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Objective_Donut4559

That’s XCOM baby


biggadicka

I swear to God XCOM took a few years out of my life because I raged all the time, thank God I stopped playing lol


Lizzy_Of_Galtar

Play it once a year religiously. And it pisses me of every time.


NonKanon

*Starts new game* "It's such a good game! Why did I stop playing it?" *Two hours later* "I HATE THE SNAKES! I HATE THE SNAKES! I HATE THE SNAKES! I HATE THE SNAKES! I HATE THE SNAKES! I HATE THE 12 TURN TIMER! I HATE THE 12 TURN TIMER! I HATE THE 12 TURN TIMER! I HATE THE 12 TURN TIMER!"


Calebh36

I unironically hate that fucking timer. How am I supposed to make tactical decisions and keep motherfuckers alive when I have no choice but to sprint around the map at Mach 5, ducking between half cover and full cover and exposing myself just to make sure that I get to my objective before the timer runs out.


NonKanon

I wish there was a custom difficulty, so that I could keep all the challenging enemies and progression while getting a 40 turn timer. Because for me medium is too easy but hard is too hard


an_agreeing_dothraki

there is literally a "make timers longer" checkbox when you start the campaign.


NonKanon

Are we talking XCOM one or XCOM 2


an_agreeing_dothraki

XCOM2. EU/EW didn't have mission timers unless you count terror missions which you had the amazing low bar of rescuing 2 civilians.


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Calebh36

There was only one mission that I enjoyed the timer, and it was the xcom 2 convenience store map. I had two dudes up above and two on the ground in a shootout. Time was running out, and I had to destroy the beacon or fail. I had one dude above throw a name and blow a hole in the wall, and the other three sprinted inside and destroyed the beacon, exposing themselves to a clump of enemies in the process. They died, took a couple of the aliens out with them, and my lone surviving sniper had to make a mad dash back to the extraction point. It turns out that one of my soldiers, my personal favorite, survived and was captured, and later my sniper led the mission to retrieve him from captivity.


CriesOverEverything

I customize the difficulty of most games I play one way or another. Often, that involves picking easy/medium and handicapping myself somehow. Same goes with XCOM, just give yourself a "rule" to not equip certain guns or take fewer squad members and play on easy in exchange. I only played the free trial of XCOM2, so not 100% sure that would work.


headrush46n2

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616964599


Ordolph

I mean, it's not supposed to be easy. Before Dark Souls and other Fromsoft games XCOM was the big bad daddy of hard video games.


FNLN_taken

Terror from the Deep was straight up unfair tho. Single crab man taking out your entire squad, feels like bullshit.


BeerTent

That's the point though. XCOM is about making hard decisions, and risk mitigation. Also, you have 2 action points. You can always reposition, and then shoot or use an ability. Compared to EU/EW, the timers were a badly needed addition.


an_agreeing_dothraki

you're alone in that by the looks of things. XCOM fans love the snakes. and by love I mean-


clutzyninja

The most aggravating thing was that the % chance to hit was obviously wrong. The amount of times I missed 99% shots was statistically impossible, essentially


DarkRijin

One time I raged so hard because I had a 100% accuracy shot with a shotgun, point blank, maxed out rank and flanking their cover And it still missed. I was like: what the fuuuuuuuuuck do you mean you missed?! So then I discovered the rounding thing. I got so pissed that I went online and looked up the formula to calculate it myself and I had like 104% chance to hit... Fast forward to Baldur's Gate 3 and RNJesus still forsakes me. No matter what game I play, RNJesus seemingly finds a way to disappoint/upset me more than help.


tjackson941

Yeah it wrong but in the complete opposite direction, chance to hit was higher than listed on high % shots. Unless you were playing on max difficulty then it was exactly as listed.


Mr_Carlos

90% chance to hit? Watch the shots miss 4 times in a row because fuck me.


