X-COM II: Roll Call

[Godzilla Blitz]

Whoop! Whoop!

Roll Call!

Whoop! Whoop!

Calling all agents! Get your lazy, beer-bloated butts out of the brothels and get back to base! You've got a week to get here and get in shape, or we send captured Sectoids armed with anal probes to hunt you down in your sleep. Your planet needs you, and time's a wasting! This Earth is heading for its final confrontation with the alien menace, and you're swilling beer and watching football? Sheesh! Let's go, go, go!

How to report back in...

Simple. Post some kind of message here to let me know you're still around and ready to sacrifice your life for the greater good.

Also, if you'd like to sign up, feel free to post here as well. Welcome one, welcome all! All you need is a warm body with functioning appendages, and I'll add you to the list.

Once we finish up roll call, I'll move the active agents who are AWOL to the US base and do write-ups for the missions out of Europe and Asia. We'll be using new agents to guard our other low-risk bases and gradually get them to the active bases as agents in Europe and Asia get killed.

I have to take a closer look at what was going on with all the agent movement when we stopped the last time. Depending on how this roll call goes, I might be able to post a mission this weekend. There were a number of agents due for guard duty that never reported, so I might hold up and wait for the roll call to complete. That way I can replace the AWOL agents that I brought into the game just as we were stopping with agents that are reading the dynasty again. I'll keep everyone informed, and will let you know more once I take a closer look at things. We'll either have a mission this weekend or next, so the wait won't be much longer in either case.

This is it, people. The final push. Do or die. Victory or oblivion. Mars or bust.

Let's rock 'n roll!

GO FOFC X-COM!

X-COM II Roll Call (After Mission 77)


ID Name Status
14. Wade Moore AWOL
31. BYU 14 AWOL
37. The Time AWOL
41. Fat Football II AWOL
43. Achilles Reported
55. Sublime II Reported
59. Daimyo II AWOL
61. Rawisdan Reported
71. Wignasty AWOL
73. CTHomer Reported
94. Data King III AWOL
2. jfbbis Reported
10. Kodos Reported
19. Revrew Reported
46. Patman II Reported
66. Tasan Reported
70. Naiwf Reported
89. RealDeal III Reported
90. Coffee Warlord II Reported
93. Afoci Reported
97. Blade III Reported
98. MrBug IV Reported
99. Lokugh II Reported
101. Wolfpack Reported
102. Japherwaki II Reported
105. Swaggs Reported
110. Breeze Reported
110. ??? AWOL
15. Rich 1033 Reported
35. Jeff Nights II Reported
39. Thomkal II AWOL
45. Danny VanHalen Reported
52. Qwikshot II Reported
74. AStott Reported
75. Alf III Reported
76. Fonzie II Reported
78. Render II Reported
84. Split Pers III Reported
92. Jeeber D Reported
96. Illinifan V Reported
103. Condors II Reported
106. Travis III Reported
109. Glengoyne Reported
107. Zippy II Reported
111. 3ric IV Reported
112. Airhog II Reported
113. Anxiety II Reported
114. Blade 6119 IV Reported
115. Klayman III Reported
116. Aesyrqwe AWOL
117. Chuck U Farley Reported
118. Psycho Cop II Reported
119. Calis Reported
120. Tucker II Reported
118. Sachmo III Reported
119. Katon II Reported
120. Marmel II AWOL
121. Crash Davis AWOL
122. Mike Vic Reported
123. Vince Reported
124. Sir Fozzie II Reported
125. Chief Rum IV Reported
126. Joker Ace Reported
127. Hoops Guy Reported
128. The Herd Reported
129. ShaefIllini Reported
130. Ardent Enthusiast Reported
131. Pergrine Reported
132. Raven Hawk II Reported
133. Northwood DK Reported
134. Shorty II Reported

***. Craptacular Reported
***. Sterling Ice II Reported
***. CapnMorgan AWOL
***. Superman Reported
***. Toddiec IV Reported

[Poli]

Umm, I'm a little lost. But I think I qualify. I'd like to sign up.

[Coffee Warlord]

Yoink!

[Godzilla Blitz]

Umm, I'm a little lost. But I think I qualify. I'd like to sign up.

Don't worry. I'm really lost, and I'm in charge. Welcome aboard!

[Travis]

Reporting for duty eh.

[Abe Sargent]

I am here. Rar

-Anxiety

[Tasan]

Locked cocked and ready to rock.

Or something like that.

[Blade6119]

you can never get rid of me!

