong...oh, and power armor also. Want to play, alien scum?

Coffee Warlord · 04-14-2003, 06:56 PM

Heh. You have no idea how ironic the timing of this was.

I just got finished playing a paintball scenario game (that I wrote, go me) based on X-Com.

So I was hearing lines like 'Probe Hard, Probe Fast', and 'Death to the Sectoid Scum!' allllll weekend.

X-Com won, by the way. AND we got to (mind) probe the US Senator who was bought off by the aliens. Muah.

Godzilla Blitz · 04-15-2003, 12:16 AM

Eh?

Who started this?

Kodos, you know something?

illinifan999 · 04-15-2003, 06:15 AM

Psst. Blitz, I think this may be a *****cough****hint****cough.

Chief Rum · 04-15-2003, 06:44 AM

If I recall correctly, Godzilla Blitz had his doctorate to write, and that it wouldn't be done until May.

Since it is now April, it seems the venom of our sworn enemy has, alas, come a wee bit early. Methinks we may be jumping the gun a bit, but it may not be to far off before we are officially called to return to war?

Blitz to confirm?

Chief Rum

SirFozzie · 04-15-2003, 10:25 AM

Why don't we spend the month of waiting beating the alien slime of the Sectoid Leader, and generally jumping up and down on it's body?

Kodos · 04-15-2003, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Godzilla Blitz
Eh?

Who started this?

Kodos, you know something?

I can confirm that I have no idea what is going on either. Sorry.

Rich1033 · 04-15-2003, 12:32 PM

~Trying to stay patient and not drive myself insane looking for the update everytime I log on~

Godzilla Blitz · 04-15-2003, 01:59 PM

Hummm. Bizarre.

Chief's right about the thesis though.

Not officially done till May.

I wonder who's messing with us?

I'll have to get out my X-COM radio and call the base.

I'm sure that will clear up the confusion.

NAIWF · 04-15-2003, 02:42 PM

My birthday is May 9th, any chance X-Com's return will be an early present?

sterlingice · 04-15-2003, 03:11 PM

Time to make my son brush up on the engineering.

SI

Raven Hawk · 04-16-2003, 10:33 PM

I think that the Sectoid Leader has mind-controlled somebody inside the FOFC X-COM community.

Captain Raven Hawk calls for surprise inspections of all bunks! If I find anything alien related (with the exception of Kodos' bunk), you'll be answering to the business end of my boom stick!

Twitch

Let's flush this rat out!

Godzilla Blitz · 04-17-2003, 01:07 AM

Hummm. Just called the base. Apparently some of the cryogenically frozen X-COM agents are stirring.

Things are getting curiouser and curiouser.

I'll know definitely what's happening by late on the 17th, and I'd give us even odds that there will be very good news.

I can say this: even in a worst case scenario we should be hunting aliens before Naiwf's birthday bash.

Travis · 04-17-2003, 01:18 AM

Cryogenically frozen? We call that kind of stuff spring weather up here in Canada, pansies

Bring on that sectiod scum!

The Afoci · 04-17-2003, 07:26 AM

Just wondering if X-COM could use some Crawfish with Laser Blasters instead of Claws?

Blade · 04-17-2003, 11:10 AM

Gotta dig the old rifle out of the closet...but it is always loaded looking for some alien garbage...

Kodos · 04-17-2003, 01:24 PM

I hereby shift my allegiance... to the aliens!!!!

Ha ha! Just kidding, folks! Don't shoot the resident alien!

klayman · 04-17-2003, 03:00 PM

I'm wondering if GB should start the dynasty over again...i mean it's on the other board and all, maybe it would be nice to have our new x-com dynasty for this board. Plus the other one has already been voted best all time dynasty...it be like Jordan coming out of retirement again. I think if GB wants to start over I'd have no problem with it.

And this has nothing to do with the fact that I died in one of the last couple of missions. Honest.

Coffee Warlord · 04-17-2003, 03:29 PM

As long as the Coffee Warlord Award carries over to the new dynasty, I think it's a good idea.

sterlingice · 04-17-2003, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kodos
I hereby shift my allegiance... to the aliens!!!!

BZZZZZZZT *shoots Kodos*

Crap, crap, crap. I should always read the entire message.

SI

Kodos · 04-17-2003, 04:03 PM

You wouldn't be the first member of our squad to shoot me, and you probably won't be the last!

Blade6119 · 04-17-2003, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by klayman
I'm wondering if GB should start the dynasty over again...i mean it's on the other board and all, maybe it would be nice to have our new x-com dynasty for this board. Plus the other one has already been voted best all time dynasty...it be like Jordan coming out of retirement again. I think if GB wants to start over I'd have no problem with it.

