PC Smiffys XCOM 2 Signups

[iSmiff]

**UPDATE*

So i'll try and update this as much as I can; it's basically stats from my current playthrough for the characters you've submitted to me.

Squaddie Michael 'McGizzle' McGeeson - 0 Kills - 1 Mission - KIA
Corporal Lauren 'Linnaete' Strafechtlerin - 1 Kills - 4 Missions - KIA
Sergeant Forest 'Six' Cress - 9 Kills - 6 Missions - KIA

Colonel Aston 'Smiffy' Smith - 44 Kills - 19 Missions
Magus Harly 'Pally' Mystile - 24 Kills - 12 Missions
Lieutenant Shace 'Chip' Paissa - 9 Kills - 6 Missions
Sergeant Kyle 'Vex' Kusanagi - 6 Kills - 3 Missions
Corporal Ryoga 'Ryoku' Saito - 2 Kills - 2 Missions

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So as you may or may not know; one of the best things about XCOM ( and XCOM 2 furthermore ) is that you can customise your troops! XCOM 2 goes one step further by not only increasing the customisation options available but allowing us to create a 'character' pool - meaning people we create can be soldiers that join XCOM, Civilians that we can save etc etc.

PLEASE READ: if you select any class other than 'Rookie' Then you will not appear in the game until much later. The specific classes are used as rewards whereas 'Rookies' are recruitable at the beginning of the game - HOWEVER this means that when they are recruited what class they will become is randomised. No moaning if you dont even appear in the game until the last mission if you pick a certain class though!

FYI - Any info you don't provide i'll pick for you.
Those marked with a * are compulsory fields.

VIP is someone you rescue, Rookie is a soldier you can hire and Dark VIP is someone you need to capture; basically someone working for the aliens and I dont think they are usable.
Psi Operatives use psychic abilities
Ranger uses a sword & run and gun style tactics
Grenadier uses rockets and grenades
Specialist is a medic/hacker
Sharpshooter is a sniper

The personalities Laidback/Twitchy etc are cosmetic only.

So basically if you want to be in my XCOM 2 save , probably die but maybe not, here we go!

First Name (11 character max)*:
Nickname (11 character max):
Last Name (15 character max)*:
Biography (backstory):
Gender*:
Nationality*:
Accent (spanish, english, italian etc. I'll do my best with the limited voice packs):
Hair Colour:
Hair Style:
Eye Colour:
Skin Colour:
Soldier/VIP/Dark VIP:
Rookie/Ranger/Sharpshooter/Grenadier/Specialist/Psi Operative/Random:
Normal/Laid Back/Twitchy/Happy-Go-Lucky/Hard Luck/Intense/By the Book:
Armour Colour:
Secondary Armour Colour:
Weapon Colour:
Soldier look (Describe how you want them to look and i'll do my best to get as close to that as possible. The customisation options are crazy, just look on youtube for some XCOM 2 character creation videos and go from there; or leave this blank):

Any questions please ask here or in chat and i'll update the OP

 

[Six]

First Name (11 character max)*: Forest
Nickname (11 character max): Six
Last Name (15 character max)*: Cress
Biography (backstory): (I may come back on this, if not something random) xD
Gender*: Female
Nationality*: Australian
Accent: Aussie (Australian English #2)
Hair Colour: Dark brown
Hair Style: Long, straight.
Eye Colour: Light grey.
Skin Colour: Caucasian.
Soldier/VIP/Dark VIP: VIP.
Rookie/Ranger/Sharpshooter/Grenadier/Specialist/Psi Operative/Random: Sharpshooter
Normal/Laid Back/Twitchy/Happy-Go-Lucky/Hard Luck/Intense/By the Book: By the book.
Armour Colour: Black
Secondary Armour Colour: Dark grey
Weapon Colour: Black
Soldier look: Let's go Chloe Frazer / Lara (Rise of the Tomb Raider) style for good measures but long hair!

