March 1st, 2015

[Darius Wolfe]

So, for those who obsess about this game, you already know the significance of this date. Sunday marks the day that the XCOM Project goes live. I know of several people who are starting new campaigns, some of whom are going to try to play "real-time" (keeping the in-game date in synch with the real life date as much as possible.

Personally, I'm starting a Let's Play series for Long War (NSLW).

I think Steam is missing a trick by not having a sale on XCOM this weekend. They usually start their weekend sales on Friday, but it looks like they're not tracking the significance of this historic day. Ah well.

So, what are you doing to mark this date?

[HyperOni]

Ok..one question,what's XCOM Project ? sorry,new to xcom,like,not so new,im used to the games,but i dont know about XCOM's history xD

[Darius Wolfe]

The XCOM Project is the official title for the experiment of forming a multi-national task force for fighting the aliens. You usually hear it referred to as the XCOM Project in Council summaries.

March 1st, 2015 is the date that the game begins on, when you load it up and your first tactical mission begins.

Which means that somewhere in the world, (Europe? Asia? Who knows...) as we type back and forth there are engineers doing final tests and powering up generators. Central Officer Bradford is running through checklists, awaiting the arrival of the Commander. In two days, humanity takes the fight to the aliens.

Of course it's fiction, but it's fun to imagine that it's not.

[Milk]

Someone should make a live action X-COM thing on Youtube starting on March 1st

[Darius Wolfe]

I know someone is doing a Livestream where they're fast-forwarding, and whenever the date of the next mission is decides the next stream date. I don't recall all of the details, but he goes by ableman in the /r/xcom subreddit.

[Olivia, L.F.H.]

*Salutes* I intend to spend my day Fighting against the Alien Menace. Sir, Permission to be one of the Soldiers in your Livestream?

[ZoSo]

I'll be starting my first campaign in a very long time on Sunday then. Thanks! been looking for an excuse to play again.

[Darius Wolfe]

Dr. Iceberg: I'm not Livestreaming. I'm doing a Let's Play series on YouTube, and my rules for viewers sponsoring troops are a little different than popular guys like Beaglerush.

"I am going to have a Trooper Adoption Program. Unlike other, popular XCOM series, I will not be naming troops after people from Reddit or friends lists. What this entails is that you will get to choose from the full roster (or at random, if you prefer) one of my Troopers to adopt. You'll get to choose their hairstyle/color and Nickname (when they earn one). Your trooper will be featured in microfiction, and will likely be chosen more often for missions in-game, as well. Certain things, such as the armor color and options, perk choices, will be at my discretion, though you are certainly welcome to state preferences, and I'll take them into consideration."

My reason is that I want to try to think of my troopers as people in the world, fighting the fight. A trooper from Nigeria named XIcebergX kind of breaks immersion, yanno?

But I will be making an announcement here as well as a few other places.

[Oreas27]

o7, I shall please the RNG by sacrificing a rookie to Gleep gloop. Maybe l'll have better luck when B15 comes out xD

[Deanery2]

If we're unlucky, aliens attack Munich tomorrow

[Cahos Rahne Veloza]

Still waiting for my call to arms from EXALT ^_^

[Bullett00th]

SO guys, which continent should hold the home base?

[Emperor Zeltman]

europe man

[hghwolf]

Originally posted by armarnis:

europe man

It`s vanilla though. Asia or Africa would be much, much better.

[Whatever]

Actually, this is wrong. XCOM 2 archives (readable in Commander's Quarters) reveals that the XCOM project went live in february 10th when long-range scanners revealed significant objects moving toward Earth. The Outsiders first attack in Mars 1.

[gingerboyz4]

this is from two years ago, before XCOM 2 was even out DONT NECRO