Thanks for the wishes, guys! I had no idea you even knew it was my birthday! o.O
Devil, and anyone else wondering how to capture graphics: click the link, open the thumbnail, then right click on the image that opens up and select "save image as". Or PM me with your direct email address if you'd like me to send you full resolution squad graphics attached to an email. We can also post all graphics on a free service like Photobucket. SheiBe has created an account for us and he and I are looking into that as an option, we hear it gets used a lot here.
My thumbs up for Chanoc, too. I've played with him a few times and been duly impressed. Let's get the word to him that he's up for membership.
Hey Bopes, this is weird; I was thinking just now, I wonder if we should think about "adopting" our own respective Prodigy players? Like, each of us would have his own sidekick or multiple sidekicks, all younger players we've each spotted and thought should be in M.O.M. Then I thought, "Who would I consider? Oh, yeah...Quiet, definitely." Whether we do the "mentor" thing with Prodigies or not, we couldn't go wrong adding Quiet to the roster. Everyone, be on the lookout for him and let him know.
As for recruitment etiquette, I think we're all feeling about the same; pitch any player who isn't flying the colors of another squadron, answer any questions from affiliated players and invite them to visit the thread - I'm telling them to PM me if they'd like, thinking they might not want it known that they're "shopping" us but might have some questions they couldn't post to us without revealing their interest - and welcome any unsolicited applications as we've been doing so far. D_N is a good example of the free agent candidate and there are a few in the 111th who've cautiously asked indirect questions about M.O.M., I figured it was pretty clear why. Again, I just told 'em to visit the thread, PM me with questions and left it at that. I think I speak for us all when I say we respect the other squadrons here and don't want to actively raid their rosters. Some players are just a better fit for M.O.M. than they are for the other squads, they see what we're about and they know it...and those are the guys we want.
As much as we (and I, in particular) make light of squadrons and try to keep it anti-serious, here's an observation that just struck me: we have the best player in the game in our ranks. B Strachan may not have the most kills though he's rapidly overtaking the #2 spot, and he has more deads and crashed than anyone else on the Top 100...but look at his Hangars Bombed and Won Games. With that many kills, but also that many deads/crashed, it tells me something about the way he plays; he makes himself vulnerable and sacrifices himself to win games. Hangars and Wins can only equal a dedication to the team more than to his own stats. If he were a kill greedy type imagine how many he'd have by now! All that time devoted to bombing and helping his team to win could've been spent shooting down another 54k planes. I'm proud to be flying under the same banner as a player like that, and like all of you. (snif) No, I'm not getting misty, just snorting another line of smack...or, y'know, whatever it is you snort lines of...