Hey guys! Gonna be flying a bit today, see you out there!

Hey NLRs!

Any writers or critics in the house? Please drop by:

"Shot Down!!!" A dogfight "choice" adventure story

It's a work in progress and all are invited.

I'm seeking contributions for story lines to add to my prompt.
Names must be ficticious and please do not be mean either in the stowy line or as a critic.

I'll pay bar tabs at the JR for any contributors.

Thank you kindly in advance.

Here is the link:
"Shot Down!!! A dogfight 'choice" adventure story

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Hi Everyone, sry I've been away so much been dealing with some terrible losses, but it's time to let some fun back in , so you'll be seeing me a lot, lolSee all in the sky soon I hope! Ace.

Hi Ace missed your presence. Good to see u back.

just dropping in to say good game to sir ace, that was a tough one for sure, we were outnumbered 2 vs 5/6 pretty much the entire time but ty for sticking it out to the end with me!

Thank you Sang Blue, look forward to flying with you soon my friend, Link.

I hate nightmare moon

[NLR]RainbowDash wrote: I hate nightmare moon

Lol. Tell me about "Nightmare Moon".

Nightmare Moon is Luna's evil alter ego. Don't make her angry lol.

Ah, yes. Octavia,

Who would be more familiar with Luna' s dark side than her little sister?

And now she turned into...

Hey NLRs!


All active NLRs need to check in. Zuperman has imposed a 50 member cap on all squads. The NLR currently has +/-80 members signed in but very few are active. At this point we only have about 20 members who have passed level 19. The 50 member cap was implimented almost 4 weeks ago and there are many members who have not played at all in that time. In an effort to 'revitalize' the squad we need to be able to take on new active recruits. Unfortunately this requires kicking inactive members from the squad. I have been taking screenshots of member stats to confirm whether they are active or not. In three days I will begin kicking all members below level 20 who have shown no activity since my last screenshots. No one above level 20 nor anyone who is active will be kicked at this time.

I have spoken with Luna (NLR founder) about this. She has agreed that this is a good idea and that this is a good time to take this action. In our last communication she had said she would be composing this notice but it has been nearly a week. Because she is on active duty in the US Navy it may be a while until she is able to check in again, so I have taken the initiative. If you have any issues with this or with me taking such actions please let me know. I do not intend to step on any toes.


Please let me know if there is anyone who should be kept on the roster regardless of their recent activity. I will soon post a list of those who are to be kicked. Note that once we have decreased our membership below 50 anyone who was kicked who wants to remain in the squad will be welcome back.


Squad Officers: Please do not sign on any new recruits without careful consideration. It would be greatly appreciated if you would consult with other NLR officers before signing on anyone else.

Yes, this is important for our squad if we want to get more activity! All members who are seeing this and wish to remain in the squad, please say so on this thread!

It doesn't have to be anything formal; we're fine with a "hey I'm still here don't kick me out." Feel free to PM me or McFate (both if us active on forums, and McFate now has recruiting powers, I believe), if you have questions.

Also, another note:

If you see members in game, please tell them it is crucial they check in the forums if yet wish to say in the NLR.

If they can't come to the forums for some reason, I guess the fact that they are in game would be enough to consider them active. So if you see any flying NLR's, please report it here. Something like "Hey, I saw (), don't kick him/her out."

We'll try our best to keep whichever members wish to stay, but we are purging our population for a reason. I too, have spoken to Luna about this and we've reached a consensus.

Also, McFate, I really appreciate your help here! I'm sure Luna does too. Let's keep this transition smooth, and I'll try to stay active this week to help out.

~Octavia

Heyyy all! Fate this sounds like a good idea. I'll keep peeps in game posted on whats going on. I'm sure there may be a few that seam inactive that I won't want dismissed, so I'll keep u posted. Going to take flight right now

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Hi This is Vivek Sang and I want to be in the squad. I used to play under my son's account [NLR] Ishan Sang. I'm currently at level 19 and very shortly be attaining level 20. So McFate, if possible, keep me in the squad.

I have one suggestion to make.

Let all [NLR] play from one side i.e. who ever join late in any game will see whether any NLR is playing. If yes, they will switch irrespective of # of opponents.