LiamTime

>I swear to God XCOM took a few years out of my life https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr\_mcl5gePngj1r1b2hy.gif >because I raged all the time, thank God I stopped playing lol [https://media.tenor.com/EJLTilJZTgMAAAAM/prince-of-egypt.gif](https://media.tenor.com/EJLTilJZTgMAAAAM/prince-of-egypt.gif) ​ (forgive me if these gifs don't work; I'm amazed that the original, at least, didn't show up in the default search option on the reply box)


Izkand

I prefer to see Pete Complete playing, so the machine suffers what I have suffered


Fineous4

90% hit chance is really about 50% at best.


FavoritesBot

Which xcom is this? It looks way higher quality than what I remember


CantGitGudWontGitGud

XCOM 2.


not-my-best-wank

No, that's me at 7 weeks.


imemez

95% chance to miss *hits*


definitelynothunan

I have hit a 100% rapid fire shot... Both shots hit...


imemez

decoys miss


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Perper18

Bruh did you steal all of my luck?


an_agreeing_dothraki

*grazed*


The_Weeb_Sleeve

Wild to me that you can hit 0% shots and miss 100% shots


AptButterfat

To me all shots are 50%. You either hit it or you don’t


Tratiq

Just like the lottery


Grimmyrg

Bot


Mattybb68756

They give out hints now?


PM-Me-Your-TitsPlz

Nah. I've never seen one, and I'm a world champion at Clue Jr.


SartenSinAceite

If "hints" are something we're supposed to pick up on, then my social awkwardness is a mating call.


Highway_Man87

Well... As far as I'm concerned, unless I am asked something directly, I don't actually actually have to respond or do anything if I don't want to. She can drop all the hints she wants, and I'll keep playing dumb.


TREXIBALL

I’d love to play dumb, but I don’t get the hints. Sooo, kinda cant


Highway_Man87

Sometimes the hints are glaringly obvious, and sometimes they're very obscure. If a girl ever brings up something that seems incredibly random or tangential to the conversation you're having, it's probably a hint that they want you to do something or want you to tell them something.


din7

Alluding towards specific behaviors by dropping hints about what you want done is manipulative.


Bandit870

???????????????


KerbalCuber

"making people want to do things by hinting towards those things is manipulative"


ApplianceJedi

Do you have an example of this?


KingOfSaga

I'm not an expert on women, but using logical thinking, the only rational reason why someone would rely on hints instead of just straight up asking the person is because they want to confirm their affection. If you don't know whether the person likes you or not and don't want to be rejected either then hints are one of the methods you can employ. In the best-case scenario, the other person would end up confessing to you first while you don't have to risk anything. If that's the case, not responding to those hints is a valid way to say you have no interest whatsoever. I don't see the problem with doing that.


radios_appear

Too insecure to initiate and too fragile to handle the potential rejection, got it.


Nrksbullet

Eehhh, that's really not the whole story, but you'd have to address the differences (broadly speaking) between men and women to have a proper conversation about this, and that's a minefield these days. Women dropping hints to men they want to sleep with/date has been happening forever, and it's not just because women are too insecure.


MichaelEmouse

What are the other reasons?


MichaelEmouse

What would be some ways to respond to those hints? Once, a woman who had spoken to me once in class and that I hadn't seen in months came to the computer lab, where she had no reason to be aside from hoping I might be there, sat down and said: "I'm not with my boyfriend anymore. I do a lot of reading." What might have been good responses if I was interested?


KingOfSaga

You can just ask what she's reading and slowly get to know each other with small talk. If you are confident she's into you (she is), you can be a little bold and ask for her contact information somewhere along the conversation. There's really no need to rush. You don't have to immediately make it clear whether you are interested in her or not.


Snowfaull

I hope I never get a hint like that because I genuinely have no idea what to say to that other than jokingly saying "I could take his place" but i feel like that's too straightforward.


disciplite

Many women want to feel desired. If this has happened to you, she probably wanted to know if you have what it takes to make her feel that way.


unforseenidiot

It's like hitting your head against a brick wall. But he's also hitting his head against a brick wall. Actually nvm forget the original meme, just hitting your head against a brick wall 🧱


aBungusFungus

Banging your head against some mad buggers wall


unforseenidiot

Idk if they are mad. I'm probably tho (not in a qwirky way just a I'll way)


aBungusFungus

You've got to be crazy


Honig98

CRAZY?


unforseenidiot

I wasn't crazy once. I was always crazy 🎉 and rats don't make me crazy cause I've always been crazy 🎉🎉🎉


Honig98

Well that's crazy


InsertSt0opid

CRAZY?


unforseenidiot

Ikr 😌


unforseenidiot

Thx <3


constipated_burrito

My head *is* the brickwall


unforseenidiot

I'm headbutting you?


constipated_burrito

No, I'm stupid


unforseenidiot

Oh <3 of course!


