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    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Oct 09, 2012

    The classic tactical turn-based combat returns in this modern re-imagining of X-COM: UFO Defense.

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    Sackmanjones

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    #1  Edited By Sackmanjones

    So the naming in this game is incredible and it only gets better with the addition I nicknames. I'm just curious what is your favorite solider name (and nickname) that were absolutely random?

    A few I mine were Bob "Prophet" Bailey. Just had a nice ring to it. Sadly he perished in the alien bad, R.I.P Major Bailey.

    Yoko miyamoto- well that's self explanatory, sadly he didn't survive long

    Hiraro Kojima- again self explanatory an again did not survive long. Ill keep updating as I play but those are a few standouts.

    I'm obligated to say I'm on my phone so I apologize for any mis spellings.

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    #2  Edited By Dagbiker

    Rosa Parks

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    #3  Edited By musclerider

    My favorite was an Irish heavy with a flat top named Casey "Casino" Duff.

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    #4  Edited By Sackmanjones
    @musclerider
    My favorite was an Irish heavy with a flat top named Casey "Casino" Duff.
    Did he have a rad beard? It just sounds liked he'd have one
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    #5  Edited By BisonHero

    My all-star psychic sniper was a Chinese dude named Chen "Emo" Cheng. Emo Cheng has seen some serious shit.

    And I had an assault whose first name I forget, because to me she will always be "Double Down" Jenkins.

    Vinny is right, the nicknames are one of the best parts of the whole game.

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    #6  Edited By morningstar

    I had a soldier being named the same as a friend of mine. Then she got shot in the head....

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    #7  Edited By musclerider
    @Sackmanjones said:
    @musclerider
    My favorite was an Irish heavy with a flat top named Casey "Casino" Duff.
    Did he have a rad beard? It just sounds liked he'd have one
    Just a sweet horseshoe mustache. He made it through 30-40 missions because after I got him I used him for every mission until the end of the game.
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    #8  Edited By D_W

    I have a heavy called Ben Payne, but unfortunately he has a really dumb nick name which I cannot remember.

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    #9  Edited By Levius

    Benjamin "D.O.A" Robinson.

    He died the mission after he earned the nickname.

    Also my long serving heavy Fernando "Tectonic" Martinez, I just like the nickname.

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    #10  Edited By ChaosDent

    One of my initial squad members was Shigeru "Dice" Miyamoto. He became my first Colonel level Assault.

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    #11  Edited By Freshbandito

    Dwayne 'Zero' Kelso, my sniper who's made some game saving shots, the kind of overwatch / low % chance shots that save a real bad situation.

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    #12  Edited By Harpell

    Mohammed "Crater" Majid. A heavy who has served in over half my missions.

    I also have a Russian named Igor Popov. As soon as he earned a nickname, I changed it to "Iggy Pop". It was too good not to do it.

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    #13  Edited By ervonymous

    I liked Doreen "All Day" Stewart, run & gun assault flanking and critting all day every day.

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    #14  Edited By Bourbon_Warrior

    Alf "Rape Dungeon" Stewart

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    #15  Edited By zFUBARz

    my favourite is still my sniper, Richard Richard, who's nickname is Longshot

    So I've got a Cpt. Dick 'Longshot' Dick on my team.

    it's not witty, but god damn it cracks me up that the game made that.

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    #16  Edited By BluPotato

    I had a Duncan MacLeod for a total of one mission. Found out the hard way that he was indeed not a highlander when he took a plasma bolt from the first sectoid he stumbled upon.

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    #17  Edited By Tesla

    I can't remember any real names off the top of my head, but my favorite random nicknames have been "Angel" for a medic I had decked out in all white before he earned the nickname. "Stalker" for my badass British sniper lady gets runner up.

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    #18  Edited By WulfBane

    Pulled a "Shawn White" as my first support, so I QUICKLY gave him the flat top, orange/red hair, and red armor.

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    #20  Edited By udabenshen

    Max "Romeo" Smith

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    #21  Edited By Sackmanjones
    @WulfBane
    Pulled a "Shawn White" as my first support, so I QUICKLY gave him the flat top, orange/red hair, and red armor.
    You did the right thing there
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    #22  Edited By tim_the_corsair
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    Alf "Rape Dungeon" Stewart

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Oh man, love Alf.

    Anyway, my best was Major Lars 'Wolverine' Milsen (iffy on his surname), who was my superstar soldier who died in true heroic fashion, leading a group of chrysallids and Mutons away from my battered forces during the first base assault and rapid firing a bunch of those motherfuckers to death before they finally tore him apart.

    We poured one out for him back at HQ, and poured another out for his sick blonde handlebar
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    #23  Edited By DystopiaX

    @Sackmanjones said:

    @WulfBane
    Pulled a "Shawn White" as my first support, so I QUICKLY gave him the flat top, orange/red hair, and red armor.
    You did the right thing there

    How do you change armor colors? Unable to find that option anywhere.