And this has nothing to do with the fact that I died in one of the last couple of missions. Honest.

God no....my family line finally breaks our 1 mission=1 death streak and you want to just throw all that way...

Im actually happy if you do redo it, as my family line has kinda sucked, but i hope we restart with the same starting list as last game...

Kodos · 04-17-2003, 05:58 PM

Why would GB want to start over? A lot of work went into the existing threads.

Starting over? - That's just crazy talk, folks!

Coffee Warlord · 04-17-2003, 07:07 PM

Between this and the paintball game, it almost makes me wanna try doing the Suicide Squad again. But...no.

Lemme tell you, after actually attempting to do an X-Com Dynasty, it makes you seriously appreciate how hard it is to do those writeups, especially as cool as GB did.

I'll settle for playing my game, and flying the Interceptors.

revrew · 04-17-2003, 07:58 PM

No, no! Don't restart! Keep it going!

And this, of course, has nothing to with the fact that I'm one of the few remaining, surviving, inaugural members. And that by virtue of sheer longevity I'm among the leaders in kills. In fact, I think I'll just toss down a few more Fritos while GB keeps sending the rookies in. That's right, GB! "Get them some experience!" Sounds good. Get 'em some plasma fire right down the pie hole, too. My spot on the kills board should be safe.

Godzilla Blitz · 04-17-2003, 08:53 PM

Good news, men!

Just finished meeting with my grad school advisor, and apparently my thesis is in good shape. I just need to make some minor revisions, and it is done. There'll still be a short busy stretch before orals to finish up some other projects for classes where we'll need to pause again, but for now...

Kiss the wife goodbye, pack your stuff, and get your butt to base!

The plan:

We'll continue on with the old game; I don't know if we'd ever finish if we started over. Sometime over the coming week, I'll play with the formatting of stuff on the new board so I can get posts to look good, then get my head back in the game. Then I'll post a recap, then our big season opener terror mission. If I remember right, things were really starting to heat up, so be ready for action! I might need to stop again for the following two weeks to take my oral exam and finish up some other projects, but then soon after May 6, we'll be back in full swing. I hope then that we'll be able to go at a two mission/week pace until we either rid the planet of the alien menace or die trying.

It's been about four or five months since we last had a mission, so I think we should run a check-in/sign-up thread to see who's still in the house. Everyone who's currently in the game as an agent will stay right where they were even if they don't sign up, but I'll clear the waiting list of anyone who doesn't check in over the next week, and if a current agent doesn't check in, we won't put his kid in the game when he dies. Also, anyone is welcome to sign-up, so add your name if you want to get in on the action!

Sign up thread coming shortly!

Go FOFC X-COM!

Kodos · 04-17-2003, 08:57 PM

WAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

sterlingice · 04-17-2003, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kodos
WAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Um... ditto.

SI

SirFozzie · 04-17-2003, 09:26 PM

Cool. I'm down wit dis shizzznit

sachmo71 · 04-17-2003, 09:31 PM

Good to see you back, GB. Missed ya!

Godzilla Blitz · 04-17-2003, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sachmo71
Good to see you back, GB. Missed ya!

Thanks! Good to be back!

sterlingice · 04-17-2003, 09:56 PM

So what's this thesis about, anyways? Heck, what's your major, even?

SI

klayman · 04-17-2003, 10:27 PM

Sorry guys, should have used a few more smilies. I wasn't being serious about the starting over thing.

3ric · 04-18-2003, 12:48 AM

Woot! Time to bring some "shock and awe" to the Sectoid scum!

JeeberD · 04-18-2003, 01:11 AM

OK, gonna sound like a moron, but how does this whole thing work? It sounds like everyone has fun with it, but what is it exactly?

JeeberD · 04-18-2003, 01:29 AM

Dola-

Never mind. I downloaded the old thread and figured it out. Count me in!!!

04-14-2003, 12:05 AM	#2
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Death to sectoids! SI (and Jr and III and IV and...) __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-14-2003, 01:18 AM	#3
3ric College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sweden	Wo-hoo! X-COM vets reunite, here they come! __________________ San Diego Chargers (HFL) - Lappland Reindeers (WOOF) - Gothenburg Giants (IHOF) Indiana: A TCY VC - year 2044 - the longest running dynasty ever on FOFC!