[Peregrine]

I'm definitely interested in signing up, I really enjoyed reading the old mission summaries, GB!

[Northwood_DK]

Sir, Yes Sir

[ShaefIllini]

I'm here and reporting for duty.

[Vince]

Rookie Vince, reporting for duty.

[Chief Rum]

Latest Chief Rum clone reporting for duty, sir.

CR

[MrBug708]

Here

[klayman]

Here

[3ric]

Mars or bust!

[sterlingice]

Point me to my lab and my shop and then leave me the hell alone.

SI

[illinifan999]

The most killed member of X-COM is back!

[hoopsguy]

Sir, I'm ready to report for the glory missions involving the capture of the Mars base now that the sheep (er, brave soldiers) have paved the way for success with their worthless lives (er, sacrifices)!

[SirFozzie]

SirFozzie II Reporting for Duty, SAH!

[The_herd]

Private Herd, reporting as ordered.

[The Afoci]

Can I get a woo woo X-Com dynasty? Can I get a Hoo Hoo reporting for duty? Can I get a side order of hash browns with cheese on them?

[Poli]

Thank you, drive through.

[JokerAce]

I would stil like to be added to the "active" list. :)

[sachmo71]

I like blaster launchers. And I'm in.

[Qwikshot]

Here.

[Breeze]

I regret I only have 1 character to sacrafice for my Planet. (at least until he's dead...then I get in line and wait for another.)

[Calis]

Woohoo, I might get my chance to see some action in this baby!

Reporting in!

[Blade]

Blade III is locked and loaded!

[Chuck U Farley]

Here

[DeToxRox]

DVH is ready for the reunion tour.

[SplitPersonality1]

The nice doctor has removed our pretty white jacket. We are ready to roll.

[Raven Hawk]

Raven Hawk II reporting to the waiting list for duty, sir!

[Fonzie]

Ayyyyyyyyyy!

[Toddiec]

I am checking in and ready to shoot down some evil aliens! The X-Com Air Force is back in the skies!!

[JeeberD]

JeeberD, the slow and extremely lucky sonofabitch, is here and ready for duty!

[Wolfpack]

Present

[RealDeal]

XCOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM :p

[Kodos]

I hereby resign my post as Commander of the Earth Resistance....

























































































;)

Just kidding. I'm in.

[Katon]

I'm back.

[jfbbis]

Longuest surviving member reporting, still trying to be both cocky and funny

[Superman=#54]

Locked and Loaded.

[MikeVic]

Harrr. Just got in when this thing stopped, so I'd like a chance to go on a mission! Gogogogogo!!!

[The_herd]

GB announces this is starting up again the exact day that I win my bid on E-Bay for the X-Com Collector's Edition set.

I'm now impatiently waiting this to begin and my game to get here in the mail.

[Glengoyne]

Agent Glengoyne reporting for duty!

Woo Hoo!!!

[RendeR]

LOCK AND LOAD!!!!!

[NAIWF]

Ready to go and looking for more kills.

[The_herd]

Just want to let you guys know I'm willing to jump on a grenade for any of you.....except maybe Afoci, he's from North Dakota, the same state as my wife.

[tucker342]

I'm here:D

[JeffNights]

I"m reporting for duty sir!

[Godzilla Blitz]

Just updated the list! Except for Northwood DK (see below), everyone above this post should be good to go. Good turnout so far! Our USA inactives (the first dozen or so names) are staying about the same, which should mean that we won't have to switch around so many people. With as many people as we've got in now, I think I can fix up the two missions that were done before with up-to-date names so that we can start up again tomorrow. Probably have our first mission up late Sunday night. I'll start a new thread for the restart.

Tick tick tick, the clock's a ticking. I don't want to tip off too much, but not all of you will survive the weekend. There's death in our near future.

Northwood DK: Patman, is Northwood DK your new login? Or are you new? Thanks!

[3ric]

Northwood is a Dane who's living in Norway. I'm pretty sure he's not Patman. :)

[Coffee Warlord]

Hmmm. Will the veteran, mighty pilot-turned soldiers known as CWII rise into the ranks of command?

Will he simply add more missions and experience under his belt, as the Grizzled Fighter he is?

Or will he join his father, owner of the infamous Coffee Warlord Award, to be used as spare body parts for the brave soldiers who survive?

[The_herd]

Are there any backups for the early parts of X-Com II?

[JeeberD]

I have some of the very early X-Com reports saved to my computer. Do you want me to try and send them to you?