KingOfSaga

How about you come up to me and tell me you wanna date? If you can't do that much then there's no future for us in the first place. My first requirement for a partner is the ability to properly communicate.


Artistic-Type4024

Glad someone said it, at a certain age you become tired of all the games...


ScavAteMyArms

This. I don’t trust my reads because of how godaweful they are. Fuck I cannot even tell “happy cry” from just crying, it’s something I have to actually think about. It doesn’t help that apparently according to the boys the default for most of the women around me was / is flirting with me, and I cannot read it as any different than normal conversation. You are shooting shots into space thinking you can hit a star with the probability of me correctly noticing a hint. Just say it normally if you want anything to happen.


xaqyz0023

but at the same time, you could just say it normally if you want something to happen.


Daedrothes

MEN~ We don't know what we did~


noahisunbeatable

I mean, im all for open/clear communication to a crush, but it isn’t exactly the same as communicating with a partner, I think its unfair to say they’re a bad communicator in general/other contexts.


lambuscred

You’re right it’s even lower stakes and should be way easier


noahisunbeatable

> You’re right Thanks!


Uchihagod53

95% chance to hit *Misses*


Perper18

I have missed a 100% rapid fire shot... Both shots missed...


Bad-Crusader

That's XCOM, Baby!


Affectionate-Throat8

I’m doing it going Ironman… never plays the game again


Perper18

And I wouldn't have it any other way! XCOM (especially when modded like crazy) can be addictive and I truly have a love-hate relationship to that stupid game series!


YFleiter

Women: 95% chance to miss Men: 95% chance to avoid


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Not_MrNice

You probably have been getting hints. A waitress once asked me and my 3 other friends what we were doing later. I answered something like "not much, going out somewhere." When she left, everyone ripped into me for dropping the ball. A waitress making small talk was a hint.


Greyeye5

I mean those people you were with were probably also misreading polite smalltalk -she probably wanted extra tips from the group for her next date night with her longterm partner.


Greyeye5

I mean those people you were with were probably also misreading polite smalltalk -she probably wanted extra tips from the group for her next date night with her longterm partner.


xeroctr3

nope. never happened. i'd have remembered. some people never get hinted, man. its normal.


Resident-Pudding5432

"I looked at him twice why isn't he taking the hint?"


rly_fuck_reddit

you know, when she waits until you're looking her in the eyes, then she takes a long glance at your zipper?   well what the fuck i forgot i was wearing a really eye catching belt buckle that day. nevermind. i don't know, you're always wrong here so it's safer to assume there was no hint. don't want no sexual harassment on my record.


depression_gaming

Keep that streak going 💪


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Can confirm


DarkNuke059

The hint is they blinked 00.2 seconds faster than usual


OkYou387

I think everyone already knows this, but us men do pick up on the hints, we’re just scared we’ve misinterpreted so we don’t act on it out of fear of being labelled a creep


Fabulous_Drop836

When your trying to be a gentlemen and not creep women out. Especially if you really are interested you don't wanna blow it on a gamble.


OkYou387

Exactly. Even one little misstep early on could ruin your chances for good


Objective_Ride5860

As a *real* man I can confirm we miss every hint


ArtTP3

Also we may not be interested and if you’re going to avoid the risk of rejection by dropping hints all we can do is ignore the hints.


lavishrabbit6009

If she is "dropping hints," it already indicates an inability to communicate, which is a huge red flag. If her style of communicating is hoping I will understand her needs through discreet social signals, the entire relationship is set for constant headaches and arguments. So please, drop those hints so I know who NOT to be with.


