Signed! Given the sorry state of female roles in both science fiction films and video games I'm sorry to see Gearbox missing such a great opportunity to follow James Cameron's lead. Some of Alien's most bad-ass characters are female for goodness sake!

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Been trying to stay out of this thread, given the unrest over the most recent AVP...

But, having seen the trailer at Prometheus last night, I'm getting very eager to give this a play!

I'll be honest, i thought it was silly the petition.

But thinking about it, It's fair!

Signed

Good Luck!

-Callum

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Sgt C. Kee-McParlin
A05/TQ1.0.02160E1

13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'

There are enough female gamers out there that playing a female character should be a standard option.

But since the whole of Alien 1-4 and now Prometheus is pretty much all about strong female characters, omitting that basic aspect is just wrong.
About 30% of the LV-426 mission is female and all would be dead if it weren't for the main one.

Someone from AL linked to an article on Farcebook about sexism in the geek world. This just makes it more evident.

I only hope SEGA agree and Gearbox have enough time to add the ladies in...

Is it just a matter of a head swap, or would it be more involved? I'm tempted to quote Hudson's jab at Vasquez, but seriously: Dietrich in armor looks pretty damn similar to the other grunts (except for height).

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100% agree there should be a playable female rosta however considering the considerable delay already and assuming sega will be keen to get this out there to meet the last announced release date, it seems unlikely this will happen.

How much work would he invovled to develop the character designs? Assume they would have to do additional mocap sessions as well?

More pics of the collector's edition:

http://idlehands1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/0 ... ctors.html

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

its an amazing looking set but is anyone else a little disappointed theres no replica pulse rifle ala the GOW lancer?

Thanks for your support! Still need more!

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Lt. Melissa L. Klassen, ALG
AL Colonial Admin. - Executive Officer (XO) -- 2021-2022
RCCM | Royal Canadian Colonial Marines - Commanding Officer (CO) -- 2021-2022

Read the AL Charter Rules & Regulations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i3gd9QUyIqI_6rfk8kpxspbKU-JT4MBAjLPxfCkvGJ8

Hmm, that "certificate" looks pretty lame. Of course I don't knwo what a real-world equivalent would look like so maybe it's not so bad? I'll have to do some research I guess...

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Love they got the ship spec from the Aliens Colonial Marine Manual. =]

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Sgt C. Kee-McParlin
A05/TQ1.0.02160E1

13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'

In the 10 minute walk through video were the creators are commenting on the game they say they used the Tech Manual a lot for reference. But does that mean Lee and Nigel will be paid for their work? Doubtful.

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Signed. i think they should add them.

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SGT Chris Kraemer "BIRD"
S/N: A07/TQ0.0.82154G1 Sgt Kraemer

Petition signed! It simply wouldn't feel true to Aliens with no bumpy Marines in the game, and it's not really fair to any female gamers to have no choice but to play as males only. Nuff said.

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GySgt Gustafson, Dru R.
Callsign: Mud Shark
A06/TQ0.0.32122E1

Some of our guys (and gal) got interviewed in costume!!


http://nerdyshow.com/2012/06/e3-2012-aliens-colonial-marines-cosplay-interview/

Awesome!

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-Spat

That was awesome! What great spokespeople for this sub-genre. I love when the host called them sexy.

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Signed the petition!

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Pfc. Wells, Brandon. W
"I am the ultimate bad-ass. State of the bad-ass art."

awsum vid!!!

makes me wanna get armour even more! i will be suited and booted by feb 13th come hell or high water!!!

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Chaplain Sgt Hohenkerk,
Executive officer - 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes

Does not help,
Does not clean,
Will have sex with anything!

Excellent work guys - You look like you've done that kind of thing before!

great work guys and gal for representing the USCM!!!!

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBtqXvbf ... re=g-all-u very cool angry joe interveiw !

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

That was pretty good.

I preordered the limited edition today, I cannot wait for this.

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Me too game spot wanted $25 down payment oohhh well fire in the hole . Did it to bad I have to wait till feb .

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

I ordered the limited edition today as well, even though I don't actually own a game system. Everyone said to go with XBox, so that's what I did; I honestly don't know the pros and cons of either (nor do I care).
I mentioned to the manager my recent adventure bringing a Pulse Rifle to the theater for Prometheus and she got a gleam in her eye. I might work something out with her to have a Colonial Marine in-store when the game is released (kind of like what Sean and Co. are doing for SEGA, only much less cool). Has anyone else considered doing something like this? Just curious as we have MONTHS to plan it.

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I buy off amazon (get a discount, free release shipping) so I couldn't if I wanted to haha.

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