[3ric]

Here's my backup of the old x-com threads:
http://m1.311.telia.com/~u31120783/x-com.zip

I've been meaning to put these up on a website but never got around to it...

[The_herd]

Thanks

[Glengoyne]

It is amazing to me how jazzed I am about this Dynastys' resurection. Xcom and MOO were the two classic strategy games that, in my mind, still define the genre. They are the Earl Weaver Baseball of their respective genres.

In any case I am looking forward to splattering some Aliens GB. :D

[Swaggs]

Swaggs checking in.

[The_herd]

It is amazing to me how jazzed I am about this Dynastys' resurection. Xcom and MOO were the two classic strategy games that, in my mind, still define the genre. They are the Earl Weaver Baseball of their respective genres.

In any case I am looking forward to splattering some Aliens GB. :D

Its sad that X-Com came out in 1993? and still is the defining game, not only in the alien genre of games, but turn based strategy as well. IMO X-Com is the greatest PC game of all time. I've never been as captivated by a game as I was after discovering the game in 1994 during summer break between sophmore and junior years of high school. Its a crime that this game has never recieved a sequel worthy of the X-Com name.

As I touched on earlier in this thread, I couldn't be more excited about X-Com Collectors Edition arriving here on Tuesday or Wednesday. I've been discribing the game to my wife, who then pretends to be interested in what I'm saying.

[korme]

lez

roll

[Northwood_DK]

Northwood is a Dane who's living in Norway. I'm pretty sure he's not Patman. :)

I’m new. Fresh meat :)

[Achilles]

Still Here!

[Rich1033]

Present and ready to die

[RawIsDan]

RawisDan reporting for duty ! :D

[Patman]

I'm here and ready for action

[Japherwaki]

Is it too late to report in?

[Godzilla Blitz]

Japh: Not too late at all.

Everyone: I'll be updating the list sometime on Tuesday. Busy weekend. First mission will be this coming Sunday at the latest. I'll aim for every Sunday after that.

[Alf]

Alf III reporting GB !

[revrew]

Revrew reporting for action, sir! And by the way, boss, those $&$^%&$ aliens have cost me my job, my family, my pickup, and my dog. I no longer have anything to lose. Out with the old, cowardly Revrew determined to stay alive to the end. Give me a gun, and I will either ram it down the throat of the alien commander or let them pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

[Sublime]

Sublime II reporting!
Damn, haven't been here for a while, but glad i made it back for this!

[The_herd]

I got my copy today. Had to do some tweaks and download a program to slow down my CPU in order to get it to run on XP and a 1.7Ghz P4. But I'm in X-Com bliss right now.

[Godzilla Blitz]

I got my copy today. Had to do some tweaks and download a program to slow down my CPU in order to get it to run on XP and a 1.7Ghz P4. But I'm in X-Com bliss right now.

I'm curious, what program did you download to slow it down? If I could get X-COM to work on my new P4 it would make things so much easier.

[Glengoyne]

Hmm I am running X-Com on my Athlon 1800, and I don't have to slow it down. Of course then I am using win 98 SE too. Hmm you guys using the latest edition the Collectors edition GOLD?

[Godzilla Blitz]

Glen: I'm running the Collector's Edition, but it's not Gold. I didn't even know there was such a thing as the Gold version of the Collector's Edition, and no Google search shows any hits on it.

For the hell of it, I tried playing X-COM on the P4 2.4 MHz machine. It works, but the scrolling is uncontrollably fast, and the alien turns go by so fast that my eyes can't even register anything more than a brief screen flash. There is also a problem with edges of the screen getting cut off, but I might be able to figure out something with that if I mess with my monitor resolution.

In short, the game plays too fast, and I'll need to slow it down if I want to try and play on this machine. Be much easier to do the dynasty than on my laptop though, so I may mess with this a bit more.

[Coffee Warlord]

GB - There's an app called CPUKiller that you can get. It works quite well. Little slider bar that allows you to crank down your CPU speed to whatever you want.

I'd been using it to play Pirates Gold awhile back.

[Poli]

Crank down on the Coffee. :)

[Godzilla Blitz]

Coffee: Great! Thanks. I'll try that for the speed issue.

Ardent: I stay away from caffiene. I'm too hyper for it as it. Maybe NyQuill would help?

I've still got the resolution issue though. The top, sides, and bottom of the game screen run off the edge of the monitor's display, so they get cut off. I can't see the outside inch or so of all the screens. Any clues on how to fix this? Is there some setting I can mess with. Changing the monitor resolution didn't help.