Mcfate has requested in his thread for group practice but got little response. This way we can at least move in a group and bring team feeling and practice for squad fight.

I request Mcfate and other seniors to come forward and write their views about this idea or suggest another.

Just got my level 20 and that too fighting 7 v/s 2.

Im active keep me keep me lol. I just hate forums lol

just thought id drop by and big up one of ur boys cshrom is a warrior and weve been playing each other for mo keep an eye on this one 420 hes good:)

Great games tonight Fate! fun fun, but its always a good time when there is an NLR in blue!



Edit: looks like we made a new friend there w iggy! hahaha

McFate wrote: Hey NLRs!


All active NLRs need to check in. Zuperman has imposed a 50 member cap on all squads. The NLR currently has +/-80 members signed in but very few are active. At this point we only have about 20 members who have passed level 19. The 50 member cap was implimented almost 4 weeks ago and there are many members who have not played at all in that time. In an effort to 'revitalize' the squad we need to be able to take on new active recruits. Unfortunately this requires kicking inactive members from the squad. I have been taking screenshots of member stats to confirm whether they are active or not. In three days I will begin kicking all members below level 20 who have shown no activity since my last screenshots. No one above level 20 nor anyone who is active will be kicked at this time.

I have spoken with Luna (NLR founder) about this. She has agreed that this is a good idea and that this is a good time to take this action. In our last communication she had said she would be composing this notice but it has been nearly a week. Because she is on active duty in the US Navy it may be a while until she is able to check in again, so I have taken the initiative. If you have any issues with this or with me taking such actions please let me know. I do not intend to step on any toes.


Please let me know if there is anyone who should be kept on the roster regardless of their recent activity. I will soon post a list of those who are to be kicked. Note that once we have decreased our membership below 50 anyone who was kicked who wants to remain in the squad will be welcome back.


Squad Officers: Please do not sign on any new recruits without careful consideration. It would be greatly appreciated if you would consult with other NLR officers before signing on anyone else.

So, here is the first round kick list. (more to come)

If there are any names which should not be cut, let me know right away. Otherwise all who are listed here will be kicked on Wednesday. This list has been made from the in-game squad roster. Unfortunately it only shows 50 names at a time so I will not able to see all until we kick about 30 inactive members. After this first round I will make notes of all players whose stats are not currently visible and watch for a week to see which of them are not active.

Once again, At this point no one above level 20 will be cut, nor will anyone who has shown any activity (showing + kills/deaths within the last week).
(edit) Another week will also be given to those with [NLR] as part of their name.

Johnson III
CrazyHorse123
titiago
Jay83
Seva_oNe
Pickel
J_
rainbowkiller
jteam04Gto
Fearless
NOMAD2190{INV}
Dman911
TheHat101
MichaelPowell
skyhawk7777
S.S.GregG011
Biggles
crazy nut

Hey guys this isn't Luna it's Octavia, I am here to say that I'll be revising the front post to better reflect the squad as it is now. (It was made 2+ years ago!)

The changes will go along with the purge of our members and I'll see if I can get a good member list going on. I may re-boot our old website, but that's for later. For now we should focus on cleaning up our numbers (good job McFate!) and then start recruiting.

i'm dropping off a gift for acelink, if you guys see him around let him know please. thanks!

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McFate wrote: Hey NLRs!


All active NLRs need to check in. Zuperman has imposed a 50 member cap on all squads. The NLR currently has +/-80 members signed in but very few are active. At this point we only have about 20 members who have passed level 19. The 50 member cap was implimented almost 4 weeks ago and there are many members who have not played at all in that time. In an effort to 'revitalize' the squad we need to be able to take on new active recruits. Unfortunately this requires kicking inactive members from the squad. I have been taking screenshots of member stats to confirm whether they are active or not. In three days I will begin kicking all members below level 20 who have shown no activity since my last screenshots. No one above level 20 nor anyone who is active will be kicked at this time.

I have spoken with Luna (NLR founder) about this. She has agreed that this is a good idea and that this is a good time to take this action. In our last communication she had said she would be composing this notice but it has been nearly a week. Because she is on active duty in the US Navy it may be a while until she is able to check in again, so I have taken the initiative. If you have any issues with this or with me taking such actions please let me know. I do not intend to step on any toes.


