I don't know if this was the funniest, but it was a funny one:
Title: CHECK IT! AFK YAK!
I was recently flying with a squaddie (who shall remain nameless to protect the “innocent”) who I wing with often. We generally take turns bouncing cons so that we both land kills, but lately it seemed like every time it was his turn, it was some guy who was AFK. Since we have a healthy competition on getting kills, I had been giving him some grief about all the recent AFK kills.
Then we come across this enemy Yak. My wingie has the lead and it’s his turn to go in on the Yak. I watch him dive in, as I follow through in case he misses. Sure enough, the Yak doesn't move and I realize he is AFK. "You bastard, you're gonna get another AFK kill!" I say as I watch him close, fire and see the explosion. But much to my surprise, there is still a red Yak icon there and my wingman is gone.
He collided with the AFK Yak, and exploded, while the Yak kept flying undamaged. I took the Yak’s wing off just before going into auto-climb to save the film.
The best part is we had two of our newest squaddies with us, who also happen to be getting trained on the Corsair -- by this particular pilot. (In his defense it was late and several beverages had been consumed.) We all laughed our bellybuttons off and none of us missed an opportunity to rib him mercilessly the rest of the night. Every time he got a kill we’d say something like “Good thing he wasn’t AFK!” or we’d give him a “Check Six” and then say “Check the AFK Yak!” He was a good sport about it and laughed as well, but it did make for a fun night with the squad.
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Ryno
