The squad is not as big or active as it used to be. Since the update that added the "old" feature, most of us can't use their noob planes and many good members and friends stopped playing the game (or completely vanished). Some of us can be still seen around, fighting for victory, but it's not the same anymore.


Official logo courtesy of Juan Marni
Link to his HUGE tutorial: dogfightelite.com/index.php/forum/cool-t...uge-tutorial?start=0

Hello, and welcome to the SPAD SQUAD official thread! We are a new squadron created on February 23, 2020, and we are always recruiting new members! Normally we use the invitation system, but we also accept requests. In this squadron you will find very good pilots who can be considered as 'young talents' because of their low rank (nearly no one in this squadron is over rank 30 currently) and their flying skills.

Why is the squad called like that? This was going to be a tribute to all those 'little killers' who can be found in WW1 rooms, and who sadly leave the game in most cases. Little killers usually aren't subscribed and can't buy premium aircraft, so their main planes are the SPAD XIII and the Pfalz D.III. Because most premiums like Germany, their regular plane is the allied, in this case the SPAD. I was one of them, and that plane made me an ace (believe me, it's a good plane, I've brought down lots of jets with it).

We don't have a true military structure: there is a MORAF, a co-MORAF who helps the boss, and the rest of pilots. The only functions of the MORAFs are recruiting new members and kicking those who don't play or do something illegal.

This squadron is only for active players, so if you are going to stay without playing for a while, please connect at least once per week to make us know you are still there and didn't left the game. You don't even have to enter in a match, just by opening the game and entering multiplayer your last seen date will be set as "Today".

Remember that this is YOUR squadron, so feel free to post here. Our thread is also open for people who aren't in our little group.


Banner courtesy of Sikorsky

RULES:

1. The basics: no swearing, no teamkilling, no spawnkilling... to stay in the game without being banned.

2. RESPECT the noobs, help them when they ask for info if you can. The SPAD SQUAD is like a school squad, SO THIS IS NON NEGOTIABLE.

3. Sneaking is allowed, but don't do it if your team is much bigger than the other.

4. We carry our bombs in bombing missions, however you can drop them if you need to defend your base or to deal with droppers or jets (when you finish, reload again).

5. Unnecessary spawnkilling is not allowed. The only kind of spawnkill we will allow is the "bomb/flag run exception" (you are approaching the base/carrier, and you want to bomb, so you shoot at the parked planes to make them stay and let you bomb, same can apply for flag games). When you finish, you can crash or go back to the base, but don't camp (however, if a red starts shooting at your six while leaving, you can kill it to watch your back). DON'T bomb aircrafts that are parked on the runway, that's unnecessary (they can't kill you).

6. It's OK if you want to avoid someone's head on attack, but if his plane is worse than yours, don't shoot him at the back or turnfight, because he has no chance of defending.

7. Shoooting your squadron mates is allowed.

8. Bully jet tactics aren't allowed here (unless you are hunting another jet). YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WITH "JET" AND "BULLY TACTICS".

Not all infractions have the same gravity. Most of the times we will try to talk with the infractor, however, sometimes the only solution is an immediate expulsion (don't worry, we've kicked only three guys because of insulting, compulsive spawnkilling, etc).
ETHICS:

Ethics aren't like rules, you don't have to follow them. However, if you want to be a true SPAD Squader, you'll have to follow some.

1. Fly ALL your planes, not only the best you have, to show the enemy that you don't need a jet to beat them.

2. If you aren't going to shoot a squadron mate in a dogfight match, go far of his position, don't bully anyone. JET EXCEPTION: You are allowed to provide cover to other WW1 aircrafts if a jet or something like that is bullying them.

3. Cover your teammates, especially the ones with the worse aircrafts.

HONORSHIP MEMBERS:

Currently in the squad:
Left the squad:
Reserve squad (those who were kicked because of inactivity)
Never entered the squad, but had some influence on it:
The list is currently WIP (and needs a big update...).