 

[Shaissa]

First Name (11 character max)*: Shace
Nickname (11 character max): (whatever you want)
Last Name (15 character max)*: Paissa
Biography (backstory): (i'll come back to or just make it something random)
Gender*: Male
Nationality*:Canadian if possible?
Accent (spanish, english, italian etc. I'll do my best with the limited voice packs): French or German
Hair Colour: Fire Red
Hair Style: something spikey
Eye Colour:Blue
Skin Colour: make him like green if possible.. otherwise make him as white as possible...ghost white if possible
Soldier/VIP/Dark VIP: Soldier
Rookie/Ranger/Sharpshooter/Grenadier/Specialist/Psi Operative/Random: Ranger
Normal/Laid Back/Twitchy/Happy-Go-Lucky/Hard Luck/Intense/By the Book: Happy-Go-Lucky
Armour Colour: Pink
Secondary Armour Colour: Yellow
Weapon Colour: Hot Pink
Soldier look (Describe how you want them to look and i'll do my best to get as close to that as possible. The customisation options are crazy, just look on youtube for some XCOM 2 character creation videos and go from there; or leave this blank): I'll come back to this otherwise if you do the game before I do, just use your best opinion

 

[Linnaete]

First Name: Lauren
Nickname: "Linnaete"
Last Name: Strafrechtlerin
Biography (backstory): (DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT FAMILIAR AT ALL WITH XCOM LORE, SO I SHALL KEEP THIS AS HILARIOUSLY VAGUE AS I CAN.) Frau Strafrechtlerin hails from Düsseldorf. Once a beautiful, vibrant city on the Rhine known for its fine art trade shows and an industrial powerhouse, the extraterrestrial invasion has left the city charred, dilapidated, stripped of its population and any residual useful resources. Lauren's father saw action as alien DNA researcher and medic as part of global defence taskforce to resist this otherworldly menace, until a bizarrely botched mission to hold back a pincer assault on Rome culminated in his annihilation, as well as the total extinction of his battalion. Wearing this loss heavily in her heart, as well as the grave understanding that every soldier's life in this war for Earth cannot be wasted, Lauren elects to carry on the work of her father. While she eschews the daunting prospect of researching alien DNA and physical properties in hopes of developing biological means to subdue the enemy, she finds companionship with all things binary, choosing to specialise as a hacker, as well as a field medic.

If that won't do, just go for something random. :S

Gender: Female
Nationality: German
Accent: Mild German? Is there such a voice? Failing that, something vaguely European.
Hair Colour: Jet black
Hair Style: Medium; knotted updo at the back
Eye Colour: Blue
Skin Colour: White caucasian
Soldier/VIP/Dark VIP: Soldier
Rookie/Ranger/Sharpshooter/Grenadier/Specialist/Psi Operative/Random: Specialist
Normal/Laid Back/Twitchy/Happy-Go-Lucky/Hard Luck/Intense/By the Book: Intense
Armour Colour: As long as she's not decked out in any ludicrous lime-green or offensive orange get-up, I really don't mind what colour you make her armour.
Secondary Armour Colour: Ditto above.
Weapon Colour: White
Soldier look:

I have no idea, actually. I doodled this just now (compleeeetely unrelated to XCOM obviously >.>), so if you ignore the weird braids and the blue...whatever they are, as well as the lightsaber, just roll with medium jet black hair, but in an neat knotted updo form at the back. Obviously she won't be wearing that in the face of an alien invasion and the middle of an extraterrestrial war, so you'll have to equip to her something a wee bit more appropriate.

 

[Paddy McGee]

First Name (11 character max)*: Michael
Nickname (11 character max): McGee
Last Name (15 character max)*: McGeeson
Biography (backstory): Born to the lovely city of Belfast, Michael was your every day catholic lad, who loved his proud but separated country. He had something of an uninteresting childhood. Outside of getting beatings from the odd protestant or tree(Yep, a joke) Michael had a fine life! Bored with this fine life, Michael decided to enroll himself into the Military.

His happy-go-lucky, wisecracking style never truly disappeared though- while his position left him away from combat, he would still joke across the radio! He was a joker to his squad. Though, he suddenly changed when the Aliens attacked. Belfast, Dublin... the great cities of his country were ruined by the Aliens! Reduced to near rubble(except Limerick, which actually looked better post attack)!

After losing his home, his family and his guinness brewery, Michael lost importance in his life- and devoted his time to the extinction of the invading force and developing terrible jokes.

Gender*: Male
Nationality*:Northern Irish
Accent : I saw that there's an Irish accent under UK English 3, I believe!
Hair Colour: Brown
Hair Style: short, flat.
Eye Colour: Brown
Skin Colour: Pale- Irish pale.
Soldier/VIP/Dark VIP: Soldier
Rookie/Ranger/Sharpshooter/Grenadier/Specialist/Psi Operative/Random: Sharpshooter
Normal/Laid Back/Twitchy/Happy-Go-Lucky/Hard Luck/Intense/By the Book: happy-go-lucky
Armour Colour: Green
Secondary Armour Colour: Orange
Weapon Colour: White
Soldier look (Describe how you want them to look and i'll do my best to get as close to that as possible. The customisation options are crazy, just look on youtube for some XCOM 2 character creation videos and go from there; or leave this blank):

Medium-fit build, average height, I cannot draw. Just give him a good beard and make sure he doesn't look like a mutant and we'll be good!!