04-14-2003, 10:36 AM	#5
DataKing Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago	Take your overgrown heads and your anal probes and GET THE HELL OFF MY PLANET! __________________ Current Games Diablo III (BattleTag: DataKing#1685) Allegiances: Chicago Bears - Detroit Red Wings - Kansas Jayhawks Awards: 2011 Golden Scribe - Other Sports Category (The Straight(away) and Narrow - A Forza Motorsport 3 Dynasty)

04-14-2003, 10:44 AM	#6
Qwikshot Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ...down the gravity well	Lock and loaded?!? __________________ "General Woundwort's body was never found. It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them. Such was Woundwort's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased him." Watership Down, Richard Adams

04-14-2003, 11:29 AM	#8
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	I will FONG you, I swear, on the holy mother I will FONG you...PAIN...LOTS of PAIN..... __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

04-14-2003, 05:59 AM	#4
klayman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edmonton	You Bastard! You killed my father! Prepare to die.

04-14-2003, 10:44 AM	#7
SplitPersonality1 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Grafton, WI	Bite me, you sectoid scum..... errr. maybe not.

04-14-2003, 11:36 AM	#9
3ric College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sweden	All your base are belong to us! __________________ San Diego Chargers (HFL) - Lappland Reindeers (WOOF) - Gothenburg Giants (IHOF) Indiana: A TCY VC - year 2044 - the longest running dynasty ever on FOFC!

04-14-2003, 12:47 PM	#10
revrew Team Chaplain Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Just outside Des Moines, IA	And your women, too. Ugh. Not that I know what we'd do with them. __________________ Winner of 6 FOFC Scribe Awards, including 3 Gold Scribes Founder of the ZFL, 2004 Golden Scribe Dynasty of the Year Now bringing The Des Moines Dragons back to life, and the joke's on YOU, NFL! I came to the Crossroad. I took it. And that has made all the difference.

04-14-2003, 04:21 PM	#11
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	The sectoids are just mad because they are the 98-pound weaklings of the cosmic playground. Death to them all!

04-14-2003, 04:26 PM	#12
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	P.S. - I wonder where Captain Asshat went?

04-14-2003, 05:00 PM	#13
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	I've got a blaster launcher that says you are wrong...oh, and power armor also. Want to play, alien scum?

04-14-2003, 06:56 PM	#14
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Heh. You have no idea how ironic the timing of this was. I just got finished playing a paintball scenario game (that I wrote, go me) based on X-Com. So I was hearing lines like 'Probe Hard, Probe Fast', and 'Death to the Sectoid Scum!' allllll weekend. X-Com won, by the way. AND we got to (mind) probe the US Senator who was bought off by the aliens. Muah.

04-15-2003, 12:16 AM	#15
Godzilla Blitz College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Eh? Who started this? Kodos, you know something? __________________ Current Blog Projects: Final Fantasy: Lost in Japanese Kaboom Review

04-15-2003, 06:15 AM	#16
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	Psst. Blitz, I think this may be a ***coughhint**cough. __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

04-15-2003, 06:44 AM	#17
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	If I recall correctly, Godzilla Blitz had his doctorate to write, and that it wouldn't be done until May. Since it is now April, it seems the venom of our sworn enemy has, alas, come a wee bit early. Methinks we may be jumping the gun a bit, but it may not be to far off before we are officially called to return to war? Blitz to confirm? Chief Rum __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

04-15-2003, 10:25 AM	#18
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Why don't we spend the month of waiting beating the alien slime of the Sectoid Leader, and generally jumping up and down on it's body? __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

04-15-2003, 12:32 PM	#20
Rich1033 High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sylvania, Ohio	~Trying to stay patient and not drive myself insane looking for the update everytime I log on~ Last edited by Rich1033 : 04-15-2003 at 12:33 PM.

04-15-2003, 01:59 PM	#21
Godzilla Blitz College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Hummm. Bizarre. Chief's right about the thesis though. Not officially done till May. I wonder who's messing with us? I'll have to get out my X-COM radio and call the base. I'm sure that will clear up the confusion. __________________ Current Blog Projects: Final Fantasy: Lost in Japanese Kaboom Review

04-15-2003, 02:42 PM	#22
NAIWF College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, NY	My birthday is May 9th, any chance X-Com's return will be an early present?

