Stupid things you did or fell for when you were new

[hgtonyvi]

See Rule #6

[DaveBB]

I used to fly low over friendly airfields and if I saw a plane landing or taking off, I would position myself behind them.  I would simultaneously give them a "Check Six" and fire a burst of tracers over their canopy.  About half the time, they would turn so hard they would just spin into the ground.  It would make me laugh for 5 minutes.

[scott66]

I used to fly low over friendly airfields and if I saw a plane landing or taking off, I would position myself behind them.  I would simultaneously give them a "Check Six" and fire a burst of tracers over their canopy.  About half the time, they would turn so hard they would just spin into the ground.  It would make me laugh for 5 minutes.

nice. .so if that person had kills and wanted to land them or wanted to re arm  and you caused  them to spin out off runway they would crash or  ditch or might get lucky and stop on runway. ..impressive  hope it wasn't a perk plane

[JimmyC]

All are rites of passage..
What makes the game fun
Keep em coming

[Debrody]

-The first sortie ever, taking a 152 (german muscle, yeah  ). Large scale furball, tryed to pick an la7 from a friendly's close six, but the green one just exploded... big "wow ouch damn f***" on the radio (and something else i couldnt catch back then), was sure that i shot down a friendly... i was so ashamed that i did something horribly wrong that almost instantly bailed and changed my nick.
-The very first 262 i could ever purhase... got a a kill on a goon, but couldnt hit anything else so rammed an La-7, not knowing that those 170 or so points will be lost if i cannot land my plane.
-was pretty damn close to join The Few in 2010 or '11

and a lots of other silly stupid stuff coming from the lack of language knowledge

[shppr01]

My third week in the game and I decided to try a tank. I found a fight and upped a panzer at a spawn point . I guess I was killed at least 27 times before I realized that they were spawn camping ! I kept coming back and coming back ..

[Mister Fork]

Back in 1999 and we're all trying out the beta flying a B-26 - amazed at the graphics and gameplay for the time (I had played Warbirds in the past) and as I'm approaching an enemy airfield I ask in channel 1 if opening bomber doors was still 'O'. Someone types "No, Hitech changed it - press enter three times" so I press enter 3 times and I'm now free-falling. That someone was Animal... 

But I should of known better cause enter three times was the same in Warbirds...

[Latrobe]

First time I ever upped a Tempest I head over to where all the bad guys are. See a low spit and dive in. Highly misjudged the closure rate and slammed into his rear before I even knew it and killed myself. Tempest's are fast! 

[MrKrabs]

I fell for the Ole "come have fun killing crabby at the  crab boil " trick..a cruel  invitation sent by crabby and Latrobe to lure there tasty prey in with the promise of free seafood..but the only thing they served was a rusty old can of whoop @%#$! ..luckily I wised up and only returned about 4 more times

This is why everyone should come back with friends for REVENGE!

If I gets internetz back we'll be firing up Operation Kill The Crab again 

[Auger]

The old "spray and pray" tactic never fails 

Unfortunately it does, as I can testify.  My super leet, patented and trademarked "5 Point Spray Exploding Plane Technique" (apologies to Tarantino fans), where I spray rounds at my target, hit 5 random places, collide, then explode, is testament to spray and pray having some shortcomings.

Perhaps it should be "The old "spray and pray" tactic never fails to amuse."  That I can endorse.

[SPKmes]

then and now .... A bombers 6....always end up there

[FBKampfer]

This is why everyone should come back with friends for REVENGE!

If I gets internetz back we'll be firing up Operation Kill The Crab again 

Hate to break it to you, but some of our Co's were grumbling about that one.

[Oyabun]

I am too scared too be firing up Operation Kill The Crab again