Help defend the world - Sponsor an XCOM rookie today!

(Yes, this thread is not a NES, has nothing to do with CIV and has little justification for being here )

My PC time is mainly split between two things these days - my current NES, and when im not working on that, im probably playing the old game UFO:Enemy unkown (or known as UFO defense in the USA). Im enjoying this, cos I haven’t played it for years, and I love old-skool stuff.

So, I was wondering, anyone want a rookie named after them in my UFO game? I would then post screenshots and let you know how your rookie has been getting on, how many missions/kills they have, etc.

Why? Well, it will make it much more interesting and fun for me to play my game, since I know quite a few people here now. And it might be fun for you, to see who’s dude takes out 5 aliens single-handed, or who gets blasted on their first mission, who saves their buddies with a medi-kit, who accidentally blows themselves up, who gets mind controlled by aliens, etc.

You can also request a specific type of soldier, or even how you’d like them to act in battle. The game gives all new rookies random stats, but I tend to organise them this way:

*Trooper – the ones with good reactions, strength, and health. I put these guys are in the firing line, but they get the best armour+weapons.
*Heavy – lots of strength, good for carrying heavy weapons and throwing grenades. These guys are not in the firing line so much.
*Sniper – the ones with the best firing accuracy, who stand a good chance of killing aliens beyond their own visual range. They mostly stay out of trouble, and let other dudes spot the aliens for them.
*Useless – no really good stats. These guys get weakest armour. But they generally have less dangerous jobs, like carrying medikits, or using motion-trackers.





So please sponsor an XCOM rookie today! Do your part to save the world!

ME ME! I dont remember much about the game though, except the tiggies (black aliens, dont remember proper name).

I want to be a Trooper and to act reckless, crazy reckless, first man into crashed spaceship, into buildings throwing grenades (unless grenades are reserved for heavy guys).

I want one! But don't make me useless

Iggy could be a trooper. This could be cool, though I know nothing of the game.

Luckymoose, Useless but believes he is useful to the cause.

Sniper baby.

Me - sniper. Its awesome. (In, Canada to have otherwise illegal guns legally, you need to be a collector. To be a collector, requirement is be able to say how that gun works and certain facts about it.) I have used a rubber bullet sniper rifle before, and it is really cool.

Oooh! Oooh! I wanna be a Useless medic! I'll hang out in the back and smoke and make witty one-liners! Also, give me a pistol so I can act like I'm doing something!

I sponser Jal to become a sniper, simply because of the

let other dudes spot the aliens for them.

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Read the more recent parts of JalNES and you will get it.

Me= Useless, But Thrown In The Frontline

i wanna heavy, i would like a sniper, but i want to be original since people have already taken a few, so make my guy kind of reckless, goes in killing sprees if a comrade dies

Make me a trooper.

cool, thanks for sponsoring the rookies of XCOM!

Going offline now. Ill add these names and play a few missions, and ill report back tommorrow.

j_eps said:

I sponser Jal to become a sniper, simply because of the Read the more recent parts of JalNES and you will get it.

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You really won't let that go, will you?

Sure, I might as well be a sniper...

Banana P Lee
Sniper!

Trooper Reno reporting for duty, sir!

Could you give my guy a laser rifle? (the one weapon that doesn't use ammo)

I know UFO: Enemy Unkown has those, when they become available trough research you see.

Daftpanzer.

I came back to playing playing UFO some weeks ago. Captured a sectoid leader in February, which allows me... PSI!!!
My troopers are called scouts, but my setup is similar.

This game is just great.

Put me in as a sniper. They are those who survive longest in my games.
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Btw, can you take screenshots without any extra programms? I just tired, but it doesn't work.
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And did you get the idea from http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3795 ?

I played it long ago (not just before returning to Russia, but even before moving to Israel), but have mostly-fond memories.

From what I recall, the situation there is very difficult, so I propose that you introduce universal conscription and recruit random forumers as may appear necessary!

I loved playing UFO: Enemy Unkown some odd 6-8 years ago. A lovely game, though it was, atleast in the beginning, to appease all of the world and I always ended losing some states such as China to the Alien hordes. (or the US, depending on where I deployed my bases)

Me trooper pls.