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    #24  Edited By Sackmanjones
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    @Sackmanjones said:

    @WulfBane
    Pulled a "Shawn White" as my first support, so I QUICKLY gave him the flat top, orange/red hair, and red armor.
    You did the right thing there

    How do you change armor colors? Unable to find that option anywhere.

    I believe it was a pre order bonus on pc. I think the option is calle "armor detail"
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    #25  Edited By WulfBane

    @DystopiaX Yeah, as @Sackmanjones suspected, I pre-ordered on Steam so I get the giant flat-top & extra customizability options (part of the 1st tier of their tiered pre-order unlock system)

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    #26  Edited By Terramagi

    I can confirm Ryan's testament that Paul Walker is, indeed, a possible name.

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    #27  Edited By NakAttack

    @Sackmanjones said:

    @WulfBane
    Pulled a "Shawn White" as my first support, so I QUICKLY gave him the flat top, orange/red hair, and red armor.
    You did the right thing there

    get him archangel armor and call him the flying tomato.

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    #29  Edited By BaneFireLord

    Malika "Wildchild" Canaan was a favorite.

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    #30  Edited By Barrabas

    I managed to roll a "Hideo Kojima," but my favorite random name I got was one "Axel Wolf." If that's not the best alien killer "Look Ma I'm a badass" soldier name I don't know what is. May he rest in peace.

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    #31  Edited By Giantstalker

    I have a randomly rolled British dude named "Thomas Thomas" right now. If he lives to get a nickname, hopefully it'll start with a T and end with an S.

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    #32  Edited By Grillbar

    mine arent great i think the best one i got is Nick "Fury" Power

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    #33  Edited By randyf

    Tim Allen.

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    #34  Edited By Lugburz

    One guy got named Arthur Knight, i flipped that name so it would read Knight Arthur, only if he survived a bit more to get the chance to see what kind of nickname he would get.

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    #35  Edited By Akyho

    I saw this thread and went "I cant think of any." While for the last four days I have had an assault dude rolling with me with a name I keep going "That is a familiar name." Once I realized who it was I decided to put him in the worst situations to die.....except the kept surviving....WHY WONT HE DIE!

    WHY WONT JACK "DUKE" THOMPSON DIE!!

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    I have Jeff "Tank" Davis rolling with me.

    and I had a Nat Jackson. It just sorta sounds awesome. NAT JACKSON!

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    #36  Edited By pyromagnestir

    This thread is making me regret not buying XCOM more than anything else.

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    #37  Edited By TheHT

    Takumi "Pops" Yamaguchi

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    #38  Edited By MetalBaofu

    I've got a Jorge Garcia. He has no nickname yet.

    Also have a heavy with the nickname "Papa Bear." Arthur "Papa Bear" Hayes, to be exact.

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    #39  Edited By Terramagi

    After looking at the names file, it does appear that most of these "whomg totally a reference" are indeed random.

    For example, "Hideo" and "Kojima" are not linked in any way. They both EXIST, certainly, but you have a 1/21 chance of drawing "Hideo" and a 1/44 chance of getting "Kojima".

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    #40  Edited By Ben_H
    @Terramagi: The real question is what should his nickname be? Paul "Cop" Walker? Paul "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSS" Walker? Paul "DUDE I ALMOST HAD YOU" Walker? Paul "10 Second Car" Walker?
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    #41  Edited By gaminghooligan

    Vincent 'Tombstone' Vega

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    #42  Edited By big_jon

    Papa Bear, I have had him since my first mission, he is a tank.

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    #43  Edited By Fishdingo5

    "Septic" and he is my support medic, I can't remember his real name though. I have to laugh every time a guy named Septic heals someone.

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    #44  Edited By supamon

    Thomas "Train" Thomas Assault class.

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    #45  Edited By gerrid

    Mordecai "Vita" David, support dude from Israel

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    I really like my US Sniper, Kate "Spectre" Harper

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    #47  Edited By Fierrze

    Norwegian assault duder named Lars "All Day" Larsson. He is one tough mofo and my squad leader.

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    #48  Edited By Yodasdarkside

    "Skinner" has been my best Medic nickname so far. Makes her sound like a sadistic nurse.

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    #49  Edited By StrawHatLaw13

    Sarah "Crash" Burns.

    Also my only asian soldier got the nickname Zulu and that reminded me of Star Trek.

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    #50  Edited By ArtisanBreads

    @Akyho said:

    I saw this thread and went "I cant think of any." While for the last four days I have had an assault dude rolling with me with a name I keep going "That is a familiar name." Once I realized who it was I decided to put him in the worst situations to die.....except the kept surviving....WHY WONT HE DIE!

    WHY WONT JACK "DUKE" THOMPSON DIE!!

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    I have Jeff "Tank" Davis rolling with me.

    and I had a Nat Jackson. It just sorta sounds awesome. NAT JACKSON!

    well I know who my scout would be

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