04-15-2003, 03:11 PM	#23
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Time to make my son brush up on the engineering. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-16-2003, 10:33 PM	#24
Raven Hawk College Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunderdome	I think that the Sectoid Leader has mind-controlled somebody inside the FOFC X-COM community. Captain Raven Hawk calls for surprise inspections of all bunks! If I find anything alien related (with the exception of Kodos' bunk), you'll be answering to the business end of my boom stick! Twitch Let's flush this rat out! __________________ Owner of The Shreveport Pride in The CFL

04-17-2003, 01:07 AM	#25
Godzilla Blitz College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Hummm. Just called the base. Apparently some of the cryogenically frozen X-COM agents are stirring. Things are getting curiouser and curiouser. I'll know definitely what's happening by late on the 17th, and I'd give us even odds that there will be very good news. I can say this: even in a worst case scenario we should be hunting aliens before Naiwf's birthday bash. __________________ Current Blog Projects: Final Fantasy: Lost in Japanese Kaboom Review

04-17-2003, 01:18 AM	#26
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	Cryogenically frozen? We call that kind of stuff spring weather up here in Canada, pansies Bring on that sectiod scum! __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby

04-17-2003, 07:26 AM	#27
The Afoci Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Moorhead	Just wondering if X-COM could use some Crawfish with Laser Blasters instead of Claws? __________________ I had something.

04-17-2003, 11:10 AM	#28
Blade College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Edmonton, Alberta	Gotta dig the old rifle out of the closet...but it is always loaded looking for some alien garbage... __________________ Just trying to get by unnoticed... Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Eagles.

04-17-2003, 01:24 PM	#29
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I hereby shift my allegiance... to the aliens!!!! Ha ha! Just kidding, folks! Don't shoot the resident alien!

04-17-2003, 03:00 PM	#30
klayman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edmonton	I'm wondering if GB should start the dynasty over again...i mean it's on the other board and all, maybe it would be nice to have our new x-com dynasty for this board. Plus the other one has already been voted best all time dynasty...it be like Jordan coming out of retirement again. I think if GB wants to start over I'd have no problem with it. And this has nothing to do with the fact that I died in one of the last couple of missions. Honest.

04-17-2003, 03:29 PM	#31
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	As long as the Coffee Warlord Award carries over to the new dynasty, I think it's a good idea.

04-17-2003, 04:03 PM	#33
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	You wouldn't be the first member of our squad to shoot me, and you probably won't be the last!

04-17-2003, 05:58 PM	#35
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Why would GB want to start over? A lot of work went into the existing threads. Starting over? - That's just crazy talk, folks!

04-17-2003, 07:07 PM	#36
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Between this and the paintball game, it almost makes me wanna try doing the Suicide Squad again. But...no. Lemme tell you, after actually attempting to do an X-Com Dynasty, it makes you seriously appreciate how hard it is to do those writeups, especially as cool as GB did. I'll settle for playing my game, and flying the Interceptors.

04-17-2003, 07:58 PM	#37
revrew Team Chaplain Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Just outside Des Moines, IA	No, no! Don't restart! Keep it going! And this, of course, has nothing to with the fact that I'm one of the few remaining, surviving, inaugural members. And that by virtue of sheer longevity I'm among the leaders in kills. In fact, I think I'll just toss down a few more Fritos while GB keeps sending the rookies in. That's right, GB! "Get them some experience!" Sounds good. Get 'em some plasma fire right down the pie hole, too. My spot on the kills board should be safe. __________________ Winner of 6 FOFC Scribe Awards, including 3 Gold Scribes Founder of the ZFL, 2004 Golden Scribe Dynasty of the Year Now bringing The Des Moines Dragons back to life, and the joke's on YOU, NFL! I came to the Crossroad. I took it. And that has made all the difference.

04-17-2003, 08:53 PM	#38
Godzilla Blitz College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Good news, men! Just finished meeting with my grad school advisor, and apparently my thesis is in good shape. I just need to make some minor revisions, and it is done. There'll still be a short busy stretch before orals to finish up some other projects for classes where we'll need to pause again, but for now... Kiss the wife goodbye, pack your stuff, and get your butt to base! The plan: We'll continue on with the old game; I don't know if we'd ever finish if we started over. Sometime over the coming week, I'll play with the formatting of stuff on the new board so I can get posts to look good, then get my head back in the game. Then I'll post a recap, then our big season opener terror mission. If I remember right, things were really starting to heat up, so be ready for action! I might need to stop again for the following two weeks to take my oral exam and finish up some other projects, but then soon after May 6, we'll be back in full swing. I hope then that we'll be able to go at a two mission/week pace until we either rid the planet of the alien menace or die trying. It's been about four or five months since we last had a mission, so I think we should run a check-in/sign-up thread to see who's still in the house. Everyone who's currently in the game as an agent will stay right where they were even if they don't sign up, but I'll clear the waiting list of anyone who doesn't check in over the next week, and if a current agent doesn't check in, we won't put his kid in the game when he dies. Also, anyone is welcome to sign-up, so add your name if you want to get in on the action! Sign up thread coming shortly! Go FOFC X-COM! __________________ Current Blog Projects: Final Fantasy: Lost in Japanese Kaboom Review

04-17-2003, 08:57 PM	#39
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	WAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!