[The_herd]

These 2 links helped me out quite a bit. I had the graphics problem and had to disable some things on my card, and also had the speed issue's. I'm using "Turbo" to slow my CPU down, I run it at 32% and the game runs great for me. The only issue I've had since is a crash that happens at random when starting a mission, not too big of a problem, all I do is make sure I save before the mission.

http://www.dwcs.net/xcom3board/28.shtml

For this one, scroll down to "Game runs too fast".

http://www.xcomufo.com/x1faq.html

[Poli]

I haven't gone through the 16 pages of this post...just wondering...any time frame for our start?

[Godzilla Blitz]

Coffee:Humm...

CPUKiller did diddly for me. Even set at a 98% slowdown, the combat scrolling and alien turns go by lightning fast. Didn't look like it changed much.

Herd: Thanks. Off to try turbo, and to look up the graphics problem solution.

Ardent: This Sunday should see the first mission up. I can definitely run the game. I'm just trying to see if I can run it on my new computer instead of my laptop. Usually, I play on the desktop while I write on the laptop. Would love to see if I can still do that. I also may go out and get another monitor for my old computer, as my son will be able to use that one anyway. Either way, we'll get going this weekend.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Herd: That fixed one problem. I fixed the stretching by changing the vertical settings for the monitor. Bingo. One problem fixed.

Turbo didn't help with the speed though. Battlescape still runs too fast. I think both Turbo and CPUKiller don't slow the newer computers down enough. Mo'Slo 4Biz looks like the best bet (they have a page devoted to getting the X-COM to run), but it's $25. Damn. Not sure I want to spend that just to get a utility.

[Glengoyne]

Hmm looks like I just imagined the gold part of the collector's edition. I really did think it was there though.

Strange about the scroll speed though, I don't have it installed right now, but I thought the scroll speed setting in the options menu took care of that for me. Geeze I hope I didn't imagine that too.

There is also a great X-Com page that might help you out. http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~xcom/ There is a forum for that site as well where quite a few questions are answered.

[condors]

sorry being late but reporting for duty

[The_herd]

It was still unplayable for me with the scroll speed set to 1 in-game. Turbo is working for me though. I have a 1.7Ghz P4 and 512MB.

[cthomer5000]

AWOL no longer. reporting back for duty.

[zippy256]

Reporting for duty!!

[Craptacular]

Craptacular is back from skiing. I'll return the rocket launchers to the armory shortly.

[Blade6119]

hey godzilla...my boy achilles reported in, yet you have him as awol...and i wouldnt get the turbo unless you plan on still playing this for a long time....what happened to that old slow down utility we used to use?

[Godzilla Blitz]

Ok, there we go. List is all updated! Yippee! Let me know if my secretary missed anyone's name.

The planets must be aligning, as we have had our best return turnout in years. Even stars from the early era of the dynasty--Shorty and Raven Hawk--have convinced their offspring to enlist in the grand struggle. All omens point to this being the final push.

At some point in the next couple of days, I'll be putting up a new thread with a revised and up-to-date master list. Next, we'll jump right into action with our next mission, once I decipher my scribbly notes from the days right before my daughter was born.

We are getting closer. It's time for war.

[Coffee Warlord]

Ah, haven't checked this thread in a little while.

GB, just to make sure I'm not missing the obvious here, have you gone into the settings section when you're in the battlescape and turned the speed sliders down? It *has* to be done on fast computers. I run X-Com on a 1.1 ghz, keep the sliders down a good ways, and it plays just fine.

[Poli]

Great, soon I will be having fun at not knowing what I'm doing. That coupled with the walk on dynasty, HT and my 3 hour class. :)

[Coffee Warlord]

Obviously, you're trying to get the Coffee Warlord Award. :)

Now, the question is, do you know the the CW Award IS?

[Poli]

Obviously, you're trying to get the Coffee Warlord Award. :)

Now, the question is, do you know the the CW Award IS?


No. But I do have four cans of diet Mountain Dew beside my monitor.

Am I a shoe in?

[Coffee Warlord]

Doomed.

[Poli]

Doomed.

Is that good?

[Godzilla Blitz]

Coffee: Thanks for the reminder, but yup, I've been turning them all the way down when I check things.

Ardent: Don't worry. All you pretty much have to do is read along. If you want to make in character comments, feel free. Every once in a while, I may ask for volunteers. Volunteers often die, so plan accordingly. Sometimes I get confused and ask for advice. Actually, let me rephrase that. I often get confused and occasionally ask for advice when this happens. Feel free to chime in. Most of all, enjoy. You've got a chance to get a feel for things at first, because you'll most likely be stationed at some dump of an inactive base until there are, um, "empty bunks" at the more active bases.