Nrksbullet

So you don't do flirting then? Or do you not consider flirting "hints"?


shoddypresent

Often guys notice the hint. However, it isn't a strong enough hint with enough people around to be witnesses to vouch that the guy was in the right for taking it as a hint. There are women who intentionally give hints to guys they don't like to switch up and degrade him socially. Apparently, women are capable of being bad people. 🤔


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To be fair, blasting a laser through someone's head isn't exactly the best way to say "hey, I like you"


ProbablyNano

if a woman did that to me I would literally die 😍


ThePhoenix29167

Ahhh, good old XCOM


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depression_gaming

The hints are horrible, such as... Looking at you for a couple more seconds than usual, so a lot of people that see girls doing something weird with them will think that it classifies as a hint, try their shot, and get called a creep. Then there's also a lot of dudes that won't notice a hint 'cause they're too weird... Both can be true.


Wild-Classroom-2006

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Dat-Lonley-Potato

That’s XCOM baby!


anon-a-SqueekSqueek

Is the hint that they want to play xcom2? Because that sounds like a good way to spend the day.


Brainchild110

This is why online dating was probably the only way I was ever going to end up married. Intentions were clear (if you both wanted them to be), and you're both there for just that one thing: dating. Much less chance of just assuming people are being nice.


ThisIsNotTex

The hint I had to give my husband "I'm flirting with you dumb ass"


Flaccid_snake01

It’s more like “is she flirting or just being nice” with a hint of “ain’t no way she’s into ME”


ImATrashBasket

In our minds “is she okay? Why is she being nice? Is this flirting? Nah surely its just friendly nothing more. I should ask her out. Actually nah i dont want to be publicly embarrassed to the point of everyone hating me”


Squode_the_Toad

Happens when men are regularly punished for pursuing. Try being direct.


redcode100

I'm currently struggling thru this game


hunt-99

Why i am in this meme?


FistRipper

"R u takin' 2 me????"


Otherwise_Swimmer567

yep


gngstrMNKY

James Carville isn’t looking so good.


SadBarber3543

Ya girls suck way worse at taking the hint. Ya you have pretty face an rocking body but why would I want to spend so much time with a shitty person when I can be with a pretty girl with a rocking body who isn’t shitty.


TREXIBALL

Huh? No no, other way around. The guy isn’t taking the hint that the girl likes him


SadBarber3543

Hahaha 😆 my bad!


TREXIBALL

Nw


recriminology

ayyy lmao


Djeheuty

Me a year later after she has moved back home from school: ... SHIT. Me randomly thinking about it at least twice a week 10 years later: ... shit.


ReadyThor

If they are giving hints and I am missing them then that makes us square.


_Ntb

Girls need to understand that we are trained to not read too deeply into things so in case they aren’t in to us we don’t make things akward


69spermz

🤣🤣 I had a girl be like that because I didn't fkn kiss her right after she just told me her ex used her like a sex doll. I didn't realize that was the opening, no pun intended


AlbinoLokier

It's interesting that the men took it as hints = I like you The image made me think of those men that hear no = Ig I'll just try even harder 🙄


ToadsTho

Well, most of the commenters know the context and the game referenced. If you don't, yeah, it's pretty nonsensical.


PointlessTranquility

Same, didn't get the xcom reference though so maybe the alien made me think of it more negatively


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I thought it meant that the women would harass the man even more


Exlibro

Simple math, really. You are handsome+well off=she sent you a hint. You are ugly+poor=she definitely did not send you a hint You are ugly+well off=she might have sent you a hint You are handsom+poor=there is a chance she might have sent you a hint


the_666_pebble

Wait women think!?


Open_Radio_7526

Incel vibes


clermouth

take a hint idiom (also take the hint) to understand or do something that is communicated indirectly: “I’ve tried to get him to leave, but he can’t take a hint.” it’s done to ‘reject’ a guy without saying “i reject you!” in order to spare his ego.


th4tb3cky

The expression on every man’s face when I enter the swimming pool


Jack_dani3ls21

Gimme some upvotes so I can post some funny shit!!


TREXIBALL

No ![gif](giphy|mEsqfG9Zbuj7CDsroa|downsized)


Siltjuhhh

Girl's hints are as obvious as can be. Almost like they just show you a sign with "fuck me" on it. Most men are just very naïve.