Now 9 members! Thank you all for trusting in us!

Felicidades por tu nuevo Escuadron Paco. Sigue adelante y mata muchos rojos. Nos vemos en el cielo D.F.

Jejeje gracias Montymor.

Congratulations for your success Paco!!! Now 20 members and there are more and more pilots everyday!

Guys we are #48 squadron in the global rank! TY ALL 41 MEMBERS [8-April-2020]

Guys, we are a LOT of members (49), so I'm going to start kicking those members who stopped playing a long time ago (40-50 days ago). This is just for making space for new members who request to join us. If you have been kicked and want to join us again, you can do it normally in the 'Squadrons' section, posting on the global chat or posting here. Exceptions can be done. You can also tell us that you are out for a while.

Guys, zuperman disabled chat for non-premium users, even the squadron chat. I can not text you anymore. If you want something, write it here.

Today we finally reached the #40 position on the squad ranking!!! [May 26th, 2020]. Thanks to ALL the people that are (and were) in our squadron, and especially to our greatest members: Quickdeath, Spycakes, Määä41, Hippus, ABE2010, freddie f, Zimmerli, Dick Best, KamikazeToaster, Lisa Manoban...

Let's go now for #35!!!

Fun game with some SPAD squaders.




Good job with the last bomb Sik!

Should I remark that all your 76 kills were scored IN A BLACK PFALZ? Good job man, and good job all the others (Sikorsky, freddie f, Exo, farkinell, HATED-ONE and Luke Skystalker). I think nobody left, and the game finished 2 minutes before the end, so it was a close one.

Yesterday we hit #29 in the ranking! [June 30, 2020] Thanks a lot for your effort guys!

Sadly, it's not all good news. We hit #29 and not #30 because yesterday a squadron was deleted: Warmachine (probably because Weapon X got tired of his ban and deleted the squadron too). It's always so sad to see a squadron's death. At least nobody played recently and got kicked.

Lol guys you're awesome we have a really good position on that ranking, and the best plane in our squad I think it's Quickdeath's Hurricane...

And also why doesn't anyone else post here? I know you are reading this! I feel a bit alone here hahaha!

Juan Marni said - “And also why doesn't anyone else post here? I know you are reading this! I feel a bit alone here”

What do you mean. I guess most of the action happens in other places in the forum
P.S. - yes I am posting on the forum yay!

OH YEAAAAAAAH!!!! Quickdeath earned the last points, and we finally got OUR FIRST MILLION!!!





Good job guys!!!

Yes, guys, the SPAD SQUAD Discord server has just been created, and it's open for all our members! If you want to enter, just tell me and I'll send you a private message with the link. I am pretty fresh in Discord, so please be patient with me .

[EDIT ANSWERING]

1. It could be used for casual communication and for announcements BUT IT WILL NOT BE THE ONLY PART WHERE I ANNOUNCE THINGS, I will keep using the thread too.

2. Logically, no swearing, respect the rest of the members... and only English please!

3. My first time, I haven't even entered in the web before.

4. Only SPAD Squaders, that's why I send the invites in private messages.

Well, that’s great!
But I have a few questions I want to ask
1. Discord is used mainly for casual communication and is almost never used for other things. Will you use our server for casual use or formal?
2. Are there going to be any rules for staying in the server without being kicked out or banned? ( rules like no swearing is fine )
3. Is this your very first time with discord or have watched any people using it?
4. Last question- Are only SQUAD members allowed, or are only DFE players are allowed or is our server for everyone?

By the way, take your time to answer these.

Paco Zorapel wrote:- and only English please!
Thanks for that! I don't want another session of “language lessons with DFE pilots”

What a turnfight at the allied base! Almost everyone ran out of fuel!

Wow I've just entered in a game and had an epic tank fight in a capture the flag match.