[Poli]

you'll most likely be stationed at some dump of an inactive base until there are, um, "empty bunks" at the more active bases.


Just like always. Sign up to save the world and get stationed in Iceland.

:)

Looking forward to it.

[Lokugh]

Er, no, I think Iceland is pretty active compared to where you are going to start out. More like "sign up to save the world and get stationed in Tierra Del Fuego or McMurdo Sound".

Lokugh

[AStott]

Oooo! Ooo! You missed my name! I'm here! I'm here!

Oh yeah, and here's one obligatory sentence without an exclaimation point at the end.

:)

[Godzilla Blitz]

Good news, bad news.

The good news: I got a monitor for the old computer. Office Depot has some 19" flat screens on sale for $100. This will make doing the dynasty much easier.

The bad news: I have to make a place to set up the old computer this evening. It will probably mean that our first return mission will go up tomorrow (Monday) instead of tonight. Sorry for the delay, but getting a monitor will make things so much easier in the long run, so it'll be worth it.

Had a brief scare last night. Thinking that I was going to be using my laptop for the dynasty, I needed to get the saved game files off the old computer. While I was hooking the old tower to my monitor, I knocked the computer over. Crash. My heart skipped a beat. But low and behold, the thing started up fine, and all is well.

AStott: Whoops. Sorry 'bout that. Got it now. Welcome back.

[AStott]

Godzilla Blitz, don't worry about it. you didn't actually miss me. I just didn't want anyone to know that I hadn't been paying any attention until now... ;)

[RawIsDan]

Take your time GB. Get to it when ya can.

[GoldenScribeGuy]

This delay will cost you votes with the GS academy.

[Kodos]

This delay will cost you votes with the GS academy.

A fate worse than DEATH!!! :D

[Godzilla Blitz]

Golden Scribe Guy: Thanks for volunteering! Glad you could join up! We'll put you right on the list.

Slip us a few votes with the academy and we'll even consider giving you a weapon in your first mission against the Ethereals.

Kodos: I think I can show GS Guy a fate worse than death, if that's what he wants. :)

[Kodos]

I think he could use a thorough probing. :)

[PsychoCop]

PsychoCop II reporting. Sorry for the delay. :D

[JeeberD]

...our first return mission will go up tomorrow (Monday)...

You're late... ;)

[Peregrine]

Aliens have staged their most lethal attack yet, on Godzilla Blitz's home! :)

[Kodos]

Shouldn't Godzilla Blitz get some sort of special X-Com-related title? :)

[RealDeal]

XCOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[Godzilla Blitz]

We are experiencing technical difficulties.

Sorry. I'm having a bitch of a time getting a printing/network problem solved with work, and I have to get the stupid thing fixed before tomorrow at 11AM, or...well, "or" is not a possibility. I have to get it fixed.

Please stay tuned.

Soon.

I hope.

Again, sorry for the delay.

[Airhog]

Signing in for duty sir.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Ok, now. Problem fixed about and hour ago and everything is printing fine and dandy. Excellent, Mr. Smith, excellent.

Time to get this show on the road.

Starting a new thread shortly.

Things to do:

1. Post new intro.
2. Figure out where everyone is, who everyone is, and what their stats are. Nix the AWOL's that aren't active.
3. Post updated stat sheet.
4. Post update on our current status.
5. Edit and post mission 78. Figure out how to post photos again.

Starting now. Hope to get 1, 2, 3, and 4 done tonight. 5 should happen tomorrow.

It's time, gentlemen.

[JeeberD]

Huzzah! Time to kick some Sectoid ass!

[Godzilla Blitz]

Ruzzerfriggermuzzerrazzer.

I can't find my hand written notes after mission 76. Got to go through the agents one-by-one to check for correct stats, and rework all the names of the new agents again. This will take a bit longer than I thought.

And now my wife just told me that she has a fever of 102 degrees. She thinks she has the flu. We'll see how things go, but I won't finish the stat list tonight.

Still, unless my wife is out of action tomorrow, I should be able to post the next mission before the end of the day.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Babble babble babble.

Got the list organized, and I know who's where, etc. Still, it will take a while to update so I'm going to just go ahead and post the next mission tomorrow to get us started, then make an update after that mission. Everything's edited and ready to go, so barring our household turning into a sick zone, the mission will go up tomorrow for sure.

Full steam ahead.

[Thomkal]

Reporting for duty!