Please let me know if there is anyone who should be kept on the roster regardless of their recent activity. I will soon post a list of those who are to be kicked. Note that once we have decreased our membership below 50 anyone who was kicked who wants to remain in the squad will be welcome back.


Squad Officers: Please do not sign on any new recruits without careful consideration. It would be greatly appreciated if you would consult with other NLR officers before signing on anyone else.

So, here is the first round kick list. (more to come)

If there are any names which should not be cut, let me know right away. Otherwise all who are listed here will be kicked on Wednesday. This list has been made from the in-game squad roster. Unfortunately it only shows 50 names at a time so I will not able to see all until we kick about 30 inactive members. After this first round I will make notes of all players whose stats are not currently visible and watch for a week to see which of them are not active.

Once again, At this point no one above level 20 will be cut, nor will anyone who has shown any activity (showing + kills/deaths within the last week).
(edit) Another week will also be given to those with [NLR] as part of their name.

Johnson III
CrazyHorse123
titiago
Jay83
Seva_oNe
Pickel
J_
rainbowkiller
jteam04Gto
Fearless
NOMAD2190{INV}
Dman911
TheHat101
MichaelPowell
skyhawk7777
S.S.GregG011
Biggles
crazy nut

Done. There will be another round of kicks on Saturday. At that point some of the inactive ones with NLR in their name Will also be kicked. On the plus side, after this there should be less than 50 in the squad so we will have room to take anyone back who has been kicked but wants to return.

"Officers": please let me know names of anyone who may not be active who should not be kicked and please do not "openly" recruit yet. It would be good to have some conversations about the direction of the squad before taking on new recruits.

Hi McFate,

We are getting request for joining NLR but the pilots are not experienced. I'm telling them to post their request on our squad thread in forum so that all members can see to it.

I think the best way of recruitment is to set a minimum criteria which a pilot has to fulfill before his request could be accepted.

I request you and senior members of the squad to post the criteria at the earliest so that we can tell the new comers about that. As per my view, rejecting joining request without giving reason is not appropriate.

I think we should make several teams of 2-3 pilots which should be assigned specific work depending upon the time they can spare.

Before Mcfate joining, I rarely see any posting whereas other squads keep on posting one thing or the other. That is the main reason, our squad members rarely visit the forum.

We should have topics which should be updated on daily basis like good encouraging quotes in the morning or sharing jokes or personal experiences, sharing about one's country as we have pilots from all over the world, in game experience and many other topics so that members makes it a point to visit the forum at least once during a day.

I am available for any kind of responsibility and will feel honoured if I could be of any help to the squad.

Hey NLRs
Jst here to say hi to all NRLs
and some of my Good Frnds of NRL

Ace Link is its been a while we dint meet ...hope i meet u soon bro in the skies!!!
Edit: Hello McFate!!
are u a NRL now?

Thanks Ishan. Your input is very welcome! The forum is what we all make of it.

As for the squad, I feel that I need to have more conversations with the squad "elders". Lol. (I think I may be the oldest player but the newest NLR member!)

I don't fully know how Luna, Octavia, Reid or Jasmine feel about the direction the squad may take. My own interest in the NLR was fostered by the impression that it is made up of a bunch of highly skilled players who have little interest in arguing or conflict. They have usually been a fairly quiet bunch but not in any way complacent. I believe that at one point there was a minimum rank requirement of 22-25 but I'm not certian.

I would like to see there be some sort of requirements but not based only on rank. I think that for now, simply answering that we are revising our recruiting process is probably the best way to handle it. I will be purging more inactive members to make room for more active recruits. I think it would be a good idea to have a process by which a recruit would need the approval of three "officers" or some such qualification. I feel we should be very selective with our choices and not be in any hurry.

I would like to schedule some Squad practices and to schedule some regular times where we could expect to meet other NLRs in the skies.

I hope for more input from the founders and leadership. I have let them know that I am willing to take on more of the squad business but until they respond with an endorsement I don't have the authority to make "major" decisions for the NLR.

That said, I do have one "recruit" in mind who I feel needs to be signed in ASAP. I feel that he will be a major contribution to the squad for many reasons.

Hey guys, will be on in about 25min