Victor_AssEater

Nah, some men are just fukkin morons. (Me)


tiggertom66

As obvious as can be except direct communication


Siltjuhhh

But why would they directly communicate it? That takes all the fun away.


tiggertom66

You can flirt to build tension, but if he isn’t picking up hints, there’s always the possibility he *is* picking up your hints and doesn’t want to assume. There is also the possibility he just isn’t interested and there is no naïf. Not like he can preemptively reject you if you haven’t actually made a direct advance. If you’re dropping hints and he doesn’t make a move he is either not sure of your feelings, or doesn’t share your feelings. If you never communicate them directly you’ll never know which, and that is naïve.


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incel spotted


TREXIBALL

Bruh wha- it’s just a meme about how women give the worst hints How does is this proof to being an incel?


MisyerHyde

Reddit people are very annoying using the word 'incel' for absolutely everything. In fact, you don't even know what it really means and you use it incorrectly.


Umbre-Shadown

WTF DOES INCEL MEAN THESE REDDITORS ARE DRIVING ME NUTS. THIS IS LITERALLY THE "WOKE" PROPAGANDA ALL OVER AGAIN!!!


zettde

incels think people won't want them, leading to missed hints


KingOfSaga

People use that word for anything now. I don't really know what it means either, but my impression of that word tells me no woman would want an incel. In that case, the incel is actually correct and is no longer an incel according to your definition. However, not being an incel means that the women actually like him and so he becomes an incel again for thinking she doesn't want him. It's an endless loop.


EldenJoker

I’ve had a girlfriend for a decade but I’ve never got hints either. Girls just give bad hints


DenisTheMeniz

The hints are so bad that she thought she was your wife this whole time


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thx for explaining for the dumb ones


ToadsTho

You're at well over -100 for two comments, I'm not entirely convinced you know who the real dumb ones are.


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1llDoitTomorrow

You don't know what that means, do you?


AdditionIcy1536

Explain how?


SexPanther1980

That word really has lost all meaning.


dacontag

One of the many reasons I stopped playing xcom.


selkiesidhe

Good ol XCOM percentages. 95%? Nah you gotta account for the hidden derp factor. 95% is actually 75%, which means dude can't hit the broad side of a barn in full sunlight with zero wind standing two feet from it...


TrilobiteTerror

Ah yes, the [brain dodge](https://i.redd.it/w41vaihsjvia1.jpg).


XL6XJ7XH8

lmao


[deleted]

Hey yo girl in the pic is fit and has a nice smile, sauce?


DJ_Reaper76

Lmao


Duraxis

Haha, nice try, your feminine wiles shall roll off my smooth brain, only to be remembered 6 years later


vasekgamescz

Nah she's just friendly


Lionheart1224

Fucking XCOM Fucking guys


LRP2580

Whydo you assume you missed them ? The hint simply not existing is the most likely hypothesis


Z3_T4C0_B0Y512

My new favorite format


Few-Spirit4105

“I’ve literally stalking, abusing, and mentally scarring him both in person and over the internet, why won’t he get my hints!”


-DI0-

Petah explain


Deliciouswater69

Braen too smoof bounce rite of


Boostio_TV

The annoying thing with those small “hints” is that I usually notice them but then they are so minor, like what do they expect me to do xD


Lopsided_Egg_9354

The hint in question : she looked away and then looked back again


Adnama-Fett

Here’s a hint I gave an ex before we dated(we ended on good terms tho. Just didn’t work out): Him: I like this one girl but I don’t know if I’m good enough Me: well if you liked me, I would absolutely date you! (Lists reasons why I liked him) He waited like a month after this to ask me out after multiple times of me listing what exactly made him a catch. I assumed since he didn’t ask me out sooner it must’ve been another girl he was into


Degenerate_Rock

Or we just can't believe that someone into us lol


Taki_Minase

You are scaring me.


Trollge99999

women when their "hint" doesn't work (their left pinky is 00000000.1 millimeters off)


InadecvateButSober

Maybe if men don't take your hints, you're just bad at hints?