When I joined, paras reddy told me they were in a tank fight, and I took my old Renault FT17 for a ride. We stayed around 40-50 min, only tanking. But the most impressive thing happened at the beginning:



Do you remember freddie's 11-3? At the beginning he was 5-0, and later 6-0! OMG THATS REALLY GOOD! The chat was always 'tank destroyed by freddie f'. You are a very skilled tanker mate!

There were also other players during the game like Metgezel, Col8eral, Cueball, Sikorsky and farkinell. All of them joined the battle. Very fun time, with an epic tied end that consisted basically in a massacre at our base .

Could one of you give a lesson on how to aim with a tank.
I'm always hopeless at it.

Honestly, I did a lot better than expected, you know I’m not good at tanking.

Oh yes... Nobody expected it... But the SPAD SQUAD is still alive.

WE JUST GOT 20th PLACE AT THE GLOBAL SQUADRON RANKING!!!

Many said this was a weak squadron... And here we are...



But this is thanks to YOU and your faith in our little squad. I want to especially thank to Quickdeath (the most veteran), Sikorsky (friendly but deadly), freddie f (elegant and fearsome), Affe mit waffe (not the best known, but an elite ace), Fordy (flies for fun) and Spycakes (hard to see him in game, but still an expert). Without your help, we wouldn't have been able to reach all this.

See you in the unfriendly skies!

September 10, 1944. The most wanted German pilot was in a reconnaissance flight over the enemy part of the front line. The squadron in the nearest airfield spotted the jet and wanted to bring it down at all cost. The Mustang wasn't ready that day, so they sent a blue Sopwith Triplane to engage, or at least to distract it until he runs out of fuel.

The pilot took off, and moved north. He saw the black smoke produced by the JuMo engines, and turned towards his position. He noticed the jet had a little escort group, and called all pilots near his position. The Me-262 started to make runs over the old biplanes and the Tripe. One of the SPADs was brought down by a Siemens, but the little group kept fighting. The jet tried to head-on at first, but soon avoided the attack. However, the Blue Dart fired his Vickers machine guns, and hit the jet with some hot lead, ripping its wing.

He could only jump out of his plane and use his chute. The Allies wanted to capture him, but he managed to escape. The pilot obtained his reward despite not capturing him: $1337.

The crashed aircraft was recovered, and it's currently exposed in the SPAD SQUAD museum hangar.

what a great story! gg

Wow we played an epic game today. When I entered, Magnus Canneb was bombing three hangars. They could not do it again (and we neither did lol). 83 KILLS IN TURKISH SPAD (new personal record)!!!!!!!! Lol that plane is OP.





I want to congratulate especially paras (54 in Rickenbacker's SPAD), Roland Garros (55 in Degelow's Pfalz) and Frits (80 in Jasta 6 Schuckert). During the game I thought I would be kicked because of excessive teamkilling. I hit every single mate, and killed some... During a part of the game I had $-186 lol (I've just bought something, don't be scared, I had less than $1k).

Hi again! I know we have lost some posts due to the Kunena glitch (even our 2nd page is missing, and around 600 views...). But I have some good news for you! Our member Enigmatic jaguar has just uploaded a video on YouTube! Check it here:


BTW, are you recording jet kills? Lol. I think I'll create an email account, so that you could send clips even without Discord.

I thank Paco Zorapel, who invited me to his squadron. I take oath that this squadron's and my self respect shall not go waste. I know all are young guns in this squadron, I support them and I always support young as a youngster myself. If a battle begins, we shall fight together to protect the skies and complete the objectives through the skies. In Indian Air Force, there is a motto, "Touch the sky with glory", we shall go through the motto, that is, by winning over the enemies and complete all the tasks from the skies. Now I think that every young guns will motivate themselves. THANK YOU!!

Enigmatic, remember that the other thread is only for banners (images with squad thematic). This is the one where we talk normally. I think you already know we have a Discord server, don't you? Yep, it's way better for communication than the forum. If you want to join, I'll send you a message with the link. Check your private messages.