 

[Soulcorruptor]

First Name (11 character max)*: Kyle
Nickname (11 character max): Vex
Last Name (15 character max)*: Kusanagi
Biography (backstory): He forgets because of amnesia
Gender*: Male
Nationality*: American
Accent (spanish, english, italian etc. I'll do my best with the limited voice packs): english
Hair Colour:brown
Hair Style: mid neck length
Eye Colour: grey
Skin Colour: white
Soldier/VIP/Dark VIP: Soldier
Rookie/Ranger/Sharpshooter/Grenadier/Specialist/Psi Operative/Random: Sharpshooter/Sniper
Normal/Laid Back/Twitchy/Happy-Go-Lucky/Hard Luck/Intense/By the Book: Intense
Armour Colour:Black
Secondary Armour Colour: Red
Weapon Colour: Chrome
Soldier look

 

[Raiiyokuu]

First Name (11 character max)*: Ryoga

Nickname (11 character max): Ryoku

Last Name (15 character max)*: Saito

Biography (backstory): WIP

Gender*: Male

Nationality*: Japanese-American

Accent: English

Hair Colour: Black

Hair Style: Medium + Spiky / Medium Sideswept

Eye Colour: Brown

Skin Colour: Fair

Soldier/VIP/Dark VIP: Soldier

Rookie/Ranger/Sharpshooter/Grenadier/Specialist/Psi Operative/Random: Sharpshooter / Ranger

Normal/Laid Back/Twitchy/Happy-Go-Lucky/Hard Luck/Intense/By the Book: Laid Back

Armour Colour: Black

Secondary Armour Colour: Dark Red

Weapon Colour: Matte Black

Soldier look :

Lean, 20% muscle build. No eye slant >.>
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[iSmiff]

It was all going so well. Linnaete got mind controlled by an alien and shot this guy.

 

[Harlequin]

First Name: Harly
Nickname: "Pally"
Last Name: Mystile

Biography: Little is known of Mystile prior to him joining the resistance, with senior XCOM officers concluding that given his physical conditioning and advanced knowledge of combat tactics he must have served for a top secret Black Ops group before the alien occupation, as records of any military service are nonexistent.

Lack of background knowledge on Mystile has given way to wild theories and speculation, with one of the more outlandish rumours involving a legendary craftsman from the distant past who (after spending several nights with no sleep inventing an aerial contraption) mistakenly unlocked the secrets of time travel. Upon arriving in the present day via a ship made of crude materials and antiquated technology the craftsman built a Frankstein type monster he could control telepathically, with the express purpose of infiltrating XCOM in order to acquire the means to return his master and namesake to his original time.

These are of course just baseless rumours; Mystile continues to perform exceptionally, despite exhibiting curious brainwave patterns.

Gender: Male
Nationality: United Kingdom
Accent: British

Hair Colour: Brown
Hair Style: Undercut, otherwise short
Eye Colour: Green
Skin Colour: Caucasian

Occupation: Soldier
Class: Psi-Operative, Defensive build preferably
Personality: By the Book
Primary Colour: Black
Secondary Colour: Dark Grey
Weapon Colour: Black

Soldier Look: Anything that makes him look not quite human (similar to the MECs in Enemy Within) but otherwise normal, no helmet or eye wear.

Would be cool if we could see some videos of missions but if that's not possible then no big deal

 

[iSmiff]

Would be cool if we could see some videos of missions but if that's not possible then no big deal

I will endeavour to do so! Which video capture software would you recommend? Cabbage

 

[greenyxi]

I will endeavour to do so! Which video capture software would you recommend? @Cabbage

I don't have much experience with recording PC games, but when I do, I use OBS. Free and plenty of guides out there . It's good for streaming too.

P.S. I'll chuck in a character a bit later tonight. Dying of exhaustion right now :s.

 

[iSmiff]

I've managed to get some recording software however i'm still messing around on my first playthrough. I'll be sure to stream/record some of my first 'Ironman' Playthrough.

 

[iSmiff]

@Paddy McGee

So as you may or may not know I drunkenly deleted my XCOM 2 save file one night. In my first save McGee was one of my best units. Dominating the battlefield and leading the way for the resistance.

However in my current playthrough he didn't fare quite so well.

RIP McGizzle, we hardly knew ye.

 

[iSmiff]

P.S I fixed the typo but CBA to upload another screenshot. Was -> Way

 

[iSmiff]

Updated first post with 'scoreboards'